https://www.lawnext.com/category/archives/litera Tracking new and intriguing websites and products for the legal profession. Wed, 20 May 2026 17:36:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.lawnext.com/2026/05/85-of-law-firms-say-clients-are-driving-ai-investment-decisions-new-litera-survey-finds.html Wed, 20 May 2026 17:36:54 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=53225 As client pressure on AI strategy intensifies across legal, new Litera research reveals firms are struggling to demonstrate AI value, while ROI is the least important factor driving decisions    CHICAGO – May 20, 2026 – Litera, the legal AI platform provider that best unifies the practice and business of law, released the State of […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2026/04/litera-appoints-legal-industry-veteran-grant-hewlett-to-lead-ai-firm-intelligence-portfolio.html Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:00:53 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=53024 Grant Hewlett brings 15 years of cross-disciplinary experience to Litera’s mission of driving both efficiency and growth for law firms   CHICAGO and AUSTIN, Texas – Apr. 28, 2026 – Litera, the legal AI platform provider that best unifies the practice and business of law, has appointed Grant Hewlett as VP, Product for Firm Intelligence. […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2026/04/priyanka-singh-promoted-to-evp-operations-cfo-at-litera-taking-on-expanded-strategic-role-as-litera-sees-ongoing-strong-growth.html Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:25:56 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=52871 Promotion recognizes first-year impact and Litera’s commitment to operational excellence and scalable growth   CHICAGO – Apr. 9, 2026 – Litera, a leading legal AI platform provider that unifies the practice and business of law, announced the promotion of Priyanka Singh to Executive Vice President, Operations & Chief Financial Officer. Since joining Litera one year […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2026/03/hand-arendall-harrison-sale-transforms-document-workflows-and-sees-immediate-roi-with-literas-ai-powered-drafting-and-compare.html Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:42:01 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=52661 Customer results highlight growing demand for unified drafting, comparison, and collaboration within Microsoft 365 and web   NEW YORK – Legalweek 2026 – Mar. 10, 2026 – Litera, a global leader in legal AI technology solutions, shared new customer results at Legalweek demonstrating how law firms are transforming document workflows and realizing immediate value with […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2026/03/litera-partners-with-midpage-to-embed-legal-research-in-legal-agent-lito-as-benchmark-study-highlights-power-of-combined-llm-with-rules-based-engines.html Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:38:07 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=52659 New integration with Midpage embeds trusted legal research sources within AI legal agent Lito; internal benchmark findings shared at Legalweek reveal why purpose-built legal AI remains essential for high-stakes document work NEW YORK – Legalweek 2026 – Mar. 9, 2026 – Litera, a global leader in legal AI technology solutions, announced an integration with Midpage, an AI-powered legal research platform trusted by 200+ law firms, to bring […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2025/10/litera-democratizes-ai-for-legal-professionals-in-its-core-products-giving-millions-of-lawyers-no-cost-access-to-advanced-agentic-ai-lito.html Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:15:18 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=51526 Lito easily connects with AI drafting tools, contract review platform Kira, and NetDocuments, the #1 trusted cloud-based content management and productivity platform that helps legal professionals do their best work CHICAGO and LONDON Oct. 27, 2025 – Litera, a global leader in legal AI technology solutions, announced a major move to democratize artificial intelligence for the legal industry. Starting today, […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2025/06/litera-appoints-anthee-merichovitis-in-combined-role-as-chief-business-transformation-operations-officer-to-enhance-customer-satisfaction-drive-value-creation-and-expand-ai-adoption.html Fri, 27 Jun 2025 17:45:15 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=50256 CHICAGO, June 25 – Litera, a global leader in legal technology solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Anthee Merichovitis as Chief Business Transformation & Operations Officer. Anthee brings nearly two decades of experience scaling private equity-backed SaaS companies through periods of high growth, change, and complexity. In this role, Anthee will lead Litera’s global strategic transformation […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2025/04/qorusdocs-and-litera-partner-to-help-law-firms-win-more-business.html Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:28:57 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=49599 New Partnership Integrates Firm Intelligence and Automated Pitch and Proposal Creation BELLEVUE, Wash., Apr. 16, 2025  – QorusDocs, an AI-powered proposal management software company that streamlines creation of pitches, proposals and request for proposal (RFP) responses, today announced a global partnership with Litera, a leader in legal technology solutions for legal work, firm performance, and firm governance. QorusDocs’ […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2025/04/litera-appoints-priyanka-singh-as-chief-financial-officer-to-lead-financial-strategy-and-growth.html Wed, 02 Apr 2025 14:34:59 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=49448 — Singh Brings More Than Two Decades of Expertise in Global Financial Planning and Management — CHICAGO, April 2 – Litera, a global leader in legal technology solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Priyanka Singh as Chief Financial Officer. Priyanka brings extensive expertise to Litera, including financial leadership, transformation, M&A, and SaaS company […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/04/exclusive-courtroom-insights-new-matter-connector-delivers-normalized-court-docket-data-to-foundation-and-other-law-firm-systems.html Mon, 29 Apr 2024 14:19:26 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=46555 Courtroom Insight today launched Matter Connector, a product that delivers normalized docket data from multiple sources to the knowledge management platform Litera Foundation and to other law firm systems. Matter Connector enables law firms to centralize docket data from major providers, such as LexisNexis, Lex Machina and vLex Docket Alarm, through one unified connector. Using […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/04/new-product-from-litera-uses-gen-ai-to-create-database-of-corporate-deal-terms-from-a-firms-own-documents.html Wed, 10 Apr 2024 13:00:35 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=46339 Litera today released a new product that uses generative artificial intelligence to create a database of corporate deal terms from a law firm’s own documents, in order to give legal teams easy access to al relevant data points from prior transactions, whether for negotiating a deal or pitching a potential client. The product, Foundation Dragon, […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/10/zuva-and-litera-jointly-develop-classification-taxonomy-for-legal-documents-and-make-it-open-source-through-the-sali-alliance.html Tue, 03 Oct 2023 13:02:04 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=44671 Two legal companies that are leaders in document and contracts technology, Zuva and Litera, revealed today that they have developed a multi-level document classification taxonomy for use by legal professionals and companies, and that they have contributed the taxonomy to the SALI Alliance, a group working to standardize legal data, to make it available on […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/09/on-lawnext-podcast-litera-ceo-sheryl-hoskins-on-her-first-17-months-and-whats-ahead-for-her-company.html Tue, 12 Sep 2023 15:59:44 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=44534 It has been nearly a year and a half since Sheryl Hoskins joined Litera as its new CEO in April 2022. She came into that role following a period in which the company saw significant growth, fueled in part by a series of some 17 acquisitions, through which the company expanded from a primary focus on […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/08/kira-literas-contract-review-software-gets-smart-summaries-feature-driven-by-generative-ai.html Tue, 15 Aug 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=44304 When it was founded in 2011, Kira pioneered the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning for contract review and analysis. Now Kira, which was acquired in 2021 by Litera, is employing the newest wave of generative AI to help legal professionals accelerate the process of due diligence and other forms of contract reviews. Litera […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/04/with-acquisition-of-upper-sigma-litera-poised-to-provide-integrated-legal-crm-and-experience-management.html Mon, 24 Apr 2023 12:00:53 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=43436 Legal technology company Litera today officially announced its acquisition of Upper Sigma, a London-based CRM and marketing platform for law firms that is built on the Salesforce CRM platform. Litera says that by integrating Upper Sigma with the firm intelligence platform Foundation, which it acquired in 2021, it will be able to offer the only […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2022/08/its-another-acquisition-for-litera-as-it-scoops-up-talent-management-platform-micron-systems.html Tue, 16 Aug 2022 16:00:43 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=41225 Less than a week after announcing its acquisition of BigSquare, a provider of financial and business intelligence and analytics for law firms, legal technology company Litera today announced another — of Micron Systems Inc., a developer of talent management software for the legal and accounting professions. If you’re counting, this is Litera’s 16th acquisition in four […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2022/08/litera-acquires-bigsquare-provider-of-business-analytics-for-law-firms-and-corporate-legal.html Wed, 10 Aug 2022 16:00:04 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=41173 The legal technology company Litera has acquired BigSquare, a provider of financial and business intelligence and analytics for law firms and corporate legal departments. Litera said that the addition of BigSquare to its portfolio will empower law firms to make better financial decisions with instant access to financial data and insights. Founded in 2009, BigSquare’s cloud-based […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2022/04/outgoing-ceo-avaneesh-marwaha-says-litera-has-redefined-the-legal-market-during-his-tenure.html Fri, 22 Apr 2022 13:35:27 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=40438 It was a surprise to many in the legal technology community when the legal tech company Litera announced this week that Avaneesh Marwaha was stepping down as CEO and into a new role as chairman of the company’s board of directors. Replacing Marwaha as CEO is Sheryl Hoskins, a veteran technology executive who spent the […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2022/03/webinar-today-the-litera-pitchbook-vc-report-betting-on-the-post-covid-future.html Tue, 29 Mar 2022 13:05:13 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=40101 The venture capital market is enjoying its biggest moment since the dot-com days of the late  1990s. Globally, VC deal-making shattered records in 2021.  But certain pockets of the market are driving the current VC ecosystem, and not every aspect of the global startup scene is increasing at the same pace.  Today at 1 p.m. […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2022/01/in-14th-acquisition-since-2019-litera-says-it-will-purchase-legal-software-company-prosperoware.html Tue, 18 Jan 2022 15:29:06 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=39534 Marking its 14th acquisition since 2019 and its eighth in just the last 12 months, legal technology company Litera has entered into an agreement to acquire Prosperoware, a company that develops software for the legal industry for the adoption and governance of collaboration systems. Haley Altman, global head of corporate development at Litera, told me that […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2022/01/another-acquisition-for-litera-shipping-and-invoice-management-company-ps-ship.html Tue, 11 Jan 2022 18:00:58 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=39448 The legal technology company Litera has acquired Lynch Marks LLC, a California company that is the developer of PS/Ship, a provider of software for management of shipping and invoicing for law firms and professional services firms. Litera says the acquisition adds another piece to its platform for law firms looking to solve more problems facing […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/11/litera-names-winners-of-the-changing-lawyer-awards-including-innovator-of-year-law-firm-of-year-disruptor-of-year-and-lifetime-achievement.html Wed, 10 Nov 2021 18:00:37 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=38366 The legal technology company Litera today announced the winners of The Changing Lawyer awards for 2021, which recognize individuals, firms, and companies in the legal industry for their role in embracing and driving change through new technology, service models, or behavior across five different categories. The awards were announced during The Changing Lawyer Virtual Summit, […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/11/hg-doubles-down-on-its-investment-in-litera-to-drive-further-growth.html Fri, 05 Nov 2021 13:00:12 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=38326 Hg, a global private equity investor, is leading a further majority investment in legal technology company Litera, which it acquired in 2018 from the investment firm K1 Investment Management. The terms of this new investment are not being disclosed. In the two years since Hg acquired Litera, Litera has been on a trajectory of aggressive […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/10/nomination-deadline-nears-for-literas-changing-lawyer-awards-will-include-first-wfh-creative-award.html Thu, 21 Oct 2021 12:16:41 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=38006 The deadline is Monday, Oct. 25, to submit nominations for The Changing Lawyer Awards 2021, sponsored by Litera, which will be presented to winners Nov. 10 as part of the fourth Changing Lawyer Virtual Summit. The awards recognize individuals, firms, and companies in the legal industry for their role in both embracing and driving change […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/10/honored-to-kick-off-literas-new-podcast-series-in-interview-with-its-ceo-avaneesh-marwaha.html Fri, 01 Oct 2021 16:39:41 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=37824 The legal technology company Litera has unveiled a new podcast series, Legaltech Matters, and I had the honor of hosting the first episode — an interview with CEO Avaneesh Marwaha on what’s driving Litera’s acquisition strategy and where it’s going. The new biweekly podcast series is dedicated to creating conversations about technology, trends, and innovation for […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/09/fueled-by-20m-raise-kira-spin-off-zuva-reveals-its-first-product.html Wed, 29 Sep 2021 14:00:44 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=37789 Seven weeks ago, as Litera announced its acquisition of Kira Systems, the pioneering AI contract analysis company, Kira announced the spin off of a new company, Zuva, to continue developing machine learning technology for business documents. Now, Zuva is off to a running start, announcing today that it has secured Series A funding of $20 […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/09/ashley-miller-formerly-of-ey-and-thomson-reuters-joins-litera-as-vp-sales-for-north-america.html Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:08:17 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=37676 The legal technology company Litera has named Ashley Miller as vice president sales, North America. Miller was formerly at EY, where she was senior manager, legal function consulting. Earlier, she was with Thomson Reuters, where she served as director, legal managed services, and regional manager, strategic accounts. A 2013 graduate of Brooklyn Law School, Miller […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/08/litera-makes-another-acquisition-of-uk-relationship-marketing-company-concep.html Thu, 19 Aug 2021 12:07:22 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=37361 Barely a week after acquiring AI pioneer Kira Systems, and building on its acquisition earlier this year of Foundation Software, the legal technology company Litera is today announcing another acquisition, of U.K. company Concep, a provider of B2B relationship marketing technology for law firms, corporations, and professional and financial services. Concep will become part of […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/08/litera-issues-statement-on-withdrawal-from-attending-iltacon.html Wed, 18 Aug 2021 22:42:54 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=37350 https://www.lawnext.com/2021/08/international-working-group-creates-best-practices-guide-for-drafting-legal-documents.html Wed, 18 Aug 2021 12:26:04 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=37314 An international working group of academics, vendors, lawyers and other legal professionals is today releasing the legal industry’s first comprehensive guide to best practices and workflows for creating effective legal documents in Microsoft Word. Document Competency: What Every Legal Professional Should Know for Effective & Efficient Drafting in Word, is intended to establish for legal […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/08/litera-to-acquire-legal-ai-pioneer-kira-systems-enhancing-its-transaction-management-offering.html Tue, 10 Aug 2021 17:28:43 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=37254 Kira Systems, a 10-year-old Toronto company that pioneered the use of artificial intelligence in contract analysis, is to be acquired by the global legal technology company Litera, its 12th acquisition over the span of two years. Kira’s CEO, Noah Waisberg, a former corporate lawyer with Weil, Gotshal & Manges in New York, and its CTO, […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/07/lexfusion-adds-casetext-to-the-collective-of-companies-it-represents.html Tue, 13 Jul 2021 12:32:02 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=37019 LexFusion, the company that launched last October as a go-to-market collective of legal technology companies, has added legal research company Casetext to the roster of companies it represents. LexFusion is seeking to change the paradigm for how law firms and legal departments purchase technology by serving as the go-to-market representative of companies that it has thoroughly […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/07/fastcase-names-its-11th-annual-class-of-fastcase-50-honorees.html Mon, 12 Jul 2021 14:00:29 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=37012 If you are wondering where the innovators are in law, look no farther than the Fastcase 50, the annual award doled out by the legal intelligence company Fastcase that honors 50 of the law’s “smartest, most courageous, innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders.” Fastcase today announced its 11th annual Fastcase 50 honorees, which adds up to […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/07/litera-acquires-uk-goal-setting-software-company-objective-manager.html https://www.lawnext.com/2021/07/litera-acquires-uk-goal-setting-software-company-objective-manager.html#respond Thu, 01 Jul 2021 14:00:15 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=36957 The Chicago-based legal technology company Litera has acquired Objective Manager, a UK company that provides a SaaS platform for law firms to use in strategic planning, performance measurement and talent engagement. The purpose of the platform is to enable firms to accelerate their strategic and performance agendas by aligning their people to the firm’s strategic […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/07/litera-acquires-uk-goal-setting-software-company-objective-manager.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2021/06/for-pride-month-a-conversation-about-gender-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-with-gillian-power.html https://www.lawnext.com/2021/06/for-pride-month-a-conversation-about-gender-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-with-gillian-power.html#respond Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:58:55 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=36911 After struggling privately for decades with her assigned gender, Gillian Power, chief information officer at the law firm Lathrop GPM in Kansas City, finally made the difficult decision to come out as transgender, first to her family and then to her professional colleagues. Through her journey, she acquired compelling insights on diversity, equity and inclusion […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/06/for-pride-month-a-conversation-about-gender-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-with-gillian-power.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2021/06/heidi-alexander-on-why-flexible-work-should-forever-be-the-norm-in-law.html https://www.lawnext.com/2021/06/heidi-alexander-on-why-flexible-work-should-forever-be-the-norm-in-law.html#respond Fri, 11 Jun 2021 12:26:49 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=36807 I reported here last week on a statement issued by a committee of Massachusetts’ highest court recommending that law firms and other legal employers permanently adopt flexible working options as their standard, rather than as the exception. Maintaining flexibility in individual working arrangements serves the dual purposes of enhancing lawyer well-being while also advancing diversity, […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/06/heidi-alexander-on-why-flexible-work-should-forever-be-the-norm-in-law.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2021/06/cle-tomorrow-legal-tech-and-where-its-going.html https://www.lawnext.com/2021/06/cle-tomorrow-legal-tech-and-where-its-going.html#respond Wed, 02 Jun 2021 20:53:41 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=36707 A panel tomorrow will feature a line-up of legal tech experts to survey what’s happening in the field now and what to expect in the years to come. Presented by the Massachusetts Bar Association, Legal Tech and Where It’s Going will address what legal technology is available now to help lawyers in their practices and […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/06/cle-tomorrow-legal-tech-and-where-its-going.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2021/04/lexfusion-adds-three-companies-to-its-go-to-market-legal-tech-collective.html https://www.lawnext.com/2021/04/lexfusion-adds-three-companies-to-its-go-to-market-legal-tech-collective.html#respond Tue, 20 Apr 2021 12:01:14 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=36219 LexFusion, the company that launched last October as a go-to-market collective of seven legal technology companies, has now added another three members to the roster of companies it represents. LexFusion aims to change the paradigm for how law firms and legal departments purchase technology by serving as the go-to-market representative of companies that it has […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/04/lexfusion-adds-three-companies-to-its-go-to-market-legal-tech-collective.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2021/04/litera-acquires-clocktimizer-rounding-out-its-firm-intelligence-business.html https://www.lawnext.com/2021/04/litera-acquires-clocktimizer-rounding-out-its-firm-intelligence-business.html#respond Wed, 14 Apr 2021 12:50:40 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=36085 Earlier this year, the legal technology company Litera expanded its product line-up into law firm intelligence with the acquisition of Foundation Software Group, developer of a firm intelligence platform for larger law firms, and the consequent formation of the Litera Firm Intelligence business unit. Now Litera is further rounding out its firm intelligence offerings with […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/04/litera-acquires-clocktimizer-rounding-out-its-firm-intelligence-business.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2021/04/10-most-popular-lawnext-episodes-of-march-2021.html https://www.lawnext.com/2021/04/10-most-popular-lawnext-episodes-of-march-2021.html#respond Fri, 02 Apr 2021 14:43:39 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=35992 Here are the episodes of my LawNext podcast that got the most listens during March. This reflects only downloads of episodes during the month of November, not for all time. (In the all-time tally, the most listened-to episode is my April interview with legal futurist Richard Susskind.) 1. Evisort CEO Jerry Ting on the Future of CLM and […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/04/10-most-popular-lawnext-episodes-of-march-2021.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2021/03/litera-acquires-docscorp-rounding-out-its-document-drafting-capabilities.html https://www.lawnext.com/2021/03/litera-acquires-docscorp-rounding-out-its-document-drafting-capabilities.html#respond Thu, 01 Apr 2021 01:32:14 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=35978 Legal technology company Litera said today it has acquired one of its competitors, DocsCorp, a global software company with a range of products related to document productivity. With the acquisition, Litera acquires a group of products that complement and round-out its own document-productivity and document-drafting products. Litera says the acquisition will enable firms to add […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/03/litera-acquires-docscorp-rounding-out-its-document-drafting-capabilities.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2021/02/on-lawnext-kiras-cofounders-on-10-years-in-business-and-their-new-book-on-ai-in-law.html https://www.lawnext.com/2021/02/on-lawnext-kiras-cofounders-on-10-years-in-business-and-their-new-book-on-ai-in-law.html#respond Mon, 01 Feb 2021 22:02:12 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=35424 This year marks the 10th anniversary of Kira Systems, the first company to develop AI-powered contract analysis, technology that is now becoming commonplace in the legal profession. To mark the anniversary, Kira’s cofounders are releasing a book, AI For Lawyers: How Artificial Intelligence is Adding Value, Amplifying Expertise, and Transforming Careers. When CEO Noah Waisberg, […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/02/on-lawnext-kiras-cofounders-on-10-years-in-business-and-their-new-book-on-ai-in-law.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2021/01/with-acquisition-of-foundation-software-litera-expands-into-firm-intelligence.html https://www.lawnext.com/2021/01/with-acquisition-of-foundation-software-litera-expands-into-firm-intelligence.html#respond Tue, 05 Jan 2021 18:00:21 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=35160 Continuing an acquisition sprint that started with three acquisitions last year and two the year before, legal technology company Litera has acquired Foundation Software Group, developer of a firm intelligence platform for larger law firms, and announced the formation of the Litera Firm Intelligence business unit. Foundation’s platform, which can run in the cloud or […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/01/with-acquisition-of-foundation-software-litera-expands-into-firm-intelligence.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/11/in-first-for-contracts-ai-kira-creates-algorithm-to-protect-inferential-confidentiality-of-training-data.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/11/in-first-for-contracts-ai-kira-creates-algorithm-to-protect-inferential-confidentiality-of-training-data.html#respond Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:00:11 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=34769 In what it says is a first for artificial intelligence contract-analysis platforms in the legal industry, Kira has developed a differential privacy algorithm that protects the confidentiality of text in model training data when a user shares a machine-learning model with other firms or organizations. The differential privacy algorithm prevents an attacker from potentially being […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/11/in-first-for-contracts-ai-kira-creates-algorithm-to-protect-inferential-confidentiality-of-training-data.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/09/nominations-open-for-changing-lawyer-awards-to-be-presented-at-oct-1-virtual-conference.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/09/nominations-open-for-changing-lawyer-awards-to-be-presented-at-oct-1-virtual-conference.html#respond Mon, 21 Sep 2020 16:22:31 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=34134 Nominations are open for The Changing Lawyer Awards 2020, four categories of awards that recognize individuals, firms and companies in the legal industry for their roles in embracing and driving change through new technology, service models or behavior. The awards will be presented on Oct. 1 during The Changing Lawyer LIVE!, a virtual conference with […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/09/nominations-open-for-changing-lawyer-awards-to-be-presented-at-oct-1-virtual-conference.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/09/guest-post-different-approaches-with-a-common-takeaway-across-legal-tech-incubators-accelerators.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/09/guest-post-different-approaches-with-a-common-takeaway-across-legal-tech-incubators-accelerators.html#respond Wed, 16 Sep 2020 16:16:08 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=34094 The former founder and CEO of litigation platform Allegory Law, Alma Asay is now an evangelist at Litera, where she serves as a legal technology expert and advisor to Litera clients, helping them to bring innovative ways of thinking and practice to life. As a legal tech founder, I learned that there were two critical […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/09/guest-post-different-approaches-with-a-common-takeaway-across-legal-tech-incubators-accelerators.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/09/post-iltaon-round-up-tons-of-legal-tech-news-acquisitions-launches-updates-and-more.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/09/post-iltaon-round-up-tons-of-legal-tech-news-acquisitions-launches-updates-and-more.html#respond Fri, 04 Sep 2020 16:11:08 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=33889 Last week may have been the first-ever virtual annual conference of the International Legal Technology Association, but just like past years’ face-to-face ILTACONs, this year’s ILTA>ON was the occasion for a flood of major news announcements from legal technology companies. And given my own perfect storm last week of spending three hours a day hosting […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/09/post-iltaon-round-up-tons-of-legal-tech-news-acquisitions-launches-updates-and-more.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/09/for-litera-iltaon-brought-news-on-top-of-news-no-dabbling-says-ceo.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/09/for-litera-iltaon-brought-news-on-top-of-news-no-dabbling-says-ceo.html#respond Thu, 03 Sep 2020 18:28:57 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=33968 “I’m not a big fan of dabbling in things,” Avaneesh Marwaha, the chief executive officer of legal technology company Litera, told me during an interview last week. “If we enter into an area, we want to become the market leader.” That statement pretty well sums up the company’s news of the past two weeks, announcements […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/09/for-litera-iltaon-brought-news-on-top-of-news-no-dabbling-says-ceo.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/08/all-this-week-on-litera-tv-join-caroline-hill-and-me-for-live-coverage-of-iltaon.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/08/all-this-week-on-litera-tv-join-caroline-hill-and-me-for-live-coverage-of-iltaon.html#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2020 14:56:37 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=33846 All this week is a major event for the legal technology community — ILTA>ON, the first virtual annual conference of the International Legal Technology Association. And all this week at Litera.TV, we will be delivering live coverage of the conference, co-hosted by Caroline Hill, editor-in-chief of Legal IT Insider, and me, and featuring a stream […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/08/all-this-week-on-litera-tv-join-caroline-hill-and-me-for-live-coverage-of-iltaon.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/08/litera-acquires-litigation-management-platform-allegory-law-from-integreon.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/08/litera-acquires-litigation-management-platform-allegory-law-from-integreon.html#respond Fri, 21 Aug 2020 14:30:09 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=33835 In March, Alma Asay joined Litera, after founding and then selling to Integreon the litigation management platform Allegory Law. Now, Asay and the product she created are together again, as Litera is announcing today that it has purchased Allegory Law. For Litera, the acquisition adds litigation case management to its expanding array of products and […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/08/litera-acquires-litigation-management-platform-allegory-law-from-integreon.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/08/like-the-netflix-of-legal-programming-litera-tv-unveils-new-format-and-hosts-plus-live-full-day-coverage-of-iltaon.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/08/like-the-netflix-of-legal-programming-litera-tv-unveils-new-format-and-hosts-plus-live-full-day-coverage-of-iltaon.html#respond Tue, 18 Aug 2020 16:04:34 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=33795 Litera today announced a further expansion of Litera TV, its platform of streaming legal programming, with a new Netflix-like user experience, new hosts, and the announcement that it will provide gavel-to-gavel live coverage of next week’s ILTA>ON conference, with me as one of two anchors hosting the coverage, along with Caroline Hill, editor of Legal […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/08/like-the-netflix-of-legal-programming-litera-tv-unveils-new-format-and-hosts-plus-live-full-day-coverage-of-iltaon.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/08/how-kiras-ai-is-being-used-to-support-police-accountability-reform.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/08/how-kiras-ai-is-being-used-to-support-police-accountability-reform.html#respond Mon, 17 Aug 2020 16:43:57 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=33713 Kira Systems is known in the legal profession for its machine learning software that identifies, extracts and analyzes text in commercial contracts, often used in M&A due diligence reviews. But in a unique public policy partnership, Kira’s software is being deployed as part of a police-reform initiative aimed at reducing police violence. The reform initiative, […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/08/how-kiras-ai-is-being-used-to-support-police-accountability-reform.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/08/career-advice-from-a-top-lawyer-and-head-of-innovation-at-liberty-mutual.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/08/career-advice-from-a-top-lawyer-and-head-of-innovation-at-liberty-mutual.html#respond Fri, 07 Aug 2020 13:13:36 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=33636 When I invited Robert Taylor, vice president and senior corporate counsel for legal ideation and transformation at Liberty Mutual Insurance, to be my guest earlier this week on Litera.TV, I knew him to be a widely recognized innovator in legal department operations, as was recognized last year when the Association of Corporate Counsel recognized his […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/08/career-advice-from-a-top-lawyer-and-head-of-innovation-at-liberty-mutual.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/08/tomorrow-things-i-learned-career-advice-from-liberty-mutuals-bob-taylor.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/08/tomorrow-things-i-learned-career-advice-from-liberty-mutuals-bob-taylor.html#respond Tue, 04 Aug 2020 19:30:38 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=33582 For my Law Insights program tomorrow on Litera TV, I have lined up what should be a great episode for any lawyer or legal professional — but particularly for younger professionals who are still charting their careers. My guest will be Robert Taylor, vice president and senior corporate counsel for legal ideation and transformation at […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/08/tomorrow-things-i-learned-career-advice-from-liberty-mutuals-bob-taylor.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/07/icymi-my-litera-tv-interview-with-paladin-cofounder-kristen-sonday.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/07/icymi-my-litera-tv-interview-with-paladin-cofounder-kristen-sonday.html#respond Fri, 31 Jul 2020 18:05:03 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=33552 On Wednesday, I interviewed Kristen Sonday, cofounder and COO of Paladin, a platform that helps legal teams run more efficient pro bono platforms while increasing access to justice, for my Law Insights program on Litera TV. Among the topics we touched on: Data from Paladin on how COVID-19 and new racial justice initiatives are affecting […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/07/icymi-my-litera-tv-interview-with-paladin-cofounder-kristen-sonday.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/07/in-win-for-litera-major-european-bank-adopts-litera-transact-to-manage-deals.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/07/in-win-for-litera-major-european-bank-adopts-litera-transact-to-manage-deals.html#respond Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:57:29 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=33532 A year ago, the document technology company Litera made a major move into the area of deal-management technology with the acquisitions of two of the leading platforms within a month of each other, first acquiring Workshare Transact in July and then Doxly in August, out of which it created a single product, Litera Transact. Now, […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/07/in-win-for-litera-major-european-bank-adopts-litera-transact-to-manage-deals.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/07/icymi-my-litera-tv-interview-with-legal-technologist-and-innovator-dennis-kennedy.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/07/icymi-my-litera-tv-interview-with-legal-technologist-and-innovator-dennis-kennedy.html#respond Mon, 06 Jul 2020 17:12:13 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=33305 Joining me last week for my Law Insights show on Litera TV was Dennis Kennedy, legal tech and innovation advisor, adjunct law professor, infotech lawyer, professional speaker, author, and podcaster. We covered a lot of ground over the course of our 30-minute conversation. If you’re interested, below is the full recording. For this week’s show, […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/07/icymi-my-litera-tv-interview-with-legal-technologist-and-innovator-dennis-kennedy.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/07/litera-tv-marks-300th-show-with-new-lineup-of-legal-tech-experts-as-hosts.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/07/litera-tv-marks-300th-show-with-new-lineup-of-legal-tech-experts-as-hosts.html#respond Wed, 01 Jul 2020 12:58:45 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=33272 In a year of so many challenges and difficulties, an unexpected highlight for me has been the opportunity to participate as a host on Litera TV, a daily live stream of interviews, educational programs, and tips around legal tech and legal practice produced by the document technology company Litera. Every Wednesday morning since April 8, […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/07/litera-tv-marks-300th-show-with-new-lineup-of-legal-tech-experts-as-hosts.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/icymi-my-litera-tv-interview-with-melissa-speidel-director-of-business-transformation-at-kl-gates.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/icymi-my-litera-tv-interview-with-melissa-speidel-director-of-business-transformation-at-kl-gates.html#respond Mon, 29 Jun 2020 20:57:26 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=33263 Last week on my live-streaming legal program Law Insights on Litera TV, I interviewed Melissa Speidel, director of business transformation at the law firm K&L Gates. Her job, Melissa says, is to “take care of the business” — to manage and find solutions throughout the firm and also to engage with clients to help them […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/icymi-my-litera-tv-interview-with-melissa-speidel-director-of-business-transformation-at-kl-gates.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/icymi-heres-my-litera-tv-interview-with-doxly-founder-haley-altman.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/icymi-heres-my-litera-tv-interview-with-doxly-founder-haley-altman.html#respond Fri, 19 Jun 2020 12:30:18 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=33183 On Wednesday, I interviewed Haley Altman for Litera TV, following news last week that Litera had named her its global director of business development and strategy. Altman is a former lawyer who, in 2016, founded the transaction management platform Doxly. Last year, she sold Doxly to the document technology company Litera, joining the company as […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/icymi-heres-my-litera-tv-interview-with-doxly-founder-haley-altman.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/litera-acquires-ai-powered-contract-drafting-platform-bestpractix.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/litera-acquires-ai-powered-contract-drafting-platform-bestpractix.html#respond Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:30:49 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=33133 The document technology company Litera has acquired Bestpractix, a three-year-old, Israel-based company whose platform for contract review, negotiation and drafting uses natural language processing and machine learning to provide contract-drafting recommendations based on both a firm’s own previously negotiated agreements and on publicly available agreements. Founded in 2017 by CEO Omer Hayun, a former corporate […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/litera-acquires-ai-powered-contract-drafting-platform-bestpractix.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/haley-altman-named-literas-global-director-of-business-development-and-strategy.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/haley-altman-named-literas-global-director-of-business-development-and-strategy.html#respond Fri, 12 Jun 2020 12:44:57 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=33123 Haley Altman, who joined the document technology company Litera in August 2019 when it acquired the transactions management company she founded, Doxly, has today been named Litera’s global director of business development and strategy. In this new role, the company said, Altman will focus on expanding customer development opportunities and helping to define and execute […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/haley-altman-named-literas-global-director-of-business-development-and-strategy.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/mark-cohen-on-turbocharged-transformation-in-legal-and-a-peak-at-his-newest-venture.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/mark-cohen-on-turbocharged-transformation-in-legal-and-a-peak-at-his-newest-venture.html#respond Thu, 11 Jun 2020 13:06:19 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=33115 Mark Cohen is a true thought leader in the legal world. An accomplished litigator at both the U.S. Department of Justice and in private practice, he turned his attention to the business of law nearly 20 years ago, founding one of the first legal process outsourcing companies and then cofounding innovative law company Clearspire. He […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/mark-cohen-on-turbocharged-transformation-in-legal-and-a-peak-at-his-newest-venture.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/tomorrow-on-litera-tv-dan-linna-director-of-law-and-tech-at-northwestern-law.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/tomorrow-on-litera-tv-dan-linna-director-of-law-and-tech-at-northwestern-law.html#respond Tue, 02 Jun 2020 20:19:13 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=33008 Join me tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. ET on Litera TV for a live interview with Daniel W. Linna Jr., director of Law and Technology Initiatives and senior lecturer at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and McCormick School of Engineering. Dan also writes the blog LegalTech Lever, on leveraging legal innovation and technology to improve legal […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/tomorrow-on-litera-tv-dan-linna-director-of-law-and-tech-at-northwestern-law.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/kathryn-debord-chief-innovation-officer-bryan-cave-on-innovation-during-a-pandemic.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/kathryn-debord-chief-innovation-officer-bryan-cave-on-innovation-during-a-pandemic.html#respond Mon, 01 Jun 2020 19:55:07 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=32986 Last week, for my weekly Law Insights program on Litera TV today, I interviewed Kathryn DeBord, chief innovation officer at the law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. Our 30-minute interview covered a range of topics, including innovation at Bryan Cave and innovation in the midst of a pandemic. The recording of that interview is now […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/kathryn-debord-chief-innovation-officer-bryan-cave-on-innovation-during-a-pandemic.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/05/today-at-1030-et-live-interview-with-kathryn-debord-chief-innovation-officer-bryan-cave.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/05/today-at-1030-et-live-interview-with-kathryn-debord-chief-innovation-officer-bryan-cave.html#respond Wed, 27 May 2020 12:21:08 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=32910 For my weekly Law Insights program on Litera TV today, I’ll be interviewing Kathryn DeBord, chief innovation officer at the law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. You can watch the live stream directly at the Litera TV page. DeBord leads Bryan Cave’s innovation team, which is an international cross-disciplinary team dedicated to legal service delivery […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/05/today-at-1030-et-live-interview-with-kathryn-debord-chief-innovation-officer-bryan-cave.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/05/dentons-adopts-litera-transact-for-managing-major-u-s-real-estate-transactions.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/05/dentons-adopts-litera-transact-for-managing-major-u-s-real-estate-transactions.html#respond Fri, 15 May 2020 13:15:54 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=32798 As the global pandemic has forced lawyers and clients into working from home, many law firms have realized that standard ways of closing deals and signing documents are no longer viable. That point was driven home recently when Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, said that its U.S. real estate practice would now use the […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/05/dentons-adopts-litera-transact-for-managing-major-u-s-real-estate-transactions.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/05/tomorrow-on-litera-tv-ill-interview-aba-president-judy-perry-martinez.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/05/tomorrow-on-litera-tv-ill-interview-aba-president-judy-perry-martinez.html#respond Wed, 13 May 2020 18:45:22 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=32786 For my weekly Law Insights program on Litera TV, tomorrow I will interview Judy Perry Martinez, the president of the American Bar Association. Our conversation will be streamed live tomorrow, May 14, at 9:30 a.m. CDT / 3:30 p.m. BST at Litera TV. A lawyer who has made public service a part of her career […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/05/tomorrow-on-litera-tv-ill-interview-aba-president-judy-perry-martinez.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/05/marketing-in-a-pandemic-heres-my-litera-tv-interview-with-mcguirewoods-cmo-joe-calve.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/05/marketing-in-a-pandemic-heres-my-litera-tv-interview-with-mcguirewoods-cmo-joe-calve.html#respond Mon, 11 May 2020 12:51:42 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=32727 Last week, for my weekly Law Insights program on Litera TV, I interviewed Joe Calve, chief marketing and business development officer at McGuireWoods. Our topic: legal marketing in the midst of a pandemic. At McGuireWoods, Calve oversees client relations and development, communications, media relations and marketing. Before joining McGuireWoods, he was CMO for two international […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/05/marketing-in-a-pandemic-heres-my-litera-tv-interview-with-mcguirewoods-cmo-joe-calve.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/04/longtime-thomson-reuters-legal-analyst-david-curle-joins-kira-systems.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/04/longtime-thomson-reuters-legal-analyst-david-curle-joins-kira-systems.html#respond Mon, 27 Apr 2020 15:58:55 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=32547 David Curle, a lawyer who is well known for his writing and analysis on legal technology, has joined the machine-learning contract-analysis company Kira Systems as legal content and research lead. Since 2013, Curle has been director, enterprise content, technology and innovation, at Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute, where he has provided research and thought leadership […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/04/longtime-thomson-reuters-legal-analyst-david-curle-joins-kira-systems.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/04/heres-the-video-of-my-litera-tv-interview-with-legal-futurist-jordan-furlong.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/04/heres-the-video-of-my-litera-tv-interview-with-legal-futurist-jordan-furlong.html#respond Fri, 24 Apr 2020 01:19:15 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=32525 Earlier this week, for my weekly Law Insights program on Litera TV, I interviewed Jordan Furlong, legal analyst and futurist and author of The Law21 Blog. A former journalist, Furlong has for the last decade established himself as a leading analyst of the global legal market and forecaster of its future development. At his blog, he has […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/04/heres-the-video-of-my-litera-tv-interview-with-legal-futurist-jordan-furlong.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/04/live-tomorrow-legal-analyst-jordan-furlong-joins-me-on-litera-tv.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/04/live-tomorrow-legal-analyst-jordan-furlong-joins-me-on-litera-tv.html#respond Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:11:10 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=32480 My weekly Law Insights program on Litera TV continues tomorrow with this week’s guest Jordan Furlong, legal analyst and futurist and author of The Law21 Blog. A former journalist, Furlong has for the last decade established himself as a leading analyst of the global legal market and forecaster of its future development. At his blog, […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/04/live-tomorrow-legal-analyst-jordan-furlong-joins-me-on-litera-tv.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/04/tomorrow-on-litera-tv-i-interview-ilta-ceo-joy-heath-rush.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/04/tomorrow-on-litera-tv-i-interview-ilta-ceo-joy-heath-rush.html#respond Tue, 14 Apr 2020 16:58:36 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=32415 Tomorrow is week two of my live-streaming Law Insights program on Litera TV. My guest will be Joy Heath Rush, chief executive officer of the International Legal Technology Association, the world’s largest organization of those who work in or have an interest in legal technology. Watch our conversation live tomorrow (April 15) at 10:30 ET/3:30 […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/04/tomorrow-on-litera-tv-i-interview-ilta-ceo-joy-heath-rush.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/04/watch-the-replay-of-my-litera-tv-live-interview-with-former-orrick-chair-ralph-baxter.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/04/watch-the-replay-of-my-litera-tv-live-interview-with-former-orrick-chair-ralph-baxter.html#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2020 13:14:28 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=32373 Last Wednesday, as part of the new Litera TV line-up of live-streaming programming, I interviewed Ralph Baxter, former chairman and CEO of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe and now an industry advisor to law firms and corporate legal departments, as well as a blogger and podcaster. This was the first of a half-hour episode called Law Insights that I […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/04/watch-the-replay-of-my-litera-tv-live-interview-with-former-orrick-chair-ralph-baxter.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/04/litera-announces-virtual-legal-conference-april-23-on-adapting-to-the-changing-market.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/04/litera-announces-virtual-legal-conference-april-23-on-adapting-to-the-changing-market.html#respond Thu, 09 Apr 2020 21:56:45 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=32359 As sheltering in place rules out traditional legal conferences, I reported last week on a virtual legal conference, Rocket Aid, and now there is another to report. Litera, the document-technology company, today announced The Changing Lawyer LIVE!, a one-day virtual conference on April 23 that will focus on the changes in the legal market and […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/04/litera-announces-virtual-legal-conference-april-23-on-adapting-to-the-changing-market.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/04/join-me-for-a-live-streaming-conversation-with-ralph-baxter-former-orrick-chair-on-litera-tv.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/04/join-me-for-a-live-streaming-conversation-with-ralph-baxter-former-orrick-chair-on-litera-tv.html#respond Tue, 07 Apr 2020 13:28:52 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=32332 As part of its response to the coronavirus crisis, the document automation company Litera has launched Litera TV, a daily live stream of interviews, educational programs, and tips around legal tech and legal practice. I am thrilled to announced that starting tomorrow, and for at least the next four weeks, I will host a half-hour […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/04/join-me-for-a-live-streaming-conversation-with-ralph-baxter-former-orrick-chair-on-litera-tv.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/03/empowering-lawyers-who-must-work-remotely.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/03/empowering-lawyers-who-must-work-remotely.html#respond Tue, 31 Mar 2020 14:01:22 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=32253 Litera’s business continuity series, which began last week, dives into the unprecedented challenges we are all facing and looks at how technology can help provide what law firms need to continue serving their clients, even while their teams are working remotely, unable to travel or meet face-to-face with clients, and otherwise disrupted from their regular routines. We’re […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/03/empowering-lawyers-who-must-work-remotely.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/03/lawnext-episode-68-litera-ceo-avaneesh-marwaha-on-growth-during-a-crisis.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/03/lawnext-episode-68-litera-ceo-avaneesh-marwaha-on-growth-during-a-crisis.html#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2020 18:49:57 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=32250 Even as the COVID-19 pandemic scrambled any sense of business as usual last week, the document-automation company Litera seemed to stay a step ahead, becoming one of the first major legal technology companies to take steps to continue operations, quickly pivoting to develop a lite version of its deal-management platform to offer for free, and completing the notable acquisition of […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/03/lawnext-episode-68-litera-ceo-avaneesh-marwaha-on-growth-during-a-crisis.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/03/notable-hire-allegory-founder-alma-asay-joins-litera.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/03/notable-hire-allegory-founder-alma-asay-joins-litera.html#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2020 13:00:52 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=32238 The news just keeps coming from document-automation company Litera in recent days. After last week’s announcements of its acquisition of Best Authority and roll-out of a free version of its deal-management platform, it is today announcing a notable hire. Alma Asay, the founder and CEO of the cloud-based litigation management platform Allegory Law, which she […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/03/notable-hire-allegory-founder-alma-asay-joins-litera.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/03/litera-acquires-best-authority-industry-leading-table-of-authorities-tool.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/03/litera-acquires-best-authority-industry-leading-table-of-authorities-tool.html#respond Thu, 26 Mar 2020 14:31:23 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=32193 The document technology company Litera has acquired Best Authority, which is possibly the leading standalone product among legal professionals for generating tables of authorities in legal briefs. Best Authority, developed by Levit & James Inc., is in use at over 90% of Am Law 100 law firms has over 1,000 customers in total. An add-in […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/03/litera-acquires-best-authority-industry-leading-table-of-authorities-tool.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/03/litera-offers-free-six-month-access-to-lite-version-of-litera-transact.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/03/litera-offers-free-six-month-access-to-lite-version-of-litera-transact.html#respond Wed, 25 Mar 2020 14:01:43 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=32175 As the COVID-19 pandemic has stymied standard ways of closing deals and signing documents, Litera said today it is offering six months of no-cost access to a lite version of its deal-management platform Litera Transact. In a message sent to Litera customers today, CEO Avaneesh Marwaha said that he is hearing from law firms that […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/03/litera-offers-free-six-month-access-to-lite-version-of-litera-transact.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/03/litera-says-coronavirus-will-not-impact-its-operations-even-as-it-takes-steps-to-reduce-risk.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/03/litera-says-coronavirus-will-not-impact-its-operations-even-as-it-takes-steps-to-reduce-risk.html#respond Fri, 06 Mar 2020 14:57:02 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=32002 The document technology company Litera is telling customers it is prepared to continue full operations, even as it takes steps to reduce risk associated with the outbreak of coronavirus. In a statement posted to its website and being distributed to customers, the company outlined the steps it is taking to address the outbreak and its […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/03/litera-says-coronavirus-will-not-impact-its-operations-even-as-it-takes-steps-to-reduce-risk.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2019/08/literas-acquisition-of-doxly-i-speak-with-the-ceos-on-whats-ahead.html https://www.lawnext.com/2019/08/literas-acquisition-of-doxly-i-speak-with-the-ceos-on-whats-ahead.html#respond Fri, 16 Aug 2019 16:44:22 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=30197 As I wrote here earlier, Litera yesterday announced that it has acquired Doxly, a four-year-old company founded by a former biglaw partner to manage the legal transactions process. I have just had a phone call with the CEOs of the two companies and can provide more details. First, to sum up the news. the document technology company Litera Microsystems has […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2019/08/literas-acquisition-of-doxly-i-speak-with-the-ceos-on-whats-ahead.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2019/07/litera-microsystems-acquires-workshare-extending-document-capabilities.html https://www.lawnext.com/2019/07/litera-microsystems-acquires-workshare-extending-document-capabilities.html#respond Tue, 09 Jul 2019 15:59:34 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=29953 The document technology company Litera Microsystems said today that it has acquired Workshare, a London company that provides products used by legal professionals for document comparison, protection and sharing. Chicago-based Litera says the move underscores its focus on providing a seamless drafting experience for users across best-of-breed technologies. For firms that currently use products from […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2019/07/litera-microsystems-acquires-workshare-extending-document-capabilities.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2019/05/litera-microsystems-is-sold-to-hg-private-equity-group.html https://www.lawnext.com/2019/05/litera-microsystems-is-sold-to-hg-private-equity-group.html#respond Tue, 07 May 2019 12:17:52 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=29606 Three years after acquiring document technology company Litera and then investing $100 million into creating the portfolio company Litera Microsystems, the investment firm K1 Investment Management has sold the company to Hg Capital Trust Plc. During its ownership, K1 says, Litera tripled its revenue to become one of the world’s leading providers of end-to-end document […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2019/05/litera-microsystems-is-sold-to-hg-private-equity-group.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2018/09/ai-company-kira-systems-gets-50-million-series-investment.html https://www.lawnext.com/2018/09/ai-company-kira-systems-gets-50-million-series-investment.html#respond Wed, 05 Sep 2018 11:29:51 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=27985 Kira Systems, a Toronto-based developer of machine-learning software for contract review and analysis, today announced a $50 million Series A minority investment from Insight Venture Partners in New York City. This is the first outside investment taken by the company, which was founded in 2011 by Noah Waisberg, a former corporate lawyer at Weil, Gotshal & […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2018/09/ai-company-kira-systems-gets-50-million-series-investment.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2017/08/breaking-100-million-investment-combines-litera-microsystems-xref-sackett-group-iltacon.html https://www.lawnext.com/2017/08/breaking-100-million-investment-combines-litera-microsystems-xref-sackett-group-iltacon.html#respond Mon, 14 Aug 2017 21:15:20 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=16058 https://www.lawnext.com/2017/08/breaking-100-million-investment-combines-litera-microsystems-xref-sackett-group-iltacon.html/feed 0