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#ILTACON19 News: CloudNine E-Discovery Software Now Available Via Private Cloud

#ILTACON19 News: CloudNine E-Discovery Software Now Available Via Private Cloud

By Bob Ambrogi
on August 19, 2019

I wrote here last week about the rollout by CloudNine of new versions and enhancements for its suite of e-discovery products. Now at ILTACON, the company is announcing a partnership with the legal technology company Oasis Discovery to offer access to its products through a managed private cloud.

Law firms will…

LawNext Episode 48: ROSS Intelligence Founders Andrew Arruda and Jimoh Ovbiagele

LawNext Episode 48: ROSS Intelligence Founders Andrew Arruda and Jimoh Ovbiagele

By Bob Ambrogi
on August 13, 2019

On this episode of LawNext, I travel to Toronto to sit down for a live recording with the founders of the AI-driven legal research platform ROSS Intelligence, CEO Andrew Arruda and CTO Jimoh Ovbiagele. Along with a third founder, Pargles Dall’Oglio, Arruda and Ovbiagele first developed ROSS at the University of Toronto in 2014,…

In Advance of #ILTACON19, CloudNine Rolls Out Upgrades Of Its E-Discovery Technology

In Advance of #ILTACON19, CloudNine Rolls Out Upgrades Of Its E-Discovery Technology

By Bob Ambrogi
on August 13, 2019

Prepare for an onslaught of legal technology announcements, as ILTACON 19, the massive annual conference of the International Legal Technology Association, is set to begin Sunday in Orlando.

First up: CloudNine, which today is announcing new versions, features and performance upgrades to its suite of e-discovery products, which is composed of its on-premise…

LexisNexis Reengineers CourtLink, Its Docket Research Product

LexisNexis Reengineers CourtLink, Its Docket Research Product

By Bob Ambrogi
on August 12, 2019

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is today unveiling a major reengineering of its CourtLink federal and state docket research product that moves it to the Lexis Advance platform and that gives users more options for searching dockets while reducing the steps involved in doing so.

The move also means that users will be able…

Deadline Friday for Startups to Apply for LexisNexis Legal Tech Accelerator

Deadline Friday for Startups to Apply for LexisNexis Legal Tech Accelerator

By Bob Ambrogi
on August 6, 2019

Friday, Aug. 9, is the deadline for startups to apply for the fourth cohort of the LexisNexis Legal Tech Accelerator, a program designed to give start-ups a leg-up in the legal tech industry.

The accelerator runs September to December and is co-located in the Menlo Park, Calif., offices of Lex Machina and the LexisNexis Raleigh…

Friday Roundup: New Sites, New Investments, People News, and More

Friday Roundup: New Sites, New Investments, People News, and More

By Bob Ambrogi
on August 2, 2019

Here’s a roundup of recent news from the world of legal technology.

Search nonprofits’ tax records. The nonprofit news organization ProPublica has launched a new feature allowing free, full-text search of nearly 3 million tax filings sent by nonprofits to the IRS since 2011. The new feature is an enhancement to ProPublica’s Nonprofit…

At AI Research Company ROSS, A New Stage of Transparency and Engagement

At AI Research Company ROSS, A New Stage of Transparency and Engagement

By Bob Ambrogi
on July 29, 2019

Was this the same ROSS Intelligence that I’d wondered and speculated about?

For years, the artificial-intelligence legal research company maintained a shroud of secrecy around its product. Sure, they talked about it plenty. They garnered lots of media coverage. And CEO Andrew Arruda was a ubiquitous presence at legal conferences, touting the future…

With New Products from Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg Law, Brief Analysis Goes Mainstream

With New Products from Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg Law, Brief Analysis Goes Mainstream

By Bob Ambrogi
on July 23, 2019

Within the last 10 days, two major legal research companies have launched brief-analysis tools. On July 12, Thomson Reuters unveiled its Quick Check, a feature that will be available starting July 24 to all subscribers to Westlaw Edge, as I reported in this post.

Then last week, Bloomberg Law previewed its forthcoming brief analyzer, which it…

Robot Wars Round 2: Faux Face Off of the AI-Driven Brief-Analysis Tools

Robot Wars Round 2: Faux Face Off of the AI-Driven Brief-Analysis Tools

By Bob Ambrogi
on July 21, 2019

In this corner: CARA, the original AI-powered brief-analysis tool introduced in 2016 by the legal research company Casetext.

In the other corner: Well, no one really, except empty seats behind name cards bearing the names of other brief-analysis products and an audience of curious onlookers.

But its competitors’ no-shows did not stop Casetext from…

LexisNexis Gets Into Enterprise Contract Analytics through Joint Venture with Knowable

LexisNexis Gets Into Enterprise Contract Analytics through Joint Venture with Knowable

By Bob Ambrogi
on July 18, 2019

[Updated to include comments from Mark Harris, Knowable CEO, and Ritu Khanna, executive vice president, Global Strategy & Acquisitions, at LexisNexis.]

LexisNexis Legal & Professional today announced that it has entered into an agreement to form a joint venture with Knowable, a company that uses machine-learning technology to help companies better understand their…

Thomson Reuters Acquires Legal Collaboration Platform HighQ

Thomson Reuters Acquires Legal Collaboration Platform HighQ

By Bob Ambrogi
on July 18, 2019

Thomson Reuters said today that it has acquired HighQ, a London-based enterprise collaboration and file-sharing platform for the legal industry.

HighQ has more than 400 customers, including more than half of the Global 100 largest law firms, TR said in announcing the acquisition.

It was just a year ago that HighQ announced an…

Clio CEO Jack Newton Joins Board of AI Legal Research Company ROSS

Clio CEO Jack Newton Joins Board of AI Legal Research Company ROSS

By Bob Ambrogi
on July 18, 2019

Jack Newton, cofounder and CEO of the legal practice management company Clio, has joined the board of directors of ROSS Intelligence, the AI-powered legal research service.

“I’m honored to join ROSS Intelligence’s Board, and I look forward to playing a role in guiding the company’s growth in the years to come,” Newton…

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