When legal intelligence company vLex released a major upgrade to its Vincent AI last September, I wrote that it might just be the most capable generative AI assistant in the legal market. Now, vLex is releasing another major upgrade to Vincent AI that pushes it further beyond traditional legal research and document…
CLM Company ContractPodAi Partners with Big Four Firms and ALSPs to Launch Marketplace of AI Agents
ContractPodAi, a contract lifecycle management provider, has launched Leah Marketplace, a platform that enables enterprises to access and deploy specialized artificial intelligence applications for legal use cases. The marketplace features applications developed in collaboration with major professional services firms and alternative legal service providers.
The platform includes domain-specific solutions from PwC and KPMG,…
E-Discovery Company Exterro Unveils Tool It Says Will ‘Disrupt’ Data Collection from Remote Mobile Devices
E-discovery company Exterro today announced the forthcoming launch of a remote mobile device collection capability that aims to streamline the process of gathering mobile data for e-discovery and digital forensics investigations.
The company’s Remote Mobile Discovery product, set for general availability next month, allows legal teams to remotely collect and review mobile device data…
In ‘AI Smackdown,’ Law Librarians Compare Legal AI Research Platforms, Finding Distinct Strengths and Limitations
How do AI-driven legal research platforms — specifically those that provide direct answers to legal questions — stack up against each other?
That was the question at a Feb. 8 meeting of the Southern California Association of Law Libraries, where a panel of three law librarians reported on their comparison of the AI answers…
On LawNext: Standardizing Legal Agreements: How OneNDA and OneSaaS Aim to Transform Business Contracting
When it comes to contract negotiations, lawyers often find themselves spending countless hours haggling over standard agreements such as NDAs and SaaS contracts, with both sides often saying more or less the same thing, but in different words. What if there was a better way?
Today’s guests believe there is. Electra Japonas, chief…
Legal Technology Company Gavel Expands Its Document Automation Platform to 60 Languages
Legal workflow automation provider Gavel announced today that it has expanded its AI-powered document automation tool, Gavel Blueprint, to support a total of 60 languages.
Previously, Blueprint support only English-language documents, while the company’s original rules-based platform supported 19 languages and is in use by legal professionals across 23 countries. Today’s news adds 59…
500,000 U.S. Lawyers Now Have Free Access to Trust Software through Bar Partnerships with Smokeball
Trust accounting remains one of the most dangerous pitfalls for unwary lawyers. Far too often, lawyers — particularly those in solo and small firms — still rely on manual methods for maintaining and reconciling their client funds accounts. As a result, trust account violations are a frequent source of professional disciplinary cases for lawyers, in…
Law Insider Launches oneSaaS Standard Cloud Services Agreement, Building on OneNDA Success
At its inaugural Future Contracts Miami conference today, Law Insider announced the launch of oneSaaS, a standardized template for cloud services agreements, developed through a community-driven process that drew on input from more than 300 legal professionals and software-as-a-service providers and that analyzed nearly 1,000 public SaaS agreements.
The initiative aims to…
How It Works: Testing NeosAI’s newest updates on our own documents, and exploring AI Chat
Assembly Software recently announced enhancements and additions to NeosAI, a set of generative AI-powered features integrated directly into their Neos case management platform.
The first set of new features come in an the form of an upgrade to their AI Prompts, which now allows administrators to create and limit custom prompts, and to…
Clio Names General Manager for Canada to Double Down Its Growth In Its Home Country
Law practice management company Clio today named a general manager to oversee its operations in Canada, part of what it says is a doubling down on strategic expansion in its home market.
The new GM, Luke Slan, will lead the company’s efforts to drive growth and innovation tailored to the unique needs of the…
Today’s Experiment with OpenAI’s Deep Research: Picking the Best Cloud-Based Law Practice Management Software for a Small Law Firm
As I noted yesterday, over the weekend, OpenAI released Deep Research, an AI agent capable of completing multi-step research tasks and synthesizing large amounts of online information. The company says Deep Research (not to be confused with the controversial Chinese AI product DeepSeek) can complete complex research tasks in minutes that might otherwise take hours…
Onit Acquires Legal Files, A Provider Of Case and Matter Management Software
Onit, a global provider of AI-enabled workflow automation products for the legal industry, said today it has acquired Legal Files Software, Inc., a company that provides legal case and matter management software for corporate, government and law firm customers.
In business since 1990, Legal Files says it has more than 500 customers in…
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