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Bellevue, WA — December 9, 2025 — the AI-first legal tech startup Beagle & Retriever today announced the launch of Retriever, an intelligent client-intake and case-assessment platform that modernizes how law firms engage prospective clients across personal injury, employment, immigration, IP, tax, and other practice areas.…
On LawNext: Reveal’s CEO and CTO Discuss the Company’s Launch of Gen AI for E-Discovery Review
The e-discovery company Reveal Data recently announced that it will launch its new generative AI-powered document review platform, called “aji,” in late September. Notably, the company said it is offering full access to the platform at no cost through Dec. 31, in order to enable “the entire legal community to explore and master…
Merlin Launches Alchemy, Its 4th-Generation Document Intelligence Platform For Discovery and Investigations
The e-discovery company Merlin Search Technologies has launched Alchemy, a “document intelligence platform,” driven by generative artificial intelligence, that is designed to transform unstructured data into actionable intelligence for legal teams.
The Alchemy platform succeeds the previous version of Merlin’s platform, which was called DiscoveryPartner, and introduces several architectural innovations aimed at redefining…
Jury Finds Global E-Discovery Company Violated Criminal Computer Security Law when It Accessed Woman’s Emails
A Texas jury in a civil case has found that Consilio, which describes itself as “the global leader” in e-discovery, violated a Texas computer security criminal statute when it accessed the plaintiff’s computer without effective consent.
The jury also found Consilio negligent in downloading and destroying 10 years’ worth of emails and awarded $50,000…
In Notable E-Discovery News, ALSP Elevate Acquires Consulting Company Redgrave Data
In notable news for the e-discovery industry, the legal software and services provider Elevate has acquired Redgrave Data, a consulting firm that provides services and software for e-discovery and data analytics.
Redgrave’s founders Mollie Nichols, Scott Culbertson, Dave Lewis, Mark Noel, and Lindsey Worth will all join Elevate’s management team.
Redgrave Data was…
Promising ‘Cruelty-Free’ E-Discovery, Beagle Raises $3M Seed Funding Round
Beagle, a company that says it is harnessing the power of native AI to make e-discovery “cruelty free,” has raised $3 million in a seed funding round.
The round was led by ML Capital and supported by other investors including Davidovs Venture Collective (DVC) fund and Hugging Face’s co-founder Thomas Wolf.
Beagle says that,…
Legal Tech Moves: C-Suite Appointments at Axiom, Exterro, Merlin, and Relativity
With four different legal tech companies announcing executive appointments over the last week, including two to top sales spots, the timing leads me to wonder whether this is because companies are staffing up for the Legalweek conference that is just around the corner. Whatever the reason, here is a roundup of the newest additions…
Today on Legaltech Week: Jeff Brandt of Pinhawk and Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today Sit In As Guest Panelists
We are back live today at 3 E.T. for our weekly Legaltech Week discussion of the top stories in legal tech and innovation. Today, we have two guest panelists sitting in: Jeffrey Brandt, editor of Law Technology Digest from Pinhawk, and Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today.
Among the stories on the…
Major E-Discovery News, As Exterro, Eyeing IPO, Acquires Zapproved for Undisclosed Amount
Among the things the two e-discovery companies Exterro and Zapproved have in common is that they were both founded in the same year, 2008, and in the same city, Portland, Ore. Now they have something else in common, as they announce today that Exterro has acquired Zapproved.
While the terms of the acquisition were not…
E-Discovery Company Lighthouse Names Former Microsoft Executive As CEO Starting Oct. 1
Lighthouse, the Seattle-based company that provides technology and services for e-discovery, compliance and information governance, said today that former Microsoft vice president and CIO Ron Markezich will become its chief executive officer effective Oct. 1, succeeding Brian McManus, who has been in that role since 2011.
McManus will remain with the company…
Founded Just Eight Months Ago, Redgrave Data Reports ‘Enormous’ Growth in its E-Discovery and Data Services Company
Last January, the law firm Redgrave LLP, which specializes in e-discovery and information law, formed the company Redgrave Strategic Data Solutions LLC to provide “innovative services and solutions centered at the intersection of the law, technology, and science.”
The company launched with a leadership team of veteran e-discovery and data science professionals, helmed by…
Fastcase Names the 2022 Fastcase 50, Honoring ‘Innovators, Techies, Visionaries and Leaders’ in Law
If you are looking for a scorecard naming those who are leading the charge on innovation in law, you can do no better than the Fastcase 50, the annual listing by the legal intelligence company Fastcase that honors 50 of the law’s “smartest, most courageous, innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders.”
Today, Fastcase is…