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Legora and Laurel Partner to Enable Automatic Time Capture; Will Later Develop Measures of Legora’s Value to Firms

Legora and Laurel Partner to Enable Automatic Time Capture; Will Later Develop Measures of Legora’s Value to Firms

By Bob Ambrogi
on October 13, 2026

Legal professionals will now be able to automatically record the time they spend working in the legal AI platform Legora, as the result of a new partnership with the AI timekeeping platform Laurel.

With this partnership, the companies announced today, Laurel will turn every task a lawyer completes in Legora into a time entry, with…

Former Big Law M&A Lawyer Launches useABI, an AI ‘Associate’ That Produces Deal Docs Without Prompting

Former Big Law M&A Lawyer Launches useABI, an AI ‘Associate’ That Produces Deal Docs Without Prompting

By Bob Ambrogi
on October 13, 2026

A former mergers-and-acquisitions lawyer at Greenberg Traurig today launched useABI, a legal AI platform for M&A lawyers that is designed to function not as just another AI assistant but as something closer to a working member of a deal team.

“With useABI, an M&A lawyer gets the purchase agreement markup, issues list, diligence report…

In First Major Release Since PayChex Acquisition, SixFifty Launches Agentic HR Compliance Feature

In First Major Release Since PayChex Acquisition, SixFifty Launches Agentic HR Compliance Feature

By Bob Ambrogi
on October 13, 2026

Last year, this blog broke the news that the payroll and human resources company PayChex had acquired the employment law compliance and documentation company SixFifty, which had previously been owned by the Silicon Valley law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati as a technology subsidiary, as well as by SixFifty’s CEO…

Partners Want AI to Help Them Find New Business, But Most Are Running It on Data They Can’t Use, Introhive Survey Finds

Partners Want AI to Help Them Find New Business, But Most Are Running It on Data They Can’t Use, Introhive Survey Finds

By Bob Ambrogi
on October 13, 2026

Partners at law and accounting firms say the one thing they most want from business-development technology is help finding new business in relationships their firms already have. But 78% say the relationship data at their firms is hard to act on, and most of those using AI for business development are using general-purpose chatbots that…

‘No More Than an Ordinary Copyright Case’ — 3rd Circuit Unseals Its Opinion In Thomson Reuters Case Against ROSS

‘No More Than an Ordinary Copyright Case’ — 3rd Circuit Unseals Its Opinion In Thomson Reuters Case Against ROSS

By Bob Ambrogi
on October 12, 2026

Perhaps this is the way the case will end, not with a bang but a whimper.

With apologies to T. S. Eliot, that was my reaction when I read the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ assessment of the 6.5-year battle between legal information giant Thomson Reuters and once-fledgling startup ROSS Intelligence as “no more…

Ken Crutchfield: Taking BigLaw Private? The Implications Of Kirkland’s Decision To Stop Disclosing Financials

Ken Crutchfield: Taking BigLaw Private? The Implications Of Kirkland’s Decision To Stop Disclosing Financials

By Ken Crutchfield
on October 12, 2026

Kirkland & Ellis made headlines again when it stated it will no longer disclose financial information to The American Lawyer magazine and other media after 2026. Firm leadership said financial disclosures could put too much focus on quantitative metrics over the quality and caliber of the firm’s legal services.

Kirkland is in a category…

I Sent Three Law Firms an RFP. There’s Clearly a Client Experience Gap.

I Sent Three Law Firms an RFP. There’s Clearly a Client Experience Gap.

By Avaneesh Marwaha, CEO, Litera [Sponsored Post] and Litera
on October 8, 2026

As a former lawyer, a legal technology CEO, and a paying client of five major law firms, I see how legal services are built, sold, and experienced.

Recently, my wife and I sent three firms an RFP for personal legal work. One firm responded with a partner’s name, an associate’s name,…

ROSS Says It Will Ask Supreme Court to Review 3rd Circuit Ruling for Thomson Reuters in Copyright Case

ROSS Says It Will Ask Supreme Court to Review 3rd Circuit Ruling for Thomson Reuters in Copyright Case

By Bob Ambrogi
on October 2, 2026

Following this week’s ruling by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in favor of Thomson Reuters in its long-running copyright battle against the now-shuttered AI legal research company ROSS Intelligence,  ROSS says it will seek review in the Supreme Court. 

Yar Chaikovsky, partner at White & Case, issued a statement on behalf of…

Relativity CEO Says 2028 Server Deadline Stands; Will Prioritize Partnering with Frontier Labs Over Legal AI Companies

Relativity CEO Says 2028 Server Deadline Stands; Will Prioritize Partnering with Frontier Labs Over Legal AI Companies

By Bob Ambrogi
on October 2, 2026

Relativity is holding firm on its plan to require that all new matters be hosted in the cloud beginning Jan. 1, 2028, CEO Phil Saunders said Thursday, and he had a blunt message for partners who are not on board: “Know we’re going to run through you.”

Saunders made the comments during a media briefing…

Dallas. Oct. 7. Masters AI. See You There!

Dallas. Oct. 7. Masters AI. See You There!

By Bob Ambrogi
on October 1, 2026

I am thrilled to announce that I will be serving as emcee for the Masters AI conference in Dallas on Oct. 7, as well as for subsequent dates in Philadelphia on Nov. 11 and Miami on Dec. 8.

This is an AI conference that is designed to be hands-on. As the organizers say, “Less…

Clio Acquires Learned Hand, Giving Its New Judiciary Business An Existing Product

Clio Acquires Learned Hand, Giving Its New Judiciary Business An Existing Product

By Bob Ambrogi
on September 30, 2026

Clio today announced that it has acquired Learned Hand, a startup that builds AI exclusively for judges and courts, giving the legal tech company’s newly launched judiciary business an existing product already in use in a number of courthouses.

Clio did not disclose the terms of the deal.

The acquisition caps a rapid series…

What the Savannah Bananas Can Teach You About Building a Successful Small Law Firm

What the Savannah Bananas Can Teach You About Building a Successful Small Law Firm

By Bob Ambrogi
on September 29, 2026

I’ll confess: When I heard that Jesse Cole, the founder of the Savannah Bananas baseball team, was to be the keynote speaker at 8am’s Kaleidoscope conference, I found myself scratching my head. After all, what could the founder of a baseball team known for dancing players and a senior-citizen dance squad possibly…

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Bob Ambrogi is a lawyer and journalist who has been writing and speaking about legal technology and innovation for more than two decades. He writes the award-winning blog LawSites, is a columnist for Above the Law, hosts the podcast about legal innovation, LawNext, and hosts the weekly legal tech journalists' roundtable, Legaltech Week.

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