If you are attending ABA TECHSHOW this week, do not miss the Startup Alley pitch competition that kicks off the conference at 5 p.m. Central time tomorrow (April 2). This is the 40th anniversary of TECHSHOW and the ninth annual Startup Alley, and this year’s pitch competition promises to be epic.

Not only…

Two leading international legal transformation think tanks, Digital Legal Exchange (DLEx) and Liquid Legal Institute (LLI), are joining forces effective April 1. The strategic union brings together more than 1,500 members representing more than 140 multinational corporations, organizations, institutions and agencies across more than 20 countries, creating what the organizations describe as a…

“The landscape we all stand on is shifting, and massive amounts of change are upon us,” Phil Saunders, the chief executive officer of e-discovery and legal technology giant Relativity, recently wrote in a post on the company’s blog

Legal technology platform Law Insider announced today the launch of its AI-powered contract drafting, review and redlining tools for its global community of 1.2 million registered legal users.

The new AI suite will be integrated directly into Microsoft Word and Law Insider’s web-based platform, making it accessible across multiple workspaces for attorneys and legal…

An event yesterday adjacent to Legalweek in New York marked the official launch of the Association for AI in Legal (A4L), a membership organization that aims to bring together legal professionals, technologists, and policymakers to responsibly navigate the complexities and leverage the power of artificial intelligence.

The association…

Ever since Bridget Mary McCormack, the former chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, took over as president and CEO of the American Arbitration Association, the largest private provider of alternative dispute resolution services in the world, she has been spearheading its drive towards greater innovation – particularly with regard to its adoption of…

eDiscovery Assistant, a platform for e-discovery case law and resources, today announced its rebranding as Minerva26. The company describes the rebrand as reflecting its evolution into a “strategic command center for discovery” designed to help litigation teams proactively manage the growing challenges of electronic evidence.

The platform, which provides a curated database of case…

At Legalweek today, Verbit, a company specializing in transcription technology for a variety of speech-intensive industries, is launching Legal Visor, a new AI-powered platform designed to provide litigators with real-time insights during depositions and other legal proceedings. The platform, which leverages Verbit’s expertise in speech recognition technology, aims to give attorneys a competitive…

Today kicks off Legalweek in New York, and LexisNexis Legal & Professional is kicking off the week’s flurry of product announcements with its launch in the U.S. of what it says is the legal industry’s first personalized voice AI assistant in LexisNexis Protégé, its AI assistant for complex legal work.

The company says that…

I am happy to announce that today we have launched the LawNext PR Presswire, a dedicated feed on this blog of legal tech press releases highlighting the latest developments in the field.

The goal is to provide readers with one-stop access to the latest announcements, product updates, and industry innovations directly from legal technology vendors worldwide.…

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An android — a human robot — confidently addressing a courtroom, its digital eyes gleaming with intelligence. The judge and jurors, captivated. What’s remarkable isn’t the futuristic…

Recently, legal technology company SurePoint Technologies acquired the legal practice management company ZenCase in a strategic move aimed at enhancing SurePoint’s practice management offerings for mid-sized law firms. In this episode of LawNext, Eric Thurston, who recently marked…