Last March, I reported on the imminent launch by Josef of the beta version of Josef Q, its new product that uses advanced AI to transform policies and regulations — such as those pertaining to privacy, data security, HR and procurement — into digital Q&A tools, so that employees or clients can easily get…

Well, it’s happened again: Generative AI has passed a critical test used to measure candidate’s fitness to be licensed as a lawyer.

Back in March, OpenAI’s GPT-4 took the bar exam and passed with flying colors, scoring around the top 10% of test takers.

Now, two of the leading large language models (LLMs) have…

Thomson Reuters today delivered on its promise to integrate generative AI within its flagship legal research platform, introducing AI Assisted Research in Westlaw Precision, available immediately to all U.S. Precision customers at no extra cost.

It also previewed its coming integration of Casetext CoCounsel as an AI legal assistant across multiple TR products, including Westlaw…

On today’sLawNext, it’s a Clio double header, featuring two separate interviews with two of Clio’s top product-focused executives – one with Jonathan Watson, its chief technology officer, and the other with Hemant Kashyap, chief product officer  –…

Just three weeks after introducing its generative AI legal research product Lexis+ AI, LexisNexis is keeping the momentum going, today introducing two more products that use generative AI.

One, Lexis Snapshot, provides AI-generated summaries in alerts of new case filings. The other, Lexis Create with Lexis+ AI, brings generative AI drafting assistance to the…

Pre/Dicta, a litigation analytics platform that predicts how federal court judges will rule, is expanding to cover new motion types and also to predict litigation timelines.

Until now, the product, which launched in July 2022, covered only motions to dismiss, claiming to predict how a judge will rule with an accuracy rate of…

The first two episodes of my new podcast, LawNext PR, have now been posted:

As I explained in a recent post, LawNext PR is a sponsored podcast series focusing exclusively on the latest news announcements…

For anyone scrambling to get a Startup Alley application in under the wire, I have good news. Today’s deadline has been extended to Monday. The official (and final) deadline for applications is now Monday, Nov. 13, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time.

This is your last chance to apply for a spot in the Startup Alley…

Live today at 3 p.m. ET on Legaltech Week, the show where a panel of journalists and bloggers discusses the week’s top stories in legal tech and innovation, we’ll be joined by “legal technology maven” Colin Levy to hear more about his new book, The Legal Tech Ecosystem.

Other stories on tap:…

“The future is already here – it’s just not very evenly distributed.”

No doubt, you’ve seen that William Gibson quote countless times. But it seems particularly pertinent to the 2023 Future Ready Lawyer Survey Report published this week by Wolters Kluwer, the fifth edition of this annual report.

After all, the very premise of…

Following the recent death of Monica Bay, longtime editor-in-chief of Law Technology News and an icon in the legal tech community, many have asked me about memorial services. I can now report that two services have been scheduled, one in San Mateo, Calif., and one in Manhattan.

Here are details:

The e-discovery company DISCO said today it has entered into a long-term license with the international legal research company vLex to obtain access to its U.S. primary law library of cases, statutes, regulations, court rules and constitutions.

The company said it will incorporate the legal research data into its core platform to create a…