Recently, Silicon Valley-based Gunderson Dettmer, an international law firm of more than 400 lawyers that exclusively represents clients in the innovation economy, launched ChatGD, a generative AI chat app for its lawyers and legal professionals that the firm designed and built itself.…

It has been the legal story of the summer. In June, Thomson Reuters announced that it had signed an agreement to acquire the legal research and AI company Casetext for a jaw-dropping $650 million.

The deal, it said at the time, was subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions and was expected to…

A new two-day conference devoted to knowledge management and innovation in the legal profession will debut in October in New York, organized by two of the leading consultants in the field.

Described as “focusing on value, innovation, and knowledge management for legal professionals,” the Knowledge Management & Innovation for Legal Conference aims to become…

In 2016, I wrote a review of ShareFile in which I called it one of the best products on the market for secure document storage and sharing by law firms. But then there came a period when ShareFile seemed to go quiet, at least in the legal market, with little outward evidence that…

In the competitive world of legal marketing, Google’s Core Web Vitals can be a critical factor in your law firm’s ranking. But how do you optimize your website to meet these standards?

In her article, Optimizing Law Firm Websites: Google’s Core Web Vitals Explained, digital marketing expert Annette Choti explains what law firms need…

One of the challenges of using artificial intelligence software for contract review is training the AI to conform to a company’s unique preferences regarding clauses and key terms. A new product from the contract lifecycle management company Agiloft aims to help companies overcome that challenge by enabling non-technical legal and business professionals to train…

The Seattle-based legal tech startup Clearbrief already uses artificial intelligence to strengthen your legal writing by finding the best evidence in the record to support your arguments (or debunk your opponent’s). But today the company is introducing two AI-powered features that further enhance the product by enabling legal professionals to instantly create hyperlinked timelines…

When it was founded in 2011, Kira pioneered the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning for contract review and analysis. Now Kira, which was acquired in 2021 by Litera, is employing the newest wave of generative AI to help legal professionals accelerate the process of due diligence and other forms of…

Join us today live at 3 E.T. for our weekly Legaltech Week discussion of the top stories in legal tech and innovation. Today, we will be joined by guest panelist Julie Sobowale, freelance journalist, former director of communications for the Law Society of Saskatchewan, and now membership research consultant for LION (Local Independent Online…

A huge thanks to the folks at legal tech company Lawrina, which has just published its selections of the best legal tech blogs and resources by experts in the field, and given me triple honors: top blog, top podcast, and top influencer.

According to the post, they compiled the list by asking…

I’ll be part of a webinar tomorrow that will cover the basics of AI and how it can be applied in the legal field.

The webinar, which is eligible for CLE credit in multiple jurisdictions, is Thursday, Aug. 10, at 2 p.m. ET, and registration is free.

My copanelist is Jordan Turk, attorney…

As the American Association of Law Libraries wrapped up its annual conference in Boston last month, I checked out of my hotel and made my way through the Prudential Center shopping mall that connects the Hynes Convention Center to the various hotels that hosted the conference’s attendees.

As I passed a food court, a…