Law practice management company LEAP Legal Software has named Misti Holmes as its new Chief Operating Officer for the United States. Holmes, a recognized authority within the legal technology sector with a notable career spanning two decades, joins LEAP from PC Law | Time Matters, where she served as general manager for Canada. Holmes will…
Four distinct legal tech companies have announced new executive appointments this past week, with the spate of high profile movements prompting speculation as to whether this surge is related to companies ramping up their staffing ahead of the imminent Legalweek conference. Regardless of the reason, here’s a snapshot of these fresh additions to the legal…
Centerbase, a company that provides a cloud-based legal practice management platform, recently introduced native document management into its system. This move is set to allow users to create, share, store, and manage documents directly within its platform, using Microsoft SharePoint technology. Before this, top-tier document management systems were standalone solutions requiring additional payment. Now, Centerbase…
In 2013, faced with the persistent hurdles his law firm encountered due to the lack of effective practice management solutions on the market, Florida lawyer TJ Fraser decided to develop his own. As a result of his innovative efforts, his subsequent firm’s revenue shot up by nearly 50%, in spite of having a smaller team…
Epiq, a global, technology-enabled legal services company, has launched a compliance product designed to help corporate legal departments identify risks in real time using artificial intelligence (AI). The product, known as Regulatory Risk Insights, utilizes both artificial intelligence and expertise in legal matters to identify potential legal liabilities from corporate communications. With assistance from AI,…
The cloud-based e-discovery company, Casepoint, has recently announced a multi-year contract with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA). The agreement includes a sizable migration of ICE’s data from its existing e-discovery platform, Relativity. This award demonstrates the trust Casepoint has built in the public sector as a…
For those interested in staying current on the latest in legal technology trends and developments, the last week of January features three noteworthy legal tech conferences. The first, Legalweek, has a longstanding history as one of the largest and most attended legal tech conferences, attracting over 6,000 attendees in its previous year. Undergoing a name…
Last Friday, Legaltech Week conducted its year-end show, where a group of journalists and bloggers selected the most important news in legal technology and innovation for 2023. If you didn’t get a chance to attend, don’t worry at all. The entire show has been recorded and is available for viewing on YouTube. The Legaltech Week…
The arrival of the new year brought about a change for many corporations in the United States. As an element of the Corporate Transparency Act of 2021, a considerable number of companies now have the obligation to disclose information about their beneficial owners, in other words, those individuals who exert the ultimate control over the…
Driving innovation within a law firm or legal department has its unique nuances and characteristics. To explore this topic, legal professionals recently received expert insights from Rachel Dooley and Ilona Logvinova in the recent LawNext episode. Rachel Dooley, at the time of the recording, served as the Chief Innovation Officer at the law firm Goodwin…
In a recent development, Paladin, a platform aimed at connecting lawyers with pro bono opportunities, has acquired Pro Bono Manager, a tool developed by Pro Bono Net. The latter is specifically designed to help large law firms in managing and tracking their pro bono programs. As reported by LawNext, this marks the first acquisition for…
Contract negotiations, marked by a tiring back-and-forth over language agreements, are often a significant pain point for legal professionals. Even before the advent of generative AI, different contract technology products sought to simplify this process. These products would typically compare a received draft from a counterparty with a company’s draft, substituting the company’s preferred language…
Reflecting on the trajectory of Pan Am, once the world’s leading international airline, the Thomson Reuters Institute recently compared the fate of unadaptable entities to the demise of this once-idolised American icon. According to the 2024 Report on the State of the US Legal Market, authored by the institute in collaboration with the Center on…
High-quality, relevant, and timely educational content is crucial for legal professionals aiming to maintain and further their professional competence. However, developers of Continued Legal Education (CLE) and other forms of legal learning materials often find it a complex task to keep such content current. This balance of quality and relevance is where Argentina-based legal technologist,…
If you’re keen to discover the most compelling stories and emerging trends of 2023 in the realm of legal tech and innovation, then you’re in luck. The celebrated Legaltech Week is hosting a year-end review, hosted by an esteemed panel of journalists and bloggers. Whether your interest lies in legaltech software, breakthrough judgments, or any…
The leading contract lifecycle management company, SpotDraft, has announced the general availability of its new generative AI product VerifAI after its early access release in October. The revolutionary contract review tool is now available for anyone to try for a two-week free trial. As previously reported, VerifAI uses generative AI to cross-reference contracts against user-determined…
LawNext recently aired two brief and back-to-back interviews with the founders of two separate legal tech startups during the inaugural Knowledge Management & Innovation for Legal Conference held in New York City. Nicole Clark, co-founder and CEO of Trellis, a state court research and analytics platform powered by AI, was first up. Clark had been…
Voting for the 15 legal tech startups that will be finalists in the eigth-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2024, taking place Feb. 14-17 in Chicago, is now closed. The selected startups will contend in an opening-night pitch competition that marks the commencement of the TECHSHOW. Conference attendees will vote to select the top winners…
Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. in his year-end message shared interesting insights on an emergent topic in the legal landscape — the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in the judiciary. Much to the relief of the human judges, the Chief Justice sees no likelihood of them turning obsolete in the wake of escalating AI advancements….
In reaction to urgent legal needs among Israeli citizens resulting from the Israel-Hamas war, the Israel Bar Association (IBA) has collaborated with the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) and Paladin, a legal tech firm, to launch a nationwide, emergency pro bono portal. Greenberg Traurig and Paul, Weiss law firms, together with the NYSBA, are…
The decision-making window is closing, with voting ending on Friday, Dec. 29, to determine the 15 startups that will advance to Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW in February. As it stands, 25 semifinalists are vying for public favor and the chance to present their innovative legal tech solutions at one of the industry’s most prestigious…
An intriguing spectacle unfolded in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on December 21, 2024, casting AI’s role in discovery processes in a new light. The case, pitting Genesis Technology against Obsidian Dynamics, saw a momentous dialogue on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) within legal discovery methods ….
The online legal services provider Rocket Lawyer has launched an AI tool named Rocket Copilot. This new product, developed in tandem with Google Cloud, provides users with dynamic capabilities to streamline varying legal tasks. By augmenting human expertise with a powerful generative AI, Rocket Copilot aims to transform the customer experience. Rocket Lawyer asserts that…
Last October, LexisNexis launched its AI research tool, Lexis+ AI, for implementation with U.S. customers. At that time, they also performed a limited rollout within law schools, targeted at specific faculty, librarians, and students. In a recent move, LexisNexis has decided to expand access to its Lexis+ AI, making it accessible to approximately 100,000 second…
In August, the international law firm Gunderson Dettmer, based in Silicon Valley, became one of the first U.S.-based firms to develop and launch an internal generative AI tool, aptly named ChatGD. As the firm’s Chief Innovation Officer, Joe Green, explained at the time, the decision to experiment with this technology was influenced by their clientele…