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Here Are Some Of Our ‘Hot News’ Topics for Today’s Legaltech Week Live At 3 ET
Our intrepid panel of legal tech journalists and bloggers returns live today at 2 p.m. ET for another episode of Legaltech Week, where we discuss the top stories in legal tech and innovation. Attendance is free, but, if you have not already done so, you need to register, which you can do here. Register once and …
LexisNexis Enters the Generative AI Fray with Limited Release of New Lexis+ AI, Using GPT and other LLMs
With legal technology companies of all ilks rapidly moving to develop products that incorporate the new generation of generative AI typified by ChatGPT, it was only a matter of time before one of the legal research giants would enter the fray. Today, LexisNexis is announcing the launch of Lexis+ AI, a new product that uses …
Law Librarians Play Central Role In Legal Tech Adoption And Use, AALL ‘State Of The Profession’ Report Shows
Whether they work in law firms or corporate legal, academia or government, law librarians play a central role in testing, recommending and deploying legal technology, according to the American Association of Law Libraries’ 2023 State of the Profession report, an exhaustive 252-page survey of the legal information landscape. This is the third time AALL has …
On LawNext: Lexion CEO Gaurav Oberoi on His $20M Raise and Getting Deals Done Faster with AI
Lexion is an AI-powered contract management system with a unique pedigree, having emerged out of the Allen Institute for AI, the AI research institute created by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen, and having received backing from investors such as Khosla Ventures, a Silicon Valley firm whose portfolio includes companies such as OpenAi; Madrona Venture Group, which helped launch …
Two Notable Legal Tech Moves, As Crowell Names Alma Asay Chief Innovation Officer and Relativity Names Lauri Usewicz Chief Partner Officer
There were two notable moves in the legal tech world announced today, both to newly created positions, as the law firm Crowell & Moring announced that it has named Alma Asay as its first chief innovation and value officer, and Relativity said that it has named Laurie Usewicz as its first chief partner officer. Alma Asay Asay, …
Two Notable Legal Tech Moves, As Crowell Names Alma Asay Chief Innovation Officer and Relativity Names Laurie Usewicz Chief Partner Officer
There were two notable moves in the legal tech world announced today, both to newly created positions, as the law firm Crowell & Moring announced that it has named Alma Asay as its first chief innovation and value officer, and Relativity said that it has named Laurie Usewicz as its first chief partner officer. Alma Asay Asay, …
Nominations Open for 2023 American Legal Technology Awards, to be Presented at Gala Dinner in October
Nominations are now open for the 2023 American Legal Technology Awards, which honor exceptional achievement in various aspects of legal technology. Winners will be feted at a gala dinner at Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville on Oct. 8, the night before the Clio Cloud Conference starts at the same venue. Ticket sales for the dinner …
Announcing the Winners of the First LawNext Authors’ Giveaway and the Start of Our Second Giveaway During May
In February, as a way to provide a gamified incentive for authors to contribute articles to the resources library on the LawNext Legal Technology Directory, we announced an opportunity for authors to win gift cards for the articles that got the most views. Now, we are announcing the winners of that first round — and …
Harvey AI Raises $21M In A Series A Round Led By Sequoia
The generative AI legal tech startup Harvey has raised $21 million in a Series A funding round led by Sequoia Capital. When I first wrote about Harvey in November, the previously stealth startup had just emerged with news that it had raised $5 million in funding led by the startup fund of OpenAI, the company that is …
Coming Out Of Stealth, Dori Is A Generative AI Platform for Venture Capital Transactions
With AI-driven tools for founders, attorneys and investors, a company called Dori is today launching out of stealth, offering a generative AI platform for private market transactions. The company is also announcing $2 million in seed funding, which it closed last year, with participation from Counterpart Ventures, Correlation Ventures, Service Provider Capital, and a number …
On LawNext Podcast: The Four Founders of vLex and Fastcase on the Merger Of Their Two Companies
It was major news April 4 when the legal research and technology companies Fastcase and vLex announced their merger, creating a single entity that they say now has the world’s largest subscriber base of lawyers and law firms and a legal research library of more than 1 billion documents from more than 100 countries. It …
How It Works: A Demonstration Of Prokurio, The IP Financial Platform Designed To Enable Businesses To Take Control Of Their IP Costs
In this episode of our video series How It Works, we get a demonstration of Prokurio, whose mission is to make it radically easier for businesses to take control of their intellectual property spending. Prokurio’s SaaS platform helps companies uncover and eliminate hundreds of thousands of dollars in excessive IP costs and automates complex and …
As It Opens Commercial Availability in the U.S., LegalOn Releases GPT-Powered Contract-Editing Tool ‘AI Revise’
Last December, LegalOn, one of Japan’s largest providers of AI contract review technology to corporations and law firms, announced its expansion into the U.S. market, offering limited early access to its product to select users and organizations. Today, LegalOn is making its platform commercially available to all customers in the U.S., and as it does, …
With Acquisition Of Upper Sigma, Litera Poised to Provide Integrated Legal CRM and Experience Management
Legal technology company Litera today officially announced its acquisition of Upper Sigma, a London-based CRM and marketing platform for law firms that is built on the Salesforce CRM platform. Litera says that by integrating Upper Sigma with the firm intelligence platform Foundation, which it acquired in 2021, it will be able to offer the only …
