Legal Tech


  • Texas Bar Developing AI Tool Kit For Lone Star Lawyers

    As part of its ongoing efforts to help Texas attorneys navigate how best to use artificial intelligence, a State Bar of Texas task force is busy designing a user-friendly online tool kit.

  • Legal AI Co. Counsel Stack Raises $200K In Pre-Seed Funding

    Generative artificial intelligence-enabled legal research and practice management platform Counsel Stack has raised $200,000 from venture capital fund Brown and White Ventures, marking the company's first pre-seed investment.

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    Legal Research Startup Paxton Raises $22M In Series A

    Legal research startup Paxton AI has announced it raised $22 million in a Series A funding round to help scale its artificial intelligence product and business worldwide.

  • Law Reform Charity Maps Out Proposals To Safely Harness AI

    Upholding the rule of law and human rights should underpin innovations around artificial intelligence technology to guard against ill-designed changes that could weaken the U.K. justice system, a law reform charity said in a report published Thursday.

  • Compliance, Data Risks Top Of Mind For In-House Pros

    Data security risks and adherence to new regulations stand out as the major concerns for in-house legal professionals heading into 2025, according to a new report from Summize, a provider of contract lifecycle management software.

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    KPMG's US Law Firm Plan Still Under Review By Ariz. Justices

    Accounting giant KPMG's bid to own a U.S. law firm remains unresolved after the Arizona Supreme Court held a scheduled meeting on the matter.

  • Former LegalZoom Exec Must Arbitrate Discrimination Suit

    A California appeals court on Tuesday reversed an order denying arbitration in a discrimination and wrongful termination case brought by LegalZoom's former head of corporate financial planning and analysis.

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    Workflow Co. Onit Acquires Legal Files Software

    Legal workflow company Onit Inc. announced on Tuesday its acquisition of Legal Files Software Inc., a provider of legal case and matter management solutions.

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    'Transformative' System Coming To Ga. Courts, Justice Says

    A new statewide case management system for Georgia's superior and state courts should be functional by the end of the year, the state's chief justice told legislators during his third State of the Judiciary address in Atlanta on Tuesday, amid warnings of judicial threats and court reporter shortages.

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    GCs Told To Cut Costs Despite Growing Regulatory Risks

    Over 40% of chief legal officers globally who responded to a recent survey received a cost-cutting mandate from their company in the past year, so it's not surprising that their top strategic initiative for 2025 is to operate more efficiently. 

  • Legal Tech Provider Helm360's Parent Co. Restructures

    The parent company of the legal technology solutions provider Helm360 has changed its organizational structure to promote greater synergy across the business, the company said Tuesday.

  • Elevate Services Acquires IP Research Co. Sagacious

    Software-based legal services company Elevate Services Inc. on Tuesday announced its acquisition of intellectual property research company Sagacious IP and the absorption of its staff of 500.

  • Berry Appleman, Ex-Tech Lead Resolve Disability Bias Suit

    Berry Appleman & Leiden struck a deal to end a former software tech lead's suit claiming the global immigration firm fired him because side effects from new medication caused him to ask for a reprieve from his demanding workload, according to a filing in Texas federal court.

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    KPMG Partner On The Ethics Of Its Arizona Law Firm

    KPMG is on the verge of becoming the first Big Four accounting firm to have its own legal practice in the U.S. — a milestone that could potentially disrupt the traditional law firm model and also raises several ethical concerns. KPMG's Christian Athanasoulas spoke to Law360 Pulse about these concerns, as well as the role of AI in its legal practice and the broader impact across the legal profession.

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    Judge Tosses Bias Suit Over Deadlines, AI-Generated Filings

    A D.C. federal judge has dismissed the remaining age-discrimination claim in a lawsuit filed by former D.C. Department of Public Works employees after the remaining plaintiff failed to comply with discovery deadlines and submitted filings with inaccurate citations, further raising concerns about the use of AI-generated content.

  • Casepoint Joins GovTech Co., Gets Thoma Bravo Investment

    Data discovery company Casepoint merged with the government process management software provider Opexus on Monday and received an undisclosed majority investment from Thoma Bravo.

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    Jackson Lewis Hosts First Prompt-A-Thons With Microsoft

    Jackson Lewis PC has begun a series of prompt-a-thons, virtual competitions where participants explore generative artificial intelligence use cases and craft AI prompts using Microsoft Copilot applications.

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    Ex-McDermott Attys Head New Legal Services Platform

    Holding company LSS Strategic Partners has launched a new platform to match vetted lawyers with businesses requiring legal expertise on a temporary basis, the company announced Thursday.

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    Mayer Brown, 4 Others Win NY State Cybersecurity Contract

    Mayer Brown LLP, Venable LLP and three other law firms were awarded a five-year New York state contract for cybersecurity legal services including planning for cyberattacks, incident response and creating data protection policies, according to the New York State Office of General Services.

  • Legal Tech Roundup: The L Suite, Qumis

    It's still only January and one company in legal technology has already made two acquisitions in 2025.

  • Language Services Biz Launches IP Division For Int'l Patents

    A London-based translation services provider has begun rolling out a new division that aims to use artificial intelligence technology to help companies secure patents worldwide and manage their global patent portfolios.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    The legal industry had another busy week as BigLaw firms shuffled practices and President Donald Trump began his second term with a flurry of policy changes and appointments. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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    Dechert Partner On How Firm Is Challenging The Status Quo

    Dechert LLP has started multiple visionary programs since creating an Innovation Task Force eight years ago. Devin Swaney, New York-based innovation partner at Dechert, talked to Law360 Pulse about how innovation is in the firm’s blood.

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    FisherBroyles, Pierson Ferdinand See Growth In Year Since Split

    One year after nearly half of the partners at FisherBroyles LLP left to form the breakaway firm Pierson Ferdinand LLP, both firms have grown their headcount and reported a successful 2024, and industry observers say it demonstrates the appeal of their offbeat model as partner-only and fully remote.

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    Many Attorneys Not Meeting ABA's 50-Hour Pro Bono Goal

    While most attorneys have volunteered pro bono services at some point in their career, many lawyers are not meeting the American Bar Association's goal for every lawyer to provide 50 hours of pro bono work every year, and lack of time was the biggest discouraging factor, according to a recent report.

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Expert Analysis

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    Talking Mental Health: Tackling Stress As A Practice Leader Author Photo

    Constance Rhebergen at Bracewell discusses how she handles the stress of being a practice chair, how sources of stress have changed in the legal industry over the past decade and what law firms can do to protect attorney mental health.

  • Legal Tech And Lawyer Workflow: Enhancing, Not Replacing Author Photo

    When selecting from an increasing pool of legal technology capabilities, think about micro moves with macro effect, as the most successful tools will be those that feel like a natural extension of how lawyers are already accustomed to working, says Ilona Logvinova at Cleary.

  • How Firms Can Effectively Evaluate Their Summer Associates Author Photo

    One of the most effective ways firms can ensure their summer associate programs are a success is by engaging in a timely and meaningful evaluation process and being intentional about when, how and by whom feedback should be provided, say Caroline Cimei and Erica Fine at Shutts & Bowen.

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    Talking Mental Health: Life As A Lawyer With OCD Author Photo

    Kelly Hughes at Ogletree discusses what she’s learned in the 14 years since she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, recounting how the experience shaped her law practice, what the legal industry and general public get wrong about the disorder, and how law firms can better support employees who have OCD.

  • 'Blind Spots' Pose Major Hurdle To AI Adoption In Legal Tech Author Photo

    Legal tech circles have been focused on how to eliminate large language model hallucinations, but blind spots, or inaccuracies through omissions, are a rarely discussed shortcoming that pose an even larger risk in the legal space, says James Ding at DraftWise.

  • 3 Innovative Ways AI May Be Used In Legal Practice
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    Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly be used by outside counsel to better predict the outcomes of litigation — thus informing legal strategy with greater precision — and by clients to scrutinize invoices and evaluate counsel’s performance, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.

  • Former Minn. Chief Justice Instructs On Writing Better Briefs Author Photo

    Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, now at Greenberg Traurig, offers strategies on writing more effective appellate briefs from her time on the bench.

  • Spartan Arbitration Tactics Against Well-Funded Opponents Author Photo

    Like the ancient Spartans who held off a numerically superior Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae, trial attorneys and clients faced with arbitration against an opponent with a bigger war chest can take a strategic approach to create a pass to victory, say Kostas Katsiris and Benjamin Argyle at Venable.

  • General Counsel And Legal Ops Must Work Together Author Photo

    It is critical for general counsel to ensure that a legal operations leader is viewed not only as a peer, but as a strategic leader for the organization, and there are several actionable ways general counsel can not only become more involved, but help champion legal operations teams and set them up for success, says Mary O'Carroll at Ironclad.

  • How Generative AI's Growing Memory Affects Lawyers Author Photo

    A new ChatGPT feature that can remember user information across different conversations has broad implications for attorneys, whose most pressing questions for the AI tool are usually based on specific, and large, datasets, says legal tech adviser Eric Wall.

  • A Model For Optimal Legal Tech Investment Strategy Author Photo

    Legal organizations struggling to work out the right technology investment strategy may benefit from using a matrix for legal department efficiency that is based on an understanding of where workloads belong, according to the basic functions and priorities of a corporate legal team, says Sylvain Magdinier at Integreon.

  • Personality Tests And Machine Learning Applications In Law Author Photo

    Mateusz Kulesza at McDonnell Boehnen looks at potential applications of personality testing based on machine learning techniques for law firms, and the implications this shift could have for lawyers, firms and judges, including how it could make the work of judges and other legal decision-makers much more difficult.

  • AI Is Reshaping Lawyering: What To Expect In 2024 Author Photo

    The future of lawyering is not about the wholesale replacement of attorneys by artificial intelligence, but as AI handles more of the routine legal work, the role of lawyers will evolve to be more strategic, requiring the development of competencies beyond traditional legal skills, says Colin Levy at Malbek.

  • How AI Legal Research Tools Are Shifting Law Firm Processes Author Photo

    Although artificial intelligence-powered legal research is ushering in a new era of legal practice that augments human expertise with data-driven insights, it is not without challenges involving privacy, ethics and more, so legal professionals should take steps to ensure AI becomes a reliable partner rather than a source of disruption, says Marly Broudie at SocialEyes Communications.

  • Data Source Proliferation Is A Growing E-Discovery Challenge Author Photo

    With the increased usage of collaboration apps and generative artificial intelligence solutions, it's not only important for e-discovery teams to be able to account for hundreds of existing data types today, but they should also be able to add support for new data types quickly — even on the fly if needed, says Oliver Silva at Casepoint.

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