In this episode of The Geek in Review podcast, hosts Greg Lambert and Kate Boyd from Sente Advisors (standing in for Marlene Gebauer) sit down with Giles Thompson, Head of Growth, and Jun Choi, Growth Executive at Avvoka, to discuss the company’s innovative approach to document automation and the impact of generative AI on the legal industry.
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Document Automation and Assembly
LexisNexis Announces Agreement to Acquire Contract Drafting Startup Henchman
On completion of the acquisition, LexisNexis plans to immediately incorporate Henchman’s document enrichment capabilities into products such as Lexis+ AI and Lexis Create.
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Breaking News: LexisNexis To Acquire Contract Drafting Company Henchman

LexisNexis Legal & Professional said today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Henchman, a Belgium-based contract drafting legal technology company.
LexisNexis said it is acquiring the company for its document management system that enable faster document drafting. It say its technology enriches a law firm’s internal work product, creating a layer of intelligence on contract databases to…
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Breaking News: Press Release – LexisNexis to Acquire Document Drafting Tech Provider Henchman
Acquisition will combine Henchman’s Document Management System data enrichment with trusted LexisNexis drafting guidance content to deliver personalized generative AI experience
NEW YORK, June 3, 2024 – LexisNexis Legal & Professional®, a leading global provider of information and analytics, today announced it has agreed to acquire Henchman, a legal tech company that enriches data from Document Management Systems (DMS) for faster document…
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Breaking news: Lexis acquires Henchman to meet “one of customers’ top requests” – searchable internal data
LexisNexis Legal & Professional today announced it has agreed to acquire Belgian-founded contract drafting startup Henchman. Henchman, which was founded in 2020 by Jorn Vanysacker, Gilles Mattelin and Wouter Van […]
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Thomson Reuters Unveils CoCounsel Drafting, Linked to Practical Law for Transactional Work
Now available in limited beta, the transactional product is expected to be generally available in July, with CoCounsel Drafting for litigation following later in the year.
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A Review of Gavel, for Automating Legal Documents and Selling Online Legal Services

Document automation software is a key tool for any law firm looking to streamline its creation of legal documents and better manage client-intake data. But with a number of products to choose from, picking the right document automation software for your firm can be difficult.
In this review of Gavel, previously known as Documate, software developer and consultant Ashutosh …
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Litera announces go-to-market partnership with Microsoft and Copilot integration under development
Litera announced today (1 May) that it is partnering with Microsoft to bring new tools to market, including developing a Microsoft Copilot integration in collaboration with Microsoft. Whereas Litera is […]
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Litera Announces Integration with Microsoft Copilot
The integration will be available when Microsoft releases its Copilot plugin for Microsoft Word, Matt James, vice president of sales advisors and engineering at Litera, told Legaltech News.
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Gavel Launches PDF Automation Tool to 'Double' Its Reach
Gavel CEO and founder Dorna Moini said the new tool will also allow users to generate PDFs from source documents without Adobe subscriptions.
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Legal Tech Startup Ai.law Can Now Draft the Complaint for Your Lawsuit
Ai.law, a legal technology startup that uses artificial intelligence to generate litigation documents, has added a new module that will draft the complaint to initiate a lawsuit.
While Ai.law already had modules for litigation tasks such as answering a lawsuit, responding to discovery, and pulling summaries from medical records, this new module allows a user to input relevant information…
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Automated Document Assembly is Easy, Right?
Decades ago, I assumed that technology would soon advance to the point where automated document assembly would be fully incorporated in most law offices across the country. While great strides have been made in law office technology tools, and tools for automatically generating documents are much improved over what was available decades previously, many law firms still have not fully…
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New Report Synthesizes the Data to Identify Key Legal Tech Trends and Action Items for Solos and Small Firms

For solo and small law firms, the current state of legal technology offers both promises and pitfalls. Technology such as generative AI poses traps for the unwary, but for those who understand and embrace technology, there are opportunities to run more profitable and efficient practices, provide better customer experiences, and improve work-life balance.
In light of this state of affairs,…
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Best Use of Artificial Intelligence – Contract, Document & Project Management, Provider: NetDocuments
“Legal innovation means continual forward motion, knocking down the status quo, and delivering technology that helps legal professionals do their very best work,” said Reid Cram in Product Marketing for NetDocuments.
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Updates from CEO Jack Newton On Recent Clio News: Midsized Firms, Gen AI, Legal Aid, and Clio Draft

During ABA Techshow last week in Chicago, I had the opportunity to sit down for a brief conversation with Jack Newton, founder and CEO of law practice technology company Clio, who provided additional details on some of the company’s recent news.
We discussed Clio’s greater focus on midsized law firms, its impending launch of generative AI, its roll-out…
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Clio Rebrands Lawyaw to Clio Draft, Hints at Future Upgrades
Lawyaw, now Clio Draft, has been a significant focus for Clio since its 2021 acquisition, with the practice management provider investing significantly in expanding the platform and its team.
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