Eve, an AI platform for plaintiffs’ law firms, has raised $103 million in Series B funding at over a $1 billion valuation, it said today. The round was led by Spark Capital, with participation from existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Menlo Ventures.
This follows the company Series A raise of $47 million last January. Since then,…
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From the September Orange Rag…
If you’ve talked about one exciting development in the AI space recently, that may well be MCP, the model context protocol launched by Anthropic last year, which provides a standardised way for large language models (LLMs) to connect with external data sources and tools.Advertisement
Extremely cool and also misunderstood, MCP is being looked at…
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Content is the raw material of generative AI, so it only makes sense that an AI-driven contract automation platform would want to acquire what is said to be the world’s largest database of contracts and clauses.
That is exactly what happened today as SimpleDocs, a company with an AI contract drafting, redlining and review platform, has acquired Law Insider…
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The modern business environment is defined by constant regulatory evolution, heightened global scrutiny, and rapidly expanding data volumes. Across industries, organizations must continuously monitor legal exposure while maintaining efficiency, transparency, and strategic foresight.
Traditional methods of risk evaluation were once dominated by manual reviews and subjective judgment. But now, they are increasingly challenged by the sheer speed and scale of…
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The ruling is a wake-up-call to TikTok, which was hit with the New Jersey suit last year as part of an onslaught of suits brought by 14 state attorneys general. The suits allege many young TikTok users are struggling with poor mental health and body image issues as a result of the platform’s allegedly addictive features.
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Garfield Law, which in May was given UK regulatory approval to provide online AI-driven legal services, today (29 September) today provided an example of one of its first use cases, recovering £7,000 in invoices for a transport consultancy for just £7.50 in fees.
Mayer Brown (the consultancy) sent a debtor a letter before action and David Bone, finance director at…
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Commission Chair John Kim and Vice-Chair Justice Sharon O. Johnson, Justice Debra B. Walker, former Executive Director Jayne Reardon, and Commission staff pose with Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis, Justice Elizabeth M. Rochford, and ABA Past President Mary L. Smith at the ceremony for the 2024 ABA Honorable William D. Missouri Civility Award
The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism…
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A Reddit post last week ignited a firestorm of speculation across the legal industry about the long-term prospects of legal AI company Harvey, with some dismissing it as little more than a ChatGPT wrapper. But is that criticism missing the point?
Ken Crutchfield
In his latest column for LawNext, legal tech strategy consultant Ken Crutchfield argues that Harvey’s…
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From : Blog Entry >> Franki’s Blog EntryPlease enjoy this blog authored by Janelle Eveland Belling, Senior Director of Legal Project Management, Perkins Coie LLP. When we think about leaders in law firms, the classic image is often a partner with a robust book of business or a trial lawyer who dominates the courtroom. However, leadership in today’s legal…
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