The AI legal research startup Descrybe today launched a “legal reasoning” product, DescrybeLM, that it says outperforms leading general-purpose AI models on a standardized legal reasoning benchmark — and it is publishing the methodology and scoring data to invite scrutiny. The company also launched an all-new website that features the new product while also retaining […]
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Nearly seven in 10 legal professionals now use generative AI tools for work — a figure that more than doubled in a single year — but the majority of law firms still lack formal AI policies or training programs, according to the 2026 Legal Industry Report released by 8am, the legal technology company behind LawPay, […]
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LexisNexis Legal & Professional has confirmed that hackers breached its servers and accessed customer and business information, after a threat actor calling itself FulcrumSec publicly posted stolen files and a detailed account of the intrusion. (This story was updated after receiving a statement from LexisNexis.) According to news reports from BleepingComputer, TechRadar, and others, the […]
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The American Arbitration Association is launching a new AI-powered tool called the Resolution Simulator, which builds on the organization’s previously launched AI Arbitrator to provide simulated, nonbinding dispute outcomes before formal arbitration proceedings begin. The Resolution Simulator is designed for single-party use in documents-only commercial and construction disputes. Users submit their materials and receive an […]
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Paladin, a pro bono management platform, and Practising Law Institute (PLI), a nonprofit legal education provider, have announced a partnership aimed at integrating skills training with pro bono work for law students. Under the arrangement, law students using Paladin’s platform to find pro bono placements will also have access to PLI’s on-demand training programs. The […]
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March is Women’s History Month and, as it kicks off, the legal business software company Aderant is announcing an executive appointment that is historic, at least within the context of this nearly 50-year-old company — its first female chief revenue officer. Aderant today said it has named Aisling Fenelon to that position. A veteran of more […]
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In every deposition, client call or witness prep session, there is an inherent tension. The more focused attorneys are on listening, the less bandwidth they have to simultaneously verify what is being said against the record. Conversely, the more they are mentally cross-referencing documents, the less present they are in what is being said. August, […]
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Universal Migrator has released new data migration scripts that help legal technology consultants migrate law firms from Tussman, CollectMax and LeadDocket into major platforms including Clio, MyCase, Litify, and Lawmatics. With these additions, Universal Migrator’s script library now supports 138+ applications, spanning practice management, CRM, billing/accounting, and document management systems.   About Universal Migrator Universal […]
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Confido Legal, an embedded payments platform built specifically for law firms and the legal technology companies that serve them, has raised $9 million in financing across two rounds, the company told LawNext in an exclusive advance interview. The latest and larger of the two rounds was led by Aquiline Capital Partners, a global private investment […]
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As I continue my LawNext on Location series – all recorded live in the San Francisco area at locations of each guest’s choosing – he sits down with Pablo Arredondo at his home in Tiburon, a quaint Marin County town with a history stretching from Mexican land grants to naval outposts to a southern railway […]
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You can bid adieu to Lexis+ AI. LexisNexis is today announcing the general availability in the United States of Lexis+ with Protégé, an integrated flagship platform that  fully replaces Lexis+ AI — which the company now describes as its “first-generation AI experience” — and brings a significantly expanded set of AI workflow capabilities to legal […]
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CoCounsel, which launched almost exactly three years ago, on March 1, 2023, as the first AI legal assistant built on GPT-4, today marked a notable milestone, reaching 1 million customers across 107 countries and territories. Developed by legal research startup Casetext, Thomson Reuters acquired CoCounsel (and Casetext) just four months after its release, for a […]
Continue Reading Three Years After Launching As First AI Legal Assistant, CoCounsel Reaches 1 Million Users — and Thomson Reuters Teases What’s Ahead

Sirion, an AI-native contract lifecycle management platform, has completed a majority investment from Austin-based private equity firm Haveli Investments, the companies announced today. With Haveli’s partnership, Sirion said, it will aim to accelerate product innovation, expand its global go-to-market presence, and enable organizations to move from static contract repositories to intelligent, workflow-driven contracting. “Sirion is […]
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