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 Releases Scripts to Migrate Tussman, CollectMax and LeadDocket to Clio, MyCase, Litify and Lawmatics
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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Exclusive: Confido Legal Raises $9 Million to Expand Embedded Payments and Disbursements for Law Firms
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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LawNext on Location: The View from Tiburon – A Conversation with Pablo Arredondo, Casetext Cofounder
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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LexisNexis Launches Lexis+ with Protégé, Replacing Lexis+ AI with an End-to-End Workflow Platform
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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Three Years After Launching As First AI Legal Assistant, CoCounsel Reaches 1 Million Users — and Thomson Reuters Teases What’s Ahead
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 […]
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Sirion Completes Majority Investment from Haveli, Aiming to Accelerate AI Push in CLM Market
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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Arizona Republic Investigation Finds Consumer Harm, Loopholes, and Conflicts of Interest in Arizona’s Legal Regulatory Reform
An in-depth investigation by The Arizona Republic has found that Arizona’s pioneering program allowing nonlawyers to own law firms — a reform long championed by access-to-justice advocates — has become riddled with consumer complaints, legal loopholes, financial conflicts of interest and inadequate oversight. In a series of investigative articles, Republic journalist Laura Gersony paints a […]
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LawNext on Location: Lunch with Alex Su of Latitude Legal In Alameda, Calif.
While I am visiting San Francisco for two weeks, I am sitting down for conversations with legal tech innovators and entrepreneurs “in their natural habitats” – places in the Bay Area they consider special. Today, in the first in this series, I sit down for lunch with Alex Su, chief revenue officer at Latitude Legal, over Thai […]
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SimpleDocs Launches ‘Contract Intelligence Layer,’ Putting Policy, Precedent and Market Data Inside Microsoft Word
SimpleDocs today announced the launch of what it is calling its Contract Intelligence Layer, an advanced benchmarking feature that integrates a law department’s internal policies, historical contract precedent and verified market standards directly inside the Microsoft Word add-in where lawyers are already doing their work. The launch builds on the company’s September 2025 acquisition of […]
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AltaClaro and Verbit Launch DepoSim, an AI-Powered Deposition Simulator for Litigators
AltaClaro, the legal training company that builds simulation-based experiential learning, is today launching DepoSim, an AI-powered deposition simulator developed in partnership with Verbit.ai, the verbal intelligence and transcription technology company. The product is designed to give litigators unlimited, on-demand opportunities to practice conducting depositions in realistic scenarios, then receive structured, objective feedback on how well […]
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Universal Migrator Reduces Pricing on Migration Tools for iManage, SharePoint, and NetDocuments
Universal Migrator today announced reduced pricing for access to its migration script library covering iManage, Microsoft SharePoint, and NetDocuments, lowering the cost barrier for legal technology consultants performing document management system transitions. Access to the script library now starts at $3,500, with no additional fees no matter how many migrations are performed or the size […]
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Harvey Partners with … well, Harvey, Its Namesake, As Brand Spokesperson
The legal AI company Harvey said today that it has partnered with Harvey — the original one. The Harvey in question — the non-AI one, that is — is Gabriel Macht, the actor who played the role of lawyer Harvey Specter in the television series Suits. Harvey — the AI one — is named for […]
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The Votes Are In! Here Are the 15 Legal Tech Startups Selected for the 2026 Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW
The results are in! Voting has now closed and your votes have been tallied to pick the 15 legal tech startups that will get to participate as finalists in the 10th-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW, March 25-28, 2026, in Chicago. These 15 finalists will face off in an opening-night pitch competition that is the opening […]
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8am Expands LawPay Into Full Financial Management Platform for Law Firms, with Payments, Billing and Reporting
The company formerly known as AffiniPay continues its evolution under the 8am brand, today announcing the expansion of its LawPay payments platform into what it says is a complete financial management solution for law firms. The expanded 8am LawPay now unites payments, invoicing, time tracking, expense management and financial reporting into a single workspace, aiming […]
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