In the latest episode of our video series How It Works, we feature Expert Radar, an expert witness research platform developed by Expert Institute.
Expert Radar is an AI-driven research tool designed to help attorneys with due diligence on expert witnesses – both their own, and those of opposing counsel. It collects hard-to-access data, including court documents, testimony
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This has been a significant year for the law practice management company Clio, which in July raised a record-setting $900 million financing round – the largest ever for a legal tech company, and which recently wrapped up its 12th annual Clio Cloud Conference, its largest ever with some 2,600 attendees in person in Austin, Texas, and almost as many
Continue Reading Live from #ClioCon: A Clio Power Trio, with COO Ronnie Gurion, CFO Curt Sigfstead, and Board Member Mark Britton.
Following on the heels of its $11 million Series A raise last June, Alexi, a company that uses generative AI to produce detailed legal research memos for litigators, today announced a significant expansion of its platform with new tools for case management, document analysis and summarization, and more.
In addition, it announced plans for further expansion in 2025, including
Continue Reading Alexi Rolls Out Expansion of its AI Platform for Litigators and Details Plans to Further Expand Across More of the Case Lifecycle
On Thursday, the American Intellectual Property Law Association will kick off its annual meeting, and that means you should expect several news announcements this week from providers of IP-related technology products. First out of the gate: News of an integration partnership between Black Hills AI and DeepIP that combines the automation and AI technologies of both companies in a
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At its Inspire customer conference today in Atlanta, NetDocuments said it is using artificial intelligence to transform from a content management platform to an “intelligent document management system” that will enable it to be the cornerstone of an organization’s AI strategy.
“Building on the foundation of its industry-leading cloud platform, the NetDocuments intelligent DMS delivers a wide variety of AI
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When Avaneesh Marwaha stepped down as CEO of legal tech company Litera in 2022, becoming chairman of the company’s board of directors, it was a surprise to many in the legal technology community.
Now Marwaha and Litera have another surprise: He has returned as CEO “to lead the company through the next chapter of integration and innovation,” the company
Continue Reading Litera’s Former CEO Returns to that Role, As Current CEO Moves Into Temporary Advisory Role
Law Insider, a company that provides what it says is the world’s largest public contracts database, has acquired oneNDA, developer of an open source contract standard for non-disclosure agreements that has been downloaded by thousands of organizations throughout the world.
Through the acquisition, the oneNDA.org standards library — which includes oneNDA, oneNDA Playbook, oneNDA M&A, and oneDPA, and
Continue Reading Aiming to Become Global Leader in Contract Standards, Law Insider Acquires oneNDA.org
descrybe.ai, a free legal research platform that uses artificial intelligence to provide enhanced access to the law, today rolled out a major upgrade that includes a redesign of its platform, more nuanced and accurate search results, summaries of judicial opinions in Spanish as well as English, and simplified, plain-language summaries in both English and Spanish. […]
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We’ve just returned from the Clio Cloud Conference, held this year in Austin, Texas, where, in what has become an annual tradition, LawNext host Bob Ambrogi sat down with Clio founder and CEO Jack Newton for a live interview.
At the conference, Clio launched Clio Duo, the generative AI legal assistant integrated into Clio’s flagship product, Clio Manage. In this
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When UnitedLex this week announced the sudden departure of James Schellhase from his position as chief executive officer, it seemed a mystery, since he had just celebrated his one-year anniversary in that role and had even just been on my LawNext podcast to reflect on that year — an interview suggested by the company. Even Schellhase’s LinkedIn profile suddenly disappeared.
Continue Reading UnitedLex CEO’s Sudden Departure Appears to Be Due to Personal Allegations Unrelated to Work
Clio’s choice of Austin, Texas, for its Clio Cloud Conference this year was a foray into enemy territory, and the enemy responded strategically with guerilla tactics of its own.
Austin, as it happens, is the home base of AffiniPay, the parent company of MyCase, LawPay, CASEPeer and Docketwise, all of which are competitors to Clio.
So AffiniPay took advantage of
Continue Reading In Austin for ClioCon, Competitor AffiniPay Put On A Guerilla Marketing Sideshow
“Momentum is the driving force that turns short bursts of energy into sustained success.”
With those words during his opening keynote that has been become a signature event of the Clio Cloud Conference, Clio founder and CEO Jack Newton explained why the conference chose “momentum” as its theme this year.
It is an apt description, because the two-day Clio Cloud
Continue Reading At the Clio Cloud Conference, Building Momentum for Better Legal Practices
Hope it wasn’t something he said on my podcast.
A week after appearing on my LawNext podcast to discuss his one-year anniversary as chief executive officer at UnitedLex, James Schellhase is out of that job, replaced by the company’s general counsel Renee Meisel.
Schellhase’s appointment as CEO in September 2023 was particularly significant for the company in that
Continue Reading A Week After Appearing on My Podcast, UnitedLex CEO is Abruptly Replaced By Company’s General Counsel
Usage of artificial intelligence by legal professionals has skyrocketed from 19% in 2023 to 79% this year, according to the ninth edition of the Legal Trends Report, released today by Clio during its Clio Cloud Conference in Austin.
The report further finds that up to 74% of hourly billable tasks – such as information gathering and data analysis – could
Continue Reading AI Adoption By Legal Professionals Jumps from 19% to 79% In One Year, Clio Study Finds
Calling it a major first step in its wider AI product roadmap, the law practice management company Clio today released Clio Duo, a generative AI product built directly into the Clio Manage law practice management platform.
Clio released the product today at its Clio Cloud Conference in Austin, Texas, after first announcing its plans to launch the product at its
Continue Reading Clio Releases Clio Duo, Generative AI Built Directly Into Its Law Practice Management Platform