AFSChat introduced the firm’s employees to LLM-based tools but had been surpassed in capability by third-party options, which eventually met the firm’s strict criteria.
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Cooley Teams Up With Google to Co-Develop Agentic AI Redaction Tool
The tool, built on Gemini Enterprise, is one of several AI projects Cooley has in the works, and it is one in a flurry of recent Big Law/Big Tech partnerships.
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The Evolution of Conversational AI Within E-Discovery
Conversational AI is shifting the role of e-discovery professionals from data retrievers to strategic advisers who focus on investigation strategy, AI governance, and data intelligence. While AI accelerates access to information, professionals remain essential for framing the right questions, validating outputs and ensuring defensibility.
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Debevoise to Shift AI Platform Costs, as Big Law Seeks Pricing Model Beyond Billable Hour
The New York-based firm uses a subscription model to charge clients for access to its STAAR artificial intelligence advisory platform, but it is evaluating how best to price the service outside the traditional billable hour.
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The Judge's Rationale: Sirius XM Cleared in AI Hiring-Discrimination Lawsuit
A federal judge’s decision dismissing a suit alleging AI hiring tools resulted in discrimination against Black applicants could be instructive, as interest in algorithms in the hiring process grows. Here, the court found that factors like a large number of rejected applications and variables such as zip code as a proxy for race were not sufficient to show race discrimination…
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Legal Services Startup Teddy AI Announces $60M Seed Round
The company, initially incubated by Tucker’s Farm Corp., has been vague about its operations, declining to disclose its investors, leadership or area of focus.
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Fox Rothschild Names New Tech C-Suite Leaders
Mark McCreary, Fox Rothschild’s new chief data and artificial intelligence officer, has been with the firm for 28 years while newly named Chief Information Officer Barry Rozen joined four years ago.
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The Invisible Threat: How AI Can Threaten Trade Secret Protections
AI—particularly LLMs, data aggregation platforms, and automated inference engines—has fundamentally altered the game. The consequences of this reality demand immediate attention from leadership, in-house counsel, and practitioners alike.
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Legora Launches Skills, Pre-Built and Custom Instructions for Its AI Agent
The new feature comes as an increasing number of tech developers, including OpenAI and Anthropic, are releasing skill-based tools and is designed to help customers leverage institutional knowledge.
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Vorys Deploys AI Personas for Lawyers, Says Clients Are Next
The personas, developed in partnership with Stanford’s LIFT Lab, are designed to replicate specific attorneys’ insights in an effort to provide legal staff with additional perspectives.
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Frontline Managed Services Acquires KL Software Technologies
The addition of legal tech developer KL Software will support the engineering and expertise of Frontline Managed Services’ newly launched Frontline Intelligent Applications.
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AI in Arbitration: Drawing the Line Between Assistance and Decision Making
The temptation for arbitrators to use AI is strong, especially if the compensation is based on ad valorem. Therefore, it is necessary to consider the practical and legal limitations in the use of AI.
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Danish Legal Research Company Pandektes Announces 13.5M Series A
The company aims to use the new funds to expand beyond its initial European markets and provide other developers with access to its legal database.
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Big Law's Biggest Nightmare Isn't Partner Poaching or Mergers. It's AI
As AI agents slip their guardrails and threaten Big Law’s traditional business model, firm leaders face a dual risk: operational chaos in institutions built on confidentiality and trust, and economic upheaval that talent wars and mega-mergers can’t fix, writes The Global Lawyer.
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Legaltech Rundown: Harvey Partners With Japanese Legal Data Company, Ivo Unveils Open-Source Model, and More
An update on the legal tech market’s past week, from product launches to new partnerships.
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