Legal Tech & AI


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    As AI Reshapes Legal Tech, Vendor Loyalty Is Up For Grabs

    Vendors in the expanding legal technology industry will inevitably lose customers, but how they prepare for that churn can determine whether they merely survive or continue to grow.

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    Data Consultancy JMAN Group Names General Counsel

    JMAN Group said Tuesday that it has taken on a new general counsel, bolstering its senior team to support its global growth.

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    Kirkland Hires Experienced Business Consultant As CIO

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP has chosen Matson Blocker, who was most recently managing director at business consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal, to be its new chief information officer, the firm recently told Law360 Pulse.

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    Microsoft Associate GC Joins Agiloft As Legal Chief

    A 15-year veteran of Microsoft's legal organization has been appointed the chief legal officer of the contract lifecycle management, or CLM, provider Agiloft, the company announced Tuesday.

  • U. Of Chicago AI Lab Launches Tenant Rights Platform

    The University of Chicago Law School announced Monday the launch of a free artificial intelligence tool designed by students to help renters understand their leases and legal rights.

  • Legal Publisher Says AI Firm Made Improper Use Of Database

    Legal publishing and research firm Fastcase hit legal AI tech firm Alexi with a lawsuit in D.C. federal court, claiming it breached a former business relationship and began making improper use of its legal data to become a direct competitor.

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    Calif. Ban On Fee-Sharing With 'Alternative' Firms Challenged

    A new law barring California lawyers and firms from sharing fees with out-of-state law firms owned by nonlawyers is unconstitutional and will harm the state's mass tort lawyers and their clients, according to a lawsuit filed last week.

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    Farrer & Co. Hires IT Director, Head Of Innovation And AI

    Farrer & Co. LLP announced on Monday the hiring of a former information technology director at Capsticks Solicitors LLP and a head of innovation and artificial intelligence previously at Macfarlanes.

  • MatterAlert Parent Co. PaayaTech Rebrands CorpSync's Logo

    The legal technology software company PaayaTech gave CorpSync, its flagship platform for enterprise contact synchronization and Outlook signature management, a new logo and a separate website on Monday.

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    Litera Moves To New Chicago Office Amid Expansion

    Legal technology solutions provider Litera is moving its Chicago office to a bigger space to support in-person collaboration among its product, finance, legal and client-facing teams, the company exclusively told Law360 Pulse recently.

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    Blank Rome's Reelected Leader Sees Values As Key To Growth

    As he prepares to begin a second four-year term as Blank Rome LLP's managing partner and chair, Grant Palmer said a commitment to longstanding values like teamwork and diversity have helped the firm navigate changes in the legal market since it launched in Philadelphia nearly 80 years ago.

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    Tiger Eye Adds Ex-Morae Director To Lead Client Strategy

    Legal technology consulting firm Tiger Eye is welcoming an iManage specialist who will become its first head of client strategy.

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    Ropes & Gray Incentivizes AI Experiments With Billable Hours

    Ropes & Gray LLP is encouraging first-year associates in the U.S. to experiment with generative artificial intelligence tools by letting them use 20% of their billable time for a pilot program launched last month.

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    How Vendors Are Tackling Security Issues With Agentic AI

    Many legal technology companies are releasing agentic artificial intelligence tools that can access law firms' sensitive internal data, raising concerns about information leaks, misuse or the agent going rogue. Here's how companies are taking steps to prevent those security risks.

  • AI Jury Simulator Says Fired Co-Founder Stole Trade Secrets

    Artificial intelligence jury simulator Juries.ai sued its recently fired co-founder, claiming he has refused to hand over control of a number of the company's accounts or return its source code and other confidential information, according to a complaint filed in California federal court.

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    Law Libraries Hoping To Attract Attorneys To The Profession

    Staffing levels at U.S. law libraries now average nearly seven full-time equivalent positions — the highest reported in nearly a decade, according to a new American Association of Law Libraries report.

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    Legal Workflow Co. Onit Acquires LawBase

    Legal workflow company Onit Inc. announced Tuesday its acquisition of case management and matter management platform LawBase.

  • Calif. Personal Injury Law Firm Sued Over Ransomware Attack

    A former Adamson Ahdoot LLP client lodged a proposed class action in California state court on Friday over a Nov. 3 ransomware attack, alleging the law firm failed to protect his personal information despite touting on its website that it follows industry standards to do so.

  • Luminance Partners With 3 Law Schools For AI Certification

    Luminance, which provides legal software using artificial intelligence, announced Monday an academic certification program for AI, which will be launched by the University of Law in the U.K., King's College in London, and Vanderbilt University in Nashville.

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    Smith Anderson Hires First Chief Innovation Officer

    Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP announced last week the hiring of Erik Mazzone, a longtime director at the North Carolina Bar Association and practice management consultant, as its first chief innovation officer.

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    Linklaters Launches 20-Strong Global AI Team

    Linklaters said on Monday that it has established a 20-strong global team of lawyers focused on artificial intelligence to help its practice groups get the most out of the new technology.

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    Dye & Durham Confirms Buyout Offer Amid Board Shake-Up

    Dye & Durham confirmed on Friday that it has received an offer to take the legal technology provider private, a day after the Toronto-based company reshuffled its board of directors.

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    NJ Experts Warn Of Evolving AI Pitfalls At Bar Symposium

    Lawyers today are facing new and more nuanced ethical challenges around the use of artificial intelligence at the same time that the penalties for misusing AI are growing more severe, New Jersey experts warn.

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    Atty Had 6 AI Tools Check Each Other, Yet Fakes Still Cited

    A California federal judge has sanctioned a solo practitioner representing the plaintiffs in a proposed wage and hour class action against clothing brand Vuori Inc. after he admitted to using about a half-dozen artificial intelligence tools to prepare a motion.

  • Ex-Gordon Rees Atty Reprimanded For Mistakes Blamed On AI

    An Alabama bankruptcy judge won't sanction Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLC for a filing submitted by one of its former lawyers that contained mistakes blamed on artificial intelligence, but has reprimanded the attorney and ordered her to notify her clients about the reprimand.

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