Author: Bob Ambrogi

This post was originally published on this siteThe document automation company Gavel has launched pre-built workflows — sets of automated forms for document generation that are tailored to specific practice areas and jurisdictions, and that are free for any lawyer to test without a Gavel subscription. The new feature is launching today with three workflows […]

This post was originally published on this siteTwo veterans of legal media have partnered to launch a communications firm to represent to represent legal and business clients in marketing, media relations, crisis management and more. Called LIMELIGHT, the new firm has been launched by Kenneth Gary and Erin Harrison, both former legal journalists who worked […]

This post was originally published on this siteToday on the weekly Legaltech Week live journalists’ roundtable, we’ll be discussing the just-concluded ILTACON, as well as some of the stories and announcements that came out of it. The show is live at 3 p.m. E.T. If you haven’t already, you can sign up free here to attend. Register […]

This post was originally published on this siteWhen Eric Friedrichsen stepped into the role of chief executive officer of e-discovery company DISCO four months ago, he was taking the helm of an enterprise that had faced turbulent waters in recent years. Its founder and longtime CEO Kiwi Camara had left under a cloud of sexual […]

This post was originally published on this siteImagine, if you will, a small backwater town into which one day a large shiny object falls from the sky and lands dead center on the main street of the town’s modest commercial center. The object is egg shaped, suggesting its potential for something to hatch from it, […]

This post was originally published on this siteLast year, just ahead of ILTACON, NetDocuments introduced ndMAX, a generative AI tool built directly into the NetDocuments platform to enhance various document-related workflows, starting with PatternBuilder MAX, a “turbocharged” version of its PatternBuilder document assembly software designed to enable firms to create custom AI automations tailored to […]

This post was originally published on this siteUniCourt, a company that provides access to litigation data and analytics, today launched into beta a first-of-its-kind product that combines LLMs and APIs to allow its customers – which include law firms, insurers, legal tech companies, and others – to extract any data points they need from UniCourt’s […]

This post was originally published on this siteIt’s not quite BattleBots, but competitors LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters both made significant announcements today involving the development of generative AI legal assistants within their products. Thomson Reuters, which last year acquired the CoCounsel legal assistant originally developed by Casetext, and which later announced plans to deploy it […]

This post was originally published on this siteAderant, a provider of business management software to larger law firms, today introduced a product designed to help law firms better allocate work among their associates.  Called viAllocate, the product helps law firms maximize billable utilization, balance associate workloads, and improve operational efficiency and profitability, Aderant says. It […]

This post was originally published on this siteThe Supreme Court of Texas this week gave preliminary approval to rules that would allow the delivery of legal services in certain circumstances by licensed legal paraprofessionals and licensed court-access assistants who are not lawyers. “For years, the Court has made combating this ‘justice gap’ a top priority, […]