In ‘AI Smackdown,’ Law Librarians Compare Legal AI Research Platforms, Finding Distinct Strengths and Limitations

This post was originally published on this siteHow do AI-driven legal research platforms — specifically those that provide direct answers to legal questions — stack up against each other? That was the question at a Feb. 8 meeting of the Southern California Association of Law Libraries, where a panel of three law librarians reported on […]

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Managed Services Company Factor Acquires Legal Tech Design Firm Theory and Principle to Accelerate Its Push Into AI-Enabled Legal Services

This post was originally published on this siteFactor, a managed services company that describes itself as a provider of “integrated law” to corporate legal departments, has acquired Theory and Principle, a legal technology design and development agency, in a move intended to advance Factor’s strategic shift toward developing and delivering AI-first legal services. The acquisition, […]

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On LawNext: Standardizing Legal Agreements: How OneNDA and OneSaaS Aim to Transform Business Contracting

This post was originally published on this siteWhen it comes to contract negotiations, lawyers often find themselves spending countless hours haggling over standard agreements such as NDAs and SaaS contracts, with both sides often saying more or less the same thing, but in different words. What if there was a better way? Today’s guests believe […]

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Legal Technology Company Gavel Expands Its Document Automation Platform to 60 Languages

This post was originally published on this siteLegal workflow automation provider Gavel announced today that it has expanded its AI-powered document automation tool, Gavel Blueprint, to support a total of 60 languages. Previously, Blueprint support only English-language documents, while the company’s original rules-based platform supported 19 languages and is in use by legal professionals across […]

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Breaking: Federal Judge Rules Legal Research Startup ROSS Infringed Westlaw’s Copyrights, Rejecting Fair Use Defense

This post was originally published on this siteIn a significant ruling for legal publishing and AI development, a federal judge has granted partial summary judgment to Thomson Reuters in its long-running copyright infringement lawsuit against ROSS Intelligence, finding that ROSS infringed on Westlaw’s copyrighted headnotes and rejecting ROSS’s fair use defense. The ruling, issued today […]

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Voting Is Closed, Results Are In: Here are the 15 Legal Tech Startups Selected for the 2025 Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW

This post was originally published on this siteVoting 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 ninth-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2025, taking place April 2-5 in Chicago. These 15 finalists will face off in an opening-night […]

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500,000 U.S. Lawyers Now Have Free Access to Trust Software through Bar Partnerships with Smokeball

This post was originally published on this siteTrust accounting remains one of the most dangerous pitfalls for unwary lawyers. Far too often, lawyers — particularly those in solo and small firms — still rely on manual methods for maintaining and reconciling their client funds accounts. As a result, trust account violations are a frequent source […]

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SimpleDocs Launches SimpleAI, An AI-Powered Contract Review Tool with Customizable Playbooks (Plus Video Demo)

This post was originally published on this siteIn-house legal departments often struggle with a common challenge: how to efficiently review and negotiate the constant flow of routine contracts without sacrificing quality or consistency. Aiming to help them tackle that challenge, SimpleDocs, known for its AutoNDA contract automation software, has launched SimpleAI, a Microsoft Word-integrated tool […]

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Legal Research Startup Midpage Passes Threshold As It Achieves ‘Full’ Case Coverage and Readies Citator Launch

This post was originally published on this siteLegal research startup Midpage has reached a critical threshold in its commercialization, its founder believes, as it achieves full data coverage of key U.S. case law and prepares to launch its own citator in the coming weeks. The company, which has spent two years building its own comprehensive […]

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Law Insider Launches oneSaaS Standard Cloud Services Agreement, Building on OneNDA Success

This post was originally published on this siteAt its inaugural Future Contracts Miami conference today, Law Insider announced the launch of oneSaaS, a standardized template for cloud services agreements, developed through a community-driven process that drew on input from more than 300 legal professionals and software-as-a-service providers and that analyzed nearly 1,000 public SaaS agreements. […]

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