Merlin Launches Alchemy, Its 4th-Generation Document Intelligence Platform For Discovery and Litigation

This post was originally published on this siteThe e-discovery company Merlin Search Technologies has launched Alchemy, a “document intelligence platform,” driven by generative artificial intelligence, that is designed to transform unstructured data into actionable intelligence for legal teams. The Alchemy platform succeeds the previous version of Merlin’s platform, which was called DiscoveryPartner, and introduces several […]

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ABA Tech Survey Finds Growing Adoption of AI in Legal Practice, with Efficiency Gains as Primary Driver

This post was originally published on this siteThere has been a significant increase in the adoption of artificial intelligence-based tools among law firms, with 30% of respondents now using AI technology compared to just 11% in 2023, according to the just-released 2024 edition of the American Bar Association’s Legal Technology Survey Report. It finds that […]

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Another New Study of Legal AI Shows Some Models Can Significantly Improve Work Quality and Efficiency

This post was originally published on this siteJust last week, I wrote about a first-of-its-kind benchmarking study of legal AI tools, and now comes another, much-different study, that is also the first of its kind. This time, in a randomized controlled trial, researchers have found that the latest generation of AI technologies can significantly enhance […]

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‘My Dear Miss Glory, the Robots Are Not People,’ Says Judge In Yet Another Hallucinations Case

This post was originally published on this site“My dear Miss Glory, the Robots are not people. Mechanically they are more perfect than we are; they have an enormously developed intelligence, but they have no soul.” With that quote from R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots), a 1920 science fiction play by Czech writer Karel Čapek, U.S. District […]

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ALSP QuisLex Names Sirisha Gummaregula as President and CEO

This post was originally published on this siteThe alternative legal services provider QuisLex today announced the appointment of Sirisha Gummaregula as its president and chief executive officer, succeeding former CEO Ram Vasudevan. “This leadership transition underscores the company’s continued commitment to delivering innovative, high-quality legal and compliance solutions to clients around the globe,” the company […]

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CaseMap, the LexisNexis Case Management Platform, Gets Gen AI for Summaries, Timelines, and More

This post was originally published on this siteLexisNexis Legal & Professional said today that it has launched CaseMap+ AI, a new version of its platform for managing litigation matters and evidence that incorporates generative artificial intelligence to enhance the review of deposition transcripts and documents. “CaseMap+ AI integrates cutting-edge AI capabilities to empower litigators with efficient […]

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LawNext: Eve CEO Jay Madheswaran on Building AI-Native Law Firms for the Plaintiffs’ Bar

This post was originally published on this siteAfter building his career as an engineer at Facebook and as a venture capitalist at Lightspeed Venture Partners, Jay Madheswaran and his cofounders spotted an opportunity to deploy cutting-edge AI to transform what they saw as an underserved segment of the legal market, launching Eve, an AI platform purpose-built for plaintiffs’ […]

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Federal Judge in Virginia Declines To Sanction Lawyer Who Filed AI-Generated Erroneous Citations

This post was originally published on this siteIn yet another case involving the use — and misuse — of generative AI in legal research, a federal district court judge has declined to impose sanctions on an experienced attorney who submitted a brief containing miscited and misquoted cases generated by artificial intelligence. Although the attorney, Thad […]

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