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Legal Tech Roundup: Afriwise, FiscalNote
An acquisition of an Africa-based regulatory monitoring company tops this roundup of recent legal technology news.
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Contract Tech Co. Icertis Promotes COO To CEO
Contract management company Icertis announced Thursday that its co-founder and CEO Samir Bodas would move into the executive chair role, while its chief operating officer since last year, Anand Subbaraman, would be appointed to the top executive position.
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Texas Modernizes Barratry Ban To Include Online Outreach
Texas, a state with a long history of outlawing prohibited legal services solicitation — known as barratry — has passed a bill updating its penal code to expand the definition of illegal barratry to cover new media, amid a reported rise in digital solicitation, with the amended law set to take effect on Sept. 1.
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Voir Dire: À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off August with another action-packed week as law firms took on new attorneys and expanded their practices. Test your legal news savvy here with À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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How Stradley Ronon Is Training Firm Attys On Generative AI
As the legal industry continues to grapple with the use of artificial intelligence, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP has launched a 12-week program to train its lawyers and business professionals on integrating a law-focused generative AI assistant into their work in an ethical and effective manner.
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Federal Courts Disclose New Cyberattacks On PACER System
The federal judiciary on Thursday disclosed there have been escalating cyberattacks on its case management system, putting sealed and sensitive case documents at risk, and that it is taking steps to strengthen its security.
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Aderant Acquires Legal Tech Assets From HerculesAI
Legal software firm Aderant announced Thursday it is acquiring the legal technology software of HerculesAI, an artificial intelligence firm that creates AI-powered solutions to automate business tasks.
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Legal AI Co. Harvey To Expand In Canada With Toronto Office
Harvey, which sells a generative artificial intelligence platform for legal professionals and is worth $5 billion, announced the impending launch of a Toronto office and broader expansion into the Canadian legal market.
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Proskauer CIO Makes Lateral Move To Hughes Hubbard In NY
Proskauer Rose LLP's chief information officer has moved to Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP in the same role in New York City.
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State Data Breach Action Against Conn. Firm Dropped
A Connecticut Superior Court judge on Tuesday ordered the withdrawal of a state class action filed by a former Brown Paindiris & Scott LLP client against the 26-attorney firm, as ongoing parallel federal actions alleging a data breach at the firm continue.
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Litera Backs, Partners With AI Relationship Management Tool
Litera, the legal technology giant, announced Thursday that it has made a strategic minority investment in Postilize, an artifical intelligence-driven relationship management tool, as part of a partnership aimed at revolutionizing legal business development with client engagement technology.
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Some Law Firms Feel Secure Despite Persistent Cyberthreats
Some firms feel secure from cybersecurity threats like ransomware, even though law firms remain prime targets for cyberattacks, according to a new report by cyber disaster recovery company Fenix24 and the International Legal Technology Association.
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Litigation Co. Lexitas Acquires TP.One Court Reporting
Litigation services provider Lexitas announced Tuesday the purchase of TP.One Court Reporting, marking the company's 51st acquisition since 2015.
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Fear Of 'Pilot Purgatory' Shouldn't Derail Legal Tech Testing
Long pilots for artificial intelligence tools often get a bad rap, with critics in legal technology arguing they slow adoption and waste resources.
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Courtroom Insight Hires Ex-Fileread Lead As COO
Legal knowledge management tool Courtroom Insight announced Wednesday the hiring of a chief operating officer who has experience as a BigLaw attorney and a legal technology product executive.
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Eckert Seamans Hit With Class Suit Over Data Breach
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC has been hit with a data privacy class action in Pennsylvania federal court on behalf of about 9,400 Wheeling Jesuit University alumni the firm once represented, alleging the firm failed to protect their personal information when its computer network was breached.
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Insurance Tech Co. Qumis Partners With Broker NFP
Qumis, an artificial intelligence platform for insurance knowledge work, announced Tuesday that insurance broker NFP Corp. has adopted its generative AI technology for use streamlining its policy and claims review across its property and casualty businesses.
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Bots, AI And Fake Leads: Attys 'Besieged' By Recruiter Tactics
Off-base mass emails, incessant robocalls, and fake exclusive application offers are just a few of the unsavory tactics some report having seen more often in the attorney recruitment market in recent years.
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Startup Making AI For Midsize Firms Raises $7M
August, a New York-based startup designing an artificial intelligence platform specifically for use by mid-size law firms and in-house legal teams, announced Tuesday the raising of $7 million for its "bespoke services."
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Francisco Partners Buys Elite From TPG, Thomson Reuters
Investment firm Francisco Partners has purchased Elite, a provider of financial tools for law firms, from TPG Capital and Thomson Reuters on Tuesday, signaling a new chapter for the legal technology company.
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Mississippi Judge Won't Explain TRO Errors In Suit Over DEI
A Mississippi federal judge won't explain how his decision pausing enforcement of a state law barring diversity, equity and inclusion in public schools contained nonexistent allegations, wrongly identified plaintiffs and defendants and quoted terms that don't appear in the legislative text, ruling that the court isn't obligated to do so.
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Tax AI Co. Blue J Raises $122M Series D To Expand
Blue J, a generative artificial intelligence-powered research platform for tax and legal practitioners, announced Monday the raising of $122 million in a Series D funding round to expand its team, product development and marketing efforts.
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Ironclad Adds Google, Snowflake, Docusign Leaders To Team
The contract lifecycle management platform Ironclad announced a major expansion of its leadership team Monday, three months after the company welcomed a new CEO.
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More AI-Generated Filings Could Be Coming To State Courts
As generative artificial intelligence tools get better at legal tasks, some court watchers are raising concerns about a possible surge in AI-generated legal filings overwhelming state judicial systems.
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Suffolk Law, Arbitration Body Launch Family Law Clinic
Suffolk University Law School, together with the nonprofit American Arbitration Association, has launched an online dispute resolution clinic focused on family law matters, with John D. Casey, a former chief justice of the Massachusetts family and probate court, appointed to oversee the project.