/pulse/legal-tech?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Legal Tech Copyright 2025 ��ݮ��Ƶ. en-US Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:00:29 +0000 /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2391560?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2391560 San Francisco-based Finch Legal Inc., which offers a prelitigation operations platform for personal injury law firms, announced Wednesday the raising of a $20 million Series A funding round with the aim of expanding nationally and into other areas of law. Tue, 14 Oct 2025 22:27:00 +0000 /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2399247?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2399247 California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill into law that blocks Golden State lawyers and firms from sharing contingency fees with out-of-state firms owned by non-lawyers. Tue, 14 Oct 2025 16:49:45 +0000 /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2399164?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2399164 Funding for legal technology companies fell slightly year-over-year in the third quarter, even as companies were on track to raise more money in all of 2025 than in the previous year. Tue, 14 Oct 2025 16:47:36 +0000 /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2399327?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2399327 A New York state court said a New Jersey-based attorney must face sanctions for both submitting filings with inaccurate and outright made-up case details written in part by artificial intelligence and for subsequently doubling down by submitting more "AI-hallucinated" material to defend his conduct. Tue, 14 Oct 2025 16:39:21 +0000 /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2399173?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2399173 The committee in charge of overseeing the California bar exam has announced it will not be seeking further score adjustments for test-takers whose approved accommodations were not provided in the fraught February 2025 exam. Tue, 14 Oct 2025 15:56:31 +0000 /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2398443?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2398443 Nearly two thirds of in-house legal teams expect to rely less on outside legal service providers because of generative artificial intelligence, an increase from 58% of survey respondents in 2024, according to a report released Tuesday. Tue, 14 Oct 2025 15:44:49 +0000 /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2398775?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2398775 A panel of Pennsylvania attorneys speaking on advances in the use of artificial intelligence in criminal justice and surveillance expressed concern over the potential misuse of such technologies, predicting they could result in rights violations on both individual and mass scales. Tue, 14 Oct 2025 10:36:36 +0000 /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2399090?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2399090 Swedish legal AI provider Legora has signed its first Italian law firm, marking another step in its expansion across the emerging transatlantic legal AI market. Fri, 10 Oct 2025 16:45:22 +0000 /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2398609?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2398609 One of two federal judges facing scrutiny from lawmakers for withdrawing an error-filled order that may have been written using artificial intelligence is relatively new to the bench, while the other has been a judge for 40 years, but neither is likely to face discipline for the slip-ups. Fri, 10 Oct 2025 16:42:03 +0000 /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2398274?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2398274 A New York federal judge will not sanction a plaintiff over alleged misuse of generative artificial intelligence in a malpractice case against her former lawyer, finding the attorney seeking sanctions had also "vexatiously protracted" the nearly decade-long litigation. Fri, 10 Oct 2025 15:58:20 +0000 /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2398198?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2398198 Legal technology company Relativity held its annual conference this week in Chicago, where leaders at law firms and e-discovery service providers shared practical insights about generative artificial intelligence and data governance. Here are three takeaways from the event. Fri, 10 Oct 2025 15:44:12 +0000 /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2398617?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2398617 The New York State Court System on Friday released an interim policy on the use of artificial intelligence software by judges and staff, which goes into effect immediately and remains subject to change. Fri, 10 Oct 2025 13:48:16 +0000 /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2398267?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2398267 Several legal technology startups secured new funding rounds this week. Fri, 10 Oct 2025 12:15:41 +0000 /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2398273?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2398273 Atlanta's Esquire Deposition Solutions LLC created a new president role to support the company's growth, legal technology and operations, and tapped the former chief product officer at Wolters Kluwer unit CT Corp. to fill it. Fri, 10 Oct 2025 11:15:18 +0000 /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2398019?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2398019 A law firm combination and BigLaw group hires made this another action-packed week for the legal industry. Test your legal news savvy here with ��ݮ��Ƶ Pulse's weekly quiz. Thu, 09 Oct 2025 16:41:50 +0000 /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2397523?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2397523 Top law firms commanded sizable increases in billing rates this year, continuing a multiyear trend that legal technology leaders warn may be out of step with today's market and competitive landscape. Thu, 09 Oct 2025 15:16:15 +0000 /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2397838?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2397838 Law firm software and services company Opus 2 announced Thursday its acquisition of Uncover, an artificial intelligence platform used to analyze documents, write first drafts and reduce time on manual tasks that aims to compete with legal software like Harvey and Legora. Thu, 09 Oct 2025 12:19:22 +0000 /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2397865?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2397865 Contract software company Spellbook announced Thursday the closing of a $50 million Series B funding round, which values the company at $350 million and brings its total funding to over $80 million. Thu, 09 Oct 2025 07:00:28 +0000 /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2397684?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2397684 Ropes & Gray LLP is piloting the new generative artificial intelligence features from Draftwise to help transactional attorneys draft documents faster, the firm told ��ݮ��Ƶ Pulse exclusively. Wed, 08 Oct 2025 16:58:49 +0000 /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2397343?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/legal-tech/articles/2397343 A recent cyberattack at Williams & Connolly LLP that compromised a few attorney email accounts is the latest reported event possibly linked to “Brickstorm” malware. Here, ��ݮ��Ƶ Pulse breaks down what law firms and legal professionals should know about the cyberattacks.