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84% Of Legal Teams Surveyed Plan To Use AI Within 2 Years
The adoption of artificial intelligence in corporate law departments has nearly doubled since 2023, with 84% of legal teams surveyed planning to use it in the next two years, according to a new report released Wednesday.
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Mishcon De Reya Invests In Legal Tech Startup Ctrl AI
Mishcon de Reya has said it has made an investment in Ctrl AI, a legal technology start-up, joining the trend for corporate legal departments to turn to cutting-edge tools to streamline tasks that demand a large amount of resources.
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Harvey Hits $3B Valuation With $300M Series D
The generative artificial intelligence platform Harvey became one of the most valued legal technology companies on Wednesday after securing a $300 million Series D investment.
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Talent Co. Legal Innovators Hires Ex-Hogan Lovells Director
Legal Innovators, a talent agency for law firms and corporate legal departments, announced Tuesday the hiring of a former director at Hogan Lovells as its vice president of learning, leading development of new learning initiatives for aspiring attorneys.
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Advisory Firm Aprio To Combine With Radix Law In Arizona
Atlanta-based advisory and accounting firm Aprio is planning to combine with full-service law firm Radix Law as an alternative business structure under the name Aprio Legal LLC in Arizona, the firms said Wednesday.
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SpotDraft Lands $54M Series B For AI Contract Platform
SpotDraft, a software provider for contract lifecycle management, secured a $54 million Series B funding round on Wednesday.
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DC Courts To Adopt NextGen Bar Examination In Early 2028
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals Committee on Admissions will administer the Next Generation bar exam developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners beginning February 2028.
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Legal Lags Behind AI Adoption, Except With Translations
Legal's adoption of artificial intelligence trails other industries, but a new survey released Wednesday also reveals that legal is taking a leading role in a specific use of AI.
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Legal Tech Startup Alexi Inks $4.5M Debt Facility With TD Bank
Canada-based legal technology startup Alexi announced on Monday the securing of a $4.5 million debt facility from TD Innovation Partners, a division of TD Bank.
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Approach The Bench: Judge Frederic Block On Resentencing
New York federal Judge Frederic Block has been on a campaign lately, arguing that state court judges should enjoy the same discretion he does to reconsider the sentences of people condemned to spend decades in prison.
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LegalZoom Acquires Formation Nation, Posts $30M Profit
Online legal services provider LegalZoom Inc. has acquired small business services company Formation Nation for around $49 million cash and an estimated $20 million in common stock.
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Judge Backs Thomson Reuters In 1st AI Ruling On Fair Use
Tech startup ROSS Intelligence infringed copyrighted material from Thomson Reuters' Westlaw platform to create a competing legal research tool powered by artificial intelligence, a Delaware federal court said Tuesday in a highly anticipated opinion that is the first to rule on whether infringement in AI training is protected by fair use.
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Smokeball Now Offers Half A Million US Attys Free Access
Smokeball, the legal practice management software provider, shared Tuesday its milestone of reaching half a million U.S. attorneys through free access programs provided through partnerships with state associations.
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Injury Attys Admit 'Embarrassment' Of AI-Hallucinated Cites
Morgan & Morgan PA and the Goody Law Group expressed "great embarrassment" Monday when they told the Wyoming federal judge overseeing a personal injury lawsuit against Walmart over an allegedly defective hoverboard that the pretrial motions they filed did, indeed, contain case law hallucinated by artificial intelligence.
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Arbitration Proceedings Increasingly Adopting AI Tools
Breakthroughs in artificial intelligence led to expanded adoption of the technology among international arbitrators, according to an annual report from Freshfields LLP published last week.
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Thomson Reuters Launches New $150M Corp. VC Fund
Thomson Reuters' venture capital arm initiated its second corporate venture fund, valued at $150 million, on Monday.
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Injury Attys In Hot Water Over Possible AI-Hallucinated Cites
Morgan & Morgan PA and the Goody Law Group on Friday withdrew pretrial motions in a personal injury lawsuit against Walmart over an allegedly defective hoverboard after a Wyoming federal court ordered the firms to explain why the filings contained what appears to be case law hallucinated by generative artificial intelligence.
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NYU Law Professor On His AI-Powered Tenants' Rights Bot
New York City tenants routinely face uphill battles when prodding their landlords to make repairs in their rented homes. A recently launched AI chatbot designed by an NYU law professor could help turn things around.
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Sidley Joins Other Firms In Hiring AI Chief
Sidley Austin LLP announced the hiring of a chief data and artificial intelligence officer, joining a growing wave of firms over the past year to fill such a director position amid technological advances and client expectations.
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Legal Tech Roundup: Deel, Lawpath
A secondary market transaction tops this roundup of recent legal technology news.
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Founders Of 'AI Judge' Arbitrus On Arbitration Tech's Promise
In an interview, the creators of a new so-called AI judge for arbitration discuss how the tool ensures accuracy and fairness, how they plan to convince parties to trust the tool, and the future of dispute resolution.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off February with another action-packed week as attorneys took on new roles in BigLaw and the Trump administration. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Barbri Adds Legal Study Aid Service Quimbee
Quimbee, a platform that provides study guides for law students, became the latest acquisition by Dallas-based Barbri Global, which sells bar exam preparation courses, according to an announcement Thursday.
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Davis Wright Partners With Stanford's CodeX On Legal AI
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP announced Thursday a new partnership with Stanford University's legal technology hub CodeX to collaborate on new artificial intelligence tools, joining other universities the past year in striking up partnerships with law firms and legal tech companies to advance research and real-world implementation of AI into law.
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Clio Appoints Canadian General Manager Amid Expansion
Legal tech giant Clio has announced the appointment of a general manager in its home country of Canada as part of a strategic expansion in the market.