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Legal Tech Roundup: US Legal Support, Epona
There were several acquisitions this week in legal technology, including deals involving a medical record retrieval company, a legal case management system and a digital transformation provider.
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Calif.'s Chief Justice On Preparing For Trump, AI
California Supreme Court Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero told reporters Thursday that the judiciary is preparing for the possibility that the Trump administration will target state courthouses to arrest unauthorized immigrants, and described how the judiciary plans to evaluate the ethical use of artificial intelligence in the judicial process.
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Venable Hires Senior Cybersecurity Services Director In DC
Venable LLP has hired the former head of advanced cybersecurity solutions and partnerships at Mandiant, a cybersecurity company, as senior director for cybersecurity services in Washington, D.C..
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Freeths Appoints Ex-Deloitte E-Discovery Manager
Freeths LLP announced Wednesday the appointment of Jake Pennington-Slater, who departed Deloitte late last year, as its first in-house e-discovery manager.
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GC Network The L Suite Acquires LegalOps Group LINK
Legal networking group the L Suite, formerly known as TechGC, has announced its acquisition of Legal Innovators Network, or LINK, a community organization representing 800 senior legal operations professionals.
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Plaintiff Law Firm AI Tool Eve Raises $47M Series A
Eve, an artificial intelligence platform that helps plaintiff law firms handle case tasks from intake to litigation, secured a $47 million Series A funding round on Thursday.
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Soon Courts Can Test Tech In Person At Innovation Lab In Va.
The National Center for State Courts is assembling the final components of an innovation lab at its international office in Arlington, Virginia, where judicial leaders from around the world can come and test the latest court technology.
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GCs Express Fear Of Giant Verdicts, Expect More Litigation
General counsel in a new survey increasingly fear the rise of "nuclear verdicts" — unexpectedly high jury awards — and they are expressing growing support for the use of artificial intelligence to save resources and spot risk.
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Attys Name Evolving Legal Tech As Industry's Top Challenge
Adjusting to ever-evolving technology including artificial intelligence, automation and emerging legal tech is the biggest challenge facing the legal industry in 2025, according to a new survey by peer-review publication company Best Lawyers.
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Legal Tech Startup Raises $2M To Use AI For Mass Torts
Parambil, a legal technology startup that offers medical record analysis and litigation support, secured a $2 million pre-seed funding round on Wednesday.
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How Legal Aid Providers Can Improve Client Intake Process
Legal aid associations can improve their client intake process by using educational animated videos and generative artificial intelligence assistants and by partnering with other organizations, according to a recent panel.
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More Legal Teams Are Using AI Contract Review To Save Time
Legal departments are quickly embracing artificial intelligence to review contracts, but larger organizations are more likely to be further ahead in adopting these tools, a new survey revealed on Wednesday.
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Talent Agency TRU Staffing Will Recruit Legal AI Experts
TRU Staffing Partners, a talent search firm in data privacy and e-discovery, announced Tuesday that it would expand its services to include staffing for legal artificial intelligence and governance related to the technology.
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Cybersecurity Steps Legal Services Providers Can Take Now
Some steps legal services providers and courts can take to strengthen their organization's cybersecurity include educating their staff, conducting third-party systems tests and managing apps on work devices, according to a recent panel.
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Agiloft Makes First Acquisition With AI Contract Platform Deal
Contract lifecycle management provider Agiloft acquired Screens, a startup with a contract review tool, on Tuesday for its first acquisition in company history.
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Why Law Firms Are Seeing 'Profit Leakage'
Even as many law firms see rising profitability, a number of factors are still negatively affecting their profit margins, including write-offs and discounts, according to a new report out Tuesday.
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Legal Pros Most Challenged By 'Overwhelming Work Volume'
Legal, risk and compliance professionals identified "overwhelming work volume" as the biggest challenge they face, according to an annual survey conducted by e-discovery and document review company Consilio LLC released on Tuesday.
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Stanford AI Expert Reamed For Erroneous AI-Generated Brief
A Minnesota federal judge on Friday threw out an erroneous expert declaration prepared by a Stanford University expert on artificial intelligence in litigation over the state's law on deepfakes, finding that the fake, AI-generated sources in his declaration "shatters his credibility with this court."
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White House Sets Framework For AI Technology Exports
The Biden administration on Monday took its latest step toward securing artificial intelligence technology, issuing a rule aimed at easing the sale of U.S.-made chips and models to allied countries while restricting access to foreign adversaries that it said could use the systems to threaten national security.
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NJ Firm Agrees To Settle Client's Suit Over Ransomware Attack
New Jersey law firm The Wacks Law Group LLC has reached a settlement agreement with a former client to end a proposed class action claiming that the firm's negligence in properly securing its data led to the theft of hundreds of clients' personal information in a March cyberattack.
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KLDiscovery CEO Retires After Nearly Two Decades
The chief executive officer of KLDiscovery Inc. is leaving the company after nearly 20 years as its leader, the e-discovery and information governance provider announced on Jan. 10.
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GC Hiring Managers Increasingly Asking About AI
Aspiring in-house counsel should consider buffing up on their understanding of legal technology and artificial intelligence, as legal leaders increasingly ask about their experiences when seeking executive partners, according to Major, Lindsey & Africa recruiter Pamela Salling.
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New York To Administer NCBE's NextGen Bar Exam In 2028
New York's highest court has announced the jurisdiction will adopt the Next Generation bar exam developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners beginning July 2028.
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How State Courts Can Start Building Data Governance
State courts can start tackling data governance by forming a committee, providing additional training to current team members, hiring more team members and creating data use guidelines, according to a pair of state court leaders.
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Legal Tech Roundup: Helm360, Barbri
It's the start of a new year in legal technology, and several companies appointed new executives in the first week of 2025.