Legal Tech


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    Legal Tech Sees 80% Funding Surge Amid AI Boom

    Amid increased investor confidence and momentum from artificial intelligence, the legal technology industry continued its rapid growth in the first quarter as funding for companies surged by about 80% year-over-year.

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    NJ Justices OK Tech CLE And Reject Competence Proposal

    The New Jersey Supreme Court has approved a continuing legal education requirement for technology-related subjects but declined a proposal to add a comment to the competence section of the state's Rules of Professional Conduct about an attorney's responsibility to stay on top of the benefits and risks associated with relevant technology.

  • A&O Shearman, Harvey Partner On Agentic AI Product

    Allen Overy Shearman Sterling has announced a new integration with regular collaborator Harvey, an artificial intelligence company focused on legal queries, to provide agentic software to its internal teams, as well as external clients and other law firms.

  • Judge Urges Attorneys Not To Use AI For 'Hard Work'

    While attorneys should use generative artificial intelligence tools, they shouldn't use the technology for "hard work" like giving them legal answers and filling up a blank page, Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Scott Schlegel said during a panel at the American Bar Association Techshow 2025 in Chicago.

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    Pierson Ferdinand Grows In Ariz. With Fennemore Craig Atty

    Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Monday that it has formally entered the Arizona market by adding a former Fennemore Craig PC director to its roster of Phoenix-based partners.

  • Recruiter Macrae Expands Staff And Product Offerings

    Macrae, a legal search firm that places partners and groups at top law firms, has hired two recruiters in New York and Los Angeles and two research and technology directors, made a slew of leadership appointments and launched Macrae+, an analytics product offered by the firm.

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    What To Know About New Deepfake Law In New Jersey

    New Jersey is taking action against artificial intelligence-generated images and other media known as deepfakes, with new legislation specifically targeting the cutting-edge form of fraud, even as experts say deepfakes remain difficult to pin down in the law.

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    Class Action Spending Could Top $4.5B As Settlements Drop

    Companies are facing more class action lawsuits and are spending more money to defend against them than ever before, with that spending expected to exceed $4.5 billion in 2025, according to a new report from Carlton Fields.

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    Ex-CapitalG, Ivo Counsel Joins Legal AI Co. Ruli

    Austin-based legal operations startup Ruli AI announced Thursday the hiring of a general counsel who formerly worked as an in-house attorney at legal software developer Ivo and Alphabet's venture fund CapitalG.

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    Pérez-Llorca Adds Digital Transformation Lead From Deloitte

    Spanish law firm Pérez-Llorca has hired a new partner for its legal tech and digital transformation area, according to an announcement translated from Portuguese.

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    Steps Small Law Firms Can Take Against Cyber Threats

    Small law firms might think they will not be targeted by cybercriminals, but artificial intelligence tools make it easier to orchestrate cyberattacks, so small firms need to take steps to protect themselves, according to a panel at the American Association Bar Techshow 2025 in Chicago.

  • Westlaw Rival Gets Early Appeal Of 1st Fair Use AI Ruling

    The Third Circuit will be the first appeals court to weigh in on a dispute over using copyrighted material to train artificial intelligence systems after a Delaware federal court on Friday granted permission to send up questions from ROSS Intelligence Inc. over the copyrightability of Thomson Reuters' Westlaw headnotes and fair use.

  • Legal Tech Roundup: Ontra, Litera

    As the legal technology industry gathered for the American Bar Association Techshow this week, a few companies welcomed new C-suite leaders.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    The legal industry kicked off April with another action-packed week as BigLaw added new talent and firms struck deals with the Trump administration. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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    Ex-Rimon Trio Launches Distributed Equity Model Firm

    Lucendo LLP officially launched under the leadership of three former Rimon PC partners on Thursday, breaking the mold as a distributed law firm at which attorneys can work remotely and set their own rates with an equity profit-sharing model.

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    Saul Ewing Brings On Ex-Hinshaw Chief Information Officer

    Saul Ewing LLP announced Thursday the hiring of the former chief information officer at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP to advise its managing partner, executive partner and executive committee on the firm's technology.

  • Gunderson Dettmer Innovation Chief Joins Pro Bono Net Board

    Nonprofit Pro Bono Net has added Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP's chief innovation officer to its board of directors, the executive announced in a LinkedIn post.

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    AI Tools Among Top Winners At ABA Legal Tech Contest

    Most of the 15 finalists in the American Bar Association Techshow 2025 startup pitch competition, including the event's winners, are leveraging generative artificial intelligence in their products.

  • E-Discovery Management Startup TrialKit Raises $4.25M

    TrialKit, an e-discovery management platform created by a former public defender, announced on Wednesday the closing of a $4.25 million seed round.

  • Shoosmiths Launches £1M Staff Bonus To Boost AI Use

    Shoosmiths LLP said Wednesday that it has allocated £1 million ($1.3 million) to reward employees who use artificial intelligence more often as law firms strive to increase the productivity of their workforce.

  • Litigation Support Co. Opens First Southeastern Office

    First Legal, a provider of litigation support services throughout the country, announced Tuesday the opening of an office in Hollywood, Florida, broadening its market to the Southeast.

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    Overheard At Legalweek: AI 'Not Quite There Yet'

    Legal professionals navigating major industry shifts were flooded with AI product pitches at Legalweek 2025 — though, from what I overheard, some felt the offerings didn't quite measure up to the challenges facing law firms and lawyers today.

  • Fight Over AI Training Pushes Copying Question To Forefront

    When courts weigh fair use in copyright disputes, how much a defendant takes from a particular work is usually overridden by other factors. But with artificial intelligence requiring immense amounts of training material, a legal tech company is trying to change that as it battles infringement claims by Thomson Reuters over the media company's Westlaw platform.

  • Tyler Tech Denied Early Exit From NC Civil Rights Class Action

    Tyler Technologies, the Texas-based software provider behind North Carolina's transition to a digital court system, can't escape a proposed civil rights class action claiming the new technology led to wrongful arrests and extended jail time, though claims against one sheriff named in the suit were dismissed.

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    Legal Dept. Confidence In AI Seems To Lag Despite Wide Access

    While legal departments have shelled out a lot of resources to ensure that the majority of their team members have some access to artificial intelligence, a recent survey revealed a lack of confidence in using certain AI tools.

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Expert Analysis

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    We Must Continue DEI Efforts Despite High Court Headwinds Author Photo

    Though the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down affirmative action in higher education, law firms and their clients must keep up the legal industry’s recent momentum advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in the profession in order to help achieve a just and prosperous society for all, says Angela Winfield at the Law School Admission Council.

  • Law Firms Cannot Ignore Attorneys' Personal Cybersecurity Author Photo

    Law firms that fail to consider their attorneys' online habits away from work are not using their best efforts to protect client information and are simplifying the job of plaintiffs attorneys in the case of a breach, say Mark Hurley and Carmine Cicalese at Digital Privacy and Protection.

  • Why Process Management Is Critical To Legal Tech Adoption Author Photo

    Corporate legal departments looking to implement new technology can avoid hiccups by taking steps to define the underlying business problem and to identify opportunities for process improvements before leaping to the automation stage, say Nadine Ezzie at Ezzie + Co., Kenneth Jones at Xerdict Group and Kathy Zhu at Streamline AI.

  • Law Firm Cybersecurity Should Not Get Lost In The Cloud Author Photo

    A recent data leak at Proskauer via a cloud data storage platform demonstrates key reasons why law firms must pay attention to data safeguarding, including the increasing frequency of cloud-based data breaches and the consequences of breaking client confidentiality, says Robert Kraczek at One Identity.

  • Advice For Summer Associates Uneasy About Offer Prospects Author Photo

    There are a few communication tips that law students in summer associate programs should consider to put themselves in the best possible position to receive an offer, and firms can also take steps to support those to whom they are unable to make an offer, says Amy Mattock at Georgetown University Law Center.

  • How Students Prepping For The Bar Exam Can Leverage AI Author Photo

    Tools like ChatGPT can help students studying for the bar exam achieve their two main goals — mastering law concepts and topics, and then successfully applying them to the various question formats on the test — but there are still limitations to this technology, including incorrect answers, says Joseph Wilson at Studicata.

  • How Law Firms Can Cautiously Wield AI To Streamline Tasks Author Photo

    Many attorneys are going to use artificial intelligence tools whether law firms like it or not, so firms should educate them on AI's benefits, limits and practical uses, such as drafting legal documents, to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal market, say Thomas Schultz and Eden Bernstein at Kellogg Hansen.

  • Opinion

    Attorneys Should Have An Ethical Duty To Advance DEI Author Photo

    National and state bar associations are encouraging attorneys to apply diversity, equity and inclusion practices in the legal profession and beyond, and these associations should take it one step further by formally recognizing ethical duties for attorneys to promote DEI, which could better the legal profession and society, says Elena Mitchell at Moore & Van Allen.

  • 10 Steps To Improve Legal Vendor Management Author Photo

    Corporate counsel often turn to third-party vendors to manage spending challenges, and navigating this selection process can be difficult for both counsel and the vendor, but there are several ways corporate legal departments can make the entire process easier and beneficial for all parties involved, says David Cochran at QuisLex.

  • DoNotPay Cases Underscore Hurdles For AI-Fueled Legal Help Author Photo

    Recent legal challenges against DoNotPay’s "robot lawyer” application highlight pressing questions about the degree to which artificial intelligence can be used for legal tasks while remaining on the right side of both consumer protection laws and prohibitions against the unauthorized practice of law, says Kristen Niven at Frankfurt Kurnit.

  • Strategies To Improve Reporting In The Legal Industry Author Photo

    The growing demand for analytical data within law firms and corporate law departments — from live case status updates to diversity reports — highlights the need for improvements in legal profession reporting, with increasingly granular industry-standard codes to describe legal tasks being key, says Kenneth Jones at Xerdict.

  • Accessible Legal Tech Begins With Empathy In Design Author Photo

    Legal technology has the potential to eliminate barriers for disabled attorneys navigating their careers and for disabled clients seeking access to justice, but to truly level the playing field, accessible technology must be designed with input from and empathy for the often-underrepresented communities it serves, say Lisa Mueller at Casimir Jones and attorney Haley Moss.

  • 6 Tips For Document Review Projects Using Alt Legal Services Author Photo

    Despite strides made in the e-discovery industry, document reviews continue to be one of the most expensive line items for litigation, so law firms working with alternative legal service providers should consider key best practices, including providing clear protocol, having transparent deadlines, and more, says Phoebe Gebre at Integreon.

  • ChatGPT Is A Cool Trick, But AI Won't Replace Lawyers Author Photo

    Generative AI applications like ChatGPT are unlikely to ever replace attorneys for a variety of practical reasons — but given their practice-enhancing capabilities, lawyers who fail to leverage these tools may be rendered obsolete, says Eran Kahana at Maslon.

  • Pro Bono Work Is Valuable In IP And Continued Learning Author Photo

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's recent elimination of a rule that partially counted pro bono work toward continuing legal education highlights the importance of volunteer work in intellectual property practice and its ties to CLE, and puts a valuable tool for hands-on attorney education in the hands of the states, say Lisa Holubar and Ariel Katz at Irwin.

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