Legaltech latest: News from Casepoint, ContractPodAI, Relativity, BigHand & EvenUp

It’s the end of another busy legaltech week and here are some of the bigger stories, starting with the news from the United States that Casepoint has been selected by the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps to be its enterprise cloud-based data discovery platform.

The platform includes its leading data discovery technology for litigation, investigations, FOIA, congressional inquiries, and data compliance. The Air Force signed a five-year contract to modernize its tech stack and scale with their data needs while meeting security requirements, including DOD IL5 and Air Force ATO.

The Air Force JAG Corps includes approximately 4,400 Airmen and civilian personnel across more than 100 global locations. These individuals will now be able to work and collaborate on case matters without having to be in the same place. The Air Force is looking to take advantage of Casepoint’s AI-powered SaaS Casepoint platform, including the platform’s ability to scale to high data volumes and support a large number of users across Air Force offices globally.

Casepoint merged with Opexus earlier this year and Chris Kruse, chief revenue officer at Casepoint + Opexus said: “Being able to add an attorney in the field or initiate legal holds from anywhere is critical for their needs. The Casepoint platform leverages intuitive templates and robust automation to streamline and automate workflows in the most secure cloud-based legal platform.”

In further eDiscovery news, Relativity this week announced that two of its generative AI solutions, Relativity aiR for Review and Relativity aiR for Privilege, will now be made available to all RelativityOne instances located in Hong Kong, India, Japan, Singapore and South Korea. Legal investigation, and compliance teams in Asia will be equipped with the generative-AI powered document review solution and privilege review solution to help navigate the full spectrum of legal data challenges while reaping the benefits of better infrastructure and privacy.

“Asia’s diverse legal landscape presents unique and evolving challenges, and legal teams across the region need technology that can keep pace,” said Chris Brown, chief product officer at Relativity. “Whether it be for litigation, regulatory responses, or internal investigations, Relativity aiR products provide the necessary features to manage large volumes of data more effectively. As adoption grows across the globe, and real-world use cases continue to demonstrate impact, Relativity’s customers and partners can feel confident in the power and practicality of AI in their workflows.”

In the contracts space, ContractPodAI has made a series of big hires including Jeremy Coleman, EMEA director of innovation at Norton Rose Fulbright, who joins as vice president of legal research and development. Coleman, who is based in the UK, will be focused on advancing ContractPodAI’s AI platform Leah.

The other hires include Kate Poppitt, who joins ContractPodAi as director of AI programs (UK). Poppitt previously worked at Hogan Lovells and Dentons. Tara Bennett, previously at Icertis, joins as general manager for EMEA and APAC; Antoni Chrysostomou, who most recently helped scale PatSnap’s sales organization, joins as vice president of sales, EMEA; and Chris Smith, previously at Box, Coursera and Cledara, joins as vice president of account management.

In other product news this week, BigHand on 9 July announced new forecasting and allocation enhancements to its Resource Management product, which now integrates with any time recording software to improve speed and accuracy.

Over the last few years, firms have increasingly identified work allocation as a major source of profit leakage and attorney dissatisfaction. Allowing partners to allocate via spreadsheets, emails, or multi-hour meetings wastes valuable (potentially billable) time, fails to match associates with their best-suited matters, and leaves lawyers unhappy with their assignments. The new functionality means that firms can now view actual recorded time by matter alongside matter details, forecasted hours, and matter team structure.

“Constantly raising salaries to boost talent retention isn’t an effective long-term strategy. Only the largest firms with the biggest budgets can maintain that for long,” said Dave Cook, BigHand’s global director for resource management. “We’re providing more sustainable ways to improve the employee experience while in turn dramatically increasing efficiency and lawyer productivity.”

And last but not least, EvenUp, a US leader in AI for personal injury (PI) law, announced two new products: AI Playbooks and Voice Agent.

EvenUp’s AI products streamline case analysis and client communication. They read your case files and pull out the insights you need every time you upload new documents.

“AI Playbooks is a powerful tool that is transforming how we analyze cases by proactively surfacing the exact criteria we need to assess and compare large inventories of cases,” said Max Schuver, Sr. Mass Torts Counsel at Walkup. “EvenUp reviews vast volumes of documents with striking speed and nuance, backing every finding with clear citations our team can trust. They are delivering the speed, precision, and scale we need to stay ahead.”