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Webinar: The biggest challenges and opportunities facing legal practice in 2025

Webinar: The biggest challenges and opportunities facing legal practice in 2025

Join Legal IT Insider and OneAdvanced on 27th February at 11am GMT for a live webinar to dive into some of the biggest challenges and opportunities in the legal profession in
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ChatGPT sees another Australian lawyer referred to the regulator – is it time for mandatory training?

ChatGPT sees another Australian lawyer referred to the regulator – is it time for mandatory training?

Should basic AI training be mandatory in order to practice law? Should all Courts have minimum AI guidelines? We should be doing better by now. An Australian lawyer has in
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Webinar Replay: From TAR to HAR – How GenAI will revolutionise the eDiscovery process

Webinar Replay: From TAR to HAR – How GenAI will revolutionise the eDiscovery process

On January 23rd, OpenText’s lead solutions consultant for legal tech, UK, Meagan Sauve, and director of cloud solution implementation, Michael LaBrie, joined Legal IT Insider’s editor-in-chief, Caroline Hill, for an
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European legal research startup Pandektes raises €2.9m seed funding

European legal research startup Pandektes raises €2.9m seed funding

Danish legal research challenger Pandektes has raised €2.9m in seed investment from People Ventures and Interface Capital. Pandektes, which counts German law firms such as Eichler Kern Klein and WR-Legal,
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Lawpath secures AUS $10m and exclusive partnership with Westpac Bank

Lawpath secures AUS $10m and exclusive partnership with Westpac Bank

Australian online legal services provider Lawpath today (4 February) announced an AUS $10m (£5m) strategic investment round led by Westpac Bank, creating an exclusive partnership. The partnership, which follows last
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UK ‘legal AI for finance’ software provider Semeris raises £3.5m

UK ‘legal AI for finance’ software provider Semeris raises £3.5m

UK-founded capital markets AI software provider Semeris has raised £3.5m led by growth capital fund Puma Growth Partners, which provides lending to SMEs across all sectors in the UK. Semeris
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First requirements of AI Act come into effect as Clifford Chance prepares for Paris AI Fringe

First requirements of AI Act come into effect as Clifford Chance prepares for Paris AI Fringe

Yesterday (2 February) marked the first requirements under the European Union AI Act coming into effect, banning the use of AI systems that involve ‘prohibited AI practices,’ and requiring providers
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Will 2025 be the year of the legal prompt-a-thon? We think so 

Will 2025 be the year of the legal prompt-a-thon? We think so 

This first appeared in the January Orange Rag newsletter US national employment law firm Jackson Lewis kicked of the year by announcing that, in partnership with Microsoft, it has conducted
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DeepSeek: The GenAI floodgates are open

DeepSeek: The GenAI floodgates are open

Chinese GenAI startup DeepSeek in the last few days of January 2025 skyrocketed to the top of app stores in the United Kingdom, United States and across the globe, displacing
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GenAI legal assistant Paxton raises $22m Series A

GenAI legal assistant Paxton raises $22m Series A

US GenAI legal assistant Paxton has closed a $22M Series A funding round led by Unusual Ventures, alongside Kyber Knight, 25Madison, and Wisconsin Valley Ventures. This brings Paxton’s total funding
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The Orange Rag Newsletter is Here!

The Orange Rag Newsletter is Here!

Hi and welcome to the first Orange Rag of 2025. In this issue we predict the rise of the promptathon (I’m starting a rebellion against the use of hyphens in
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Elevate acquires 500-strong IP research company Sagacious

Elevate acquires 500-strong IP research company Sagacious

Alternative legal services provider Elevate today (28 January) announced the acquisition of 500-people-strong intellectual property research company Sagacious IP, with Sagacious co-founders Anant Kataria and Tarun Bansal joining the Elevate
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Thomson Reuters report finds the ALSP market has grown to $28.5bn with “emerging market bifurcation”

Thomson Reuters report finds the ALSP market has grown to $28.5bn with “emerging market bifurcation”

Thomson Reuters today (28 January) released the Alternative Legal Services Providers 2025 Report, which finds that the market has grown to an estimated size of $28.5bn, after seeing an 18%
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LexisNexis formally launches Protégé AI assistant and Create+ AI drafting solution in MS365

LexisNexis formally launches Protégé AI assistant and Create+ AI drafting solution in MS365

LexisNexis today (27 January) announced the general availability in the US of LexisNexis Protégé, a personalised, agentic AI assistant. Lexis also formally today launched Create+, which stems from LexisNexis’ acquisition of
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Private equity firm Thoma Bravo acquires and merges Casepoint and Opexus

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo acquires and merges Casepoint and Opexus

US private equity company Thoma Bravo has acquired a majority stake in eDiscovery provider Casepoint and acquired Opexus from Gemspring Capital, simultaneously executing a merger of the two companies. Casepoint shareholders
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US M&A: SurePoint Technologies acquires ‘PMS for lawyers’ ZenCase

US M&A: SurePoint Technologies acquires ‘PMS for lawyers’ ZenCase

SurePoint Technologies today (23 January) announced the strategic acquisition of attorney-developed practice management system ZenCase, creating a “unified solution for managing all aspects of practice, from front-office and financial management
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TalkingTech Podcast: Leveraging AI to build a DMS of the future

TalkingTech Podcast: Leveraging AI to build a DMS of the future

In this TalkingTech podcast, Dan Hauck, chief product officer at NetDocuments, speaks with Caroline Hill, editor of Legal IT Insider about what the DMS of the future looks like.   Hauck is
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