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Elite lets go of three senior leaders including “face of Elite in Europe”
August 23, 2024
Elite has let go of three members of its senior leadership team including head of global support Patrick Hurley, who one customer described to Legal IT Insider as the face
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Legal sector grieves as Mike Lynch and Christopher Morvillo confirmed among the Bayesian yacht dead
August 23, 2024
Clifford Chance says it is “heartbroken” following the news that Autonomy founder Mike Lynch and Clifford Chance partner Christopher Morvillo are confirmed to have died when superyacht Bayesian sunk off
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Spellbook launches Gen AI agent Associate for legal projects
August 22, 2024
Canadian-founded Gen AI contract review and drafting startup Spellbook has significantly expanded the capabilities of its product with the release today (22 August) of Spellbook Associate, which uses agent technology
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Thomson Reuters acquires pre-revenue legal LLM developer Safe Sign Technologies – Here’s why
August 22, 2024
We spoke to Joel Hron, chief technology officer of Thomson Reuters, about the strategy behind the acquisition Thomson Reuters yesterday (21 August) announced it has made the somewhat unusual acquisition
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Gen AI and the Practice of Law Report – Download it here now
August 21, 2024
The legal profession stands at the cusp of a technological revolution, with generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) poised to reshape longstanding practices and working practices. This Legal IT Insider report
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Thomson Reuters acquires Safe Sign Technologies
August 21, 2024
Thomson Reuters today (21 August) announced it has acquired Safe Sign Technologies (SST), a UK-based startup that is developing legal-specific large language models (LLMs) and as of just eight months
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Elite appoints new CTO as Elisabet Hardy promoted to CPO
August 20, 2024
Elite has appointed a new chief technology officer, John Machado, who will take over from Eric Sugden, effective on 9 September. Elisabet Hardy, currently head of product at Elite, has
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Pickering Pearce formally announces appointment of Paul Sambhi and Alex Young as senior directors
August 20, 2024
Pickering Pearce, a leading UK-headquartered legal technology advisory firm, today (20 August) formally announced the appointment of Paul Sambhi and Alex Young as senior directors. The pair have been working
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Updated: Mike Lynch missing after superyacht sinks in Sicily
August 19, 2024
This story is being updated as we receive new information. Autonomy founder Mike Lynch is missing after his superyacht sunk off the coast of Sicily. Among the six other missing
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The July/August Orange Rag is out here!
August 19, 2024
Welcome to the July/August Orange Rag, which is a compendium of all of the significant legal tech stories from across the month but also specifically at ILTACON 24. We went
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Video: Doug Caddell reflects on tech changes through the years as he retires from Mayer Brown
August 16, 2024
Doug Caddell is a veteran CIO, legal industry technologist and internationally recognized speaker and writer on legal technology. Perhaps most importantly, he’s a good person who many of you will
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Gen AI serves to accentuate the need for human interaction at ILTACON
August 16, 2024
If I had to choose just one takeaway from ILTACON 2024, it wouldn’t be something I’ve learned about generative AI, but that at times of change, more than ever we
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NetDocuments unveils ndMAX Assist agent
August 13, 2024
NetDocuments today (13 August) announced the launch of ndMAX Assist, an agent that will enable users to query their documents using natural language, create summaries, and draft responses or revisions
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Everlaw announces general availability of Gen AI assistant
August 12, 2024
Everlaw, the cloud-native investigation and litigation platform, today (12 August) announced the general availability and pricing of its GenAI-powered Everlaw Assistant after a year-long beta program with about 125 companies
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Thomson Reuters unveils CoCounsel 2.0
August 12, 2024
Thomson Reuters has kicked off ILTACON 2024 by unveiling CoCounsel 2.0, the next generation of its GenAI assistant. We’re told that CoCounsel 2.0 will be: • Accessible from within Thomson
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LexisNexis unveils commercial preview of AI assistant Protégé
August 12, 2024
LexisNexis Legal & Professional has announced the US commercial preview program for LexisNexis Protégé Legal AI Assistant on Lexis+ AI. Protégé is described by LexisNexis as a private legal AI
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Webinar Replay: Is it time to return to the office?
August 12, 2024
In this webinar on 23 July, Legal IT Insider’s editor Caroline Hill chatted with David Aird, IT Director at DAC Beachcroft LLP; Shane Scott, IT Director at Gowling WLG; and Hamzah
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