AI & Data Analytics

Generative AI legal industry leaders meeting: New report and calls to action

Generative AI legal industry leaders meeting: New report and calls to action

On 25 October, around 30 senior IT, knowledge and law firm leaders met at the London office of DAC Beachcroft to discuss their views and approaches to generative AI technology.
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Guest post: AI means AFAs can be profitable at last – How are law firm leaders responding?

Guest post: AI means AFAs can be profitable at last – How are law firm leaders responding?

Victoria Albrecht from Springbok AI and Sam Chen from Dentons take a look at the legal sector’s response to the onset of generative AI, which offers opportunities to imagine new
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UK’s competition authority examines whether the partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI is a “merger situation”

UK’s competition authority examines whether the partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI is a “merger situation”

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is asking for comment from relevant parties on whether the partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI has resulted in a merger situation and, if
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Integreon selects Leah Legal Copilot from ContractPodAi

Integreon selects Leah Legal Copilot from ContractPodAi

Global alternative legal services provider Integreon has selected Leah Legal Copilot from contract lifecycle management vendor ContractPodAi in a move that Integreon’s CEO Subroto Mukerji says will enable it to
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Skadden selects NetDocuments in major Am Law 100 win

Skadden selects NetDocuments in major Am Law 100 win

In a major win for NetDocuments, prestigious Am Law 100 firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has selected its cloud-based document management system to support 1,700 lawyers across 21
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Nexl says $6.6m Series A, nine months on from a $4m raise, is down to “huge market opportunity” 

Nexl says $6.6m Series A, nine months on from a $4m raise, is down to “huge market opportunity” 

Client relationship management vendor Nexl on Friday (1 December) announced that it had raised $6.6m Series A funding co-led by Shearwater Capital and one of Nexl’s existing investors, Australian-based B2B
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Business Intelligence Report 2023: Driving engagement and avoiding the pitfalls

Business Intelligence Report 2023: Driving engagement and avoiding the pitfalls

The days of law firm leaders having to use their best educated guesses to make important strategic business decisions are long gone, with business intelligence tools capable of analysing data
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US forensic accounting software provider Valid8 Financial raises $8.5m Series A

US forensic accounting software provider Valid8 Financial raises $8.5m Series A

Colorado-headquartered forensic accounting software provider Valid8 Financial today (30 November) announced that it has raised $8.5m Series A funding. Valid8 provides accounting and law firms with evidence for a wide
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Henchman secures Deloitte as a client  

Henchman secures Deloitte as a client  

Fast-growing AI contract drafting & negotiation vendor Henchman will today (29 November) announce that it has won Deloitte as a client, we can reveal.   Henchman, which Deloitte is in
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Microsoft SharePoint Embedded launched for public preview as Peppermint unveils integration 

Microsoft SharePoint Embedded launched for public preview as Peppermint unveils integration 

Microsoft announced today (28 November) that SharePoint Embedded is available for public preview, as Peppermint Technology emerged as one of the first companies to feature an integration following work it
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LegalFly secures over €2m in seed funding

LegalFly secures over €2m in seed funding

Belgium-founded AI contract review startup LegalFly has raised over €2m seed funding in a round led by Swiss venture capital firm Redalpine, with participation from Mehdi Ghissassi, director of product
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The Deadline for the November/December Orange Rag is 7 December!

The Deadline for the November/December Orange Rag is 7 December!

The deadline for copy for the bumper November/December Orange Rag newsletter – the last in a truly extraordinary year – is 7 December. Please send us your reflections on the
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Guest post: In-house legal teams and the promise of generative AI

Guest post: In-house legal teams and the promise of generative AI

Bernadette Bulacan, chief evangelist for contract lifecycle management vendor Icertis, tell us what she sees as the opportunities, challenges and priorities for in-house legal teams when they are considering how
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Joe Cohen joins Charles Russell Speechlys as director of innovation

Joe Cohen joins Charles Russell Speechlys as director of innovation

Former Dentons UKIME innovation head Joe Cohen has joined UK top 40 law firm Charles Russell Speechlys as its new director of innovation. Cohen, who has previously held senior innovation
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Applications are open for the fourth cohort of Slaughter and May’s legal tech programme

Applications are open for the fourth cohort of Slaughter and May’s legal tech programme

Slaughter and May is today (23 November) opening applications for the fourth round of the firm’s legal tech programme, Collaborate. The programme is open to all types of legal tech
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WEBINAR REPLAY: Supporting wellbeing and productivity in the modern age

WEBINAR REPLAY: Supporting wellbeing and productivity in the modern age

One of a law firm’s key challenges in the modern age is to ensure that lawyers feel supported in meeting their goals and those of their business. In this webinar
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The legal sector weighs in on the OpenAI Microsoft furore, as the tech giant emerges stronger than ever

The legal sector weighs in on the OpenAI Microsoft furore, as the tech giant emerges stronger than ever

Have you seen the Netflix movie where the board of a startup that has turned the world on its head with generative AI technology sacks a founder, and then a
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