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Walker Morris appoints first-time innovation lead

Walker Morris appoints first-time innovation lead

Walker Morris has appointed Laura Pilkington as its innovation lead; the first role of its kind for the UK top 100 law firm. Pilkington’s hire follows the recent appointment of
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Luminance raises $75m in Series C funding

Luminance raises $75m in Series C funding

Luminance today (18 February) announced that it has raised a $75m (£59m) Series C funding round, taking the total amount raised in the last 12 months to over $115m. The
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Legaltech Latest: Launches and fundraises for Ctrl AI; Eudia; SpotDraft and Aracor AI

Legaltech Latest: Launches and fundraises for Ctrl AI; Eudia; SpotDraft and Aracor AI

The tidal wave of legaltech investment and acquisitions has continued into the second month of 2025, with a strong emphasis on agentic AI startups. Here’s what you need to know.
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Webinar Replay: Leveraging AI in the US trial court system – Best practices

Webinar Replay: Leveraging AI in the US trial court system – Best practices

Legal IT Insider and Trellis hosted a live webinar on 4th February at 12pm ET/5pm GMT to discuss AI best practices in the wider litigation space. The webinar, which attracted
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Factor acquires Nicole Bradick’s development agency Theory and Principle in GenAI push 

Factor acquires Nicole Bradick’s development agency Theory and Principle in GenAI push 

New York-headquartered alternative legal services provider Factor has acquired Theory and Principle, the legal technology design and development agency founded by Nicole Bradick.   Bradick and her team of 11
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BBC reports on leaked Hill Dickinson GenAI email – But so what?

BBC reports on leaked Hill Dickinson GenAI email – But so what?

The BBC reported this week that Hill Dickinson has blocked general access to several public AI tools after it found a “significant increase in usage” by its staff, in an
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Webinar Replay: Exploring sa.global’s Microsoft Dynamics 365-based PMS

Webinar Replay: Exploring sa.global’s Microsoft Dynamics 365-based PMS

In this highly interactive webinar with sa.global, Microsoft, and Fieldfisher, attendees explored the capabilities of sa.global’s Microsoft Dynamics 365-based practice management system. Paul Foster, sa.global’s head of product, walked participants
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Thomson Reuters announces new $150m corporate VC fund

Thomson Reuters announces new $150m corporate VC fund

Thomson Reuters this week announced the launch of its second Corporate Venture Capital Fund, valued at $150m. Its first $100m fund was launched in 2021. Continuing to operate under the
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Judge rules that Ross Intelligence infringed Westlaw’s copyright in landmark AI opinion 

Judge rules that Ross Intelligence infringed Westlaw’s copyright in landmark AI opinion 

A US District Court has ruled that Ross Intelligence infringed Thomson Reuters Westlaw’s copyright in training its search engine, in a decision that is likely to be pored over by
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Charting Change In Legal Episode 37 – Listen Here!

Charting Change In Legal Episode 37 – Listen Here!

In this 37th episode of Charting Change in Legal, Ari Kaplan, legal industry analyst and Caroline Hill, editor and publisher of Legal IT Insider, discussed the market moves in January
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Exclusive: Liz Quinn joins Peppermint as global account director 

Exclusive: Liz Quinn joins Peppermint as global account director 

Leading industry sales head Liz Quinn today (12 February) joins Peppermint Technology in the new role of global account manager, as the UK-founded CRM vendor continues to expand its customer
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Podcast: How to make sure your voice is heard above the crowd

Podcast: How to make sure your voice is heard above the crowd

In this TalkingTech podcast with Legal IT Insider, Sarah Lloyd-Hughes, founder and CEO of Ginger Leadership Communications shares effective strategies for ensuring your voice is heard above the noise in
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Elite launches Validate for GenAI OCG guideline compliance

Elite launches Validate for GenAI OCG guideline compliance

Elite today (11 February) announces the launch of Elite Validate, a billing compliance solution powered by Microsoft Azure OpenAI GPT-4o, which will enable law firms to monitor compliance with outside counsel
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Thirdfort acquires Homeppl to bolster rental fraud detection

Thirdfort acquires Homeppl to bolster rental fraud detection

Rental check platform Homeppl has been acquired by Thirdfort, a leader in client due diligence (CDD) solutions. The acquisition will see Thirdfort integrate Homeppl’s rental fraud detection technology into its
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Droit-Afrique enters licensing and publishing partnership with Afriwise

Droit-Afrique enters licensing and publishing partnership with Afriwise

Droit-Afrique, a legal publisher  dedicated to business law and taxation in French-speaking African countries, has entered into a strategic licensing and publishing partnership with Afriwise, which provides digital legal intelligence
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Litera reaffirms Upper Sigma’s future following co-founder’s impassioned LinkedIn post

Litera reaffirms Upper Sigma’s future following co-founder’s impassioned LinkedIn post

Upper Sigma’s co-founder Emile Van Den Berg said on LinkedIn yesterday (6 February) that he won’t sell a company again following the news that Litera has acquired Microsoft-based CRM provider
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Breaking news: Litera acquires UK Microsoft ISV for law firms Peppermint Technology 

Breaking news: Litera acquires UK Microsoft ISV for law firms Peppermint Technology 

Litera has acquired leading UK Microsoft Independent Software Vendor (ISV) for law firms Peppermint Technology, in an acquisition that will bring Litera closer to Microsoft and bring legal marketing, business
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