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Legal sector grieves as Mike Lynch and Christopher Morvillo confirmed among the Bayesian yacht dead

Legal sector grieves as Mike Lynch and Christopher Morvillo confirmed among the Bayesian yacht dead

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

Spellbook launches Gen AI agent Associate for legal projects

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

Thomson Reuters acquires pre-revenue legal LLM developer Safe Sign Technologies – Here’s why

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

Gen AI and the Practice of Law Report – Download it here now

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

Thomson Reuters acquires Safe Sign Technologies

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

Elite appoints new CTO as Elisabet Hardy promoted to CPO

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

Pickering Pearce formally announces appointment of Paul Sambhi and Alex Young as senior directors

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 

Updated: Mike Lynch missing after superyacht sinks in Sicily 

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!

The July/August Orange Rag is out here!

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

Video: Doug Caddell reflects on tech changes through the years as he retires from Mayer Brown

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

Gen AI serves to accentuate the need for human interaction at ILTACON

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

NetDocuments unveils ndMAX Assist agent

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

Everlaw announces general availability of Gen AI assistant

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

Thomson Reuters unveils CoCounsel 2.0

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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Webinar Replay: Is it time to return to the office?

Webinar Replay: Is it time to return to the office?

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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ILTACON 24: Aderant to exhibit new tech including viAllocate

ILTACON 24: Aderant to exhibit new tech including viAllocate

Aderant will be debuting new technology solutions at ILTACON 2024 in Nashville and spearheading an ILTA community discussion about law school/legal tech education with Vanderbilt Law School. The legal business
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Clifford Chance’s CTO Paul Greenwood to join University of London Board of Trustees

Clifford Chance’s CTO Paul Greenwood to join University of London Board of Trustees

Clifford Chance’s chief technology officer Paul Greenwood will join the distinguished board of the University of London on 1 August for a period of three of more years, the university
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