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Leigh Day IT director James Harrison among four business heads to make partner following ABS conversion

Leigh Day IT director James Harrison among four business heads to make partner following ABS conversion

Having converted to become an Alternative Business Structure on 1 June, Leigh Day has appointed four business heads to partner, including IT and facilities director James Harrison. The other new
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Richard Punt returns to Deloitte as global head of Deloitte Legal

Richard Punt returns to Deloitte as global head of Deloitte Legal

Deloitte has appointed former Thomson Reuters chief strategy head Richard Punt as the new global leader for Deloitte Legal, effective 1 June 2023. Punt, who before Thomson Reuters was CEO
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Three startups join MDR Lab’s summer programme

Three startups join MDR Lab’s summer programme

Mishcon de Reya today (1 June) announces the addition of three early-stage startups to its product-focused MDR Lab programme. Over the coming 12 weeks, the companies will get the opportunity
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New York-founded start up Lega launches LLM provisioning and governance platform

New York-founded start up Lega launches LLM provisioning and governance platform

New York-founded startup Lega today (31 May) formally announced the launch of a LLM provisioning and governance platform that will enable law firms and other organisations put guard rails around
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The Barrister Group secures PE backing from LDC in Bar first

The Barrister Group secures PE backing from LDC in Bar first

The Barrister Group (TBG), which is the umbrella group for Clerksroom Chambers and Clerksroom Direct, has become the first chambers to secure private equity backing, with LDC investing an eight
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Hogan Lovells launches own legal tech brand ELTEMATE: Here’s what that means in practice

Hogan Lovells launches own legal tech brand ELTEMATE: Here’s what that means in practice

Global law firm Hogan Lovells on 24 May announced the launch of ELTEMATE, a new Hogan Lovells technology brand that will unify its legal technology offerings under one global team. 
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Litera appoints new chief technology officer to deliver on product portfolio

Litera appoints new chief technology officer to deliver on product portfolio

Litera has appointed Greg Ingino as its new chief technology officer to lead the engineering, dev ops, architecture, R&D operations, QA, IT, and security teams across the company and deliver
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Agiloft appoints new chief marketing officer 

Agiloft appoints new chief marketing officer 

California-headquartered contract lifecycle management vendor Agiloft today (25 May) announced the appointment of Nicole Milstead as its new chief marketing officer.   Milstead was previously CMO of ERP software provider FinancialForce,
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Legal IT Latest: ‘AI copilot’ Spellbook raises $10.9m, Travers launches open source ChatGPT alternative, plus all the latest gen AI announcements 

Legal IT Latest: ‘AI copilot’ Spellbook raises $10.9m, Travers launches open source ChatGPT alternative, plus all the latest gen AI announcements 

North American ‘AI copilot for lawyers’ Spellbook (formerly Rally) yesterday (25 May) announced $10.9M in funding led by Moxxie Ventures, as well as a formal rebrand from Rally to Spellbook.
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Guest post: Believe neither the hype nor the backlash on ChatGPT

Guest post: Believe neither the hype nor the backlash on ChatGPT

By Bill Bice, CEO of nQ Zebraworks   · We’ve gone from peak hype to severe backlash on generative AI in record time, neither of which captures the reality. ·
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Thomson Reuters announces integration with Microsoft 365 Copilot amid suite of gen AI updates 

Thomson Reuters announces integration with Microsoft 365 Copilot amid suite of gen AI updates 

Thomson Reuters announced today (23 May) that its products will be integrated with Microsoft 365 Copilot, becoming one of the first in the legal industry to do so. TR announced
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Steno raises $15M Series B including investment from Clio Ventures

Steno raises $15M Series B including investment from Clio Ventures

Steno, the LA-based provider of tech-led litigation support services, today (23 May) announces the close of a $15M Series B funding round, led by Left Lane Capital. As part of
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Guest post: CLOC 2023 – Key insights into how to drive value during changing economic times

Guest post: CLOC 2023 – Key insights into how to drive value during changing economic times

By Valerie Chan, founder, Plat4orm PR I was fortunate last week to attend CLOC’s Global Institute in Las Vegas, which over the years I’ve seen evolve into a show well
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KPMG Law: What the tech-led legal department of the future looks like

KPMG Law: What the tech-led legal department of the future looks like

In an influential Digital Legal Exchange survey last year, almost three- quarters of business respondents (74%) said they want in-house legal departments to use digital tools to enhance the service
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Allen & Overy and Shearman set to merge in creation of global elite firm

Allen & Overy and Shearman set to merge in creation of global elite firm

Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling today (21 May) announced a planned merger to create a global law firm named Allen Overy Shearman Sterling – A&O Shearman for short.
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Demo: How Ayfie provides organisations with their own private ChatGPT, by ChatGPT

Demo: How Ayfie provides organisations with their own private ChatGPT, by ChatGPT

At Legal IT Insider we have plenty of conversations around new products, but this one was quite fun, as Ayfie’s CEO Herman Sjøberg took the reins and instructed ChatGPT on
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Peppermint incorporates Microsoft Copilot into its client engagement and CMS applications 

Peppermint incorporates Microsoft Copilot into its client engagement and CMS applications 

Peppermint Technology has incorporated Microsoft’s Copilot into its suite of primary applications, including client engagement, case & matter management, and work management, we can reveal.   Copilot is an AI
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