Legal Operations

US GenAI patent workflow platform Patlytics raises $14m Series A

US GenAI patent workflow platform Patlytics raises $14m Series A

Patlytics, the San Francisco-founded AI-powered patent workflow platform, today (24 February) announced the closing of a $14m Series A round. Unlike traditional methods that rely heavily on manual input from
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Private equity firm Thoma Bravo acquires and merges Casepoint and Opexus

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo acquires and merges Casepoint and Opexus

US private equity company Thoma Bravo has acquired a majority stake in eDiscovery provider Casepoint and acquired Opexus from Gemspring Capital, simultaneously executing a merger of the two companies. Casepoint shareholders
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Exclusive: Panoram launches multi-LLM document review platform to “end human review”

Exclusive: Panoram launches multi-LLM document review platform to “end human review”

UK-founded enterprise legal technology provider Panoram has launched a multi-model GenAI document review and data analysis platform that it says will transform, not just speed up, document review at scale,
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Exclusive: Springbok AI launches hallucination detection layer to verify GenAI output 

Exclusive: Springbok AI launches hallucination detection layer to verify GenAI output 

Springbok AI has launched a hallucination detection and referencing layer integrated into its no-code GenAI suite SpringLaw, we can reveal, in a major release for the UK legal product development
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Navigating the legal tech landscape under a Trump administration: Growth meets uncertainty 

Navigating the legal tech landscape under a Trump administration: Growth meets uncertainty 

Following the election this week of Donald Trump as president of the United States, it’s putting it mildly to say that the legal tech sector anticipates a mixed bag of
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Exclusive: Kutana+Brochet acquires majority share in Contract Genetica 

Exclusive: Kutana+Brochet acquires majority share in Contract Genetica 

Kutana+Brochet has expanded its legal desktop portfolio by acquiring a majority share in NLP document review and drafting startup Contract Genetica, in a significant acquisition by the UK document lifecycle
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Guest Post: Leveraging technology in pro bono clinics – A step forward for access to justice

Guest Post: Leveraging technology in pro bono clinics – A step forward for access to justice

By Matthew Smith, associate solicitor at Irwin Mitchell LLP, supported by Sally Gill, director and founder of City Community Legal Advice Centre Pro bono legal work is a vital part
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Disco appoints Lauren Caruso as chief sales officer

Disco appoints Lauren Caruso as chief sales officer

New York Stock Exchange-listed eDiscovery vendor Disco today (5 November) announced that Lauren Caruso will join the company as senior vice president and chief sales officer. Until January 2023 she
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Podcast: Jenn McCarron, head of CLOC, on the ever-changing nature and future of legal ops

Podcast: Jenn McCarron, head of CLOC, on the ever-changing nature and future of legal ops

As we draw towards the end of Jenn McCarron’s first year as president of CLOC (the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium) what are her key learnings from the year? In this
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Microsoft unveils autonomous AI agents at AI Tour London: Some reflections 

Microsoft unveils autonomous AI agents at AI Tour London: Some reflections 

At the Microsoft AI Tour event in London this week (22 October), Microsoft announced that Copilot customers will be able to create autonomous agents with Copilot Studio, out in public
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Clifford Chance’s early Generative AI and Copilot journey – The inside view

Clifford Chance’s early Generative AI and Copilot journey – The inside view

When Clifford Chance announced in February this year that it was going to become one of the first organisations to roll out Copilot for Microsoft 365 globally, the legal tech
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oneNDA to accelerate contract standardisation drive after acquisition by Law Insider

oneNDA to accelerate contract standardisation drive after acquisition by Law Insider

We spoke with oneNDA co-founder Electra Japonas about the need for contract consensus, and the risk presented by the likes of ChatGPT in terms of moving away from standardisation. oneNDA,
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LinkedIn suspends opt-out AI model training for UK following ICO concerns

LinkedIn suspends opt-out AI model training for UK following ICO concerns

LinkedIn has made a U-turn on silently using UK customer data to train its AI models, following public outcry and concerns raised by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office.  The social
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Legal IT Latest: Consilio unveils guided AI review, Reveal launches Logikcull in Europe, Kira spin-off Zuva launches gen AI contract review tool  

Legal IT Latest: Consilio unveils guided AI review, Reveal launches Logikcull in Europe, Kira spin-off Zuva launches gen AI contract review tool  

Legal consulting and eDiscovery provider Consilio today (18 September) announced the launch of Guided AI Review; a technology + services offering for customers that want to use AI tools but
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Workday acquires Evisort to surface insights for customers across HR and finance

Workday acquires Evisort to surface insights for customers across HR and finance

Enterprise finance and HR platform Workday, Inc. announced today (17 September) that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AI contract management vendor Evisort for an undisclosed sum. More
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Exclusive: CRM vendor Nexl to acquire revenue operations startup Databall  

Exclusive: CRM vendor Nexl to acquire revenue operations startup Databall  

Australian-founded client relationship management vendor Nexl is set to acquire revenue operations startup Databall, which helps customers to plug revenue leaks and use data to maximise their client relationships. The
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ILTA 2024 Survey suggests chasm between small and large law firms’ Gen AI plans & use

ILTA 2024 Survey suggests chasm between small and large law firms’ Gen AI plans & use

ILTA’s 2024 Technology Survey can be expected to show a chasm between small and large law firms’ Gen AI plans and early use, according to an executive summary that has
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