Legal Operations

Morae acquires UK tech and MLS provider Exigent, doubling in size 

Morae acquires UK tech and MLS provider Exigent, doubling in size 

Morae Global Corporation will announce today (1 November) that it has acquired UK-based technology and managed legal services provider Exigent Group, doubling its headcount and bringing its client-base to over
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ICYMI: Teams overtakes email for almost a third of legal sector users

ICYMI: Teams overtakes email for almost a third of legal sector users

First seen in the September Orange Rag On LinkedIn in September, Legal IT Insider asked: ‘Has Teams overtaken email as your primary communication method?’ Out of the 250 people who
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Wolters Kluwer launches Legal Services Portal for corporate customers

Wolters Kluwer launches Legal Services Portal for corporate customers

Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory, UK today (19 October) announced the launch of its new Legal Services Portal for Legisway Enterprise and Legisway Essentials users in the UK – Legisway
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Productivity: Use your limited energy and time wisely 

Productivity: Use your limited energy and time wisely 

The keynote at BigHand’s user conference was, unlike so many other keynotes, the inspiring session it was billed to be.  Call me a cynic, but generic self-help keynotes at conferences
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Exclusive: Harbor acquires Stout’s Legal Management Consulting Practice 

Exclusive: Harbor acquires Stout’s Legal Management Consulting Practice 

Global legal technology services provider Harbor has acquired the legal management consulting business of investment bank and advisory firm Stout, we can reveal.  The acquisition – the first since Harbor
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Atticus hires Sam Spivack and James Quaile to accelerate growth in the UK and Europe 

Atticus hires Sam Spivack and James Quaile to accelerate growth in the UK and Europe 

Australian-founded document verification software company Atticus has hired Sam Spivack and James Quaile from Bryter to accelerate its growth in the UK and Europe, as well as in the corporate
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Vodafone selects Everlaw to drive workflows across litigation, investigations, and compliance

Vodafone selects Everlaw to drive workflows across litigation, investigations, and compliance

UK-headquartered telecommunications giant Vodafone has selected US-founded eDiscovery vendor Everlaw to help it drive workflows and coordinate an efficient response across litigation, investigations and compliance. “As legal teams continue to
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Legal IT Insider and Cosmonauts launch new legal sector D&I event ‘The Say Gap’

Legal IT Insider and Cosmonauts launch new legal sector D&I event ‘The Say Gap’

Legal IT Insider and Cosmonauts today (11 October) officially launch a new legal sector event, The Say Gap, targeting inequality and lack of diversity across the profession. The first gathering,
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Legal Geek: The Innovation Crowd’s Changing Priorities in 2023 

Legal Geek: The Innovation Crowd’s Changing Priorities in 2023 

Legal IT Insider’s editor Caroline Hill speaks to some of the biggest names in the industry about how the innovation agenda is changing  Legal Geek last week packed a punch
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Gavel launches gen AI-based Blueprint to automate workflows and create “immediate ROI”  

Gavel launches gen AI-based Blueprint to automate workflows and create “immediate ROI”  

Document assembly and automation platform Gavel (formerly Documate) today (9 October) announces the release of an AI-powered technology called Gavel Blueprint, in which legal professionals can leverage generative AI to quickly
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Linklaters explores gen AI with Google’s Vertex AI for search, an OpenAI chatbot, and CoCounsel  

Linklaters explores gen AI with Google’s Vertex AI for search, an OpenAI chatbot, and CoCounsel  

Linklaters has outlined the early work that it is doing with generative AI technologies, which includes running a proof of concept of Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform for search; launching
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Bird & Bird appoints new head of legaltech and innovation

Bird & Bird appoints new head of legaltech and innovation

International law firm Bird & Bird today (2 October) announced the appointment of Hélder Santos as its new head of legaltech and innovation. Santos joins the firm from KPMG Law
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ILTA’s blockbuster technology survey for 2023 reveals all on collaboration tool adoption & governance, and plenty on gen AI

ILTA’s blockbuster technology survey for 2023 reveals all on collaboration tool adoption & governance, and plenty on gen AI

This article was edited on 1 October after ILTA notified us that their image depicting whether firms are, or are not, using generative AI was incorrect. That image has now
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Mark Bilson joins Xperate to lead US expansion 

Mark Bilson joins Xperate to lead US expansion 

Legal technology veteran Mark Bilson is joining Xperate as its chief commercial officer for North America, in a major hire for the UK-founded legal software development startup.  Bilson previously headed
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The legal industry reacts to Amazon investing up to $4bn in Anthropic

The legal industry reacts to Amazon investing up to $4bn in Anthropic

Amazon and Anthropic this week announced a strategic collaboration that will see Amazon invest up to $4bn in the gen AI startup, massively accelerating the development of its future foundation
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CLOC and ILTA plan closer collaboration: A conversation with Joy Heath Rush and Mike Haven 

CLOC and ILTA plan closer collaboration: A conversation with Joy Heath Rush and Mike Haven 

ILTA’s CEO Joy Heath Rush and CLOC’s president Mike Haven discuss the importance of collaboration, as the industry faces new challenges that require a more joined up approach. I’d love
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Startup Corner: Wexler, your AI copilot for legal disputes

Startup Corner: Wexler, your AI copilot for legal disputes

UK-headquartered startup Wexler uses large language models to help lawyers (and eventually consumers) extract and organise key data from documents relevant to their case. Here the founders give us all
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