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Checkbox Eyes 'Legal Front Door' Image With $23M Series A
Checkbox, a legal technology company that developed intake and matter management software for in-house teams, secured a $23 million Series A funding round on Wednesday.
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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards
Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.
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2 Attys Sanctioned For AI Citations In Pa. Copyright Suit Filing
A federal judge in Pennsylvania has reprimanded two attorneys in a copyright infringement suit for filing a motion to dismiss that contained at least eight false case citations generated by artificial intelligence.
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UK Contract Software Co. Summize Raises $50M
Summize, a provider of contract lifecycle management software, announced Tuesday the raising of $50 million to further expand its product capabilities, team and global customer base.
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Chamelio Gets $10M Seed Round To Unify In-House Work
Chamelio has raised a $10 million seed round as it seeks to build out an artificial intelligence platform to help in-house teams centralize multiple tasks, the legal technology startup told Law360 Pulse exclusively Tuesday.
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Eversheds Sutherland Creates US Innovation Department
Eversheds Sutherland has combined its data, research and technology teams to form a 20-person innovation department in the U.S. focused on leveraging artificial intelligence and other technologies in legal work and client services, the firm said Monday.
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Real Estate AI Co. Orbital Raises $60M Series B
London-based legal technology startup Orbital, which develops artificial intelligence for real estate law, raised $60 million in a Series B funding round, according to an announcement on Monday, with the new capital earmarked for U.S. and U.K. growth and expanded product adoption.
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AI Fuels Surge In Corp. Data Privacy And Governance Changes
With the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence, a striking shift is occurring in how corporations handle data privacy and governance as some 90% of organizations say they have expanded their privacy programs, according to a new study from tech giant Cisco Systems Inc.
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IP Startup Tradespace Raises $15M In Series A Round
Intellectual property management platform Tradespace Inc. announced on Monday that it has raised $15 million in Series A funding to scale its artificial intelligence-native IP platform.
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Judges In Colo., La. And Texas Launch Judge-Only AI Forum
Judges from Colorado, Louisiana and Texas on Friday launched the Judicial Artificial Intelligence Consortium, a judge-only educational forum focused on the use of AI in the courts.
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Shook Hardy Adds 2 E-Discovery-Focused Partners
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP has hired two e-discovery experts as partners for its complex litigation strategic counseling practice in Washington, D.C., and New York City.
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Legal Tech Roundup: Ivo, Harvey
A $55 million Series B investment tops this roundup of recent legal technology news.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as law firms launched new practices, hired attorneys and reported record-breaking lobbying figures. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Courthouse News Drops Access Suit Against DC Court Clerk
National litigation news outlet Courthouse News Service has voluntarily and permanently dropped claims against a Washington, D.C., Superior Court clerk and the executive officer of the D.C. courts over filing delays, with both sides agreeing to pay their own costs.
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Baretz & Brunelle Hires Davis Wright Innovation Lead
Legal industry advisory firm Baretz & Brunelle LLC announced Thursday the hiring of a senior director of innovation at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP to lead a new artificial intelligence lab under its legal innovation subsidiary LexFusion.
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Norm Ai's Law Firm Offshoot Taps 3 New Leaders
Norm Law LLP, the firm offshoot of the legal and compliance startup Norm Ai, announced Thursday that it has hired Sidley Austin LLP's former executive committee chairman.
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Legal AI Company LawDroid Hires Chief Legal Futurist
Legal automation company LawDroid has announced the hiring of a chief legal futurist with leadership experience at the Legal Aid Society of New York City, social justice software developer JustFix, and New York University School of Law.
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7th Circ. Cautions Pro Se Litigants To Avoid AI-Induced Errors
The Seventh Circuit offered guidance to litigants using artificial intelligence while representing themselves in a ruling remanding a pro se plaintiff's civil rights case Wednesday, saying that AI has "great promise" for those who can't afford legal counsel, but that it doesn't abdicate them of their duty to avoid misrepresentations in court filings.
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Billing Compliance Co. Antidote Raises $5M In Seed Round
Automated billing compliance tool provider Antidote announced Wednesday the closing of a $5 million seed round led by venture capital firm Lakestar, along with participation from Concept Ventures, the LegalTech Fund and a group of industry angels.
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Robinson & Cole Information Governance Lead Is Data Chief
Jim Merrifield, director of information governance at Connecticut law firm Robinson & Cole LLP, was promoted to chief data officer this month, Law360 Pulse confirmed on Wednesday.
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BCLP Creates New Innovation Role To Lead AI Drive
BCLP said Wednesday that it has appointed a senior corporate partner at its London office to drive its strategy on innovation as it looks to make the most of artificial intelligence to boost services for clients.
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Law360 Names Firms Of The Year
Eight law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 48 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, achieving milestones such as high-profile litigation wins at the U.S. Supreme Court and 11-figure merger deals.
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Holtzman Vogel Dedicating Billable Hours For AI Training
Washington, D.C.-headquartered law firm Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC said Tuesday that it is allowing its junior associates to use up to 100 billable hours annually for artificial intelligence training and education.
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AI Firm Countersues Legal Publisher For Breach Of Contract
Artificial intelligence startup Alexi Technologies has accused Fastcase Inc. and its owner of weaponizing the legal system after the legal research firm filed a lawsuit in November claiming the AI company breached a former business relationship.
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Data Services Co. HaystackID Appoints New CEO
Data services company HaystackID, which helps teams with legal and compliance events, announced on Tuesday the hiring of a new chief executive, as its former leader becomes executive chair.
Expert Analysis
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The Case That Showed Me The Value Of E-Discovery Plans
Robert Keeling at Sidley reflects on leading discovery in the litigation that followed the historic $85 billion AT&T-Time Warner merger and how the case highlighted the importance of having a strategic e-discovery plan in place.
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What Litigators Can Expect From The Metaverse
As virtual reality continues to develop, litigators should consider how it will affect various aspects of law practice — from marketing and training to the courtroom itself — as well as the potential need for legal reforms to ensure metaverse-generated data is preserved and available for discovery, says Ron Carey at Esquire Deposition Solutions.
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The Future Of Legal Ops: Time To Get Serious About Data
Most corporate legal departments collect surface-level data around their operations, such as costs and time to resolution, but legal leaders should explore more in-depth data gathering to assess how effective an attorney was, how efficiently legal work was performed, and more, says Andy Krebs at Intel.
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Why You Should Leverage AI For Privilege Review
While many lawyers still believe that a manual, document-by-document review is the best approach to privilege logging, certain artificial intelligence tools can bolster the traditional review process and make this aspect of electronic document review more efficient, more accurate and less costly, say Laura Riff and Michelle Six at Kirkland.
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Tips For Evaluating Machine Learning For Contracts Review
Law firms considering machine learning and natural language processing to aid in contract reviews should keep several best practices in mind when procuring and deploying this nascent technology, starting with identifying their organization's needs and key requirements, says Ned Gannon at eBrevia.
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Collaborative Tech Will Dictate Future Law Firm Success
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Law firms need to shift their focus from solving the needs of their lawyers with siloed solutions to implementing collaboration technology, thereby enabling more seamless workflows and team experiences amid widespread embrace of hybrid and remote work models, says Kate Jasaitis at HBR Consulting.
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Roundup
Ask A Mentor
As the legal profession undergoes a dramatic period of change, experts answer questions on career and workplace conundrums in this Law360 guest article series.
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How Dynamic Project Management Can Help Law Firms
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Law firms looking to streamline matter management should consider tools that offer both employees and clients real-time access to documents, action items, task assignee information and more, overcoming many of the limitations of project communications via email, says Stephen Weyer at Stites & Harbison.
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How Firms Can Benefit From Creating Their Own ALSPs
As more law firms develop their own legal services centers to serve as both a source of flexible personnel and technological innovation, they can further enhance the effectiveness by fostering a consistent and cohesive team and allowing for experimentation with new technologies from an established baseline, say attorneys at Hogan Lovells.
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Keys To Digitizing Inefficient Contract Management Processes
Neville Eisenberg and Mark Grayson at BCLP explain how they sped up contract execution for one client by replacing email with a centralized, digital tool for negotiations and review, and how the principles they adhered to can be helpful for other law firms looking to improve poorly managed contract management processes.
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Law Firm Tips For Evaluating AI And Machine Learning Tools
Many legal technology vendors now sell artificial intelligence and machine learning tools at a premium price tag, but law firms must take the time to properly evaluate them as not all offerings generate process efficiencies or even use the technologies advertised, says Steven Magnuson at Ballard Spahr.
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Learning How To Code Can Unleash New Potential In Lawyers
Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.