Losses to businesses from the theft of their trade secrets add up to as much as three percent of the U.S. gross domestic product, according to a 2014 report by the Center for Responsible Enterprise and Trade and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Yet a 2017 study by law firm Baker McKenzie found that less than…
Legal Publisher and AI Studio Launch Joint Venture ‘To Revolutionize the World of Legal Problem Solving’
Two Canadian companies, Edmonton-based AltaML, an AI studio devoted to building tools “to elevate human potential,” and Ottawa-based Compass Law, an independent Canadian legal publisher, are teaming up to launch a joint venture, Jurisage AI, in order to leverage their expertise in artificial intelligence and legal innovation.
“We bring deep legal publishing…
In Move To Become Leading Provider Of Law Firm Analytics, BigHand Acquires Iridium Technology
In a move to become the leading provider of business intelligence, financial and operational analytics for larger law firms, BigHand has acquired Iridium Technology, creating a combined organization with more than 3,600 customers worldwide — including some 81% of the Am Law 200 — and more than 350 employees.
With BigHand already a…
At Long Last, CaseMap Moves to the Cloud
CaseMap, a product first introduced nearly a quarter century ago for managing litigation matters and evidence, and which has continued to remain locally installed software with no cloud access or collaboration capabilities, is finally moving to the cloud.
Today, LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which acquired CaseMap in 2006, is announcing the official launch of
Results Are In: Here are The 15 Legal Tech Winners of the 2022 ABA TECHSHOW Startup Alley Competition
After nearly 32,000 votes, the results are in. Readers have been voting to select the 15 legal technology startups that will get to participate in the sixth-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2022, taking place March 2-5, 2022.
These 15 will face off in an opening night pitch competition that will be the opening…
Hitting the Market Today, New Intranet Product for Larger Law Firms Is Already An Award Winner
It says something about a product when, even before it officially hits the market, it wins a major legal technology award. That is the case with a product being unveiled today, Infodash. It is the platform on which the law firm Ogletree Deakins built its ODConnect 2.0 intranet, which last week was named…
New Chief Product Officer at Hello Divorce Says Tech Can Drive Better Outcomes for Divorcing Couples
Karla Uribe, who joins the Hello Divorce leadership Feb. 1 as its first chief product officer, believes that technology and data can be used to drive better outcomes for couples going through divorce and their children.
She comes to the company with the mission of overseeing its product’s transition from a tech-enabled services…
On LawNext: The State of the E-Discovery Industry in 2022, with Doug Austin
Two years into the pandemic, what has been its impact on e-discovery and what lies ahead for the industry? The 2022 State of the Industry Report takes a deep dive into these questions, surveying lawyers, consultants, software and service providers, and others to paint a…
New Tool Uses AI and Analytics to Value Cases and Predict Outcomes In Auto Warranty Litigation
A new product uses historical data, artificial intelligence and predictive analytics to value cases and predict outcomes in automobile warranty litigation, with the goal of helping manufacturers resolve Lemon Law and warranty claims more accurately, more quickly, and at lower cost.
The product, iPAT, developed by LegalEase Solutions in partnership with FelixHealthcare.AI, developer…
Alt Legal Acquires Towergate Informatics’s §2(d) Citation Watch; Will Move Customers To Its Own Service
Alt Legal, the cloud-based trademark docketing software company headquartered in New York City, has acquired the §2(d) Citation Watch business owned by Canadian company Towergate Software.
With this acquisition, customers of Towergate’s §2(d) Citation Watch will transition to Alt Legal’s existing §2(d) Trademark Watch service.
To be clear, Alt Legal is not acquiring…
ILTA Names Winners of 2021 Distinguished Peer Awards
The International Legal Technology Association today announced the winners of its 2021 Distinguished Peer Awards, which honor achievements in leadership and innovation by individuals, legal technology vendors, law firms, corporate legal departments, and others.
For the first time this year, the awards included two Lifetime Achievement Awards: one for ILTA members and one for business…
Sonderegger Departs As Head of Wolters Kluwer Legal U.S.; Successor Yet To Be Named
Dean Sonderegger is departing as head of Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. (LRUS), a position he has held since May 2019, to become SVP and general manager of Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting Canada and Research & Learning U.S.
WK has yet to name a successor to the position, the formal title…
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