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On May 5, 2025, PERSUIT, a technology company that specializes in helping corporate legal departments select and manage outside counsel, announced that it had acquired Apperio, a spend-management platform for corporate legal, in a move designed to create an end-to-end workflow solution spanning…
Bob Ambrogi
Bob is a lawyer, veteran legal journalist, and award-winning blogger and podcaster. In 2011, he was named to the inaugural Fastcase 50, honoring “the law’s smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries and leaders.” Earlier in his career, he was editor-in-chief of several legal publications, including The National Law Journal, and editorial director of ALM’s Litigation Services Division.
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Introducing A New LawNext AI Columnist, Jennifer Case, and Her Inaugural Column
I am thrilled to announce a new regular contributor to our site, Jennifer Case, and tell you about her inaugural column, which was published today. She will be writing each month about AI in legal practice, with a focus on solo and small-firm lawyers.
Jennifer is a California attorney, entrepreneur and AI strategist who helps…
AI Hallucinations Strike Again: Two More Cases Where Lawyers Face Judicial Wrath for Fake Citations
In what has become a distressingly familiar pattern in courtrooms across America, two more cases have emerged of lawyers submitting briefs containing non-existent legal citations generated by AI tools.
At this point, one wonders if the legal profession needs a mandatory continuing legal education course titled, “How to Avoid Becoming the Next AI Hallucination Headline.”…
Clio Names SaaS Veteran As New Chief Product Officer
John Foreman, who has served as chief product officer at two major SaaS companies, has joined law practice management company Clio as its new chief product officer, the company said today.
The company said he will lead its product strategy and delivery across its expanding platform of products, guiding the company’s long-term innovation…
Trellis Partners with Fisher Phillips to Deliver AI-Powered Case Strategy Reports through Automated Alerts
In a first-of-its-kind partnership, Trellis, a legal technology company that provides state trial court data and insights, is partnering with the international labor and employment law firm Fisher Phillips to integrate its AI-generated case strategy reports directly into the daily case alerts received by the firm’s attorneys whenever their clients are named in a…
Legal Research Service Decisis Makes Inroads Against Fastcase As It Expands to 20 Bar Associations
Decisis, the legal research service that LexisNexis parent RELX launched in 2021 to compete against Fastcase for a share of the bar association partnership business, has expanded over just the past year from 10 to 20 bar partnerships, including 14 state bar associations.
In fact, two of those state bars have yet to…
Aderant Renews Its Partnership with LawPay to Provide Cloud-Based E-Payments through Expert and Sierra
Aderant, a global provider of legal business management software, said today that it has signed a multi-year renewal of its partnership with LawPay to provide its users with integrated access to LawPay’s electronic payments solution.
The Aderant and LawPay integration fully automates and extends payment enablement options for customers of Aderant Expert and…
Paladin Launches Its First Pro Bono Portal Outside the U.S., In Partnership with Ontario Bar Association
Paladin, a company whose platform connects lawyers with opportunities to provide free legal help, today launched a province-wide pro bono portal for Ontario, developed in partnership with the Ontario Bar Association.
While Paladin has launched pro bono portals in 13 U.S. states, this is its first outside the U.S. The company says it…
On LawNext: Navigating ‘Unruliness’: Hence Cofounder Sean West on How Politics, AI and Law are Rewriting Business Rules
“Everybody understands the world is volatile, but they don’t necessarily understand why it’s volatile or how to deal with it,” says Sean West, cofounder of Hence Technologies and author of the new book, Unruly: Fighting Back When Politics, AI, and Law Upend the Rules of Business. “Unruly is a play on words. … The world is…
FirmPilot Reaches $11.7M in Funding, As Thomson Reuters and HubSpot Ventures Join As Investors
Legal technology company FirmPilot announced today that it has raised $11.7 million in total funding, with Thomson Reuters Ventures and HubSpot Ventures joining as strategic investors in its latest round.
The AI marketing platform for law firms secured $4.7 million in this strategic investment round from the two new backers. This follows $7 million…
Vals AI Issues Open Call for Vendors to Participate In Its Legal Research and Other Legal AI Benchmarking Studies
Vals AI has put out an open call for legal technology vendors to participate in its legal AI benchmarking studies, including its upcoming evaluation of U.S. legal research tools.
Readers may recall that, in February, Vals AI issued the first-of-its-kind benchmark study of legal AI tools. The Vals Legal AI Report (VLAIR) was the first…
PERSUIT Acquires Apperio to Provide End-to-End Platform for Corporate Legal, From RFPs to Spend Management
PERSUIT, a technology company that specializes in outside counsel management for corporate legal departments, has acquired Apperio, a spend-management platform for corporate legal.
The news comes as the CLOC Global Legal Institute, a conference devoted to legal operations professionals in corporate legal, kicks off today in Las Vegas.
“This strategic acquisition reinforces…