In a significant ruling for legal publishing and AI development, a federal judge has granted partial summary judgment to Thomson Reuters in its long-running copyright infringement lawsuit against ROSS Intelligence, finding that ROSS infringed on Westlaw’s copyrighted headnotes and rejecting ROSS’s fair use defense.
The ruling, issued today by 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Voting has now closed and your votes have been tallied to pick the 15 legal tech startups that will get to participate as finalists in the ninth-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2025, taking place April 2-5 in Chicago.
These 15 finalists will face off in an opening-night pitch competition that is the opening…
Trust accounting remains one of the most dangerous pitfalls for unwary lawyers. Far too often, lawyers — particularly those in solo and small firms — still rely on manual methods for maintaining and reconciling their client funds accounts. As a result, trust account violations are a frequent source of professional disciplinary cases for lawyers, in…
In-house legal departments often struggle with a common challenge: how to efficiently review and negotiate the constant flow of routine contracts without sacrificing quality or consistency.
Aiming to help them tackle that challenge, SimpleDocs, known for its AutoNDA contract automation software, has launched SimpleAI, a Microsoft Word-integrated tool that enables in-house legal teams…
Legal research startup Midpage has reached a critical threshold in its commercialization, its founder believes, as it achieves full data coverage of key U.S. case law and prepares to launch its own citator in the coming weeks.
The company, which has spent two years building its own comprehensive case law database, is positioning itself…
At its inaugural Future Contracts Miami conference today, Law Insider announced the launch of oneSaaS, a standardized template for cloud services agreements, developed through a community-driven process that drew on input from more than 300 legal professionals and software-as-a-service providers and that analyzed nearly 1,000 public SaaS agreements.
The initiative aims to…
This week, I have been experimenting with Deep Research, the AI agent OpenAI released on Sunday that it says is capable of completing multi-step research tasks and synthesizing large amounts of online information. Not to be confused with the controversial Chinese AI product DeepSeek), Deep Research is said to be particularly useful for people…
Litera, fresh off its November acquisition of UK-based document automation company Office & Dragons, said today that it has acquired another UK-based company, Peppermint Technology, a provider of modular, cloud-based technology for law firms, built on and closely integrated with Microsoft cloud technology.
“This strategic acquisition significantly elevates the value law firms…
Last year was a big one for the company formerly known as ZERO. Not only did it rebrand under the new name Hercules AI, but it also raised $26 million in Series B funding and launched a new AI-powered pre-bill review platform, Verify, that it says can detect up to 50% of billing…
Assembly Software recently announced enhancements and additions to NeosAI, a set of generative AI-powered features integrated directly into their Neos case management platform.
The first set of new features come in an the form of an upgrade to their AI Prompts, which now allows administrators to create and limit custom prompts, and to…
Law practice management company Clio today named a general manager to oversee its operations in Canada, part of what it says is a doubling down on strategic expansion in its home market.
The new GM, Luke Slan, will lead the company’s efforts to drive growth and innovation tailored to the unique needs of the…
Australian legal technology company Lawpath has secured a $10 million strategic investment from Westpac, Australia’s oldest bank, while simultaneously announcing the achievement of 500,000 customers and significant advances in its artificial intelligence capabilities.
Lawpath is a company in the vein of LegalZoom, providing legal, accounting and business support for startups and small-to-medium businesses across…
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