Documate, a company whose no-code automation platform is used by law firms and legal organizations to automate the creation of legal documents, is rebranding under a new name, Gavel, to better reflect its continuing expansion into serving as the platform on which law firms, legal organizations, and legal tech startups can build online…
Clio Goes Down Under, Expanding Into Australia with New Office and Data Center to Support APAC Growth
The law practice management company Clio is expanding into Australia, where it will offer both of its signature products, Clio Manage and Clio Grow, and open an office and a data center to support customers there and throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
“As we think about our mission to transform the legal experience for all,…
On Its 5th Anniversary, Legal Tech Dev Firm Theory & Principle Launches Product Co-Development Studio
As the legal technology design and development company Theory and Principle marks its fifth anniversary this month, it is launching a new business arm to co-develop legal tech products in partnership with legal industry organizations or individuals.
The new business, T&P Studio, will work with partners in the legal industry who have ideas for…
Should Your Law Firm Set Up Shop In The Metaverse?
It has been just over a year since Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that his company was changing its name to Meta, revealing his vision for the future of online interaction.
In the wake of that news, it seemed all anyone could talk about was the metaverse, and that extended to the legal industry, and even…
A Bad Week for DoNotPay and Its Robot Lawyer, But It Should Not Reflect on Self-Help Legal Tech
So the publicity stunt of the robot lawyer sneaking into court is no more, as Joshua Browder, founder and CEO of the self-help legal site DoNotPay, yesterday pulled the plug on the prank, saying he had received threats from bar officials of prosecution and even imprisonment.
That news followed a scathing series of…
Now You Can Have A Conversation with Your Contracts Using Agiloft’s New ConvoAI Chat Feature
Admit it: You’ve always wanted to have a conversation with your contracts. Well, now you can, thanks to ConvoAI, a feature introduced today by Agiloft, the contract lifecycle management company, during its Agiloft Summit 23 conference for users and partners in Las Vegas.
The feature lets users interact with contracts in a chat-like…
New GPT-Based Chat App from LawDroid Is A Lawyer’s ‘Copilot’ for Research, Drafting, Brainstorming and More
A new tool soon to be released by the no-code bot development company LawDroid uses the artificial intelligence of GPT-3.5 to serve as a lawyer’s virtual legal assistant, able to help with researching legal issues, drafting emails and letters, summarizing documents, brainstorming blog ideas, and even just conversational chatting.
Called LawDroid Copilot, it…
On LawNext Podcast: As ALSP Axiom Opens A Law Firm in Arizona, Its Chief Strategy and Legal Officer Catherine Kemnitz Shares Details
Axiom, a company that is one of the longest-running alternative legal services providers, this week stepped into the world of regulated legal services as it formally launched Axiom Advice & Counsel, an Arizona law firm. The move was enabled by the Arizona Supreme Court’s decision last May…
This New Category of Legal Software Lets You ‘Follow the Money’ through Financial Evidence Data
In what it is calling a new category of software for attorneys and CPAs involved in financial investigations, Valid8 Financial, a developer of forensic accounting software, today is introducing Verified Financial Intelligence (VFI), an automated solution for extracting and verifying financial evidence.
The software extracts transaction evidence from various sources, including…
Time to Vote! Pick the 15 Finalists to Compete At Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2023
Help pick the 15 legal tech startups that will get to compete at the seventh-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2023. Your votes determine the 15 companies selected to face off in a live pitch competition that will be the opening-night event of this year’s TECHSHOW, which is March 1-4 in Chicago. They also…
ALSP Axiom Opens Law Firm in Arizona Under Alternative Business Structure License
Axiom, one of the longest-running alternative legal services providers, today joins the ranks of licensed legal services providers as it opens Axiom Advice & Counsel LLC (AA&C), a law firm in Arizona, where it plans to provide corporate legal services to businesses.
Last May, the Supreme Court of Arizona granted AA&C a…
Major E-Discovery News, As Exterro, Eyeing IPO, Acquires Zapproved for Undisclosed Amount
Among the things the two e-discovery companies Exterro and Zapproved have in common is that they were both founded in the same year, 2008, and in the same city, Portland, Ore. Now they have something else in common, as they announce today that Exterro has acquired Zapproved.
While the terms of the acquisition were not…