Robert Ambrogi

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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Alternative Legal Services Market Grows to $28.5B as Industry Faces Critical Juncture, Thomson Reuters Report Finds

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The market for alternative legal services providers has grown to an estimated $28.5 billion, achieving an 18% compound annual growth rate from 2021 to 2023, but the industry appears to be reaching a critical juncture, with a bifurcation emerging between forward-looking and traditional law firms in their adoption of alternative delivery models, according to a…

LexisNexis Launches Protégé AI Assistant to General Availability, Promising Autonomous Completion of Legal Tasks

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Last August, LexisNexis Legal & Professional released the preview version of Protégé, its AI-powered legal assistant that incorporates both generative and agentic AI capabilities, describing it as a “substantial leap forward in personalized generative AI that will transform legal work.”

Now, in what it says is a “step change” in its AI offerings, LexisNexis…

The L Suite, A Community for GCs and CLOs, Acquires Luminate+ To Expand Members’ Access to CLE Content

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The L Suite, a community for in-house legal executives, has acquired Luminate+, an e-learning platform that aggregates continuing legal education content from major law firms into a Netflix-style streaming service.

The L Suite said that the acquisition, announced today, will enable it to address a longstanding need for practical learning tailored for modern…

Exclusive: SurePoint Technologies Acquires ZenCase to Expand Practice Management Capabilities

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Legal technology company SurePoint Technologies has acquired the legal practice management company ZenCase in a strategic move aimed at enhancing SurePoint’s practice management offerings for mid-sized law firms.

The deal, announced today, builds on SurePoint’s acquisition last year of the legal business intelligence and analytics company Leopard Solutions, and paves the way for…

LegalOn Expands AI Contract Review Platform with Feature to Create Custom Playbooks

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LegalOn Technologies today released My Playbooks, a new feature that enables legal teams to customize the platform’s AI contract review system according to their internal standards and preferred language.

The feature allows organizations to convert their existing contract review guidelines into automated workflows, with the AI identifying issues and generating redlines based on the…

At the LSC’s Innovations In Tech Conference, the Justice Gap Persists in Legal Tech, But Scrappy Innovators Drive Change Nonetheless

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(This post contains a correction below regarding the average amount of a grant under the Legal Services Corporation’s Technology Initiative Grant program.)

One of my most-read stories last year was The Justice Gap in Legal Tech: A Tale of Two Conferences and the Implications for A2J. It was about the jarring juxtaposition I experienced…