Gavel Launches Pre-Built Workflows for Document Automation, Starting with Three for California that Are Free to Use

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The document automation company Gavel has launched pre-built workflows — sets of automated forms for document generation that are tailored to specific practice areas and jurisdictions, and that are free for any lawyer to test without a Gavel subscription.

The new feature is launching today with three workflows for California lawyers for for divorce,…

At ILTACON, Anticipation for the Shiny Object

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Imagine, if you will, a small backwater town into which one day a large shiny object falls from the sky and lands dead center on the main street of the town’s modest commercial center.

The object is egg shaped, suggesting its potential for something to hatch from it, and appears to be metallic, but of…

NetDocuments Expands ndMAX with Launch of ndMAX Assist, An AI-Powered Assistant Integrated within the Company’s Platform

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Last year, just ahead of ILTACON, NetDocuments introduced ndMAX, a generative AI tool built directly into the NetDocuments platform to enhance various document-related workflows, starting with PatternBuilder MAX, a “turbocharged” version of its PatternBuilder document assembly software designed to enable firms to create custom AI automations tailored to the needs of their specific practices.…

UniCourt’s New Product Combines LLMs with APIs to Let You Go DEEP Into Customizing Court Docket Data and Delivering It Where You Need It

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UniCourt, a company that provides access to litigation data and analytics, today launched into beta a first-of-its-kind product that combines LLMs and APIs to allow its customers – which include law firms, insurers, legal tech companies, and others – to extract any data points they need from UniCourt’s collection of over 1 billion dockets…

It’s the Battle of the AI Legal Assistants, As LexisNexis Unveils Its New Protégé and Thomson Reuters Rolls Out CoCounsel 2.0

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It’s not quite BattleBots, but competitors LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters both made significant announcements today involving the development of generative AI legal assistants within their products.

Thomson Reuters, which last year acquired the CoCounsel legal assistant originally developed by Casetext, and which later announced plans to deploy it throughout its product lines, today…

Aderant Introduces viAllocate, A Product Designed to Solve Work Allocation Issues for Law Firms

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Aderant, a provider of business management software to larger law firms, today introduced a product designed to help law firms better allocate work among their associates. 

Called viAllocate, the product helps law firms maximize billable utilization, balance associate workloads, and improve operational efficiency and profitability, Aderant says.

It is designed to address the challenges…

Texas Supreme Court Preliminarily Approves Delivery of Legal Services by Licensed Paraprofessionals and Court-Access Assistants

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The Supreme Court of Texas this week gave preliminary approval to rules that would allow the delivery of legal services in certain circumstances by licensed legal paraprofessionals and licensed court-access assistants who are not lawyers.

“For years, the Court has made combating this ‘justice gap’ a top priority, and it has become clear that we…