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jhana.ai Raised $1.6M To Build An AI-Powered Research & Drafting Tool For Lawyers
Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered legal tech startup jhana.ai has raised
Telegram agrees to share users’ data with authorities in response to legal request
According to Bloomberg, WhatsApp rival Telegram has agreed to
Law firms to display all their pricing as regulations on transparency tighten
Approval that certain law firms will have to display
AI legaltech Luminance opens doors in Dallas amid US growth
The company claims its technology is used in over
Freeths posted another year of double-digit growth
Law firm Freeths has posted another year of double
MirrorWeb secures $63m growth funding from Mainsail Partners for RegTech innovation
MirrorWeb, a prominent player in the digital communications archiving
Recovery AI, Backed by HandsOn Global Management, Launches AI-Backed Asset Recovery Platform
Recovery AI announced the launch and expansion of a
LexisNexis Expands Lexis+ AI to French-Speaking Canadian Legal Professionals
LexisNexis® announced that Lexis+ AI®, the legal generative AI
Why Google’s next big legal challenge may start this month
The US is set to launch a second antitrust
Digital ratings aim to speed up purchase of legal services
Matchmaking sites look to AI to find the right
Centerbase Secures Patent for Automated Time Capture Technology That Helps Law Firms Maximize Revenue Potential
Innovative Solution Addresses the Inefficiencies of Manual Timekeeping and
Ripple CLO Accuses SEC of Misleading Judges in Legal Battle
Ripple’s Chief Legal Officer (CLO), Stuart Alderoty, has recently
Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures $1.4 Billion Settlement with Meta Over Its Unauthorized Capture of Personal Biometric Data In Largest Settlement Ever Obtained From An Action Brought By A Single State
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a $1.4
Dutch judge uses ChatGPT to help reach a verdict
A Dutch lower court judge in Nijmegen has raised
Suno defends AI training with copyrighted music amid RIAA lawsuit
In a recent court filing, music generation startup Suno
Lawyers using AI must heed ethics rules, ABA says in first formal guidance
Lawyers must guard against ethical lapses if they use
Top UK law firms boost partner pay 11% after deals rebound
Leading lawyers cash in as M&A bounces back.
The Lawyers Who Fought Against Elon Musk’s Pay Package Are Asking $370,000 an Hour in Legal Fees: ‘We Did Battle With the Very Best’
The legal team that argued against Tesla CEO Elon
Zurich airport considers legal measures after tech issues
Zurich Airport is considering legal measures after a global
AI to free up hours of work and curb human error for legal workers
Artificial intelligence adoption could free up two hours of
Law&Company vows to go global with AI legal assistant
Law&Company Co., the operator of South Korea’s largest legal
Public policy favors $7 billion fee award in Musk pay case, Tesla shareholder’s lawyer says
More than 8,000 Tesla stockholders have flooded the court
More law firms hit gender targets as partnership gap narrows
A record 13 of the nation’s largest law firms
Addleshaw Goddard Opens Applications For AG Elevate Tech Accelerator
Law firm Addleshaw Goddard has opened applications for its
SPRINGBOK AI ANNOUNCES THE GENERAL RELEASE OF ITS NO-CODE LEGAL TOOLKIT: SPRINGLAW
Today, Springbok AI announces the general launch of SpringLaw,
Milan hosts highly successful first Global LegalTech Hubevent in Italy
The first in-person event of the Global LegalTech Hub
Scarlett Johansson’s AI Legal Threat Sets Stage for Actors’ Battle With Tech Giants
Voice actors are filing lawsuits while SAG-AFTRA is rallying
Google class action claims company trained AI tool with copyrighted work
Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google LLC trained their
Ashurst Guides McLaren in Capital Reorganisation Success
Under the reorganisation, long-term strategic investor Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding
KPMG to Close Hong Kong Law Firm Amid Tensions
KPMG reportedly is closing its law firm in Hong
Apple to pay Norfolk and others £385m after five-year legal battle
The lawsuit revolved around remarks made by Tim Cook
Wolters Kluwer wins Best Regulatory Compliance Solution for IFRS 9 at the RegTech Insight APAC Awards
Wolters Kluwer, a global leader in professional information, software
EU fine wipes $78bn off Apple’s valuation – latest updates
More than $78bn (£61bn) has been wiped off the
Clifford Chance named Global Law Firm of the Year for the sixth year running at the 2023 Infrastructure Investor Awards
Clifford Chance has been named Global Law Firm of
Equity model could see junior lawyers earn £2m in three years at City law firm
A City law firm has said it will pay
Sharp rise in cyber attacks at UK law firms as hackers eye sensitive data
The number of reported cyber attacks on UK law
Ministers ask LSB to set out strategy on AI use in legal sector
Ministers have asked the Legal Services Board (LSB) to
UniCourt Wins 2024 Legalweek Leaders In Legal Tech Practice Management Innovation Award
UniCourt, a leading provider of Legal Data as a
Slaughter and May becomes fourth Magic Circle law firm to embrace solicitor apprenticeships
Slaughter and May has become the fourth Magic Circle
Ashurst launches low cost legal centre in Poland
Source: Global Legal Post Firm’s third hub after Glasgow
In-house lawyers expecting a surge in legal disputes amid wage and union pressures
Businesses are anticipating a rise in legal disputes, however,
TransPerfect Legal Named as a 2023 Service Provider of the Year for Australia and New Zealand
TransPerfect Legal, a global provider of eDiscovery and
Unique online festival designed to help accounting and law firms with digital technology adoption
Academics from Lancaster University Management School leading a £1.8m
Apple and Google face legal challenges to their payments businesses
Both tech giants will spend this year fighting off
Applications open for the Lander & Rogers legal tech accelerator – and here are the 5 startups it just helped
Law firm Lander & Rogers will run its seventh
Fisher Phillips Shortlisted for Law.com “Leaders in Tech Law” Awards
Fisher Phillips, an international labor and employment law firm
Clifford Chance acts as counsel to VanEck on pioneering bitcoin ETF
Global law firm Clifford Chance acted as counsel to
Revolut faces US legal challenge over biometric data storage
Revolut is facing a legal challenge potentially worth millions
Law firms face ‘volatile’ 2024 amid demand, staffing and AI risks – report
Law firms will need to adjust staffing and billing
Kirkland & Ellis top M&A legal adviser during Q1–Q3 2023
Kirkland & Ellis – top M&A legal adviser during
Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen accidentally cited fake court cases generated by AI
Michael Cohen, the former lawyer for Donald Trump, admitted
US law firms hand out bonuses and raise pay despite slowdown
Top New York law firms including Cravath, Swaine &
The Times Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over A.I. Use of Copyrighted Work
Millions of articles from The New York Times were
Apple to Halt US Sales of Smartwatches After Patent Loss
Apple will stop selling the latest versions of its
Linklaters Awarded IJInvestor’s Latin America Oil and Gas M&A Deal of the Year
Linklaters has been awarded IJInvestor’s 2023 Latin America Oil
Lawmatics’ LM[AI] Awarded LegalTech AI Innovation of the Year
Lawmatics announced today that its game-changing AI tool –
After e-signatures, Tomorro believes e-contracts will be the next big thing
You might not be familiar with the name Tomorro,
Moray & Agnew recognised as one of Australia’s leading law firms
Source: The Greek Herald Moray & Agnew was recently
Meta faces $600M competition damages claim in Spain as media owners pursue privacy breach lawsuit
Meta is facing a major legal challenge and damages
Shoosmiths wins prestigious ‘UK Law Firm of the Year’ award for ‘clear strategy’ and ‘measurable differences’
Shoosmiths was crowned ‘UK Law Firm of the Year
Inspira announced as winner of Web Summit’s startup competition, PITCH
Inspira has been named winner of PITCH, seeing off
Assembly Software Wins “Practice Management Innovation Of The Year” In 2023 LegalTech Breakthrough Awards Program
LegalTech Breakthrough, a leading independent market intelligence organisation that
Supreme Court throws out Deliveroo rider status challenge
Deliveroo riders do not have the right to collective
Slaughters seeks out generative AI-focused products for next incubator programme
Slaughter and May has today opened applications for the
Definely the only LegalTech company to make the prestigious Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50 list
Definely, the award-winning, Microsoft and Google-backed LegalTech company today
Akin Wins ‘Legal Services Innovation Award’ for its technology solution OverRuled
Source: Akin On November 15, at The American Lawyer
LegalTech Breakthrough Names RelativityOne Overall LegalTech Solution of the Year
Source: PR Newswire Relativity, a global legal technology company,
Seven arrested as SFO launches probe into suspected fraud at law firm Axiom Ince
Source: Serious Fraud Office (UK) This morning, the SFO
Lawwwing, the first Spanish Legaltech to achieve IAB and Google certification for business services
Source: Diario Juridico Lawwwing , the Spanish platform that
ANALYSIS: Law Schools Need to Address Skill, Tech Gaps in 2024
Source: Bloomberg Law by Stephanie Pacheco Law school should
SRA makes pitch to be sole AML supervisor for UK legal sector
Source: Legal Futures by Neil Rose The Solicitors Regulation
Amiqus recognised as a winner of the Legal Technology Award 2023
Amiqus, a scale-up specialising in compliance processes and checks
Freshly cleared LawTalk targets $1 billion unicorn status
Source: Korean JoonGang Daily LawTalk, the largest legal consulting
The Impending Impact of EMIR REFIT Reporting Requirements on EU and UK Markets
Earlier this year, the European Securities and Markets Authority
HSF records 93% trainee retention score
Source: Legal CheekBy Bradley Fountain-Green Global law firm Herbert Smith
Tiger Eye announce record growth in Q2 2023 powered by increasing cloud momentum and popularity of Tiger Eye Tools for iManage
Source: Legal Futures Leading full-service iManage Partner Tiger Eye (part of
Deutsche Börse receives final regulatory approval for public takeover of SimCorp
Source: Fintech Global Deutsche Börse Group AG has revealed that
New data law may make the trip tough for travel sector
Hotels as well as offline and online travel companies
Cheltenham law firm receives record recognition in Chambers guide
The Chambers High Net Worth 2023 guide recognises Cheltenham-based
‘Good growth in a challenging market’: Bird & Bird notches 31st consecutive year of growth as turnover hits £495m
Bird & Bird has posted a strong set of financial
‘Pleased to have continued our upward trajectory’: Shoosmiths continues revenue and profit growth
Source: LegalBusiness Legal Business Law Firm of the Year Shoosmiths
Record revenue for Linklaters leads to strong financial performance
Source: Linklaters Linklaters has announced a strong financial performance
Legal Tech Platform Filevine Promotes Client Success with Launch of Filevine University
Source: Filevine As technology transforms the legal landscape, the
Apple suggests iMessage and FaceTime could be withdrawn in UK over law change
Source: The Guardian US tech firm says giving government
LexCheck Selected for the Microsoft for Startups Pegasus Program
Source: PR Newswire LexCheck, a leading AI-powered contract acceleration
Clyde & Co revealed as Luminance’s seven-figure subscription deal, using AI to automate claims handling
Source: Legal IT Insider In February 2022, we revealed that Luminance had signed
Europe and the U.S. finally agree a landmark data-sharing pact — and it’s already under threat
Source: CNBC Businesses can continue transferring data from the
‘Plug and Play’: More firms set to gain access to LMS tech through their own CMS
Source: Today’s ConveyancerBy Jamie Lennox More conveyancing firms are
Law firm mergers ticked up in first half of 2023, report says
Source: ReutersBy Sara Merken More law firm mergers were
Law firm TLT has won Tech Dealmaker of the Year at the annual Go:Tech Awards for the second year in a row
Source: TLT Held by Business Leader, the awards celebrate
Agiloft Celebrates Second BIG Innovation Award Win of the Year for Excellence in Customer Service
Agiloft, the global standard in no-code contract lifecycle management
Manchester law firm launches class action against Capita over data breach
Source: Prolific NorthBy Stephen Chapman A class action law
Traders pull $800mn out of Binance after SEC lawsuit
Source: Financial TimesBy Scott Chipolina More than $450mn turned
Allen & Overy and Shearman plan merger to create $3.4bn law firm
Source: Financial TimesBy Kate Beioley Deal is first tie-up
Addleshaw Goddard Launches 2023 Tech Accelerator Programme
Source: Digit NewsBy Thomas Carter Law firm Addleshaw Goddard (AG) has
Facebook fined €1.2bn for mishandling users’ data
Source: BBCBy Shiona McCallum Facebook’s owner, Meta, has been
GCs dissatisfied with law firms’ flexible resourcing, says report
Source: The Global Legal PostBy Victoria Basham Law firms
Legal & General: SmartrFit tool adds six lender affordability calculators
Source: Legal & General Legal & General has today
Verified acquires Pliance to compliment digital signatures with AML automation
Source: Biometric UpdateBy William McCurdy Swedish Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company
Agiloft Announces Partnership with Mitratech, Integrating Best-in-Class CLM and ELM Systems
Source: Agiloft At the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC)’s
More Than Three Firms are Switching to NetDocuments Each Day
Source: NetDocuments NetDocuments, the #1 trusted cloud platform where
Aiming to ‘Radically Accelerate’ Contract Negotiations, ‘The Contract Network’ Comes Out Of Stealth Today, Led By Legal Tech Veteran
Source: LawSitesBy Robert Ambrogi A new company coming out
EU approves Microsoft’s takeover of Activision Blizzard
Source: The Guardian The EU has approved Microsoft’s $69bn
Allen & Overy’s tech hub Fuse announces 15-strong cohort
Source: Legal IT InsiderBy Caroline Hill Allen & Overy’s