US law firms McDermott Will & Emery and Akin both announced yesterday (30 September) that they have appointed directors of AI, becoming the latest firms to create and fill this…
In this 30th episode of Charting Change in Legal, legal analyst Ari Kaplan and Legal IT Insider’s editor Caroline Hill , discuss reimagining knowledge management, disrupting the law firm business…
Nicola Foulston, the former CEO of listed law firm consolidator RBG Holdings, has invested an undisclosed but “substantial” amount in SaaS legal pricing solution Virtual Pricing Director (VPD), after two…
In this webinar on 23 July, Legal IT Insider’s editor Caroline Hill chatted with David Aird, IT Director at DAC Beachcroft LLP; Shane Scott, IT Director at Gowling WLG; and…
Aderant will be debuting new technology solutions at ILTACON 2024 in Nashville and spearheading an ILTA community discussion about law school/legal tech education with Vanderbilt Law School. The legal business…
Clifford Chance’s chief technology officer Paul Greenwood will join the distinguished board of the University of London on 1 August for a period of three of more years, the university…
Newly-founded but fast-growing gen AI alternative legal services provider Execo has entered a strategic partnership with ContractPodAi and will incorporate ContractPodAi’s assistant Leah within its client service delivery offering. Execo’s…
Dutch tech publication Tweakers has kicked off a legal debate after revealing that a Dutch lower court judge has used ChatGPT as a source of information for the ruling. Tweakers…
As per earlier social media messages, all content for the July/August Orange Rag needs to be with us by close of play today (8 August) if you want it to…
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced today (7 August) that it has provisionally decided to fine Advanced £6.09m, following a healthcare-based ransomware attack in August 2022. However, the ICO statement…
The generative AI benchmarking meeting hosted by CMS’ chief innovation and knowledge officer John Craske on 1 August generated significant engagement, with some key takeaways to shape the next larger,…
In this 28th episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, editor and publisher of Legal IT Insider, discusses with leading legal analyst Ari Kaplan some of the latest large…
UK-founded legal tech startup Definely has been awarded a £585,000 grant from Innovate UK. The funding, which closely follows Definely’s $7m Series A in May, will support Definely’s focus on…
In this highly interactive webinar with senior executives from Symity and Microsoft, we looked at how law firms can leverage the new functionality in Teams Premium and how it can…
Litera today (29 July) announces the acquisition of FileTrail, a global leader in information governance and records management. This is an expansion by Litera in the governance space, complementing Litera’s…