M&A
Summize Buys Part Of InnoLaw Group
AI-driven CLM company Summize is acquiring ‘key personnel and proprietary assets’ from InnoLaw Group (ILG), a legal tech consultancy focused on the inhouse world. The …
AI + eDiscovery
Relativity Announces aiR Assist General Roll Out
Fast on the heels of its purchase of contract AI company Gavel – and on the day of its London RelFest event, where AL’s founder …
Legal Innovators
What Remains – Legal Innovators California
At the pre-conference event in the Mission District, Enam Hoque announced: ‘We are not the status quo, we are the rebellion. We all got here …
Contract AI
Walk Through: LawVu Draft – Contract AI
This week’s AL TV Product Walk Through is all about LawVu Draft, an AI-powered contract drafting and review toolbox embedded inside Microsoft Word. It’s built …
AI + ALSP
LOD / Consilio + Wordsmith Link For Managed Services
Lawyers On Demand (LOD), which was bought by Consilio in 2023, is partnering with Wordsmith to deliver AI-enabled managed services to inhouse legal teams. Last …
Law School + AI
A Student’s Response to Berkeley Law’s AI Ban
Last month, Berkeley Law School controversially banned AI use across many areas of study. One student, Lakshita Bhargava, who is doing a Master of Laws …
SF Special
Claude Fable, Steno, Billables AI, Spellbook, Legora
Because AL is in SF this week here’s a collection of news all in one go. First up, Claude Fable and how Mark Pike, who …
Funding
Sandstone Raises $30m For AI-Native Inhouse Teams
Sandstone has raised $30 million in a Series A funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, to support the development of AI-native legal departments – …
Wrap
What A Time For Legal AI! + Legal Innovators California
What an incredible time it is now for legal AI! Palantir has just entered the legal tech room, joining OpenAI, Anthropic, and Microsoft. So, four …
Legal Innovators California
Join 650+ Legal Innovators in SF Next Week!
Come and join amazing speakers from OpenAI, Meta, Google, Y Combinator, Cooley, and Wilson Sonsini, along with 650+ others already attending the landmark Legal Innovators California conference …