M&A
Elite NY Firm Cleary Gottlieb Buys Springbok AI Consultancy
Breaking News: Elite New York firm Cleary Gottlieb has announced today the acquisition of Springbok AI, a generative AI product development company focusing on technology …
genAI Skills
Have GenAI? Then Let’s Summarize!
Veritext, which provides court reporting and litigation support solutions, has expanded its Smart Summary offerings, which rely on the genAI summarization ‘skill’. In this case …
AI Agents
Harvey To Roll Out Agentic Workflows
Harvey has announced that ‘next-generation agents’ will now be available on its platform, which it defines as ‘systems that can plan, adapt, and meaningfully interact …
FFO
FFO: AI + Lawyer Training, NY + California, Lexis Create+
Morning all, here’s your Friday Follow-On, covering the upcoming ‘Lawyer Training in the Age of AI’ webinar; Legal Week in New York; Legal Innovators California …
B2C Legal
Contend Gets Funding To Address Unmet Legal Needs
Contend, a legal tech startup leveraging genAI to provide affordable online legal support to consumers, has gained pre-Seed funding, including from Supernode Global and the …
Data + Pricing
Wolters Kluwer Launches Legal Fee Benchmarking Tool
Wolters Kluwer has launched a new tool to help both sellers (law firms) and buyers (inhouse legal teams) figure out what legal work should cost. …
Property
Digitising Property Sales: A Welcome Reform
By Jack Bidgood, Co-founder, Thirdfort. The UK Government’s recent pledge to modernise the property market through digitalisation is a welcome step towards a more efficient …
AI Case Prediction
Litigation Funder Partners With Predictive AI Theo (As Predicted)
As predicted by AL….Theo, a predictive AI platform for litigation, has formed a strategic partnership with a litigation funder….in this case Mustang Litigation Funding (MLF). …
Empathy?
Will AI Turn Lawyers Into Care Bears?
A survey conducted by Simmons & Simmons of over 500 legal heads has found – perhaps as one would expect – that legal AI use …
GenAI Accuracy
‘Missed-MFN-Gate’ and AI Contract Review
An analysis of the VALs genAI benchmarking study by Noah Waisberg, CEO, Zuva. Artificial intelligence tools for contract review have made real progress in recent …