Legal Tech M&A
Mitratech Buys Doc Auto Old-Timer HotDocs From CARET
HotDocs, which can trace its roots back to 1993 and helped pioneer the field of document automation, has been sold to Mitratech, the technology conglomerate …
CLM
CLM Icertis Partners With BearingPoint For Implementation Boost
Following on from the recent partnership with AI-driven CLM peer Evisort, Icertis has announced a new formal relationship, this time with BearingPoint, which will tap …
LLMs + DIY
Springbok AI Launches LLM Tool Kit For DIY Projects
Following on from the earlier article about buy vs build (see here) legal tech consultancy Springbok AI is launching a no-code tool kit to help …
Buy vs Build
Buy Vs Build – LLMs and Steam Engines
Buy vs build was once a niche area of debate for law firms, but it has now taken on special importance in a world of …
AI Regulation
Legal Profession Split on How to Regulate AI Use
A survey of UK lawyers by Thomson Reuters has found a divided picture over how AI should be regulated, with 44% of inhouse lawyers seeking …
GenAI Accuracy
Thomson Reuters Contradicts Stanford GenAI Study – ‘We Are 90% Accurate’
Thomson Reuters has contradicted the findings of a recent Stanford HAI study into its genAI research capability within Westlaw Precision, and stated ‘our thorough internal …
Law Firm Innovation
Weightmans and its Product-Focused Approach to Legal Innovation
For UK-based Weightmans one key way to make legal tech achieve the firm’s goals is to develop productised services. Another has been to create Innovation …
CLM
Investment Fund KKR Buys CLM Agiloft In Surprise Move
BREAKING NEWS KKR, a leading global investment firm, has today announced that a fund managed by KKR has entered into an agreement to acquire a …
GenAI
Stanford HAI Tests Westlaw, But The GenAI Results Look Worse!
OK, this story is getting into unusual territory now. Artificial Lawyer just got an email from the spokespeople for the Stanford University HAI team who …
ADR
American Arbitration Association Buys ODR.Com
The American Arbitration Association (AAA), which is a not-for-profit started in 1926, and its international division the International Centre for Dispute Resolution, have acquired ODR.com …