Following this week’s ruling by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in favor of Thomson Reuters in its long-running copyright battle against the now-shuttered AI legal research company ROSS Intelligence, ROSS says it will seek review in the Supreme Court. Yar Chaikovsky, partner at White & Case, issued a statement on behalf of ROSS
Relativity is holding firm on its plan to require that all new matters be hosted in the cloud beginning Jan. 1, 2028, CEO Phil Saunders said Thursday, and he had a blunt message for partners who are not on board: “Know we’re going to run through you.” Saunders made the comments during a media briefing
Five years ago, Noah Waisberg sold Kira Systems, the pioneering AI contract-analysis company he co-founded, to Litera. Even though the deal itself went well, the experience of going through the sale was hard, Waisberg now says. But that experience provided the fuel that turned into his next business. As part of the sale, he kept
I am thrilled to announce that I will be serving as emcee for the Masters AI conference in Dallas on Oct. 7, as well as for subsequent dates in Philadelphia on Nov. 11 and Miami on Dec. 8. This is an AI conference that is designed to be hands-on. As the organizers say, “Less hype,
Clio today announced that it has acquired Learned Hand, a startup that builds AI exclusively for judges and courts, giving the legal tech company’s newly launched judiciary business an existing product already in use in a number of courthouses. Clio did not disclose the terms of the deal. The acquisition caps a rapid series of
Yesterday I noted that th 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had issued an opinion in the long-running copyright battle between Thomson Reuters and the now-shuttered AI legal research company ROSS Intelligence, but that the opinion was sealed and not viewable by the public. Today, it was revealed that the court has ruled in favor
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today issued an opinion in the long-running copyright battle between Thomson Reuters and the now-shuttered AI legal research company ROSS Intelligence, but the opinion is, at least for now, sealed and not viewable by the public. The court issued the opinion under seal together with an order stating
Section 1: Five Realities Reshaping How Corporate Restructuring Gets Done Corporate restructuring operates at the intersection of legal precision and financial complexity, with stakeholder decisions routinely made under exigent circumstances. More data and shortened timelines have made that work harder. A 2025 study by Harvard and USC law professors published in the University of Chicago
I’ll confess: When I heard that Jesse Cole, the founder of the Savannah Bananas baseball team, was to be the keynote speaker at 8am’s Kaleidoscope conference, I found myself scratching my head. After all, what could the founder of a baseball team known for dancing players and a senior-citizen dance squad possibly teach lawyers about
In a marriage of two alternative legal services providers, Repario, a company with a focus on e-discovery and managed review, has acquired UnitedLex, a global company that provides a broader range of services spanning legal process outsourcing, legal operations, litigation, IP, contracts and technology. Repario said that by blending its agility and innovation with the
At its second-annual Kaleidoscope customer conference in Las Vegas today, 8am announced new generative AI features, a new Claude MCP connector, and new financial products, including a law firm loan program with quick approval and funding. Although 8am is the parent company of three law practice management platforms – MyCase, CasePEER and DocketWise – as
Large Language Models (LLMs) are a breakthrough technology, helping fuel the AI industrial revolution. OpenAI and Anthropic are market leaders, with extraordinary private valuations. The prospect of their respective trillion-dollar public company valuations, should their initial public offerings come to fruition, has drawn attention to LLM economics. LLMs are transforming industries including healthcare and the
Legal AI company Harvey said today that it is launching a dedicated pro bono program in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. In the first phase of the program, the company will work with a selected group of it law firm customers as design partners. Initially, this group consists of senior pro bono
Legal tech company Clio has long said that its mission is to transform the legal experience for all. Until now, that “all” has largely focused on law firms and their clients, but recently Clio announced a major initiative to develop technology for the judiciary. As part of that initiative, it hired Pablo Arredondo, the former
The American Legal Technology Awards has named the finalists for its seventh annual awards program, honoring outstanding achievement and innovation across multiple categories of legal technology. This year’s winners were selected from 234 submissions across 10 categories. Winners will be revealed at a gala awards dinner Oct. 25 at Suffolk University Law School in Boston.
Nominations are now open for the 2027 Alli Gerkman Legal Visionary Award, which recognizes an innovator who, early in their career, has made a significant impact toward making the American legal system work better for everyone. That description fits the person for whom the award is named. Alli Gerkman died of breast cancer in 2019