In all my years of covering legal tech, I cannot remember a week quite like this. And I say that for a very specific reason: This week brought an unusual concentration of leadership changes at legal tech companies. Four companies announced new chief executives, and a fifth named a new president. Is that much C-suite
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Integreon Names Krishna Nacha as CEO to Lead AI-Forward Growth Strategy
“We want to be the intentional multipliers which can deliver the predictable, purposeful and scalable solutions to our stakeholders.” That is the message Krishna Nacha is delivering to his employees as he steps into the role of chief executive officer of Integreon, a global provider of technology-enabled legal and business solutions. Integreon announced today that
On LawNext: New Casepoint CEO Paul Colangelo on AI, GovTech and the Road Ahead
When Thoma Bravo took a majority stake in Casepoint in January 2025 and merged it with the government-software company OPEXUS, it set the e-discovery pioneer on a broader course — deeper into the government market and squarely into FOIA and case management. Now the company has a new leader to see that course through: Paul
Smokeball’s Free Trust Accounting Program Now Reaches More Than 900,000 U.S. Lawyers
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Clio Acquires Jurisage, Paving the Way for Canadian Launch of Clio Work and Other Canadian AI Tools
Clio has acquired Jurisage, the Canadian legal AI and data company, in a deal it is describing as “a foundational investment in the future of legal AI in Canada. The deal brings together one of Canada’s most comprehensive AI-ready legal datasets with Clio’s “Intelligent Legal Work Platform,” the name the company uses to describe its
8am, Parent to LawPay, MyCase and Others, Has A New CEO
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Steno Names Its Current COO Prabhdeep Singh as New CEO to Lead Next Phase of Growth
Two years ago, Steno, a tech-enabled provider of legal support and court reporting services, named Prabhdeep Singh as its chief operating officer to help accelerate the company’s growth. Apparently, he did a good job, because today the company announced his appointment as chief executive officer, succeeding cofounder Greg Hong, who will continue to support the
Targeting European Leadership in Patent AI, DeepIP Acquires PatentMaker
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Clio Promotes Ronnie Gurion to President and COO
Clio said today it has promoted Ronnie Gurion to president and chief operating officer, expanding the role he has served as an executive who has been with the company since joining as COO in 2021. The company said that Gurion played a pivotal role in what has been the most consequential growth phase in its
Casepoint Names GovTech Veteran Paul Colangelo CEO, As Thoma Bravo–Backed Company Pushes Deeper Into Government
Casepoint has named Paul Colangelo, a longtime government- and enterprise-software executive, as its chief executive officer, the company announced this morning. He will oversee the company’s continuing integration following its January 2025 acquisition by private-equity firm Thoma Bravo and merger with OPEXUS, as well as the growth of its e-discovery, legal hold, Freedom of Information
‘Less Hype, More Application’ Is the Promise of This June 17 Legal AI Conference, Live In L.A. Or Virtual
A few months ago, I wrote about the new partnership between Masters AI Legal, the newly launched division of The Masters Conference, and Cat Casey, founder of The TechnoCat, a consulting and speaking practice focused on legal AI, to produce a global conference series devoted to making legal professionals “genuinely fluent in AI.” On June 17,
Can a Legal AI Platform Be Powerful, Fun and Free All at the Same Time? Lavern Surely Thinks So.
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Foundation 365, Litera’s AI-Powered CRM Platform for Law Firms, Is Now Available within Microsoft 365
Foundation 365, Litera’s AI-powered CRM platform for law firms, is now available across Microsoft 365, including Outlook, Teams and Microsoft 365 Copilot, the company said today. Built on Microsoft Dynamics 365, Foundation 365 was formerly known as Peppermint Client Engagement. The product came to Litera through its acquistion last year of Peppermint Technology, the U.K.
Consulting Firm Harbor Acquires CE Global Partners, Expanding Its HR and Payroll Advisory Capabilities
Harbor, a global professional and technology services firm focused on the legal industry, has acquired CE Global Partners, a specialist in HR transformation, payroll transformation, and people-process change, it announced today. The acquisition expands Harbor’s Human Capital Management (HCM) Advisory line, which the company launched just last month, on May 5. Harbor said the combination
Context Is Everything: CEO Neil Araujo on iManage’s AI Strategy
Neil Araujo, the CEO and cofounder of iManage, was last on this podcast almost exactly two years ago. In the dog years of the legal industry’s AI age, that feels like a long time ago. Our conversation then was about law firms still feeling their way around generative AI. But now, as you will hear