The NJ Office of the Public Defender partnered with a think tank and a prestigious university to get the AI program it needed. The post AI For New Jersey Public Defenders: Solving The A2J Problem One Bite At A Time appeared first on Above the Law. ...
Because these two things are the same. The post Trump’s DOJ Lawyers Leap In To Save Trump’s Personal Lawyers appeared first on Above the Law. ...
The New Mexico Supreme Court imposed a fine and referred the attorney for disciplinary investigation. The post ‘Counsel, Do You Watch The News?’: Lawyer Gets Benchslapped Over AI Hallucinations In Murder Appeal appeared first on Above the Law. ...
At the recent conference of the International Legal Technology Association, the big legal AI vendors CoCounsel, Harvey and Legora had outsized presences, with ginormous booths in the exhibit hall, major-name performers at their parties, and advertising so ubiquitous it even popped up in people’...
Biglaw usually manages a gentler goodbye than this. The post The Cravath Shade Wasn’t A One-Off: Weil Insiders Line Up To Say Good Riddance appeared first on Above the Law. ...
US personal injury giant Morgan & Morgan announced today (14 September) that it has committed to spend at least $1bn on legal technology and artificial intelligence over the next decade, […] The post Morgan & Morgan pledges $1bn tech spend over 10 years appeared first on Legal IT Insi...
The legal profession has spent considerable energy teaching AI to answer. The next phase requires teaching it when an answer is not enough. The post Legal AI Needs An Escalation Layer appeared first on Above the Law. ...
By Joanne Harris The Indian co-founder of e-billing company Scan Logic has launched legal action against his former business, alleging he was pushed out of the company during a period […] The post Scan Logic in legal dispute with co-founder over company split appeared first on Legal IT Insid...
Turns out you can't make career applicants write an essay praising the president's executive orders. The post Trump’s Civil Service Loyalty Test Just Hit A Constitutional Road Bump appeared first on Above the Law. ...
In exclusive comments to Breaking Defense, the Pentagon's comptroller acknowledged that some efforts may need to be pushed from FY27 into FY28 with help from lawmakers. The post With Reconciliation Uncertain, Pentagon Eyeing Plan To Retool FY27 Priorities With Congress appeared first on Above the La...
Morgan & Morgan, the largest plaintiff law firm in America, has announced it will spend at least $1 billion on legal tech and AI over ......
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Plus, former crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried wants SCOTUS to take up his case....
* Looks imminent? Anyone want odds? [Law360] * Deep dive into how the federalist society got us here. [The Atlantic] * How Legora aims to take on legal industry giants. [Business Insider] * ACC going after another in house counsel group accusing them of training on proprietary data. [ABA Jour...
By Tom Saunders Last week (9 September) Consilio announced a formal partnership with Legora, assisting in-house legal teams and law firms with implementation, governance, workflow, training and adoption. Consilio, which […] The post Consilio formalises Legora partnership – CEO Andy Macdonald...
Last week saw the announcements that leading independent London law firm Edwin Coe has rolled out Legora firm-wide, across 14 of the firm’s practice groups and UK-based intellectual property (IP) […] The post Edwin Coe rolls out Legora as Brandsmiths launches iManage Knowledge Work appea...
Legora is ramping up its legal research capabilities by offering ‘a full ontology of law and an AI-native citator’. The move follows deals with Qura and ......
If you take a look at the recruitment page of Latham & Watkins and search for roles that relate to AI, it paints a picture ......
The more this site thinks about law firms training open weight models and renting their own GPUs, the less it seems to make sense. Here’s ......
Beating A Dead Horse Alert: Missouri Republicans keep sending its gerrymander to the Supreme Court. Try, Try Again: And the Supreme Court keeps telling them to pound sand. Fifty-One Shades Of 'Rigged': DOJ and Education Department say Berkeley Law illegally favors Black students... where 51 of ...
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The One Thing Nobody Has Ever Called Cravath... 'A Smaller Platform': Until Weil, which just lost its corporate chair to the firm, gave it a shot. Hear Me Out: Should we really care that a federal court opinion reads like Gen Z slang? We Sure Could Use More Human Rights Lawyers These Days: So n...
Barred from practicing law because she was a woman. The post She Earned The First Law Degree Ever Given To An American Woman And She Wasn’t Allowed To Use It appeared first on Above the Law. ...
Your law firm’s ‘authority’ pages are there to showcase your expertise and establish your practice as a source of reliable information. The post How To Create Authority Pages That Beat Competitors On Google And ChatGPT appeared first on Above the Law. ...
Meaningless traditions can consume a surprising amount of resources. The post Lawyers Should Abandon Some Outdated Practices appeared first on Above the Law. ...
It's about understanding how legal work actually gets done. The post The Future Of Legal AI Isn’t About AI appeared first on Above the Law. ...
Never get high on your own supply. The post Trump Ally Stomps Off After Discovering ‘Grand’ Conspiracy Is Actually Mid At Best appeared first on Above the Law. ...
If you're interested in human rights law, you need to see this list. The post The Best Law Schools For Human Rights Law (2026) appeared first on Above the Law. ...
Federal judge describes facts as 'deets.' The post Is This Federal Appellate Opinion Too Informal? appeared first on Above the Law. ...
That's not how I'd describe Cravath, but sure. The post Weil’s Corporate Chair Decamps For Cravath, Which Weil Would Like You To Know Is ‘A Smaller Platform’ appeared first on Above the Law. ...
Firms are preparing to welcome even smaller classes in the years ahead. The post Biglaw’s First-Year Associate Hiring Plunge May Be Just The Beginning appeared first on Above the Law. ...
[Sponsored] Lessons from elementary school. The post When Clients Ask About AI, How Should Firms Respond? appeared first on Above the Law. ...
Closing the legal accountability gap. The post This Law Professor’s Mission Is Giving Voice To The Voiceless appeared first on Above the Law. ...
Twenty five years on from the horrific terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, the International Legal Technology Association has shared emotional video footage featuring interviews with […] The post 25 years on, ILTA remembers the 9/11 attacks appeared first on Legal IT Insid...
One litigator is looking ahead to trial after a summary judgment ruling leaves key claims in play. Another has just finished a patent claim construction hearing and needs to know when the court might issue its order. Both face familiar questions from their clients: How much longer? For each lawyer, ...
Founded in August 2026 by former lawyer Brig Ricks, SaaS Tracker helps legal and operations teams keep on top of changing software terms, privacy policies and online contracts, using AI […] The post Startup Corner: SaaS Tracker takes aim at hidden contract change risk appeared first on Legal I...
From the hi-we're-from-the-'how-high'-department dept The post Judge Demands Answers From DOJ For Refusing To Dismiss Reflecting Pool Case With Prejudice appeared first on Above the Law. ...
The week in appellate news. The post How Appealing Weekly Roundup appeared first on Above the Law. ...
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Xapien, an London-founded AI-native due diligence platform that investigates people and companies, has announced a $56m investment round led by Spectrum Equity, a growth equity firm that specialises in risk […] The post Xapien raises $56m funding round appeared first on Legal IT Insider. ...
US multinational law firm Latham & Watkins has bought Nvidia GPU servers and started customising its own AI models, the Financial Times revealed yesterday (11 September). Latham, the US’s second-largest […] The post Latham builds its own AI models with Nvidia GPU server investment appear...
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Wednesday morning’s keynote session at ILTACON this year opened with a sobering and moving 25th anniversary tribute to 9/11. ILTA showed a 30-minute film it produced with interviews of ILTA members and friends who were in Manhattan that day, followed by an extended moment of silence as the nam...
Plus, Justice Kavanaugh will speak today at an event on 9/11....
* Weil corporate chair bolts for Cravath. [Bloomberg Law News] * Sam Bankman-Fried asks Supreme Court for help getting out of jail. [Law360] * Harvard moves up recruiting timeline to allow interviewing in 1L September. [Harvard Crimson] * Joseph diGenova resigns from role probing Trump's enem...
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Let’s start this Wrap with some news, then a reminder about two great webinars with LegalOn and also Chamelio next week, and then some videos. ......
Show Me State Got Shown: The U.S. Supreme Court yet again told Missouri Republicans that they need to stop trying to make their illegal map happen. Say Howdy To The New Biggest Firm In Texas: The richest firm in America takes the crown in the Lone Star State. So Rigged You Wouldn't Even Notice...
It rewrote the rules of Biglaw, got rich, and became a cautionary tale for the ages. The post Once The Second-Biggest Firm In America, Then The First To Blow Up appeared first on Above the Law. ...
The president appreciates his former attorney’s very late change of tune. The post Trump Is Considering A Pardon For Michael Cohen, The Lawyer Who Helped Convict Him appeared first on Above the Law. ...
Missouri Republicans tried to gerrymander their maps in violation of state law. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to be a party to it. The post Supreme Court To Missouri Republicans: Shut Up appeared first on Above the Law. ...
If the school is putting a thumb on the scale for Black applicants, it's doing a remarkably bad job of it. The post DOJ Says Berkeley Law Rigged Its Admissions To Favor Black Students. There Are 51 Of Them. appeared first on Above the Law. ...
How should we read and evaluate opinions that may have been AI-assisted? The post AI Has Entered The Courthouse…Are You Ready For It? appeared first on Above the Law. ...
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Oklahoma lawmakers approved changes to more than 40 business entity laws during the 2025 - 2026 legislative session, including new provisions concerning updated penalties for fraud connected to securities and take-overs, new requirements for international corporate agents, and transparency requireme...
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Plus, the dispute over Missouri’s congressional redistricting is back at the Supreme Court....
For legal teams adopting AI, understanding how data is protected is only part of the equation. Just as important is understanding where that data goes, who processes it and what happens to it along the way. Many enterprise legal AI solutions rely on a combination of technologies and providers. That ...
On one hand Katie was happy to depart San Francisco. She’d had quite enough of the conspiratorial shenanigans. Sara Keating, and most of all Harry ......
By Jean-Rémi de Maistre, CEO, Jus Mundi. The legal AI market is converging as general-purpose AI and legal workflow platforms compete to be the interface ......
Global law firm, White & Case, has made a strategic investment into Saudi-based Clauze, a new legal AI platform. It’s been founded by Waad Alkurini, ......
Why AI Projects Fail: 8 Common Obstacles to Success Nearly 9/10 executives consider investing in AI and data to be a top priority for their company. But 8/10 of those initiatives are likely to end in failure. In this post, we explore the key reasons behind why so many AI projects don't achieve s...
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The legal AI company Harvey said today that it has raised another $550 million at a $15.5 billion valuation, co-led by Diffusion and Lightspeed. By my calculations, that puts the total amount Harvey has raised since its 2022 launch at north of $1.5 billion. Other investors participating in this roun...
Harvey has just raised $550m at a $15.5 billion valuation. Legora is understood to be hoping to raise another major round at a $10 billion ......
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Harvey has announced a $550m funding round at a $15.5B valuation, co-led by Diffusion and Lightspeed Venture Partners. It has also bought San Francisco-based Guardrails ......
Bridget M. McCormack, the former chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court who joined the American Arbitration Association in 2023 as its president and CEO, helping to spearhead the AAA’s innovation efforts, particularly with regard to its adoption of generative AI, has announced she is step...
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Calling it the “intelligence foundation” of its platform, Casepoint today launched Casepoint IQ, a suite of tools within a single AI framework that spans the company’s products for e-discovery, legal holds, FOIA and investigations. The company says that Casepoint IQ pulls together all of its A...
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For corporate legal departments hoping that the recent acceleration in outside counsel billing rates might begin to ease in 2026, the latest data offers little relief. The LexisNexis® CounselLink® 2026 Mid-Year Special Edition Trends Report finds that average partner billing rates increase...
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Chronologies have become one of legal tech’s hottest categories, with a wave of AI startups promising to turn a messy evidentiary record into a structured timeline in minutes. Jeff Kerr and his company Casefleet were more than a decade ahead of the pack. Kerr finished law school in 2010 an...
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Plus, how two men without lawyers got their cases to the Supreme Court....
Typing a name into a search engine and finding nothing alarming is not a due diligence check. It is the absence of a result, which is a different thing entirely. A clean first page reflects what a public crawler has indexed and ranked, not what licensed registries, sanctions lists and archived repor...
2026 legislative changes and updated filing fees Earlier this year, Louisiana lawmakers approved increases to a number of the fees charged by the Secretary of State for business filings. These new fees take effect on October 1. The 2026 edition of CSC’s Louisiana Laws Governing Business Entities A...
What a news monitoring service catches is visible. What it misses is not. Coverage gaps—in source licensing, language, geography, and historical depth—create blind spots that organizations cannot see until the consequences arrive: a reputational crisis reported in regional media days before it r...
An intelligence product cannot be more trustworthy than the sources beneath it. The interface, the scoring, the AI summary—all of it inherits the quality of the underlying record, and none of it can improve on what was never collected. Source quality is therefore a risk control, not simply a procu...
Last week’s ILTACON, the annual conference of the International Legal Technology Association, brought what may have been the busiest news cycle I can remember for this conference, with a torrent of product announcements dominated by two themes: agentic AI and the Model Context Protocol. I have...
Last week, our Legaltech Week crew presented a live panel at ILTACON discussing our takeaways from the week and the top stories and trends we observed. I recorded it on my iPhone and that recording is now posted, and it’s pasted below. Meanwhile, we’re back again today, live on Zoom at o...
Last week’s ILTACON, the annual conference of the International Legal Technology Association, brought what may have been the busiest news cycle I can remember for this conference, with a torrent of product announcements dominated by two themes: agentic AI and the Model Context Protocol. I have...
Last week’s ILTACON, the annual conference of the International Legal Technology Association, brought what may have been the busiest news cycle I can remember for this conference, with a torrent of product announcements dominated by two themes: agentic AI and the Model Context Protocol. I have...
Last week’s ILTACON, the annual conference of the International Legal Technology Association, brought what may have been the busiest news cycle I can remember for this conference, with a torrent of product announcements dominated by two themes: agentic AI and the Model Context Protocol. I have...
The legal technology company Filevine has launched an AI-native citator and a companion brief-checking tool inside LOIS, its Legal Operating Intelligence System AI platform, that its CEO says perform as well as or better than the leading legal citators from LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters. The citato...
Legal operations teams spend every day looking ahead: managing matters , monitoring outside counsel spend , improving workflows, evaluating technology, and responding to new demands from the business. Sometimes, the best way to move forward is to stop and take stock. A Legal Operations Health Check ...
Pablo Arredondo, the Casetext cofounder who helped build some of the earliest and most influential applications of AI in legal practice, is joining Clio as senior vice president, judiciary, where he will lead the company’s strategy for extending its technology into the courts. In this episode ...
Newcode, an Oslo-based legal AI company that sells law firms a configurable AI harness rather than a finished assistant, has raised a Series A led by OnDean Forward, the investment firm founded by Relativity founder Andrew Sieja. The round brings the company’s total capital raised this year to...
Legal professionals using artificial intelligence need to know that confidential client information, privileged communications and work products remain protected. One of the most important questions to ask is whether a legal AI provider uses customer prompts, uploaded documents, or other customer da...
In-house legal teams are under more pressure than ever to move at the speed of the business while managing growing volumes of contracts, compliance obligations and litigation matters … often without a corresponding increase in headcount. That pressure has pushed AI use cases in corporate legal dep...