by | Jul 5, 2024 | LawSite, legal matters
We have just added a new feature to LawSites that enables readers to explore more about the products and product-categories I cover here. Now, when you are reading a post, the sidebar provides direct links to related product listings in the LawNext Legal Technology...
by | Jul 5, 2024 | LawSite, legal matters
Investments in legal tech got off to a slow start in 2024. A Crunchbase report just last week said that legal tech startups had raised only $356 million this year, compared to $871 million last year. But in the last 30 days, according to my tracking, legal tech...
by | Jul 5, 2024 | LawSite, legal matters
A new legal ethics opinion on the use of generative AI in law practice makes one point very clear: lawyers are required to maintain competence across all technological means relevant to their practices, and that includes the use of generative AI. The opinion, jointly...
by | Jul 5, 2024 | LawSite, legal matters
If you are a lawyer whose practice involves regularly working with PDF forms, such as those from courts and government agencies, a new generative AI feature from document automation company Gavel could help save you time. The new feature, Gavel Blueprint for PDF,...
by | Jul 5, 2024 | LawSite, legal matters
Clearbrief, a legal technology company that uses AI to help lawyers find and insert facts to support their legal writing, has raised an additional funding round of approximately $4 million. This brings the company’s total funding since its founding in 2021 to nearly...
by | Jul 5, 2024 | LawSite, legal matters
Advances in generative artificial intelligence, or GenAI, have the potential to disrupt the practice of law for many, many lawyers — especially junior lawyers. A 2023 Thomson Reuters report on the impact of AI on lawyers forecasts an “immense” impact on junior...