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AffiniPay Adds Generative AI to Legal Tech Products
artificial intelligence // January 24, 2024

Online payments firm AffiniPay has embedded generative artificial intelligence (AI) into its legal technology offerings. “At AffiniPay, we believe generative AI can drive the type of efficiencies and insights that will result in better outcomes for our customers and their clients,” CEO Dru Armstrong said in a Wednesday (Jan. 24) press...

Rocket Lawyer Debuts AI-Powered Name-Generating ‘Copilot’
artificial intelligence // December 21, 2023

Legal services platform Rocket Lawyer has introduced an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered customer tool. “Rocket Copilot combines powerful generative AI with professional human expertise to give customers a simple and fast way to confidently complete their legal documents and other filings alongside convenient access to legal professionals,” the company said...

Law Firm Allen & Overy Debuts AI Contract Negotiation Tool
artificial intelligence // December 21, 2023

British law firm Allen & Overy has introduced an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered contract negotiation tool. The new product, the subject of a Thursday (Dec. 21) Financial Times (FT) report, was created in partnership with Microsoft and AI legal startup Harvey, and comes as the technology is increasingly being incorporated into the...

Use of AI in the Legal Industry Faces Challenges
Artificial Intelligence // November 14, 2023

The legal industry’s widespread adoption of generative artificial intelligence (AI) will necessarily involve recalibrating workforce roles and skills and reckoning with varying degrees of readiness and trust among professionals within and across industries. Coupled with the challenges of this reboot are the thorny issues surrounding...

Interviews & Exclusives
72% of Lawyers Doubt the Industry Is Ready for Generative AI

November 10, 2023
At its core, legal work demands meticulous attention to detail, extensive research and nuanced argumentation — intellectually rigorous and time-consuming tasks. The complexity of legal work has historically deterred the use of technology because tools to organize and interpret it were simply unavailable. However, the natural language capabilities of generative artificial intelligence (AI) offer unprecedented […]

Regulators Look to New Tools, Tactics to Keep Pace with Innovation

December 08, 2021
In most industries, it’s been a long time since inspectors could just come into a plant with a clipboard and checklist and effectively regulate. But as technology advances in leaps...

The ABCs Of The California Gig Worker Ruling

February 14, 2020
There’s a saying in jurisprudence: Hard cases make bad law. Early this week, a judge denied a request from Uber and Postmates to halt the enforcement of a new California...

Quick Reads
Proof Technology Raises $30.4 Million to Grow Litigation Services Platform

January 26, 2024
Proof Technology has secured $30.4 million in Series B funding to advance its online litigation services marketplace. This investment will enable the legal technology company to scale its platform for legal document serving, eFiling and other litigation services, Proof Technology said in a Friday (Jan. 26) press release. Proof Technology’s litigation services marketplace offers law firms and […]

AffiniPay Adds Generative AI to Legal Tech Products

January 24, 2024
Online payments firm AffiniPay has embedded generative artificial intelligence (AI) into its legal technology offerings. “At AffiniPay, we believe generative AI can drive the type of efficiencies and insights that will result in better...

Rocket Lawyer Debuts AI-Powered Name-Generating ‘Copilot’

December 21, 2023
Legal services platform Rocket Lawyer has introduced an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered customer tool. “Rocket Copilot combines powerful generative AI with professional human expertise to give customers a simple and fast way to confidently complete...

Law Firm Allen & Overy Debuts AI Contract Negotiation Tool

December 21, 2023
British law firm Allen & Overy has introduced an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered contract negotiation tool. The new product, the subject of a Thursday (Dec. 21) Financial Times (FT) report, was created in partnership...