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Wolters Kluwer to acquire ELM provider Brightflag for €425m

2 weeks ago | legaltechnology.com | Caroline Hill

Dutch publishing company Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory has signed an agreement to acquire Brightflag, an Irish-founded and now New York-headquartered e-billing and matter management system provider. The acquisition is approximately €425m (£357m) in cash. This appears to be a market share acquisition, which we’re told is intended to strengthen Wolters Kluwer’s Legal & Regulatory business among mid-size corporations in the U.S. and Europe.
Webinar replay: GenAI use cases, with Thomson Reuters CoCounsel and Acuity Law

2 weeks ago | legaltechnology.com | Caroline Hill

In this webinar we had a candid conversation with Thomson Reuters and customer Acuity Law about the selection, implementation and adoption of GenAI drafting and research tool CoCounsel. The hype around GenAI tools means that it’s sometimes hard to learn from peers, but in this webinar Claire Cooper, a solicitor and business transformation lead at Acuity Law and Rob Heaton, operations director at the UK law firm discussed their experiences and learning to date.
Updated: LexisNexis Risk Solutions suffers data breach affecting over 364,000 people

2 weeks ago | legaltechnology.com | Caroline Hill

LexisNexis Risk Solutions (LNRS) has suffered a data breach affecting 364,333 people, whose personal information has been stolen by “an unauthorised third party” that accessed the data through a third-party software platform. TechCrunch reports that a hacker accessed the company’s GitHub account. LNRS collects data to help businesses and government entities identify risks and fraud.
The May Orange Rag Is Here!

2 weeks ago | legaltechnology.com | Caroline Hill

Hi and welcome to the May Orange Rag, where we bring you insights, news and analysis from the past month, including key takeaways from a dinner we hosted in May in Manchester, where legal leaders shared their GenAI challenges and learnings so far. There is still a huge amount of industry fear around the potential for error – undoubtedly not helped by a raft of cases in the United States in May, in which attorneys filed hallucinated case law in court.
Three ChatGPT cases in May see US lawyers in hot water for error-filled briefs - Legal IT Insider

3 weeks ago | legaltechnology.com | Caroline Hill

Lawyers in three separate cases this month have been hauled before the US courts accused of filing error-filled briefs, after they relied on ChatGPT to help with filings and didn’t check the output. The most recent is the law firm Butler Snow in Alabama, which has faced blistering criticism from U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco after filing non-existent citations in two motions.
Definely launches agentic AI system for document drafting and review

3 weeks ago | legaltechnology.com | Caroline Hill

Document creation and review vendor Definely announced today (22 May) the launch of an agentic AI system called ‘Enhance’. The new product will be made available to Definely’s 100+ customers globally, including A&O Shearman, BT, Deloitte and Dentons. With Enhance, each model — or agent — specialises in specific tasks, such as summarisation or drafting support. Definely says that its agentic system analyses the task, creates a plan, and assigns agents to handle different parts of the task.
Product Demo: Create, draft and review contracts in Word – The Definely suite - Legal IT Insider

3 weeks ago | legaltechnology.com | Caroline Hill

In this Legal IT Insider TalkingTech product demonstration, Rhys Hodkinson, chief revenue officer at Definely walks us through Definely’s knowledge management, drafting and proofing tools, with which you can create, draft, review and search for legal documents in Word. Hodkinson started his legal career as a trainee solicitor at Baker McKenzie in South Africa. In 2018, he left the law and moved to the UK, where he obtained an MBA from the University of Cambridge.
Webinars not to miss this week: Arctic Wolf and Thomson Reuters

3 weeks ago | legaltechnology.com | Caroline Hill

We have two fantastic webinars this week, make sure they are in your calendar. Our guests include cybersecurity experts at the top of their game and a law firm that is discussing its real world adoption of GenAI tools. Law firms face increasing pressure from clients, regulators, and threat actors alike—but forward-thinking firms are flipping the script on cybersecurity.
Google launches new AI Futures Fund and Harvey is among the inaugural cohort

1 month ago | legaltechnology.com | Caroline Hill

Google yesterday (12 May) launched an AI Futures Fund to invest in and collaborate with ambitious startups, with Harvey revealed to be one of the early participants. Harvey has raised millions of dollars in funding and its $100m Series C last year was led by GV (Google Ventures), but the fund announced this week is a brand new initiative led by fund co-founder and director John Silber. Silber joined Google this month from YouTube.
Movers and Shakers: Senior legal tech hires and appointments for Shieldpay, SCC, Litera and Pramata

1 month ago | legaltechnology.com | Caroline Hill

It’s been a week for big hires and promotions, kicking off with the news that London-headquartered digital payments company Shieldpay has announced two significant leadership appointments as it readies for further growth of its Verify, Hold, and Disburse payments platform. Sophie Condie has been promoted to CEO, while Amanda Howkins has joined the company as CRO. Condie has over 20 years of experience in finance, banking and payment.