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ILTACON Day 4: The Evolving Role of Law Firm Data Scientists in the AI Era

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:02:16 EST

Law firm data scientists are facing higher expectations, different work and more opportunities with the advent of LLMs.

ILTACON Day 4: Law Firms Still Waiting on Solid AI ROI

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:32:39 EST

Despite continued progress in product development and governance, law firms lack reliable numbers to evaluate investments in AI-powered tools.

AI Will Not Reshape Law Firms and In-House Teams the Same Way

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:46:55 EST

The technology will continue to improve, but the profession is still working out how to reorganize around it.

ILTACON Day 3: One Agentic AI Interface to Rule Them All

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:02:26 EST

Lawyers want a single interface for their legal tech needs. Who will own it?

ILTACON Day 3: Law Firm Compliance Teams Looking for Leverage to Keep Risky AI at Bay

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:53:18 EST

Law firm compliance and IT teams are leaning on ABA rules, insurance requirements and certifications to bolster AI governance.

Litera's GC: Great In-House Lawyers Shouldn't Define Themselves by Their Titles

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:25:48 EST

"Build relationships. Be curious about the business. Learn how your company makes money and what your clients are trying to accomplish," Dennis Garcia said.

ILTACON Day 2: Unique Discovery Considerations for AI Data

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:22:06 EST

AI data is finding its way into discovery battles, but how such information is preserved, collected and protected isn't always straightforward.

ILTACON Day 2: The Changing Nature of Procurement

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:23:01 EST

As AI-powered tools mature, contract lengths are getting shorter and firms face new pressures in procurement decisions.

E-Discovery AI Startup Discernis Announces $2.5M Seed Round

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 16:22:13 EST

Discernis founder and CEO Rob Kwiatkowski, a former applied scientist at Amazon Web Services, said existing AI tools used in e-discovery often struggle to understand context in high-volume matters.

Clio Appoints Casetext Founder Pablo Arredondo to Lead Judiciary Expansion

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:17:19 EST

Arredondo will support Clio's expansion into the courts by assisting with the creation of a product line for the judiciary.

Google Cloud Unveils Gemini Enterprise for Legal

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:03:27 EST

With Gemini Enterprise for Legal, Google joins a slew of other Big Tech companies building specialized tools for legal industry professionals. Early adopters of the tool include Cleary, Weil, Freshfields and Williams & Connolly.

ILTACON Day One Takeaways: The Preservation Challenge That Follows AI Procurement

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:20:54 EST

Organizations are beginning to cope with the need to store data from AI systems for potential litigation or investigations.

ILTACON 2026 Day 1: AI Prompting Pitfalls That Lead Attorneys Astray

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:46:57 EST

From AI making judgment calls to confirming biases, AI model mishaps aren't always easy to catch.

Legal AI Startup Newcode Announces $13.5M Series A Round With Investment From Relativity

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:55:04 EST

The funding will be used to expand Newcode's operations to the U.S. and support teams including customer support and product development.

Reveal Launches Agentic E-discovery Suite

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:05:57 EST

The suite brings together Reveal's proprietary and acquired tools into an agentic AI layer that can complete tasks across its e-discovery platform end-to-end.

Thomson Reuters Launches Proprietary LLM Thomson, Updates CoCounsel

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:57:27 EST

Built on Chinese open-source models, Thomson will initially be used to power the tabular analysis feature in CoCounsel Legal.

Lexis Expands Agentic AI Capabilities for Lexis+ With Protégé, Plans Proprietary AI Model

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 07:59:59 EST

Lexis+ With Protégé's new agentic AI upgrade will allow it to dynamically understand and execute user tasks through integrations with client data repositories and Lexis resources.

Pre-ILTACON Legaltech Rundown: NetDocuments Announces New AI Tools, DISCO Launches Agentic E-Discovery Tool, and More

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:30:52 EST

Need to get caught up on the product releases, industry hires, and new partnerships before ILTACON 2026? Legaltech News has got you covered.

Harvey Introduces Tenet, Its First Post-Trained AI Model for Legal

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:59:50 EST

Harvey's research showed Tenet performing competitively against frontier AI models from developers including Anthropic, OpenAI and Google across a range of legal agent and knowledge benchmarks.

Avvoka Launches Template Tool Curate, Analyzing Deal Documents at Scale

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:11:38 EST

Curate, which is in beta, aims to help law firms and legal teams move document automation projects forward by identifying specific language across uploaded transactional documents and turning it into customizable templates.

‘Digital Twin' Startup Twin A1 Raises $20M in Seed Funding, With Investment From Orrick

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:25:52 EST

The new startup, which creates digital twins of law firm professionals to help better access and share attorneys' knowledge and judgment, counts a number of Am Law 50 firms as clients.

A Texas Court Shields Generative AI Review Prompts as Work Product, but Leaves No Written Opinion Behind

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:59:59 EST

For lawyers watching how courts will treat attorney-crafted generative AI instructions, the outcome is instructive. But the way it was delivered says just as much about where this area of law actually stands.

The 25th Anniversary of 9/11: A Legal Reporter at the World Trade Center

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:29:59 EST

David Horrigan, Relativity's discovery counsel and legal education director, looks back at what was happening in New York City on the morning of 9/11 and the journey he and former Legaltech News Editor-in-Chief Monica Bay took to the World Trade Center on September 11.

Hanson Bridgett Appoints Pillsbury and O'Melveny Alum Martin Metz as CTIO

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:59:59 EST

In the newly created role, Metz will oversee both AI adoption initiatives and the firm's broader IT infrastructure.

Chipping Away at Big Law's Market Share

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:59:59 EST

Without pursuing bet-the-company work, Blackstone-backed Norm Law is targeting a significant portion of Big Law's diet.

Elevate Acquires Matter Management Platform Lupl

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 02:59:59 EST

Lupl, an "open access” matter management platform designed by firms and legal departments, is the latest in a string of acquisitions Elevate has made in the last two years.

Prompt Injections Become Another Risk Courts May Have to Confront in the AI Age

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:54:30 EST

After a self-represented litigant embedded hidden AI instructions, known as prompt injections, in his court filings, judges say this could be the next AI complication courts face down the line.

Canada's Leading Law School Among the Latest to Launch Policy Prohibiting Use of Laptops, AI in Classroom

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:31:47 EST

The University of Toronto's Faculty of Law says the final decision on whether to ban laptops will remain with professors, but students are pushing back.

E-Filing Expands Into Family Courts in Additional North Country Counties

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:27:48 EST

The latest rollout—in Clinton, Essex, Hamilton and Washington counties—marks another step in the judiciary's broader push to expand electronic filing statewide, with practitioners citing efficiency and access-to-justice benefits.

Meta Sued Over Assertions That AI Designs Serve 'National Interest'

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:15:22 EST

A manager at Meta alleges that the company fired him after he refused to sign off on a statement for an immigration petition that appeared to misstate his role in the company, The plaintiff alleges that Meta used immigration support as an employment-related benefit and that its allocation was not governed by neutral, consistently applied criteria unrelated to national origin, ancestry, race or ethnic identity.

Nothing to Preserve, Nothing to Waive: The Case for Zero Data Retention in Law Firm AI

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:01:59 EST

Zero data retention, where prompts and outputs are processed but never stored by providers, should be a constitutional requirement for any AI system handling client work to protect both competitive intelligence and attorney-client privilege.

Harvey Launches Next Generation of Its Platform, Harvey II

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:29:59 EST

The new Harvey platform will support user preferences, matter history and context with the help of Memory, a tool the startup unveiled back in January.