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Legal Research Startup Midpage Raises $4M, Launches Proposition Search Feature, Channeling the Spirit of Casetext

LawSites

Earlier today, I wrote about the latest iteration of CoCounsel, the AI product originally developed by Casetext before it was acquired by Thomson Reuters in 2023 for a whopping $650 million in cash. But well before Casetext was acquired, and well before it introduced CoCounsel as one of the very first legal AI assistants to […]

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Lessons Learned from 2024 and the Year Ahead in AI Litigation

Debevoise Data Blog

The New York Times opened the floodgates for corporate IP plaintiffs in the final week of 2023, filing a complaint against Microsoft and Open AI alleging they had trained their generative AI models using millions of The New York Times copyrighted works without permission. [7] Stability AI Ltd. 30, 2023). [2]

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An Early Win for Copyright Owners in AI Cases as Court Rejects Fair Use Defense

Debevoise Data Blog

Thomson Reuters filed suit back in 2020, alleging that ROSS had used its copyrighted Westlaw headnotes and other materials as training data for ROSS competing legal AI product. Thomson Reuters claimed that thousands of ROSSs legal memos are infringing copies of its Westlaw headnotes.

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Navigating the Legal AI Ecosystem: Tools, Trends, and Adoption

Clio

According to our latest Legal Trends Report , 79% of legal professionals use AI in some capacity in their practice, and 84% of firms believe that AI usage will grow over the next year. Not surprisingly, as AI adoption accelerates, the legal AI ecosystem is expanding just as rapidly. Book a demo today.

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Lead Generation Strategies for Immigration Law Firms

Clio

The demand for immigration legal services is soaring. Between 2023 and 2024, a net of 2.8 Behind the numbers are people and families navigating a complex legal processand searching for an immigration lawyer to guide them through it. million people migrated to the US, while Canada welcomed nearly half a million new residents.

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How Law Firms Can Reinvent Talent Acquisition and Retention Strategies

Clio

As more legal professionals and firms become comfortable using cloud-based solutions, and legal AI, for example, they’re realizing that they can spend less hours doing more, without sacrificing productivity and profitability.

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Shreya Vajpei: “AI will almost become like electricity”

Global LegalTech Hub

We’re still in the steam-engine stage of AI — replacing parts, not redesigning systems.” Citing thinker and creator in legal AI, Joshua Walker, Shreya says the legal sector risks falling into “cargo cult” patterns — mistaking AI’s output for understanding, and in doing so, failing to do the real work. .