And Now Legal AI That Sees Into the Judge’s Mind . . AlmostTom Borman, LawFuel contributing editorEvery litigator wants the edge. Some want it ethical. Others want it engineered and now a trio of brains — one BigLaw, two tech — have raised $5.3 million to deliver a crystal ball for courtrooms. It’s called Bench […]
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Legal Automation And The Brutal Future For Junior LawyersEleanor Lightbody, chief executive of AI platform Luminance, has said the quiet part out loud: the future of junior lawyers looks “uncertain” as artificial intelligence eats away at the document-heavy tasks once billed by the hour.Her comments, reported by The Times a month ago echoes what has
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Five Straight Months of Job Growth in Legal — But AI Is Replacing Your ParalegalNorma Harris, LawFuel contributing editorThe US legal sector just clocked five straight months of job growth, Reuters reports — the longest streak since the pandemic years. But before junior associates start high-fiving in the cafeteria, here’s the catch: many of those
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Aderant, a global leader in law firm business management solutions, has just signed a landmark agreement to acquire the legal technology assets of HerculesAI—a recognized innovator in AI-driven billing compliance and decision intelligence. This strategic expansion is a major step in Aderant’s push to deliver smarter, fully automated solutions to the world’s leading law firms.What’s
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Toronto, –Thomson Reuters (TSX/Nasdaq: TRI), a global content and technology company, announced the launch of CoCounsel Legal, featuring Deep Research and agentic guided workflows. This milestone product release showcases Thomson Reuters most advanced AI offering to date, designed to help professionals move beyond prompting and start delegating. Thomson Reuters is uniquely positioned to deliver this agentic AI
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August, the new AI venture launched in 2023 by Columbia grads Rutvik Rau, (pictured) Thomas Bueler‑Faudree, and Joseph Parker, has just scored a $7 million seed round. Backers include heavy hitters like NEA and Pear VC, plus angel cheerleaders including Gokul Rajaram, Ramp’s Geoff Charles, OpenAI’s David Azose, and Bain Capital’s Kevin Zhang, according to
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Australian-based and growing ‘new law’ operation Law Squared, designed to assist in-house counsel, has launched a new administration system to assist insurance litigation. Tetra Claims was launched Tetra Claims with a proprietary claims management system designed to integrate with the firm’s fixed fee claims and litigation model.The firm’s media statement is below – Redefining Claims
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Clio The New NZ Legal AI Tool LandsBy LawFuel News DeskWhile some legal tech outfits race to slap an AI badge on anything that beeps, Clio has been playing the long game—and now New Zealand lawyers get to reap the rewards.Clio, the legal tech unicorn and industry heavyweight, has just launched Clio Duo in New
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AI disruption forces Big Law to rethink billing: “Firms will give more for free”Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editorA mounting chorus of industry voices—from Artificial Lawyer to Thomson Reuters and Business Insider—argue that AI is rapidly eroding the economics of the traditional billable hour. The irony is that as firms strive for efficiency, they may inadvertently
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The Legal AI Lawyer Re-Shaping The Way Lawyers ActTom Borman, LawFuel contributing editorBefore Sarah Johansson helped build one of the legal industry’s most promising AI products, she was deep in the trenches of litigation: reading thousands of case documents, drafting letters, researching precedents, and wondering why so many parts of the legal process weren’t taking
