Thomson Reuters President and CEO Steve Hasker believes the legal profession is experiencing “the biggest disruption … in its history” due to generative and agentic artificial intelligence, fundamentally rewriting how legal work products are created for the first time in more than 300 years. Speaking to legal technology reporters during ILTACON, the International Legal Technology
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Watch: 15 Minute Demo of Midpage ChatGPT Plugin for Legal
On this episode of How it Works, I sit down with Midpage founder Otto Zastrow to demo Midpage GPT, a plugin within ChatGPT that allows lawyers to accurately and securely research case law. The Midpage ChatGPT Integration allows lawyers to conduct legal research on real case law directly in ChatGPT. By connecting the ChatGPT to the
Aderant Signs Deal to Acquire Legal Tech Assets of HerculesAI, Including Its AI Platform for Billing Compliance
In an in-depth piece I wrote about HerculesAI last February, I noted that the past year had been a big one for the company. Well, it just got even bigger, as Aderant, a leading global provider of business management software for law firms, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire HerculesAI’s legal technology
Litera Expands Foundation Platform with Outlook Integration and AI Features
As it continues its “Road to ILTACON” series of product announcements leading up to ILTACON starting later this week, legal technology company Litera has announced updates to its Foundation Platform firm intelligence suite, including adding Microsoft Outlook integration and expanded AI capabilities through its Lito assistant. The Chicago-based company’s Foundation Platform combines client relationship management
Reveal Launches ‘aji’ Gen AI Review Platform with Free Access Through 2025
The e-discovery company Reveal Data today announced that it will launch its new generative AI-powered document review platform, which it is calling “aji,” in late September. The company said it is offering full access to the platform at no cost through Dec. 31, in order to enable “the entire legal community to explore and master the
Thomson Reuters Launches CoCounsel Legal with Agentic AI and Deep Research Capabilities, Along with A New and ‘Final’ Version of Westlaw
Two months ago, at a media briefing in its New York City offices, Thomson Reuters teased the launch of the “next gen” of its CoCounsel artificial intelligence platform, marking what the company said would be a fundamental shift from AI assistants that respond to prompts to intelligent agentic systems that can plan, reason and execute
NetDocuments Expands AI Capabilities with Document Profiling and Agentic Editing Tools
LegalOn Closes $50M Series E, Partners with OpenAI to Develop Advanced AI Agents
LegalOn Technologies, a global company that provides AI-driven software for contract review and matter management, has closed a $50 million Series E funding round led by Goldman Sachs Growth Equity, bringing the company’s total funding to $200 million since its founding in 2017. The company also today announced a strategic collaboration with OpenAI, the company
Report Shows 37% of E-Discovery Professionals Now Using AI, With Cloud Adopters Leading the Charge
Adoption of generative artificial intelligence among legal professionals involved in e-discovery is accelerating rapidly, with 37% of them now actively using the technology in their work, compared to 12% two years ago, according to the newly released 2025 Ediscovery Innovation Report by Everlaw. The study, conducted in partnership with the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists
At Law Librarians’ Annual Meeting, Panel Tackles the Challenge of Benchmarking AI Research Tools
Legal professionals are struggling to evaluate the rapidly evolving landscape of generative artificial intelligence tools for legal research, according to experts who spoke at a panel discussion during the American Association of Law Libraries annual conference in Portland, Ore., this week. The panel, titled “AI in Legal Research: Measuring What Matters with Benchmarks and Rubrics,”