In the United States, over 90% of civil legal needs go unrepresented – a staggering justice gap that leaves millions of people facing eviction, domestic violence, wrongful conviction and other urgent legal crises without access to an attorney. For these individuals, the difference between getting legal help or going without can literally be the difference […] read more

The legal CRM and marketing automation platform Lawmatics today announced the beta launch of Qualify AI, which it is calling “the most powerful and useful lead score and qualification platform in legal tech.” The new AI-powered product represents Lawmatics’ first major entry into the application of generative artificial intelligence. It is designed to address one […] read more

When blogging platform Typepad announced in August that it would shut down on Sept. 30, 2025, it threatened to erase decades of legal blog posts that formed a body of scholarship and commentary. In response, legal blogging platform LexBlog mounted an emergency rescue operation that has preserved 579,162 legal blog posts and migrated more than […] read more

In a keynote that was equal parts rallying cry and strategic roadmap, Relativity CEO Phil Saunders stood before 1,834 attendees at Relativity Fest 2025 in Chicago last week and delivered an unconventional message for a technology leader: what his company has built “is not enough.” The refrain became a through-line in Saunders’ remarks at the […] read more

Earlier this year, Eve, an AI platform for plaintiffs’ law firms, launched the beta version of an AI-powered intake feature that the company said would transform how plaintiffs’ law firms capture and qualify potential clients. After a beta program with over 40 firms, Eve has now announced the general availability of its comprehensive AI Intake […] read more

Passle, a technology company that develops thought leadership and cross-selling tools for law firms, has unveiled a new visualization tool for its CrossPitch AI platform that promises to make cross-selling activity in law firms visible, actionable and measurable for the first time. The Cross-Selling Intelligence Map, released today, creates a network diagram showing how thought […] read more

The challenge with law firm billing has never been the work itself—it’s been capturing it. Attorneys often face the same pain points: late-night time entry marathons, vague narratives that invite client pushback, or forgotten calls and emails that leave money on the table. AI-powered timekeeping platforms promise to close these gaps. Early adopters have reported […] read more

For the second time in a month, I attended a first-time conference. And, once again, the inaugural conference exceeded my expectations. Several weeks ago, I wrote about Kaleidoscope, the debut conference produced by 8am. This time, I found myself at the Client Experience Summit, the inaugural conference of the legal technology company Case Status, held […] read more

The legal technology company Altorney today announced the general availability of MARC, a generative AI-powered document review system designed to automate first-pass review decisions before documents enter traditional review platforms. After first announcing MARC last March and going through a pilot period with corporate legal departments, the company is now releasing the product for general […] read more

Nearly two years ago on this podcast, we discussed the American Arbitration Association’s innovation initiatives – and specifically its embrace of generative AI – with Bridget Mary McCormack, who became its president and CEO in 2023 after having been chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, and Diana Didia, its chief information and innovation officer. On today’s episode, McCormack and […] read more