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Legal Tech Roundup: Legal Benchmarking Group, ClaimScore

By Steven Lerner

The acquisition of a legal technology company tops this roundup of recent industry news.

Voir Dire: Â鶹´«Ã½360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

By Anna Sanders

The legal industry began May with another action-packed week as BigÂ鶹´«Ã½ firms established new executive roles and added talent across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Â鶹´«Ã½360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

'Birds Of A Feather': Why Attys Launch Legal Tech Startups

By Sarah Martinson

Attorneys turned legal tech company founders each have unique reasons for starting their own businesses, but these founders shared with Â鶹´«Ã½360 Pulse similar motivations and characteristics that unite them, making them "birds of a feather."

Legal Tech Provider Harbor Opens New Global HQ In Chicago

By Matt Perez

Harbor Global, a legal technology services provider, announced Thursday the relocation of its Chicago headquarters to new office space in the city.

New AI Toolkit Offers Guidance To In-House Counsel

By Sarah Martinson

The Association of Corporate Counsel has released this week an artificial intelligence toolkit, developed in collaboration with Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, that gives in-house attorneys practical information for assisting their organizations in implementing this technology.

Dentons Taps Former EY Legal Leader For New Tech Launch

By Tracey Read

Dentons announced Thursday that it has hired a retired global managing partner of EY's legal practice to lead a new group that will focus on deploying cutting-edge technology to enhance the firm's competitive advantage.

Richard Susskind On What Attys Should Do In The Age Of AI

By Steven Lerner

Author Richard Susskind, who has a new book out about artificial intelligence, discusses how legal institutions are not ready for AI and what it will take for lawyers to recognize their potential vulnerability to being replaced by it.

Calif. Bar Seeks Credits, Lower Pass Score After Exam Fiasco

By Craig Clough

The California Bar has asked the state's supreme court to help it account for rampant technical difficulties on the February 2025 bar exam by approving a lower passing score and allowing the bar to give test-takers credit for some questions they left blank.

Exec Says MyPillow Attys Can't Use AI Mistakes To Delay Trial

By Thy Vo

A former Dominion Voting executive said MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell shouldn't be allowed to delay a June defamation trial because his attorneys face potential sanctions for a brief that used artificial intelligence, arguing recent executive orders against law firms suggest the defamation claim would face "extreme prejudice" from a delay.

Judge Orders Mediation In Riley Pope Data Breach Suit

By Andrea Keckley

A South Carolina federal judge on Tuesday ordered parties in a proposed class action over a 2024 cyberattack impacting the employees of law firm Riley Pope & Laney LLC's clients to conduct mediation ahead of trial — one day after the firm asked the court to toss the case, claiming the plaintiff has not alleged any actual misuse of his personal information.

Clyde & Co. Picks Up Ex-Kennedys AI Partner

By Matt Perez

A former partner of artificial intelligence strategy and delivery at Kennedys Â鶹´«Ã½ LLP shared on his LinkedIn Wednesday that he would be joining Clyde & Co. LLP as a partner of global innovation.

Tyler Tech Says NC Digital Court System 'Works As Designed'

By Emily Sawicki

Facing a civil rights class action filed by North Carolina residents who say the state's new digital court system subjected them to wrongful arrests and extended jail time, the software provider that licensed the program told a federal court that it cannot be held responsible for the way its product is used because it is merely a vendor.

In-House Attys Eye Contract Management First For AI Boosts

By Matt Perez

Contract management is the most likely legal function to transform through artificial intelligence in the next three years, according to a report published Wednesday by SpotDraft.

Just One Year In, Plaintiff Â鶹´«Ã½ Tool Supio Gets $60M Series B

By Steven Lerner

Supio, a legal technology startup that developed an artificial intelligence platform for personal injury and mass tort plaintiff law firms, secured a $60 million Series B investment on Wednesday.

Large Â鶹´«Ã½ Firm Revenues Climb Despite Dip In Demand

By Xiumei Dong

Even as the demand for legal services fell short of industry expectations, U.S. law firms entered 2025 on solid financial footing, with steady rate hikes fueling an 11.3% jump in first-quarter revenues, according to survey results released Tuesday by Wells Fargo Private Bank.

Kennedys' AI Tool Partners With Analytics Co. Solomonic

By Matt Perez

The client-facing technology division at U.K.-based law firm Kennedys, which operates a tool that uses artificial intelligence to concur fully auditable risk analysis for the insurance market, announced on Tuesday a new partnership with litigation analytics company Solomonic to explore the use of litigation data within the insurance industry.

Axiom Launches 24/7 Digital Legal Talent Finder For GCs

By Christine DeRosa

Legal services provider Axiom has launched a new service that allows in-house legal teams to find and onboard talent themselves quickly, according to a Tuesday announcement.

What Attorneys Really Think About Their Profession

Â鶹´«Ã½360 Pulse asked respondents to our Â鶹´«Ã½yer Satisfaction Survey for their thoughts on misconceptions about being a lawyer, what the best parts of the job are and what they would tell newer lawyers. Here's what they said.

Â鶹´«Ã½yers Worry About Financial Stability Of Their Careers

By Kevin Penton

In 2025, even lawyers are feeling anxious about their bottom lines: Only 44% of attorneys described their financial stability as "excellent" in a recent Â鶹´«Ã½360 Pulse survey.

How Happy Are Attorneys At Work Now?

By Alison Knezevich

In a time of rising uncertainty and stress, there are signs that spirits are sagging in the legal profession compared with recent years, according to a new Â鶹´«Ã½360 Pulse survey.

Trust In Legal AI Hinges On Human Oversight, Survey Says

By Ashish Sareen

Many consumers say they think that artificial intelligence could make it more affordable to get legal services amid concerns about the cost of what many view as an "elitist" legal system, though few are ready to let technology take over completely, a survey from Robin AI reported on Tuesday.

Â鶹´«Ã½ Schools Admit More Men, But More Women Are Applying

By Tracey Read

Among law school applicants, women have far outpaced men over the past 10 years, yet the admission rate for men has remained higher, according to the nonprofit AccessLex Institute's Legal Education Data Deck released Tuesday.

Former Docusign Leader Hired To Succeed Ironclad CEO

By Matt Perez

Contract management software company Ironclad Inc. announced Monday that its co-founder and chief executive, Jason Boehmig, will move into an executive chairman role and former Docusign chief executive Dan Springer will join Ironclad as Boehmig's successor.

MyPillow Attys Blame Filing Error After Judge Suspects AI Use

By Andrea Keckley

Attorneys representing MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell in a defamation lawsuit from a former Dominion Voting Systems Corp. executive have told a Colorado federal judge that a February brief the court suspected of being written with AI was a rough draft filed by mistake.

McDermott's New Litigation Head Plans To Embrace AI

By Xiumei Dong

McDermott Will & Emery LLP has appointed a new global leader for its litigation practice group, the firm announced Monday, with New York partner Josh Simon stepping into the role and succeeding veteran attorney Steven Scholes.