Legaltech

US legaltech firm Litera acquires UK legal document platform Office & Dragons

Deal is Litera’s second acquisition this year, following July purchase of FileTrails

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Pinsent Masons recruits from Barclays for firm’s first transformation director

Neil Green’s arrival follows hiring of chief technology officer Tracey McDermott earlier in the year

US legal services business Harbor acquires UK legaltech firm Ascertus

Deal is the second UK legaltech acquisition this year for the Chicago-based firm

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A&O Shearman trainee sells AI start-up to Thomson Reuters

Legal publishing giant will use technology to improve its genAI assistant

Law firms navigate Microsoft outage and emphasise need for tech resilience

Profession appears relatively unscathed as flawed software update causes global chaos

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Ashurst agrees global partnership with legal AI platform Harvey

Anglo-Australian firm joins names such as A&O Shearman and Reed Smith to adopt Harvey’s technology

Lawyers urged to embrace AI as LIDW explores city’s global dispute centre credentials

Ben Rigby reports from London International Disputes Week’s main conference in Westminster

Navigating public access to UPC court documents

Balancing confidentiality and transparency is an evolving landscape for UPC proceedings, writes Mewburn Ellis partner Matthew Naylor

Gillard and Goldsmith join speaker line-up for London International Disputes Week

Former Australian prime minister and UK secretary general will discuss state-related dispute resolution at June event

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Herbert Smith Freehills launches global digital legal delivery practice

Four hundred-strong practice brings together alternative legal services and tech teams

Best practices for AI change management in legal technology

Integrating AI into everyday working life for lawyers means firms and in-house teams need to adopt a comprehensive change management programme, writes Litera’s Adam Ryan

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