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The Five Most Momentous Legal Tech Fails

Above the Law - Technology

Let’s revisit five of the most momentous legal tech fails of the last 10 years. It launched in 2017 to great fanfare, promising to “revolutionize legal services” through its dual-entity model of both a law firm and a technology company. In 2017, Forbes named the three founders to its “30 Under 30.” ROSS Intelligence.

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Legal Research Company Casetext Raises $25M In Undisclosed Funding Round

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The legal research company Casetext has raised $25 million in a Series C funding round, bringing its total amount raised to $64.3 That, too, won the AALL product of the year award in 2017 and spawned a slew of similar products from other legal technology companies. million since its founding in 2013.

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How A Startup Evolves: As Casetext Marks 10th Year Anniversary, Here’s Its History Through 50 Blog Posts

Above the Law - Technology

2013 New Legal Research Site Combines Case Law with Crowdsourcing. 2014 Two Sites Offer Platforms for Crowdsourced Legal Research. 2017 Legal Research Company Casetext Closes on $12 Million in Funding. Casetext Expands Its CARA Research Assistant, Adding Suggestions Of Relevant Briefs.

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ROSS Cofounder Returns To Legal Tech with Startup Using AI To Surface Judges’ Decision-Making Patterns

Above the Law - Technology

In 2017, Forbes named the three founders to its “ 30 Under 30.” My 2019 post detailed my visit to ROSS’s Toronto research and development office. Another investor, Aashay Sanghvi, partner at Haystack Ventures, said, “Bench IQ immediately stood out to us as a novel way to use LLMs to solve a persistent challenge in legal research.

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Law Librarians Name Casetext Compose New Product Of The Year

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The product, Compose , introduced in February 2020 by legal research company Casetext , helps attorneys automate the creation of the first draft of a litigation brief. In 2017, the award went to CARA , another first-of-its-kind product that analyzes briefs to find relevant cases they omit. Ethics Guide Honored for Innovation.

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Legal Research Company Casetext Raises $25M In Undisclosed Funding Round

LawSites

The legal research company Casetext has raised $25 million in a Series C funding round, bringing its total amount raised to $64.3 That, too, won the AALL product of the year award in 2017 and spawned a slew of similar products from other legal technology companies. million since its founding in 2013.

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Ep 003: Casetext’s Quest to Make Legal Research Affordable

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Five years ago, legal research platform Casetext launched with a goal of making legal research more affordable and more intuitive. In this episode of LawNext, host Bob Ambrogi sits downs with two of the company’s founders: Jake Heller, chief executive officer, and Pablo Arredondo, chief legal research officer.