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In Major Legal Tech Deal, vLex and Fastcase Merge, Creating A Global Legal Research Company, Backed By Oakley Capital and Bain Capital

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Unique Global Breadth vLex has been unique among legal research services for its breadth of international coverage. Its platform includes Vincent, an AI-powered legal research assistant that analyzes legal documents that users upload and finds relevant search results. It works in both English and Spanish.

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Fastcase and the 2019 AALL Annual Meeting & Conference

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Legal Talk Network partnered with Fastcase to cover the 2019 American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting & Conference. — Laurence Colletti (@LaurenceEsq) July 14, 2019. AALL’s State of the Profession Report 2019 . Legal Analytics. AALL 2019: Fastcase 20th Anniversary. We hope you enjoy!

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State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting 2019

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As a special offer, State Bar of Texas members who listen to the episode titled “ State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting 2019: Josh Team and the Adaptable Lawyer ” can get one hour of self-study MCLE credit. So much fun covering the 2019 State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting. Laurence Colletti (@LaurenceEsq) June 26, 2019.

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

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A Return to Legal Tech Ovbiagele was a 21-year-old computer scientist when he, Arruda, then a practicing lawyer, and another computer scientist, Pargles Dall’Oglio , founded ROSS a decade ago. My 2019 post detailed my visit to ROSS’s Toronto research and development office.

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Private Equity Firm Acquires Majority Interest in Global Legal Research Platform vLex

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Oakley Capital, a major European private equity investor, has acquired majority ownership of vLex , the international legal research platform. vLex is unique among legal research services for its breadth of international coverage. See: Vincent Joins CARA, EVA and Clerk as the Latest AI-Driven Research Assistant. .

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

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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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LawNext Podcast: vLex Managing Director Masoud Gerami on the Company’s Acquisition and Plans for Growth of its International Legal Research Platform

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Last week, Oakley Capital, a major European private equity investor, said that it had acquired majority ownership of vLex , the international legal research platform that lays claim to having the largest collection of legal information on a single service. . Gerami joined vLex in 2019, when it acquired Justis Publishing Ltd.,