The Docket
- Kimberley Orcullo
- 20 hours ago
- 4 min read
BRINGING YOU THE LATEST IN LEGALTECH NEWS
TLTF & Friends in the News
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🎉 Lawmatics appoints Krijn van der Raadt as CTO, leveraging his SaaS expertise to enhance automation, AI, and law firm growth solutions. They also achieved SOC 2 Type 2 and HIPAA compliance, ensuring top-tier data security and confidentiality for law firms handling sensitive information.
🎉 JustFund, Australia’s leading specialist in family law finance, has formed a strategic partnership with Plenti to expand access to affordable legal funding through flexible payment solutions.
News from the World of Law
According to the ABA’s 2024 Legal Technology Survey Report, AI adoption in law firms rose from 11% in 2023 to 30%, driven by efficiency but hindered by accuracy concerns.
A judge denied OpenAI's motion to dismiss, allowing The New York Times' copyright infringement claims to move forward—raising questions about how AI models source and use content.
Meet Daniel and Victoria, Arizona's Supreme Court’s new AI-generated avatars that deliver video summaries of legal decisions, enhancing public access to rulings.
VC deals slow, but legal tech still strong. Legal tech raised $1.16 billion (excluding debt), up 280% from Q1 2024. Despite a 34% drop in investors, 59 companies secured funding, marking the third-highest quarter in five.
Richard Susskind: AI won’t replace lawyers—poor judgment will. AI won’t replace lawyers in this decade, but those who use it strategically will outpace their peers and add more value.
A bipartisan Senate bill aims to ban Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from U.S. government devices over data privacy and national security risks.
Big Law quietly scales back DEI policies ahead of Trump’s DEI investigation, minimizing diversity language while preserving inclusion efforts amid uncertain targets.
Chatbots for justice: AI steps in where lawyers are out of reach. With 92% of civil legal needs going unmet for low-income Americans, court systems and nonprofits are turning to AI-powered tools to bridge the justice gap.
Mecum Auction sued Trustpilot over an allegedly defamatory review, arguing Trustpilot used an “AI-powered defamation tool” to wrongly deem it non-defamatory.
According to Major, Lindsey & Africa's 2025 survey, 39% of legal departments have adjusted their hiring criteria because of AI, and more than 1/5 require candidates to have AI experience.
Listen
Jason Tashea, Georgetown’s founding director of the Judicial Innovation Fellowship explores legal technology, AI's role in courts, and its impact on justice. (45 mins)
C.J. Grisham, a Texas civil rights attorney, discusses how attorneys can use AI effectively, efficiently, and ethically. (27 mins)
Ed Walters, Chief Strategy Officer at vLex, explores legal AI advancements, multimodal capabilities, reasoning models, and ethical considerations in legal research. (48 mins)
Tanner’s Other Page Turners
Aging, reversed? Scientists may have found the master switch to turn back the biological clock—offering a shot at curing age-related diseases and radically extending human lifespan.
Dire wolves are back. A biotech startup used DNA from a 13,000-year-old tooth and a 72,000-year-old skull to create healthy dire wolf puppies—resurrecting an extinct predator.
Carbon-fiber electric skateboard redefines urban commutes. The Mach 1 electric skateboard hits 40 mph—bringing Formula One vibes to your daily commute.
Indeed CEO: AI can do 2/3 of jobs—but humans still have the edge. AI now matches the skill needs for two-thirds of jobs on Indeed, but creativity, empathy, and judgment keep humans in the game.
On The Road
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April 17 – Streamline AI's Kathy Zhu presents “Metrics that Matter” for the Asian American Bar Association.
April 23 – NLPatent's Stephanie Curcio speaks at IPWatchdog Masters on USPTO AI guidance in Ashburn, VA.
April 24 – 27 – The Contract Network's Jim Wagner attends ACRP (Association of Clinical Trial Professionals) in New Orleans.
April 27 – May 1 – Lighthouse AI's Sumeet Singh at Asembia AXS25 in Las Vegas.
April 28 – 30 – SingleFile's Stacy DeLong at Compliance Week in Washington, DC.
April 29 – InfoDash at Inside Practice: AIxKM in NYC.
April 29 – 30 – LawPro.Ai and Lexamica will be attending The Art of Outsmarting in San Antonio, TX.
April 29 – May 2 - LawPro.Ai and Lexamica will be heading to PILMMA Super Summit in Denver, CO.
May 5 – Meet The LegalTech Fund‘s Casey, Gordon & Tanner at CLOC in Las Vegas. Visit Streamline AI's booth and poolside cabana, and connect with SingleFile.
May 5 – LawPro.Ai will be attending The “Disrupt Legal Summit” organized by Hona in Salt Lake City, UT.
May 6 – 8 – Anuvi's Matt Burdumy at BenefitsPro Expo in Boston.
May 7 – Trestle’s Victor Zhang speaks on software system interconnectivity at AEC TechCon in St. Louis, MO.
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