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Rhys Dipshan

Rhys Dipshan

CT-born, New York-based legal tech reporter covering everything from in-house technology disruption to privacy trends, blockchain, AI, cybersecurity, and ghosts-in-the-machine. Continually waiting for law to catch up with tech. (It's like waiting for Godot, but without the clowns)

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December 29, 2023 | Legaltech News

The Legal Tech M&As That Changed the Legal Tech Market in 2023

While consolidation has been an ongoing trend in the legal tech space for years, 2023 was certainty a new peak for the industry.

By Rhys Dipshan

1 minute read

December 28, 2023 | Legaltech News

Where the Money Went: The Biggest Legal Tech Investments of 2023

Generative AI-powered legal tech platforms secured some of the biggest funding rounds in a year when investments slowed significantly.

By Rhys Dipshan

1 minute read

December 27, 2023 | Legaltech News

What Downturn? The Biggest Legal Tech Seed Funding Rounds in 2023

A slowdown in legal tech investments and a complicated economic picture didn't stop legal tech startups from securing significant seed funding this year.

By Rhys Dipshan

1 minute read

December 19, 2023 | Legaltech News

Embracing Innovation: 7 Major Law Firm Tech Developments in 2023

From a host of law firm-created generative AI chatbots to new innovative client offerings and the launch of another law firm legal tech subsidiary, this year showed that law firms are confidently embracing their place in the legal technology market.

By Rhys Dipshan

1 minute read

December 19, 2023 | Legaltech News

X1 Discovery Sells its Social Discovery Product to Pagefreezer to Refocus on Enterprise Offerings

Following the divestiture, X1 plans to invest in both its X1 Search and X1 Enterprise Collect solutions, with a "major new release" of X1 Search scheduled for 2024.

By Rhys Dipshan

3 minute read

December 18, 2023 | Legaltech News

6 Significant ALSP Developments in 2023

From developing generative AI tools to reshaping the industry through far reaching M&A deals, ALSPs have had a busy 2023.

By Rhys Dipshan

1 minute read

December 14, 2023 | Law.com

Legal's Tech Maturity Isn't (Yet) Meeting the Moment

While legal teams became far more tech savvy during the pandemic, for many, tech maturity hasn't yet leapfrogged to meet the moment, and there's still a fair amount of catching up to do.

By Rhys Dipshan

7 minute read

December 14, 2023 | Legaltech News

LexCheck Launches DealDesk Services, Supplementing AI Review With Contract Lawyers

LexCheck CEO noted that the new offering, which looks to offer flexible staffing for LexCheck clients who need subsequent rounds of contract review, will be staffed in part by a "panel of lawyers" made up of individual contract negotiators subscribing to LexCheck.

By Rhys Dipshan

3 minute read

December 12, 2023 | Legaltech News

Legal Departments Want Their Firms Using Gen AI—and Expect Cost Savings

The 16th annual Law Department Operation Survey from the Blickstein Group and Deloitte found that while some legal departments are experimenting with generative AI themselves, they expect their law firms to figure out how best to use the technology to improve legal services.

By Rhys Dipshan

5 minute read

December 07, 2023 | Legaltech News

Wolters Kluwer Announces Generative AI Summarization Feature for Court Rulings

The new feature will be rolled out in Wolters Kluwer's online research platform in Germany before being expanded to other products.

By Rhys Dipshan

2 minute read