DeepJudge raises $42M Series A to power elite law firms with AI-driven knowledge. Freshfields and top firms lead the way.

Critical context for legal decisions is scattered across dozens of systems. Generic AI tools cannot answer questions like “Have we negotiated this term before?” or “Which clients does this regulation affect?”

DeepJudge

Those answers live across fragmented sources. In legal AI, accurate retrieval matters more than anything else. If a system cannot surface the exact knowledge when it is needed, every subsequent step breaks down.

Founded by ex-Google search engineers with PhDs in AI from ETH Zurich, our team is tailor-made for this moment. DeepJudge is retrieval-first, connecting AI workflows to the full scale of a firm’s knowledge. Every document, precedent, and insight becomes instantly actionable without leaving the firm’s secure systems.

Elite law firms are evolving into data-driven organizations, and top firms Freshfields, Holland & Knight LLP Cozen O’Connor, ArentFox Schiff, and Schoenherr Attorneys at Law are using DeepJudge to turn knowledge into competitive advantage.

We are excited to announce our Series A, led by exceptional investors Felicis (welcome Viviana and James) with continued support from Coatue Management.

The future of legal AI is data-driven, precise, and built around the expertise that makes every firm unique.

Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dY2AkUVb

February 17, 2026/by marketing@deepjudge.ai

Leadership evolution reflects agency growth and operational strength

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – FEBRUARY 12, 2026 – Edge Marketing, Inc., an award-winning full-service agency specializing in strategic marketing and public relations for the legal, accounting and professional services industries, announced today the promotion of Vicki LaBrosse to Managing Director, formalizing a leadership role she has naturally grown into over nearly two decades of service to the agency and its clients.

LaBrosse joined Edge Marketing in 2007 and most recently served as Global Director of Public Relations. In her new role as Managing Director, she will oversee day-to-day operational leadership across the agency, including work prioritization, resource alignment and cross-team coordination, while continuing to lead global public relations strategy for clients.

“Vicki has long been a central leader within Edge,” said Amy Juers, CEO of Edge Marketing. “This promotion simply recognizes the role she has already been playing. It provides greater clarity around operational ownership and decision-making as we continue to evolve and strengthen our agency.”

Throughout her tenure, LaBrosse has played a pivotal role in building Edge’s reputation for strategic communications within the legal, accounting and professional services industries. She is known for her precision, thoughtful counsel and trusted client relationships. Her work has supported high-impact product launches, executive visibility campaigns and long-standing media partnerships that elevate brands in complex and highly regulated markets.

“I’m honored to step into this role and continue supporting the team and clients I care deeply about,” said LaBrosse. “Edge has always been grounded in collaboration and forward momentum. This next chapter allows me to focus more intentionally on operational excellence while continuing the PR work that defines who we are.”

Edge Marketing serves legal, accounting and professional services organizations with strategic communications, public relations and AI-integrated marketing solutions. LaBrosse’s promotion reflects the agency’s commitment to thoughtful growth, leadership clarity and continued client impact.

About Edge Marketing
Edge Marketing, Inc. is a strategic communications and marketing agency serving legal, accounting and professional services organizations worldwide. Since 1997, Edge has partnered with companies operating in complex, regulated and high-stakes industries to build credibility, elevate brand visibility and drive measurable growth. The agency combines strategic insight with emerging technologies, including AI-integrated marketing workflows, to deliver public relations, thought leadership, digital marketing, GEO/AEO/SEO and fractional CMO services grounded in authenticity and data-driven precision. Edge is known for its long-standing client relationships, ethical approach and commitment to helping B2B organizations lead with clarity and confidence. To learn more, visit www.edgemarketinginc.com.

Media Contact:
Tanya Amyote
tamyote@edgemarketinginc.com
905.359.7790

February 12, 2026/by Amy Juers

Opus 2 has announced its winter release, delivering the first phase of AI innovation following its acquisition of Uncover. Integrated into Opus 2 Cases, the new suite of AI Assist tools enhance how dispute teams analyze materials, develop strategy, and prepare for trial—offering leading law firms a competitive advantage.

With this release, firms will be able to access a new suite of Opus 2 AI Assist tools including:

Matter Assist: Ask questions and get answers that support matter-specific analysis, drafting, and structured insights from all data specific to a matter you’re working on.
Document Assist: Receive fast, precise Q&A and task-focused outputs from one or more documents, plus pulling key facts into chronological order.
General Assist: Access the latest enterprise version of an all-purpose, leading LLM for handling any non-matter research, drafting, or analysis securely without leaving Opus 2.
Prompt Library and Builder: Use our robust library, or create and reuse powerful prompts for consistent, high-quality outputs.

Documents surfaced in Matter Assist or Document Assist can be added to Worksheets and Collections—supporting existing firm workflows and enabling teams to connect documents to issues, events, entities, and evidence. Outputs can also be translated into multiple languages to accommodate multilingual teams.

Users can switch between a Detailed View built on the Opus 2 interface they know, and an Uncover-inspired Focused View delivering a more streamlined experience, while remaining confident that all analysis and output is aligned within one secure, collaborative workspace.

Read the full press release to learn more: https://www.opus2.com/news/opus-2-winter-release-2026/

February 4, 2026/by sbranum@opus2.com

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February 3, 2026/by oxygenforensics@getsmartacre.com

One question, 14 legal industry experts

Artificial intelligence is reshaping litigation faster than any prior wave of legal technology. From discovery and case strategy to billing models and governance, AI is changing what clients expect and how firms compete. Bringing together perspectives from senior litigators, innovation leaders, and legal technologists, this eBook asks the question:

In the future, how will AI transform litigation, and what should law firms do to prepare?

The future of AI in litigation: Predictions and advice from legal industry experts offers a variety of topics for consideration including:

AI as a force multiplier for litigation strategy and advocacy
Predictive discovery and faster, insight-driven case development
Governance, transparency, and defensible use of generative AI
Shifting economics, billing models, and client expectations
Cultural change and the evolving role of the modern litigator

Gain practical, experience-based insight into how litigation is changing—and what firms must do now to stay competitive. The eBook is available now and features experts from White & Case, Orrick, Baker Botts, Burges Salmon, and more. Get it here.

Read the full announcement here.

February 3, 2026/by sbranum@opus2.com

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CHICAGO – Jan. 27, 2026 – Litera, a global leader in legal AI technology solutions, introduces enhanced Kira upgrades, driving the next evolution of its AI‑powered contract intelligence solution. As deal activity increases and GenAI adoption accelerates across a growing market of legal tools, Kira helps legal teams analyze contracts at scale with the accuracy, governance, and collaboration required for high-stakes legal work. Trusted by 71% of the Fortune 100, Litera provides the proven, enterprise‑grade foundation Kira builds upon—delivering reliable, governed AI for the most demanding legal environments.

“While LLM technology has been a true game changer for contract review exercises, when LLM technology is paired with Kira’s proprietary AI models, we are seeing incredible levels of accuracy and precision from simple natural language prompts,” said Adam Ryan, Chief Product Officer at Litera. “The new iteration of Kira combines Litera’s 30 years of legal expertise and a decade of AI refinement to bring GenAI to legal work with accuracy that teams can trust and governance they can control. By pairing GenAI with proven AI models and flexible oversight, Kira provides contract intelligence firms can rely on for their most critical matters.”

In high-stakes contract review, generic and pure GenAI tools are missing legal nuance and requiring extensive prompt engineering to produce reliable results. Kira addresses these challenges through a hybrid AI approach that combines GenAI with proprietary AI models trained on over 1 million legal contracts. This delivers consistent 90%+ accuracy while enabling legal teams to reduce review time, manage risk with confidence, identify and prevent contract value leakage, scale contract review workflows, and meet governance requirements without compromising reliability.

Used across M&A, real estate, banking, finance, tax, and IP matters, Kira supports complex legal work where precision and consistency are essential. Law firms and legal teams are choosing Kira for:

Consistent, multi-layer accuracy: Hybrid AI combines GenAI with tested proprietary models to deliver reliable extraction of clauses, answers, and insights for high-stakes contract review.

Collaborative, easy‑to‑use workflows: Intuitive end‑to‑end workflows that simplify complex tasks—from organizing documents and tracking changes to managing reviews and exports—so teams can work together and scale effortlessly.

Two Powerful Tools: Lito for Drafting and Comparing in Word, Kira for High‑Precision Analysis: Lito is included in the Kira subscription, and while each tool is fully standalone, they’re designed to complement one another depending on the task. Use Lito for fast, structured everyday reviews in Word, Outlook and web, and rely on Kira when the stakes are high and require deeply accurate, high‑precision contract analysis.

Flexible governance controls addressing varying compliance mandates: Legal teams can enable or disable GenAI at the project level to meet firm, client, or regulatory requirements without losing extraction capabilities and accuracy.

One Tech Partner, One Platform, One AI Agent: Leverage Kira together with Litera’s complete ecosystem—drafting, transaction, knowledge management—to automate every step of a deal.

In 2026, Litera plans to expand Kira’s GenAI-powered capabilities to include: 1) Grid Chat for natural language querying across review data, 2) Generative Smart Fields with custom context grounded in verified extraction data, 3) A new wave of intelligent workflows designed to elevate both rapid‑turn analysis and large‑scale, collaborative reviews, while introducing forward‑looking enhancements that deepen how legal teams surface, interpret, and act on their review insight.

For more information on Kira, visit: https://www.litera.com/products/kira

About Litera  
Litera is a leader of the legal AI revolution, on a mission to Raise The Bar™ for the legal profession by delivering transformational, globally-trusted solutions to law firms and corporate legal teams worldwide. The company’s comprehensive suite of Generative and Agentic AI-driven tools powers and unifies workflows across three key pillars: Legal Workflow & Drafting, Firm Intelligence & Knowledge Management, and Business Development with next-generation Proactive Relationship Management (PRM) capabilities. Integrated directly into where lawyers work in Microsoft 365 and across devices, Litera enables legal professionals to effortlessly create exceptional work, win more business, and streamline operations. This is all accomplished with seamless governance and data security through AI, dramatically reducing context-switching. With more than 30 years of legal tech innovation, a majority of the world’s largest law firms as clients, and 2M+ daily users, Litera is the proven, trusted platform that takes modern legal practices to the next level. For more information, visit litera.com or follow us on LinkedIn.   

Litera Press Contacts:  
Jared Albert  
PR & Communications Strategist  
jared.albert@litera.com  

Tracy Wemett  
BroadPR, Inc. for Litera  
twemett@broadpr.com  
+1-617-939-3631

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January 29, 2026/by jared.albert@litera.com

CHICAGO – Jan. 20, 2026 – Litera, a global leader in legal AI technology solutions, launched the iOS mobile application of Litera One, the AI-enabled legal platform that unifies drafting, review, and knowledge management inside Microsoft 365. This extends its agentic AI capabilities beyond PCs and laptops to iPad and iPhone devices, so lawyers can pick up their work wherever they are, without losing context, continuity, or control.

“Lawyers need to stay productive whether they’re traveling, moving between meetings, or preparing to walk into a client conversation,” said Pasquale Colella, VP, Global SaaS Operations at Litera. “With Litera One Mobile, that continuity is seamless. Work begun on the web—or in Microsoft Word or Outlook—is instantly available on mobile, and anything started on mobile carries effortlessly back to the desktop. This ensures lawyers can keep momentum between touchpoints without restarting tasks, re-running analyses, or losing context.”

Litera One allows Litera’s award-winning agentic AI agent Lito, to be accessible across the web and Outlook, and into a mobile experience with true two-way continuity. Users can ask questions, run workflows, review outputs, compare documents, and even dictate hands-free queries while on the move without losing secure access to firm-specific documents, data, or workflows. While many legal AI platforms remain web- or desktop-only, Litera One delivers that capability at true enterprise workflow depth—so lawyers can continue reviewing documents, asking questions, and moving work forward wherever they are, without losing context or momentum.

Litera One supports a wide range of legal workflows, including:

Conversational AI: Ask questions, launch workflows, and move work forward via text or speech-to-text

Document Review: Analyze documents and generate structured, actionable outputs

Document Comparison: Use Litera’s market-leading Compare technology for AI-powered comparison, summarization, and risk analysis

Business Development: Create client-ready summaries, updates, and insights faster

With Litera One, lawyers can review extracted terms, risk mitigation insights, key findings, timelines, and playbook outputs—before the next meeting or client touchpoint. The platform helps enable seamless movement between desktop and mobile without restarting tasks, re-running analyses, or losing context.

As part of its continued investment in practical, accessible AI for legal teams globally, Litera also added French-Canadian language support in Microsoft Word within Litera One. This update allows legal professionals to use the interface in French Canadian and interact using French Canadian documents, asking questions and generating insights in their native language.

The Litera One mobile app is now available for iOS devices via the App Store. Learn more at www.litera.com/litera-one.

About Litera  
Litera is a leader of the legal AI revolution, on a mission to Raise The Bar™ for the legal profession by delivering transformational, globally-trusted solutions to law firms and corporate legal teams worldwide. The company’s comprehensive suite of Generative and Agentic AI-driven tools powers and unifies workflows across three key pillars: Legal Workflow & Drafting, Firm Intelligence & Knowledge Management, and Business Development with next-generation Proactive Relationship Management (PRM) capabilities. Integrated directly into where lawyers work in Microsoft 365 and across devices, Litera enables legal professionals to effortlessly create exceptional work, win more business, and streamline operations. This is all accomplished with seamless governance and data security through AI, dramatically reducing context-switching. With more than 30 years of legal tech innovation, a majority of the world’s largest law firms as clients, and 2M+ daily users, Litera is the proven, trusted platform that takes modern legal practices to the next level. For more information, visit litera.com or follow us on LinkedIn.   

Litera Press Contacts:  
Jared Albert  
PR & Communications Strategist  
jared.albert@litera.com  

Tracy Wemett  
BroadPR, Inc. for Litera  
twemett@broadpr.com  
+1-617-939-3631

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January 20, 2026/by jared.albert@litera.com

CHICAGO – Jan. 6, 2026 – Litera, a global leader in legal AI technology, today announced a record-breaking year for AI adoption among law firms and corporate legal customers worldwide. Litera One, the AI drafting portfolio native to Microsoft 365, its newer agentic assistant Lito, and AI workflow platform Kira saw monthly active users surge tenfold since spring 2025 and thousands of new agentic skills completed, validating the company’s experience-based approach to AI agents and industry-first decision to include advanced AI capabilities at no additional cost to existing customers.

Litera took a contrarian approach when compared to most AI startups in the industry, treating AI as a fundamental enhancement to its core drafting tools rather than a premium add-on. The result has been unprecedented adoption rates that earned the platform three prestigious awards, including Best in AI for Legal Services & Compliance and Best in Large Language Models at the Global AI Awards. Lito also earned AI Legal Assistant Solution of the Year in 2025 in the LegalTech Breakthrough Awards Program.

By removing cost barriers to AI adoption, Litera has triggered a cascade of usage that reveals pent-up demand for practical AI tools:

10x growth in monthly active cloud drafting users since spring 2025

26,000+ AI-powered document summaries generated

10,000+ document chat conversations in November alone

68% of new enterprise customers actively using the platform

2,000+ GenAI skills completed

Litera’s Kira product alone saw more than 4 million documents uploaded and processed through the year with GenAI feature usage such as generative smart fields growing over 160% month over month

“We knew we had the ingredients right when we saw adoption take off almost immediately after launch,” said Litera CEO Avaneesh Marwaha. “By removing the cost barrier and including Lito as part of our drafting products, we’ve proven that lawyers are ready for AI—they just needed it integrated into tools they already trust. When you see 10x growth in three months and thousands of agentic workflows being completed daily, it confirms what we believed: this isn’t about charging more for innovation; it’s about making our 30 years of legal experience exponentially more powerful through AI.”

Litera’s decision to include agentic workflows at no extra cost represents a fundamental shift in enterprise AI deployment strategy. While the industry debates subscription tiers and token-based pricing, Litera’s approach has created a natural experiment in AI adoption—one that shows professionals will rapidly embrace AI when financial and technical barriers are removed.

“We’re witnessing what happens when you treat AI as a core feature rather than a luxury add-on,” added Marwaha. “The triple award wins from Global AI Awards and LegalTech Breakthrough weren’t just recognition of our technology—they validated our belief that democratizing access to agentic AI would fundamentally change how legal work gets done.”

The strategy leverages Litera’s three decades of domain experience, embedding AI directly into Microsoft 365 workflows where lawyers already spend their time. This native integration, combined with zero additional cost, has eliminated the two biggest obstacles to enterprise AI adoption: budget approval and workflow disruption.

The Network Effect in Action

As adoption accelerates, Litera customers are seeing these compound benefits:

Teams that start with document summaries quickly expand to chat conversations

Firms report junior associates completing work typically requiring senior review

Practice groups are standardizing on AI-augmented workflows as competitive advantage

IT departments appreciate the simplified deployment with no new licensing complexity

Looking Forward: Scaling What Works

Litera plans to maintain its no-additional-cost model for Lito throughout 2026 while expanding capabilities, adding new agentic workflows, and deepening Microsoft 365 integration. The company views this as an investment in proving that AI’s greatest value comes not from premium pricing but from universal adoption.

To experience Litera’s approach to democratized legal AI, book a demo at https://www.litera.com/request-a-demo

About Litera  
Litera is a leader of the legal AI revolution, on a mission to Raise The Bar™ for the legal profession by delivering transformational, globally-trusted solutions to law firms and corporate legal teams worldwide. The company’s comprehensive suite of Generative and Agentic AI-driven tools powers and unifies workflows across three key pillars: Legal Workflow & Drafting, Firm Intelligence & Knowledge Management, and Business Development with next-generation Proactive Relationship Management (PRM) capabilities. Integrated directly into where lawyers work in Microsoft 365 and across devices, Litera enables legal professionals to effortlessly create exceptional work, win more business, and streamline operations. This is all accomplished with seamless governance and data security through AI, dramatically reducing context-switching. With more than 30 years of legal tech innovation, a majority of the world’s largest law firms as clients, and 2M+ daily users, Litera is the proven, trusted platform that takes modern legal practices to the next level. For more information, visit litera.com or follow us on LinkedIn.   

Litera Press Contacts:  
Jared Albert  
PR & Communications Strategist  
jared.albert@litera.com  

Tracy Wemett  
BroadPR, Inc. for Litera  
twemett@broadpr.com  
+1-617-939-3631

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January 20, 2026/by jared.albert@litera.com

Winnow, an award-winning provider of regulatory compliance and legal technology, is proud to announce its fourth consecutive nomination at the 2026 Legalweek Awards, this year in the category of “Best Use of Artificial Intelligence (Contract, Document & Project Management).” The continued recognition underscores Winnow’s sustained leadership and innovation at the intersection of law, compliance, and artificial intelligence.

Click for the full announcement.

January 16, 2026/by bart@winnow.law

Exhibitors and sponsors can upload marketing materials they wish to share with qualified members of the media before, during and after the event

MINNEAPOLIS, MN, and NEW YORK CITY, NY – JANUARY 9, 2026 – Edge Marketing, Inc. announced today that its virtual press room, The Edge Room, is now open for Legalweek 2026.

From today through March 27, 2026, Legalweek exhibitors and sponsors can update their company’s profile page on The Edge Room with recent press releases, announcements, articles, white papers, videos, logos and other materials they wish to share with prequalified members of the media, most of whom will be attending the event.

For prequalified members of the media, The Edge Room offers a cohesive experience enabling easier prioritization and dissemination of breaking news before, during and after Legalweek. Now integrated with advanced agentic AI technology, The Edge Room revolutionizes how media professionals research exhibitors, sponsors and conference sessions for more efficient scheduling and story development.

Legalweek exhibitors and sponsors who use The Edge Room enjoy the following benefits:

Expanded exposure and reach via The Edge Room blog and social sharing to The Edge Room’s LinkedIn and X audiences
Increased opportunity for a featured mention in The Edge Room’s Daily Alert emails to nearly 12,000 legal contacts
Hashtagging for social media posts, ensuring your content is added to Legalweek conversations such as #Legalweek26, #Legalweek and @Legalweekshow.

Amy Juers, founder and CEO of Edge Marketing, highlights the evolving role of The Edge Room in Legalweek’s ecosystem. “As technology reshapes how journalists work, The Edge Room continues to serve as a vital hub connecting Legalweek attendees with exhibitors, sponsors and prequalified media,” she says. “With the integration of agentic AI, we are enabling media professionals to more quickly research, prioritize and act on the information that matters most, while empowering sponsors to share their news more efficiently and make a meaningful impact in an increasingly dynamic environment.”

Questions about The Edge Room can be directed to Tanya Amyote at tamyote@edgemarketinginc.com.

Media representatives interested in covering Legalweek can apply for a press pass and access to The Edge Room by contacting Vicki LaBrosse at vlabrosse@edgemarketinginc.com.

About Legalweek

Renowned as the industry’s beacon for legal technology, this week-long conference is where the legal community convenes to decode the future. Six thousand of the biggest names in the industry will explore emerging trends, spotlight the latest tech and offer a roadmap through the industry’s seismic shifts. Through networking, sessions and a tradeshow floor featuring hundreds of exhibitors and cutting-edge product launches, attendees have unparalleled opportunities to meet and exchange ideas with peers, experts and innovators from across the globe.

About ALM & LBR

ALM and LBR recently announced their strategic merger. The newly formed group is uniquely positioned to serve clients globally by combining ALM’s deep US market penetration with LBR’s strong UK and global presence, thus offering clients unparalleled expertise, reach and service.

ALM is the most trusted information and intelligence company supporting both the practice of and business of professionals in the legal industry. ALM delivers leading data, intelligence, insights, events and audiences essential for growing businesses globally to over 7 million professionals.

LBR is a technology-driven information services business powering the global professional services sector with intelligence, analytics and performance data. By applying technology to extract enhanced value from quality content, achieving commercial excellence, and empowering our teams, we deliver proprietary, time-sensitive data, insight, expert research, and sophisticated tools and networking.

About Edge Marketing

Edge Marketing, Inc. is a global leader in delivering results-driven strategic marketing and public relations expertise to clients in the legal, accounting and professional services industries. As an award-winning full-service agency since 1997, Edge combines innovative technology with strategic expertise to provide fractional CMO services, GEO services, strategic planning and budgeting, public relations, branding, website development, email campaigns and digital advertising for clients worldwide. With a focus on authenticity and leveraging reliable technology, Edge has helped B2B organizations reach the top through innovative marketing and public relations strategies that deliver measurable results and elevate its clients’ brands. To learn more, visit www.edgemarketinginc.com.

Media Contact:

Vicki LaBrosse
Director of Global Public Relations
Vlabrosse@edgemarketinginc.com
651.552.7753

Jennifer Turney
Vice President & Global Event Director – Legal
ALM Media
jturney@alm.com

January 9, 2026/by Tanya Amyote