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Legal tech always moves at a blistering pace, but it’s easy to see that 2023 was one of the most eventful years in the history of the industry. The combination of vLex and Fastcase certainly pushed the frontiers of artificial intelligence and law. That’s why we’re taking a look back at the end of the year to review everything that’s happened, in one of the most active years ever in the legal information industry.

vLex and James Publishing have today announced a pivotal new partnership that will support practitioners across the US, as well as those around the world conducting business in the United States. As of November 2023, vLex will host and globally distribute over 200 practical law books and archived titles, as well as forms for federal and select states, as part of the brand-new James Publishing collection on vLex.

LegalTech Breakthrough, a leading independent market intelligence organization that evaluates and recognizes standout legal technology companies, products and services around the globe, today announced that global legal intelligence company vLex, has been selected as “Overall Legal Analytics Solution Of The Year” for their Docket Alarm solution in the 4 annual LegalTech Breakthrough Awards program.

vLex has released a groundbreaking suite of AI tools in its award-winning assistant Vincent AI, creating the world’s most comprehensive AI legal research platform.

vLex has officially launched the 2024 edition of the International Law and Technology Writing Competition! Students have until December 1st to submit an entry and be in with a chance of winning.

vLex has today launched a new collection of specialised Canadian books, designed to provide practitioners in North America with a greater understanding of Canada’s constitutional, political, and legal institutions.

The legal industry's roles and responsibilities are shifting. This is especially true for those tasks that can be performed alternately by humans, Symbolic AI, and Generative AI. Learn more about the key takeaways from the summer 2023 legal-tech conference season.

vLex has launched a collection of highly sought-after Nigerian legal materials on its award-winning legal research platform. These authoritative materials, provided in partnership with DSC Publications, offer practitioners in Nigeria a solid legal framework to support their understanding and practice of the law.

Could law librarians and other knowledge workers in law firms be replaced by artificial intelligence or are information professionals more important than ever? vLex’s Chief Strategy Officer, and founder of Fastcase, Ed Walters, shares his insights from the 2023 American Association of Law Libraries on this topic.

The vLex, Fastcase and Docket Alarm team had the honor of hosting a number of cooking experiences at the 2023 American Association of Law Libraries conference. Discover what they got up to with this quick recap.

vLex and Fastcase are proud to announce the 2023 Fastcase 50 honorees. Since 2011, the Fastcase 50 annually recognizes innovators, visionaries, and leaders in law. The 2023 honorees have reshaped the legal landscape for lawyers, courts, and the public at large, and have played a significant role in helping the legal world operate to its full potential.

vLex and Docket Alarm have today launched the Batch AI Analyzer. This exciting new tool, which enables pleadings to be downloaded in bulk, summarized, and organized in a spreadsheet, significantly reduces time spent analyzing dockets. Learn more about the Batch AI Analyzer, and start accessing high-quality summaries and outlines today.

As of June 2023, vLex will host a curated selection of law books published by Wildy, Simmonds & Hill (WSH), the publishing imprint of Wildy & Sons. These books have not been available online before, and vLex will be hosting them exclusively alongside the primary law collections that they cite.

vLex is delighted to confirm that it has partnered with the Canadian Association of Law Libraries in a multi-year deal that will see vLex sponsoring and supporting the annual CALL/ACBD event in 2023 and beyond.

vLex has partnered with London Publishing Partnership to become the first service to digitise a number of renowned books on construction law, hosting them alongside the case law, statutes, and regulations that they cite to enable researchers to seamlessly navigate between relevant documents for a comprehensive research experience, all on one platform.

Following Vincent AI’s global expansion, vLex has launched a brand-new update that enables the award-winning legal research assistant to use large language model technology to extract and present the key legal issue from judgments, and generate headnotes.

Following an extremely close competition, vLex is delighted to announce the winners of the 2023 International Law and Technology Writing Competition.

This article was written by Xiaoli Jin of Harvard Law School. Xiaoli won Best in Category: Crypto, Law and Technology in vLex's International Law and Technology Writing Competition 2023.

This article was written by George Jeffreys of the University of Law, UK. George won Best in Category: Climate, Law and Technology in the vLex International Law and Technology Writing Competition 2023.

This article was written by Juliette Groothaert of the University of Bristol. Juliette won Best in Category: Sports, Law and Technology in vLex's International Law and Technology Writing Competition 2023.

This article was written by Lucy Cameron of the University of Oxford, the overall winner of the vLex International Law and Technology Writing Competition 2023.

Oakley Capital and Bain Capital Credit back business combination to accelerate the development of AI tools for lawyers, in one of the most consequential mergers in the history of legal tech.

The American Bar Association and vLex today announced that they have partnered to offer access to a collection of more than 60 titles from the ABA’s Antitrust Law Section on vLex’s AI-powered research platform.

For the sixth consecutive year, the vLex International Law and Technology Writing Competition has attracted the attention of students around the world. Having received submissions from students from 17 countries around the world, vLex is pleased to announce the official 2023 shortlist of finalists.

The LegalTech Breakthrough Awards Program has today announced that vLex has been selected as the 2022 winner of the “Overall Legal Research Solution Provider of the Year” award. Read the official press release from LegalTech Breakthrough below.