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      <title>StrongSuit published StrongSuit for Outlook (version 1.0.0.0) on Microsoft Marketplace, an add in for Outlook on the web, Windows and Mac…</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Integration / interoperability</category>
      <category>General Legal Assistants</category>
      <category>Legal Research</category>
      <category>Litigation &amp; eDiscovery</category>
      <category>Contract Review &amp; Drafting</category>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>StrongSuit published StrongSuit for Outlook (version 1.0.0.0) on Microsoft Marketplace, an add in for Outlook on the web, Windows and Mac that drafts a reply to the open email using the documents and email history of the linked StrongSuit matter. Users can connect an Outlook folder to a matter so every reply in that folder starts with that matter's context, then refine the draft in one click or with their own instruction. The listing states the add in never sends email and never changes recipients, subject or attachments.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> It carries matter context into client, opposing counsel and court correspondence, and the no send design keeps a lawyer as the final reviewer of every message. The listing says the add in can read and modify the active message, so firms should check email and client confidentiality policies before rollout.</p><p>Impact: Medium. Verification: Partially Verified. Type: Integration / interoperability.</p><p>Evidence: <a href="https://marketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/product/WA200012250">Vendor documentation</a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/strongsuit">AI Legal Index change log</a>. Free to reuse with a link back. <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/use-this-data">Terms</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Everchron's 25 September 2026 release (Version 10.160.0) moved EC:AI Summaries for documents and transcripts to GPT-5.4 as the default…</title>
      <link>https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/everchron</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Model / architecture</category>
      <category>Litigation &amp; eDiscovery</category>
      <category>Plaintiff &amp; Claims AI</category>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Everchron's 25 September 2026 release (Version 10.160.0) moved EC:AI Summaries for documents and transcripts to GPT-5.4 as the default model. The summary workflow is unchanged; only the model behind it changed.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Names the third party model behind a core EC:AI output, so firms can check the change against their OpenAI data handling terms and recheck summary quality on live matters.</p><p>Impact: Medium. Verification: Verified. Type: Model / architecture.</p><p>Evidence: <a href="https://everchron.com/knowledge-base/changelog">Vendor documentation</a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/everchron">AI Legal Index change log</a>. Free to reuse with a link back. <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/use-this-data">Terms</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Epiq acquired Canopy, maker of the patented Data Breach Response platform and the agentic Auto Review feature that automates first level…</title>
      <link>https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/canopy</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Acquisition / corporate</category>
      <category>Regulatory &amp; Compliance Counsel</category>
      <category>Litigation &amp; eDiscovery</category>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Epiq acquired Canopy, maker of the patented Data Breach Response platform and the agentic Auto Review feature that automates first level data mining review. Epiq states the Canopy platform will be integrated into its Epiq AI suite and made accessible through Epiq Service Cloud, with Canopy engineers joining to build Epiq AI for Cyber. Former Canopy COO Adi Elliott becomes Epiq VP, Product Management, Cyber.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Breach counsel, review providers and insurers using Canopy now contract with Epiq, and access and roadmap move into Epiq AI and Epiq Service Cloud, so buyers should confirm standalone availability, data handling terms and regional AWS deployments under the new owner.</p><p>Impact: High. Verification: Verified. Type: Acquisition / corporate.</p><p>Evidence: <a href="https://www.epiqglobal.com/en-us/resource-center/news/epiq-acquires-canopy-to-unite-cyber-incident-response-technology-and-service-expertise">Vendor announcement</a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/canopy">AI Legal Index change log</a>. Free to reuse with a link back. <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/use-this-data">Terms</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Advocacy released Promptless, which proposes litigation tasks on its own when a document production arrives, opposing counsel sends a…</title>
      <link>https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/advocacy</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Product / capability</category>
      <category>Litigation &amp; eDiscovery</category>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Advocacy released Promptless, which proposes litigation tasks on its own when a document production arrives, opposing counsel sends a letter or a deadline approaches, drawing on connected documents, email, calendars and dockets. It classifies incoming documents and flags contradictions with the case theory, runs multistep research including EDGAR, drafts outlines and edits, and calculates deadlines from docket entries showing the governing rule and arithmetic. Every proposed action stays unconfirmed until an attorney accepts it, and the platform keeps an audit trail of human and AI contributions tied to the team's approved reading of each document. Promptless is model agnostic, so firms can bring their own model, and teams set per matter and per client which work the AI may do, where approval is required, which sections stay lawyer only and what information the AI may see.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Litigation teams get AI work started without writing prompts while keeping attorney approval as a hard gate, which matters for supervision duties. The contribution level audit trail gives partners, general counsel and insurers a record of who directed each judgment.</p><p>Impact: High. Verification: Verified. Type: Product / capability.</p><p>Evidence: <a href="https://advocacy.ai/resources/press-release-promptless">Vendor announcement</a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/advocacy">AI Legal Index change log</a>. Free to reuse with a link back. <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/use-this-data">Terms</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Alongside Promptless, Advocacy introduced a new pricing model.</title>
      <link>https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/advocacy</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Pricing / packaging</category>
      <category>Litigation &amp; eDiscovery</category>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Alongside Promptless, Advocacy introduced a new pricing model. Firms open a matter for a nominal fee and then pay a la carte only for the AI generated contributions they accept into that matter.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Firms pay for accepted work rather than seats or usage, so rejected AI output costs nothing and spend can be tied to a specific matter and client. No price points were published, so buyers still need a quote.</p><p>Impact: Medium. Verification: Verified. Type: Pricing / packaging.</p><p>Evidence: <a href="https://advocacy.ai/resources/press-release-promptless">Vendor announcement</a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/advocacy">AI Legal Index change log</a>. Free to reuse with a link back. <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/use-this-data">Terms</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>eDiscovery AI published a CaseBot 3.0 help article stating that CaseBot is enabled by default and available as soon as a job completes…</title>
      <link>https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/ediscovery-ai</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Product / capability</category>
      <category>Litigation &amp; eDiscovery</category>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>eDiscovery AI published a CaseBot 3.0 help article stating that CaseBot is enabled by default and available as soon as a job completes, with no request or activation required. This moves the agentic CaseBot release, with eight specialist skills including Deposition Kit, Request Analysis and Record Check, off the 7 August beta that was limited to new matters and needed per matter activation by support. The 18 August press release had planned general availability for September 2026.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Litigation teams can now run the skill based, citation backed CaseBot on any job without a support request, so it can be evaluated and priced as a standard product rather than a gated beta.</p><p>Impact: Medium. Verification: Partially Verified. Type: Product / capability.</p><p>Evidence: <a href="https://help.ediscoveryai.com/portal/en/kb/articles/ediscovery-ai-knowledge-base-casebot-30">Vendor documentation</a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/ediscovery-ai">AI Legal Index change log</a>. Free to reuse with a link back. <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/use-this-data">Terms</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Casefleet began rolling out a rebuilt core interface for facts, sources, tasks, entities, issues and activity, with columns users can…</title>
      <link>https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/casefleet</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Product / capability</category>
      <category>Litigation &amp; eDiscovery</category>
      <category>Plaintiff &amp; Claims AI</category>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Casefleet began rolling out a rebuilt core interface for facts, sources, tasks, entities, issues and activity, with columns users can show, hide, resize, reorder and pin, filters by witness, issue, date and time, and saved views. It adds vertical timelines on a real time axis, inline comments on facts, a compact mode, and side by side timelines that compare multiple saved views. The classic UI stays available by toggle until November 1, 2026, when the new UI becomes the standard experience.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Every existing account moves to the new interface on November 1, 2026, so firms have a fixed date for retraining users. Side by side timelines let case teams line up competing accounts of the facts on large matters in one view.</p><p>Impact: High. Verification: Verified. Type: Product / capability.</p><p>Evidence: <a href="https://feedback.casefleet.com/announcements/a-new-core-for-casefleet-built-for-bigger-cases">Vendor documentation</a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/casefleet">AI Legal Index change log</a>. Free to reuse with a link back. <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/use-this-data">Terms</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Casey, Casefleet's AI assistant, can now split a long processed document into up to 20 new PDF sources on request, proposing a name and…</title>
      <link>https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/casefleet</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Product / capability</category>
      <category>Litigation &amp; eDiscovery</category>
      <category>Plaintiff &amp; Claims AI</category>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Casey, Casefleet's AI assistant, can now split a long processed document into up to 20 new PDF sources on request, proposing a name and page range for each that the user must accept before anything is created. The original document is left unchanged, OCR text and page layouts carry over, tags, citations, review status and Bates numbers do not, and each new source carries a note recording its original document and page range.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> The assistant changes case files only after the user approves its proposal, and the provenance note keeps a trail back to the original exhibit when split documents are later cited. New sources count toward the document limit on plans that have one.</p><p>Impact: Medium. Verification: Verified. Type: Product / capability.</p><p>Evidence: <a href="https://feedback.casefleet.com/announcements/new-split-long-documents-into-separate-sources-with-casey">Vendor documentation</a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/casefleet">AI Legal Index change log</a>. Free to reuse with a link back. <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/use-this-data">Terms</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Vincent AI: Vincent now includes Canadian case law and legislation, built on the Jurisage dataset Clio acquired in June 2026 and since ingested and…</title>
      <link>https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/vincent-ai</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Product / capability</category>
      <category>Legal Research</category>
      <category>Litigation &amp; eDiscovery</category>
      <category>General Legal Assistants</category>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Vincent now includes Canadian case law and legislation, built on the Jurisage dataset Clio acquired in June 2026 and since ingested and validated. Coverage runs past 567,000 judicial decisions plus federal and provincial legislation across the common law provinces, with Quebec and Nunavut legislation still in progress. The content feeds Vincent research, drafting and analysis, including checking existing citations against Canadian authorities.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Canadian and cross border firms can now ground Vincent answers and citation checks in Canadian primary law rather than relying on US, UK or EU sources. Quebec practitioners should confirm scope, since Quebec legislation is not yet loaded.</p><p>Impact: High. Verification: Verified. Type: Product / capability.</p><p>Evidence: <a href="https://www.clio.com/about/press/vincent-by-clio-canadian-case-law/">Vendor announcement</a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/vincent-ai">AI Legal Index change log</a>. Free to reuse with a link back. <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/use-this-data">Terms</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Relativity's developer changelog lists a new Review Center API that returns a review queue's current statistics, the same figures shown in…</title>
      <link>https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/relativity</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Integration / interoperability</category>
      <category>Litigation &amp; eDiscovery</category>
      <category>General Legal Assistants</category>
      <category>Regulatory &amp; Compliance Counsel</category>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Relativity's developer changelog lists a new Review Center API that returns a review queue's current statistics, the same figures shown in the Review Progress section of the Review Center dashboard. It is dated for both Relativity aiR and Relativity aiR Government.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Firms and service providers tracking review against budget or deadline can pull live queue progress into their own reporting or matter systems instead of reading it off the dashboard.</p><p>Impact: Medium. Verification: Verified. Type: Integration / interoperability.</p><p>Evidence: <a href="https://help.relativity.com/RelativityOne/Content/What_s_New/Release_notes.htm">Vendor documentation</a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/relativity">AI Legal Index change log</a>. Free to reuse with a link back. <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/use-this-data">Terms</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Lex Machina released enhanced analytics for more than 576,000 Miami-Dade Circuit Civil and County Civil lawsuits filed since 2016, with…</title>
      <link>https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/lex-machina</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Product / capability</category>
      <category>Legal Research</category>
      <category>Litigation &amp; eDiscovery</category>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Lex Machina released enhanced analytics for more than 576,000 Miami-Dade Circuit Civil and County Civil lawsuits filed since 2016, with new cases, trial outcomes and procedural milestones added daily. The release adds outcomes for more than 4,660 civil trials (prevailing party, damages awards, trial judge rulings), filters for case type, party industry code and procedural milestones, and direct access to more than 23 million Miami-Dade docket entries and underlying filings.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Firms, insurers and legal departments with South Florida exposure can benchmark case timing, trial damages and opposing counsel experience against local state court cases and read the filings behind each figure, which supports budgets and settlement ranges for a high volume state venue.</p><p>Impact: Medium. Verification: Verified. Type: Product / capability.</p><p>Evidence: <a href="https://www.lexisnexis.com/community/pressroom/b/news/posts/lex-machina-adds-enhanced-litigation-analytics-for-more-than-576-000-miami-dade-civil-lawsuits">Vendor announcement</a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/lex-machina">AI Legal Index change log</a>. Free to reuse with a link back. <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/use-this-data">Terms</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Casepoint released its first two Casepoint IQ agents, the Relevance Determination Agent and the Issue Coding Agent, now live in its…</title>
      <link>https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/casepoint</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Product / capability</category>
      <category>Litigation &amp; eDiscovery</category>
      <category>Regulatory &amp; Compliance Counsel</category>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Casepoint released its first two Casepoint IQ agents, the Relevance Determination Agent and the Issue Coding Agent, now live in its eDiscovery application for early access customers. The Relevance Determination Agent assigns each document a relevance or responsiveness likelihood score with its reasoning, and the Issue Coding Agent codes documents against matter defined issues with an optional post run QC that reports recall and precision per issue code. Both use a multimodel cross check and require users to validate performance on a sample set before the agent runs across the full document set.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Review teams get AI first pass relevance and issue coding with a sample validation gate, per document rationale and an audit trail of every human and AI decision, which is what a defensibility challenge will ask for. The agents run inside the existing platform security boundary under current permissions, so adopting them does not add a new environment to vet.</p><p>Impact: High. Verification: Verified. Type: Product / capability.</p><p>Evidence: <a href="https://www.casepoint.com/press/casepoint-expands-casepoint-iq-with-purpose-built-ai-agents/">Vendor announcement</a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/casepoint">AI Legal Index change log</a>. Free to reuse with a link back. <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/use-this-data">Terms</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Reveal made a unified corporate eDiscovery suite available that combines Reveal Hold, Onna and Logikcull across legal hold, preservation…</title>
      <link>https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/reveal</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Pricing / packaging</category>
      <category>Litigation &amp; eDiscovery</category>
      <category>Regulatory &amp; Compliance Counsel</category>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Reveal made a unified corporate eDiscovery suite available that combines Reveal Hold, Onna and Logikcull across legal hold, preservation, collection, early case assessment, review and production. Reveal says many Onna data sources now feed directly into Reveal Hold preservation and collection workflows, and Onna targeted collections move into Logikcull with context, metadata and file relationships intact. Preferred pricing applies to organizations that buy the suite through Dec. 31, 2026.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> In house legal teams can cover hold through production under one vendor relationship instead of stitching together point tools, with a year end deadline on the preferred price. The Reveal AI orchestration layer across the suite is only promised from 2027, so buyers should not count it as shipped.</p><p>Impact: Medium. Verification: Verified. Type: Pricing / packaging.</p><p>Evidence: <a href="https://www.revealdata.com/news/reveal-unifies-enterprise-ediscovery-from-legal-hold-through-production">Vendor announcement</a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/reveal">AI Legal Index change log</a>. Free to reuse with a link back. <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/use-this-data">Terms</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Reveal Hold Build 76908 lets legal teams collect Slack Enterprise Grid and Zoom Workplace content directly from Reveal Hold, with full…</title>
      <link>https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/reveal</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Integration / interoperability</category>
      <category>Litigation &amp; eDiscovery</category>
      <category>Regulatory &amp; Compliance Counsel</category>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Reveal Hold Build 76908 lets legal teams collect Slack Enterprise Grid and Zoom Workplace content directly from Reveal Hold, with full collection available now and channel selection to follow in a later deployment. The build also adds user configurable legal hold and compliance dashboards (custodians in scope, acknowledgment progress, questionnaire status, new holds over time) and lets the Microsoft Purview integration wizard accept multiple domains.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Preservation and collection of chat and meeting data can now run from the hold tool itself rather than through a separate collection step. Buyers should note the stated limits: no channel level selection yet, and Slack collections with a date range exclude data from the end date.</p><p>Impact: Medium. Verification: Verified. Type: Integration / interoperability.</p><p>Evidence: <a href="https://docs.revealdata.com/reveal-hold-new/docs/release-notes-build-76908">Vendor documentation</a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/reveal">AI Legal Index change log</a>. Free to reuse with a link back. <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/use-this-data">Terms</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Casefleet made Claude Opus 5.5 available as the Premium Intelligence model in Casey, its AI case assistant, and recommends it for all users.</title>
      <link>https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/casefleet</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Model / architecture</category>
      <category>Litigation &amp; eDiscovery</category>
      <category>Plaintiff &amp; Claims AI</category>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Casefleet made Claude Opus 5.5 available as the Premium Intelligence model in Casey, its AI case assistant, and recommends it for all users. The vendor states it is 40% cheaper than Opus 5 with performance improvements, and users switch models from the selector in the Casey chat.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Casefleet names the underlying model and version, so firms can check it against their own AI use policies and provider terms. The entry does not say whether Opus 5.5 is covered by Zero Data Retention, which Casefleet flagged as unavailable for Claude Fable 5.0 in July, so firms with ZDR requirements should confirm before switching.</p><p>Impact: Medium. Verification: Verified. Type: Model / architecture.</p><p>Evidence: <a href="https://feedback.casefleet.com/announcements/claude-opus-55-is-here">Vendor documentation</a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/casefleet">AI Legal Index change log</a>. Free to reuse with a link back. <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/use-this-data">Terms</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Relativity removed the option to switch off GenAI mode when ingesting data into Data Breach Response, so every DBR ingestion now runs…</title>
      <link>https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/relativity</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Product / capability</category>
      <category>Litigation &amp; eDiscovery</category>
      <category>General Legal Assistants</category>
      <category>Regulatory &amp; Compliance Counsel</category>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Relativity removed the option to switch off GenAI mode when ingesting data into Data Breach Response, so every DBR ingestion now runs through the generative AI workflow that identifies, extracts and links personal information to individuals. The release note lists support in the US, Canada, Brazil, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Asia, Europe Data Zone, United Kingdom, Switzerland and Africa regions, with the Relativity aiR Government date still TBA.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Teams whose client, insurer or regulator terms bar generative AI on breach data can no longer run DBR in a non GenAI mode and must settle AI use terms before ingestion. Relativity's own DBR documentation says all outputs need human review because the model can omit or fabricate PI.</p><p>Impact: High. Verification: Verified. Type: Product / capability.</p><p>Evidence: <a href="https://help.relativity.com/RelativityOne/Content/What_s_New/Release_notes.htm">Vendor documentation</a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/relativity">AI Legal Index change log</a>. Free to reuse with a link back. <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/use-this-data">Terms</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Phaselaw: Full page redaction was reworked so users select one or more pages to redact in a single action, mirroring area redactions, instead of…</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Product / capability</category>
      <category>Regulatory &amp; Compliance Counsel</category>
      <category>Litigation &amp; eDiscovery</category>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Full page redaction was reworked so users select one or more pages to redact in a single action, mirroring area redactions, instead of redacting only the visible page. A new toggle on finalized exports excludes fully redacted pages so blacked out pages no longer appear in the export bundle. Both changes apply only to full page redactions made from 21 September 2026 onward, because of a change in how those redactions are stored.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Reviewers producing large disclosure sets no longer need to delete blank redacted pages after export or redact pages one click at a time, which cuts manual clean up of the final production. The export toggle has no effect on full page redactions created before the change.</p><p>Impact: Medium. Verification: Verified. Type: Product / capability.</p><p>Evidence: <a href="https://www.phase.law/changelog">Vendor documentation</a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/phaselaw">AI Legal Index change log</a>. Free to reuse with a link back. <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/use-this-data">Terms</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Phaselaw added a Case Activity page that logs significant events in a case: case creation, status and deadline changes, uploads, and…</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Phaselaw added a Case Activity page that logs significant events in a case: case creation, status and deadline changes, uploads, and document status changes. It opens from a new icon beside the case title and is described as an audit log of who did what, and when. It only appears for cases created from 21 September 2026 onward, because it relies on newly stored case data.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Teams answering DSARs or public records requests often have to show how a disclosure was handled, and a built in per case log reduces reliance on manual notes for that record. Cases created before the change do not get the log.</p><p>Impact: Medium. Verification: Verified. Type: Product / capability.</p><p>Evidence: <a href="https://www.phase.law/changelog">Vendor documentation</a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/phaselaw">AI Legal Index change log</a>. Free to reuse with a link back. <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/use-this-data">Terms</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Merlin Search Technologies: Merlin published a blinded, citation by citation evaluation of seven OpenAI, Anthropic and Google models available in Alchemy, each…</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Performance evidence</category>
      <category>Litigation &amp; eDiscovery</category>
      <category>Plaintiff &amp; Claims AI</category>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Merlin published a blinded, citation by citation evaluation of seven OpenAI, Anthropic and Google models available in Alchemy, each writing cited reports from a public opioid litigation document collection (Mallinckrodt, McKesson, Insys, Valeant). An eight pass automated grader checked 777 citations and 454 cited sentences, audited its own verdicts with two graders from other providers, and found no fabricated facts; six of seven models were statistically tied on accuracy, and the most expensive model cost over nine times the cheapest without ranking higher. The article also names GPT-6 Astra and Claude Fable 5.1 as the newest models added to Alchemy, without giving an addition date.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Buyers get a disclosed method for checking citation grounding and fabrication across the models they can pick inside Alchemy, which supports choosing a cheaper model for citation heavy reports. The test is vendor run and model names are masked, so buyers should ask for the answer key and the attached full report.</p><p>Impact: High. Verification: Verified. Type: Performance evidence.</p><p>Evidence: <a href="https://www.merlin.tech/the-most-expensive-ai-model-cost-nine-times-more-it-wasnt-more-accurate-we-tested/">Vendor announcement</a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/merlin-search-technologies">AI Legal Index change log</a>. Free to reuse with a link back. <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/use-this-data">Terms</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>UniCourt released a legal research plugin for ChatGPT.</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Integration / interoperability</category>
      <category>Legal Research</category>
      <category>Litigation &amp; eDiscovery</category>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>UniCourt released a legal research plugin for ChatGPT. Users can search dockets and documents across more than 5,000 state and federal courts from inside ChatGPT, drawing on UniCourt's structured litigation data.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Docket data is structured and checkable in a way case law summaries are not, which makes it a safer thing to put in front of a general assistant. The test is freshness: ask how quickly a new filing reaches the plugin compared with UniCourt's own platform.</p><p>Impact: Medium. Verification: Verified. Type: Integration / interoperability.</p><p>Evidence: <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260918359599/en/UniCourt-Launches-Legal-Research-ChatGPT-Plugin">Vendor announcement</a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/unicourt">AI Legal Index change log</a>. Free to reuse with a link back. <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/use-this-data">Terms</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Epiq AI: Epiq launched Model Context Protocol servers that connect Epiq applications to outside AI assistants.</title>
      <link>https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/epiq-ai</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Integration / interoperability</category>
      <category>Litigation &amp; eDiscovery</category>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Epiq launched Model Context Protocol servers that connect Epiq applications to outside AI assistants. Legal teams can reach Epiq data and capabilities from the assistant they already use, rather than only through Epiq's own interface.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Much of Epiq's work runs as a managed service, so the question is who sits on the other end of the connection: the client's assistant, Epiq's reviewers, or both. Ask which Epiq applications are exposed, and whether actions taken through an assistant are logged in the matter record.</p><p>Impact: Medium. Verification: Partially Verified. Type: Integration / interoperability.</p><p>Evidence: <a href="https://www.epiqglobal.com/en-ie/resource-center/announcements/epiq-launches-model-context-protocols-to-connect-epiq-applications-with-ai-assistants">Vendor announcement</a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/epiq-ai">AI Legal Index change log</a>. Free to reuse with a link back. <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/use-this-data">Terms</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Relativity aiR now connects to ChatGPT Enterprise through the Model Context Protocol.</title>
      <link>https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/relativity</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Integration / interoperability</category>
      <category>Litigation &amp; eDiscovery</category>
      <category>General Legal Assistants</category>
      <category>Regulatory &amp; Compliance Counsel</category>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Relativity aiR now connects to ChatGPT Enterprise through the Model Context Protocol. Administrators can use plain language in ChatGPT to create matters, align workspaces to the structure of their data and manage access and workflows in Relativity. The same kind of connection went live for Google's Gemini Enterprise for Legal on 25 August.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> This is administration, not review: the substantive analysis stays inside Relativity aiR. That is the right boundary for a platform holding privileged productions. Litigation support teams get a faster way to stand up matters without handing document content to a general assistant.</p><p>Impact: Medium. Verification: Verified. Type: Integration / interoperability.</p><p>Evidence: <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/relativity-air-now-integrates-with-openai-through-the-model-context-protocol-302882482.html">Vendor announcement</a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/relativity">AI Legal Index change log</a>. Free to reuse with a link back. <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/use-this-data">Terms</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Everlaw released a plugin for ChatGPT Enterprise, one of the partner plugins that went live alongside OpenAI's Astra for Law on 17…</title>
      <link>https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/everlaw</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Integration / interoperability</category>
      <category>Litigation &amp; eDiscovery</category>
      <category>General Legal Assistants</category>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Everlaw released a plugin for ChatGPT Enterprise, one of the partner plugins that went live alongside OpenAI's Astra for Law on 17 September. Legal teams can search, query and analyze case evidence held in Everlaw from inside ChatGPT. It works on the substance of the documents rather than only their metadata, and runs against the permissioned data already in Everlaw rather than a copy.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Of the eDiscovery plugins released this week, this one goes furthest into the evidence itself. That is exactly why a litigation team should ask one question before switching it on: where the retrieved text goes once it enters ChatGPT, and whether the firm's ChatGPT Enterprise settings satisfy the protective order on the matter.</p><p>Impact: High. Verification: Verified. Type: Integration / interoperability.</p><p>Evidence: <a href="https://www.everlaw.com/press/release/everlaw-announces-plugin-with-chatgpt-enterprise/">Vendor announcement</a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/everlaw">AI Legal Index change log</a>. Free to reuse with a link back. <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/use-this-data">Terms</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>RelativityOne now integrates with Microsoft Copilot over the Model Context Protocol.</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Integration / interoperability</category>
      <category>Litigation &amp; eDiscovery</category>
      <category>General Legal Assistants</category>
      <category>Regulatory &amp; Compliance Counsel</category>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>RelativityOne now integrates with Microsoft Copilot over the Model Context Protocol. Users can run administrative reporting against their RelativityOne environment using natural language prompts issued from Copilot.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Administrative reporting moves into the Microsoft 365 surface legal teams already sit in, which removes a context switch for work that was never worth opening a second platform for. The value here depends on an existing Copilot deployment.</p><p>Impact: Medium. Verification: Verified. Type: Integration / interoperability.</p><p>Evidence: <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/relativity-brings-powerful-legal-data-intelligence-to-microsoft-copilot-expanding-ai-assistant-support-for-legal-teams-302864564.html">Vendor announcement</a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/relativity">AI Legal Index change log</a>. Free to reuse with a link back. <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/use-this-data">Terms</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>RelativityOne can now collect Claude Enterprise data directly from the source using Anthropic's Compliance API.</title>
      <link>https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/relativity</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Integration / interoperability</category>
      <category>Litigation &amp; eDiscovery</category>
      <category>General Legal Assistants</category>
      <category>Regulatory &amp; Compliance Counsel</category>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>RelativityOne can now collect Claude Enterprise data directly from the source using Anthropic's Compliance API. The connector maps, preserves and processes conversation prompts, responses, chats and uploaded files into a reviewable form, including normalization into Relativity Short Message Format.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Legal and compliance teams get a defensible collection path for conversational AI evidence, with context and metadata intact rather than reconstructed from exports. For any organization that has rolled out Claude Enterprise, this is the difference between an eDiscovery source that is reviewable and one that is not.</p><p>Impact: Medium. Verification: Verified. Type: Integration / interoperability.</p><p>Evidence: <a href="https://help.relativity.com/RelativityOne/Content/What_s_New/What_s_new_in_RelativityOne.htm">Vendor documentation</a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/relativity">AI Legal Index change log</a>. Free to reuse with a link back. <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/use-this-data">Terms</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Everlaw launched a Model Context Protocol integration with Harvey.</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Integration / interoperability</category>
      <category>Litigation &amp; eDiscovery</category>
      <category>General Legal Assistants</category>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Everlaw launched a Model Context Protocol integration with Harvey. The connection lets users query Everlaw's evidence, project data and reporting information conversationally from inside Harvey's interface, rather than moving between the two systems.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Mutual customers can point Harvey's drafting and analysis at verified case evidence already sitting in Everlaw. It closes the gap between the legal AI layer a firm drafts in and the eDiscovery platform that holds the underlying record.</p><p>Impact: High. Verification: Verified. Type: Integration / interoperability.</p><p>Evidence: <a href="https://www.everlaw.com/blog/ai-and-law/harvey-everlaw-integration-massive-scale">Vendor announcement</a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/changelog/everlaw">AI Legal Index change log</a>. Free to reuse with a link back. <a href="https://ailegalindex.com/use-this-data">Terms</a>.</p>]]></description>
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