Tracked Changes, Tuesday, January 20, 2026
California Supreme Court orders a sanctions inquiry into a district attorney's brief with alleged AI errors
Mealey's reported on January 15 that the California Supreme Court, on January 14, vacated a lower court's summary denial of sanctions against the Nevada County district attorney. The justices directed that court to issue an order to show cause why sanctions should not be imposed. The district attorney's office allegedly filed briefing on a man's bail that contained artificial intelligence errors.
Filevine announces it acquired Pincites and will turn it into LOIS for Word for drafting and redlining
Filevine announced on January 14 that it acquired Pincites, an AI drafting and contract redlining tool that runs inside Microsoft Word, in December 2025. The full Pincites team has joined Filevine, and Pincites will become LOIS for Word. Filevine says it will build litigation drafting features while continuing redlining work for transactional lawyers. It gave no launch date or pricing.
Alexi counters Fastcase's lawsuit by claiming Clio's $1 billion vLex deal breaks antitrust law
On January 16, AI legal research company Alexi answered a Fastcase lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia with six counterclaims. Fastcase, now owned by Clio, had sued Alexi alleging breach of contract, trademark infringement and trade secret misappropriation. Alexi alleges that Clio's roughly $1 billion acquisition of vLex and Fastcase violates antitrust law and says it laid off two-thirds of its staff after Fastcase stopped sending caselaw updates.
Contract review platform Ivo raises a $55 million Series B led by Blackbird
Ivo, an AI contract review platform for in-house legal teams, raised a $55 million Series B led by existing investor Blackbird, Legal IT Insider reported on January 20. Its product, Ivo Review, applies lawyer-built playbooks to standardize contract positions. Named customers include Uber, Shopify and Reddit. The company says annual recurring revenue has grown 500% since its February 2025 round and that customers save up to 75 percent of manual review time.
Litera releases an iOS app that brings its Lito AI agent and document comparison to iPhone and iPad
Litera launched an iOS app for its Litera One platform on January 20, bringing its Lito AI agent to iPhone and iPad. The company says the app supports conversational AI with speech-to-text, document review with structured outputs, document comparison and secure access to firm documents. It is available now through the Apple App Store. Litera did not mention pricing.