Tracked Changes, Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Lawhive raises $60 million to grow its software-backed consumer law business across the U.S.
Fortune reported on February 5 that Lawhive, a British company that employs lawyers who use its in-house software, raised a $60 million Series B led by Danaher cofounder Mitch Rales. It handles routine consumer matters such as family law and landlord-tenant disputes. It runs a regulated firm in Arizona and says it operates in 35 states. Most of the new money will go to U.S. expansion.
DISCO adds an agentic mode to its Cecilia Q&A tool for very large matters, at no added cost
DISCO announced on February 9 an agentic AI upgrade to Cecilia Q&A, its question-and-answer tool for discovery. The company says a multi-step reasoning engine will analyze entire litigation matters, including those with millions of documents and terabytes of data, rather than single documents. It says the capabilities arrive later in 2026 at no additional cost to customers.
BriefCatch buys WordRake and its 12 editing patents and will fold the two tools into one product
LawSites reported on February 11 that BriefCatch, a legal editing tool, acquired WordRake's core product, technology and 12 patents on automated editing software. BriefCatch plans to integrate WordRake into a single product, and WordRake CEO Scott Johns joins as a strategic advisor. The price was not disclosed. BriefCatch raised a $6 million Series A in December 2025 to fund acquisitions and AI development.