BC Legal Technology Company Caseway expands following major U.S. integrated deals amid legal disputes
Thousands of law firms across the United States have immediate access to legal AI tools developed by a Vancouver-based, AI-powered legal search platform.
Caseway AI Legal Ltd. announced last week that it had signed an agreement with Affinipay, the US fintech company that owns MyCase, the leading legal payment management software, with several other legal management platforms.
Following the transaction, Mycase users will have access to Caseway’s automation software integrated into the platform, identify relevant case law, review court documents, and manage legal workflows.
“It’s a huge deal we’re entering the state with thousands of law firms, so we need to quickly improve our infrastructure to handle many users.”
“If we can do that, it will take us to a very important locally based company.”
Vigier said the company, which currently has five employees, will need to hire more than 20 team members (mainly developers and customer service staff) by the end of the year to meet the contract requirements.
Vigier, a former legal industry expert, said he launched Caseway almost a year ago after firsthand experience of how difficult it can be to sift through hundreds of pages of legal information and documents.
“I thought AI could actually be used to experience it, so we started collecting all the information from the courts, courts and boards and then we started putting it in one place,” he said.
Users can search for legal documents or court decisions on Caseway. You can also upload previous case documents and automatically complete the platform based on that information, according to Vigier.
“The (organization) can upload 100,000 employment contracts previously signed, then ask questions like: Are the number of these contracts out of date? Does it contain some specific clauses?” he said.
“Our AI will analyze all 100,000 documents and pull that information out for you.”
Caseway was the subject of controversy last November when the Canadian Institute of Legal Information (CANLII), a non-profit legal database, filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming it had reduced content from the CANLII database without permission and provided it to users’ payments.
However, Caseway denied the charges, claiming that he only used public domain court documents obtained directly from the court.
Vigier said the lawsuit has given the company a significant exposure, leading to an increase in user subscriptions.
No final decision was issued in the case.
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