Melia Russell is a reporter with Business Insider, covering the intersection of law and technology.
Melia started her career at Business Insider in 2013. Since then, her breaking news and features have been cited by Adweek, DealBook, the Financial Times, Fortune, and TechCrunch. Her writing has also been published in The San Francisco Chronicle.
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Tech
2025-06-27T09:00:01Z
Twitter threads are so 2021. Now, tech startup founders are dropping hype videos to promote their venture rounds.
A civil rights lawyer says AI helped him win a case and secure more than $1.5 million in damages for his clients.
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With LexisNexis data baked into its interface, Harvey has a stronger case to make to law firms.
Tech
2025-06-14T09:00:01Z
America's most desirable tech worker has an advanced degree, and soft skills, in common.
Tech
2025-06-12T09:00:02Z
Zach Abramowitz, a tech consultant to law firms and legal departments, says legal tech's surging revenue may be a sign of an impending bubble.
Tech
2025-06-04T08:15:02Z
Jason Finkelman helps tech workers apply for employee visas. He shares his strategies for overcoming stricter scrutiny under Trump 2.0.
From contract drafting to litigation outcome prediction tools, legaltech
is having a moment and raking in cash.
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Harvey, which builds chatbots and agents tailored for legal and professional services, is gassing up on Azure cloud credits as it scales up.
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AI is coming for lawyers. Here's why VCs like General Catalyst and Iconiq are betting on Legora to lead the way.
Tech
2025-05-16T09:45:02Z
Investor Zach Posner explains why legal-tech funding is thriving in a sluggish venture capital market.
Top Seed Investors
Rudina Seseri's expertise in AI-native companies and $270 million under management at Glasswing Ventures keeps her at the forefront of AI investing.
Three-year-old startup Harvey helped wake up the legal world to what AI could do for lawyers. A stampede of rivals followed.
Top Seed Investors
Business Insider's Seed 40 list celebrates the top women early-stage investors who provide crucial support to budding startups.
Top Seed Investors
Business Insider's annual Seed 100 list recognizes the early-stage investors who provide crucial support to budding startups.
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Marveri says that it's building technology that's creating faster and more accurate corporate diligence.
These 39 alumni of Palantir have left to create their own startups and have collectively raised more than $6 billion from VCs.
Tech
2025-05-02T09:01:02Z
Lawyers from Big Law to solo practices are cautiously testing AI for specific tasks to trim some time from routine steps.
Tech
2025-04-29T09:00:02Z
Attracted by AI-driven opportunities and flexible work, young lawyers are betting on legal-tech startups over Big Law, despite some pay drawbacks.
Wall Street's volatility has venture capitalists raising the specter of yet another funding winter for startups and VC funds.
Tech
2025-04-10T09:00:02Z
Parley is wooing and winning over immigration lawyers with software that helps them draft and submit visa applications faster.