CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 15, 2026--
Litera, the Legal AI platform provider that best unifies the practice and business of law, unveiled a company relaunch and unified platform vision, positioning itself as the Legal AI provider best built to run across the practice and business of law on one agent and one dataset. Building on Lito’s first year in market, the relaunch sets the stage for ILTACON in August, where the company will showcase the next version of its award-winning Legal AI agent across Foundation, GrowthTech, and the broader Litera product portfolio. The relaunch also coincides with the expanded deployment of Litera Foundation 365 across five of the 10 largest law firms in the world.
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For 30 years, Litera has been the connective tissue of the profession's most demanding work: 10 million document comparisons a month, over a million daily users across more than 15,000 global customers, 99% logo retention, and 99% penetration of the Am Law 100. What changed over the last 18 months is that firms now expect AI to run through every workflow – not just drafting. The relaunch reflects that shift, and the fact that Litera has already built for it.
"Every AI startup in legal is selling a feature,” said Avaneesh Marwaha, Chief Executive Officer, Litera. “We're selling the platform those features run on. The practice of law and the business of law have run on separate systems for as long as firms have existed. That ends here: one agent, one dataset, every partner, associate, and business development lead working from the same intelligence."
Adam Ryan, Chief Product Officer, Litera, added: "AI is table stakes. Trust is the moat. You can't retrofit years of deterministic accuracy, and you can't pilot your way into the Am Law 100.”
The relaunch highlights three areas of platform differentiation:
See It Live at ILTACON
The relaunch features a new brand campaign that went live today, in addition to a refreshed website on litera.com and lito.app. It will be reinforced at ILTACON 2026 in Nashville, Aug. 23–27, where Litera will showcase the unified Lito platform vision. See where Litera is headed: litera.com/iltacon.
About Litera
Litera is the Legal AI platform provider that best unifies the practice and business of law, built on 30 years of legal expertise that no AI startup can shortcut, and engineered for the decades ahead. The company combines purpose-built legal technology with Lito, its award-winning Legal AI agent, to Raise The Bar™ for the legal profession worldwide. With AI solutions spanning legal drafting, document comparison, contract review, knowledge management, business development, and more, Litera serves over 15,000 global customers and more than 1 million daily users, including 99% of the Am Law 100. Integrated directly into Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace across devices, Litera delivers the right data, in the right place, at the right time - reducing context-switching so lawyers can practice law, not manage tools, while winning more business, driving efficiency and the deeper client relationships that fuel sustainable growth. For more information, visit litera.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
Litera’s refreshed brand reflects the company’s relaunch around a unified Legal AI platform vision spanning the practice and business of law.
NEW YORK (AP) — Third-ranked Jessica Pegula shook off nerves that contributed to a slow start against Elena-Gabriela Ruse, winning her opening match at the U.S. Open on Sunday in straight sets.
Leading off at Arthur Ashe Stadium, the 32-year-old American missed her first nine opportunities to break Ruse but found a rhythm and began dominating. Coming off a trip to the final at the Cincinnati Open, which she lost to Coco Gauff, Pegula won 92% of her first-serve points on the way to a 6-3, 6-2 victory in 83 minutes.
“I was so nervous,” Pegula said. “I was like sending GIFs of what I felt like. It was GIFs of people freaking out and stuff. ... The first round of a slam, there's always a ton of nerves.”
Maybe a little more this time, given what's at stake.
Pegula leads the women's tour with 46 wins this season. She has two titles and has reached three other finals. Pegula can become No. 1 in the women's rankings if she wins her first major title and No. 2 Elena Rybakina loses before the semifinals.
Pegula next faces the winner of the match between Venus Williams and fellow wild card Sofia Kenin. They’re set to play in the nightcap at Ashe, and Williams and sister Serena are scheduled to play doubles together.
It was the second year of a Sunday start, though some of the biggest headliners don’t begin until Monday. Two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka plays her opening match against Camila Osorio, before Carlos Alcaraz, who won his second U.S. Open title last year, plays his first singles match since April after recovering from a right wrist injury.
Past U.S. Open champions Naomi Osaka, Iga Swiatek, Sloane Stephens and Stan Wawrinka are also on the Monday schedule, along with Wimbledon women’s champion Linda Noskova and men’s contenders such as Ben Shelton, Arthur Fils, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Frances Tiafoe.
Other early winners Sunday included No. 19 Jasmine Paolini and No. 31 Leylah Fernandez, the 2021 U.S. Open runner-up. But No. 27 seed Barbora Krejcikova, a two-time Grand Slam singles champion, lost 7-6 (4), 6-2 to Kamilla Rakhimova.
On the men’s side, Daniil Medvedev was up next at Ashe against Hugo Gaston. Novak Djokovic begins his quest for a record-extending 25th Grand Slam title on Sunday night against Mariano Navone.
Djokovic at 39 most recently lost his opening match earlier this month at Cincinnati.
Maric Cilic, the 2014 U.S. Open champion, and 2022 runner-up Casper Ruud both withdrew with injuries on the opening day.
Though the main draws didn't begin until Sunday, action at the U.S. Open has already been going on for nearly a week. The mixed doubles tournament, an exhibition headlined by Roger Federer's return to Flushing Meadows and the singles qualifying tournaments drew large crowds, with admission to the grounds free.
Fans who came for the first time Sunday may have noticed a tournament in transition. The U.S. Open is in the second year of a three-year renovation project of Arthur Ashe Stadium, the main venue at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The improvements in the $800 million project include the addition of some lower-level seating, upgrades and additions of entertainment areas and the construction of a player performance center.
“Please pardon our appearance while we are reimagining spectacular,” reads a sign above the entrance to Ashe.
The project is scheduled to be completed in time for the 2027 U.S. Open.
See AP’s full tennis coverage here
Jessica Pegula, of the United States, gestures after she defeated Elena-Gabriela Ruse, of Romania, in the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Jessica Pegula, of the United States, returns the ball to Elena-Gabriela Ruse, of Romania, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Jessica Pegula, of the United States, returns the ball to Elena-Gabriela Ruse, of Romania, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Barbora Krejcikova, of the Czech Republic, returns the ball to Kamilla Rakhimova, of Uzbekistan, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Jasmine Paolini, of Italy, reacts during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships against Veronika Erjavec, of Slovenia, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
