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German publisher C.H.BECK has taken a majority stake in Noxtua, a legal-AI company that develops tools to research, analyse and draft legal documents, Tech.eu reports.

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Noxtua also raised more than $100m in a Series C round. The deal deepens its ties with European publishers as it expands across the continent and competes with US legal-technology firms. The practical significance is straightforward: a major legal publisher is putting ownership behind AI for research and drafting, not merely adding a chatbot to the brochure. The report does not disclose the transaction’s valuation, C.H.BECK’s exact ownership percentage or the Series C investors. Is publisher control the best route to trustworthy legal AI, or does it risk narrowing the field to tools shaped by incumbents?

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