Mary Technology Unveils a New Frontier in Legal Tech: Fact Management Systems
Mary Technology provides an AI-powered document drafting solution that transforms large volumes of legal documents into detailed, lawyer-quality chronologies within minutes.
In an industry where accuracy and efficiency are everything, losing critical information in mountains of unstructured documents can be more than an inconvenience—it can be a liability. That’s the reality Mary Technology is tackling head-on with the launch of its Fact Management System (FMS), a groundbreaking new category in legal tech designed to eliminate “fact chaos.”
The Problem: Fact Chaos in Law Firms
At last week’s Legal Innovation & Tech Fest in Sydney, Mary Technology co-founder Daniel Lord-Doyle described “fact chaos” as the growing challenge legal teams face when critical case facts become buried under piles of disorganized documents—think discovery materials, emails, memos, contracts, and more. In litigation especially, the sheer volume of information can overwhelm even the most meticulous teams, leading to inefficiencies, missed details, and higher risks for firms and their clients.
As the legal profession continues to digitize, traditional document management systems (DMS) and manual review processes are struggling to keep up. Mary Technology’s solution? A shift from document management to fact management.
The Solution: Introducing Fact Management Systems (FMS)
Unlike conventional document management systems, Mary Technology’s FMS automatically extracts, organizes, and structures information from a wide range of sources—contracts, emails, transcripts, and internal communications. It then presents these facts in a dynamic, searchable chronology that lawyers can easily navigate.
“An FMS helps legal teams by automatically extracting, organizing, and clearly presenting key facts from documents,” Lord-Doyle explained. “This significantly reduces the time lawyers spend manually reviewing documents, allowing them to make better strategic decisions and produce more accurate legal documents.”
Crucially, the FMS integrates with existing practice management and document management systems, reducing duplicative work and ensuring consistent, reliable facts across platforms. No more switching between apps, no more manually updating information in multiple places—just streamlined, fact-driven workflows.
Why It Matters: Saving Time, Reducing Risk, and Elevating Strategy
By creating structured legal data, the FMS helps teams quickly spot inconsistencies or gaps in their cases, often in minutes rather than weeks. The implications are big: less time spent sorting information, and more time spent on high-value tasks like strategy development, advocacy, and client counseling.
“As these systems improve further,” Lord-Doyle noted, “lawyers will continue to focus more on tasks requiring human judgment, such as providing strategic advice to clients, developing complex arguments, and advocacy in court.”
This evolution also dovetails with Mary Technology’s recently released whitepaper, Building the Future of Law: A Legal Data Infrastructure. In it, the company highlights the limitations of current legal AI tools and argues for the urgent need for structured legal data. Even top-performing AI models, they note, can miss critical facts—errors that are unacceptable in high-stakes legal work.
The Future of Legal Practice
Mary Technology’s launch isn’t just about creating a new software product—it’s about reshaping the foundation of legal work for the digital era. By eliminating fact chaos and prioritizing structured, reliable information, they’re aiming to help law firms work smarter, reduce risk, and better serve their clients in an increasingly complex world.
In a sector where missing a single fact can mean the difference between winning and losing a case, the future belongs to those who can master their data. With fact management systems leading the way, the future of law looks clearer—and a lot less chaotic.
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