$75 million legal help startup goes under, hundreds lose jobs
Atrium, a hybrid law software and law firm that had raised $75 million in investment, has announced that it is shutting down. The firm aimed to make the standard law firm model more efficient using technology but was unable to do so. The company laid off most of its employees and is returning some of the money back to the investors.
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