Congrats to Epiq for the announcement that Epiq acquires LitLingo! Here’s part of the press release, the full release is here!

Epiq Acquires LitLingo, Expanding Compliance and Risk Management Solutions

Acquisition Advances Real-Time Compliance Risk Detection and Prevention in Global Business Communications Powered by AI

NEW YORK – March 24, 2026 – Epiq announced today the acquisition of LitLingo, a business communications monitoring AI that enables organizations to detect, prevent, and measure high-risk global employee communications in real time. The acquisition strengthens Epiq compliance, investigations, and risk management services, expanding its ability to support legal and compliance teams in proactively addressing antitrust, anti‑bribery and corruption, labor and employment, and information security risks. 

LitLingo deploys patented AI and machine learning to provide real‑time and historical intelligence across all types of global employee communications, such as email and chat, enabling organizations to flag problematic messages at the point of creation. The platform, which is now part of the Epiq Service Cloud, supports more than 75 languages and is designed to reduce false positives, surface actionable risk alerts, and provide visibility into compliance program effectiveness across roles, regions, and risk areas. 

“Expectations and standards for compliance leaders to demonstrate that their programs are well‑designed and proactively mine data to avert non-compliant activity continue to gain momentum from the regulatory community,” said Erin Toomey, Vice President, Global Investigations Practice Group Leader at Epiq. “LitLingo AI allows organizations to move beyond waiting for concerns from the hotline to controls that prevent misconduct.”   

The addition of LitLingo strengthens the ability of Epiq to support compliance programs aligned with global regulatory expectations. By combining real‑time risk identification with historical trend analysis and dashboards, organizations can focus resources where they have the greatest impact, address issues early, and reduce the cost and exposure associated with investigations and enforcement actions. 

As part of the acquisition, Epiq welcomes the LitLingo team, including Darin Hicks, former Chief Executive Officer, who has joined Epiq as Managing Director, Compliance. Hicks has extensive experience working with large enterprises to improve compliance, minimize risk, and reduce costs and investigation timelines, in many cases from six weeks to two days. 

“LitLingo was built to provide highly accurate risk detection and prevent compliance issues before they happen,” said Hicks. “Joining Epiq allows us to scale our technology globally as part of the Epiq Service Cloud and better address investigations, regulatory scrutiny, and the daily challenges compliance teams face.” 

Congrats again to Epiq for the announcement that Epiq acquires LitLingo! Great acquisition!

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