Know What's Happening in LegalTech
Know What's Happening in LegalTech
The Southern District of New York magistrate ordered Sun to produce a hit report for its 57‑term counterproposal after Sun refused, emphasizing the need for transparent term negotiations. The court also compelled Sun to search director Steven Liu’s cellphone, rejecting Sun’s argument that the data would duplicate other custodians’ emails. Geffen was not required to search the phones of two other custodians, and foreign‑reviewed documents were excluded from production. The rulings underscore the court’s focus on proportionality and cooperation in eDiscovery disputes.
Bundledocs announced Bundledocs Review, a real‑time collaboration layer built into its cloud‑based document bundling platform for legal teams. The new solution adds secure shared workspaces, granular permission controls, live commenting, annotation and a full audit trail, eliminating the need for...
&AI, a patent‑litigation startup, has launched Opportunities, a real‑time feed that delivers new patent litigation filings within minutes. The platform lets defense teams filter parties and case types, automatically matches cases to the most suitable attorney, and enriches each alert...
International law firm Simmons & Simmons has released an “AI and Legal Privilege Guide and Policy Framework” to help organisations manage confidentiality risks when using artificial intelligence. The guide responds to a recent UK court ruling that uploading client documents...
Descrybe, an AI legal research startup, unveiled DescrybeLM, a legal reasoning engine that it claims surpasses leading general‑purpose models such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini on a standardized bar‑exam benchmark. The company published the benchmark methodology and scoring data, inviting...
Arctic Intelligence and BitCompli announced a strategic partnership to deliver enterprise‑wide risk assessments for digital‑asset firms worldwide. The collaboration combines Arctic’s Arctic Accelerate platform with BitCompli’s regulatory expertise to meet tightening rules such as the UK FCA, EU MiCA, and...
In this episode of Technically Legal, host Chad Main talks with Donald Bishada, former litigator and CEO of Covalent, about the challenges of class‑action fraud in the digital age. Bishada explains how traditional settlement notices—once delivered via magazines—are now vulnerable...
Legal AI is shifting from static prompt libraries to memory‑driven systems, according to Chamelio CEO Alex Zilberman. Prompt collections quickly become outdated, inconsistent, and brittle as policies and priorities evolve. A memory layer that captures accepted edits, trusted sources, and...
International law firm HFW has named Ashleigh Ovland as its inaugural Head of Legal Technology Adoption, a role designed to embed AI and other legal tech into everyday practice. Ovland, a former aviation partner who built the firm’s “Flight Deck”...
Harvey has launched Shared Spaces, a secure, branded environment that lets law firms and their clients co‑create legal work in real time. The platform replaces traditional client portals and file‑sharing tools with a unified, searchable workspace. Robust governance—including object‑level permissions,...
GRC 7.0 – GRC Orchestrate introduces a homeostatic compliance model that turns compliance from a periodic check into a continuous, adaptive system. It integrates regulatory intelligence, structured obligation management, digital twins, and agentic AI to sense, interpret, and orchestrate changes across...
Law firms Hogan Lovells and LawFairy have launched a technology initiative to provide pro‑bono immigration support for undocumented children in the UK. The decision‑support platform, built with Central England Law Centre, screens eligibility for British nationality and triages cases for...
The UK legal market is undergoing a structural transformation driven by digital‑savvy leadership and new ownership models. Millennial and Gen Z lawyers now expect digital fluency as a baseline, prompting firms to appoint CEOs, COOs and CIOs who prioritize scalability, compliance...
Harvey announced a deep integration with Microsoft 365 Copilot, embedding its legal intelligence directly into the Copilot environment. The new feature lets lawyers invoke the Harvey Assistant from within Copilot to analyze contracts, research market terms, and pull precedent without...
The California court clarified that an Electronic Stored Information (ESI) protocol is designed to promote reasonable electronic discovery, curb costs, and ensure preservation of relevant data. In Plata v. Lands’ End, the plaintiff sent a draft protocol, the defendant proposed...
The right place for AI in law is the enterprise, not law firms which are conflicted if the cost of legal services goes down rapidly. AI makes it possible to dramatically reduce this business overhead.
The DOJ’s Epstein Files release, mandated by the Epstein Files Transparency Act, provides millions of pages, images, and videos but suffers from rudimentary search functionality. Volunteer engineers and newsrooms have deployed AI‑driven tools—such as Jmail’s Gmail‑style inbox and Google Pinpoint...
CloudNine announced an on‑premise version of its CloudNine Review platform slated for a 2026 launch, responding to client demand for cost control, data sovereignty, and workflow autonomy. The move follows the market exit of competing on‑premise eDiscovery tools, positioning CloudNine...
Intapp unveiled Celeste, an agentic AI platform that leverages a firm’s entire data set to execute complex, judgment‑intensive workflows such as deal screening, conflict clearance, and revenue realization. The system uses firm‑specific "Playbooks" and modular "skills" to codify best‑practice methodologies...
Latitude59 has opened applications for its 2026 pitch competition, with a deadline of April 15, 2026. The event will take place May 20‑22 in Tallinn, featuring jurors, mentors, and regional angel networks. Last year attracted 407 applications from 48 countries,...
The article examines the surge of AI‑generated hallucination cases in U.S. courts, noting that out of roughly 982 documented incidents, only 257 are solely attributable to lawyers while pro se litigants account for about 412. It references the Fifth Circuit’s recent...
RegTech startup Vivox AI announced a £1.3 million first‑round funding to scale its compliance‑focused AI platform for banks and other regulated financial institutions. The round attracted high‑profile backers such as former German central bank president Axel Weber, former Google UK MD...
The Legal IT Insider report released on March 9 examines whether generative‑AI‑driven Human AI‑Assisted Review (HAR) can be validated under the traditional Technology‑Assisted Review (TAR) framework. Interviews with judges, scholars and leading e‑discovery providers reveal that applying existing TAR validation to...
Njordium Cyber Group unveiled its Vendor Management System (VMS), a platform that consolidates third‑party risk assessments to satisfy Europe’s overlapping regulations in a single run. The solution claims to replace up to five parallel assessments with one, automatically generating outputs...
NetDocuments unveiled Smart Answers, an AI‑driven search tool that interprets natural‑language queries to retrieve the most relevant documents from a firm’s repository. The solution leverages large language models to rank results and surface contextual excerpts, cutting retrieval time dramatically. It...
Annie Lespérance, head of the Americas at Jus Mundi and recent Monica Bay Women of Legal Tech award winner, highlighted a surge in cross‑border legal‑tech adoption across Latin America. She emphasized that clients increasingly demand platforms that operate in multiple...
HaystackID vice president Laura Danielson identified fragmentation and confidence gaps as the primary obstacles to legal‑tech innovation. She explained that disparate tools and unclear data reliability discourage adoption among corporate legal departments. Danielson emphasized that modern legal users demand seamless...
Enterprises can no longer rely on a stable operating environment; geopolitical shifts, regulatory expansion, rapid technology change, cyber threats, and climate events now create simultaneous, systemic disruptions. Michael Rasmussen argues that many firms still treat strategic decisions as if risk...
Legal tech experts discussed modernising case management systems (CMS) as firms face performance bottlenecks, hybrid‑work demands, and AI ambitions. 2026 is seen as a turning point, with firms weighing optimisation, SaaS migration, or workflow redesign. Lima’s assessment combines technical diagnostics...
U.S. law firm Husch Blackwell has rolled out the Legora generative‑AI platform firm‑wide, adding AI‑driven document review, research and workflow automation. Legal‑tech startup Harvey bolstered its advisory team with three senior innovation partners from Ashurst, Marsh McLennan and Fasken to...
A VinciWorks survey of 230 compliance, legal and IT professionals reveals that only 3.5% of organisations feel fully prepared for the emerging AI regulatory regime. More than three‑quarters lack effective AI‑specific training, and 63% cannot describe their current preparedness. GDPR...
Law firms face a perfect storm of compliance obstacles—policy gaps, tick‑box culture, and fragmented legacy technology—that make risk assessments cumbersome. The SRA’s systematic requirements clash with offline templates, leaving firms without clear digital processes. Modern tools such as biometrics, open‑banking...
Ross McNairn, CEO of Wordsmith, argues that legal‑tech firms cannot simultaneously serve law firms and in‑house legal departments because of an inherent conflict of interest. He announces Wordsmith will focus exclusively on the in‑house market, positioning the company against competitors...
American Arbitration Association introduced the Resolution Simulator, an AI‑powered tool that generates simulated, non‑binding arbitration decisions for document‑only commercial and construction disputes. Building on its 2024 AI Arbitrator pilot, the platform analyzes uploaded pleadings, contracts, and evidence using large‑language models...
Looking to talk to more AI GRC platforms: 2 clients met with a vendor recently and were really impressed with the companies and space. Would love to meet some dope founders if anyone has recs
Dennis Kennedy warns lawyers against adopting "vibe coding," a practice that relies on large language models to generate code without a robust control plane. He explains that AI systems can suffer from control drift, silently violating constraints such as data‑privacy...
The District Court in Oregon held Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) liable for willful spoliation of both physical evidence and electronically stored information after the September 2020 Holiday Farm fire. BPA moved and destroyed trees at the ignition site despite a preservation...
Elan Hersh, Akerman’s e‑discovery services chair, spoke at Legalweek about the hidden costs of miscommunication in complex litigation. He emphasized that fragmented communication between counsel, clients, and technology teams fuels delays, escalates expenses, and jeopardizes data security. Hersh advocated for...
An SDNY federal judge in the Hepper case ruled that chats with publicly available generative AI tools are not covered by attorney‑client or work‑product privilege. The decision emphasizes that the lack of confidentiality in open‑access platforms makes such communications discoverable....
On 27 February 2026 the FCA launched a dedicated webpage outlining how cryptoasset firms can use Section 21 approvers to validate financial promotions. The guidance distinguishes firms applying for FCA authorisation during the application period, those that do not apply, and...
Quinn Emanuel’s lead innovation counsel, Jennifer Reeves, highlighted that AI training must be tailored to the distinct learning styles of different lawyer generations. She emphasized prioritizing user psychology over mere feature sets to drive adoption. Reeves, a Monica Bay Women...
The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) has entered a partnership with Spellbook, a Toronto‑based AI‑driven contract‑drafting platform. This marks Spellbook's first collaboration with a national bar association, giving it a formal endorsement within Canada’s legal community. The agreement will provide CBA...
DeepIP announced the close of a $25 million Series B financing round. The capital will accelerate development of its generative AI assistant designed for patent work. Existing investors participated alongside new venture partners. The funding underscores growing investor confidence in...
Sidley Austin’s Director of Client Intelligence, Rachel Shields Williams, argues that innovation thrives when a firm’s culture is prepared for change and its operational processes are clearly defined. She highlights data fragmentation and resistance to cultural shift as major barriers...
Harvey announced its second acquihire, bringing Lume co‑founders Robert Ross and Nebyou Zewde into its product and engineering teams. Lume, a Y Combinator‑backed AI integration startup founded in 2023, will cease operations as only the two founders transition to Harvey. The...
Legalweek and a packed calendar of eDiscovery and legal‑tech events underscore the enduring value of in‑person gatherings. The article argues that merely attending is insufficient; professionals must attend with clear intent aligned to their current challenges. Role‑specific guidance—from managers to...
The article argues that court case management systems (CMS) are the bottleneck preventing courts from leveraging their massive data streams, citing an Oklahoma pilot where a simple middleware layer cut jail time for low‑level defendants. It explains that most CMS...
McMillan LLP has partnered with Legora to embed the firm’s generative‑AI platform across its Canadian practice. The rollout targets core legal work such as litigation, transactional drafting and contract analysis, with built‑in security and data‑privacy safeguards. Firm leaders discussed how...
Detego Global, a developer of digital forensics and endpoint monitoring solutions, has earned ISO 27001:2022 certification after a 12‑month audit. The certification validates the company’s Information Security Management System across its software, hardware, and support services. It provides independent assurance that...
