Agentic Systems Add New Layer of AI Hallucination Risk in Legal Work
Law.com reports that emerging agentic AI systems—software that can act autonomously—are introducing a new class of hallucination risk in legal work. Unlike traditional generative models that require user prompts, agentic tools can initiate tasks, retrieve data, and draft contracts, increasing the chance of fabricating facts or legal citations. Recent incidents show such systems producing inaccurate case‑law references, prompting law firms to adopt stricter validation protocols. Experts call for built‑in safeguards, audit trails, and regulatory guidance to protect client interests.
Litera Appoints Grant Hewlett to Spearhead AI‑driven Firm Intelligence Portfolio
Litera announced the hiring of Grant Hewlett, a 15‑year legal‑tech veteran, to head its AI Firm Intelligence portfolio. The move underscores Litera’s strategy to embed artificial intelligence into the tools lawyers already use, aiming to boost efficiency and growth for...
Microsoft Launches Legal Agent in Word
Microsoft announced a new Legal Agent feature built into Word, extending its Copilot AI suite to the legal workflow. The tool can analyze documents, draft edits, and review contracts while automatically tracking changes and verifying suggestions. By embedding the assistant...
LexisNexis Owner RELX Announces Plans to Acquire Legal Tech Company Doctrine
RELX, the parent of LexisNexis, announced plans to acquire Doctrine, a fast‑growing legal‑tech platform. The deal, still subject to regulatory approval, would integrate Doctrine’s AI‑driven research tools into RELX’s European legal‑intelligence suite. By adding Doctrine’s cloud‑based workflow and analytics, RELX...
Kenneth Suh Discusses How AI Is Reshaping Ethics and the Practice of Law
Kenneth Suh, a partner at Jackson Lewis, warned that AI hallucinations, data drift, and outright dishonesty pose emerging ethical and evidentiary risks for lawyers and corporate counsel. He highlighted how these technical flaws can trigger cybersecurity breaches, compromise data‑privacy obligations,...
Incomplete ESI Protocol Negotiations Do Not Justify Delay in Production
The U.S. District Court in Northern California held that unfinished ESI protocol negotiations cannot justify postponing electronic evidence production. Citing Pinchi v. Mullin, the judge stressed that discovery is not a tit‑for‑tat process and parties must continue production while negotiations...
Cooley and BIICL Launch ‘Technology Based Disputes and Investment Treaty Arbitration’ Report
Cooley partnered with the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) to release the study “Technology‑Based Disputes and Investment Treaty Arbitration” on March 10, 2026. The report investigates how artificial intelligence, blockchain, and other emerging technologies are reshaping the landscape of...
Definely Launches MCP and Says “Don’t Ask AI to Check Itself”
Definely, a contract‑technology provider serving firms such as A&O Shearman and KPMG, introduced its Model Context Protocol (MCP) on April 30, 2026. The MCP lets lawyers invoke Definely’s structured review tools from enterprise AI platforms, delivering deterministic, auditable analyses of AI‑generated contracts. By...
Microsoft Launches Its Own Legal Agent For Word
Microsoft unveiled a dedicated Legal Agent for Word, targeting the legal‑tech market with a tool built by the team that came from Robin AI. The agent follows structured, audit‑ready workflows to generate clause‑by‑clause redlines, cite source language, and enforce internal playbooks...
Phil Favro, HaystackID: Getting Beyond Spreadsheets: Handling Structured Data Productions
The eDiscovery landscape is moving from a document‑centric view to treating electronic‑stored information (ESI) as structured data. Courts are increasingly ordering parties to produce relevant database content, such as relational tables, dashboards, and data‑warehouse extracts, rather than allowing avoidance through...
Hanzo: Why Contextual Search Matters in Modern eDiscovery Workflows
Contextual search is reshaping eDiscovery by connecting emails, chats, documents, and collaboration data rather than relying on isolated keywords. Traditional keyword‑based methods flood review teams with irrelevant hits, extending review cycles and increasing the risk of missed critical information. Hanzo’s...
David Pemberton, Everlaw: Digital Spoliation of Evidence: Risks, Rules, and Prevention
Digital spoliation—loss, alteration, or destruction of electronically stored information after a preservation duty—poses a major risk in modern litigation. Everlaw’s David Pemberton stresses that robust eDiscovery strategies must embed technical safeguards and clear legal‑hold procedures to avoid severe court sanctions....
Reveal: Legal Tech in the Public Sector: A Story of Transformation and Innovation
The Reveal report highlights how U.S. government legal departments are grappling with exploding electronic data volumes, heightened regulatory oversight, and aging IT infrastructure. A 2023 GAO study notes agencies struggle with records management and litigation readiness as staff mobility rises....
Carly Savar: Reliable by Design: What In-House Counsel Really Need From Legal Tech Partners
Carly Savar’s article argues that modern in‑house counsel must treat legal‑tech partners as extensions of their service team, not just vendors. The shift from a back‑office risk filter to a front‑line business ally demands rapid, reliable contract reviews and other...
Nathan Damweber: From Casebook to Copilot: Bridging Law’s AI Readiness Gap
Nathan Damweber highlights a widening gap between law schools’ curricula and the AI tools now integral to legal practice. He notes that most new associates can master substantive law but lack formal training to evaluate generative‑AI outputs. Interviews with 1L...
Cara Peterman, Courtney Quirós, and Charlotte Bohn: Can Opposing Parties See Your AI Prompts? Discovery Challenges in the AI Era
The article warns that generative AI tools used by employees to draft discovery responses can create discoverable evidence, including prompts, inputs, and outputs. In‑house counsel may unknowingly rely on external AI platforms, exposing internal strategies and data. Courts are beginning...
From Training to Execution: Embedded Safeguards for Responsible AI Use in Legal Practice
Artificial intelligence is now entrenched in legal practice, with 69% of professionals using generative AI tools, yet 54% of firms still lack formal AI training and 43% have no governance policy. The rapid evolution of AI capabilities creates a gap...
CobbleStone Available on Texas DIR Cooperative Contract for CLM Software Solutions
CobbleStone Software announced that its Contract Insight® platform is now available through the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) Cooperative Contract DIR‑CPO‑5081. The inclusion expands access to the company’s contract lifecycle management (CLM) and e‑procurement tools for state and local...
India’s Legal Tech Market: Homegrown Ambition and Global Inroads
India’s legal tech ecosystem is rapidly expanding, with roughly 1,000 home‑grown startups, second only to the United States. Leading Indian firms such as Trilegal and Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas are piloting domestic AI platforms like Lucio and Jurisphere, while also adopting...
Suade Sets the Standard for Agentic AI as the only AI-Native Regulatory Reporting Platform
Suade has launched the first AI‑native regulatory reporting platform, positioning itself as the sole solution built for the agentic AI era. The platform uses an API‑first, open architecture that lets financial institutions embed their own AI models while maintaining full...
Lawyers to the Wealthy Warn that AI Legal Advice Comes with Serious Risks
Wealthy clients are increasingly turning to AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Claude for estate‑planning and tax‑strategy advice, prompting lawyers to intervene. Attorneys report spending extra hours correcting inaccurate AI suggestions and warning that uploading confidential documents can void attorney‑client...
Hangzhou Court Rules AI‑Replacement Dismissal Unlawful, Boosting Labor Protections
The Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court rejected a tech company's attempt to fire a senior quality‑assurance supervisor after AI took over his duties, ordering the dismissal unlawful and underscoring that AI efficiency gains do not excuse contract termination. The ruling, released...
Palana S.A. Unites Three Firms in Compliance Platform Play
Palana S.A., a Luxembourg‑London regulatory technology group, merged its Avanterra and Palana Services units into a single entity on 1 April 2026. The unified firm now reports €20.5 million in revenue (about $22.3 million) and employs 120 staff, reflecting a 32% CAGR over the...
Should Companies Be Using AI to Draft Their Proxy? An Example to Scare You
The article warns that relying on large‑language‑model AI to draft proxy statements can produce generic, boilerplate language that lacks company‑specific facts. It contrasts an AI‑generated CD&A paragraph with a human‑crafted version, highlighting differences in specificity, performance linkage, and strategic nuance....
Magic Circle Firm Slaughter and May Adopts Harvey
Slaughter & May has announced a firm‑wide rollout of the Harvey AI platform, extending its use to all practice areas including M&A, due diligence, regulatory research and document analysis. The Magic Circle firm highlighted Harvey’s agentic capabilities, security features and proven track...
ION Launches XTP for Event Contracts
ION Group has launched XTP for Event Contracts, an automated real‑time platform that creates, resolves and settles event‑based derivatives around the clock. The solution, already trusted by major futures commission merchants for exchange‑traded and cleared OTC products, now supports prediction‑market...
Slaughter and May Goes Firmwide with Harvey
Slaughter & May announced a firm‑wide rollout of Harvey, the firm’s chosen enterprise legal‑AI platform. The deployment will replace a patchwork of legacy tools with a single, cloud‑based solution for contract review, litigation research and regulatory compliance. Harvey’s machine‑learning models have...
CloudLex Introduces the First ‘Personal Injury Ecosystem’
CloudLex launched the first Personal Injury Ecosystem, merging its case‑management platform, Lexee AI, paralegal services, and the Voices of PI community into a single, unified system. The integrated solution eliminates the need for separate logins and data transfers by keeping...
When Compliance Needs More than Diligence
Regulators in India, led by the RBI, have mandated enterprise‑wide, workflow‑based compliance management systems for banks, NBFCs, insurers and fintechs. A recent RBI circular revealed that most institutions still rely on manual spreadsheets, leaving gaps in obligation tracking and evidence...
AI Slashes Audit Costs, Big Four Resist Price Cuts
We all know with certainty that AI will drastically reduce the costs of corporate auditing. This cost-reduction already widespread in legal. One problem - the big 4 are holding the line, telling clients despite AI, we are not lowering rates....
MoJ Justice AI Unit Seeks Squad of Engineers to ‘Build Products with Real-World Impact’
The UK Ministry of Justice’s Justice AI Unit is hiring five forward‑deployed engineers to design and launch AI tools for courts, prisons and probation services. Salaries range from £71,381 to £85,257 (approximately $90,600‑$108,300), reflecting senior‑level compensation. Engineers will work directly...
Coheso Adds AI to Slack, Teams, Outlook and Gmail for In‑house Legal Work
Coheso, the AI‑native legal front‑door platform, rolled out AI‑powered integrations for Slack, Microsoft Teams, Outlook and Gmail, enabling automatic intake and workflow routing of informal legal requests. The enhancements aim to reduce manual effort for legal teams while keeping business...
ICMA Publishes the Digital Bonds Annex, an Addition to the GMRA Digital Assets Annex
On April 30, 2026 ICMA released the Digital Bonds Annex, extending the Global Master Repurchase Agreement (GMRA) to cover transactions involving natively‑issued digital debt securities. The annex, crafted by ICMA’s Digital Assets Legal Working Group in partnership with ISLA and...
The Opposition’s Playbook: How to Assess Opposing Counsel Using Legal Data
The Trellis blog explains how lawyers can predict case trajectories by analyzing the behavior of opposing counsel rather than relying on stated arguments. By mining litigation data—such as filing patterns, motion histories, and settlement outcomes—practitioners can uncover an opponent’s strategic...
Consumers Still Prefer Lawyers Over AI for Estate Planning
Interesting debate for estate planning attorneys playing out in #AdvisorTech - to what extent will consumers trust AI-driven tools to draft most/all of their estate documents? Current state of affairs, per Trust & Will survey: - Only 30% trust AI more than...
LegalOn Launches AI-Powered Contract Intelligence Tool Vault
LegalOn unveiled Vault, an AI‑powered contract intelligence platform that plugs into its existing suite. The tool automatically extracts key data from both new and historical contracts, then monitors renewal dates, obligations, and risk indicators. By delivering real‑time analytics, Vault aims...
ClearyX Bets That Biglaw Disruption Is Inevitable
Cleary Gottlieb’s captive ALSP, ClearyX, has moved beyond traditional services by launching the CX+ AI platform, which includes CX+Insights for contract portfolio analysis and CX+Transact for M&A diligence. The firm claims the tools deliver 40‑60% time and cost savings across...
Trust & Will Appoints Bill Parker as CTO to Accelerate AI-Driven Estate Planning
Trust & Will announced Bill Parker as its new chief technology officer. The fintech veteran will steer AI and platform development for a service that now serves over one million users, more than 26,000 financial advisors and $300 billion in self‑reported...
Something Is About to Happen
A national title‑insurance firm will soon close its first refinance transaction that moves from opening to post‑closing without any human touch, relying entirely on AI‑driven agents. The article parallels this milestone with The Atlantic’s $20 million partnership with OpenAI, which turned...
Legalist Closes $415 Million AI‑Powered Litigation Fund, Doubling Assets to $2 Billion
Legalist announced the closing of a $415 million litigation‑finance fund, its largest to date, bringing total assets under management to $2 billion. The California‑based firm leveraged its AI‑driven “truffle sniffer” to target low‑ to mid‑value cases, signaling a shift toward class‑action investments...
Legaltech Connect: How Paul Weiss, Dell Evaluate AI
At Legaltech Connect’s research and innovation conference, senior leaders from Paul Weiss and Dell Technologies outlined how they assess artificial‑intelligence solutions for legal work. Both firms described a multi‑stage evaluation framework that balances technical performance, data security, ethical risk, and...
Kustodia Launches Smart Contract Escrow for LATAM's $600m Fraud Crisis
Kustodia has rolled out Mexico’s first peso‑denominated blockchain escrow, linking the country’s instant SPEI payment rail with smart contracts on Arbitrum. The service lets buyers and sellers lock funds via a WhatsApp‑driven interface, releasing pesos only after mutual confirmation, and...
Episode 410 — Building a Best-in-Class AI Use Policy
In the latest Corruption, Crime & Compliance podcast, Michael Volkov outlines how firms can craft a best‑in‑class AI Use Policy to mitigate emerging AI risks. He argues that traditional governance models are inadequate for AI’s rapid deployment across functions. Volkov...
How Law Librarians Are Taming the AI Landscape
Law librarians and legal information professionals are confronting the rapid rise of generative AI by establishing governance frameworks, curating trustworthy prompts, and integrating AI tools into research workflows. The co‑authored blog outlines practical steps such as developing AI usage policies,...
FBI Extradites China‑Linked Hacker, Spotlighting LegalTech’s Role in Cyber Forensics
FBI Director Kash Patel announced the extradition of Chinese national Xu Zewei from Italy to face U.S. charges for a 2020‑21 cyber campaign that targeted COVID‑19 research. The operation, coordinated with Italian authorities, highlights the growing reliance on digital forensics and...
Rippling Rolls Out Automated Compliance Tool for SOC 2 Audits
Rippling, the San Francisco‑based workforce platform, unveiled an automated compliance tool that streamlines SOC 2 Type 1 and Type 2 audits. The solution leverages existing HR, device‑management and identity data to recommend controls, collect evidence in real time, and automatically remediate gaps. It consolidates...
Claude For Word Is Weak, Suggests Ivo
Ivo, a contract‑intelligence platform, ran an independent benchmark comparing its AI, Claude for Word (Opus 4.6) and a human attorney on 19 real contracts. The human scored 4.56, Ivo 4.52, and Claude 3.50 out of 10, showing the purpose‑built tool nearly...
EDiscovery Impact of Advanced Indexing in M365
Microsoft’s default ambient index in M365 often leaves items partially indexed, raising compliance concerns under FRCP 26(g). Premium (E5) customers can enable Advanced Indexing, which automatically re‑processes those items, runs OCR, and generates detailed reports. The feature activates when custodians...
Scaling Europe Top 50 Picks 4 Legal AI Companies
The Scaling Europe Top 50 ranking highlighted four legal‑AI startups—Legora, Wordsmith, Curvestone and LawHive—among Europe’s fastest‑growing companies, with Lovable taking the overall lead. The list emphasizes year‑on‑year revenue growth from 2024 to 2025 as its core metric, supplemented by absolute revenue,...
LegalOn Goes ‘CLM-Ish’ With Contract Vault
LegalOn has rolled out its Vault product in the United States and Europe, adding to its earlier launch in Japan. Vault uses AI to automatically extract both standard and custom contract fields and lets legal teams query agreements in plain...