AI for Legal Professionals: Insights From Our “Artificial Intelligence for the Rest of Us” Author Panel
The recent author panel titled “Artificial Intelligence for the Rest of Us” explored how AI tools are reshaping legal practice. Panelists highlighted practical use cases such as contract review automation, predictive litigation analytics, and e‑discovery optimization. They also addressed data privacy concerns and the need for upskilling lawyers to work alongside AI. The discussion underscored that early adopters are already seeing efficiency gains and cost reductions.
Investment in UK Legal Tech Soars to Record High, Report Finds
The UK legal‑tech sector secured a record £188.8 million in 2025, a 35% increase over the prior year, according to LawtechUK’s Investment Snapshot. Twenty home‑grown firms raised £42 million in the second half of the year, with an average raise of £2.1 million,...
FWC Targets Meritless Gen-AI Claims with New Filing Rules
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) will soon require all employees and witnesses to disclose any use of generative‑AI in preparing their applications, with false statements subject to imprisonment. Justice Adam Hatcher highlighted AI’s dual role: it can help self‑represented litigants...
This Startup Is Building an All-in-One AI Ecosystem for Nigerian Law Firms
Modulaw AI, a Lagos‑based startup, has launched an all‑in‑one AI‑driven legal operations platform for Nigerian law firms. The system combines a RAG‑powered research engine—trained on roughly 10,000 appellate and Supreme Court judgments—with case management, client collaboration, workflow automation, and billing...
Why Scalable Case Management Software Is Essential for Growing Law Firms
Law firms that experience rapid growth quickly outgrow spreadsheets, email chains, and ad‑hoc filing systems. Scalable case management software provides a centralized platform that aligns tasks, documents, and deadlines across expanding teams. By standardizing workflows, the technology streamlines onboarding, delegation,...
Professional Probation Recommended for Attorney Whose Briefs Had AI-Generated Fake Quotes
A state bar has recommended professional probation for an attorney who inserted AI‑generated fabricated quotations into multiple court briefs. The misconduct was uncovered after a routine review revealed that the cited sources did not exist. The disciplinary recommendation follows the...
Can We Use AI for ICFR and SOX?
AI can be leveraged to automate and enhance internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) and SOX compliance, especially through agentic AI that creates documentation, scans evidence, and tests controls. However, compliance officers must ensure that AI testing validates control design,...
Provider’s Degree of Control Affects DMCA Safe Harbor
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Elliott McGucken’s false copyright‑management‑information claim against Shutterstock, finding the platform’s watermarking and automated CMI removal did not show scienter. However, the court vacated summary judgment on the underlying...
ProcessUnity Research Finds Third-Party Risk Management Confidence Outpaces Breach Reality
ProcessUnity’s State of Third‑Party Risk Assessments 2026, conducted with the Ponemon Institute, surveyed 1,465 risk leaders and found a stark disconnect between confidence in TPRM programs and actual breach outcomes. Respondents report an average of 12 third‑party breaches per year...
Reimagining KYC
Capgemini released a whitepaper outlining perpetual KYC, a shift from periodic, manual reviews to near‑real‑time, event‑driven monitoring. Early adopters report 20‑40% fewer false positives, 40‑60% faster onboarding, and 50‑70% reduction in case backlogs. The proposed pKYC triad blends data modernization,...
Federal Circuit Upholds Infringement Damages and Validity for Modular Artificial Tree Patent
The Federal Circuit affirmed Willis Electric’s $42.5 million verdict and upheld the validity of claim 15 of its modular artificial‑tree patent. The court rejected Polygroup’s motions, finding the district court correctly admitted the damages expert’s testimony and did not require limiting damages...
Survey: Nearly 90% of Legal and Tech Pros Say Operational Gaps, Not Regulation, Threaten Defensibility
Exterro’s latest survey of over 400 legal, IT, data‑governance and security professionals reveals that operational shortcomings, not regulatory uncertainty, now pose the greatest threat to defensible eDiscovery. Nearly 90% of respondents flagged budget limits, skill gaps and fragmented governance as...
Is AI the End of Lawyers, or the Beginning of Access to Justice?
Generative AI is rapidly entering the legal market, with startups securing billion‑dollar valuations and offering low‑cost, on‑demand advice. While the technology promises to narrow the access‑to‑justice gap for the 93% of low‑income Americans who lack representation, AI “hallucinations” that fabricate...
GRC Tools Are Still Just Digital Filing Cabinets
The GRC market is booming. Feels like I hear about a new platform every day but most platforms still feel like digital filing cabinets for policies and screenshots. There has to be a better way. What have you found that...
Universal Migrator Releases Scripts to Migrate Tussman, CollectMax and LeadDocket to Clio, MyCase, Litify and Lawmatics
Universal Migrator announced a suite of new data‑migration scripts that move law‑firm data from Tussman, CollectMax and LeadDocket into leading platforms such as Clio, MyCase, Litify and Lawmatics. The addition expands the company’s script library to over 138 integrated applications...
Passware Kit Mobile 2026 V2 Decrypts Samsung S21/S20 Series
Passware Kit Mobile 2026 v2 introduces a proprietary method to decrypt Samsung Galaxy S20 and S21 devices powered by Exynos 990 and 2100 chipsets, supporting security patches up to April 2025. The update also adds full‑disk encryption support for Unisoc‑based phones and accelerates password...
India Launches RailTech Policy to Make Railway Claims Digital
India’s Railways unveiled two digital reforms under its “52 Reforms in 52 Weeks” agenda: the RailTech Policy to systemise innovation and the e‑RCT platform to digitise the Railway Claims Tribunal. The RailTech framework creates a single‑stage portal, offers up to...
Cellebrite’s 2026 Industry Trends Report Reveals Smartphones As The Leading Source Of Digital Evidence In Investigations At 97%
Cellebrite’s 2026 Industry Trends Report, based on 1,200 investigators in 63 countries, shows smartphones now account for 97% of digital evidence sources, a 24‑point rise since 2024. While 95% say digital evidence improves case solvability, 94% report rising complexity strains...
Exclusive: The Barrister Group Launches Standalone Operations Business to Help Modernise Chambers
The Barrister Group has spun off its operational platform as a standalone service called VENTRiQ, offering technology‑enabled back‑office support to UK barristers' chambers. The new proposition handles everything from workflow automation and diary management to invoicing and cybersecurity, leveraging an...
Workday Brings AI-Native Contract Lifecycle Management to EU Businesses with Frankfurt Data Residency
Workday announced an AI‑native Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) solution hosted in Frankfurt, giving EU customers a local data residency option. The service leverages generative AI to draft, review, and negotiate contracts while automatically enforcing compliance rules. By storing all contract...
Simmons & Simmons Takes Digital Regs in Its STRIDE
Simmons & Simmons has unveiled STRIDE, an AI‑backed digital regulation tracker that aggregates live, analyst‑grade data across Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The platform uses a multi‑channel processing (MCP) approach, allowing AI agents to be queried directly via LLM...
HaystackID Acquires Data Intelligence Startup eDiscovery AI
HaystackID announced the acquisition of eDiscovery AI, a data‑intelligence startup focused on AI‑driven electronic discovery solutions. The deal builds on a pre‑existing partnership and is aimed at bolstering HaystackID's generative AI capabilities across its legal‑tech platform. By integrating eDiscovery AI's...
HaystackID: AI Copyright Cases Spotlight Key Discovery Practice Issues
Federal courts are tightening discovery limits in AI copyright lawsuits, citing the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure’s reasonableness standard. Recent rulings in the In re Google Generative AI Copyright Litigation and Onan v. Databricks restrict late‑stage depositions and document requests....
Exterro: “Good Enough” Isn’t Enough for Litigation Readiness
Exterro’s latest Data Xposure podcast spotlights the gap between reactive legal tactics and true litigation readiness. Host Jenny Hamilton and Hilltop Securities’ legal‑operations leader Patrick Butts argue that a playbook‑driven approach is essential for regulated firms. The discussion moves beyond...
Reveal: What FedRAMP Authorized Should Mean in eDiscovery
FedRAMP, the federal cloud security authorization program, is becoming a critical benchmark for eDiscovery solutions as U.S. courts anticipate over 400,000 lawsuits this year. Legal teams must verify that their cloud‑based discovery tools meet FedRAMP standards to prevent security breaches,...
Sam Bock, Relativity: What Legal Leaders Should Know About Shadow AI
Shadow AI, the unsanctioned use of generative AI applications, is emerging as the latest incarnation of shadow IT, infiltrating legal departments’ workflows. As employees adopt chatbots, code generators, and document‑analysis tools without IT approval, firms confront heightened data‑privacy, security, and...
Justin Smith, Everlaw: From Mobile Data to Generative AI: Your Guide to Navigating the New Era of Ediscovery
Everlaw’s Justin Smith outlines a comprehensive eDiscovery guide that addresses the exploding volume, variety, and velocity of electronically stored information, especially from mobile sources. The guide highlights how generative AI is reshaping document review, offering faster, more defensible workflows. It...
Michael Gennaro: Black Box Nature of AI Systems Creating Legal Land Mines for Companies
A Dataiku survey of 800 global data leaders reveals that 95% cannot fully trace how their AI systems reach decisions, exposing a massive explainability gap. The same study shows 59% have already faced business crises due to AI hallucinations or...
Canadian Legal Information Institute Unveils AI-Powered Search Assistant CanLII Search+
The Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) has launched CanLII Search+, a generative‑AI‑powered search assistant that translates everyday language into structured legal queries. Built on Lexum’s infrastructure, the tool pulls answers exclusively from CanLII’s own database of case law, legislation and...
The UK’s Global Leadership in Lawtech Is at Risk if Women Are Left Behind
Professor Mimi Zou warns that the United Kingdom’s rapid lawtech expansion could stall if women remain under‑represented. The sector has grown more than 90% since 2020, driven by AI tools like ChatGPT and large‑language‑model platforms such as Harvey. Yet only...
Privilege Waived Because Pre-Production Measures Were Not Shown to Be Reasonable
In Wilson Aerospace LLC v. Boeing, the Western District of Washington held that Wilson waived attorney‑client privilege and work‑product protection by failing to demonstrate reasonable pre‑production safeguards. The court noted Wilson’s reliance on a vague “second‑layer” filter without specific search...
Legal Speak Presents "The Supreme Court Brief Spotlight" - Adam Unikowsky
In this episode of Legal Speak, Supreme Court litigator Adam Unikowski discusses the rapid adoption of AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude in high‑court advocacy. He describes experiments where AI generated oral arguments and answered justices’ questions, highlighting AI’s speed,...
Cloud Software Provider Intapp Launches Multi-Industry Agentic AI Platform
Intapp announced Celeste, a multi‑industry agentic AI platform that embeds autonomous agents into its cloud software suite. The launch follows recent strategic partnerships with Anthropic and Harvey, giving Celeste access to large‑language models and domain‑specific legal AI. Celeste is positioned...
NetDocuments Announces 7 New Pre-Built ndMax Apps
NetDocuments introduced seven new pre‑built ndMax applications designed to automate key legal workflows. The suite covers discovery response generation, contract analysis and review, and assistance with USPTO office‑action replies. By leveraging the low‑code ndMax platform, these apps can be deployed...
The End of the Magic Wand: Why 2026 Demands Resilience Prompting
Law firms have moved beyond chasing the perfect prompt and now face a deeper challenge: generative AI reasoning systems can produce fluent, persuasive answers that are subtly incorrect. The article argues that lawyers must treat every AI output as a...
The Shifting SEP Litigation Landscape: How Changes in the Types of Litigated SEPs Can Affect Implementers
Standard‑essential‑patent (SEP) litigation grew about 15% between 2020 and 2025, moving away from traditional cellular (ETSI) disputes toward Wi‑Fi and video‑codec standards. Litigated video‑codec SEPs jumped 263% and Wi‑Fi SEPs rose 71%, while ETSI‑declared cellular SEPs fell 32%. The surge...
CourtPilot – Recover Money Through Small Claims Court Guided by AI
CourtPilot, an AI‑powered legal platform, enables UK e‑commerce sellers to file small‑claims cases without a solicitor. For a one‑off £97 fee, users receive AI‑generated court documents, evidence analysis, and step‑by‑step guidance for claims up to £10,000. The service begins with...
From Market Meltdown to Strategic Realignment: Harvey and LexisNexis Chart Diverging Paths with Anthropic
Anthropic’s new legal plugin sparked market concern as a potential disruptor, prompting divergent responses from two legal‑tech players. Harvey announced a direct integration with Anthropic’s Claude model, allowing enterprise users to invoke Harvey’s legal workflows inside Claude threads. LexisNexis, meanwhile,...
Building a Global Legal Operations Community With Anne Graue & Colin McCarthy
In this episode, hosts Mark and Pepe talk with legal operations veterans Colin McCarthy and Anne Graue about launching OLC, a new global legal‑operations community. They discuss their complementary backgrounds—Colin’s experience building the Legal Operators community in the U.S. and...
The End of the Magic Wand: Why 2026 Demands Resilience Prompting
Law firms have shifted from chasing a perfect AI prompt to recognizing that modern reasoning models can produce fluent but subtly incorrect answers. The article introduces "Resilience Prompting," a workflow mindset that assumes every AI output may be wrong and...
DUPAY: The Income Protection Platform Turning Unpaid Creator Invoices Into Recoverable Revenue
DUPAY, launched in May 2023, offers a subscription‑based income‑protection platform for creators, agencies, and small businesses. Leveraging AI‑generated demand letters and a three‑letter escalation protocol, the service reports an 81% success rate in recovering unpaid invoices across 16 countries. Beyond...
Draftwise Launches AI-Driven Playbook Studio
Draftwise unveiled Playbook Studio, an AI‑driven tool that scans a firm’s contracts and deal history to generate a customized, deployable playbook in roughly five minutes. The solution reportedly slashes NDA drafting and review time from an hour to two minutes...
BRYTER Offers Vibe Coding, Returns to Its Roots
Bryter, originally a no‑code workflow platform for lawyers, has launched a general‑release of “vibe coding,” a conversational AI‑driven approach that lets users build applications by describing logic in natural language. The feature blends Bryter’s no‑code roots with generative AI, enabling...
Datamaran Launches Regulatory Monitoring Solution to Help Companies Navigate ESG Complexity
Datamaran, a leader in AI‑powered risk tools, unveiled a standalone Regulatory Monitoring solution that aggregates global ESG and sustainability regulations. The platform blends machine‑learning analysis with expert‑curated intelligence, delivering personalized alerts and visual dashboards for sustainability, legal, and compliance teams....
World-Class Cybersecurity for UK Law Firms and Why It’s More Important than Ever
UK law firms are increasingly targeted by cybercriminals, with 60% of attacks now stemming from credential compromise. Legacy on‑premise systems and fragmented security tools leave firms vulnerable, while modern SaaS platforms like OneAdvanced offer continuous patching, real‑time monitoring, and built‑in...
Prosecuting Insider Trading in the AI Era – Business Law Today From ABA
The article examines how artificial‑intelligence tools are reshaping insider‑trading prosecutions. Defendants may argue that AI‑generated analysis, rather than material nonpublic information (MNPI), drove their trades, invoking a routine‑strategy or diversification defense. It also explores the “mosaic theory,” suggesting AI can...
Wordsmith + Cognia Partner For AI Powered Managed Services
Wordsmith and ALSP Cognia Law have announced a strategic partnership to provide AI‑powered managed legal services. The collaboration combines Wordsmith's generative AI platform with Cognia's legal engineering and delivery expertise, offering technology, implementation, and operational support to in‑house legal teams....
The Hidden Risks in AI Legal Advice: Why SMEs Must Not Confuse Speed with Strategy
UK SMEs increasingly rely on AI-generated legal advice to cut costs and accelerate operations. While AI can produce quick drafts, the article warns that such advice is often only “almost right,” leading to misallocated risk, jurisdictional errors, and costly disputes....
Back To Myrtle Beach: Techno East 2026 Returns To The Core Of DFIR
Techno Security & Digital Forensics Conference East returns to Myrtle Beach June 2‑4, 2026, after a two‑decade hiatus. The event features six focused tracks spanning digital forensics, incident response, financial cyber crimes, human exploitation, AI‑driven DFIR, and eDiscovery. Over 100 sessions will...
How No-Code AML Cuts Cost and Boosts Agility
Financial institutions are replacing legacy anti‑money‑laundering (AML) systems with no‑code platforms that let compliance teams build rules, workflows and reports via visual interfaces. Traditional solutions can require six to twelve months for deployment and heavy IT involvement, while modern SaaS‑based...