Sovos and Label Partner on CARF Reporting
Sovos and Label have teamed up to launch a joint CARF compliance solution for digital‑asset platforms, integrating Label’s CARF automation with Sovos’ 1099‑DA and broader tax reporting capabilities. The offering, branded Label CARF + Sovos 1099‑DA, automates onboarding, transaction aggregation, foreign‑exchange valuation and OECD‑compliant XML generation, targeting exchanges, brokers, custodians and VASPs. CARF reporting becomes mandatory for the 2026 tax year, with compliance due in 2027, adding a new layer of cross‑border tax obligations. The partnership aims to provide a unified, zero‑rejection compliance stack that also supports state‑level filing.
Are You Taking Source of Funds Seriously?
The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s 2024‑25 AML report flagged source‑of‑funds checks as a persistent weakness, noting that 10% of reviewed files lacked any verification. Firms risk hefty fines, criminal prosecution, and reputational harm if they fail to match client funds with...
Rebound in Deals over $100m Lifted European RegTech Funding by 51% YoY in 2025
European RegTech funding jumped 51% year‑over‑year in 2025, reaching $1.1 billion. The market closed with 122 deals, a 10% increase over 2024 but still 55% below the 2021 peak. Large‑ticket rounds resurfaced, with deals over $100 million contributing $117.2 million after none in...
Walk Through: Ayora – AI-Driven Matter Pricing
Ayora launched an AI‑driven matter pricing and tracking platform for law firms. Its proprietary data enrichment engine cleans historic matter and time records, addressing the “garbage in/garbage out” challenge. The solution offers agentic pricing, allowing lawyers to set rates and...
Crown and Magistrate Courts Digitisation Funding Boost
The UK government will fund every Crown court in England and Wales to operate at maximum capacity in 2026/27, with an extra £287 million for digital upgrades and infrastructure. Total court and tribunal funding rises to £2.785 billion, up from £2.538 billion. No...
Majority of Gulf Region Companies Now Adopting Gen AI – Survey
A Deloitte survey of 649 tax, finance and legal professionals shows generative AI adoption in the Gulf Cooperation Council has accelerated, with non‑adoption dropping from 52% in 2024 to 29% in 2025. Quality improvement is the top priority (38%), followed...
RWS Global Deploys Box’s AI Tools to Streamline Contract Workflow
RWS Global partnered with Box to embed AI‑driven tools into its contract lifecycle, leveraging Box Enterprise Advanced, Box Doc Gen, and Box Sign. The new no‑code workflow automates document generation, legal approval, and e‑signature, cutting processing time from roughly 20 minutes to...
How I Use ChatGPT to Create a CLE PowerPoint Deck
Jennifer Ellis details a step‑by‑step workflow for using ChatGPT to produce a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) PowerPoint on cybersecurity. She shares the exact prompts, citation handling, and design cues that let the AI generate a polished deck in minutes. The...
Here’s What a Google Subpoena Response Looks Like, Courtesy of the Epstein Files
The Department of Justice released more than three million documents tied to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, including several grand‑jury subpoenas directed at Google. The leaked files reveal Google’s formal responses on company letterhead, detailing the data it produced for specific...
Legal Leaders Say Finding Talent with Right Skills Harder Today than It Was a Year Ago: Survey
A recent Robert Half survey of 138 Canadian legal leaders finds hiring skilled talent is harder than a year ago. Two‑thirds report shortages, especially in legal technology, operations, research, and data privacy. 58% say they must train existing staff, while...
Lammy Backs LawtechUK for Next Three Years as He Sets Out AI Vision
Lord Chancellor David Lammy announced £4.5 million in funding for LawtechUK over the next three years, extending the programme’s total investment to £12 million since 2019. He outlined an AI‑focused vision for the courts, including a pilot AI listing assistant (J‑AI) for...
Connecticut Supreme Court Reckons With AI Hallucinations
The Connecticut Supreme Court confronted the reliability of AI‑generated evidence, focusing on the risk of hallucinations that blur fact from fiction. Justice Ecker warned that AI makes truth verification increasingly difficult. The justices examined recent filings that relied on AI...
Why This 30-Year-Old Vanderbilt Valedictorian Left Her Big Law Job to Start an AI Company
Logan Brown, a former Cooley associate and Vanderbilt valedictorian, quit big‑law in May 2025 to launch Soxton, an AI‑powered legal startup. Soxton uses artificial intelligence to draft contracts and other documents, then has human lawyers review them for a flat...
LawNext on Location: The View From Tiburon – A Conversation with Pablo Arredondo, Casetext Cofounder
Pablo Arredondo, co‑founder of legal‑tech startup Casetext, discussed his journey from early experiments to the launch of CoCounsel, the first GPT‑4‑powered AI legal assistant. CoCounsel debuted on Morning Joe in March 2023, leading to Thomson Reuters acquiring Casetext for $650 million cash four...
When Trusted Access Becomes a Threat: The US V. Linwei Ding Conviction and Escalating Insider Risk
Former Google engineer Linwei Ding was convicted of economic espionage after transferring over 1,000 confidential AI‑chip files to a personal cloud and later launching a China‑based startup. The case illustrates how trusted insiders can bypass traditional perimeter defenses by using...
What the Science Says About Hallucinations in Legal Research
A growing body of academic research shows that AI hallucinations in legal research are both common and systematic, with general‑purpose models like GPT‑4 fabricating or mischaracterizing authority in over half of pure‑question queries. Specialized, retrieval‑augmented tools such as Lexis+ AI and...
Prompting Protection: What Every Company Needs to Know About the Potential New AI Bills
Two bipartisan bills—the TRAIN Act and the CLEAR Act—are moving through Congress to increase transparency around copyrighted material used in generative AI training. The TRAIN Act would let copyright owners obtain data disclosures via administrative subpoenas after suspecting infringement, while...
Time of Production of Substantive and Impeachment Video Vis-À-Vis Date of Deposition
The D. Md. court in Frankhouse v. Jobe ruled that a cell‑extraction video with both substantive and impeachment relevance must be produced before the plaintiff’s deposition. The decision hinged on Federal Rule 34, which grants the requesting party the right...
The Market Shift Reshaping Legal AI: Here’s What Comes Next
Clio highlights how consumer‑facing AI, like Claude’s legal plugin, can lower barriers to legal information for the 70% of people who never see a lawyer. At the same time, the firm warns that generic foundation models lack the verified, jurisdiction‑specific...
Detecting Deep Fakes
Legal tech expert Craig Ball was invited to speak in Texas about the growing threat of deep‑fake evidence in litigation. He highlighted how AI‑generated videos can now mimic real people with near‑photographic fidelity, complicating evidentiary verification. The article outlines emerging...
Pinsent Masons Selects Legora for Corporate, Commercial and Property Groups – Interview
Pinsent Masons announced on 23 February that it has rolled out the legal GenAI platform Legora across its corporate, commercial and property groups, expanding its user base to 1,000 lawyers. The firm completed a focused pilot that began in November,...
EDRM Earns JD Supra’s Readers’ Choice Award for 2026
The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) was named JD Supra’s #1 firm in eDiscovery for 2026, marking its fourth straight year at the top. The award reflects reader‑driven data from 2025, highlighting the firm’s extensive author network and high‑engagement content. Individual...
The Rising Tide of AI-Washing Cases in Securities Fraud Litigation
Public companies are increasingly inflating AI capabilities to attract investors, a practice dubbed AI‑washing that has sparked a surge in securities fraud litigation. Recent cases such as Opendoor and Upstart illustrate how exaggerated AI claims led to false statements, stock...
Satisfying The Landeck Ruling With Advanced Search Profiles In ADF Pro
The EU Court of Justice’s Landeck ruling clarified that law‑enforcement must obtain independent authorization and meet proportionality tests before accessing data on seized devices. This decision impacts prosecutions by making improperly obtained evidence potentially inadmissible and forces agencies to adopt...
TR’s CoCounsel Hits 1 Million Users Despite Claude Crash
Thomson Reuters announced that its CoCounsel AI platform has reached one million professional users across 107 countries, covering legal, risk, compliance, tax, accounting, audit and global trade functions. The milestone was highlighted alongside a 10.25% intraday rise in TR’s share...
LawNext on Location: The View From Tiburon – A Conversation with Pablo Arredondo, Casetext Cofounder
In this Law Next on Location episode, co‑founder of Casetext Pablo Arredondo reflects on the rapid evolution of legal AI—from early brief‑analysis tools like CARA to the launch of Co‑Counsel, the first AI legal assistant built on GPT‑4, and its...
Hotshot + Legora Partner For AI Training Program
Hotshot, a legal learning platform, has teamed up with AI‑driven contract tool Legora to deliver a joint training program for law firms. The collaboration will produce high‑level, use‑case‑driven videos and instructor‑led workshops that let lawyers practice Legora on simulated matters...
Elevate Launches ELMA Agentic Capability
Elevate has introduced ELMA, an agentic capability that extends its cloud‑based ELM platform for in‑house legal teams. ELMA lets users create workflows via natural language and integrates with over 200 enterprise applications, automating document processing, data extraction, and browser‑based tasks....
Former Goodwin COO Mary O'Carroll Joins Legal Tech Startup Sandstone as Product Adviser
Former Goodwin chief operating officer Mary O'Carroll has joined legal‑tech startup Sandstone as a product adviser. O'Carroll, who previously held senior roles at Ironclad and Google, will serve in a part‑time capacity. The appointment comes just weeks after Sandstone announced...
Three Years After Launching As First AI Legal Assistant, CoCounsel Reaches 1 Million Users — and Thomson Reuters Teases What’s...
CoCounsel, the first GPT‑4‑powered AI legal assistant, celebrated hitting one million users across 107 countries three years after its March 2023 launch. Developed by Casetext, the platform was acquired by Thomson Reuters just four months after release, accelerating its market penetration....
Al Tamimi & Company Adopts Xapien to Further Enhance Compliance Efficiencies
Al Tamimi & Company, the leading full‑service law firm in the MENA region, has deployed Xapien’s AI‑powered due diligence platform to streamline its client onboarding and compliance workflows. The solution aggregates publicly available data, enabling faster assessment of sanctions exposure,...
TMI: How Your Client’s Need for Likes Is Hurting Their Case
Attorneys must proactively counsel clients on social‑media evidence because posts, likes, tags and even privacy settings can become admissible proof in criminal, civil and family matters. Deleting content after an investigation begins often triggers spoliation claims, while third‑party activity can...
Intapp and Anthropic Collaborate to Bring Expert AI Agents to Highly Regulated Professional Firms
Intapp announced a partnership with Anthropic to embed Claude, the company’s advanced language model, into its governed AI platform for professional services. The collaboration will produce industry‑specific AI agents that fuse Claude’s reasoning power with Intapp’s proprietary data, workflow playbooks,...
SRA Authorises New AI-Powered Law Firm LawFairy
LawFairy has become the first “technology‑only” law firm authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority in England and Wales. The firm relies on a deterministic legal decision engine that applies pre‑validated rules rather than probabilistic AI, delivering traceable, auditable outcomes. Its...
HM Courts and Tribunals Completes Audio Transcription Modernisation
HM Courts and Tribunals Service has finished modernising its Digital Audio Recording Transcription (DARTS) system for Crown Courts. The cloud‑based platform now delivers audio recordings in minutes, with real‑time progress tracking and enhanced search tools. Migration moved roughly 600 TB of...
LexisNexis Launches Lexis+ with Protégé, Replacing Lexis+ AI with an End-to-End Workflow Platform
LexisNexis announced the U.S. general availability of Lexis+ with Protégé, a unified legal platform that supersedes its earlier Lexis+ AI offering. The new solution integrates advanced generative AI, workflow automation, and analytics into a single end‑to‑end environment for research, drafting,...
Solicitor Faces Probe After Putting Client Documents Into ChatGPT
The Upper Tribunal warned lawyers after a solicitor uploaded client emails and Home Office decision letters to ChatGPT, breaching confidentiality and legal privilege. Judge Fiona Lindsley highlighted a surge in fictitious case citations that waste tribunal resources and erode public...
The 10 Best Apps For Lawyers In 2026
The 2026 roundup identifies the ten most effective legal‑tech apps, ranging from AI‑powered client communication platforms to cloud‑based billing and discovery tools. Selections were based on features, user ratings, security certifications, integration depth, and pricing. Apps such as Case Status,...
Before We Predict The End Of Lawyers, Let’s Take A Deep Breath
Generative AI is being touted as a productivity breakthrough for law firms, but the author argues it may actually increase workload. Drawing on the Solow paradox, the piece suggests that more information leads to more analysis, verification, and billable hours...
Before We Predict The End Of Lawyers, Let’s Take A Deep Breath
Stephen Embry argues that generative AI, while touted as a productivity miracle for law firms, may actually generate more work rather than reduce it. He frames this counter‑intuitive outcome with the Solow paradox, which observes that new technologies often raise...
Modernising Case Management Systems: What Every Law Firm Needs to Know in 2026
Law firms are confronting sluggish, legacy case management systems that erode margins and impede AI adoption. A February 26 webinar hosted by LIMA’s product head Ollie Potts will outline why CMS optimisation has become a profitability and data‑strategy priority. Attendees...
The Fix for Compliance: Culture, Tech and Accountability
A new HR Executive report highlights that U.S. compliance programs are lagging in data‑analytics adoption, limiting their ability to build resilient, future‑proof processes. The study points to a three‑pillar solution—culture, technology, and accountability—to navigate an increasingly complex regulatory landscape. Researchers...
Back to Basics: 14 Risk Oversight Rules You Know (But May Be Ignoring)
Jim DeLoach’s article revisits 14 timeless risk‑oversight principles, urging leaders to refresh them with today’s digital capabilities. He stresses that avoiding risk is itself a risk, and that AI, machine learning, and real‑time data can dramatically improve early‑warning systems. The...
NotebookLM for Lawyers: A Small Hammer for Big Document Problems
Google’s NotebookLM, an AI‑powered private notebook, lets lawyers upload up to 300 documents per notebook and query them with citation‑backed answers. The tool excels at digesting litigation files, clustering discovery material, and generating timelines, briefs, and cross‑examination outlines without pulling...
The Post-Truth Purgatory
By 2026, up to 90 % of online content is expected to be synthetically generated, thrusting the legal profession into a crisis of evidentiary authenticity. Courts are grappling with deepfakes and AI‑hallucinated citations, forcing lawyers to prove not just that an...
AI Is an Amplifier, Not an Autopilot: What Today’s General Counsel Should Double Down On
General Counsel roles have expanded from pure legal advisers to strategic partners overseeing talent, data, spend, and broader governance, especially in volatile African markets. While AI promises efficiency, the article warns that it merely amplifies existing operating models—good or bad—so...
New Platform Launched with Claims It Can Reduce the Need for Agents to Chase Sales
LMS has introduced the National Property Transaction Network (NPTN), a data‑sharing platform that lets estate agents assemble a Fast Track Sale pack at the listing stage. The pack aggregates ID checks, title details, searches and other key information, which conveyancers...
I Switched Everything to Local AI and Stopped Sending My Documents to the Cloud
A tech writer realized that uploading confidential documents to cloud‑based AI services violated data‑privacy expectations and switched to a fully local solution. After reviewing terms of service, they adopted AnythingLLM, an open‑source desktop application that runs AI models entirely on...
Intapp to Partner with Harvey Bringing Ethical Wall Enforcement Directly Into the Platform
Intapp and Harvey announced a strategic partnership to embed Intapp Walls for AI directly into Harvey’s generative AI platform for legal professionals. The integration will automatically synchronize Intapp’s ethical‑wall policies with Harvey’s Assistant, Vault, and Workflows modules, ensuring AI‑driven work...
AI Prompting for Legal Professionals
The article outlines how legal professionals can harness generative AI by treating prompts like legal questions, emphasizing that vague inputs produce useless outputs. It introduces the 7 Ps Framework—persona, product, prompt, purpose, prime, privacy, and polish—as a systematic method for crafting...