Startup Corner: NegoAgent – Helping You Learn to Negotiate
NegoAgent, founded in 2025 by industry veteran Peter Hansson, delivers an AI‑driven negotiation coach that lets business professionals rehearse deals without costly courses. The platform leverages custom AI agents and a Radar‑AI feature that scans counterpart behavior and external events to suggest real‑time tactics. Early adopters, notably purchasing managers in the automotive sector, report faster preparation and higher confidence. The bootstrapped startup plans organic growth through content marketing and social media outreach.
Crimson Raises $2.5m Seed, Opens New York Office, Leans Hard on the Litigation-Native Pitch
London‑based litigation AI startup Crimson announced an oversubscribed $2.5 million seed round led by Y Combinator and opened a New York office headed by former BigLaw litigator Rhick Bose. The company reports revenue climbing more than 30% month‑on‑month in 2026 and a platform...
Orange Rag Legal Tech Clinic: Moving to Evergreen – What Law Firms Need to Understand Beyond Migration
Stephen Brown of Lights‑On Consulting explains why law firms must look beyond the technical steps of moving to Evergreen technology. Evergreen platforms—continuously updated cloud, SaaS or PaaS solutions—promise lower maintenance but introduce new cost structures, security considerations, and staffing challenges....
Report From the FT Innovative Lawyers Asia-Pacific Awards in Hong Kong
The FT Innovative Lawyers Asia‑Pacific Awards highlighted a surge of AI activity across the region’s legal market, with firms accelerating tool adoption amid booming IPOs. Australian firms led the innovation rankings, notably Mallesons’ custom AI workflows that cut a 74‑step...
Legora Hires CMO From Atlassian and BriefCatch COO From VIDAA
Legora announced the appointment of Zeynep Inanoglu Ozdemir, a former Atlassian and Palo Alto Networks CMO, to lead its U.S. expansion and brand momentum. Ozdemir previously managed a 450‑person marketing organization and helped Palo Alto’s market cap grow five‑fold. BriefCatch named...
TalkingTech Podcast with Harvey: How AI Agents Are Changing Legal Work—And Why It Matters Now
The TalkingTech Podcast with Harvey highlighted the emergence of AI agents that can plan, reason, and execute multi‑step legal tasks autonomously, moving beyond simple automation. On the Harvey platform, hundreds of use cases—from document checks to full‑draft generation—are already in...
Building the AI-Ready Legal Team
Legalfly will host a webinar on June 11 featuring senior legal solutions engineer Stephanie Adriaens, who will explain how legal teams can lay the operational groundwork for AI‑assisted contract review. The discussion will cover selecting the right contracts, centralising template libraries,...
Legal Knowledge: Lexsoft Announces T3 Is Accessible via MCP and Tiger Eye Launches AI Curation Assistant
Lexsoft Systems announced that its legal knowledge platform, T3, is now fully accessible through the Model Context Protocol (MCP), enabling plug‑and‑play integration with AI orchestrators such as Microsoft Copilot, Claude, Gemini and third‑party tools like Harvey. The update also adds an...
Bar Standards Board Introduces New Guidance on the Use of AI
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has released new guidance on the safe and responsible use of artificial intelligence in barristers’ practice. The document maps existing Core Duties to technology‑specific expectations, urging lawyers to maintain AI competence, assess risks, and protect...
CLOC Global Institute 2026: A Market in Transition
The CLOC Global Institute in Chicago highlighted a maturing AI conversation, with legal‑ops teams focusing on embedding intelligence directly into everyday tools rather than using separate solutions. Over 2,400 professionals heard vendors like Mitratech, Bloomberg Law and NetDocuments announce plans...
Legal AI Is Dead. Long Live Legal AI?
At the Royal Opera House on May 7, Legora CEO Max Junestrand announced that "legal AI is dead" and introduced Legora aOS, an agentic operating system designed to streamline legal work. The platform can monitor global regulations, auto‑generate entity diagrams, create task...
IManage Unveils Open Protocol
iManage introduced the iManage MCP Server, an open‑protocol gateway that lets any MCP‑compatible AI pull content directly from its repository without custom integrations or bulk exports. The server preserves existing security, ethical walls and compliance controls, and will be demoed...
Aderant Rolls Out Agent Center at Momentum as Part of Stridyn Platform Expansion
At its Momentum Global 2026 conference, Aderant unveiled the Agent Center, an AI‑driven suite built on its Stridyn platform and powered by the MADDI assistant. The initial release includes three agents that automate collections, handle billing appeals, and consolidate talent‑evaluation...
The Inside View: Beyond the Hype – GenAI in Legal Practice
Legal IT Insider’s podcast features Travers Smith CTO Olly Bethell discussing the practical impact of generative AI on law firms. He outlines the firm’s current tech stack, its hybrid "buy or build" strategy, and how GenAI is reshaping legal workflows beyond the...
“The AI Conversation Is Turning Into a Data Conversation”: Elite Vantage Puts Data Strategy Centre Stage
Elite Vantage, the flagship conference of Elite Vantage after its spin‑out from Thomson Reuters, highlighted the firm’s shift from AI hype to concrete data strategy. Chief product officer Elisabet Hardy noted that top law firms such as Kirkland & Ellis...