Law Reinvented: Key Takeaways From a “Goldmine of Practical Guidance”
Law Reinvented: Leading AI Transformation in Legal Practice, authored by Adam Curphey, Oz Benamram and Rebecca Pasternak, is slated for release and praised as a practical guide for the legal sector. The book argues that AI strategy cannot exist in isolation – it must be woven into a firm’s overall business model and executed by a cross‑functional “army” of lawyers, managers and technologists. It offers chapter‑end questions, real‑world anecdotes, and a roadmap for law firms, in‑house teams and legal‑tech vendors to collaborate in a new triangular relationship. The authors even used Claude‑based AI to draft the first manuscript, illustrating the very practices they recommend.
“Governance Was Designed in From Day One”: Inside Wolters Kluwer’s New Invoice Review AI Agent
Wolters Kluwer has launched LegalVIEW BillAnalyzer Invoice Review Agent, an AI‑driven tool that automatically flags and adjusts non‑compliant legal invoice line items. Trained on more than $200 billion of invoice data and built by a team of over 1,000 specialists, the agent...
Charting Change in Legal: AI-First Law Firms, Big Tech, and the Future of Legal Work
In the latest episode of Charting Change in Legal, analysts Ari Kaplan and Caroline Hill dissect the rise of AI‑first law firms, exploring how venture funding and new business models are redefining the legal services market. They examine big‑tech giants...
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...
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...
Manifest OS Raises $60m Series A to Build AI-Native Law Firm Model
New York‑based startup Manifest OS closed a $60 million Series A round, valuing the company at $750 million. Backed by Menlo Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, First Round Capital and Quiet Capital, the funding will fuel its AI‑native law‑firm model that offers fixed‑fee and outcomes‑based...
Anaqua Acquires Rival Patrix to Expand Law Firm Customers and Presence in Europe
Anaqua announced the acquisition of rival IP‑software firm Patrix, adding the Patricia platform and its roughly 400 law‑firm customers to its portfolio. The deal deepens Anaqua’s presence in Europe and builds on a series of strategic purchases under Nordic Capital,...
Lisa McLaughlin to Take over From Libby Jackson as HSF Kramer’s Head of Digital Legal Delivery
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer has named Lisa McLaughlin as managing partner of its Digital Legal Delivery (DLD) practice, succeeding Libby Jackson MBE who retires at fiscal year‑end. McLaughlin, currently the Belfast Office managing partner, will lead the integrated team that combines alternative legal...
AI-Native Law Firm Index Hits 40 Listings
The AI Firm Index, launched by Lupl co‑founder Matt Pollins, has reached 40 listed AI‑native law firms, up from 23 a year ago. These firms are built around AI‑enabled intake, pricing, delivery, and team structures, often redesigning the client journey...
Stella Legal Unites with SBS and Says to BigLaw, “We’re Coming for Your Lunch”
Stella Legal has merged with its parent Strategic Business Solutions, creating a unified "performance intelligence" platform for in‑house legal teams. The combined entity now offers AI enablement, managed services, legal operations, M&A advisory, dispute resolution and enterprise data services under...
Global Legal Tech Alliance Forms to “Shape the Future of AI-Enabled Legal Services”
Hogan Lovells has joined more than fifteen leading firms to launch the Global Legal Tech Alliance, a cross‑border network aimed at shaping AI‑enabled legal services. The alliance will develop shared standards, co‑create solutions for complex workflows, and deliver training through the...
Asda Selects Definely to Speed up Complex Contract Reviews
British supermarket Asda has chosen Definely’s Proof tool to streamline its in‑house legal team’s contract reviews. The Microsoft Word‑native solution automates document analysis, highlighting definition flows, broken cross‑references and linked obligations. Early adoption shows the platform delivering tangible efficiency within...
LegalRM Makes Raft of Hires to “Support Clients at Scale”
LegalRM announced a series of strategic hires spanning delivery, support, AI, marketing and Azure infrastructure to bolster its ability to serve a growing global client base. New Director of Delivery Stanley Gee will standardize implementation methodologies, while Head of Support...
Orange Rag Legal Tech Clinic: “Assume You Will Be Breached” – What Law Firms Must Prioritise Now on Cyber Risk
Legal tech expert Matthew Stringer urges law firms to assume they will be breached, emphasizing that phishing, ransomware and supply‑chain compromises are now routine threats. He highlights the sector's exposure due to valuable client data, time‑critical operations and sophisticated attackers....
ClioCon Briefings: In-House Ambition and Why Data Context Matters More than Ever
Clio, long dominant in small‑mid law‑firm software, is aggressively targeting the corporate legal and in‑house market, which it says represents about 40% of its addressable opportunity. The company leverages its recent $1 billion‑plus funding to expand integrations such as the AI...
Exclusive: IManage Set to Announce Platform Evolution “as Significant as the Cloud”
iManage announced that its next‑generation platform will add an AI‑driven inference layer that supplies contextual insight for legal data. The rollout is slated for the company’s ConnectLive 2026 conference, with events in Chicago in May and London in June. CEO...
K&L Gates Achieves ISO 42001 Certification for AI Governance – Interview
K&L Gates has become one of the first major law firms to earn ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification, the global standard for AI management systems. The firm’s AI Management System (AIMS) now governs tool selection, risk assessment, data‑localisation compliance, and continuous monitoring of...
Charting Change in Legal: What Firms Are Really Seeing in AI Return on Investment
The latest episode of the Charting Change in Legal podcast examines how law firms are quantifying the return on investment from generative AI. Drawing on a global study of 31 firms, host Caroline Hill and analyst Ari Kaplan reveal that...
Webinar: What’s the Right Data Strategy for Future AI Success?
Elite is hosting a free webinar on May 7, 2027 to explore how law firms can craft data strategies that unlock AI potential. The session highlights the pitfalls of relying on fragmented best‑of‑breed tools, which impede scaling and governance. Chief Technology Officer...
Giving Innovation a Spine: Why Organisations Need Governed Orchestration
The article argues that the next wave of legal technology must move beyond isolated productivity tools toward governed orchestration, a structured integration layer that embeds AI within controlled workflows. Autologyx is highlighted as a pioneer offering a framework to connect...
Inside View: Stewart Crane on Withers’ Technology Priorities and AI in Practice
In a recent Inside View interview, Stewart Crane, global IT director at Withers, outlined the firm’s technology agenda and its pragmatic AI rollout. Withers was an early adopter of Microsoft Copilot, deploying it firm‑wide to build internal AI expertise before...
Webinar Replay: Inside Harvey’s AI Agents & Shared Spaces
Harvey’s AI agents and Shared Spaces were highlighted in a Legal IT Insider webinar, showcasing how the platform’s agentic workflows can automate complex, multi‑step legal processes. Launched a year ago, the agents can plan, adapt, and interact with users, while...
Lawfront Acquires Reading Firm Field Seymour Parkes
Lawfront has acquired Reading‑based firm Field Seymour Parkes, adding a practice with roughly $19 million in annual revenue and 85 qualified lawyers. The deal expands Lawfront’s footprint into the Thames Valley and brings a firm that has delivered about 9% compound...
Legora Surpasses $100m Annual Recurring Revenue
Legora has reached $100 million in annual recurring revenue within 18 months of its general‑availability launch, serving over 1,000 customers in 50 markets. The legal AI platform has shifted from single‑task tools to multi‑step, agentic workflows, handling large‑scale document reviews and...
Exclusive: Verlata Partners with ActiveNav to Tackle Unstructured Data Risks for Law Firms
Verlata Consulting has partnered with data‑discovery specialist ActiveNav to offer law firms a joint solution for locating, governing, and securing unstructured content stored outside traditional document‑management systems. ActiveNav Cloud scans network shares, cloud storage and local drives, classifying files and...
Inside View Podcast: Fusion’s Spin‑off From Webber Wentzel and some AI Home Truths
Legal IT Insider’s Inside View podcast reveals that Webber Wentzel’s innovation arm, Fusion, has spun off into an independent subsidiary, positioning itself as a full‑service product development and advisory firm. The new structure grants Fusion greater agility to serve legal...
Global Law Firms Standardise Around Esperantogix, a Single Platform for DMS, PMS, CMS, Email, Etc
Global law firms have jointly committed to a self‑built legal‑tech platform called Esperantogix, aiming to replace a patchwork of 14 separate tools for document, practice, and case management as well as email. The new system promises to reduce password fatigue...
Exclusive: Draftable Makes First Move Outside of Comparison with Draftable Clean
Draftable, known for its document comparison solution, has launched Draftable Clean, a metadata‑cleaning tool aimed at law firms. The new desktop and Outlook add‑in automatically strips comments, author details, and revision history before emails are sent. The product integrates with...
LTC4 Launches Milestone ‘Working with AI’ Core Competency
LTC4, the nonprofit legal‑technology training organization, has introduced a new core competency called “Working with AI.” Developed with input from lawyers, IT professionals and adoption specialists, the program outlines standards for AI literacy, workflow integration, oversight, and ethics. Firms can...
Dentons Deploys Lexis Everyfile Within Its UK Legal Delivery Centre
Global law firm Dentons has completed a phased rollout of LexisNexis’s web‑based matter management solution, Lexis Everyfile, across its UK Legal Delivery Centre. The platform centralises case files, documents, and workflow steps, giving teams greater visibility and reducing operational friction....
Orange Rag Legaltech Clinic: “How Should Firms Go to Market to Select the Best Compliance Technology?”
Natalie Kuebler, managing director of Alt‑V Law, highlighted that compliance technology has become a strategic priority for law firms worldwide. She noted rising regulatory expectations and increasingly complex client due‑diligence requirements, driving firms to seek auditable, specialized solutions. Kuebler’s research...
Vereins – The Reckoning, and the GenAI Problem
DLA Piper, the world’s third‑largest law firm, announced it will dissolve its Swiss verein and adopt a global holding company to align strategy, leadership and partner economics. The move follows a decade of criticism that the verein model hampers data...
IWD Online Event Sabotaged as Organisers Urge Vigilance
A legal‑industry International Women’s Day Zoom event on March 13 was hijacked by a Zoom‑bombing attack that displayed explicit images, forcing the session’s cancellation. The disruption affected roughly 100 participants and led hosts Helen Burness and Noo Jones to publicly...
Comment: Legalweek’s GenAI Mock Courtroom May Be the Warning Nobody Heeded
LegalWeek’s 2026 mock courtroom debated the defensibility of generative AI (GenAI) for document review, with the mock judge accepting validation statistics as sufficient. The article argues that recall and precision metrics only measure retrieval, not the interpretive judgments that GenAI...
SKILLS 2026 Unveils Top 10 Recommended Legal Tech Vendors
The Strategic Knowledge and Innovation Legal Leaders Summit (SKILLS) released its 2026 top‑10 legal‑tech vendor rankings, based on recommendations from 106 large law firms. DeepJudge retained the #1 spot, followed by Centari, SimplyAgree, Legora, and Harvey, with DraftWise, Syntheia, Definely,...
Harvey and The LegalTech Fund to Invest in Startups Across the Ecosystem
Harvey, the AI‑driven legal platform, has partnered with The LegalTech Fund (TLTF) to co‑invest in emerging legal‑technology startups. The collaboration will leverage TLTF’s deal pipeline and Harvey’s product expertise to streamline startup vetting and potentially create a marketplace akin to...
K&L Gates Earns ISO/IEC 42001:2023 Certification for AI Management System (AIMS)
Global law firm K&L Gates has become one of the first firms worldwide to earn ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification for its Artificial Intelligence Management System. The audit validated robust controls over accountability, risk, ethics, transparency, data protection and regulatory compliance. The...
Exclusive: IManage Expands Insight+ with Enterprise‑wide Context and Data Warehouse Connectivity
iManage announced a major upgrade to its Insight+ platform, adding enterprise‑wide contextual integration and direct data‑warehouse connectivity. The enhancement lets the system pull metadata from billing, practice‑management and HR systems, enriching document and email searches with matter profitability, partner responsibility,...
‘Anthropic Unveils Claude Legal Plugin and Causes Market Meltdown’ – Our Analysis
Anthropic unveiled a Claude legal plugin on February 3, 2026, enabling its large‑language model to perform document review and other legal tasks. The announcement triggered a sharp sell‑off in publicly listed legal‑software firms such as Pearson, RELX, Thomson Reuters, Wolters Kluwer and...
From TAR to HAR: Are GenAI Discovery Tools Ready for Forensic Scrutiny?
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...
US Litigation Firm Reports Sharp Rise in Settlement Outcomes Following EvenUp AI Agent Deployment
Houston-based personal injury firm John K. Zaid & Associates deployed EvenUp’s Proactive Personal Injury AI Platform. The AI rollout generated a 30% month‑over‑month increase in demand drafting and a 300% jump in settlement offers on low‑value claims. Automated medical chronology...
Ironclad Hits $200m ARR Mark – We Interview CEO Dan Springer
Ironclad, the San Francisco‑based contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform, announced that its annual recurring revenue (ARR) has topped $200 million, up from $150 million a year earlier and reflecting nearly 40% year‑on‑year growth. The company, valued at $3.2 billion after its 2022 funding...
Data Readiness – Why, and How, Your Data Will Make or Break AI Success in 2026
Legal technology leaders are hosting a March 18 webinar to dissect "data readiness" as the decisive factor for AI success in the legal sector by 2026. They argue that fragmented repositories, inconsistent metadata, and weak governance are the primary obstacles...
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,...
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...
Guest Post: Six Tech Revolutions that Were Supposed to Shrink Legal but Grew It. Will AI Be Different?
The legal profession has repeatedly expanded whenever new technology—typewriters, word processors, computerized research, e‑discovery, and document automation—was introduced, contrary to predictions of job loss. Each wave cut the cost of producing legal work, which in turn created more demand, higher...
Joe Cohen Joins Harvey as Legal Innovation Partner
Harvey has appointed Joe Cohen as its new legal innovation partner, tasked with helping law‑firm leaders reshape service delivery, business models, and operations through AI. Cohen brings over a decade of legal‑tech experience, most recently directing Advanced Client Solutions at...
Why Legal AI Fails without Trusted Data: Key Takeaways From Our Denodo Webinar
Legal AI adoption is accelerating, but many firms see pilots stall in production. Errol Rodericks of Denodo explained that the root cause is untrusted, fragmented data rather than weak models. Law firms rely on disparate systems lacking enterprise‑wide governance, forcing...
South West UK Firm Barcan+Kirby Rolls Out Legl Firmwide
Barcan+Kirby, a South West UK law firm, has rolled out Legl’s client intelligence and lifecycle management platform across the entire organization. The solution delivers firm‑branded, client‑facing workflows for identity verification, form submission and e‑signatures, while automating AML and regulatory compliance...