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Orange Rag Legaltech Clinic: “How Should Firms Go to Market to Select the Best Compliance Technology?”
NewsMar 23, 2026

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...

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Vereins – The Reckoning, and the GenAI Problem
NewsMar 19, 2026

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...

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IWD Online Event Sabotaged as Organisers Urge Vigilance
NewsMar 16, 2026

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...

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Comment: Legalweek’s GenAI Mock Courtroom May Be the Warning Nobody Heeded
NewsMar 13, 2026

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...

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SKILLS 2026 Unveils Top 10 Recommended Legal Tech Vendors
NewsMar 12, 2026

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,...

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Harvey and The LegalTech Fund to Invest in Startups Across the Ecosystem
NewsMar 11, 2026

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...

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K&L Gates Earns ISO/IEC 42001:2023 Certification for AI Management System (AIMS)
NewsMar 9, 2026

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...

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Exclusive: IManage Expands Insight+ with Enterprise‑wide Context and Data Warehouse Connectivity
NewsMar 5, 2026

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,...

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‘Anthropic Unveils Claude Legal Plugin and Causes Market Meltdown’ – Our Analysis
NewsMar 5, 2026

‘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...

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From TAR to HAR: Are GenAI Discovery Tools Ready for Forensic Scrutiny?
NewsMar 4, 2026

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...

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US Litigation Firm Reports Sharp Rise in Settlement Outcomes Following EvenUp AI Agent Deployment
NewsFeb 27, 2026

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...

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Ironclad Hits $200m ARR Mark – We Interview CEO Dan Springer
NewsFeb 27, 2026

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...

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Data Readiness – Why, and How, Your Data Will Make or Break AI Success in 2026
NewsFeb 27, 2026

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...

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Pinsent Masons Selects Legora for Corporate, Commercial and Property Groups – Interview
NewsFeb 24, 2026

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,...

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Modernising Case Management Systems: What Every Law Firm Needs to Know in 2026
NewsFeb 23, 2026

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...

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Guest Post: Six Tech Revolutions that Were Supposed to Shrink Legal but Grew It. Will AI Be Different?
NewsFeb 19, 2026

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...

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Joe Cohen Joins Harvey as Legal Innovation Partner
NewsFeb 18, 2026

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...

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Why Legal AI Fails without Trusted Data: Key Takeaways From Our Denodo Webinar
NewsFeb 17, 2026

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...

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South West UK Firm Barcan+Kirby Rolls Out Legl Firmwide
NewsFeb 17, 2026

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...

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