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Luminance & LexisNexis link legal AI tools for contracts

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Luminance and LexisNexis have struck a tie-up to embed citation-backed legal research inside contract review, aiming to cut switch-hopping for in-house lawyers.
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Litera Compare lands in Google Workspace for lawyers

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Litera brings AI redlining and document comparison to Google Drive and Docs, giving lawyers a new way to review contracts inside Workspace.
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StructureFlow update turns legal data into editable AI

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StructureFlow expands its AI platform to turn PDFs, diagrams and spreadsheets into editable legal and financial models for deal teams.
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Elite adds AI to flag dubious legal billing entries

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Elite rolls out AI-powered Validate checks to catch questionable legal billing before invoices go out, aiming to cut write-offs and speed payment.
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Why Legal Services demand is about to grow, not shrink

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AI in legal services is unlikely to shrink demand, with clients seeking more senior expertise and using efficiency gains to unlock latent work.
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Legora hits USD $100 million ARR as legal AI demand grows

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Legora tops USD $100 million ARR in 18 months as legal AI adoption accelerates across firms and corporate teams.
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Agentic AI raises new cybersecurity and privacy risks

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Norton Rose Fulbright warns that AI agents could intensify privacy and security challenges for Asian companies as data moves across systems and borders.
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AskNicely launches Ask NiceAI for service businesses

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AskNicely unveils Ask NiceAI to help managers at multi-site service businesses turn scattered customer feedback into faster, data-backed action.
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AI & automation could lift law firm profits, study finds

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Law firms in US and Canada face rising admin drag as LEAP research finds AI and automation could unlock profitability through fewer manual tasks.
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Harvey raises USD $200 million in AI legal funding

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Harvey wins USD $200 million as investors back its plan to turn legal AI from chat tools into workflow-running agents.
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Canadian law firms report strongest AI time savings

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Canadian law firms report the strongest AI time savings globally, yet many still battle lost billable hours and tangled tech stacks.
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UK law firms lead AI use for time savings & profit

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UK legal professionals emerge as global AI leaders, with 62% regular users and strong training seen as key to boosting profitability.
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer adopts Legora AI firmwide

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer selects Legora as its firmwide AI platform, boosting drafting tools and launching a new client collaboration portal.
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BriefCatch unveils RealityCheck to tackle AI errors

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BriefCatch launches RealityCheck tool to spot AI hallucinations in legal briefs, as courts tighten scrutiny and sanction error-prone lawyers.
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Why legal literacy is the ultimate empowerment for women in tech

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Women in tech gain real power not just by innovating, but by mastering legal literacy to protect their work, legacy and leadership.
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What a stressed market taught me about marketing

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In a fatigued legal tech market, one marketing chief found that quiet empathy and mission, not louder features, turned clients into loyal advocates.
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Automate the tasks, elevate leaders: The case for human-centered AI

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Law firms are turning to AI to cut drudge work, raising urgent questions about how to protect mentorship, ethics and future leaders.
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LevelBlue unveils flexible funds-based cyber IR retainer

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LevelBlue launches Resilience Retainer, a flexible funds-based cyber incident response service with rapid SLAs and rollover security spend.
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Regulating the internet is like trying to bottle lightning using chopsticks

Fri, 27th Feb 2026
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As AI disrupts brand protection, global rights owners face a volatile fight against online piracy that regulation alone cannot tame.
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Compression, redistribution and friction: Three ways AI is shifting lawyers from 'performers' to 'producers'

Mon, 23rd Feb 2026
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AI is speeding legal work, shifting risk upward and forcing lawyers to move from hands-on performers to orchestrators of judgement and control.