Nick Huber

Nick Huber

NIck Huber is a freelance technology journalist.

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‘If you take a crap process and put AI on top of it, it will still be crap’: LegalTechTalk speakers reflect on the Gen AI boom

Nick Huber detects a mood of excitement and anxiety at last week’s LegalTechTalk conference in London

24 Jun 2026

UK government launches legal AI scheme

Artificial intelligence labs aims to encourage innovation in booming legaltech sector, modernise the legal sector, expand access to justice and boost economic growth

15 Jun 2026

Kirkland co-builds AI platform with tech firm Palantir

World’s largest law firm has co-developed AI technology to support its private equity clients with fundraising

8 Jun 2026

In-house legaltech budgets to double worldwide by 2028 amid AI boom, Gartner predicts

Companies are increasing spending on legal AI software to boost productivity, cut spend and possibly headcount, Gartner says

1 Jun 2026

Anthropic’s expansion of legal AI tools is good for lawyers, experts say

The 12 new legal tools in the Claude AI software that can connect to 20 legaltech suppliers are described as an ‘inflection point’ for legaltech market

26 May 2026

Linklaters aims to solve ‘otherwise intractable’ challenges for clients with AI-focused legaltech team

Data scientists and lawyers team up to develop ‘customised AI workflows and tools’

18 May 2026

‘It doesn’t feel like a bubble’: Law Society CEO on the opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence

Nick Huber talks to Law Society chief executive Ian Jeffery about the potential impact of AI on the legal sector in England and Wales

11 May 2026

Hogan Lovells joins international network to help shape legaltech development

Global Legal Tech Alliance was founded in April with more than 15 member firms

4 May 2026

Freshfields seeks to ‘co-innovate at pace’ with Anthropic partnership

Deal with Anthropic follows news that more than 5,000 Freshfields employees are using AI tools built with Google technology

26 Apr 2026

‘A fancy deck and a round of funding doesn’t make a law firm’

Nick Huber assesses the ability of AI native law firms to expand from being credible niche players to challenging Big Law

17 Apr 2026