Innovation
Willkie Farr partners with OpenAI to accelerate development of proprietary tech
New York firm seeks to ‘transform frontier AI technologies into proprietary platforms’
‘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
AI-native IP firm Lightbringer raises $10m in Series A funding round
Swedish IP start-up will use financing, led by 6 Degrees Capital and Newion, for US expansion
Cuatrecasas launches latest edition of tech accelerator programme
The 11th edition of Cuatrecasas Acelera will target start-ups operating in highly regulated sectors
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’
Baker McKenzie announces global rollout of legal AI platform Legora
Phased introduction of gen AI software planned across gobal giant’s six practice groups
Anthropic extends legal reach with launch of 12 Claude practice area plugins
Gen AI giant also releases more than 20 ‘connectors’ to popular legaltech software
Pinsent Masons recruits AI adoption specialist from BCLP
Hayley Harris takes up new role of chief knowledge and AI adoption officer
‘AI is no longer a side project’ - how European firms are moving from AI pilots to full-scale adoption
Global Legal Post report in association with LexisNexis is based on interviews with senior law firm partners and executives across Europe
How AI, digital doubles and new laws are rewriting fashion and beauty
As AI continues to reshape creative industries, Foley lawyers Laura Ganoza, Arianna Benitez Colon and Mackenna Dunna examine the key legal considerations for navigating this evolving landscape
‘We finally have the tools to harness and scale law firm knowledge’
Law firm legal technology specialists debate Gen AI’s profound impact on legal drafting
Number of UK-founded legaltech businesses jumped by 17% in 2025
Legaltech investment rises 35% to £188.8m as government pledges fresh funding for LawtechUK and court AI pilots
Upcycling: fashion’s new infringement frontier
A balance between luxury brand rights and upcycling remains elusive, write Bird & Bird’s Cristiana Andreotta, Elisabetta Bandera, Rita Tardiolo, Manon Rieger-Jansen and Nina Dorenbosch
Majority of in-house legal teams still stuck in pilot phase of AI use – survey
Axiom study shows just under a third of legal departments have implemented AI at scale
AI is not the only answer for an innovative law firm in 2026
Having the latest AI tool is not enough to cut through in today’s legal market – ensuring your firm has the right systems and processes in place is just as important, writes Kennedy’s global managing partner Meg Catalano