Innovation
Routine legal work should not need a lawyer
When routine requests back up legal’s queue, the whole business slows down. Self-service, set up on legal’s terms, keeps those requests moving and frees lawyers for strategic work.
‘It makes us curious’: The enduring appeal of law firm tech incubators
A decade after law firms embraced tech incubators, A&O Shearman, Slaughter and May and Cuatrecasas reflect on their benefits, even as Slaughters reassesses its approach amid the AI boom.
Law firms must be ready for AI-empowered clients, warns Richard Susskind
Leading legal futurist tells IBA Annual Conference that law firms risk missing the bigger picture by focusing on AI-driven productivity gains rather than preparing for a fundamental transformation in legal services
‘We’re hiring people that historically would only have been hired in the software space’
Six law firm innovation chiefs on how they are seeking to change the way lawyers work and how legal services are delivered
Shaping practical solutions for the challenges ahead – Singapore Convention Week returns as dispute resolution enters a new era
More than 70 events this week will bring together legal practitioners, business leaders and policymakers from over 100 countries
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