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Weil launches two-summer AI programme for law students
Select cohort of students to work with in-house team to develop AI capabilities from 2027
Womble Bond Dickinson launches new hub for developing proprietary AI tools
Womble AI Labs’ in-house team will focus on creating legal AI to automate repetitive tasks
Legora raises $550m at $8.8bn valuation in latest funding round
Swedish legal AI startup’s valuation rockets by more than $3bn in just seven months as it says US is now its largest market by revenue
US mass action start-up Chariot Claims raises $10m in Series A funding round
Financing to ‘take on the Goliath megacorps’ as mass arbitration and action activity gathers pace
‘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.
US e-discovery specialist Lineal acquires Swiss consultancy Forentec
Deal strengthens Lineal’s EMEA presence and expands its digital investigation capabilities
Microsoft targets legal AI market with launch of specialist Copilot tools
More than 20 legal AI skills and partnerships with Harvey and Legora bring specialist capabilities into Microsoft 365
Legora and US contract management firm Sirion agree to enter strategic partnership
Collaboration designed to close the gap between legal research and contract management for in-house teams
Freshfields partners consider spinning out legaltech unit worth ‘billions’
Senior partners discussed carving out Freshfields Lab and bringing in external investors in email exchange leaked to the Financial Times
US employment law software platform SixFifty launches agentic HR compliance tool
Ex-Wilson Sonsini subsidiary creates AI-powered HR specialist to help businesses comply with US employment laws
Legora says platform use has tripled among UK law firms and in-house teams since January
Swedish legaltech giant reports that in-house legal teams are its fastest-growing UK user group
Danish AI legal research start-up Pandektes raises €13.5m in Series A funding round
Financing to accelerate ambitions to build new infrastructure for legal information
Law firm leaders warn against AI arms race as focus shifts to adoption
Senior figures at IBA Annual Conference say getting lawyers to embrace AI is more important than racing to develop the latest technology
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
'My goal is to be the voice of the lawyer': Luminance hires chief legal officer
Don Riddick joins as CLO from AI software company amotivv