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Compliance Hiring Set Sights on AI Governance Skills in Coming Years

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:23:31 EST

Diligent's Global State of Legal Entity Compliance 2026 report finds that senior compliance professionals will likely seek out AI governance and tech literacy skills from new talent over the next three years.

Legaltech Rundown: Relativity Launches FOIA Tool, Filevine Releases Agentic AI System, and More

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:07:21 EST

An update on the legal tech market's past week, from product launches to new partnerships.

Meta, YouTube Move to Toss $6M Social Media Addiction Verdict

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:46:20 EST

Lawyers for Meta and YouTube, in post-trial arguments on Thursday, insisted that the jury heard evidence about content that was prohibited under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and the First Amendment.

Kilpatrick Debuts AI Lab Focused on Developing Custom Solutions for Staff, Clients

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:17:35 EST

Kilpatrick Labs is currently piloting and developing over 15 custom AI tools that leverage Anthropic's Claude LLM in areas including patent and trademark prosecution and litigation monitoring, among others.

Corsearch Acquires MF Brands's Courtemis IP Enforcement System

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:32:35 EST

Corsearch will work with MF Brands to improve Courtemis' brand protection and IP enforcement capabilities as part of the acquisition.

Kirkland and Palantir Launch AI-Led PE Fundraising Platform

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:09 EST

The launch is the first in a series of AI rollouts and strategic partnerships planned as part of Kirkland's $500 million AI strategy.

What Cross-Border M&A Teaches About the Limits of Legal AI

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:49:53 EST

Compressing the middle of a process does not eliminate the work that surrounds it. It moves that work to the two ends, and those ends are where legal AI is least useful. Cross-border technology M&A makes the point as well as any practice I know.

Harbor Acquires HR Consulting Firm CE Global Partners

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:12:41 EST

The purchase is intended to bolster Harbor's new human capital management advisory offering and expand its presence in the U.K.

Bloomberg Industry Group Buys Regulatory Intelligence Provider Regology

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:29:59 EST

The purchase is intended to meet customer demand for new regulatory tools as Bloomberg aims to expand past traditional focus on research.

Wordsmith Raises $70M in Series B Round

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:55:31 EST

Wordsmith, which offers a gen AI-powered legal assistant targeted to in-house legal teams, will use the funding to build out its platform and scale its team.

Fifth Circuit Temporarily Allows Texas App Store Verification Law to Take Effect

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:58:23 EST

The state law requires app stores to verify users' ages. And now, the federal court has paused lower court orders that had blocked the measure.

Florida Becomes 1st State to Sue OpenAI. Lawyers Say It Won't Be the Last

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:29:09 EST

"This is a major event in the regulation of AI," said Berger Singerman partner Alejandro Miyar, who is not involved in the case. "There has been a lot of discussion about how it should be regulated. Not a lot of people have done it."

Legora Acquires Commercial Real Estate AI Platform Cadastral

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:22:07 EST

The acquisition introduces Legora to commercial real estate legal technology and will bolster the startup's plans to build an engineering hub in New York City.

Angeion Group Appoints Bill Carter as CEO, Replacing Founder Steven Weisbrot

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:59:59 EST

Carter, formerly CEO of American Lawyer Media, is stepping into the role as Weisbrot transitions to an executive chair position. The leadership change was established as part of private equity firm Renovus Capital Partner's 2024 majority investment into Angeion.

LawVu Launches Updated AI Workspace for In-House Teams

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:59:59 EST

New features include a self-service agentic workflow builder, AI-powered triage and new drafting capabilities.

OpenAI Moves Into Legal Tech With Hire of Ironclad Co-Founder Jason Boehmig

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:38:02 EST

OpenAI joins fellow tech giants Anthropic and Microsoft in developing AI tools for legal work.

Law Firms Are Using AI as Strategy Tool, Not for Reliable Forecasts of Litigation Outcomes

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 16:06:15 EST

Attorneys are using the predictive functions of AI to corroborate or identify potential holes in their thinking about litigation strategy.

Legaltech Rundown: Relativity Announces Claude Activity Integration, Norm Law Announces New Hires, and More

Fri, 29 May 2026 11:43:40 EST

An update on the legal tech market's past week, from product launches to new partnerships.

Fried Frank Rolls Out Proprietary AI Platform for Asset Management Tasks

Thu, 28 May 2026 16:14:26 EST

FundAssist will offer client-specific precedent libraries, a search function and long-form document drafting.

Kirkland Investing $500M in Proprietary AI System to Support Client Work, 'Start to Finish'

Thu, 28 May 2026 16:08:04 EST

The proprietary AI system is designed to help client work in a variety of practices and has been in the works for three to four years, said a source with knowledge of the project.

Be Ready for June 15: Florida Supreme Court Adopts AI Rule

Thu, 28 May 2026 15:03:41 EST

The updates are set to take effect June 15.

Legal Ops Has a New AI Mandate: Show the Money

Thu, 28 May 2026 13:44:25 EST

For Alyse Wilkinson, senior director and certified risk manager at WSP, ROI has to speak the language of the business. She said her team used AI prompts to help the CFO find legal spend data more quickly.

Litigation Platform Crimson Announces $2.5M Seed Round, New York Office

Thu, 28 May 2026 00:42:24 EST

The London-based case intelligence platform for litigators and arbitrators plans to use the new funds to hire across product and customer support teams as it expands to the U.S.

AAA's New VP of AI Governance Talks Common Tech Policy Missteps

Wed, 27 May 2026 16:47:46 EST

The American Arbitration Association's newly appointed vice president of AI governance and integration lead Jennifer Reeves discusses why some organizations are falling short in how they execute AI policy.

What Exactly Is an AI-Native Law Firm?

Wed, 27 May 2026 16:25:48 EST

A growing number of new firms are calling themselves "AI-native," but what that term means depends on who you ask.

Legal Professionals Increasingly See AI as a Job Generator

Wed, 27 May 2026 09:29:59 EST

Ironclad's 2026 State of AI in Legal report finds that many legal professionals have an optimistic outlook on AI's impact on the job market despite the uncertainty around AI's long-term impact on employment in the U.S.

Berkeley Law Implements AI Ban

Tue, 26 May 2026 17:53:48 EST

“The challenge for law schools is to teach students how to effectively use AI, but to prevent it from being used to cheat on exams or papers, said Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, adding that the school is looking to “do both by incorporating it into the legal writing classes and offering courses about AI and the law.

When It Comes to Your Personal Brand, Don't Let AI Flatten Your Voice

Tue, 26 May 2026 14:53:51 EST

“Editing your LLM output doesn't have to be any different than how your English teacher hurt you with that red pen, said Tanya Svoboda, senior content manager at Workday. "You are not a prompt.

CEOs Face Career Risk, Regulatory Roadblocks Amid Fragmented Governance of AI, Study Finds

Tue, 26 May 2026 13:44:12 EST

Chief executives are aggressively tying their tenure to generative artificial intelligence, but a lack of operational control, widespread use of unauthorized "shadow AI" and multiplying legal risks have left leadership structurally exposed.