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Thomson Reuters report spotlights gap in legal teams' value
Digital Transformation

Thomson Reuters report spotlights gap in legal teams' value

In-house legal teams see themselves driving strategy, but a new report shows most C-suite leaders barely recognise their contribution.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
UK law firms lead AI use for time savings & profit
Digital Transformation

UK law firms lead AI use for time savings & profit

UK legal professionals emerge as global AI leaders, with 62% regular users and strong training seen as key to boosting profitability.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
Australian law firms lag peers on legal AI adoption
Software-as-a-Service

Australian law firms lag peers on legal AI adoption

Australian law firms trail global peers on legal AI use, risking missed productivity gains despite mounting pressure on profitability.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026
Smarsh unveils AI agents to speed probes & cut costs
Software-as-a-Service

Smarsh unveils AI agents to speed probes & cut costs

Smarsh launches AI agents to slash legal discovery and compliance surveillance time and costs for regulated firms handling vast data.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Fri, 20th Mar 2026
Arcadian's AI success: Start small, solve real problems
DevOps

Arcadian's AI success: Start small, solve real problems

Arcadian Digital backs small, tightly scoped AI projects solving real business problems over hype-fuelled, grandiose rollouts.

By Donovan Jackson • 4 min read • Mon, 16th Mar 2026
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer adopts Legora AI firmwide
Document Management

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer adopts Legora AI firmwide

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer selects Legora as its firmwide AI platform, boosting drafting tools and launching a new client collaboration portal.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 13th Mar 2026
Luminance opens AI contract tool with clearer reasoning
DevOps

Luminance opens AI contract tool with clearer reasoning

Luminance opens its Autonomous Negotiation AI to non-lawyers, adding detailed reasoning and history for fully automated contract decisions.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
Josef unveils AI engine to kill legal intake forms
Digital Transformation

Josef unveils AI engine to kill legal intake forms

Josef launches an AI Rapid Ingestion Engine to turn messy business inputs into structured legal data, promising to kill the traditional intake form.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
Legal AI firm Harvey to launch new Singapore office
Digital Transformation

Legal AI firm Harvey to launch new Singapore office

Legal AI specialist Harvey will open a Singapore office in June, deepening its APAC footprint and support for regional law firms and corporates.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
BriefCatch unveils RealityCheck to tackle AI errors
Risk & Compliance

BriefCatch unveils RealityCheck to tackle AI errors

BriefCatch launches RealityCheck tool to spot AI hallucinations in legal briefs, as courts tighten scrutiny and sanction error-prone lawyers.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
Conga launches AiMe AI agents for end-to-end deal flows
Customer Relationship Management

Conga launches AiMe AI agents for end-to-end deal flows

Conga unveils AiMe AI agents to automate pricing, quoting and contracts, promising end-to-end deal flows across Salesforce and Microsoft stacks.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
Legora raises USD $550m to fuel US & APAC AI growth
Software-as-a-Service

Legora raises USD $550m to fuel US & APAC AI growth

Legal AI platform Legora raises USD $550m at a USD $5.55bn valuation to speed expansion across the US and wider Asia-Pacific markets.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026

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Canadian law firms report strongest AI time savings
Digital Transformation

Canadian law firms report strongest AI time savings

Canadian law firms report the strongest AI time savings globally, yet many still battle lost billable hours and tangled tech stacks.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
Simpler Today AI secures INR ₹20 lakh for legal AI
Software-as-a-Service

Simpler Today AI secures INR ₹20 lakh for legal AI

Simpler Today AI secures INR ₹20 lakh to expand its legal AI platform, aiming to ease India's justice backlog and widen access to legal help.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026
LEGALFLY launches Agent Studio in Germany expansion
Data Protection

LEGALFLY launches Agent Studio in Germany expansion

Belgian legal tech group LEGALFLY unveils Agent Studio to automate in-house workflows and opens a new base in Mannheim, Germany.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026
Entrust & Veyco enable digital signing for UK deeds
Data Protection

Entrust & Veyco enable digital signing for UK deeds

Entrust and Veyco launch integrated digital ID and QES workflow, as Nationwide becomes first UK lender to use it for mortgage deeds.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Fri, 20th Mar 2026
Litera One boosts workflows at US law firm with AI
Document Management

Litera One boosts workflows at US law firm with AI

US firm Hand Arendall Harrison Sale reports faster drafting and fewer support calls after adopting Litera One and its Lito AI legal agent.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026