Most law firms aren’t avoiding the move to compliance cloud because they disagree with the case for it. They’re stalling because the case for moving doesn’t answer the questions that actually keep risk officers up at night: Who does the work? How long will it take? What breaks in the meantime? The journey is the problem. Bim […]

Legora, the agentic AI platform for legal professionals, today announced a major expansion of its European presence. New offices will open in Madrid, Milan, and Paris during Q3 2026, alongside a dedicated engineering hub in London. Hiring across all four locations has begun. Europe is the market that first validated Legora’s platform at scale. Long […]

Draftwise, the leading contract intelligence platform for legal drafting, review, and negotiation, announced a strategic technology partnership with Egnyte, a leader in secure content collaboration, intelligence, and governance. The integration enables legal teams to leverage Draftwise’s AI-powered contract intelligence directly from Egnyte’s secure document infrastructure, eliminating friction between document storage and contract review. With the […]

Our 2026 Compliance Report reveals a stark new reality: 87% of businesses would immediately cut ties after a single compliance failure. The report also covers: 95% of firms admit struggling with at least one major compliance challenge. 54% of checks are still manual, even as deepfake fraud surges. 72% of leaders expect compliance complexity to skyrocket in the next 12 […]

Having a playbook and keeping it accurate are two different challenges. In practice, what you agree to doesn’t always make it back into the playbook, and the gap between your playbook and your executed documents widens deal by deal, quarter by quarter, until your portfolio no longer reflects the risk posture you think you have. […]

In April, we published the SmartSearch Compliance Report 2026. We surveyed 1,000 people working in legal, accountancy, property, financial services, and insurance to understand how businesses are really coping with compliance. CEO, Phil Cotter, Chief Customer Officer, Collette Smith, and Sales Director, Joe Morris, hosted a webinar discussing what the data found and what it means for your business.   The session covered: […]

16 June 2026 | 3:30pm BST Most legal AI projects don’t fail because of the model – they fail because of the document foundation underneath it. In this 30-minute fireside chat, legal technology experts from NetDocuments unpack why your documents, metadata, and governance are what make AI dependable at scale. This session covers how to […]

Rising fraud levels mean higher expectations for client due diligence Fraud continues to pose a significant threat to businesses and individuals across the UK, with identity fraud remaining the most prevalent form of financial crime. According to Cifas’ 2026 Fraudscape Report, more than 444,000 cases were filed to the National Fraud Database during 2025. This […]

Legal AI platforms process your most sensitive data: client files, deal terms, negotiation strategy, and work product. Before onboarding a new platform or tool, your firm needs answers to a specific set of security questions. Most vendor evaluations don’t ask them. This guide covers what to ask and why it matters. Start With Ownership, Not […]

The key conditions that determine whether AI-led transformation is successful. Across many law firms, AI is already being used in substantive, client-facing work. But turning that usage into consistent, firm-wide impact remains a challenge. What separates firms that are seeing early success from those where adoption stalls is not the quality of the tools, but […]

9 June 2026 | 1:00pm EST, 2:00pm BST, 2:00pm AEST NetDocuments is proud to introduce the industry’s first legal context graph in a reimagined NetDocuments user experience. Every matter. Every project. Every communication. Connected in real time. Register for our June 9th webinar to see a demo and go deeper into the features included in the new […]

A new Law.com report conducted with Elite reveals a growing divide between the law firms investing in technology and those successfully turning that investment into measurable impact. The Law Firm Data Divide report based on responses from more than 130 senior law firm decision-makers across the United States and United Kingdom, found that while technology […]

As organisations face faster change, in-house legal teams are taking on a more formative role: shaping decisions, reducing risk and enabling progress. That shift is changing the role of legal inside the business. Teams are now shaping how the organisation adopts new technology, responds to disruption and moves forward with confidence. But that shift is […]