Ropes and Gray adopts Intapp DealCloud and Celeste to drive growth and AI

Intapp, the governed AI platform for professional firms in highly regulated industries, announces that Ropes and Gray LLP, a preeminent global law firm, has selected Intapp DealCloud to power growth and relationship management and Celeste to bring agentic AI across the firm — connecting intelligence across its growth, compliance, and profitability workflows. Ropes and Gray’s investment […]

AI and the redesign of legal work – LexisNexis

Most lawyers now use AI for legal work, but they are drawing a clear line between high-risk and low-risk applications. For client-facing, high-liability tasks such as legal research and formal drafting, specialist legal AI platforms are the preferred choice, according to a January 2026 survey of 848 UK legal professionals. When professional accountability is on […]

AI in legal services: from hype to practice

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has dominated the headlines in the past two years, with breathless claims about how it will “replace lawyers” or “redefine justice.” In reality, the truth is both more nuanced and more interesting. While AI won’t be putting solicitors out of work any time soon, it is reshaping legal services in very practical ways — particularly in […]

What it takes to turn AI adoption into firm-wide change – Harvey

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 […]

How Aderant’s cloud infrastructure and AI drive efficiency

AI and cloud technology are revolutionizing the legal industry, and law firms need to embrace these innovations to stay competitive. In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers sits down with Cody Walker, VP of Business of Law and Platform Engineering at Aderant, to discuss how Stridyn is driving Aderant’s cloud transformation and shaping the future of […]

How mid-sized European law firms redefine growth with Harvey

Mid-sized firms across Europe are using Harvey to work faster, scale knowledge, and deliver higher-impact client service. What used to be the advantage of scale — faster turnaround, deeper resourcing, broader insight — is now the baseline expectation for legal service. Rather than growing headcount, mid-sized firms across Europe are meeting that demand by rethinking […]

From pricing to profitability & how to stop margin leakage – Aderant

For law firms, profitability is not just a reporting outcome. It’s shaped by decisions made throughout a matter’s lifecycle. As AI changes how legal work is delivered, firms face a challenge. How do they ensure pricing intent translates into realized profit and cash? In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers sits down with Richard […]

AI in practice: new Bar Standards Board rules on use and risk – NetDocuments

The Bar Standards Board issued new guidance on the use of AI by barristers in England and Wales, encouraging adoption while warning that legal professionals remain responsible for confidentiality, accuracy, and oversight. Around the world, the legal industry has begun adopting AI at pace – and from new government practice notes in Australia to reports […]

How Harvey secures embeddings at scale

Protecting sensitive data from embedding reversal through secure-by-design architecture. Helping legal and professional service teams leverage AI effectively and securely means that we deal with some of the most sensitive data in the world. Much of this sensitive data powers our enterprise-grade RAG systems. Previously, we discussed how we build these systems at scale by […]

Don’t bin it – reheat it: why old blogs deserve a second serving – Accesspoint

An old blog post is a bit like a forgotten tub of frozen leftover five bean chilli at the bottom of the freezer drawer. And just for fun, here’s a link to a super tasty recipe, just in case you don’t have a portion already in the freezer. At first glance, that frozen chilli is unexciting. […]