Most law firms discover budget overruns after invoices are already approved. By then, you’re explaining what happened instead of preventing it. The legal market in 2026 looks different. Clients show up to rate negotiations with benchmarking data. Regulators want proof that your vendor oversight policies actually work in practice, not just on paper. And while […]
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Kirkland and Ellis just bet $500M that buying AI isn’t enough. They’re right. – Draftwise
When Kirkland and Ellis, the highest-grossing law firm in the world, announced it was investing $500 million to develop its own proprietary AI platform, the market paid attention. The firm’s chair, Jon Ballis, was direct about the reasoning: general AI tools are “raising the floor for everyone.” K&E, he said, does not get hired for […]
SmartSearch: Why identity theft bypasses fraud prevention checks
For regulated firms, this creates a growing challenge: how do you stop fraudsters who can convincingly imitate legitimate customers, manipulate identity data, and bypass traditional verification checks? At SmartSearch, we see first-hand how financial crime is shifting toward AI-driven deception, synthetic identities, and increasingly complex fraud networks. Our 2026 Compliance Report highlights the operational pressures […]
Intapp: Why most cloud migration plans stall — and what it takes to actually move
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 expands to Madrid, Milan, Paris and opens London engineering base
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 […]
Hugh James achieves CRM data hygiene goals by partnering with LexisNexis InterAction+ AI
Hugh James is a Top 100 UK law firm, employing more than 750 staff from its headquarters in Cardiff and in offices located in London, Manchester, Plymouth and Southampton. The firm provides a full range of legal services across a variety of industries, including banking and finance, property and construction, technology, media and telecommunications, energy […]








