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For many law firms, the end of the financial year is more than just closing the books. It’s a time to reflect, plan ahead, and decide where to invest for the coming year. As partners and leadership teams begin setting budgets for 2026/27, technology is almost always near the top of the agenda.

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Operational resilience: sustaining efficiency under regulatory pressure | LexisNexis
Operational resilience has moved from a regulatory afterthought to a board-level priority for large law firms. As regulatory scrutiny intensifies and client expectations rise, sustaining efficiency under pressure has become a defining feature of the best crisis management law firms.
Measuring What Matters: A Practical Framework for Legal AI ROI – Harvey
How law firms are connecting AI adoption to growth, margins, and output per lawyer, with insights from the Briefing AI Leaders Community Index.
Legal professionals lose nearly 18 weeks a year to non-billable work as burnout crisis deepens – LEAP
UK legal professionals spend nearly three hours a day on non-billable tasks - the equivalent of 88 full working days, or nearly 17.5 weeks a year - according to a new industry report from LEAP Legal Software.
ILTA Announces 2026 Influential Women in Legal Tech Honorees
The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) announces the 2026 Influential Women in Legal Tech honorees, recognizing five outstanding leaders whose mentorship, innovation, and impact are shaping the global legal technology ecosystem.
How Firm AI and trusted partnerships are redefining the business of law – INTAPP
Agentic AI is reshaping professional services. But in law firms, AI should do more than draft RFP responses or client emails. It must operate within complex regulatory boundaries, integrate firm relationship and engagement data, and enhance how lawyers work.
Epigram – Accessibility is the gap in many legal marketing strategies
Accessibility is quickly moving up the agenda for law firm marketing teams. And not simply as a compliance exercise, but as something more fundamental to how firms communicate.
Smarter Drafter by Tensis Powers Transformational Productivity at the World’s Largest Law Firm
Following a rigorous evaluation and successful proof-of-concept program, the world’s largest law firm, Dentons, has implemented Smarter Drafter Pro to drive large-scale document automation across its business. This achievement marks a defining moment not only for our company, but for the evolution of legal technology itself.
Aderant Introduces AI-Powered Evaluation and Employee Performance Intelligence in vi by Aderant
Aderant, a leading global provider of business management software for law firms, today announced the launch of new AI-powered employee performance reviews, sentiment analysis, and auto-summarization within viEval and viAllocate, part of the vi by Aderant suite of solutions.
Why reputation management is now everyone’s responsibility | LexisNexis
Reputation management is no longer confined to marketing teams or senior leadership. In today’s legal market, every interaction, decision and internal behaviour contributes to how a firm is perceived by clients, regulators and prospective talent.
How UK Law Firms Are Recovering Billable Hours Through CRM Automation – iQlink
In most UK law firms, "CRM" is seen as a necessary evil- just a digital filing cabinet that constantly demands to be fed but rarely gives anything back. Because manual entry is tedious, busy lawyers skip it. The CRM then becomes outdated and before you know it, management is making big decisions based on incomplete data, and the firm is missing massive opportunities in a competitive legal landscape.
5 Harvey Workflows for IP and Patent Litigation – Harvey
IP and patent litigation teams can ensure precision with these recommended custom workflows in Harvey.
INTAPP to partner with Harvey bringing ethical wall enforcement directly into the platform
Leading AI solution providers Intapp and Harvey today announced their plans for a strategic partnership to bring industry-standard ethical wall enforcement directly into Harvey’s platform.
World-class cybersecurity for UK law firms and why it’s more important than ever – OneAdvanced
Over the last few years, the legal sector has found itself increasingly in the crosshairs for sophisticated cybercriminals due to the immense value of the data they hold. From privileged advice to personal information and client IP, it’s a treasure trove of information for threat actors seeking financial gain, intelligence, or disruption.














