SmartSearch: AML standards must improve after OPBAS report highlights critical gaps

The latest report from the Office for Professional Body Anti‑Money Laundering Supervision (OPBAS) highlights progress in how money laundering risks are supervised across the legal and accountancy sectors, but warns that enforcement and compliance standards still fall short in key areas.

5 Things Law Firms should consider before applying for CQS Accreditation – Access Legal

Here are five topical areas of conveyancing development that will currently impact your CQS Accreditation. All of these areas are covered in depth as part of the Access Legal CQS Conveyancing Update Courses.

The connected law firm: Driving efficiency through integration – SOS Legal

The modern law firm is no longer built on isolated systems and manual processes. Today’s leading firms operate as connected ecosystems, integrating case management, documents, billing, and communications to transform how legal teams work, collaborate, and deliver greater productivity and transparency.

Litera Partners with Midpage to Embed Legal Research in Legal Agent Lito, as Benchmark Study Highlights Power of Combined LLM with Rules-Based Engines

Litera, a global leader in legal AI technology solutions, announced an integration with Midpage, an AI-powered legal research platform trusted by 200+ law firms, to bring U.S. case law and statutes directly into Lito, Litera’s award-winning AI legal agent.

How AI, used properly, can unlock real efficiency for law firms – LEAP

At LegalEx London on 25th February, LEAP was back with a clear message for the profession. In 2026, the challenges facing law firms are no longer abstract. They are practical, daily pressures around efficiency, productivity, risk management, cybersecurity, client service and staff burnout.

The cloud adoption questions law firm leaders ask first – sa.global

For many law firms, cloud adoption no longer shows up as a future initiative. It is already part of how everyday systems are run and accessed. Industry data supports this shift. 73% of firms now use cloud-based legal tools, with adoption strongest in areas such as document and practice management.

The efficiency conversation law firms can no longer defer – Modular Services

AI was supposed to make legal services cheaper. It has not, yet. Clients are losing patience, leverage ratios are tightening, and the overhead structure that partnerships have carried for decades is finally being asked to justify itself. Modular’s ROCKET framework is where that conversation starts.

More law firms choose OneAdvanced as their trusted provider to power their next phase of growth

As more firms are looking to modernise their systems and move away from legacy platforms that no longer meet their needs, the importance of choosing a trusted, forward-thinking technology partner that can help them operate more efficiently, remain compliant, and support long-term sustainable growth has never been greater.

The value of operational transparency in client relationships – LexisNexis

Operational transparency is increasingly central to how large law firms build, protect and deepen client relationships. As client scrutiny intensifies, openness around pricing, delivery, governance and data use has become a commercial differentiator rather than a regulatory afterthought.

Law firms can the war against weaponized AI using immutable data technology – Fenix24

Artificial intelligence weaponized across the attack surface is intensifying the destruction to critical IT systems and wreaking havoc on organizations of all size, UK law firms included.