NetDocuments has added six new AI-powered apps to the ndMAX Studio, designed to help legal teams streamline trademark prosecution and plaintiff-side litigation. Expanding the ndMAX Studio to 39 pre-built apps, the new additions reduce repetitive work, help accelerate key tasks, and move matters forward faster, all within the security and guardrails of the NetDocuments platform.  All ndMAX […]

Briefing and sa.global are conducting a year-long research program with UK law firm CFOs, tracking where revenue leakage occurs across onboarding, matter management, invoicing, and collection. Independent findings published by Briefing Live each quarter. sa.global point-of-view series published alongside. View onboarding findings here “The process feels acceptable. The data it produces is not trusted to […]

The market case for law firm MSOs is straightforward. The operating case is where deals are won or lost and where most conventional diligence falls short. Beyond the market story Interest in legal managed services organizations (MSOs) continues to grow, bringing new investors, new transactions, and no shortage of commentary about where the market is […]

AI governance, for a law firm, means being able to document what AI tool was used on a matter, what client data it accessed, who reviewed the output, and whether the client’s specific outside counsel guidelines were applied before work began. Most firms have an AI policy. Far fewer have AI governance. When a financial […]

At Thomson Reuters, we empower our customers with insights and solutions to thrive in an evolving landscape. Our fourth annual report reflects a clear shift, from whether AI will shape professional work to what’s at stake if organizations fail to execute an AI strategy effectively.   “AI is a powerful force multiplier, but the judgment, […]

NetDocuments is bringing its reimagined experience and the industry’s first legal context graph to corporate legal departments. For in-house legal teams, the challenge isn’t simply finding documents; it’s finding the right context. Corporate lawyers navigate a huge breadth of legal domains from contracts, disputes, and regulatory matters to employment issues and business transactions, often within […]

Harvey is now available as an agent inside Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Cowork. Legal teams don’t need more tools. They need the tools they already use to work smarter for them. The average lawyer spends over an hour a day moving between systems just to assemble the context needed to start working — jumping […]

Phil Muncaster examines JadePuffer, the first documented end-to-end autonomous ransomware campaign, and considers what it means for CISOs facing machine-speed attacks and shrinking response windows Sixty-second snapshot: Researchers have discovered what they claim to be the first documented case of an end-to-end agentic ransomware campaign The agent in the JadePuffer attack adapted at numerous points, retrying […]

Cross-serving is one of the biggest growth levers in the legal industry — and one of the most consistently missed. When relationship intelligence is scattered across disjointed systems and individual minds, opportunities slip through the cracks before anyone realizes they existed. DealCloud with Celeste is built to solve this challenge. Unlike generic CRMs designed for […]

For firm leaders, the focus is no longer whether to deploy AI, but how to manage, measure, and scale it. Law firm leadership teams are asking different questions about AI than they were a year ago. The debate is no longer whether AI belongs in the firm — for most, that decision has already been […]

In my last post, I wrote about what an ontology is and why the concept matters for a law firm. If the first post answered “why should I care,” this one is closer to “what does the work actually consist of,” because that question is where most of the real skepticism tends to live, and it […]

Dani Pisciottano, head of marketing at LEAP Enterprise, explores how growth differs depending on law firm size and the factors shaping strategic direction. When we talk about growth in the legal sector, we tend to reach for a single word to describe very different journeys. A three-partner practice adding its fourth lawyer and a fifty-partner […]

Legal sector specialist Xperate has appointed Hannah Perryman as Head of Marketing, reinforcing its growth ambitions as the business expands its presence across existing and emerging markets. The appointment comes at a pivotal stage in Xperate’s development. Since launching just under four years ago, the company has built a strong reputation within the legal sector, […]