Every gap left open at onboarding compounds. Time that’s never captured becomes a margin shortfall no one can explain, and terms that are not locked become billing disputes months later. The question is whether these are isolated failures or evidence of a broader operational pattern. Our recent CFO Briefing research suggests it’s the latter. No respondent in […]

Four questions legal organisations can ask to assess the maturity of their AI governance programs.   As legal AI adoption accelerates, governance is becoming less about drafting guidelines and more about operationalising them. Clients are asking how AI is used on their matters. Firm leadership wants evidence of adoption and impact. Security and compliance teams […]

Anti-money laundering compliance, in theory, is mandated and designed to help firms identify risk and to counteract legitimate concerns about criminals who may be hiding or moving illegally obtained money. Increasingly, in practice, those legal professionals working in compliance or who are obligated to perform compliance checks report that is becoming time- and resource-heavy and […]

Legal AI has reshaped research, diligence, and drafting. But the phase that actually determines whether a deal closes profitably? The last mile of a transaction, where one agreed change has to cascade accurately across every document, every ancillary, and every schedule under a tightening deadline, is where hours disappear, errors multiply, and realization quietly erodes. […]

Efimis, a best-in-class legal financial management platform built specifically for law firms, includes a fully integrated General Ledger that removes the need for separate accounting systems and disconnected financial processes. Acting as a core component of the Efimis platform, the General Ledger provides firms with a complete accounting record across both Client and Office ledgers, […]

AI is changing the nature of cases involving self representation. The rise of general-purpose AI can mean barristers may need to spend more time checking what they receive for accuracy and relevance This can make legal information easier to produce, but it can also increase the volume of material that barristers must assess. Arguments may […]

Everyone is talking about what AI can do for law firms. Far fewer are asking the more important question: How do we control it? What are guardrails? Think of them like motorway barriers. They don’t slow you down – they stop you from going off the edge. In practice, guardrails are: Clear rules on how […]

Legora today announced the acquisition of London-based Wexler, the fact intelligence platform that extracts, verifies, and reasons over the factual record from large and unstructured document sets, used by some of the world’s leading litigation and disputes teams at Clifford Chance, Goodwin, and Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, as well as in- house legal and compliance […]

Tuesday, September 29th, 2026 Event from 11:00am – 3:00pm The legal profession is changing fast and AI is at the centre of it. This free, one-day virtual summit brings together some of the sharpest minds in legal technology to help you cut through the noise and get practical about what AI means for your firm […]

Vibe Coding is fast.  But control is everything There is a new trend gaining attention in AI development. Describe what you want. Let AI write the code. Ship it. It is often referred to as “vibe coding”, and for early-stage prototypes, it can be extremely useful. It allows ideas to be tested quickly, concepts to […]

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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 […]