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This week we’ll be sharing more takeaways and hot takes from the Legalweek conference in New York last week. First up is is the very first AI workshop of the conference. Billed as a group of visionaries (we’d agree with that) discussing the state of AI across the legal market, perhaps the most interesting part…

By Tom Saunders The 11th British Legal Technology Forum brought more than 90 legal tech suppliers, law firms and in-house teams to London’s Old Billingsgate last week to talk about AI and the future of legal services. As Legal IT Insider readers will know, these are not small topics, so there was a lot…

A legal sector International Women’s Day online event last week was sabotaged and explicit images shared on screen, leading to the event being canceled and the organisers warning others to be vigilant in the wake of other IWD events being infiltrated. Well-known legal marketer Helen Burness and business psychologist Noo Jones hosted the event…

Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is adopting Legora as its firm-wide general-purpose AI platform, marking  what it describes as a significant step in the firm’s investment in innovation and technology‑enabled legal services. The news came out last week (12 March), within a day of the announcement that Legora has acquired Walter AI…

Harvey today (16 March) unveiled a heavyweight in-house customer advisory board, which includes Bob Hoyt, the chief legal officer of HSBC Holdings. Harvey got its start working with law firms, working with them to gain feedback on developing its product. The general legal AI startup says that it is now applying that same approach…