Davos, Switzerland: QuantumFAI Conference

The panel on “Blockchain AI for Trusted Identity, Data Integrity, and Smarter Finance” provided a compelling look into the practical convergence of two of the most transformative technologies of our time. Moderated by Guido Schmitz-Krummacher, the discussion featured insights from Sandy Carter of Unstoppable, futurist Joseph Raczynski, Panos Skliamis of SPIN Analytics, and Michael Barskyi of…
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The company formerly known as AffiniPay continues its evolution under the 8am brand, today announcing the expansion of its LawPay payments platform into what it says is a complete financial management solution for law firms. The expanded 8am LawPay now unites payments, invoicing, time tracking, expense management and financial reporting into a single workspace, aiming […]
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Tomorrow, Friday, Feb. 13, is the deadline to vote. Your votes determine the 15 legal tech startups that will get to compete at the 10th-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW. Below are the standings so far, ranked by total votes received. Which of these companies will end up lucky on Friday the 13th? Remember, your votes determine […]
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OpenAI is reaching out to enterprise clients to perform early testing of ‘Skills’ in ChatGPT, bringing closer the prospect of another general-purpose AI platform providing standardised, repeatable legal workflow capabilities. 
Skills are reusable task bundles (instructions plus optional files/code) that can be applied automatically and teach AI how to do a specific repeatable task or workflow. They are available in OpenAI’s Codex CLI tool and now also ChatGPT. Advertisement…
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Deployment architecture now shapes enterprise risk as directly as security policy. Data location, access governance, audit visibility, and regulatory alignment depend on where an application runs and who controls the underlying environment. In this context, Bring Your Cloud (BYC) vs SaaS vs public cloud deployment is not simply a technology comparison. It is a decision about ownership, accountability, and operational…
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Justpoint Law, an offshoot of consumer protection company Justpoint Inc., won approval in July to operate as a legal practice under the alternative business structure program in Arizona. It aims to use AI technology to identify cases ripe for litigation.
Continue Reading Consumer Protection Company Launches Affiliated Mass Tort Law Firm Arm Under Arizona's ABS Program

A California federal judge has denied Big Tech platforms a motion for summary judgment in a case in the social media adolescent addiction multidistrict litigation, clearing the path for a Kentucky school district’s negligence and public nuisance claims against Meta Platforms Inc., Google, ByteDance and Snap Inc. to proceed to trial.
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When it comes to standalone editing software for legal professionals, there have been basically three choices: BriefCatch, WordRake, and PerfectIt. Now that list is one shorter, as BriefCatch has acquired WordRake. According to Ross Guberman, founder of BriefCatch, his company has acquired WordRake’s core product and technology assets. The WordRake product will be integrated into […]
Continue Reading In A Marriage Of Legal Editing Tools, BriefCatch Has Acquired WordRake and Its 12 Editing Patents

iManage today (11 February) released a new benchmarking report that shows professional services firms with mature, well-governed knowledge foundations significantly outperform their peers on AI adoption, business performance, and client trust.  
The report is based on a global study of 3,185 business and technology decision-makers across 26 countries. It builds on iManage’s Knowledge Work Maturity Model; a framework created last year that assesses how effectively organisations govern, connect, and activate knowledge…
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Following her appointment as global co-head of AI at the firm, Rachel Reid and fellow co-head Nasser Ali Khasawneh discuss how they use the firm’s internal experience with AI to guide clients through conflicting regulations and ongoing technological transformations.
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We speak with Eversheds Sutherland’s global co-CEO and International chief executive Keith Froud about the selection and planned roll out of Harvey, and how that fits in with the global firm’s technology strategy and ambitions.
Eversheds Sutherland (International) at the start of February announced that it has agreed a strategic partnership with Harvey as its GenAI legal assistant, building on…
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According to Thomson Reuters’s 2026 AI in Professional Services Report, organizations like law firms and legal departments are ramping up their AI use while grappling with concerns over the technology’s ROI and impact on the unauthorized practice of law.
Continue Reading Law Firms and Legal Departments Dip Toes Into Agentic AI as Gen AI Use Surges