Legora Raises $150M Series C to Fuel Explosive Growth in Legal AI Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor AI legal platform Legora has closed a $150 million Series C round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, lifting the company to a $1.8 billion valuation and cementing its position as one of the most watched players in the […]
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The technological transformation sweeping the globe, anchored by artificial intelligence, has no historical counterpart. As businesses race to deploy AI, regulators lag behind, creating a gap between innovation and governance. Ashurst positions itself at the cutting-edge of this shift, advising clients across sectors on the legal and practical implications of AI. Their recent report, Navigating
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Robin’s Legal Tech Backfire Robin AI, the poster child for the “AI meets law” revolution, is learning the hard way that venture capital fairy dust doesn’t guarantee happily-ever-after. The London-based legal tech firm, once proudly waving its genAI-plus-human-experts flag, is now cutting staff after growth dreams collided with the brick wall of economic reality. The
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The Role of Junior Lawyers in the Age of AI Norma Harris, LawFuel contributor Business Insider reports that Harvey’s chief executive Winston Weinberg, himeelf not long out of the junior lawyer blocks, told TechLaw Fest that junior lawyers remain central to the future of legal work as AI changes training and tasking. Business Insider The
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FT Innovative Lawyers Awards Global law firm Freshfields has been recognised as the Most Innovative Law Firm in Europe at the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards Europe 2025. Hosted last night at the Natural History Museum in London, it recognised the firm’s work across multiple areas, assessed against four metrics: innovation, digital, people and social responsibility.
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How Data Science Is Rewriting Big Law Playbooks Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor When Cleary Gottlieb snapped up Springbok AI earlier this year it signalled something big: law firms are no longer just buying technology, they’re building it too. AI in law is big business. That transaction brought ten data scientists into Cleary’s fold and
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Is Italy Reining in The AI Wild West? Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributor Italy has just made history. Its parliament passed a sweeping AI law, becoming the first member of the EU to implement comprehensive national regulation that mirrors and, in many respects, outdoes the EU’s AI Act. Reuters report that the new regime emphasizes human-centred,
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September 15, 2025 — Stanford, CA — Stanford Law School today announced the launch of the Legal Innovation through Frontier Technology Lab, or liftlab, to explore how artificial intelligence can reshape legal services—not just to make them faster and cheaper, but better and more widely accessible. Led by Professor Julian Nyarko and Executive Director Megan Ma, liftlab is among the
Australian-based and growing ‘new law’ operation Law Squared, designed to assist in-house counsel, has launched a new administration system to assist insurance litigation. Tetra Claims was launched Tetra Claims with a proprietary claims management system designed to integrate with the firm’s fixed fee claims and litigation model. The firm’s media statement is below – Redefining
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Article Source: Bestera.io Tradition meets modern ambition in the US and shapes an environment that values progress alongside proven practices. Legal agencies in this nation are increasingly turning toward automation, drawn by its promise to improve accuracy and handle tasks more swiftly. However, this shift toward legal automation is far from straightforward. Many agencies face
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