AI × Law

Indian courts are facing a surge in fabricated, AI-generated legal citations, prompting warnings from Supreme Court justices and disciplinary risks under Bar Council rules. In response, the Supreme Court of India has released draft regulations governing the use of artificial intelligence in courts.

A judge has granted final approval to Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement with authors over claims it trained its Claude AI model on pirated books. Authors will receive approximately $3,000 per work, while the judge reduced attorney fees from $187.5 million to just over $101 million.

Insight Partners co-head Deven Parekh revealed the venture firm lost out on investing in buzzy AI legal-tech startup Legora to rival General Catalyst. Parekh cited General Catalyst's ability to better pitch its value proposition to the Stockholm-based founder as the deciding factor.

Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, and other publishers have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Anthropic and its co-founders in California federal court. The suit alleges the company illegally acquired and used copyrighted music to train its Claude models.

Thomson Reuters has introduced 'Thomson,' a proprietary $40 million large language model built specifically for legal and professional work using its Westlaw and Practical Law data. The model is being integrated into CoCounsel Legal, reducing TR's reliance on third-party foundation model providers like OpenAI and Anthropic.

At least 16 major law firms—including Latham & Watkins, Gibson Dunn, Covington, and Pillsbury—are competing to fill over 25 AI leadership roles with salaries reaching up to $440,000. Firms are struggling to recruit candidates who possess both deep technical capability and extensive legal industry experience.

The Supreme Court of India has stayed a public interest litigation case in the Gujarat High Court that sought a regulatory framework for AI-generated deepfakes. The order comes after the Central government requested to transfer similar pending proceedings across various High Courts to the apex court.

Wilson Sonsini advised GCVC Fund on its launch, which announced its first investments in legal tech startups Glaze AI Inc. (dba Sandstone) and Stilta IP AB. Sandstone focuses on self-service access to legal information, while Stilta IP develops AI-driven solutions for intellectual property.

The New Mexico Supreme Court held defense attorney Stephen D. Aarons in direct contempt after he filed an AI-generated murder appeal containing four fabricated witnesses, fake testimony, and hallucinated legal authority. The court struck the briefs, barred Aarons from appearing before the court pending disciplinary proceedings, and appointed a public defender to take over the appeal.

Chicago-based legaltech company Litera has acquired UK legal document platform Office & Dragons to bolster its document drafting capabilities. The London-headquartered startup uses generative AI and automation to streamline mass drafting, editing, and document workflows across practice areas including litigation.

An Istanbul court has admitted to using AI for legal research and translation, while clarifying that human judges retain sole responsibility for final rulings. The deployment operates under non-binding ethical guidelines rather than formal legislation, highlighting growing international trends toward judicial AI adoption.

Indian news agency ANI has sued OpenAI for unauthorized data scraping, training on paid content, and generating false attributions. The Delhi High Court has reserved its judgment, which addresses whether data tokenization constitutes copyright infringement and if AI training qualifies as fair dealing under Indian law.

Legal AI platform Lexroom has acquired Praven Intelekt, developer of one of Bulgaria's first specialized legal AI platforms. The acquisition marks Lexroom's expansion into Central and Eastern Europe and adds an AI assistant serving over 900 clients, including solo lawyers, municipalities, and compliance teams.

Legal tech platform Filevine has raised $400 million in an all-equity funding round to support its Legal Operating Intelligence System. The massive investment underscores ongoing capital injection into AI-driven legal management tools.

Akerman has named former commercial litigator and tech entrepreneur Charles Zerner as its first Director of AI Development. Zerner will advise the firm on its AI product roadmap, helping lawyers evaluate commercial legal-tech tools versus building custom solutions in-house.

Latham & Watkins has purchased Nvidia GPU servers to build and customize its own AI models locally rather than relying exclusively on cloud vendors. The second-largest U.S. law firm by revenue is taking this hardware-first approach to maintain strict client data privacy and manage future AI consumption costs.

Chilean legaltech startup Magnar raised an $8M Series A funding round. The investment was led by 6 Degrees Capital and Hi Ventures, with participation from FEN.

Vanderbilt University Law School has partnered with AltaClaro to integrate its AI-driven DepoSim platform into the Legal Practice Technology course. The initiative provides law students with AI-generated witness personas and real-time objection handling to meet law firm demand for graduates trained in AI-enhanced discovery workflows.

Courts across Quebec—including the Court of Appeal, Superior Court, Court of Quebec, and municipal courts—have jointly issued guidelines governing how judges use generative AI. The framework addresses security, data protection, judicial independence, and preserving the human element in court rulings.

Milan-based legal AI company Lexroom has acquired French legal research platform Query Juriste and Bulgarian legaltech startup Praven Intelekt. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the founding teams of both startups will join Lexroom as it expands its AI-powered research and drafting platform into France and Bulgaria.