AI × Law

Litigation technology startup Concorda completed a $3.8 million seed funding round led by Sazze Partners, with participation from a16z's Speedrun accelerator and others. The company offers a platform leveraging generative AI and traditional automation for legal research, matter management, and drafting across the litigation lifecycle.

Santiago-based legal tech platform Magnar secured $8 million in Series A funding led by 6 Degrees Capital and Hi Ventures, with participation from law firms Carey and Beccar Varela. The startup plans to use the capital to expand its research, drafting, and document management platform into Mexico and Brazil.

In U.S. v. Thomas, an SDNY judge declined to compel production of discovery while prosecutors and defense counsel remain at an impasse over protective order terms restricting the use of AI tools to review materials. The defense argued the government shouldn't police its ethical obligations regarding AI, but the court instructed the parties to continue meeting and conferring on the restrictions.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is considering whether to reassign a case after U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate used AI to draft a ruling that contained non-existent names and factual statements. The case highlights growing appellate scrutiny over AI hallucinations appearing in judicial opinions rather than just attorney briefs.

RELX Group, the parent company of LexisNexis Legal & Professional, has officially finalized its acquisition of French legal AI platform Doctrine. The transaction closes following the initial deal announcement made in July 2026.

Judge Stacy D. Glick of Florida's Eleventh Judicial Circuit has issued standing instructions requiring litigants to disclose whether AI was used to draft or assist in drafting motions. Parties using AI must sign documents affirming they verified that all citations, statutes, and facts are accurate and existing, or face potential sanctions.

AI legaltech startup Legora achieved unicorn status in October 2025 at a $1.8 billion valuation. The company is now reportedly in talks to raise new funding that would boost its valuation to $6 billion.

Nuix has announced the general availability of generative AI capabilities in its Nuix Discover SaaS platform, introducing document summaries, semantic search, and clustering for legal review. The company also launched an Early Adopter release of its AI Chat feature, allowing legal teams to query case data with natural language and receive auditable, cited responses.

A survey of 53 eDiscovery professionals by ComplexDiscovery and EDRM shows a fragmented pricing landscape for generative AI-assisted review, with hybrid and per-document models leading at 28.3% each. For per-document AI review, costs are concentrating in the $0.11 to $0.50 range, undercutting traditional human review rates.

Nuix has rolled out general availability for several generative AI features in Nuix Discover SaaS, including semantic search, document summaries, and semantic clustering. The e-discovery provider also launched an early adopter release of AI Chat, a conversational interface that allows legal teams to query case data with court-ready audit trails.

Plaintiffs have filed a class action lawsuit against Humana in the Western District of Kentucky, alleging the insurer used AI tools to improperly deny post-acute care coverage under Medicare Advantage plans. The complaint alleges breach of contract, insurance bad faith, and unjust enrichment for overriding clinical determinations by healthcare providers.

The Justice Department urged a Manhattan federal judge to side with OpenAI and Microsoft in the copyright lawsuit brought by The New York Times, arguing that training AI models on copyrighted material qualifies as fair use. The DOJ warned that restricting LLM development would hinder economic progress and put the U.S. at a disadvantage relative to foreign adversaries.

Courts worldwide are cracking down on AI misuse, with judges sanctioning lawyers in Mississippi and Israel for citing fake AI-generated precedents. Additionally, a NY federal court ruled that a criminal suspect's conversations with Anthropic's Claude were not protected by attorney-client privilege.

Microsoft and OpenAI have asked a Manhattan federal court for summary judgment, arguing that ingesting books and news articles to train LLMs like ChatGPT and Copilot constitutes transformative fair use. Plaintiffs, including The New York Times, filed competing motions for summary judgment claiming the tech companies illegally copied content to build competing commercial products.

Premier African law firm Bowmans has partnered with generative AI platform Harvey to integrate the legal-specific tool into its operations. The agreement makes Bowmans the first law firm on the African continent to adopt the platform.

The California legislature has passed Senate Bill 574, which would require attorneys to disclose the use of generative AI in court filings, prohibit putting private client data into public AI tools, and require verification of AI output. Separately, the state bar is considering rule amendments regarding citation verification and client notification.

Intapp has partnered with Legora to integrate governed, AI-native workflows into products like Intapp Walls and Intapp Time. The company also announced new legal-sector client wins with law firm Practus LLP and Auxana Administrative Services.

Legal AI platform Legora is reportedly in talks to raise new capital at a $6 billion valuation. The negotiation comes shortly after the company achieved unicorn status in October 2025 with a $1.8 billion valuation.

Founded by leadership from Keller Postman and Gerchen Capital Partners, Atticor Group has signed over six personal injury firms onto its AI-enabled back-office platform. Operating as a management services organization (MSO), the venture allows outside investors to fund AI infrastructure and manage operations for independent law firms.

A Massachusetts Superior Court judge refused to permit attorney T. Michael Morgan to appear pro hac vice in litigation against Harvard College following his prior Rule 11 sanction for submitting AI-hallucinated case citations in Wyoming. The ruling demonstrates that judicial sanctions for fabricated legal citations can permanently impair an attorney's ability to practice across state jurisdictions.