Corporate AI investment

McGuireWoods piloted generative AI for trial and transactional attorneys. The initiative focused on legal research to integrate into existing workflows and enable faster responses to client needs while maintaining accuracy.

Offshore law firm Mourant completed a transaction where private equity house MML acquired a 27% stake, alongside an internal equity raise. The capital is earmarked for AI investments, lateral recruitment, and expansion.

LexisNexis launched InterAction+ AI, an AI-powered legal CRM platform that combines relationship insights with LexisNexis Protégé technology.

Hanson Bridgett appointed Martin Metz as its Chief Technology and Innovation Officer (CTIO). In this newly created role, Metz will oversee AI adoption initiatives and IT infrastructure.

Quinn Emanuel is making significant investments in artificial intelligence and collaborating with AI companies like Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX. The firm is working to customize AI technology specifically for its litigators.

Cardium Law selected the iManage platform to enhance its document, email, and knowledge management capabilities and to support its AI innovation. The deployment aims to establish a well-governed knowledge foundation for adopting AI tools such as AI-assisted playbook analysis.

The American Arbitration Association introduced the AI Arbitrator, an AI-powered arbitration tool that streamlines the dispute resolution process by reviewing materials, analyzing key issues, and preparing draft awards for human review.

The Superior Court of Los Angeles County is partnering with Stanford Law's Rhode Center and Legal Design Lab to test and deploy AI tools directly within court operations. Interventions being piloted include AI for identifying legal errors in default judgments, AI for referral routing, and an AI-enabled online dispute resolution platform.

Crosby AI is building an AI-native law firm focused on commercial contract review and negotiation, utilizing a technology layer that captures lawyer decisions to encode workflows for AI agents.

Mallesons actively partnered directly with Harvey as a design partner to help build and test its new Memory feature to capture lawyer preferences and drafting standards.

Sterling Lawyers rebuilt its daily firm workflows around commercial-grade Claude with assistance from Rocket Clicks, automating intake, case management, discovery review, and fixed-fee auditing.

Dykema made internal investments in technology and AI-driven initiatives to enhance client service and operational efficiency.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is deploying generative AI tools across patent and trademark operations to assist with examination workflows, including classification, image search, and drafting assistance.

DISCO is building an AI-native unified litigation solution that combines the facts of a matter with relevant U.S. case law. The application aims to span the entire lifespan of a matter from filing to verdict.

Fried Frank has launched a proprietary AI platform designed to support the firm's fund work.

Page White Farrer selected Solve Intelligence to support patent application drafting within its technology-focused patent teams.

Baker McKenzie built and launched the First AI'd Toolkit, an interactive tool designed around employment law scenarios to help HR and legal professionals evaluate workplace AI risks.

Winstead integrated its UniversitySite and CLESite learning content into its internal AI chatbot, AskPete, using Profiscience's AI Knowledge Connector. This allows personnel to quickly search and retrieve trusted internal training and resource content.

Irving is a newly launched transactional law firm built around AI rather than traditional law firm structures. Its affiliated technology company, Irving Technology, is developing a proprietary platform to automate research, drafting, document processing, and deal execution.

FT's in-house legal team has deployed Wordsmith as its enterprise legal AI platform. The deployment is intended to provide the FT business faster access to legal support.