Corporate AI investment

Crowell & Moring hired Andrea Markstrom as Chief Information Officer to drive a people-first internal AI strategy. The firm's AI deployments include an internal AI assistant for secure proprietary data access, a partnership with Legora for legal research and efficiency, and Microsoft Copilot.

AgiLawyer says it is growing and has hired a Head of Commercial Development and an AI & Legal Tech Engineer. This is an internal investment in AI-related team capacity to support its mission.

A San Francisco-based AI-native law firm founded in 2025. It leverages enterprise AI tools to automate routine parts of IP work so its attorneys can focus on more strategic portfolio decisions and provide subscription-based billing.

Al Tamimi & Company partnered with Legora to deploy and advance Arabic-first legal AI capabilities across its Middle East operations.

Simmons introduced a new bonus scheme designed to reward its staff for the meaningful use of generative AI.

Bloomberg Industry Group announced it acquired Regology to expand its AI-driven regulatory intelligence and help organizations navigate regulatory change faster. The acquisition combines Regology’s AI platform with Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Tax, and Bloomberg Government.

LawVu announced the launch of LawVu LegalOS, an AI-powered workflow platform for in-house teams. The platform includes AI-powered drafting, triage, and a workflow builder to help teams automate workflows and use historical data.

OpenAI formally launched a dedicated legal industry vertical and appointed Ironclad co-founder Jason Boehmig to lead it. The move signals OpenAI’s intent to compete more directly for legal AI market share and build industry-specific workflows and enterprise solutions.

Thomson Reuters’ general counsel’s office and the Thomson Reuters Institute are working together on GCO 2030 to envision how their corporate legal function can transform with AI by 2030. The article says their own legal team is on this journey and that they are moving from individual AI adoption toward a structured transformation.

Foley is expanding its AI capabilities by combining internally developed technology with enterprise AI platforms and rolling out firmwide tools to improve client service, efficiency, and secure AI use in legal workflows. FoleyChat is an in-house AI assistant used to support day-to-day work across the firm.

Foley & Lardner is rolling out Harvey firmwide after a successful pilot and evaluation. The firm says the deployment is meant to help lawyers work more efficiently and improve operations while keeping human judgment central.

Littler announced firmwide adoption of AltaClaro’s AI-powered DepoSim to enhance litigation readiness and deposition preparation across its practices. The firm says the adoption reflects its continued investment in technology platforms that improve consistency, quality, and efficiency in litigation practice.

B&D Lawyers launched an Innovation Delivery Team to move innovation from concept to execution, including an internal AI hackathon to build AI-driven solutions tailored to the firm’s environmental practice and operations. The firm says it is actively building its AI capabilities to improve client service and internal workflows.

Carta says it acquired Avantia Law to build Carta Law, an AI-native legal services offering for private equity and venture capital firms. The company says it will combine legal services, software, and compliance on one platform and continue integrating the products over the next couple of months.

Burges Salmon entered a partnership with Wexler to support litigation workflows. The page presents this as a firm-level AI support arrangement.

Debevoise is leveraging a robust internal AI program and internal AI teams to modernize how it designs and delivers client services. The firm is pairing this internal effort with its client AI advisory work to navigate the AI era.

Darrow launched a platform for law firms to identify, vet, and manage litigation like a portfolio, using AI agents to surface legal risk, evaluate cases, and track matters on a single dashboard. The company describes itself as an "AI Lab for Legal Risk" and says the platform is the next step in that mission.

Varnum says its AI Task Force advises the firm on optimal usage of AI, and that this work led to the firm’s adoption of Harvey. The firm also says it uses AI tools extensively in its own practice.

Akin made a firmwide rollout of NetDocuments' advanced AI suite, embedding AI across its global document management system and operations. The article frames this as a decisive commitment to enterprise AI execution to improve efficiency, document review, research, and client service.

The firm appointed a chief innovation officer to lead its AI and legal technology initiatives and knowledge management efforts. The move is described as a deliberate investment in capabilities that help lawyers deliver service and results in complex matters.