Trump signs executive order seeking voluntary oversight of AI models
President Trump has signed an executive order asking technology companies to voluntarily submit new AI models for up…
News
The latest AI advancements, regulations, and news impacting the legal industry.
575 posts
Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman, alleging profit-driven safety failures
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed a civil lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, seeking to…
China expands controls on foreign deals and tech transfers after Meta-Manus block
China has issued sweeping new rules tightening oversight of overseas deals involving Chinese investors, technology, data, and national…
Connecticut enacts broad employment AI transparency law
Connecticut has passed the Artificial Intelligence Responsibility and Transparency Act (Senate Bill 5), one of the country’s broadest…
Lavern, the open repo, and the case for poking around
Most of the legal tech covered by The Legal Wire fits a recognisable shape: a Series A, a…
Kirkland & Ellis to spend $500m building its own AI platform
Kirkland & Ellis, the world’s highest-grossing law firm, has earmarked $500m to build a proprietary AI platform rather…
nu:legal and the expertise that never leaves the room
Most founders can name the moment their company began. For Bork Morfaw, it began with a question he…
German SMEs are losing billions to bureaucracy: nu:legal raises €1.3M to give them a faster way to work
Founded by a former Freshfields lawyer, the platform offers custom-built legal services that are co-developed with leading European…
Legora expands across Asia-Pacific with new offices in Singapore and Tokyo
Legora, the agentic AI platform for legal professionals trusted by more than 1,200 leading law firms and in-house…
The AI Adoption Gap Is Real. But Who’s to Blame?
I spend most of my working week talking to the people building legal AI: founders, CEOs, the engineers…