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George Hannah
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Writing on Legal AI
New research just dropped on how law firms are actually adopting AI.

Thomson Reuters surveyed 1,500+ professionals across legal, tax, and risk in 27 countries for their 2026 AI in Professional Services Report.
February 17, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Everyone's talking about how AI is making lawyers faster.

But it's creating the world's most expensive traffic jam:
February 16, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Prompt engineering guide for lawyers.

From Microsoft and The Singapore Academy of Law:
February 13, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Free startup idea.

Millions of businesses are going to need this.
February 12, 2026 at 1:20 PM
AI can write a better email or contract than most lawyers.

But it can't build the trust that took you years to build

Legal AI tools can write an amazing document in seconds.
February 12, 2026 at 10:13 AM
More and more lawyers are dealing with this every day.

AI has made second opinions instant and almost free.

This creates both opportunities and friction.
February 10, 2026 at 8:45 PM
A new benchmark just dropped on AI agents in professional services.

Mercor tested 12 frontier models on 480 tasks across investment banking, management consulting, BigLaw associate work, and primary care medicine.
February 9, 2026 at 2:43 PM
NEWS: Lawhive just raised a $60M Series B

Led by Mitch Rales (Danaher co-founder), with GV, TQ Ventures, Balderton, and Jigsaw participating.
February 6, 2026 at 5:37 PM
There is lots of panic around Anthropic's legal AI plugin.

By Wednesday morning, billions had evaporated from legal tech stocks.
February 6, 2026 at 12:59 PM
A new LexisNexis report just dropped on AI and junior lawyer development.

The grunt work that built judgment is disappearing.
February 4, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Legora just sponsored a PGA golfer.

This is one of many sponsorship deals AI companies have been signing.

We've been seeing this trend accelerate already in F1:
February 3, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Anthropic just released Legal Plugins for Claude.

They just went straight to the lawyers:
February 2, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Max just revealed something most SaaS CEOs won't.

The pricing model is broken:
January 30, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Everyone wants to build the next legal AI unicorn.

But the winners are taking everything:
January 28, 2026 at 10:55 PM
The billable hour isn't as old as you think.

It was invented in 1913 by a legal aid lawyer trying to help more people on a shoestring budget.

Here's how it became the backbone of Big Law:
January 26, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Big Law lawyers are coding their own tools.

In their free time.

And it's changing everything:
January 23, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Most legal AI startups are chasing law firms.

Ruben took a different path.
January 22, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Ivo just closed a $55M Series B.

The AI contract review gold rush is real.
January 21, 2026 at 1:21 PM
The legal AI market is at a crossroads.

$1.6 trillion in global AI investment since 2013.

Thomson Reuters just released some interesting data.
January 15, 2026 at 12:56 PM
95% say adequate quality controls are NOT in place for AI use in legal services.

That stat jumped out at me from "What Lies Ahead 2026" report by MD Communications.
January 13, 2026 at 7:51 PM
We're building AI backwards.

Joanna just proved it with one sentence:

"I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes."
January 12, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Harvey just dropped a memory function.

It ranks high on usefulness, but misses the real point:
January 9, 2026 at 1:25 PM
OpenAI just launched ChatGPT Health.

They have just entered the regulated industry game.
January 8, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Legal AI will create massive winners and losers in 2026.

6 shifts that will separate the two:
January 7, 2026 at 12:56 PM
This changes everything about legal directory submissions.

Chambers and Partners just opened their API to integrate with Ranking Copilot.

For years, law firms have juggled complex referee lists for rankings applications.
January 6, 2026 at 12:58 PM