Eight out of 10 conveyancing firms using AI – Legal Futures
Eight out of 10 conveyancing firms used artificial intelligence to support fee-earners last year, double the proportion that did so in 2024, new research has found. The post Eight out…
February 2026
PLC’s actions in defending claim “commercially amoral”, says judge – Legal Futures
The High Court has accused a leading construction company of being “commercially amoral” for putting a subsidiary into liquidation to seemingly avoid paying out on a claim. The post PLC’s…
Whistleblowing guidance for in-house lawyers – a call to arms – Legal Futures
In-house lawyers are in a unique position to spot wrongdoing. But reporting it is not just potentially dangerous from a personal point of view. The post Whistleblowing guidance for in-house…
Why Your Generic Compliance with Laws Clause May Fail Export Control – Contract Nerds
Key Takeaways A standard, generic “Compliance with Laws” clause is insufficient and fails to mitigate the specific financial and criminal penalties associated with U.S. export control violations. Contracting professionals must…
Russian Hackers Weaponize Microsoft Office Bug in Just 3 Days – Dark Reading
APT28’s attacks rely on specially crafted Microsoft Rich Text Format (RTF) documents to kick off a multistage infection chain to deliver malicious payloads. – Read More
GlassWorm Malware Returns to Shatter Developer Ecosystems – Dark Reading
The self-replicating malware has poisoned a fresh set of Open VSX software components, leaving potential downstream victims with infostealer infections. – Read More
AI May Supplant Pen Testers, But Oversight & Trust Is Not There Yet – Dark Reading
Crowd-sourced bug bounties and pentesting firms see AI agents stealing the low-hanging vulnerabilities from their human counterparts, but oversight remains key. – Read More
Stella Legal partners with CLM giant Sirion – Legal IT Insider
Stella Legal, a fast-growing UK-founded legal technology consultancy, has partnered with contract lifecycle management provider Sirion as a flagship implementation partner. Stella Legal was founded last year by Tyson Ballard…
Anthropic unveils Claude legal plugin and causes market meltdown – Legal IT Insider
Generative AI vendor Anthropic has unveiled a legal plugin that helps customise its large language model Claude for legal tasks such as document review, sending public legal software stocks into…
Docker Fixes Critical Ask Gordon AI Flaw Allowing Code Execution via Image Metadata – The Hacker News
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched security flaw impacting Ask Gordon, an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant built into Docker Desktop and the Docker Command-Line Interface (CLI), that could…
8-Minute Access: AI Accelerates Breach of AWS Environment – Dark Reading
The AI-assisted attack, which started with exposed credentials from public S3 buckets, rapidly achieved administrative privilges. – Read More
Dark Patterns Undermine Security One Click at a Time – Dark Reading
People trust organizations to do the right thing, but websites’ and apps’ dark patterns pose a hidden threat that can lead to inadequate security behaviors. – Read More
Ask iManage delivers an AI-powered search experience with trusted answers across firm knowledge – Legal Futures
iManage has announced new capabilities for Ask iManage, its native AI assistant, that enables users to ask natural-language questions across the iManage Work platform. The post Ask iManage delivers an…
Search Acumen comments on HMRC’s property transaction data for December 2025 – Legal Futures
“December’s figures show a market holding the line against the usual seasonal slowdown.” The post Search Acumen comments on HMRC’s property transaction data for December 2025 appeared first on Legal…
Hold on tightly, let go lightly: Inside the mind of InfoTrack’s CTO – Legal Futures
After analysing thousands of AP1 requisitions, InfoTrack’s CTO Rich Hill, discovered something surprising: the requisitions slowing conveyancers down aren’t exotic edge cases. The post Hold on tightly, let go lightly:…