Hi and welcome to the November/December Orange Rag; our last newsletter of the year!
In this month’s issue, we present the inaugural Legal Tech Clinic, which offers practical insight into and guidance on selecting a SaaS case management system. My thanks to Derek Southall from Hyperscale Group for being our first panel guru.
If I were to sum up this newsletter, I’d say that it captures a pivotal moment for the legal tech sector, defined by strategic transformation and AI acceleration. At the forefront is Linklaters’ launch of a 20-strong AI lawyer team, signalling a shift from innovation silos to embedded, practice-driven change. Similarly, White & Case’s proprietary AI assistant Atlas underscores the growing debate between building bespoke platforms versus buying off the-shelf solutions – there is a big shift towards build. Read our commentary on both here.
Behind the scenes, operational restructuring is another dominant theme – Clifford Chance is the latest firm to cut business services roles, with offshoring on the rise again. We join the dots to earlier announcements from DWF and Mishcon de Reya and also heed a word of caution to the wise. In short, this month is about scale, strategy, and structural change. AI is no longer experimental but integral to competitive advantage.
You just have to look at our UK Top 200 new GenAI column, out in November (a link is in this newsletter), to see that this technology has gone from a curiosity to a crowded battleground. Whether it is being adopted or not, is another question.
Keep your eye on the Legal IT Insider website for some end of year predictions and forecasts for 2026. If you want to be part of that please message me on [email protected]
Have an amazing festive break, I hope you get to rest.
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