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Friday, 3 July 2026
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FT Innovative Lawyers Global Summit – The rule of law under fire
The FT Innovative Lawyers Summit last week promised to examine legal leadership when the rule book is being torn up and …
AI & Machine Learning
From AI efficiency to client value: The conversation over a LITI/Litera lunch
In June, Legal IT Insider hosted a lunch in partnership with Litera, bringing together legal tech law firm leaders and l…
Regulation & Compliance
What happens when the ID photo isn’t real?
The SRA’s most recent AML report highlights a threat that only a few years ago would have seemed totally farfetched. But…
AI & Machine Learning
Qanooni AI: Legal AI vendors must prove how they prevent hallucinated citations
Legal AI suppliers are facing growing pressure from law firms to demonstrate how their systems reduce the risk of halluc…
AI & Machine Learning
Guest post: AI did not win a legal case in England, but it is changing law as we know it
By Alex Cook, senior partner at Helix Law It is time for a reality check. AI has not just won a court case in England. T…
Thursday, 2 July 2026
AI & Machine Learning
Reorientation in the AI era must begin with the client
Much of the discussion about AI in the legal industry focuses on technology: which tools to adopt and which tasks might …
Regulation & Compliance
SRA: “Major shortcomings” in high-volume consumer claim work
The SRA is developing materials to help law firms handling high-volume consumer claims improve how they onboard clients …
Regulation & Compliance
SRA outlines further tightening of complaints-handling rules
New rules requiring law firms to give clients a timeline for resolving complaints they have made, and provide regular up…
Newly discovered PamStealer isn't your typical macOS malware
The discovery underscores the increased effort being poured into Mac infostealers.
Building a scholarly community
The SHASS Faculty Fellows Program, administered by the MIT Human Insight Collaborative, is fostering new research projec…
AI & Machine Learning
Why are some bacterial genes high in purines?
In certain species of bacteria, the answer lies in shielding RNA transcripts from a quality-control factor called Rho. U…
Wednesday, 1 July 2026
T-Mobile moving tens of thousands of virtual machines off VMware amid lawsuit
T-Mobile wants Broadcom to keep supporting its VMware perpetual licenses.
AI & Machine Learning
MIT in the media: Innovating and educating for the next 250 years of America
During a "Washington Post Live" panel discussion with ASU President Michael Crow, President Sally Kornbluth explored how…
AI & Machine Learning
Boleslaw Wyslouch steps down as director of Laboratory for Nuclear Science
Wyslouch remains the director of the Bates Research and Engineering Center and will continue research on heavy ion colli…
Regulation & Compliance
Court Rebuffs Emojico’s SAD Scheme TRO Request
This is a very recent Emojico SAD Scheme enforcement (filed last week). I’ve blogged a few Emojico cases before (s…
General
Product demo: Draftable Clean in action
In this product demonstration, Dr Caspar Roxburgh, general manager of Draftable, walks us through Draftable Clean, a met…
