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Legal Technology

The New Economics of Legal Software

For years, law firms have adapted the way they work to fit the software they buy. Anthropic's latest release suggests that relationship is beginning to change, with potentially significant consequences for the business of law.

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Regulatory Updates·12 min read

AI Regulation Enters a New Phase in Ireland

Ireland has established the domestic framework for enforcing the EU Artificial Intelligence Act. Its decision to place AI oversight within existing regulatory institutions has important implications for how businesses will be supervised and how AI governance will develop.

Client Experience·9 min read

The Client Is Learning to Use AI. Is the Law Firm Ready?

As businesses begin to perform legal work they once outsourced, artificial intelligence is challenging some of the assumptions on which law firms have built their business models. The most consequential changes may come from the other side of the table.

AI in Legal Practice·13 min read

HC142: Standing Over the Work Becomes an Operational Standard

The High Court's new Practice Direction HC142 on the responsible use of generative AI in court documents comes into operation on 1 September 2026. It turns the familiar duty to stand over the work into an operational standard for how AI use is verified, recorded and approved.

EU AI Act·18 min read

Europe's AI Enforcement Begins: Inside the Rules Taking Effect Today August 2 2026

From 2 August 2026 transparency around AI use becomes a legal obligation, general-purpose AI providers face direct Commission enforcement and AI governance moves from policy to proof.

AI in Legal Practice·12 min read

The Legal Tech Wave Has Broken. Redesign the Workflow Before Choosing the Tool.

For years, legal technology was largely a matter of operational efficiency. But it rarely required the partners to rethink the firm itself. The core assumptions of legal practice remained stable. That phase is over.

Monday Metrics·6 min read

Monday Metrics: The Week in Legal Tech 16.02.26

Thomson Reuters' acquisition of Noetica is a bet that the next defensible layer in legal tech is structured transaction intelligence. This covers elements like terms, trends and benchmarking that sit inside drafting and negotiation.

Workflow and Transformation·7 min read

AI Readiness Begins With Workflow, Not Technology

AI adoption is exposing in some firms an underlying issue that has quietly existed for decades. Workflows that have traditionally functioned through professional instinct, informal shortcuts and the competence of individuals.

EU AI Act·12 min read

The EU AI Act's Practical Implications for Irish Firms: Q1 2026 Actions

AI is entering every workflow in much the same manner as the internet did, often under the radar with take up across firms uneven but at the same time, suddenly, it's everywhere. Shadow AI is the quietest way a firm can take on the biggest risk.

Guides and Toolkits·4 min read

Free download: Praxis AI Compliance First Pack (v1.0)

AI governance is now a firm level risk. Unauthorised, informal use is already happening in most practices. This "shadow use" shows up as a quick summary, a drafted email, a rewritten paragraph.

Legal Technology·8 min read

From Tools to Systems: The Susskind Grid and the Readiness Gap

The modern law firm has never had more software. Practice management. Case management. Document management. Time recording. E-bundling. E-signing. E-Discovery. Portals. Workflow automation. Precedent systems.

Monday Metrics·7 min read

Monday Metrics: The Week in Legal Tech 05.01.26

Harvey's CEO says the legal market is "too big for one winner". AI is moving from drafting to profitability. Courts are sanctioning AI shaped mistakes. Brussels may delay high-risk AI Act obligations.

Legal Technology·8 min read

2025 in Legal Tech: The 12 Moments That Mattered

2025 was the year legal tech became serious business. We saw big exits, real capital, platform consolidation and regulators moving to issuing rules. For Irish solicitors, the signal is clear.

Legal Technology·9 min read

The Courts Portal Will Change Your Litigation Workflow More Than AI Will

2026 will be remembered as the year the court file stopped being a bundle and became a live digital record with electronic filing, digital signatures, automated notifications and a shrinking tolerance for paper heavy friction.

Client Experience·9 min read

What Clients Expect From Your Firm's Legal Tech in 2026

In 2026 legal tech stops being your internal operational choice and becomes part of your client service. This isn't a sudden client obsession with tools. It's the reality that technology is now entangled with professional obligations.

Legal Technology·13 min read

Choosing the Right Legal Tech Platform for Irish Firms

A lot of small and mid-sized practices in Ireland already have some type of system in place. What's changed is the weight now sitting on those systems. Your core platform is no longer just IT but is now part of your governance story.

Client Experience·11 min read

Why Client Portals Are Becoming Law Firms' Digital Lobby

For a growing number of clients, matter updates, draft documents, approvals, playbooks, billing and even AI powered workflows are increasingly accessed through client facing portals that look and feel like modern SaaS products.

Monday Metrics·8 min read

Monday Metrics: The Week in Legal Tech 01.12.25

Beauchamps backs Harvey AI in an Irish first investment move. Norm Ai takes $50m from Blackstone and launches an AI native law firm. Linklaters creates a 20 strong AI Lawyers group. Legal tech funding hits $3.2bn.

AI in Legal Practice·13 min read

Ten Decisions Every Irish Law Firm Must Make About AI Now

AI is already in your firm and it's there not because you adopted it but because Microsoft, Google, Adobe, your case management provider and your staff did. The question for partners is no longer whether to have an AI policy but what exactly to allow, forbid and stand over.

Monday Metrics·7 min read

Monday Metrics: The Week in Legal Tech 17.11.25

A $110m second fund dedicated purely to legal tech and AI. A fresh $750m+ wave of legal tech funding. Clio expands its Dublin AI hub with 40 new jobs. The Law Society of Ireland issues generative AI guidance for solicitors.

AI Governance·12 min read

Vendor Due Diligence: The Hidden Risk in Your Legal Tech Stack

Most Irish firms now understand why their systems matter. But when asked to list every external system holding client data, where it's stored and what the vendor is allowed to do with it, the room goes quiet. That silence is the real risk.

AI Governance·9 min read

AI Is Here. The Risk Register Is Empty: Why Unacknowledged AI Use May Be the Real Threat Inside Your Firm

AI didn't arrive at your firm with fanfare. It came in quietly, wrapped into tools you already use. And for most firms, it arrived without governance. The real risk isn't the technology but the governance vacuum.

Regulatory Updates·9 min read

GDPR 2.0 or GDPR Lite? Why the EU's New Digital Omnibus Could Rewrite Global Privacy Law

The European Union set the global standard for digital rights with the GDPR. Now the EU appears to be somewhat unpicking its own legacy with the Digital Omnibus, a sweeping package that proposes to amend GDPR, the AI Act and the ePrivacy Directive.

Workflow and Transformation·8 min read

The Susskind Grid, Localised: A Small Firm Roadmap for 2026

Legal tech strategy begins with workflow design rather than software procurement. The Susskind Grid offers a deceptively simple framework. Here is a 12 month roadmap for smaller Irish firms to implement legal tech strategically.

Monday Metrics·8 min read

Monday Metrics: The Week in Legal Tech 10.11.25

Clio hits $5bn valuation and acquires vLex. LexisNexis partners with Harvey as legal AI goes mainstream. The legal tech market is set to double by 2029 driven by AI, contract automation and cloud based collaboration.

Workflow and Transformation·8 min read

Is Your Workflow Billable? Legal Tech That Pays for Itself

Legal technology has often been forced to justify itself on the wrong terms. The real question is not how much it costs but whether you are getting a return. Workflow focused legal tech redirects effort from repetitive, non-recoverable tasks toward higher value legal work.

Monday Metrics·6 min read

Monday Metrics: The Week in Legal Tech 27.10.25

Two thirds of business leaders say AI boosts productivity. Beware of use of AI in legal proceedings as AI hallucinations in law are real. The regulatory horizon: Ireland and the EU Artificial Intelligence Act.

Case Studies·10 min read

When Certainty Becomes a Liability

Certainty is law's native language. But in the last twelve months, something has shifted. Caution, once a virtue, is fast becoming the greatest barrier to technological change.

AI in Legal Practice·10 min read

The Post Professional Firm: Reimagining Law in the Age of Systems

The professional firm was one of the great organisational inventions of the twentieth century. It solved a complex problem – how to scale human judgment without turning it into a factory. That logic no longer holds.

Legal Technology·8 min read

The Digital Law Stack: Designing the Infrastructure of the Irish Firm

For the past decade Irish law firms have been adding technology. The result is often a digital patchwork. The next phase of modernisation is about structure, not software – building a coherent, governed digital backbone.

Workflow and Transformation·10 min read

Closing the Readiness Gap: Why Irish Law Firms Must Catch Up with Their Clients on Digital Transformation

Every mature profession reaches a point where its operating model no longer matches the dynamics of its market. For the Irish legal profession, that moment is here. The daily lives of clients have become profoundly digital.

EU AI Act·11 min read

Beyond Compliance: What the EU Artificial Intelligence Act Really Means for Irish Law Firms

The EU AI Act, the first comprehensive regulatory framework for artificial intelligence in the world, has now been formally adopted and it will affect everything from how you advise clients to how you run your own firm.

Monday Metrics·8 min read

Monday Metrics: 10 Legal Tech Signals That Matter This Week

Herbert Smith Freehills appoints a Global Chief AI Officer. Arthur Cox finds Irish businesses unclear on AI legal obligations. Ireland designates 15 competent authorities under the AI Act and moves to establish a National AI Office.

AI in Legal Practice·8 min read

From Practice to Platform: How Law is Becoming a Service

The legal profession is undergoing a structural shift, one driven not by regulation or technology hype but by design. The most significant transformation in law today is architectural – a move toward client centric service systems.

Workflow and Transformation·7 min read

The First Five Workflows: Where Small Firms Should Start with Legal Tech

For many small Irish firms legal technology still feels like a future investment rather than a present necessity. But beneath the buzzwords the real power of legal tech lies in something far more practical – better workflows.

AI Governance·7 min read

Designed to Comply: Rethinking Compliance in Practice

Irish solicitors now operate within a framework of increasing regulatory scrutiny. Firms are no longer merely expected to establish robust procedures, they must also demonstrate through verifiable evidence that these systems are embedded into the daily fabric of legal work.

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