Around the second century BCE, by the company’s own retelling, Roman law of civil procedure was held inside a temple and accessible only to a priestly class who could read it. A clerk named Gnaeus Flavius eventually copied the texts
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OpenAI reportedly in talks to give Trump administration a 5% stake
OpenAI is reportedly discussing giving the US government a 5% stake in the company, with other leading AI firms potentially offering similar equity, according to the Financial Times. A 5% share would be worth about $42.6 billion based on OpenAI’s
Frontline Q rolls out in Arizona, Texas and Alaska as SNAP wrongful-denial crisis deepens
Frontline Justice, a national nonprofit dedicated to closing the access-to-justice gap, and Josef Legal, a legal AI company, today announced the roll-out of Frontline Q, an AI assistant purpose-built to help community advocates and justice workers determine whether
Frontline Justice Begins Nationwide Rollout of ‘Frontline Q’ with Josef
Frontline Q, which uses AI to improve access-to-justice and protect access to SNAP benefits, begins its nationwide rollout in Arizona, Texas, and Alaska.
NEW YORK, 2 July, 2026 – Frontline Justice, a national nonprofit dedicated to closing the access-to-justice
European Commission publishes voluntary Code of Practice on labelling AI-generated content
The European Commission has published the final Code of Practice on marking and labelling AI-generated content, a voluntary framework to help providers and deployers of generative AI systems meet the AI Act transparency obligations that apply from 2 August 2026.
Manitoba appeal court dismisses case after AI “gone awry” generated fake case law
The Manitoba Court of Appeal has dismissed a foreclosure appeal after finding a self-represented Brandon woman’s filing appeared to rely on case law “that does not exist,” in what the court described as materials “generated by some form of artificial
Thomson Reuters Pushes CoCounsel Into Legal Workflow Ecosystems
Thomson Reuters described an expanded CoCounsel Legal partner ecosystem connecting AI-assisted legal work with tools including DealCloser, DeepJudge, Smokeball, and Sterne Kessler workflows. The company says CoCounsel capabilities are being embedded into transaction management, enterprise search, practice management, and patent
Kirkland Bets on Proprietary Litigation AI With Syllo
Kirkland & Ellis announced a multiyear strategic partnership with Syllo for litigation AI, eDiscovery, research, analysis, drafting, and case-management workflows. The key legal-market signal is exclusivity: Kirkland says it will be able to build proprietary AI solutions and knowledge infrastructure
Casepoint and why trust has become the defining challenge of the AI era
By Pete Feinberg’s recollection, a reporter at Legalweek in New York recently counted the term “AI” being used two hundred and seventy times in a single day. That, more or less, is the texture of the legal technology conversation at
Big Tech accelerates its push into the legal market
Silicon Valley’s biggest AI players have moved decisively into legal tech in 2026. Anthropic launched 12 practice area plugins and integrations with 20+ legal tech vendors, with Freshfields and Hanson Bridgett among firms rolling out Claude. Microsoft introduced its first