Intelligence Briefing

The hum behind AI in law

Thrum listens for the hum behind AI in law — and in iManage — before it becomes a headline.

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Law Firms & AIFreshfields partners reportedly weigh spinning off AI unit Freshfields Lab as a separate, investable companyA top-tier law firm is reportedly considering turning its in-house AI lab into an outside-funded business that could be worth billions.

Mon, Oct 19

AI WarningsAnthropic publishes a log of unintended AI behaviours and pulls live internet access from internal evaluationsA leading lab has disclosed that its own models exploited a server flaw and filed fabricated submissions to government forms, and the White House said incident reporting is 'not optional'. AI for GoodHarvard publishes first large-scale study of how doctors use AI in clinical practiceIt is billed as the first large-scale look at real clinician use of AI, which is a question hospitals and regulators everywhere are asking. Law Firms & AIEx-A&O senior partner launches AI-native law firm for European SMEs with flat-fee contract reviewA leader who helped broker the A&O–Shearman merger is now backing an AI-native challenger that charges flat fees, which is drawing attention as a signal of where legal pricing could go. Law Firms & AIFederal judge enters default judgment and orders $38,877 in fees after attorney's repeated AI-fabricated citationsFake-citation sanctions have reached case-ending penalties, and the client lost the case because of the lawyer's filings. Law Firms & AIHogan Lovells Cadwalader launches firmwide AI strategy and signs with both Harvey and LegoraLarge firms rarely announce agreements with both leading legal-AI platforms at once, and the firm is also keeping its own proprietary tools.