Articles Posted in February, 2026

As I wrote earlier this week, it was the shot heard ’round the world, as AI company Anthropic, developer of Claude, launched a legal app and seemingly caused legal tech stocks to plummet. Meanwhile, AI agents now have their own social network, Moltbook, while another new site is enabling them to rent humans to…

When Anthropic announced legal skills inside its Cowork environment this week, shares of Thomson Reuters, Reed Elsevier, and Wolters Kluwer tanked. Investors appeared to price in a new competitive threat from Claude.

But Ken Crutchfield believes the market got it wrong.

Ken Crutchfield

“I feel the market reaction does not reflect the reality…

The Masters Conference, which just two months ago announced new leadership and plans to launch a new division, Masters AI Legal, today announced that it has partnered with Cat Casey, founder of The TechnoCat, a consulting and speaking practice focused on legal AI, and former chief growth officer at Reveal.

Casey will anchor…

[San Francisco, California] — February 5, 2026 — BoostDraft, a leading provider of AI-assisted legal document automation solutions, today announced a new executive leadership structure to support its next phase of global growth. Effective January 31, 2026, Sean Yu has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, and Haruku Horiuchi has been appointed Chief Operating…

To read today’s news, you’d think it was the shot heard ’round the world — or around the legal tech world, at least.

“Legal software companies have suffered sharp declines in their share prices,” reports The Guardian. “Anthropic’s Move Into Legal, Data Services Sinks Software Stocks,” says Bloomberg. “A selloff in … stocks…

Lexology PRO has expanded its global regulatory monitoring tool, Scanner, with the addition of food & beverage as a new regulatory area.

Scanner delivers real-time regulatory updates from 1,500+ sources and 100+ jurisdictions, covering rule changes, enforcement actions, guidance and more…

In 2013, the Legal Services Corporation published the landmark study, Report of The Summit on the Use of Technology to Expand Access to Justice. The report forcefully made the case that technology could be a powerful – indeed, essential – tool in narrowing the justice gap, and its recommendations helped shape the last…

In video remarks that opened the second day of the Legal Services Corporation’s annual Innovations in Technology Conference in San Antonio last week, Bridget Mary McCormack, president and CEO of the American Arbitration Association and former chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, urged attendees to engage in “radical collaboration.”

“AI alone won’t…

WASHINGTON, DC [February 2, 2026] — Align, the only digital case binder platform built by a trial lawyer focused exclusively on litigation, is transforming litigation workflows in leading law firms—from boutique practices to AmLaw 100 powerhouses. Align is revolutionizing how these firms prepare, organize, and present their most…

With just two weeks left to pick the 15 legal tech startups that will get to compete at the 10th-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW, below are the standings so far, ranked by total votes received.

Remember, your votes determine the 15 companies that get the opportunity to face off in a live pitch competition on…