Litera is significantly enhancing Kira, its AI-powered contract review platform, with new capabilities designed to address the growing demands for speed, accuracy and trusted generative AI in contract review work, the company announced today. The enhanced version of Kira combines gen AI with proprietary AI models trained on over one million legal contracts to deliver
Canada: Lawyer in Canada Faces Costs Award of $CN17,550.00 for relying on AI & Not Checking Their Work – misleading factum being filed with the Court
Annette L. Demers Reference Librarian at University of Windsor writes on Linked In Well this is the largest costs award that I’ve seen so far – awarded against a lawyer in their personal capacity for using unverified authorities in a factum. ($17,550). Reddy v Saroya, 2026 ABCA 20, online: <https://canlii.ca/t/khpzd> [8] Here, while the appellant did
Orbital Raises $60M Series B to Automate Real Estate Law with AI and Fuel U.S. Expansion
London-based real estate legal AI platform Orbital has raised $60 million in Series B funding to expand its presence in the U.S. market and build what it envisions as a comprehensive workspace for real estate legal work. The round was led by New York-based growth fund Brighton Park Capital, with participation from a diverse group
AI Claude Code is going Viral!
The NewYorkTimes.com reported that “Claude Code, an artificial intelligence tool that can generate computer code when people type a prompt, is having a viral moment.” The January 23, 2026 article entitled “This A.I. Tool Is Going Viral. Five Ways People Are Using It” (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/technology/claude-code.html) included these comments from reporter Natallie Rocha:
The tool,
Through the Shoals of PowerAutomate
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We are over a quarter of the way through the initial semester of my law practice technology class. Talk about building an airplane while flying it. My book has provided the skeleton and now I’m figuring out what can be accomplished within a 26-hour semester. In order to keep it practical—because
The Curious Connector: Joey Gartner
Hey there Legal Rebels! 👋 I’m excited to share with you the 55th episode of the 2026 season of the LawDroid Manifesto podcast, where I will be continuing to interview key legal innovators to learn how they do what they do. I think you’re going to enjoy this one!If you want to understand how the
Sounds like a good idea to disclose how you use AI!
ComputerWorld.com reported that “AI chatbots have been with us three years and one month (at least the kind that use large language models (LLMs) to communicate with natural-sounding words). Already norms are emerging in some professions for users to disclose how they use AI.” The January 23, 2026 article entitled “Always disclose how you use
Worth Reading – General Purpose AI Will Never Be Safe
I think we can agree that granting someone full access to the open internet without education or tools to protect themselves would be dangerous, no?
OK, but what is a general-purpose LLM but a collection of everything that the model could ingest, without rules about what was safe and what wasn’t?
Yet we expect people
New House Bill on AI Transparency Aims to Pull Back the Curtain on AI Training Data
On January 22, 2026, House Representatives Madeleine Dean (D-PA) and Nathaniel Moran (R-TX) introduced H.R. 7209, a bipartisan bill that could significantly reshape the relationship between copyright law and artificial intelligence. Known as the Transparency and Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence Networks (TRAIN) Act, the proposal seeks to give copyright owners a clearer path to
One More Long Thing: After the Post-Gazette
[Originally posted to LinkedIn on January 14, 2026 and reposted here for archival purposes.]
What’s new? What’s news?
Let me say at the outset that I do not have the answer. I only have a question. This essay is my Jeopardy!-ish contribution to the second-most important conversation happening in Pittsburgh right now. Maybe that’s appropriate;