Sci-fi adjacent

Sci-fi adjacent The hot topic in tech right now is Moltbook, a social network exclusively for AI agents, which was launched by Octane AI CEO Matt Schlicht on 28 January. Taglined as the front page of the agent internet, it claims some 1.5 million users, all of whom are AI agents. The only things humans […]

Talking AI: What legal teams should be discussing in 2026

Talking AI: What legal teams should be discussing in 2026 As organisations continue to grapple with rapid advances in AI and legal tech, we asked two of our Legal Geek Europe 2026 speakers one question: What’s the most useful conversation legal teams should be having with their peers right now about navigating AI and legal […]

Managing agents

Managing agents The end of December saw some disappointing headlines around GenAI, indicating that despite continuing massive investment, its fundamental risks have not been resolved. The Merriam-Webster dictionary’s 2025 word of the year was slop. In tech and legaltech, the word of the year was agentic. However, those betting on AI taking over legal services […]

How purpose‑driven innovation is reshaping family law

How purpose‑driven innovation is reshaping family law Purpose‑driven innovation is rapidly reshaping family law, and few practitioners have been as influential in this shift as Alan Larkin, Director and Head of Innovation & Technology at Family Law Partners. A family solicitor for nearly 30 years, Larkin has built award‑winning digital tools, partnered with universities to […]

GenAI tipping point

GenAI tipping point Last week, ChatGPT celebrated its third anniversary of its public launch on 30 November 2022. In just three years, GenAI has hit the mainstream and 2025 was the tipping point in legal, with agentic AI unicorns Harvey and Legora driving the market, raising significant investment along the way (both announced $150m funding […]

A gift to the legal profession

A gift to the legal profession If you could gift the legal profession one change for 2026, what would it be? As the legal profession closes out another year of change, we asked a selection of our 2026 Legal Geek North America speakers one simple question: If you could gift the legal profession one change […]

Now and then

Now and then For 10 years Legal Geek has been a major driver in lawtech’s transformation from a niche branch of enterprise tech to a well-funded global phenomenon. This is a personal reflection, as I’ve been involved in one way or another (participating and reporting) from early on. I attended the first London meet-ups and […]

Law Business Research Acquires Legal Geek

Law Business Research Ltd (LBR), a portfolio company of ICG, announced today that it has acquired Legal Geek, a market leading provider of legal-tech focused events and conferences. The Legal Geek event series is hugely respected in the industry, acting as a driving force of change and innovation in the legal tech space. The Legal […]

The Future of In-House Counsel

The future of in-house counsel What is one insight that best captures the future of in-house counsel? As the role of in-house counsel continues to evolve, we asked two of our 2025 Legal Geek Conference speakers — both leading voices in the in-house community — one simple question: What is one insight that best captures […]

Champions and challengers

Champions and challengers What are the words on the street for legal geeks right now? I am hearing about champions – the AI champions driving adoption, as well as witnessing what feels like a legal GenAI vendors championship with Harvey and Legora vying for pole position. And there are new challengers too in an AI-first […]