Crimson, the AI platform for litigators, has published the Litigation AI Playbook 2026.

The 65-page Playbook is the first comprehensive analysis of how AI is being used in litigation and arbitration, based on conversations with more than 200 litigation partners, innovation managers and knowledge lawyers. The publication offers a detailed look at the impact of AI on how cases are run, billing, client expectations, recruitment and training of junior litigators, as well as judicial, arbitral and regulatory developments.

The full playbook can be downloaded here.

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Crimson, the AI platform for litigators, has published the Litigation AI Playbook 2026.

The 65-page Playbook is the first comprehensive analysis of how AI is being used in litigation and arbitration, based on conversations with more than 200 litigation partners, innovation managers and knowledge lawyers. The publication offers a detailed look at the impact of AI on how cases are run, billing, client expectations, recruitment and training of junior litigators, as well as judicial, arbitral and regulatory developments.

The full playbook can be downloaded here.

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CHICAGO – Jan. 6, 2026 – Litera, a global leader in legal AI technology, today announced a record-breaking year for AI adoption among law firms and corporate legal customers worldwide. Litera One, the AI drafting portfolio native to Microsoft 365, its newer agentic assistant Lito, and AI workflow platform Kira saw monthly active users surge tenfold since spring 2025 and thousands of new agentic skills completed, validating the company’s experience-based approach to AI agents and industry-first decision to include advanced AI capabilities at no additional cost to existing customers.

Litera took a contrarian approach when compared to most AI startups in the industry, treating AI as a fundamental enhancement to its core drafting tools rather than a premium add-on. The result has been unprecedented adoption rates that earned the platform three prestigious awards, including Best in AI for Legal Services & Compliance and Best in Large Language Models at the Global AI Awards. Lito also earned AI Legal Assistant Solution of the Year in 2025 in the LegalTech Breakthrough Awards Program.

By removing cost barriers to AI adoption, Litera has triggered a cascade of usage that reveals pent-up demand for practical AI tools:

  • 10x growth in monthly active cloud drafting users since spring 2025
  • 26,000+ AI-powered document summaries generated
  • 10,000+ document chat conversations in November alone
  • 68% of new enterprise customers actively using the platform
  • 2,000+ GenAI skills completed 
  • Litera’s Kira product alone saw more than 4 million documents uploaded and processed through the year with GenAI feature usage such as generative smart fields growing over 160% month over month

“We knew we had the ingredients right when we saw adoption take off almost immediately after launch,” said Litera CEO Avaneesh Marwaha. “By removing the cost barrier and including Lito as part of our drafting products, we’ve proven that lawyers are ready for AI—they just needed it integrated into tools they already trust. When you see 10x growth in three months and thousands of agentic workflows being completed daily, it confirms what we believed: this isn’t about charging more for innovation; it’s about making our 30 years of legal experience exponentially more powerful through AI.”

Litera’s decision to include agentic workflows at no extra cost represents a fundamental shift in enterprise AI deployment strategy. While the industry debates subscription tiers and token-based pricing, Litera’s approach has created a natural experiment in AI adoption—one that shows professionals will rapidly embrace AI when financial and technical barriers are removed.

“We’re witnessing what happens when you treat AI as a core feature rather than a luxury add-on,” added Marwaha. “The triple award wins from Global AI Awards and LegalTech Breakthrough weren’t just recognition of our technology—they validated our belief that democratizing access to agentic AI would fundamentally change how legal work gets done.”

The strategy leverages Litera’s three decades of domain experience, embedding AI directly into Microsoft 365 workflows where lawyers already spend their time. This native integration, combined with zero additional cost, has eliminated the two biggest obstacles to enterprise AI adoption: budget approval and workflow disruption.

The Network Effect in Action

As adoption accelerates, Litera customers are seeing these compound benefits:

  • Teams that start with document summaries quickly expand to chat conversations
  • Firms report junior associates completing work typically requiring senior review
  • Practice groups are standardizing on AI-augmented workflows as competitive advantage
  • IT departments appreciate the simplified deployment with no new licensing complexity

Looking Forward: Scaling What Works

Litera plans to maintain its no-additional-cost model for Lito throughout 2026 while expanding capabilities, adding new agentic workflows, and deepening Microsoft 365 integration. The company views this as an investment in proving that AI’s greatest value comes not from premium pricing but from universal adoption.

To experience Litera’s approach to democratized legal AI, book a demo at https://www.litera.com/request-a-demo

About Litera  
Litera is a leader of the legal AI revolution, on a mission to Raise The Bar™ for the legal profession by delivering transformational, globally-trusted solutions to law firms and corporate legal teams worldwide. The company’s comprehensive suite of Generative and Agentic AI-driven tools powers and unifies workflows across three key pillars: Legal Workflow & Drafting, Firm Intelligence & Knowledge Management, and Business Development with next-generation Proactive Relationship Management (PRM) capabilities. Integrated directly into where lawyers work in Microsoft 365 and across devices, Litera enables legal professionals to effortlessly create exceptional work, win more business, and streamline operations. This is all accomplished with seamless governance and data security through AI, dramatically reducing context-switching. With more than 30 years of legal tech innovation, a majority of the world’s largest law firms as clients, and 2M+ daily users, Litera is the proven, trusted platform that takes modern legal practices to the next level. For more information, visit litera.com or follow us on LinkedIn.   

Litera Press Contacts:  
Jared Albert  
PR & Communications Strategist  
jared.albert@litera.com  

Tracy Wemett  
BroadPR, Inc. for Litera  
twemett@broadpr.com  
+1-617-939-3631

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Winnow, an award-winning provider of regulatory compliance and legal technology, is proud to announce its fourth consecutive nomination at the 2026 Legalweek Awards, this year in the category of “Best Use of Artificial Intelligence (Contract, Document & Project Management).” The continued recognition underscores Winnow’s sustained leadership and innovation at the intersection of law, compliance, and artificial intelligence.

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Leveraging Social Media Insights in Claims Settlements: A Strategic Tool for Attorneys

In today’s digital landscape, more than 70% of people actively share aspects of their lives online. For attorneys handling litigated claims, that digital footprint can reveal critical evidence – sometimes making the difference between a high-value payout and a significantly reduced settlement.

When collected ethically and presented correctly, social media insights can provide court-admissible evidence that strengthens discovery, improves deposition preparation and supports more favorable settlement outcomes.

The Role of Social Media in Litigation

Attorneys face rising claim exposures, higher verdict values and increasing litigation costs. At the same time, many claimants maintain active social media profiles that may contradict allegations related to injury severity, lifestyle limitations or damages.

While social media evidence is powerful, it presents challenges:

  • Expanding digital footprints that require expertise to assess
  • Admissibility and ethical compliance requirements
  • Costly, time-intensive traditional discovery methods

A structured approach to social media analysis helps attorneys address these challenges efficiently.

Key Stages Where Social Media Insights Add Value

Social media analysis can support litigation strategy at multiple points, including:

  • Preliminary Discovery: Identifying undisclosed accounts and inconsistencies
  • Requests for Production: Informing targeted discovery requests
  • Deposition Preparation: Guiding questioning with verified online activity
  • Arbitration and Mediation: Strengthening negotiation positions
  • Pre-Trial Preparation: Compiling behavioral patterns and exhibits

Strengthening Evidence and Negotiation Strategies

Social media investigations can uncover information that challenges exaggerated claims and unsupported settlement demands. Verified online activity often provides a clearer picture of a claimant’s physical abilities, lifestyle and prior conditions, helping resolve cases more efficiently.

Case Example
A claimant demanded nearly $1 million for pain and suffering related to a fingernail injury. A targeted social media review revealed prior posts describing a similar injury years earlier, contributing to a settlement reduction from $999,999 to $2,500.

Enhancing Discovery and Deposition Preparation

Traditional discovery does not always reveal the full picture. Social media background checks can supplement depositions and interrogatories by identifying contradictions before testimony or validating concerns afterward.

Case Example
In one matter, a claimant testified to severe physical limitations. Social media findings later revealed skydiving, bowling and physically demanding activities during the same period, leading to a significantly reduced settlement.

Ethical and Legally Compliant Evidence Collection

Improperly obtained social media content may be challenged or excluded in court. Best practices include:

  • Collecting only publicly available content
  • Verifying authenticity through metadata
  • Preserving evidence in litigation-ready formats
  • Ensuring reports meet court admissibility standards

Understanding the Limitations

Attorneys must also account for risks such as manipulated content, fake accounts, outdated posts, private “burner” accounts, and relevant activity appearing on third-party profiles. Expert oversight helps ensure findings are accurate, contextual and defensible.

A Smarter Approach to Claims Settlements

As digital evidence becomes increasingly central to litigation, attorneys who integrate social media insights strategically gain a measurable advantage. When used correctly, social media analysis can strengthen case evidence, improve discovery efficiency and reduce settlement costs.

Social Discovery provides actionable, court-admissible social media evidence at key stages of litigation, helping legal teams build stronger cases with less expense.

Learn more: https://www.socialdiscoverycorp.com/industries/attorneys
Contact us: info@socialdiscoverycorp.com

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Nearly one-third of the entire workforce is involved in contract management, yet most organizations operate without a shared contract language. Legal speaks in terms of risk and precedent, finance focuses on revenue implications, procurement tracks performance obligations, and other departments work from summaries and spreadsheets that may not reflect the actual agreement.

This communication breakdown creates costly friction that most teams don’t recognize as a systemic problem. When departments work from different information sources, they inevitably overlook critical contract obligations while struggling to maintain consistent terms and compliance standards across their organization.

Modern contract management software solves this by creating shared contract intelligence that every department can access and understand. Instead of each team maintaining their own interpretation of contract terms, these platforms provide structured data, automated workflows, and AI-powered translation tools that eliminate the language barriers between departments.

The result is organizational alignment around contracts that drives measurable business outcomes. Teams move from debating interpretations to acting on shared information, reducing escalations, preventing compliance gaps, and ensuring critical contract details reach the right people at the right time.

Read the full article to learn how contract management software creates common ground across departments.

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Exhibitors and sponsors can upload marketing materials they wish to share with qualified members of the media before, during and after the event

MINNEAPOLIS, MN, and NEW YORK CITY, NY – JANUARY 9, 2026 – Edge Marketing, Inc. announced today that its virtual press room, The Edge Room, is now open for Legalweek 2026.

From today through March 27, 2026, Legalweek exhibitors and sponsors can update their company’s profile page on The Edge Room with recent press releases, announcements, articles, white papers, videos, logos and other materials they wish to share with prequalified members of the media, most of whom will be attending the event.

For prequalified members of the media, The Edge Room offers a cohesive experience enabling easier prioritization and dissemination of breaking news before, during and after Legalweek. Now integrated with advanced agentic AI technology, The Edge Room revolutionizes how media professionals research exhibitors, sponsors and conference sessions for more efficient scheduling and story development.

Legalweek exhibitors and sponsors who use The Edge Room enjoy the following benefits:

  • Expanded exposure and reach via The Edge Room blog and social sharing to The Edge Room’s LinkedIn and X audiences
  • Increased opportunity for a featured mention in The Edge Room’s Daily Alert emails to nearly 12,000 legal contacts
  • Hashtagging for social media posts, ensuring your content is added to Legalweek conversations such as #Legalweek26, #Legalweek and @Legalweekshow.

Amy Juers, founder and CEO of Edge Marketing, highlights the evolving role of The Edge Room in Legalweek’s ecosystem. “As technology reshapes how journalists work, The Edge Room continues to serve as a vital hub connecting Legalweek attendees with exhibitors, sponsors and prequalified media,” she says. “With the integration of agentic AI, we are enabling media professionals to more quickly research, prioritize and act on the information that matters most, while empowering sponsors to share their news more efficiently and make a meaningful impact in an increasingly dynamic environment.”

Questions about The Edge Room can be directed to Tanya Amyote at tamyote@edgemarketinginc.com.

Media representatives interested in covering Legalweek can apply for a press pass and access to The Edge Room by contacting Vicki LaBrosse at vlabrosse@edgemarketinginc.com.

About Legalweek

Renowned as the industry’s beacon for legal technology, this week-long conference is where the legal community convenes to decode the future. Six thousand of the biggest names in the industry will explore emerging trends, spotlight the latest tech and offer a roadmap through the industry’s seismic shifts. Through networking, sessions and a tradeshow floor featuring hundreds of exhibitors and cutting-edge product launches, attendees have unparalleled opportunities to meet and exchange ideas with peers, experts and innovators from across the globe.

About ALM & LBR

ALM and LBR recently announced their strategic merger. The newly formed group is uniquely positioned to serve clients globally by combining ALM’s deep US market penetration with LBR’s strong UK and global presence, thus offering clients unparalleled expertise, reach and service.

ALM is the most trusted information and intelligence company supporting both the practice of and business of professionals in the legal industry. ALM delivers leading data, intelligence, insights, events and audiences essential for growing businesses globally to over 7 million professionals.

LBR is a technology-driven information services business powering the global professional services sector with intelligence, analytics and performance data. By applying technology to extract enhanced value from quality content, achieving commercial excellence, and empowering our teams, we deliver proprietary, time-sensitive data, insight, expert research, and sophisticated tools and networking.

About Edge Marketing

Edge Marketing, Inc. is a global leader in delivering results-driven strategic marketing and public relations expertise to clients in the legal, accounting and professional services industries. As an award-winning full-service agency since 1997, Edge combines innovative technology with strategic expertise to provide fractional CMO services, GEO services, strategic planning and budgeting, public relations, branding, website development, email campaigns and digital advertising for clients worldwide. With a focus on authenticity and leveraging reliable technology, Edge has helped B2B organizations reach the top through innovative marketing and public relations strategies that deliver measurable results and elevate its clients’ brands. To learn more, visit www.edgemarketinginc.com.

Media Contact:

Vicki LaBrosse
Director of Global Public Relations
Vlabrosse@edgemarketinginc.com
651.552.7753

Jennifer Turney
Vice President & Global Event Director – Legal
ALM Media
jturney@alm.com

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