Poets & Quants has featured Natalie Aresta-Katz and her new AI-based regulatory platform. Previously an ESG regulatory researcher at Paul Weiss and a recent Columbia Business School MBA grad, Natalie is co-founder of Regbase, an AI-native legal research platform that helps companies, law firms, researchers, and government vendors track new and proposed laws across countries, languages, and jurisdictions. Those include regulations buried on obscure government websites, consult

Known affectionately as the "Mother-in-LAW of businesses," Ngozi Nwabueze founded PocketLawyers, a service to help lawyers bring AI to their practices and firms, or as she sometimes refers to it: "Shopify for Lawyers." The platform currently supports over 250 lawyers across Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. It allows lawyers to create profile pages detailing their services, pricing, location, and client reviews, crucially enabling potential clients to find, vet, and hire

Published in the National Law Review, Chief shares results of their polling on how female executives in the legal space are challenging firms to look beyond just the speed of AI adoption. It details how women leaders are proactively assessing the impacts of AI on hiring, institutional knowledge, and the critical thinking skills gap. Read Chief's Women AI Leaders 2026 Study.

Kristina Subbotina left BigLaw (Cooley), broke stigmas, and went viral, as the founder and CEO of Lexsy, an AI-powered law firm for startups. Read how Kristina found success, doing it her way. https://www.businessinsider.com/big-law-cooley-ai-agents-legal-platform-2026-6

"Legalweek has named Morgan Lewis Chief Artificial Intelligence & Knowledge Management Officer Colleen Nihill as Change Management Leader of the Year at its 2026 Leaders in Tech Law Awards. The annual awards recognize law firms, in-house legal departments, service providers, and individuals that have demonstrated excellence in the development and implementation of innovative legal technology." Read more about Colleen's work at Morgan Lewis.

A&O Shearman opened applications for Fuse Cohort 10, continuing its LegalTech incubator program for startups and emerging companies working on legal innovation. The firm said the cohort would begin in May 2026 and that the program would give participants access to the firm’s lawyers, clients, and broader network in London, San Francisco, and remotely. Fuse has been led publicly by Shruti Ajitsaria, head of Fuse, who has described the platform as a client-centered innovation e