The UK Government announced the advisory AI Growth Lab on June 8, naming legal services and conveyancing as the first sector to participate — a direct response to strong industry demand and the government's stated goal of accelerating responsible AI adoption in legal. The Lab brings together the ICO, Solicitors Regulation Authority, Council for Licensed Conveyancers, and Legal Services Board to wo
Source: UK Government press release, June 8, 2026; Let's Data Science, June 8, 2026; Legal IT Insider, June 9, 2026go-to-marketUKbuyer-behaviorregulation
Freshfields said the Anthropic collaboration includes co-development of legal-focused AI applications and agentic workflows for legal and market research, contract review, drafting, due diligence, business-services work, and multi-step legal tasks.
Freshfields announced a multi-year partnership with Anthropic to provide Claude to 5,700 employees through the firm’s secure proprietary AI platform, with usage increasing by around 500 percent in the first six weeks.
Legal IT Insider reported that Hogan Lovells and more than 15 international firms launched the Global Legal Tech Alliance to collaborate on AI-enabled legal services, shared standards, training, and joint workflow solutions.