Tracked Changes, Friday, January 30, 2026
District of Kansas issues a court-wide order warning that unverified AI-assisted filings can be struck or sanctioned
Chief Judge John W. Broomes signed Standing Order 26-01 on January 28, covering all lawyers and parties, including pro se litigants. It says litigants must review and verify everything in a filing drafted or assisted by AI, from citations and quotations to factual background. The court may strike a noncompliant filing on its own, and may impose monetary sanctions, disciplinary referral or dismissal. It may also require sworn statements disclosing AI use.
Eastern District of Pennsylvania judge sanctions two lawyers differently for one brief with AI-generated citation errors
Judge Mark A. Kearney sanctioned two lawyers on January 26 in Lifetime Well v. IBSpot.com over a motion with at least eight false case citations generated by AI. New York counsel Yen-Yi Anderson must personally pay $4,000 to the Neighborhood Entrepreneur Law Project. Local counsel Jeffrey Goldin received no monetary sanction after promptly acknowledging the errors, completing CLE and taking remedial steps. Both must send the ruling and their new AI policies to local organizations.
EvenUp launches AI voice and text agents for routine personal injury case calls
EvenUp launched Communication Agents on January 28, AI voice and text assistants for personal injury case management. The company says they open insurance claims, confirm coverage, check client treatment status, request medical records and verify medical balances before settlement, working across many cases at once. EvenUp says early deployments reclaim more than nine hours per case. Pricing and availability were not stated.
Orbital raises a $60 million Series B to expand its real estate legal AI in the U.S.
Orbital, a London-based AI platform for real estate legal work, raised a $60 million Series B led by Brighton Park Capital, announced January 26. Total funding is now $75 million. The company says it reached 200,000 transactions across the U.S. and U.K. by the end of 2025. It plans to double headcount and open more U.S. hubs after opening a New York office in 2025.
Ask iManage now answers plain-language questions across the whole document system at no extra cost
iManage announced on January 30 that Ask iManage, the AI assistant in iManage Work, can now answer natural-language questions across the document repository, not only within documents a user selects first. The company says every response cites the exact documents used and that permissions and information barriers are enforced. The update is generally available to all Ask iManage subscribers at no additional cost.