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Tracked Changes, Friday, April 24, 2026

What changed in legal AI · · 2 min read

  1. Alabama Supreme Court dismisses an appeal over AI-fabricated citations and orders the lawyer to pay $17,200

    On April 24, the Alabama Supreme Court dismissed an appeal in a family trust dispute after finding the appellants' briefs full of invalid, inaccurate or irrelevant citations that appeared to be AI hallucinations. It ordered Mobile attorney W. Perry Hall to pay the opposing party $17,200 in fees and costs plus double appellate costs, barred him from filing without a co-signing lawyer, and referred him to the Alabama State Bar.

    Source: 1819 News · Read more: How to avoid AI-hallucinated citations in court filings

  2. Clio Work is now sold on its own, without a Clio Manage subscription

    Clio made Clio Work, its AI workspace, available as a standalone product for solo, small and mid-sized firms, LawSites reported on April 21. For about six months it had been limited to Clio Manage subscribers. Clio says Work draws on more than one billion documents in the vLex library plus a firm's own matter files and notes. It cost $199 per user per month at its October 2025 launch, and standalone pricing was not reported.

    Source: LawSites

  3. Legora buys Swedish legal research startup Qura and plans to bring its approach to the US

    Legora announced on April 23 that it acquired Qura, a Stockholm company founded in 2023 that structures legal databases so AI can reason over them. Legora says Qura's product is live in 27 jurisdictions for competition law and that Qura's team will join its legal research group. It plans to expand the approach to larger markets, naming the United States. Legora did not disclose the price.

    Source: Legora

  4. Microsoft makes Copilot's agentic editing in Word, Excel and PowerPoint generally available

    Microsoft said on April 22 that Copilot's agentic capabilities, which take multi-step actions directly inside documents, worksheets and presentations, are generally available. They are the default experience for Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft 365 Premium subscribers and are also offered on Personal and Family plans. Microsoft listed deeper editing for high-stakes work such as legal documents as a future focus rather than part of this release.

    Source: Microsoft · Read more: What should a law firm's generative AI policy cover?