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Tracked Changes, Thursday, April 30, 2026

What changed in legal AI · · 2 min read

  1. Microsoft previews a Legal Agent in Word that checks contracts against playbooks and redlines them

    Microsoft announced Legal Agent for Word on April 30 as a public preview for U.S. tenants in its opt-in Frontier program. It needs a Microsoft 365 Copilot license and the Word desktop app. Microsoft says it flags risky clauses, compares language with internal playbooks, proposes edits as tracked changes and stores no new document data outside Microsoft 365. Once a tenant joins Frontier, there is no separate switch to turn it off.

    Source: Microsoft 365 Message Center (MC1296877), via mc.merill.net

  2. Oregon's chief appeals judge says AI-fabricated filings are rising and orders staff to track the time they cost

    Erin C. Lagesen, chief judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals, said in a public message released April 29 that filings with fabricated authority, from lawyers and self-represented litigants, are a growing drain on the court. She told judges and staff to track the time spent on them. In March, the court fined one attorney $10,000 over at least 15 fabricated case citations.

    Source: Oregon Capital Chronicle, via Jefferson Public Radio · Read more: How to avoid AI-hallucinated citations in court filings

  3. Legora adds $50 million from Atlassian, NVIDIA's fund and others, taking its Series D to $600 million

    Legora said on April 30 that a $50 million extension brings its Series D to $600 million at a $5.6 billion post-money valuation. New investors include Atlassian and NVentures, NVIDIA's venture arm. The company says annual recurring revenue passed $100 million and customers grew from 200 to more than 1,000 organizations in a year. It says surveyed law firms report saving an average of 4.3 non-billable hours per lawyer each week.

    Source: Legora · Read more: How many lawyers use AI? Legal AI adoption statistics, reconciled

  4. Clio adds an SEC EDGAR research tool to Vincent covering more than 30 years of corporate filings

    Clio launched an EDGAR-based corporate research tool inside Vincent, Artificial Lawyer reported on April 27. Clio says users can ask natural-language questions across more than 30 years of SEC disclosures and agreements, receive source-grounded answers, surface risk factors and financial metrics, and compare how terms are used across similar deals. It is pitched at transactional and corporate legal teams. No pricing or plan details were reported.

    Source: Artificial Lawyer