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A US law firm sued a UK AI legal software vendor over an auto-renewed contract it couldn't escape — spotlighting a rising enterprise AI procurement risk: deep software lock-in with no viable exit.
An MIT study of 4.5 million federal civil cases found AI-written court filings jumped from 1% in 2023 to 18% in 2026, while self-filed docket activity surged 158% — threatening to overwhelm federal courts with hallucinated citations and fabricated legal quotes.
Baker Donelson's 2026 AI legal forecast marks a clear inflection: the industry has moved from experimentation to governance as the defining challenge, driven by autonomous AI agents that can execute contracts and stress-test agency law.
Anthropic is moving directly into AI legal services, joining Harvey, EvenUp, and Legora as courts accelerate sanctions for AI hallucinations in legal filings.
Major U.S. law firms are warning clients that sharing legal communications with AI chatbots could waive attorney-client privilege, following a ruling in which ChatGPT conversations were deemed potentially discoverable by opposing counsel.
Major law firms are now writing AI privilege warnings into client contracts as courts sanction attorneys for AI-hallucinated citations — two converging risks the legal profession is only beginning to reckon with.
Colorado's AI Act takes effect in June and Texas TRAIGA is already live — two laws that require businesses to audit, document, and disclose AI systems making consequential decisions.
A Manhattan federal judge ordered a former CEO to hand over 31 AI chatbot documents to prosecutors in a fraud case — ruling that AI conversations carry no attorney-client privilege.