Tag: Legal
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Duely secures €1.1M to reinvent M&A legal services with AI
Belgian startup Duely has raised €1.1 million to expand its AI-native legal services business focused on mergers and acquisitions. The round was led by Scalefund and Golden Egg Check, with participation from ML6 and a group of angel investors from the Belgian and UK technology, finance, and M&A sectors. Originally founded as an API-first technology read more
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Lexroom to build legal AI for civil law Europe with $50M Series B
Milan-based legal AI company Lexroom has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round led by Left Lane Capital, with participation from Base10 Partners, Eurazeo, Acurio Ventures, Entourage and View Different. The round comes eight months after the company’s Series A and brings Lexroom’s total funding to more than $73 million. Lexroom develops AI read more
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LawX raises €7.5M to build Europe’s legal operating system
Berlin-based legaltech LawX has raised €7.5 million in seed funding in a round led by Motive Partners, with participation from WENVEST Capital, xdeck and SIVentures, alongside several angel investors from the technology and legal sectors, including Christoph Cordes and Ralph Müller. LawX is developing an AI-driven platform for law firms and notaries that automates operational read more
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Legal Dispute Threatens Auction of Titanic Artifacts, Vaillancourt Fountain Catches Fire During Demolition, and More: Morning Links for May 7, 2026
The Headlines I’ll NEVER LET GO?Jack, from the 1997 filmTitanic,famously heard those words from his beloved Rose before he sank into the icy ocean. But now, the company that owns salvage rights to theTitanicshipwreck wants to let go of—or, rather, auction—nearly 100 artifacts recovered in 1987. The sale has now sparked new legal controversy, reports read more
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Legal Conflict Between Art-Dealing Brothers Escalates Into Competing Assault Accusations
A legal conflict between two art-dealing New York brothers over the names of their respective businesses has escalated from accusations of breach of contract to allegations of physical assault. An October 21, 2025 complaint filed by Harry Hutchison against Projjal Dutta and Aicon Contemporary says that on April 11, Hutchison was at work on the read more
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ILS secures seed funding to expand ProVision legal workflow platform
Intelligent Legal Solutions (ILS), a global legal technology company building automation software for investment fund lawyers, has secured a seed funding round led by Chicago Ventures, bringing its total funding to more than $3 million. Founded in 2024, ILS was established to address the largely manual nature of post-close fund workflows, an area that has read more
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Noxtua launches Europe’s first cross-border legal AI license
European sovereign legal AI Noxtua has introduced the market’s first Europe License, enabling legal professionals to access multiple European jurisdictions through a single interface with a single license, and to seamlessly cross-border legal work in a consistent Legal AI workspace. Europe’s legal landscape is characterised by distinct legal systems, languages, and traditions that shape the read more
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Art Investing Startup Masterworks Files Legal Complaint Against an Early Hire Over Lawsuit Threat
From its offices on the 57th floor of 1 World Trade Center, employees at Masterworks hawk fractional ownership of blue-chip artworks, promising retail investors hefty returns. Reporting in both ARTnews in 2022 and the New York Times in 2024 has revealed a freewheeling atmosphere in which the company has played fast and loose with legal read more
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Gabrielle Goliath to Seek Legal Action After Axed Venice Biennale Pavilion
News The artist reportedly alleges that South Africa’s minister of culture acted unconstitutionally in canceling her commission, which included references to Gaza. Artist Gabrielle Goliath and curator Ingrid Masondo, who were dropped from South Africa’s 2026 Venice Biennale commission (photo by ZUNIS, courtesy Gabrielle Goliath studio) Artist Gabrielle Goliath is reportedly planning to take legal read more
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Gabrielle Goliath Seeks Legal Action Against Culture Minister After Canceled Venice Biennale Pavilion
Artist Gabrielle Goliath said she and curator Ingrid Masondo are submitting an application for a court case against South African culture minister Gayton McKenzie after he canceled their planned pavilion for the Venice Biennale. Goliath was set to show a performance from her “Elegy” series, part of which would address Israel’s war in Gaza. McKenzie read more
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Legaltech Alice raises €1M to bring trustworthy AI workflows to legal casework
Belgium-based Alice, an AI platform developed for lawyers and legal teams, has raised €1 million in pre-seed funding to support the development of its end-to-end legal casework solution. The round was led by NewSchool and Seeder Fund, with participation from a group of Belgian angel investors. The adoption of AI in legal practice is increasing, read more
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University of Leicester Updates Its Trans-Inclusive Museum Guidelines, Despite Legal Threats
The University of Leicester in England made updates to its guidance on trans-inclusivity for museums and galleries last month. The university made the change, despite receiving litigation threats from the campaign group Freedom in the Arts (FITA). The 44-page document in questionwas “regularly reviewed and kept up to date”, the university told Arts Professional, following read more
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