Microsoft Copilot adds 20 legal skills and specialist plugins
Microsoft has made more than 20 purpose-built legal skills generally available in Copilot, alongside plugins for research, document and matter management, signatures, specialist legal AI and e-discovery. Word preserves tracked changes and formatting, while approved SharePoint precedents, enterprise protections and explicit user approval keep lawyers responsible for final language.
Harvey turns legal source material into review playbooks
Harvey has introduced a playbook builder that converts legal teams’ existing contracts, templates, marked-up documents and guidance into structured review rules. The builder identifies gaps, preserves source citations and lets lawyers refine the resulting playbook through a guided conversation before using it in Word or the web app.
Harvey Acquires Benchmark to Expand Asset Management AI
Harvey has acquired Benchmark, a decision-infrastructure platform used by asset managers to organise institutional knowledge and evaluate deals. Benchmark's founders and team will join Harvey's product and engineering organisation, giving Harvey a broader route into investment workflows while integration details and customer migration plans remain limited.