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At the International Arbitration Centre Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026 in Astana, Kazakhstan, speakers examined the role of courts and arbitral institutions, the interaction between different legal traditions, settlement and mediation in arbitration, and the future development of arbitration in Eurasia.
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Delivering the keynote address at Eurasian Arbitration Week 2026, Gary Born examined the evolution of international arbitration from ancient civilisations to the modern legal order, arguing that arbitration has always been rooted in party autonomy, contractual freedom and the pursuit of peaceful dispute resolution.
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From Kazakhstan’s new Constitution reinforcing the rule of law to the AIFC Court’s year-on-year growth in cases, mediations and delegate numbers, the opening ceremony of EAW26 set the tone for a conference that has grown from a single online session in 2022 into one of Eurasia’s most significant gatherings for international arbitration practitioners, policymakers and academics.
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Commemorating a decade of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs hosted a national conference on India’s restructuring ecosystem alongside the PGIP 6th Batch Convocation. The event featured discussions on cross-border insolvency, distressed assets, early-stage resolution, and the future of India’s insolvency framework.
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Law firm leaders, innovation executives and legal technology experts at LegalTechTalk 2026 discussed leadership, culture, talent development, data strategy and the future of the billable hour, concluding that the biggest barriers to AI transformation are no longer technological and that lasting success will depend on firms’ ability to embrace experimentation, develop future-ready lawyers and rethink traditional models of legal practice.
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The IAC Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026 returns to Astana as one of the most influential global platforms for arbitration and dispute resolution, bringing together leading arbitrators, judges, in-house counsel, policymakers, and academics from across jurisdictions. Hosted by the International Arbitration Centre, EAW26 continues to strengthen Eurasia’s position as a key hub for international arbitration through high-level dialogue, training, and cross-border collaboration.
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At LegalTechTalk London 2026, leading general counsel and legal technology experts examined why legal innovation initiatives often stall despite growing investment in AI. The discussion highlighted how leadership, organisational culture, stakeholder buy-in, and human judgement remain critical to successful transformation in an increasingly technology-driven legal landscape.
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How do in-house legal teams assess outside counsel beyond legal expertise alone? At LegalTechTalk 2026, Mori Kabiri, Olga Dmytriyeva and Aminata Ba explored the role of communication, trust, transparency, AI usage, pricing and business understanding in shaping successful relationships between clients and law firms.
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Litigation Is sexy now, haven’t you heard?: LegalTechTalk 2026 Panel discusses technology, access to justice and wellbeing in litigation
The panel brought together perspectives from social impact litigation, litigation support services and legal leadership to discuss contemporary developments in litigation. The speakers reflected on technology’s growing role in litigation practice, questions of accessibility and inequality in the use of AI tools, and the importance of wellbeing, leadership and organisational culture within legal teams.
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How legal teams can make smart tech choices: Experts discuss AI adoption, governance, and future of Legal Tech at LegalTechTalk 2026
In a panel discussion titled “How to Make Smart Tech Strategy Choices in 2026 and Beyond” at LegalTechTalk 2026, the panellists explained that successful legal technology strategies are built not on the latest tools but on a careful understanding of people, processes, governance, and long-term organizational goals.
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The Innovator’s Dilemma comes for law firms: Nikki Shaver on five signals that the legal industry is at an inflection point at LegalTechTalk 2026
From 400 to 1,000 generative AI products in twelve months, USD 4.28 billion in legal tech investment in 2025, and corporate legal AI adoption doubling from 24% to 52%, LegalTechnologyHub’s CEO argues that while law firms continue to report strong revenues, the structural forces reshaping the market are already in motion.
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AI in the Courtroom: Answering why human judgment remains the cornerstone of legal innovation at LegalTechTalk 2026
In the session titled “AI in Courtroom”, Ms. Mona Datt and Ms. Caoimhe Powell discussed the journey of AI in Law from skepticism to curiosity, keeping humans in the loop, transparency and disclosures, analyzing risk levels, and much more. The panel underscored that AI can accelerate legal work, but justice itself continues to depend upon human responsibility, critical reasoning, and professional accountability.
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‘Everybody will use AI, how do you remain relevant?’: LegalTechTalk 2026 panel explores legal design, legal engineering and the future of legal services
Legal engineers building products, lawyers experimenting with AI-powered tools, and firms rethinking billable hours and service delivery all featured in the LegalTechTalk 2026 discussion, which agreed that technology alone will not define the future of legal services, with competitive advantage instead coming from legal design, client-centric innovation and the ability to create value beyond traditional legal work.
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How to build and empower lawyers of the future: Legal leaders discuss AI, leadership, courage and the future of legal practice at LegalTechTalk 2026
The session “How to Build and Empower Lawyers of the Future” at LegalTechTalk 2026 highlighted that while artificial intelligence is transforming legal research, drafting and routine legal work, industry leaders stressed that judgment, critical thinking, courage and human relationships will remain central to the future of legal practice.
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“After the algorithm: Who is liable when AI acts?”: Victoria Albrecht explores AI accountability and legal liability at Legal Tech Talk 2026
At Legal Tech Talk 2026, Ms. Victoria Albrecht examined the accountability challenges arising from autonomous AI systems, discussing questions of personhood, liability, governance, human oversight, attribution frameworks, and AI literacy in legal practice.
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‘Clients do not buy code, they buy courage’: Legal leaders at LegalTechTalk 2026 discuss how law firms are built from the ground up
From whether traditional partnerships remain fit for purpose, to AI-generated client instructions creating new liability risks and junior lawyers needing to reach judgment faster, the LegalTechTalk panel agreed that the firms which survive the next decade will be those that treat data as their most valuable asset and courage as their core product.
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At Legal Tech Talk 2026, Christel Aguila and Dan Hauck discussed practical approaches to technology adoption and AI in legal practice, focusing on solving client problems, selecting appropriate technology, and the role of structured information in supporting AI tools.
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“What are you trying to solve?”: Sarah Walton Provides Blueprint for Law Firms Seeking to Embrace AI at LegalTechTalk 2026
At LegalTechTalk 2026, Weightmans Managing Partner Sarah Walton delivered a direct message to the legal profession: the greatest risk from AI is not that firms use it — it is that they prohibit it without providing secure alternatives, driving lawyers to use publicly available tools like ChatGPT with client data they have no business feeding into them.
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“Survival is about getting started”: Legal leaders discuss the skills law firms need to thrive in an AI-driven future at LegalTechTalk 2026
As artificial intelligence reshapes legal practice, industry leaders at LegalTechTalk 2026 examined why commercial awareness, adaptability, client-centricity, and sound judgement may prove just as important as technological proficiency for the future of law firms.
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‘The breakthrough is not AI giving information, but AI giving insights’: Legal leaders discuss how judgment can be embedded into technology at LegalTechTalk 2026
The legal industry is moving from information to intelligence, a shift examined in the session “From Information to Intelligence: How Law Firms Embed Legal Judgment in Technology” at LegalTechTalk 2026, where speakers highlighted AI’s role in scaling expertise while keeping human judgment at the centre of legal decision-making.
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