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Clio just raised $500M at a $5B valuation, plus a $350M debt line, to double down on AI and post-vLex integrations, a clear signal that investors see real operating leverage in legal AI, not hype. In India, the Bombay High Court drew a hard line on AI voice cloning, ruling Asha Bhosle’s vocal likeness can’t be replicated without consent, platforms were ordered to pull infringing content and name uploaders. On the product front, Legora rolled out its Portal to let firms productize playbooks and AI workflows directly for clients, a glimpse of firm knowledge becoming a deployable service layer. And in the UK, a fresh ruling keeps copyright questions swirling around AI even as courts wrestle with where to draw the line.

Feature this week: Edenreach, the justice-fintech turning meritorious cases into investable impact. Don’t miss how they aim to channel ESG capital into access to justice.

This week’s Highlights:

• Industry News and Updates

• Edenreach: Making Justice Investible

• An Indian Trade Secret Bill May Reshape the AI x Copyright Dead-end: An Explainer

• AI Regulation Updates

• AI Tools to Supercharge your productivity

• Legal prompt of the week

• Latest AI Incidents & Legal Tech Map

➡️ Clio Hits $5 Billion Valuation After $500 Million Funding Round | Legal AI platform Clio has raised $500 million in a new funding round led by New Enterprise Associates, boosting its valuation to $5 billion. The Vancouver-based company also secured a $350 million debt facility from Blackstone and Blue Owl Capital to expand its AI capabilities and pursue acquisitions. Clio, which provides workflow, research, and case management tools to legal professionals in over 130 countries, said the funds will accelerate AI product development and integration following its $1 billion acquisition of legal research platform vLex. The round underscores investors’ growing confidence in AI solutions transforming legal work and firm operations.
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➡️ Bombay High Court Upholds Singer’s Personality Rights in AI Case | The Bombay High Court has ruled that using AI to replicate the voice and singing style of legendary artist Asha Bhosle without consent violates her personality rights. In Asha Bhosle v Mayank Inc (2025), the court described such AI-generated imitations as “technological exploitation” that infringes on a celebrity’s right to control their likeness and prevent commercial misuse. E-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart, along with Google, were ordered to remove infringing content and disclose uploader details. The ruling reinforces growing judicial recognition of personality and publicity rights in India’s AI era, setting an important precedent for artists seeking to protect their voices, likenesses, and creative identity from unauthorized digital replication.
^{Nov 7, 2025, Source: Law Asia}

➡️ Legora Launches AI Portal to Redefine Collaboration Between Law Firms and In-House Teams | Legora has launched Legora Portal, an AI-powered platform that reshapes how law firms and in-house teams collaborate. The Portal lets firms share custom AI workflows, playbooks, and document reviews directly with clients, turning legal expertise into scalable digital products. For in-house counsel, it offers a secure workspace to automate tasks and integrate firm guidance seamlessly into daily work. Early design partners include Linklaters, Cleary Gottlieb, and MinterEllison.
^{Nov 7, 2025, Source: The Legal Wire}

➡️ UK Court Clears Stability AI, Leaving Legal Uncertainty Over Copyright | AI’s ability to interpret and translate code is making it harder for US courts to apply the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act, which bans sharing someone’s video viewing data. Courts are already split on whether decoding data to identify what someone watched counts as a privacy breach, and AI could deepen that divide. Judges disagree on whether the law covers data that only AI tools can interpret. Some courts say AI raises the bar for what an “ordinary person” can decode, while others argue the law shouldn’t hinge on new tech. Experts warn that if AI becomes too capable of translating data, privacy protections could erode further.
^{Nov 6, 2025, Source: The Economist}

Legal Technology

Edenreach: Making Justice Investible

Justice Finance – Helping the Individuals Behind the Cases Find Their Voice

If access to justice is a right, why does it still feel like a privilege? Edenreach, the new female-founded justice fintech, believes the problem isn’t just financial, it’s systemic. And they’re designing ways to resolve it. They’re building the pathway to move billions in ethical capital to the very people and cases that need it most.

Co-founders Kayee Cheung and Melina Gisler are steering Edenreach with precision and purpose. Alongside the company’s advisory services, their core product offering is an AI-supported case evaluation platform that maps legal claims against their proprietary Justice Finance framework, which uses United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a spine. This provides a certification for the cases and produces Environmental, Societal & Governance (ESG)-aligned impact reports. In doing so, it positions litigation financing not as an opaque, risky bet, but as a new category of  investable impact asset with measurable social returns and competitive financial returns.

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An Indian Trade Secret Bill May Reshape the AI x Copyright Dead-end: An Explainer

On May 9, 2025, the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) released the third and final part of its series on Artificial Intelligence and Copyright Law, a document that may reveal the cracks in traditional IP frameworks for every IP lawyer, content creator, platform engineer, and policy architect.

The release of the U.S. Copyright Office’s Part III Report on Generative AI and Copyright is significant, as it inadvertently exposes the limitations of AI and traditional Copyright frameworks—particularly in enforcement and practical application. This insight breaks down that report, why copyright may be losing ground, and how alternative legal frameworks are emerging to address real-world economic and competitive concerns across sectors and jurisdictions, with particular focus on India’s proactive stance via the proposed Trade Secrets Bill, 2024, which may signal where regulatory energy is actually heading.

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The most recent developments from the past week:

📋 7 November 2025 | EU set to water down AI Act after Big Tech pressure: It is reported that the European Commission is proposing to pause parts of the EU AI Act amid intense pressure from big tech companies and the US government. The move follows months of urging by tech giants like Meta and Alphabet, and pressure from the Trump administration, which has warned against measures that could provoke trade tensions. Further details will emerge on 19 November where the regulatory simplification process of the AI Act and other digital regulations will be adopted.

📋 5 November 2025 | China bans foreign AI chips in state-funded data centres amid US tensions, sources say: It is reported that, according to inside sources, the Chinese government has issued guidance requiring new data centre projects that have received any state funds to only use domestically-made AI chips, instructing projects less than 30% complete to remove foreign chips and cancel any plans to purchase them. This directive is expected to significantly impact foreign chipmakers, particularly US-based Nvidia, which has been lobbying to sell its chips in China. The move aligns with Beijing's ongoing efforts to reduce reliance on foreign technology in critical infrastructure and is anticipated to bolster domestic semiconductor companies such as Huawei, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), MetaX, Cambricon Technologies, and Alibaba.

📋 5 November 2025 | MeitY unveils India AI governance guidelines to ensure safe, inclusive and responsible AI adoption: India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has unveiled the India AI Governance Guidelines under the IndiaAI Mission, aiming to establish a safe, inclusive, and responsible AI ecosystem. These guidelines are built upon seven core principles—Trust, People First, Innovation over Restraint, Fairness & Equity, Accountability, Understandable by Design, and Safety, Resilience & Sustainability—collectively termed the "Seven Sutras" of India's AI governance philosophy. The guidelines propose the formation of the AI Governance Group (AIGG), supported by the Technology and Policy Expert Committee (TPEC) and the AI Safety Institute (AISI), to oversee national AI policy, risk assessment, and technical safety standards. An accompanying Action Plan outlines measures such as developing India-specific AI risk frameworks, establishing incident reporting systems, launching awareness programs, creating liability regimes, and piloting regulatory sandboxes for emerging AI technologies.

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