The April Orange Rag Is Here!

By Caroline Hill on April 29, 2026

This month’s Orange Rag is, in many ways, a snapshot of legal AI growing up. The headlines are bigger, the marketing is louder, and the adoption numbers are finally starting to look like real usage rather than pilots. But alongside the momentum, April also delivered a familiar reminder that governance and judgment still matter: high-profile hallucinations, rising regulator workload, and a widening gap between “AI fluent” and “AI careful.”

Across the issue the breathtaking pace of change is evident: platform vendors pushing into Word with tracked changes (see this month’s Product Launch table); firms adopting standards like ISO 42001 to signal trust; and in-house teams tinkering, building, and sharing solutions at speed. The opportunity is enormous, but the competitive edge will go to those who can pair innovation with discipline – clear policies, verification habits, and leadership that makes space to learn.

If you only read a few pieces this month, don’t miss the two brand-new originals – we look at how in-house teams are “tinkering and sharing” their way to real AI capability (and why creativity is now part of the GC’s job); and in this month’s Legal Tech Clinic Stephen Brown from Lights-On Consulting looks at what law firms need to understand about moving to Evergreen beyond the migration plan. We also hear from Hogan Lovells about the new Global Legal Tech Alliance, which is creating FOMO in firms that knew nothing about it.

Elsewhere, we pull together all the biggest stories of the month from legal tech hitting Hollywood to a very public reminder that having a GenAI policy doesn’t mean that people will use it.