Articles on AI in legal practice, the EU AI Act, Nordic law and the legaltech market.
Hallucinations are the biggest risk in legal AI. Three layers of protection: every legal claim bound to a verified primary source, instructed uncertainty ("say 'I don't know' rather than fabricate"), and extended thinking for multi-step reasoning. Plus an honest look at what the layers do NOT protect against.
ZDR explained at two layers: the Anthropic enterprise contract + LexCodex's own retention policy. The difference between "we don't train on your data" and "Zero Data Retention". What ZDR does NOT protect against. Concrete questions you as a lawyer can ask any AI vendor.
"Language toggling" isn't enough — citation systems, court hierarchies and primary sources differ. How LexCodex's per-jurisdiction architecture handles Swedish + Norwegian law + the EU/EEA framework. Roadmap for Denmark, Finland, Iceland.
The EU AI Act takes full effect on 2 August 2026. For law firms and in-house teams it raises two concrete questions: is your AI tool an "AI system" under the regulation, and how do you classify your clients' AI systems? We applied our own AI Act tool to ourselves and share the result plus a concrete checklist.
Sweden's legaltech market has six established players plus newcomers: Legora, Lexnova, Juno, JP Infonet, VQ Legal, LexLegal.ai and LexCodex. We walk through what sets them apart — pricing, jurisdiction, AI architecture, lock-in — and offer a decision guide for which platform fits which type of firm or team.