Podcast · Episode 16
Daily Brief: Clio buys Learned Hand to enter the judicial AI market, the SEC settles with Travel + Leisure over timeshare loan disclosures
Clio buys judicial AI startup Learned Hand, the SEC settles with Travel + Leisure over undisclosed timeshare loan removals, and fiscal 2027 refugee admissions are capped at 17,500.
Read by two synthetic voices, Alex Carter and Jordan Ellis.
Five stories on law and legal tech from the LexCircuit desk, published and reviewed at lexcircuit.com.
1. Clio buys Learned Hand to enter the judicial AI market
Clio acquired Learned Hand, a startup building AI tools for judges and court staff, to anchor a new judiciary business. Clio said U.S. courts including Los Angeles Superior Court already use the tools. Terms were not disclosed.
2. The SEC settles with Travel + Leisure over timeshare loan disclosures
In a settled civil action, the SEC alleged that Travel + Leisure removed more than 2,900 delinquent timeshare loans worth about $77 million without disclosure to meet its loan loss guidance. Without admitting the allegations, the company agreed to a $975,000 penalty, subject to court approval.
3. Fiscal 2027 refugee admissions capped at 17,500
Presidential Determination 2026-24 sets a fiscal year 2027 ceiling of 17,500 refugee admissions, primarily allocated among Afrikaners from South Africa under Executive Order 14204.
4. Legal Ombudsman finds AI more often steers consumers away from complaints
Legal Ombudsman research based on Ipsos polling of 2,196 adults found that 47 percent of those who used AI to decide whether to complain were influenced not to, against 32 percent influenced to complain.
5. Wachtell hires Joon Kim from Cleary
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz hired former Manhattan federal prosecutor Joon Kim from Cleary Gottlieb as a New York litigation partner, a lateral move outlets described as rare for the firm.
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