HAQQ Blog

166 articles on legal AI, practice management, and legal technology.

• Best legal AI for boutique law firms
  2026-07-09 · HAQQ Team · 11 min · guides
  A boutique firm wins on specialization, client intimacy, and speed. Here is how to choose legal AI that amplifies all three, run Chat and eFirm in one workspace, and grow a niche practice, with an hon…
• Enterprise legal AI: what large organizations check before they trust it
  2026-07-09 · HAQQ Team · 9 min · ai-legal-tech
  Enterprise buyers judge legal AI on four things at once: the data boundary, the certifications, the governance controls, and whether the engine is auditable. Here is what an end-to-end legal operating…
• Best legal AI for immigration lawyers
  2026-07-09 · HAQQ Team · 10 min · ai-legal-tech
  Immigration practice is high-volume, document-heavy, and multilingual, the exact shape of work AI handles well. Here's what actually holds up at caseload scale, and where generic chatbots and single-p…
• Citation-backed legal research AI: statutes and cases across jurisdictions
  2026-07-09 · HAQQ Team · 8 min · ai-legal-tech
  Reliable AI legal research retrieves real statutes and cases, then cites what it found. HAQQ scores 43/50 for research, top-3 and first for Arabic and civil-law work; LexisNexis leads US common-law.
• How enterprises choose secure legal AI: SOC 2, GDPR, and AES-256
  2026-07-09 · HAQQ Team · 11 min · guides
  A secure legal AI platform proves it, it doesn't promise it. The four certifications that actually matter, what AES-256 and TLS 1.3 buy you, and the vendor checklist your compliance team should run be…
• Best Legal AI for MENA and Arabic Law Firms (2026)
  2026-07-09 · HAQQ Team · 9 min · mena
  An honest, benchmark-backed ranking of the five legal AI tools MENA firms shortlist in 2026 — HAQQ, Harvey, Legora, Spellbook, and LexisNexis — with the Arabic, civil-law, and pricing details other li…
• Child Custody (Hadana) in Saudi Arabia: Who Gets Custody, Support, Visitation, and the Najiz Process
  2026-07-09 · HAQQ Research · 6 min · mena
  Who is entitled to custody after divorce, whether the mother needs a lawsuit to keep her children, when custody can move, the age a child chooses, plus child support, housing, and visitation. Grounded…
• Child Custody in the UAE: Rules, Ages, and How to File
  2026-07-09 · HAQQ Research · 8 min · mena
  Who gets custody in the UAE, how custody differs from guardianship, the ages custody transfers under the 2022 Personal Status Law, the court procedure, documents, and when custody can be lost. Legal i…
• Divorce Procedure in the UAE: Steps, Documents, and Courts
  2026-07-09 · HAQQ Research · 7 min · mena
  How divorce works in the UAE: the mandatory family guidance session, the referral letter, filing at the personal status or civil family court, the documents you need, the types of divorce, and what ge…
• Khul in Egypt: The Wife's Right to Divorce, Procedure, Rights, and Timeline
  2026-07-09 · HAQQ Research · 5 min · mena
  Khul lets a wife in Egypt end her marriage by court ruling without the husband's consent, by returning her dowry and waiving her financial rights. The procedure, what you give up and keep, documents, …
• Khul' (Wife-Initiated Divorce) in Saudi Arabia: Definition, Najiz Procedure, and Your Rights
  2026-07-09 · HAQQ Research · 6 min · mena
  What khul' is, how it differs from talaq and faskh, how to file it electronically through Najiz, and how it affects your money, mahr, and your children's custody and support. Grounded in Saudi Persona…
• Egypt's New Family Law: What Changes, Its Status, and What It Means for Families
  2026-07-09 · HAQQ Research · 6 min · mena
  Egypt's "new family law" is a draft unified personal-status bill still under study, not yet enacted. What today's laws say, what the draft would change, and what it means for you, in plain Arabic.
• What Is an AI-Native Lawyer? The Survival Playbook
  2026-07-06 · HAQQ Team · 9 min · guides
  AI-native lawyer, explained: why legal execution got cheap, why AI can never be a lawyer, and the survival playbook to compete on position, not speed.
• Death of the Billable Hour: How AI Reprices Legal Work
  2026-07-06 · HAQQ Team · 8 min · guides
  AI cut contract drafting from a week to a minute. Here's why the billable hour is dying and what value-based, outcome pricing looks like next.
• Law Firm 3.0: Why Firms Need a Legal Operating System
  2026-07-06 · HAQQ Team · 10 min · ai-legal-tech
  Antoine Kanaan on why law firms need a legal operating system, not another AI tool, and why context, not the model, is your firm's real competitive edge.
• The 18 Legal Documents Every Founder Needs (and When You Actually Need Them)
  2026-07-06 · HAQQ Team · 14 min · guides
  Great startups are built on more than a product. They are built on the right foundations. Here is the paperwork that protects the company, aligns the team, and gets you funded, mapped to the exact sta…
• Can AI Replace Lawyers? No — and Here's Why That's the Wrong Question
  2026-07-06 · HAQQ Team · 8 min · ai-legal-tech
  AI won't replace your lawyer. It removes the empty space before one. Why legal AI is the first step, why the human keeps the liability, and why it frees good lawyers instead of ending them.
• Is AI Legal Advice Safe and Accurate? What to Check Before You Trust a Legal AI
  2026-07-06 · HAQQ Team · 8 min · ai-legal-tech
  General chatbots hallucinate law and keep no secrets. Here's how a legal AI should be built for accuracy and privacy — and the checklist to judge one before you rely on it.
• Legal AI Hallucination: The Fake Citation That Passes Every Check
  2026-06-30 · HAQQ Team · 8 min · ai-legal-tech
  We made a frontier model impersonate a legal database. It refused to invent fake cases, then cited a real law for the wrong thing, the hallucination that survives a lawyer's review.
• AI for Divorce Lawyers: The 8-Phase Playbook (2026)
  2026-06-29 · HAQQ Team · 12 min · ai-legal-tech
  How divorce and family-law attorneys actually use AI across the matter, from intake to court prep, what stays human, and how to pick a tool that does not create a privilege or malpractice problem.
• AI and Divorce in the UAE: Talaq, Khula, and the Civil Personal Status Law
  2026-06-29 · HAQQ Team · 11 min · mena
  UAE divorce now runs on two tracks: the civil path under Federal Decree-Law No. 41 of 2022, and personal-status law. Here is which applies, what talaq and khula mean, and where AI helps.
• Is It Safe to Use ChatGPT for Your Divorce? What the 2026 Privilege Ruling Changes
  2026-06-29 · HAQQ Team · 11 min · guides
  A 2026 federal ruling says AI chats are not privileged. In a divorce, that turns your ChatGPT history into discoverable evidence. Here is what is safe, what is not, and how lawyers use AI inside the p…
• Contract Lifecycle Management Software: 2026 Benchmark
  2026-06-25 · HAQQ Team · 16 min · guides
  An honest 2026 CLM benchmark: 13 vendors compared on AI, deployment, pricing and reviews, plus the real Gartner positions and ownership map nobody shows.
• Spellbook Alternatives: The Best AI Contract Drafting Tools in 2026
  2026-06-25 · HAQQ Team · 12 min · ai-legal-tech
  Spellbook is great inside Microsoft Word. For solo, mobile-first or Arabic-speaking lawyers, here are the real alternatives by price, platform and language.
• HAQQ CEO Antoine Kanaan: Legal AI and Access to Justice for 5 Billion People
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Team · 9 min · company
  HAQQ CEO Antoine Kanaan on building a legal AI for everyone: closing the justice gap for 5 billion people, why every lawyer must adopt AI, and why HAQQ started in Lebanon.
• Arbitrary Dismissal & End-of-Service Gratuity in the UAE: Your Rights (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 10 min · mena
  What you're owed if you're dismissed or resign in the UAE: end-of-service gratuity (21/30 days), arbitrary-dismissal compensation, and how to file a MOHRE complaint.
• Breaking a Lease & Eviction in Dubai: Tenant & Landlord Rights (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 9 min · mena
  Your rights when breaking a tenancy or facing eviction in Dubai: the 12-month notice rule, rent-increase caps (RERA index), early-termination penalties, and the Rental Disputes Center.
• Visa Cancellation After Resignation in the UAE: What Happens to Your Status
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 9 min · mena
  When you resign or are terminated in the UAE: work-permit cancellation, the grace period to stay, moving to a new employer, labour bans, and passport rules.
• End-of-Service Award & Termination in Saudi Arabia: Your Rights (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 9 min · mena
  How end-of-service gratuity works under Saudi Labor Law: the half-month/full-month formula, what you get if you resign (Article 85), and unfair-dismissal compensation (Article 77).
• End-of-Service & Arbitrary Dismissal in Kuwait: Your Rights (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 8 min · mena
  How end-of-service indemnity and arbitrary dismissal work under Kuwait Labour Law No. 6 of 2010: the indemnity formula, resignation tiers (Art. 53), notice, and PAM disputes.
• End-of-Service & Arbitrary Dismissal in Qatar: Your Rights (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 8 min · mena
  Qatar's end-of-service gratuity (3 weeks/year on basic wage, not 21/30), notice under Decree-Law 18/2020, and arbitrary-dismissal remedies under Law No. 14 of 2004.
• End-of-Service & Arbitrary Dismissal in Bahrain: Your Rights (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 8 min · mena
  Bahrain's leaving indemnity (Art. 116), the 2024 SIO change for expats, and arbitrary-dismissal compensation (Art. 111: min 1, max 12 months) under Law No. 36 of 2012.
• End-of-Service & Arbitrary Dismissal in Oman: Your Rights (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 8 min · mena
  Oman's new 2023 Labour Law (RD 53/2023): end-of-service raised to one month per year (Art. 61), notice (Art. 38), and arbitrary-dismissal remedies (Art. 11).
• Arbitrary Dismissal & Severance in Egypt: The New 2025 Labour Law
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 8 min · mena
  Egypt's new Labour Law No. 14 of 2025: arbitrary-dismissal compensation (2 months/year, Art. 165), 3-month notice (Art. 156), and the new resignation-ratification rules.
• Arbitrary Dismissal & End-of-Service in Jordan: Your Rights (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 8 min · mena
  Jordan: Art. 32 indemnity vs Social Security coverage, arbitrary-dismissal compensation (Art. 25), notice (Art. 23), and filing via the Hemayeh platform.
• Arbitrary Dismissal & End-of-Service in Lebanon: Your Rights (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 8 min · mena
  Lebanon: NSSF end-of-service indemnity (1 month/year), arbitrary-dismissal damages (Art. 50: 2–12 months), notice tiers, and the impact of the currency crisis on payouts.
• Arbitrary Dismissal & End-of-Service in Iraq: Your Rights (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 8 min · mena
  Federal Iraq under Labour Law 37/2015: restricted termination grounds, two-weeks/year gratuity, 30-day notice, and the Service Termination Committee vs labour court route.
• Unfair Dismissal & Severance in Morocco: Your Rights (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 8 min · mena
  Morocco's Labour Code (Law 65-99): severance after 6 months (Art. 53 hours tiers), unfair-dismissal damages (Art. 41: 1.5 months/year, cap 36), notice and the 90-day deadline.
• Unfair Dismissal & Severance in Tunisia: Your Rights (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 8 min · mena
  Tunisia's Labour Code: severance one day/month capped at 3 months (Art. 22), unfair-dismissal damages 1–2 months/year capped at 3 years (Art. 23 bis), notice and the 1-year deadline.
• Unfair Dismissal in Algeria: Your Rights (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 8 min · mena
  Algeria under Law 90-11: dismissal only for serious misconduct (Art. 73), unfair-dismissal remedy of reinstatement or min 6 months' salary (Art. 73-4), notice and the 6-month deadline.
• Tenancy, Rent & Eviction in Saudi Arabia: Your Rights (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 8 min · mena
  Saudi tenancy via Ejar/REGA: no national rent cap (Riyadh 5-year freeze), 5% deposit cap, no self-help eviction, and the Enforcement Court route.
• Tenancy, Rent & Eviction in Kuwait: Your Rights (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 7 min · mena
  Kuwait Lease Law 35/1978 (amended 2024): 5-year rent freeze, the 50%-below-market increase rule, eviction grounds, and the Rental Division.
• Tenancy, Rent & Eviction in Qatar: Your Rights (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 7 min · mena
  Qatar Law 4/2008: no active rent cap, eviction grounds, 2-month deposit cap, and the Rent Disputes Settlement Committee (hotline 184).
• Tenancy, Rent & Eviction in Bahrain: Your Rights (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 8 min · mena
  Bahrain Law 27/2014: rent +5% after 2 years (Art. 27), no eviction in first 3 years (Art. 35), Article 38 grounds, and the Rents Disputes Committee.
• Tenancy, Rent & Eviction in Oman: Your Rights (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 7 min · mena
  Oman RD 6/89 + new RD 12/2025: no increase for 3 years then 7%/yr, no termination before 4 years, and the new 90-day dispute committee.
• Egypt's Old-Rent Reform (Law 164/2025): Tenancy & Eviction Explained
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 8 min · mena
  Egypt's two rent regimes and the 2025 old-rent reform: zone-based recalculation, 15% annual rise, the 7-year phase-out, and fast-track eviction.
• Tenancy, Rent & Eviction in Jordan: Your Rights (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 7 min · mena
  Jordan Owners & Tenants Law 11/1994: old vs new contracts (31 Aug 2000 cutoff), no self-help eviction, and succession protection (Art. 7).
• Lebanon's Old-Rent vs New-Rent: Tenancy & Eviction Explained
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 7 min · mena
  Lebanon's 23 July 1992 split: COC 3-year protection for new leases, the old-rent phase-out (2014/2017 reform), and court-only eviction.
• Tenancy, Rent & Eviction in Iraq: Your Rights (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 7 min · mena
  Federal Iraq Lease Law 87/1979: 5% annual rent cap, enumerated eviction grounds, automatic lease extension, and the 15-day notary cure.
• Tenancy, Rent & Eviction in Morocco: Your Rights (Law 67-12)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 7 min · mena
  Morocco Law 67-12 + 07-03: rent revision capped at 8% after 3 years, 2-month eviction notice, and a deposit capped at 2 months (Art. 20).
• Tenancy, Rent & Eviction in Tunisia: Your Rights (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 7 min · mena
  Tunisia: residential leases under the COC (Arts. 727–804), no general rent control, court-only eviction (Art. 796), and old protected tenancies (Law 76-35).
• Tenancy, Rent & Eviction in Algeria: Your Rights (Law 07-05)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 7 min · mena
  Algeria's Civil Code as amended by Law 07-05: free fixed-term leases, the mandatory written/dated lease (Art. 467 bis), and 2-month early-exit notice.
• Work Visa, Iqama & Sponsor Transfer in Saudi Arabia (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 8 min · mena
  Saudi work permits and the Iqama after the 2021 Labor Reform: Qiwa sponsor transfer without consent, final exit, Premium Residency, and the passport-withholding ban.
• Article 18 Work Visa & Residency in Kuwait (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 7 min · mena
  Kuwait's Article 18 work-and-residence visa: the new residency law, sponsor transfer (3-year rule), the 2025 exit permit, and family-sponsorship income.
• Work Visa, Residency & Changing Employer in Qatar (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 7 min · mena
  Qatar after Law 18/2020: NOC abolished, exit permits removed for most, the residence-permit grace period (reduced to 14 days), and the passport ban.
• Work Permit, Residency & the Flexi Permit in Bahrain (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 7 min · mena
  Bahrain's LMRA work permit and residence: sponsor transfer after one year, the self-sponsorship Flexi Permit, family-sponsorship income, and the passport ban.
• Work Visa, Residency & Employer Transfer in Oman (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 7 min · mena
  Oman's labour clearance and ROP visa: the abolished NOC / 2-year ban (since 2021), conditions to transfer, family-sponsorship income (OMR 150), and the passport ban.
• Arbitrary Dismissal & End-of-Service in Syria (Law 17/2010)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 7 min · mena
  Syria: unjustified-dismissal compensation of 2 months/year capped at 150× minimum wage (Art. 65), end-of-service gratuity (Art. 63), and 2-month notice (Art. 56).
• Arbitrary Dismissal & End-of-Service in Libya (Law 12/2010)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 7 min · mena
  Libya: court-set unjustified-dismissal compensation (Art. 76), end-of-service reward for non-nationals (Art. 78), 30-day notice (Art. 71), and the conciliation/arbitration route.
• Arbitrary Dismissal & End-of-Service in Yemen (Law 5/1995)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 7 min · mena
  Yemen: end-of-service gratuity of 1 month/year (Art. 120), arbitrary-dismissal compensation capped at 6 months, notice by pay period, and the region-dependent dispute forum.
• Company Formation in the UAE: 100% Ownership, Forms & Costs (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 8 min · mena
  How to set up a company in the UAE: mainland 100% foreign ownership, no LLC minimum capital, mainland vs free zone, and licensing under Decree-Law 32/2021.
• Company Formation in Saudi Arabia: MISA, Ownership & the New Law
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 8 min · mena
  Setting up in Saudi Arabia: 100% foreign ownership via MISA registration, the new Companies Law, capital expectations, and the Regional HQ program.
• Company Formation in Kuwait: Ownership, WLL & the KDIPA Route
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 7 min · mena
  Setting up in Kuwait: the 49% cap vs 100% via a KDIPA license, the WLL (KD 1,000 capital), and MOCI registration under Companies Law 1/2016.
• Company Formation in Qatar: 100% Ownership, LLC & QFC (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 7 min · mena
  Setting up in Qatar: up to 100% foreign ownership under Law 1/2019, no LLC minimum capital, and mainland vs the Qatar Financial Centre.
• Company Formation in Bahrain: 100% Ownership & Sijilat (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 7 min · mena
  Setting up in Bahrain: 100% foreign ownership in most sectors, no WLL minimum capital (Decree 28/2020), and registration via the Sijilat portal.
• Company Formation in Oman: Foreign Ownership & Invest Easy
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 7 min · mena
  Setting up in Oman: up to 100% foreign ownership under the Foreign Capital Investment Law, the negative list, eased minimum capital, and the Invest Easy portal.
• Company Formation in Egypt: 100% Ownership, GAFI & Capital
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 7 min · mena
  Setting up in Egypt: 100% foreign ownership in most sectors, LLC vs JSC capital, the exceptions (agency/import), and GAFI's one-stop-shop.
• Company Formation in Jordan: Foreign Ownership & the CCD (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 7 min · mena
  Setting up in Jordan: up to 100% ownership (50% cap on retail/wholesale, prohibited list), the abolished JOD 50,000 minimum, and CCD registration.
• Company Formation in Lebanon: SARL, SAL & Foreign Ownership
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 7 min · mena
  Setting up in Lebanon: 100% foreign-owned SARL, restricted sectors, SARL/SAL capital, the mandatory lawyer, and the post-2019 banking reality.
• Company Formation in Iraq: The 49% Rule, Capital & the NIC Route
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 7 min · mena
  Setting up in federal Iraq: the 2019 reversal to a 49% foreign cap, 100% via an NIC license / branch / Kurdistan, IQD 1m minimum, and the Companies Registrar.
• Company Formation in Morocco: SARL, 100% Ownership & the CRI
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 7 min · mena
  Setting up in Morocco: 100% foreign ownership in most sectors, no SARL minimum capital, the Office des Changes convertibility, and the CRI one-stop-shop.
• Company Formation in Tunisia: SARL, Offshore & the RNE (2026)
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 7 min · mena
  Setting up in Tunisia: the 49% onshore cap vs 100% offshore-exporting, SARL/SA capital, the negative list, and the RNE one-stop platform.
• Company Formation in Algeria: The 51/49 Reform, Capital & CNRC
  2026-06-22 · HAQQ Research · 7 min · mena
  Setting up in Algeria: the 51/49 rule lifted for non-strategic sectors (100% allowed), no SARL minimum capital, strategic-sector caveats, and the CNRC + AAPI.
• San Francisco Legal AI Startups: The 2026 Map (Harvey, Eve, GC AI, Ivo)
  2026-06-15 · HAQQ Team · 11 min · ai-legal-tech
  A no-hype map of San Francisco's legal-AI startups in 2026: who they are, what they do, who they're for, and how much they raised, from Harvey to Ivo.
• GC AI Alternative: HAQQ for Solo, Civil-Law & Multilingual Lawyers
  2026-06-15 · HAQQ Team · 6 min · ai-legal-tech
  GC AI is built for US in-house teams at $500/seat/month. For solo, small-firm, civil-law or Arabic-speaking lawyers, here is an honest alternative.
• Eve Legal AI Alternative: For Lawyers Beyond US Injury Litigation
  2026-06-15 · HAQQ Team · 6 min · ai-legal-tech
  Eve is an operating system for US plaintiff injury firms. If you practice outside US litigation, here is the alternative built for you.
• Ivo AI Alternative: Contract Review for Solo & Multilingual Lawyers
  2026-06-15 · HAQQ Team · 6 min · ai-legal-tech
  Ivo is enterprise contract review in Word at ~$6,000/seat/year. For solo, small-firm and multilingual lawyers, here is a mobile-first alternative.
• HAQQ vs Onit: Legal AI vs Enterprise Legal Management (2026)
  2026-06-15 · HAQQ Research · 11 min · ai-legal-tech
  Onit and HAQQ surface in the same searches but solve different problems. An honest comparison of Enterprise Legal Management vs an AI-native legal assistant — and which one you actually need.
• Free AI Legal Consultation: What It Can and Can't Do (2026)
  2026-06-11 · HAQQ Research · 11 min · mena
  What a free AI legal consultation can do in 2026: explain laws, review contracts, draft documents in Arabic or English — and when you still need a human lawyer.
• CoCounsel Review 2026: Pricing, Benchmark & Alternatives
  2026-06-11 · HAQQ Research · 12 min · ai-legal-tech
  An independent CoCounsel review backed by published benchmark scores: pricing, the Westlaw lock-in reality, and the best CoCounsel alternatives for 2026.
• Harvey vs Legora vs CoCounsel: One 50-Point Rubric
  2026-06-11 · HAQQ Research · 12 min · ai-legal-tech
  We scored Harvey, Legora, and CoCounsel on one published 50-point rubric: Harvey 38, CoCounsel 37, Legora 35. Closer to each other than to the top.
• Lexis+ AI Review: vs Westlaw CoCounsel, Scored
  2026-06-11 · HAQQ Research · 12 min · ai-legal-tech
  Lexis+ AI review vs Westlaw CoCounsel, scored on an independent 50-point benchmark. Lexis wins research (41), CoCounsel wins drafting. Pricing and the gap.
• AI Legal Translation Arabic to English: A Practical Guide
  2026-06-11 · HAQQ Research · 12 min · guides
  AI translates Arabic legal documents fast, but legal translation is not general translation. The Arabic traps, and when you still need a sworn translator.
• UAE Labour Law and AI: Gratuity, Notice and MOHRE
  2026-06-11 · HAQQ Research · 13 min · guides
  How to calculate UAE end-of-service gratuity, notice and illegal-dismissal pay under Federal Decree-Law 33 of 2021, plus where AI helps with MOHRE complaints.
• Will AI Replace Paralegals? The Honest, Data-Backed Answer
  2026-06-11 · HAQQ Research · 12 min · ai-legal-tech
  AI is replacing paralegal tasks, not paralegals. The data on what AI does well, what it fails at, and what paralegals should learn to stay valuable.
• AI Contract Drafting: The 2026 Guide (and Risks)
  2026-06-11 · HAQQ Research · 13 min · guides
  The best AI for contract drafting scored 47/50 on our benchmark; 24% of AI legal answers miscite law. The workflow that captures the speed without the risk.
• Harvey AI Review 2026: Benchmark Scores + Real Alternatives
  2026-06-11 · HAQQ Research · 11 min · ai-legal-tech
  The only Harvey AI review with published benchmark scores: 38/50 vs HAQQ's 49/50. What Harvey does well, what it really costs, and alternatives by use case.
• The 19 Best Legal AI Tools in 2026, Ranked by Benchmark
  2026-06-11 · HAQQ Research · 11 min · ai-legal-tech
  We scored 19 legal AI tools and frontier models on a published 50-point benchmark. The full ranking, what each tool is for, and why most lists lie.
• AI Lawyer UAE: What It Can Actually Do for You in 2026
  2026-06-11 · HAQQ Research · 11 min · guides
  What an AI lawyer can do in the UAE today: labour, tenancy, traffic, contracts. What is free, what is paid, Arabic support, and when you still need a human.
• Legal AI in Saudi Arabia: The 2026 Practitioner's Guide
  2026-06-11 · HAQQ Research · 12 min · mena
  Saudi Arabia codified its civil law, digitized its courts, and grew MENA's deepest legal AI cluster. A practitioner's guide to tools, use cases and PDPL.
• Legal AI Statistics 2026: How Many Lawyers Actually Use AI
  2026-06-11 · HAQQ Research · 12 min · ai-legal-tech
  How many lawyers use AI in 2026? Between 26% and 92%, depending who you ask. 38 verified legal AI statistics, plus benchmark data nobody else has.
• Can AI Give Legal Advice? We Tested It on 100 Real Questions
  2026-06-11 · HAQQ Research · 11 min · guides
  Can AI give legal advice? Legally no, and we are the only ones who measured the rest: 3 frontier models, 100 real legal questions, 78-88% pass rates.
• The Best Legal AI for Small Law Firms (2026 Buyer's Guide)
  2026-06-11 · HAQQ Research · 11 min · guides
  Solo and 1-10 lawyer firms don't need six subscriptions. Real cost math, 3,000 graded answers, and the 5 capabilities that actually matter in legal AI.
• Best AI for Legal Work in 2026? We Graded 3,000 Answers
  2026-06-05 · HAQQ Research · 14 min · ai-legal-tech
  We graded 3,000 answers from 10 frontier models on 300 legal tasks. Claude Opus wins, GPT-5.5 is most accurate - and 24% cite law that doesn't back them.
• HAQQ launches mobile app bringing Legal AI to everyday legal situations
  2026-05-26 · Stephane Boghossian · 6 min · company
  HAQQ's mobile app brings Legal AI Chat to iOS and Android: contract review, clause analysis and structured legal drafts, free to download worldwide.
• Arabic AI Lawyer Apps Compared (2026): Adel, Shwra & More
  2026-05-22 · HAQQ Team · 10 min · mena
  18 Arabic legal AI products compared — Adel, Shwra, Arabic.ai, Laiwyer — on four corners: consumer, mobile, multi-country, native Arabic. None hits all four.
• Best AI Lawyer Apps in 2026: We Mapped All 110 of Them
  2026-05-22 · HAQQ Team · 13 min · ai-legal-tech
  We mapped all ~110 consumer AI lawyer apps — ratings, pricing, jurisdictions, and what AI is inside. Only 1 of 110 discloses its model. The honest list.
• The Civil-Law Legal AI Benchmark: Why We Built HAQQ-LAB
  2026-05-22 · HAQQ Team · 14 min · ai-legal-tech
  Every major legal AI benchmark is common-law; civil law governs 60%+ of the world. HAQQ-LAB: 16 open-source MENA tasks, 4 traps — 0% vs 100% adherence.
• Governance by Construction: AI Guardrails You Can't Bypass
  2026-05-22 · HAQQ Team · 12 min · ai-legal-tech
  Six popular LLM guardrails were bypassed at 12–100% rates. Governance by construction builds the unsafe action out of the agent — nothing left to evade.
• Can Lawyers Use AI? A Country-by-Country Tracker (2026)
  2026-05-22 · HAQQ Team · 11 min · ai-legal-tech
  Yes — in most major markets, with duties attached. We tracked 17 jurisdictions: 8 permit with guidance, 2 restrict (EU, Qatar), 7 say nothing at all.
• AI Hallucination Cases: The 1,598-Case Sanctions Tracker
  2026-05-22 · HAQQ Team · 12 min · ai-legal-tech
  1,598 verified court cases now involve AI-fabricated citations, up from 200 a year ago. Landmark sanctions, the rate curve, and the fix. Updated monthly.
• State of Legal AI in MENA 2026: Companies, Funding, and Gaps
  2026-05-22 · HAQQ Team · 10 min · mena
  The 2026 map of legal AI in MENA: named startups across 8 countries, who has raised what (HAQQ's $3M leads), and Harvey's entry through Al Tamimi.
• How Much Do Lawyers Charge in Dubai? UAE Fees by City (2026)
  2026-05-22 · HAQQ Team · 9 min · mena
  Lawyers in Dubai bill AED 500–5,000+/hr; UAE contingency fees are now capped at 25%. Real 2026 fee ranges by matter type, plus the AI-assisted cost.
• Arabic Legal AI: The Gap Is Retrieval, Not Content
  2026-05-22 · HAQQ Team · 8 min · mena
  We ran the same legal queries in English and Arabic. Arabic returned 9x more primary law plus silent wrong-country errors. The gap is retrieval, not content.
• Legal Tech in the Middle East: The 2026 Field Guide
  2026-05-21 · HAQQ Team · 16 min · mena
  Gulf courts adopted AI before most US bars wrote rules, yet Arabic legal data stays scarce. Who's building, who's buying, and where the gap really is.
• Open Source Legal Software in 2026: The Full Landscape and HAQQ's Contributions
  2026-05-20 · Stephane Boghossian · 16 min · ai-legal-tech
  From CourtListener to Mike: the full 2026 map of open source legal software, what HAQQ ships back, and why the real bottleneck is data, not models.
• Spellbook AI Reviews 2026: Pricing, Features, and Spellbook Alternatives
  2026-05-20 · Stephane Boghossian · 12 min · ai-legal-tech
  Spellbook vs HAQQ in 2026: what the Word add-in does well, where document-level AI stops, and how to choose between a contract copilot and a legal OS.
• Legora Review 2026: Pricing, Alternatives and Legora vs HAQQ
  2026-05-20 · Stephane Boghossian · 18 min · ai-legal-tech
  Independent Legora review for 2026: indicative pricing, the LLM stack, who owns it, and how it compares with HAQQ, Harvey, Spellbook and CoCounsel.
• Docling Python: A Practical Guide to Processing Files in 2026
  2026-05-20 · Jad Jabbour · 10 min · guides
  Parse PDFs, Word and scanned files into clean Markdown with Docling, the open-source Python library. Install steps, chunking and RAG-ready code examples.
• ChatGPT for Lawyers in 2026: What It Does Well and Where Legal AI Wins
  2026-05-20 · Stephane Boghossian · 6 min · ai-legal-tech
  We ran the same NDA review on ChatGPT and HAQQ. One returned commentary; the other an 11-page exportable risk report. ChatGPT itself scored the winner.
• Legal AI Plugins in 2026: What They Do and Where They Stop
  2026-05-20 · Stephane Boghossian · 5 min · ai-legal-tech
  Legal AI plugins handle tasks — contract review, NDA triage, clause drafting. Here is where browser and Word plugins stop, and what a legal OS adds on top.
• AI Hallucinations in Law: 1,313 Court Cases and Counting
  2026-05-19 · HAQQ Legal AI · 45 min · ai-legal-tech
  1,313 court proceedings, 496 sanctioned attorneys, five enforcement tracks across 106 countries. The global report on AI hallucinations in law.
• Large Language Models for Lawyers: The 2026 Guide
  2026-05-19 · Issam Amro · 18 min · guides
  How large language models work, why they hallucinate, and how to prompt them safely — a plain-English 2026 guide for practicing lawyers. No CS degree needed.
• AI Prompts for Lawyers: 168-Prompt Library + 2026 Guide
  2026-05-19 · Stephane Boghossian · 18 min · guides
  Copy-ready AI prompts for lawyers by practice area, the Role + Context + Task + Format formula, seven techniques, and a free 168-prompt library.
• AI Ethics in Law: ABA Opinion 512, the EU AI Act and What Lawyers Must Do
  2026-05-19 · Issam Amro · 7 min · guides
  ABA Opinion 512, UN and EU frameworks, and the lawyer duties of competence, confidentiality, candour and supervision — what ethical AI use requires in 2026.
• Prompt Engineering for Lawyers: 7 Principles That Hold Up
  2026-05-19 · Issam Amro · 9 min · guides
  Seven prompt engineering principles for lawyers — context, role assignment, few-shot examples, verification — that produce accurate, defensible legal output.
• Agentic Legal AI: Why Multi-Agent Systems Beat Single LLMs
  2026-05-19 · Issam Amro · 14 min · ai-legal-tech
  Why multi-agent architectures beat single-LLM tools at legal work: task routing, jurisdiction-aware retrieval, citation verification, structured output.
• The 10 Types of Legal Work and Why AI Treats Each One Differently
  2026-05-19 · Issam Amro · 15 min · ai-legal-tech
  Ten types of legal work, each with different risk and AI fit — from drafting to advocacy strategy. The map to read before buying any legal AI tool.
• Prompt Injection in Legal AI: 5 Attacks, 5 Blocks, 1.84 ms
  2026-05-18 · Stephane Boghossian · 9 min · ai-legal-tech
  Five adversarial NDAs, five prompt-injection payloads, one zero-dependency scanner — all blocked in under 2 ms. How injection hits legal AI and what stops it.
• AI Contract Review in 2026: The Lawyer's Complete Guide
  2026-05-18 · Stephane Boghossian · 14 min · guides
  How AI contract review works in 2026: clause detection, risk scoring, playbook enforcement, and how to choose software your lawyers will actually use.
• The Best LLM for Legal Writing in 2026: A Lawyer's Comparison
  2026-05-18 · Stephane Boghossian · 12 min · ai-legal-tech
  Which LLM should write your legal articles? We ranked the three Legal GPTs, Claude with the legal plugin, and purpose-built legal AI — with prompts that work.
• AI Document Review Software in 2026: Beyond RAG and Chatbots
  2026-05-18 · Stephane Boghossian · 12 min · ai-legal-tech
  RAG chunking destroys legal document structure. How knowledge graphs, span-level search and extractive entity linking power portfolio-scale review.
• Best AI for Legal Research: 3 Models vs 100 Real Questions
  2026-05-18 · Issam Amro · 12 min · ai-legal-tech
  We scored Claude, GPT-4o and Gemini on 100 real legal questions from r/legaladvice. Pass rates 78–88% — and the weakest dimension wasn't accuracy.
• Claude for Lawyers: What 20,000 Legal Pros Asked Anthropic
  2026-05-17 · Stephane Boghossian · 45 min · ai-legal-tech
  Anthropic's legal webinar drew 20,000 registrants and 51 upvoted questions. What lawyers asked about privilege, hallucinations and Claude — answered.
• Legal Tech Trends 2026: Funding, AI Governance, and the MENA Leap
  2026-05-17 · Stephane Boghossian · 22 min · mena
  Legal tech in 2026: who got funded (Ivo $55M, Lawhive $60M, HAQQ $3M), who consolidated, what courts sanctioned, and why MENA is the regulatory lab.
• Legal AI Workflows: What Actually Automates Law Firm Admin in 2026
  2026-05-16 · Stephane Boghossian · 5 min · ai-legal-tech
  Intake, scheduling and first drafts are automating fast. Where legal AI workflows break — the compliance wall, the last mile — and what works instead.
• Legal Engineering: The 2026 Guide to AI-Powered Legal Workflows
  2026-05-15 · Stephane Boghossian · 25 min · guides
  Legal engineering, explained: the TIRO pattern and the multi-agent pipelines that turn one AI model into partner-level legal work product (2026 guide).
• Context Engineering for Lawyers: The 2026 Guide to Reliable Legal AI
  2026-05-14 · Stephane Boghossian · 10 min · guides
  Context engineering is what makes legal AI reliable. Retrieval, grounding, 200K-token context windows, and the three failure modes every lawyer should know.
• Why Legal Tech Fails: 6 Pitfalls and What Actually Works
  2026-05-13 · Stephane Boghossian · 14 min · ai-legal-tech
  Most legal tech implementations fail — and it's rarely the software. The configuration trap, six human pitfalls, and the framework winning firms use.
• Human-in-the-Loop AI: The Definitive Guide for Lawyers (2026)
  2026-05-12 · Stephane Boghossian · 12 min · ai-legal-tech
  What human-in-the-loop means in legal AI, the five failure modes only lawyers catch, and how to design oversight that satisfies EU AI Act and ABA rules.
• M&A Due Diligence AI: Single Prompt vs a 3-Agent Swarm
  2026-05-11 · Stephane Boghossian · 10 min · ai-legal-tech
  Same model, same 30-doc data room. A single prompt caught 3/5 planted issues; a 3-agent swarm caught 5/5. The misses are structural — here is why.
• Legal AI Market Report 2026: Sanctions & $11B Valuations
  2026-05-10 · Stephane Boghossian · 18 min · ai-legal-tech
  Q1 2026: $145K in AI sanctions, Harvey at $11B, Legora $5.55B, and a ruling that public AI outputs aren't privileged. The full legal AI market report.
• AI Will Generator: How to Draft a Jurisdiction-Aware Will with HAQQ
  2026-05-08 · Rayan Shaikh · 6 min · guides
  How to draft a will with AI, step by step: the exact prompt, jurisdiction-aware succession rules for UAE expats, and a full video walkthrough.
• HAQQ Legal Agent Study: A Long-Horizon Legal AI Benchmark
  2026-05-06 · Stephane Boghossian · 11 min · ai-legal-tech
  1,372 long-horizon legal tasks, 24 practice areas, ~78,000 rubric criteria, all-pass grading. The first legal agent benchmark built for civil law and MENA.
• What an AI-Drafted Motion Costs: $1.67 Routed, $4.55 Sloppy
  2026-05-05 · Stephane Boghossian · 9 min · ai-legal-tech
  An AI-drafted motion to dismiss costs $1.67 — or $4.55 if you run everything on the biggest model. Where the money goes, stage by stage, and the fix.
• Can AI Plan Litigation? We Built a GOAP Planner to Find Out
  2026-05-05 · Stephane Boghossian · 9 min · ai-legal-tech
  We built a working A* litigation planner in 517 lines — then refused to use it. The four gates any AI planner must pass before touching a real matter.
• HAQQ Launches Project Workspaces for Legal Matters
  2026-04-28 · Stephane Boghossian · 5 min · company
  Project Workspaces gives every legal matter one home: a unified file library, linked eFirm records, and project-scoped AI chats. Available on all paid plans.
• Why ChatGPT Fails Lawyers: Notes From 3 US Attorneys
  2026-04-19 · Stephane Boghossian · 14 min · ai-legal-tech
  Three US attorneys asked how HAQQ differs from ChatGPT. The answer: a 20-page NDA cross-analysis in 90 seconds and an engine that says 'I don't know'.
• Legal AI Vendor Red Flags: The 45-Point Evaluation Checklist
  2026-04-11 · Stephane Boghossian · 18 min · guides
  45 red flags across 8 criteria - security, privacy, robustness, cost - to check before signing any legal AI contract. From the first buyer-led framework.
• Claude for Word launched. Here's what lawyers actually need to know.
  2026-04-11 · HAQQ Legal AI · 6 min · ai-legal-tech
  Claude for Word is genuinely good — but data deleted in 30 days, no audit logs, and a Team/Enterprise paywall matter for law firms. The honest breakdown.
• Claude vs HAQQ: 5 Rounds on Real Startup Legal Documents
  2026-04-09 · Stephane Boghossian · 14 min · ai-legal-tech
  Claude drafted real co-founder and IP agreements; HAQQ found 13 critical issues plus 5 German-law fixes Claude missed. Five rounds, 10 pages to 32.
• Legal Ontology AI: How We Cut Legal AI Costs by 97%
  2026-04-01 · Stephane Boghossian · 25 min · ai-legal-tech
  A legal ontology replaced 300 MCP tools with 7 and cut AI costs from $0.60 to $0.02 per message. Why RAG fails for law, plus the 7-step build playbook.
• Legal AI Predictions to 2030: What 72 AI Agents Forecast
  2026-03-30 · HAQQ Team · 26 min · ai-legal-tech
  We ran 3 parallel simulations with 72 AI agents and 1,543 interactions to score legal AI's future: Harvey IPO odds, AI malpractice settlements, BigLaw cuts.
• NotebookLM for Lawyers: Memory With Search, Not Legal AI
  2026-03-20 · Issam Amro · 8 min · ai-legal-tech
  A partner cross-references six years of depositions in 90 seconds with NotebookLM. What AI memory tools do well for lawyers — and where they stop.
• HAQQ Legal Technologies and Tawqi3i Announce Strategic Partnership to Integrate Legal AI and Digital Signatures
  2026-03-10 · Antoine Kanaan · 4 min · company
  HAQQ and Tawqi3i join forces to combine AI-powered legal intelligence with secure digital signatures, enabling fully digital legal workflows across the region.
• Claude Didn't Kill Legal Tech. It Exposed the Weak Layer.
  2026-03-08 · Stephane Boghossian · 14 min · ai-legal-tech
  Claude's legal plugin didn't replace the legal stack — it exposed the weak layer. What it actually replaces, what it can't touch, and where it fits.
• Nippon Life v. OpenAI: ChatGPT Accused of Practicing Law
  2026-03-08 · Issam Amro · 8 min · ai-legal-tech
  Nippon Life v. OpenAI: a $10M suit alleging ChatGPT practised law without a licence, cited a fake case and told a claimant to fire her attorney.
• AI Use Cases in Law: 20 High-Impact Applications for MENA Law Firms
  2026-02-25 · Stephane Boghossian · 14 min · mena
  Most AI use cases in law firms do not produce competitive advantage. Here are 20 that actually move the needle — and why they fail without structured data.
• HAQQ × Highworth: Expanding into Europe
  2026-02-19 · Stephane Boghossian · 4 min · company
  HAQQ and Highworth have come together in a strategic collaboration to make international growth into Europe simpler, more transparent, and more accessible for founders and growing businesses.
• Criminal Complaint After a Labour Case in Dubai: What to Do
  2026-02-18 · Stephane Boghossian · 18 min · guides
  Won your Dubai labour case but the employer filed a criminal complaint? The two-track strategy to clear your name and still enforce your judgment.
• Series B Secondary via Nominee SPV: The Legal Architecture
  2026-02-18 · Stephane Boghossian · 18 min · guides
  A real Series B secondary through a nominee SPV: preference stacks, ROFR timing, warranty survival gaps and the five places deals break in diligence.
• Oman Legal Landscape 2026: Investment, Data, Vision 2040
  2026-02-18 · Issam Amro · 6 min · mena
  Oman's legal reforms in plain terms: 100% foreign ownership under Royal Decree 50/2019, the Personal Data Protection Law, and Vision 2040's framework.
• Are AI Chats Privileged? A Federal Court Says No
  2026-02-15 · Stephane Boghossian · 14 min · ai-legal-tech
  A federal judge ruled 31 AI-generated documents are not privileged. Why AI chats are discoverable, and what lawyers must change in engagement letters now.
• HAQQ and Mani Group Sign Strategic Partnership
  2026-02-10 · HAQQ · 4 min · company
  HAQQ has signed a strategic MoU with Mani Group, establishing a long-term framework for cooperation across mutual marketing, professional training, and complementary service delivery.
• HAQQ Partners with ONEIC to Expand Legal AI in Oman
  2026-02-09 · HAQQ · 4 min · company
  HAQQ Inc has entered into a strategic partnership with ONEIC, establishing a framework to expand sovereign legal AI infrastructure in the Sultanate of Oman.
• Discounted Legal AI for Law Students and Professors — HAQQ
  2026-02-05 · Antoine Kanaan · 6 min · company
  HAQQ Legal AI offers law students and professors 30-50% off paid access. Jurisdiction-aware research, drafting and citations at a student price.
• Legal AI vs Generic AI: What Lawyers Risk With ChatGPT
  2026-02-05 · Issam Amro · 7 min · ai-legal-tech
  Specialist legal AI beat lawyer baselines 94.8% vs 70.1% on document Q&A. Generic chatbots hallucinate and leak data. The gap, and who it hurts most.
• HAQQ × Amman Arab University: Legal AI Partnership
  2026-02-04 · Antoine Kanaan · 5 min · company
  HAQQ and Amman Arab University explore strategic partnership to integrate AI-powered legal technologies into legal education and advance e-litigation and artificial intelligence in Jordan.
• HAQQ Partners with the Jordanian Arbitrators Association
  2026-02-03 · Antoine Kanaan · 4 min · company
  HAQQ Legal AI and the Jordanian Arbitrators Association partner to empower arbitrators and enhance the efficiency of the arbitration ecosystem in Jordan through advanced legal AI technologies.
• HAQQ Legal AI Raises $3M to Digitize Justice
  2026-02-01 · Antoine Kanaan · 7 min · company
  HAQQ Legal AI has raised $3M to date, led by Sowlutions Ventures, to scale its Justinian legal AI engine and practice management platform worldwide.
• AI Agents for Legal Drafting: The Moltobot Experiment
  2026-01-25 · Stephane Boghossian · 7 min · ai-legal-tech
  We plugged an autonomous AI agent into HAQQ's prompt library to draft a cross-border JV contract. It scored 99% on our internal legal quality index.
• We Benchmarked 7 LLMs on New York Litigation Strategy
  2026-01-14 · Stephane Boghossian · 12 min · ai-legal-tech
  Seven AI models, one $250,000 unpaid-invoice prompt under New York law. Most sounded confident; few got CPLR procedure and collection strategy right.
• The Future of Legal Technology: 4 Trends That Matter in 2026
  2026-01-12 · Stephane Boghossian · 8 min · ai-legal-tech
  Four trends reshaping legal work in 2026: AI-embedded workflows, shared knowledge, security as table stakes, and the end of pure hourly billing.
• Legal Tech Conferences 2026: The Events That Actually Matter
  2026-01-07 · Stephane Boghossian · 12 min · mena
  A curated calendar of the legal and legal-tech events worth attending in 2026 - Legalweek, ABA TECHSHOW, ClioCon, plus the MENA rooms most lists miss.
• HAQQ Announces the Launch of HAQQ Legal AI Chat
  2025-12-12 · Stephane Boghossian · 6 min · ai-legal-tech
  A Legal AI Twin built to draft, analyze, and manage legal work the way real lawyers do. HAQQ Legal AI Chat is the intelligence layer of the HAQQ platform.
• Legal Practice Management Software That Adapts to Your Firm
  2025-12-05 · Stephane Boghossian · 9 min · ai-legal-tech
  Law firms differ in workflows, jurisdictions and drafting style, yet most legal software ships rigid. How HAQQ reshapes itself around your firm's work.