Legal technology has always been largely need driven, whether that need be meeting client demands for cost cutting or keeping up with the increasing amounts of data litigators are now charged with culling through in complex litigation. With the bump in high-profile cyberattacks like this week's Petya attack and the WannaCry hacks earlier this year, regulatory compliance and digital security are becoming a much more difficult for organizations to address.

Perhaps tapping into these needs, business forensics group K2 Intelligence this week launched a new in-house technology lab, AgileTechnologies, to build customized regulatory compliance and cybersecurity investigation technology for the firm's clients.

The technology lab plans to make use of developments in artificial intelligence and machine learning, analytics, anti-money laundering (AML) transaction monitoring and lookback regulatory compliance and investigative tools to build out tailored toolkits for different business and litigation needs.