Midpage Taps Into Claude to Upgrade Legal Research

Midpage launches a direct connection to Claude, giving lawyers verified case law access straight from Anthropic's AI platform.

The move comes as law firms increasingly rely on general-purpose AI tools for daily legal work, and as the global legal tech market grows at 9.2% year over year. Midpage built the connection using MCP, an open protocol that lets external tools plug into AI systems without a formal partnership agreement.

Law firms already spend heavily on AI. Legal tech spending at U.S. firms grew 9.7% in 2025, the fastest real growth the industry has recorded, according to a joint report by Thomson Reuters and Georgetown Law. Nearly 72% of legal teams have integrated automation into their workflows, and 67% have shifted toward AI-driven research tools.

Yet a core problem remains: general AI tools cannot reliably access or verify case law on their own. When Claude searches the web to answer a legal question, it can only reach a fraction of the case law that exists. The results it finds are often outdated or poorly organized. Midpage's integration directly targets this gap by connecting Claude to a comprehensive, up-to-date database with verified sources.