Legaltech Week: Recent Episodes
Populus Radio, Robert Ambrogi
A weekly round-up and review of news in legal technology and innovation. Hosted by lawyer and journalist Bob Ambrogi, with commentary from a revolving panel of industry experts. Delivered every Friday, in 15 minutes or less.
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
(00:00) Introductions
(06:21) AI Evidence Blurring the Line Between Reality and Fiction (Selected by Niki Black)
(17:26) When Zero Data Retention Stops Being Zero: The New Reality in AI Governance (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
(26:11) What Chinese Open-Weight AI Models Mean for Legal Tech (Selected by Rhys Dipshan)
(38:09) The Emerging Landscape of Custom Legal Research Tools (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
(00:00) Introductions
(03:55) AALL: A Good Time Was Had by All (Selected by Stephen Embry)
(18:12) OpenAI Says Rogue AI Models Broke Free from Human Control. Some See It as a "Warning Shot" (Selected by Julie Sobowale)
(35:28) NYC Bar Provides Roadmap for Navigating AI Privilege Issues (Selected by Niki Black)
(41:06) New Jersey Introduces "First-of-its-Kind" AI Tool for Public Defenders (Selected by Victor Li)
(43:57) Built By Lawyers, For Lawyers: DingDuff Is a Free Claude Connector That Its Founders Say Rivals the Legal Research Giants (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
(00:00) Introductions
(04:23) TX Bar AI Use Survey (Selected by Niki Black)
(16:49) AI-First Law Firms Don't Work Fewer Hours, They Work Smarter Hours (Selected by Joe Patrice)
(32:38) Rising Pro Se Filings Push Federal Courts to Examine Case Management in the AI Era (Selected by Rhys Dipshan & Stephen Embry)
(47:31) Increasing Popularity of Smart Glasses Could Lead to More Workplace Disputes (Selected by Victor Li)
(52:02) Litera Relaunches Its Brand Around a Unified Vision: One AI Agent Spanning the Practice and Business of Law (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
(00:00) Panelist Introductions
(03:04) UChicago Law Bans Laptops from 1L Classrooms As Part of Sweeping New AI Strategy for Legal Education (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
(25:54) Agentic AI For Forensics Investigations Is Fast, Auditable, And About To Bloody Daubert (Selected by Joe Patrice)
(38:38) Is Corporate and Legal Ready for a Shift from Subscription-Based AI to Usage-Based? Apparently Not. (Selected by Stephen Embry)
(47:25) Who's Investing in Legal Tech This Year? Here's the Data / Top Legal Tech Funding Rounds of 2026 (So Far) (Selected by Rhys Dipshan)
(54:48) Are AI Prompts Privileged? Time Will Tell. (Selected by Niki Black)
Each week, our panelists discuss their favorite stories from the week's news in legal technology.
This week's topics:
(00:00) Panelist introductions
(2:44) Thomson Reuters Event (Selected by Joe Patrice)
(34:00) University of Texas Law Dean Shifts AI Policy to Prevent "Cognitive Deskilling" (Selected by Victor Li)
(40:03) Fighting Hallucinations: How to Choose the Right AI Citation Checkers (Selected by Niki Black)
Each week, our panelists discuss their favorite stories from the week's news in legal technology.
This week's topics:
(00:00) Panelist introductions
(05:18) Legora Builds a Pub at LegalTechTalk and Other LegalTechTalk Low Down (Selected by Caroline Hill)
(14:46) AI-Generated Transcript Mistake Doesn't Impact Court Ruling: eDiscovery Case Law (Selected by Doug Austin)
(25:44) Does AI Give Male Lawyers Better Resumes? (Selected by Joe Patrice)
(32:24) This Week Saw A Slew Of New Legal Tech CEOs. But Why? (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
42:00) Every Lawyer in the Case Is Guilty of Failing to Verify Cites. It's Not Good to Piss Off Federal District Court Judges (Selected by Stephen Embry)
Each week, our panelists discuss their favorite stories from the week's news in legal technology.
This week's topics:
00:00 Panelist introductions
17:05 Can a Legal AI Platform Be Powerful, Fun and Free All at the Same Time? Lavern Surely Thinks So. (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
24:48 Ironclad Founder Jason Boehmig Joins OpenAI To Develop Products for the Legal Sector (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
33:30 A Data Breach Lawsuit Against a Law Firm With a Slightly New Twist (Selected by Stephen Embry)
41:29 The Em Dash Is Dead. Long Live the En Dash! (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
Each week, our panelists discuss their favorite stories from the week's news in legal technology.
This week's topics:
(00:00) Panelist introductions
(2:00) Judiciary Tried To Hide 'Sex In Chambers' Judge's Name. It Left A Roadmap To Identify Eleanor Ross Instead. (Selected by Joe Patrice)
(22:34) Florida Supreme Court Tackles AI Hallucinations with New Rule Applicable to All State Courts (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
(25:02) In Banning AI, Is Berkeley Law Shortchanging Its Students — and Endangering Their Future Clients? (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
(39:54) McMahon, WWE Leaders Sanctioned for Deleting Signal Messages (Selected by Victor Li)
(44:20) Kirkland Announces $500M Spend to Build Internal AI Platform (Selected by Joe Patrice)
Each week, our panelists discuss their favorite stories from the week's news in legal technology.
This week's topics:
(07:31) Are hallucinations now a new Scarlet Letter? (Selected by Stephen Embry)
(14:28) ChatGPT Confesses to a Crime It Didn't Commit (Selected by Joe Patrice)
(18:30) How Much Legal Research Can You Actually Do Via Claude for Legal? (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
(25:30) Claude for Legal and Access to Justice: The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
(29:32) The Claude-pocalypse Bypassed Legal Aid; LawDroid's New Plugin Remedies That, with 15 Targeted Skills (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
(32:29) Company Hands Law Firm Hiring Over To AI Bot -- What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (Selected by Joe Patrice)
(39:16) Banning smart glasses in courtrooms (Selected by Stephen Embry)
(50:00) Relativity Adds Collection of Claude Enterprise Data with Claude Compliance API Integration (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
Each week, our panelists discuss their favorite stories from the week's news in legal technology.
This week's topics:
(00:00) Panelist introductions
(04:03) Anthropic Unveils 'Claude for Legal' With 12 New Plugins, 20+ MCP Connectors & More (Selected by many)
(04:42) A Timeline of Anthropic's Entry Into Legal (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
(10:14) Two Legal Research Providers Launch MCP Integrations with Claude: Thomson Reuters and Free Law Project Connect Their Data to AI (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
(44:22) NetDocuments Unveils Legal Context Graph to Map Legal Knowledge, Alongside A 'Reimagined' Platform (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
(48:29) Neal Katyal draws criticism over TED Talk revealing AI use in SCOTUS tariffs case (Selected by Victor Li)
Each week, our panelists discuss their favorite stories from the week's news in legal technology.
This week's topics:
00:00 Panelist introductions
3:09 A new open source legal AI tool vibe coded by former Latham & Watkins associate William Chen is causing market excitement, with end users claiming it will change their negotiation strength. (Selected by Caroline Hill)
17:22 The Legal Tech Giants Powering ICE, Part 1 — How Thomson Reuters and LexisNexis Helped Support America's Immigration Surveillance Machine / The Legal Tech Giants Powering ICE, Part 2 — The Pushback: Employees, Shareholders, Lawyers and the Fight Over May 31 (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
28:17 Google's AI Summary Invents State Ethics Rules… And It's Not A Hallucination Problem (Selected by Joe Patrice)
38:36 Prosecutor suspended by state supreme court for artificial intelligence use in court docs (Selected by Victor Li)
49:31 Rethinking How We Train the Next Generation of Lawyers (Selected by Niki Black)
Each week, our panelists discuss their favorite stories from the week's news in legal technology.
This week's topics:
00:00 Panelist introductions
3:16 Legal tech company Legora announces global ad campaign featuring actor Jude Law (Selected by Victor Li) Victor introduces the episode's first major story, using it as a "big news" kickoff. The panel discusses Legora's decision to use a major Hollywood actor in its marketing and what that signals about the maturation and competitiveness of the legal tech market.
15:44 Legal Tech Funding: 2026 Is on Track to Outpace 2025 (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) Victor pivots directly to Stephanie, who outlines how 2026 funding is trending ahead of 2025, with outsized rounds concentrating capital among a small group of leading companies and reshaping the competitive landscape.
26:27 Inside an "AI-Native Law Firm" Started by Cooley, Fenwick and Thomson Reuters Veterans (Selected by Rhys Dipshan) Victor hands off to Rhys, who describes a new AI-native firm built by industry veterans. The discussion focuses on what "AI-native" actually means in practice and whether this model represents a fundamental shift in law firm structure.
40:44 Claude Legal Is Here, and It's Worth a Closer Look (Selected by Niki Black) Victor introduces Niki's segment on Claude Legal. She walks through its capabilities and potential impact, emphasizing how it fits into legal research workflows and enhances analytical depth.
50:59 Lawsuits are and will proliferate against LLM providers based on potential product liability theories (Selected by Stephen Embry) Victor transitions to Stephen, who explains how traditional product liability theories could apply to AI systems, predicting an increase in litigation as reliance on LLMs grows.
57:09 The latest AI hallucination involved zero AI (Selected by Joe Patrice) Victor closes with Joe's story, a humorous but pointed example of a so-called "AI hallucination" that had nothing to do with AI, illustrating how the term is often misused.
Each week, our panelists discuss their favorite stories from the week's legaltech news.
This week's topics:
00:00 Introductions
2:50 Three Decisions, No Consensus: The Current State of Privilege for GenAI Materials (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) The episode opens with a discussion of three recent court decisions addressing whether generative AI outputs are protected by privilege. The rulings reach different conclusions, highlighting a lack of consensus and creating uncertainty for lawyers using AI in their workflows.
17:52 Courtroom5 Launches The LAW Accelerator, a Structured Program to Help Self-Represented Litigants Navigate Civil Court (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) Courtroom5 introduces a structured accelerator program aimed at helping self-represented litigants navigate civil court. The panel discusses its potential to close access-to-justice gaps by providing scalable, tech-enabled legal guidance.
24:41 LawNext Podcast: Learned Hand's Shlomo Klapper on Why Courts Are the Next Frontier for Legal AI (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) Building on a LawNext interview, this segment explores why courts may become the next major arena for AI adoption, including opportunities for efficiency as well as risks around fairness and reliability.
32:18 NY Balances Tradition and Innovation in Legal Services Regulation (Selected by Niki Black) New York's evolving regulatory approach reflects an effort to modernize legal services while preserving core professional principles. The discussion focuses on how incremental reform may shape innovation and access.
38:27 How far should courts go in the use of AI (Selected by Stephen Embry) A broader policy conversation about the appropriate limits of AI in the judicial system, including transparency, accountability, and whether courts should lead or follow in adoption.
44:55 Jones Day Hack (Selected by Joe Patrice) A reported cybersecurity incident involving Jones Day prompts discussion about law firm vulnerabilities, client data risks, and the growing importance of cybersecurity preparedness.
47:42 Penalties stack up as AI spreads through the legal system (Selected by Victor Li) Courts are increasingly sanctioning improper uses of AI, particularly where lawyers rely on hallucinated or unverified outputs. The panel emphasizes the importance of competence and oversight.
50:36 Penalties stack up as AI spreads through the legal system (Selected by Julie Sobowale) Further discussion expands on the consequences of AI misuse, including how enforcement actions may shape professional norms and expectations going forward.
Each week, our panelists discuss their favorite stories from the week's news in legal technology.
This week's topics:
00:00 Panelist introductions
04:30 Reflections on recent conferences
17:38 The NFL Has a New Official Professional Services Partner, and Yes, It's a Legal Tech Company (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) A surprising partnership signals how mainstream legal tech has become, with even major sports leagues investing in legal service innovation.
26:02 Survey Finds Majority of Federal Judges Have Used AI in Their Work, But Daily Use Remains Rare (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) A new survey reveals that while many judges have experimented with AI, routine adoption remains limited—highlighting both curiosity and caution within the judiciary.
34:03 Why Our Firm Still Prohibits Generative AI for Legal Research and Written Advocacy (Selected by Steve Salkin) A law firm takes a firm stance against generative AI in core legal work, raising questions about risk, reliability, and professional responsibility.
46:13 Firm hiring of associates with AI experience up 106% since last year, new report says (Selected by Victor Li) Demand for AI-savvy lawyers is surging, suggesting a fundamental shift in how firms evaluate talent and future-proof their workforce.
47:30 Some Federal Judges Are Embracing Gen AI, Though Many Are Split on Its Potential for Courts (Selected by Rhys Dipshan) Judicial perspectives on AI remain divided, with some embracing its efficiency and others wary of its implications for fairness and accuracy.
49:33 Demand for Legal Engineers Skyrockets in the AI Age (Selected by Rhys Dipshan) The rise of "legal engineers" reflects the growing intersection of law and technology, as firms seek professionals who can bridge both worlds.
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week we're all getting home from Legalweek, where there was no shortage of news being announced.
Decompress with us as we sort through some of the conference's biggest news.
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
00:00 Introductions
03:16 Judge threatens AI glass wearers with contempt during Mark Zuckerberg's testimony (Selected by Niki Black)
13:29 'No End in Sight': 5th Circuit Expresses Concern Over AI Hallucinations in Briefs (Selected by Julie Sobowale)
27:21 Your next law firm recruiting interview may be with a bot or be a simulation (Selected by Stephen Embry)
34:53 AltaClaro & Verbit Partner to Launch DepoSim, an Immersive AI Deposition Simulator (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
44:59 Harvey Partners with … well, Harvey, Its Namesake, As Brand Spokesperson (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
49:03 Arizona Republic Investigation Finds Consumer Harm, Loopholes, and Conflicts of Interest in Arizona's Legal Regulatory Reform (Selected by Victor Li)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
00:00 Introductions
05:10 SDNY Rules AI-Generated Documents Are Not Protected by Privilege (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
21:38 Legal Tech Companies Rush to Integrate Claude's Legal Plugin (Selected by Rhys Dipshan)
27:58 Baker McKenzie Blamed AI For Massive Layoff, But The Problem Is Much More Complicated (Selected by Joe Patrice)
32:41 Instead Of Replacing Departing Associate, Firm Leaned On AI. Costs Are Down 27 Percent And Profits Are Up. (Selected by Julie Sobowale)
36:41 New Lawyers Are Expected to Be AI Savvy, New Study Shows (Selected by Victor Li)
41:37 Law Firms and Legal Departments Dip Toes Into Agentic AI as Gen AI Use Surges (Selected by Rhys Dipshan)
42:04 California's Warning Shot: Lawyers Can't Outsource Responsibility to AI (Selected by Niki Black)
46:05 OpenAI Tests Skills – In-house Legal Teams Are Being Contacted – This Isn't Yet Public Domain (Selected by Stephen Embry and Caroline Hill)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
00:00 Introductions
5:43 Claude/Anthropic "Claudepocalypse" legal plugin triggers market/legal-industry meltdown (Selected by Bob Ambrogi / Caroline Hill / Stephanie Wilkins)
27:52 AI agents gone wild: AI agents forming their own social network (Selected by Julie Sobowale)
33:16 AI agents can now "rent a human" for mundane tasks (Selected by Stephen Embry)
38:01 Epstein Files: discovery/redaction problems and what it reveals (Selected by Joe Patrice)
44:35 LSC Innovation Conference + blueprint for narrowing the justice gap through technology (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
51:05 Should AI companies be held liable for deepfakes? (Selected by Victor Li)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
00:00 Introductions
2:56 Law firm Phishing over christmas (Selected by Joe Patrice)
11:18 How much do legal leaders trust artificial intelligence in high-stakes decisions? New study sheds light (Selected by Victor Li)
18:06 Are mandatory hyperlinks a solution to the lawyers' hallucination problems? (Selected by Stephen Embry)
30:01 LawNext: From Roommates to Billionaires: Harvey's Founders Gabriel Pereyra and Winston Weinberg on Building AI Infrastructure for Law (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
39:44 OpenAI wants your IP (Selected by Joe Patrice)
49:38 Alexi Fires Back at Fastcase Lawsuit with Counterclaims Alleging Anticompetitive Conduct Following Clio's $1B Acquisition (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
00:00 Introductions
7:12 NYC on the Ethics of Using AI Tools During Client Meetings (Selected by Niki Black)
22:25 Supreme Court hacked (Selected by Joe Patrice)
31:20 Proposed California law on the use of AI. (Selected by Stephen Embry)
40:56 LTH GenAI Legal Tech Map: December 2025 (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
48:09 AI Startup AlphaLit Raises $3.2M Seed Round To Screen and Score Smaller Cases and Route them to Lawyers (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
This week is a special episode for us.
Watch to hear our panelists predictions about what 2026 will hold for legal technology, and how our 2025 predictions played out.
Topics include:
00:00 Introductions
20:46 Lawyers increasingly supplementing AI functionality in trusted products with General-use AI tools (Selected by Niki Black)
27:54 In-house teams will be eating law firms' lunch (Selected by Caroline Hill)
44:31 Chances of federal regulation depends on what China does (Selected by Victor Li)
48:14 Serious one from beyond legal... the AI industry crashes unless the federal government embarks on a financially brutal bailout (Selected by Joe Patrice)
49:06 My conceit was predictions that should come true but won't. I can do Death of Billable Hour OR The end of Hallucinations (Selected by Joe Patrice)
Our favorite episode of the year, today's episode is our annual year in review, where we look back at the trends that defined 2025, and our favorite stories.
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 Introductions
02:34 Harvey Cofounders Answer Tough Questions in Reddit AMA: Valuation, Competition and the Future of Legal AI (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
20:21 Amid Legal Tech's Funding Frenzy, Don't Sleep on the Bootstrapped Builders (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
24:30 Trump signs executive order aimed at preventing states from regulating AI (Selected by Victor Li)
38:01 Pentagon Unveils New GenAI Platform, It Immediately Starts Flagging Pete Hegseth's War Crimes (Selected by Joe Patrice)
42:14 2025 tech gift ideas for legal professionals (Selected by Niki Black)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 Introductions
03:12 Fastcase Files Lawsuit Against Alexi Over Alleged Data Misuse and Trademark Infringement (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
15:30 Amid all the AI hoopla, Theres still a fundamental question. Do we have the energy capacity to serve all potential needs? And what happens if we dont? (Selected by Stephen Embry)
33:34 The Courtroom Tech Maze Noone Asked For (Selected by Niki Black)
42:25 ICE Using ChatGPT To Write Use-Of-Force Reports, As Fascism Meets Laziness (Selected by Joe Patrice)
50:04 A 30-year-old lawyer quit Big Law. Days later, she had a term sheet to raise $2.5 million for an AI law firm (Selected by Victor Li)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 Introductions
03:26 From 'Who Luck' to 'Who's Here?': The TLTF Summit Continues to Excel, Even As It Expands (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
20:36 Why "AI Essentials" Still Matter — Even for the Smartest People in the Room (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
21:25 Discussion on AI expectations, in-house vs. law-firm dynamics (Related to Rhys Dipshan's TLTF Summit Takeaways story)
25:48 McDermott acknowledges 'fielding inbound interest' from outside investors as it listens to new ideas (Selected by Caroline Hill / Victor Li)
31:11 Discussion on MSOs, private equity influence, and law-firm structural changes (Related to Rhys Dipshan's TLTF Summit Takeaways story)
51:47 Cohere is Canada's Biggest AI Hope. Why is it so American? (Selected by Julie Sobowale)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 Introductions
03:31 - Robin AI listed for distressed sale — Bob Ambrogi
05:46 - Harvey Raises $150M, Pushing Its Valuation to $8B — Stephanie Wilkins / Rhys Dipshan
20:20 - Biglaw Firm Signs Deal, Proving Clio's Enterprise Play Already Has Legs — Joe Patrice
27:59 - Law School Runs Mock Trial Before Jury Of AI Chatbots As Dystopian Nightmare Accelerates — Joe Patrice
38:32 - These people ditched lawyers for ChatGPT in court — Julie Sobowale
45:14 - Are Lawyers Next on AI's Chopping Block? — Niki Black
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 Introductions
06:20 — To A Sometimes 'Shell-Shocked' ClioCon Audience, Jack Newton Presented Clio's Vision for a New Era of AI-Driven Legal Work — Bob Ambrogi
13:32 — The Best Thing About ClioCon Was The Word No One Said — Joe Patrice
25:48 — New York Joins the Push for Ethical AI Integration in the Courts — Niki Black
27:42 — Move Over, SEO: How Law Firms Can Use GEO to Stand Out in Artificial Intelligence Searches — Victor Li
37:09 — Has AI Managed To Make Lawyers Even Dumber? — Joe Patrice
48:52 — Latest Benchmark Finds Legal and General AI Now Outperform Lawyers in Legal Research Accuracy — Bob Ambrogi
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 Introductions
06:19 The Reddit-induced firestorm over Harvey and gen AI wrappers – Selected by Bob Ambrogi
27:48 For these law school application essays, AI is required – Selected by Stephanie Wilkins
34:23 Utah approves skills-based bar admission – Selected by Bob Ambrogi
43:44 How Will Generative AI Impact Legal Work? – Selected by Niki Black
46:07 AI Won’t Replace Paralegals, But Experts Say It’s Likely to Redefine the Role – Selected by Rhys Dipshan
50:55 AAA Readies November Launch of AI-Powered Arbitrator for Construction Disputes – Selected by Bob Ambrogi
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
01:43 These law firms rank highest for midlevel associate satisfaction; Trump deals and AI are on their minds - Selected by Victor Li
08:29 A New Wrinkle in AI Hallucination Cases: Lawyers Dinged for Failing to Detect Opponent’s Fake Citations - Selected by Bob Ambrogi
15:42 Small is beautiful - Selected by Joe Patrice
35:56 AI Tools Match Or Exceed Human Lawyers in Contract Drafting Benchmark Study - Selected by Bob Ambrogi
44:00 New Bluebook Rule On Citing to AI Generates Criticism from Legal Scholars and Practitioners - Selected by Bob Ambrogi
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
02:36 Why Did This First-Time Conference Feel Like Déjà Vu All Over Again? My Thoughts on 8am’s Kaleidoscope (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
13:32 AI company buys a law firm. What could possibly go wrong? (Selected by Stephen Embry)
37:55 As Customs searches more electronic devices, lawyers have some considerations when they cross borders (Selected by Victor Li)
44:51 Nevada Judge Takes Creative and Unusual Approach to Combat AI-Generated Fictitious Citations (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
In this special episode on Legaltech Week, moderated by Niki Black live at 8am's Kaleidoscope conference, our panelists take turns sharing their thoughts on specific questions regarding the future of AI in legal tech.
This week's topics:
00:00 Introductions
02:40 Will AI change the practice of law and how I practice law?
07:02 Will AI finally kill the billable hour?
18:24 What will AI's effect be on access to justice?
28:59 What does tech competence mean in the age of AI?
40:31 What is agentic AI, and how is its work defined in a law practice?
51:58 Will there be a point at which not using AI is legal malpractice?
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
- 09:54 Harvey partners with law schools (Selected by Joe Patrice).
- 16:24 UChicago Law to launch AI Lab (Selected by Victor Li).
- 25:42 Will Clio’s big moves affect legal practice? (Selected by Julie Sobowale).
- 37:14 Bench IQ, AI startup led by former ROSS cofounder to understand judges’ decision patterns, raises $5.3M seed (Selected by Bob Ambrogi).
- 50:35 ChatGPT suicide case: how to assign liability for AI tragedy (Selected by Joe Patrice).
- 57:59 OpenAI says it’s scanning users’ ChatGPT conversations and reporting content to the police (Selected by Niki Black).
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
- 00:00 Introductions
- 03:02 ILTACON post-mortem (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
- 06:09 Agentic AI Is The ‘Fetch’ Of Legal Tech And We Need To Stop Trying To Make It Happen (Selected by Joe Patrice)
- 37:49 AffiniPay rebrands as 8am (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
- 43:59 Confronted with AI hallucinations in filings, one court shows “justifiable kindness,” while another gets tough (Selected by Victor Li)
- 49:46 The Real Risk Isn’t the Cloud—It’s Premises-Based Software (Selected by Niki Black)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 Introduction
02:11 At Law Librarians’ Annual Meeting, Panel Tackles the Challenge of Benchmarking AI Research Tools (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
09:18 Are you committing malpractice if you don't use AI? (Selected by Niki Black)
18:32 AALL panel explores impact of GenAI on legal research and critical thinking. Do experienced lawyers fare better when using these tools? (Selected by Stephen Embry)
27:05 AALL Hallucinations Abound: An Extra Bad Week (Selected by Joe Patrice)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 Introduction
02:19 U.S. State Courts Cautiously Approach AI Despite Efficiency Promises and Staffing Crises (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
10:22 Ethical Jury Selection in the AI Era (Selected by Niki Black)
17:31 Michigan Law Adds AI Essay Prompt (Selected by Victor Li)
23:42 Lawyer Cites AI Hallucinations, Responds With Pretentious Meditation On Nature Of Being (Selected by Joe Patrice)
30:19 Thinking Differently About AI: Lawyers Need To Stop Using AI Like A Glorified Admin (Selected by Joe Patrice)
39:16 Are These the AI Agents Legal Was Looking For? (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 Clio Acquires vLex Selected by Bob Ambrogi
08:24 Key Takeaways from the Future of Professionals Report: AI Awareness, Hesitation, and ROI Selected by Niki Black
17:18 SCOTUS Oral Argument with AI Selected by Joe Patrice
28:02 Georgia Court Cites AI Hallucinations Selected by Joe Patrice
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 Two Stories from Puerto Rico: Adoption of Duty of Tech Competence and New Rule Allowing Non-Lawyers to Own Law Firms (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
04:42 Free Legal Research Site Descrybe.ai Launches A Paid Suite of Legal Research Tools, Including Its Own Citator (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
10:06 Florida Bar on the Ethics of Sharing Case Hypotheticals in Lawyer Listservs (Selected by Niki Black)
13:59 What The Latest Data Reveals About Legal Professionals’ AI Perspectives (Selected by Niki Black)
18:27 Mid Law Challenges and Opportunities and An Interesting Seminar (Selected by Stephen Embry)
27:30 Lawyers Copied Parts of Brief, Decided to ‘Double Down on Imprudence’ by Repeating Losing Arguments, Judge Alleges (Selected by Victor Li)
32:15 Harvey/Lexis etc. (Selected by Joe Patrice)
37:21 Law Firm Marketing: A Tragedy In Three Acts That Firms Can’t Stop Performing (Selected by Joe Patrice)
44:35 GenAI Legal Tech Map: June 2025 (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's Topics:
- Has Harvey already won?
- The legal profession falls behind on AI while other industries move ahead
- Interesting stats on the differances in AI use and views between legal professionals in in house departments and and outlside law firms
- What skills do new lawyers need? Lawyers asked to provide answers in new survey
- AI Law Review
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
- Five Years After Reform: Stanford Study Offers Comprehensive Look at Legal Innovation in Arizona and Utah
- Overwhelmed by AI? Lawyers turn to specialists to help power up their practices
- Trustworthy criminal AI
- With LegalZoom/Perplexity Partnership, Legal Services Have Literally Entered the Chat
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
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This week's topics:
17:33 More on Butler Snow (Selected by Joe Patrice)
30:44 AI Defamation Ruling (Selected by Victor Li)
37:56 Law Firm Cyber Threats (Selected by Stephen Embry)
42:50 Why Law Librarians Should 'Be Bold' (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
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This week's topics:
03:32 The Aderant Global Momentum 2025 Conference and Cloud Product Launches (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
15:46 Why the ‘Use Case Chase’ Is Hindering Legal’s GenAI Progress (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
22:38 Courts Are Facing an AI Tidal Wave (Selected by Niki Black)
32:21 AI Training and Copyright: Anthropic and Ross Cases (Selected by Joe Patrice)
42:02 UK Legal Aid Cybersecurity Breach (Selected by Joe Patrice) @Aderant
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
02:46 Trellis Partners with Fisher Phillips to Deliver AI-Powered Case Strategy Reports through Automated Alerts (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
09:12 AI Hallucinations Strike Again: Two More Cases Where Lawyers Face Judicial Wrath for Fake Citations (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
14:05 Hallucination Time! (Selected by Joe Patrice)
18:39 Billable Hour Dying on Pace (Selected by Joe Patrice)
23:08 From Hype to Habits: Comparing Data on Generative AI in Law Firms (Selected by Niki Black)
27:44 Solos and Small Firms Lag with AI Adoption: Clio Report (Selected by Julie Sobowale)
34:12 Florida Judge is Accused of Sharing 'Objectively Unrealistic' Fake Recording with Editorial Board (Selected by Victor Li)
40:28 CLOC (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
44:59 Garfield AI (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
- 03:19 AI Dead Guy Sentencing (Selected by Joe Patrice)
- 17:39 CLOC (Selected by Stephen Embry)
- 22:25 Should Using AI Mean Lower Fees? Virginia Ethics Committee Weighs In (Selected by Niki Black)
- 31:44 California State Bar Sues Vendor After Troubled Exam (Selected by Victor Li)
- 45:12 Legal Research Service Decisis Makes Inroads Against Fastcase As It Expands to 20 Bar Associations (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
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This week's topics:
Seriously? Lawyer Representing the My Pillow Guy – Already Known For Having Been Caught Pantsless on Zoom – Now Faces Sanctions for Hallucinated Cases
Legal Tech Startup Supio Secures $60 Million in Series B Funding to Expand AI Platform for Personal Injury Law
Legal Tech Adoption: The Slow Burn Of Cloud, The Sudden Spark Of AI
Law Firm Intake Reimagined: Tools to help you capture every lead
Is big law moving back to remote work?
BCLP is making 8% of global business services roles redundant including IT with a view to the future /investing in tech
Class Is in Session: How some law schools are training students in generative AI
ILTA Evolve -- General Takeaways
What Will Be the Final Straw for the Misuse of AI?
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
- 02:42 California Bar Reveals It Used AI For Exam Questions, Because Of Course It Did (Selected by Joe Patrice)
- 13:34 An App That Lets People Cheat On Everything? Just What Lawyers Need (Selected by Stephen Embry)
- 27:06 Trump Executive Order Calls for Artificial Intelligence to Be Taught in Schools (Selected by Victor Li)
- 37:52 DOJ Makes Up Fake Supreme Court Quote About Deportation Hoping No One Notices (Selected by Joe Patrice)
- 47:20 Midsized Law Firms Increasingly See AI and Interconnected Technology as Critical for Future Success, New Survey Finds (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
- 56:38 Aiming for Accuracy, Group Launches Legal AI Adoption Index; Invites Law Firms and Legal Teams to Self-Report (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
- 01:57 Generative AI Can Help Overworked Immigration Lawyers Navigate These Tumultuous Times (Selected by Victor Li)
- 12:01 10 Practical Ways for Legal Professionals to Start Using Generative AI Today (Selected by Niki Black)
- 17:20 An AI-Assisted Look At Four New Surveys On AI Adoption In Law: How Do They Compare? Differ? (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
- 25:04 AI Disruption Is Coming—Likely Later but (Much) Bigger than Expected (Selected by Joe Patrice)
- 35:27 Plagiarism Panic Hits the Courtroom (Again), And It’s Still Nonsense (Selected by Joe Patrice)
- 45:39 N.J. Supreme Court Adopts Tech CLE Requirement But Declines to Adopt Duty of Tech Competence (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
- 48:51 And obviously there's my porn story which I will mention but I'm not sure how much discussion it will inspire (Selected by Joe Patrice)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
- Techshow Post-Mortem
- Appellant Sends AI Avatar To Oral Argument… Judges Are NOT Pleased
- Legal AI Could Bridge Access To Justice Gap… But Should It?
- Shoosmiths offers £1m bonus pot for 1 million AI prompts
- Startup Alley winners
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
- Legalweek post-mortem
- Legalweek 2025: Embedded And Agentic Generative AI Expands Software Capabilities
- Be curious and adapt – or be left behind
- Who gives the best keynote: legal tech guru or big name draw?
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
- Our new press release newswire
- Entegrata Raises $4.5M To Further Its Mission To Transform Law Firm Data Analytics and Business Intelligence
- Generative artificial intelligence is supercharging legal analytics
- Cleary Acquires Springbok AI in Rare Law Firm Legal Tech Acquisition
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
04:50 Clio moves into Big Law space with acquisition of ShareDo, with special guest Joshua Lenon
23:25 AZ Supreme Court hiring AI spokespeople (Selected by Joe Patrice)
37:00 The End of Reality? How to combat deepfakes in our legal system (Selected by Victor Li)
43:55 AffiniPay’s 2025 Legal Industry Report Portrays A Profession At A Technological Crossroads (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
51:06 What I learned from a week at South by Southwest (Selected by Stephen Embry)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
04:26 Nearly 30 Legal Entities May Leave Utah’s Regulatory Sandbox Program After State Tightens Rules (Selected by Victor Li)
15:24 Another New Study of Legal AI Shows Some Models Can Significantly Improve Work Quality and Efficiency (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
22:54 The Path to AI Adoption for Your Law Firm (Selected by Niki Black)
35:47 ABA Tech Survey on AI Adoption (Selected by Victor Li)
46:43 Two More Hallucination Cases: One with No Sanctions and One with a Fine (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
51:38 A Lawyer’s Guide to Ethical Use of AI (Selected by Niki Black)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
Remember the Legal Research ‘AI Smackdown’? I Decided To Bring OpenAI’s Deep Research to the Fight
Exclusive: With Its Latest Release Out Today, vLex’s Vincent AI Adds Multi-Modal Capabilities, Litigation Workflows, and Coverage for Four New Countries
From automation to generative AI, how e-discovery tools are evolving
The accountants are coming! The accountants are coming! But is it ethical?
California fails new bar exam, offers retake
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 Panelist Introductions
03:43 Trump Cancels The SEC’s Westlaw Subscription For Probably The Dumbest Possible Reason (Selected by Joe Patrice)
14:40 My JELL-O Theory of Legal Tech (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
30:50 Wondering what the Big 4 are up to? Stuart Bedford, KPMG’s global head of legal services, makes it pretty clear (Selected by Stephen Embry)
41:50 Upsolve: Building the turbotax of bankruptcy and battling UPL restrictions (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
45:25 AI in Law Firms: Ethics Committees Are Clearing the Path Forward (Selected by Niki Black)
54:00 Deposely Offers Free AI Deposition and Litigation Tools Through New ‘Essentials’ Program (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 Panelist Introductions
08:20 Federal Judge Rules Legal Research Startup ROSS Infringed Westlaw’s Copyrights, Rejecting Fair Use Defense (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
25:15 Harvey raises $300M, and LexisNexis is involved (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
32:40 No. 42 law firm by head count could face sanctions over fake case citations generated by AI (Selected by Victor Li)
46:00 DOGE website presents cybersecurity nightmare... and it's coming for DOJ (Selected by Joe Patrice)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 Panelist Introductions
03:20 Women + AI Vanderbilt Summit (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
21:50 Funding Freezes, Crowdfunding, And Legal Tech: The Ever-Changing Access-To-Justice Landscape (Selected by Niki Black)
27:10 Three stories on experiment with OpenAI's Deep Research for performing deep research (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
36:40 Please, Please Stop Using ChatGPT If You’re Not Checking Cites (Selected by Joe Patrice)
48:17 Recent product roll outs from Microsoft and OpenAI may provide courts with viable and secure Gen AI options. Are litigants ready for it? (Selected by Stephen Embry)
53:30 Hard lessons on selling your company (Selected by Caroline Hill)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 Panelist Introductions
05:33 RIP: Barry Bayer (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
12:41 Why Is Everyone Talking About DeepSeek? (Selected by Caroline Hill and Stephanie Wilkins)
42:05 Putting A Nail In the Coffin of Its On-Prem Product, Relativity Sets 2028 Deadline for All New Cases to Move to the Cloud (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
50:00 Both Dakotas consider widely different public service options to bar exam, law school (Selected by Victor Li)
55:16 Access to Justice 2.0: How AI-powered software can bridge the gap (Selected by Niki Black)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 Panelist Introductions A sudden surge in tech focused on contract playbooks (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Legal tech for Plaintiffs' contingency fee lawyers draws investment dollars (Selected by Stephen Embry)
Case Western Reserve School of Law becomes first law school in the U.S. to require legal AI education certification for all first-year law students (Selected by Victor Li)
Bloomberg Law's new AI tools (Selected by Greg Lambert)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 Panelist Introductions
01:57 Tom Goldstein case (Selected by Joe Patrice)
17:55 CES 2025: lessons learned for legal (Selected by Stephen Embry)
29:09 Report on the LSC's Innovations in Tech conference (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
36:27 Businesses Would Report AI Layoffs to New York Under Hochul Plan (Selected by Niki Black)
46:10 Harvey's 'aggressive' $3B valuation (Selected by Joe Patrice)
48:44 Cynthia Outlook tool (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 Panelist Introductions
04:25 - Courtroom VR... it sucks (Selected by Joe Patrice)
22:23 - KPMG Law US Seeks Alternative Business License, Shaking Up Legal Status Quo (Selected by Victor Li & Stephanie Wilkins)
32:00 - New FL Bar Guide for Lawyers (Selected by Niki Black)
38:00 - AI-Powered Tool Launches to Help New York Tenants Enforce their Repair Rights (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
41:08 - Alexi Says Its New AI Tool for Litigators Is Capable of Advanced Legal Reasoning (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
48:45 - First Fully A.I. Drafted Complaint Filed In Federal Court And... It's Hot Garbage! (Selected by Joe Patrice)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week is our annual recap and predictions episode, which is our favorite session of the year.
This week's topics:
00:00 Panelist Introductions
04:40 Reflections on 2024
21:56 The legaltech trends that defined 2024 (Selected by Niki Black)
24:45 A Notebook LM Year in Review (Selected by Greg Lambert)
31:38 Huge legal tech funding rounds (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
48:50 GenAI and large language models are being applied by vendors to internal law firm and in house materials (Selected by Stephen Embry)
50:41 Clio's Trends Report revealing that client engagement has gotten WORSE (Selected by Joe Patrice)
52:05 Predictions for 2025
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 Panelist Introductions
05:15 The Legal Tech Fund Summit (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
08:57 Generative AI And Access To Justice: Incremental Solutions Or Overhyped Promises? (Selected by Niki Black)
21:00 Elon Musk Feeds AI 'All Court Cases,' Promises It Will Replace Judges Because He's An Idiot (Selected by Joe Patrice)
32:56 PACER Sucks More Than Usual... And We Know Exactly Who To Blame (Selected by Joe Patrice)
37:10 Applications for law school up an ‘unnatural’ 35% from 2023 (Selected by Victor Li)
46:28 Case about prompts (Selected by Stephen Embry)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
Amid X X-odus, Nothing But Bluesky from Now On
Legal Analytics Company Trellis Unveils AI Tools Designed to Streamline Litigation Workflows
Avaneesh Marwaha returns as Litera’s CEO and answers a few burning questions
Bear Damage To Luxury Car Interior Ends In Insurance Fraud Charges
Lexis Mobile App
Law professor gives Lexis+ AI a failing grade
Survey Says: GenAI Usage and Firm Financials Were Both Up in Q3 2024
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
Major Canadian Legal Research Service Sues AI Startup Claiming Wrongful Use of Its Court Decisions
Amid a Flurry of AI Ethics Opinions, New Mexico Weighs In
Trump Planning to Unleash Artificial Intelligence by Repealing Restrictions
Navigating the legal tech landscape under a Trump administration: Growth meets uncertainty
Will AI replace TAR? Should it? When?
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
05:45 - Startup Alley Nominations now open
09:05 - The $2000 paralegal (Selected by Joe Patrice)
17:25 - Alt Legal (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
21:10 - Night of the Living Bots: AI Agents Are Creeping into the News (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
25:06 - New York Surrogates Court on Admissibility of AI Evidence (Selected by Niki Black)
31:53 - Supreme Courts of Delaware and Georgia Act to Regulate Use of Generative AI in the Courts (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
38:58 - Her teenage son killed himself after talking to a chatbot; now she’s suing (Selected by Victor Li)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
02:00 - Thoughts on the Netdocs user conference (Selected by Joe Patrice and Stephen Embry)
11:01 - Everlaw Summit: My thoughts on attending this conference in SF this week (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
19:22 - Thomson Reuters Launches Program To Provide CoCounsel AI to Legal Services and Legal Nonprofits (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
25:00 - Attorney vs. lawyer (Selected by Niki Black)
37:10 - Florida’s Professional Conduct Rules Will Include AI—But Was It Needed? (Selected by Niki Black)
41:13 - Wolters Kluwer Future Ready Lawyer (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
04:04 - ClioCon post-mortem
15:10 - Knowledge Management & Innovation conference
22:50 - Rob Lowe to headline Legal Week
29:54 - UnitedLex CEO Ousted
40:10 - Law Firms FAILING At The Single Most Basic Lawyering Task
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week, we're recording live from #ClioCon in Austin, hosted by Clio
We took the opportunity to cast our opinions on some of the year's biggest issues. This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
00:09 - Should Jack Newton keep his beard?
01:49 - To what extent will GenAI replace the work lawyers do?
19:10 - The obligations lawyers have to understand AI and other tech tools
30:47 - Does news of financing rounds and m&a's matter to practicing lawyers?
41:37 - Will GenAI actually increase access to justice?
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
Wolters Kluwer Brings Gen AI To Its VitalLaw Legal Research Platform, to Answer Questions and More
FTC Fines DoNotPay $193,000, Alleging False Claims Over 'Robot Lawyer' Service
Rocket lawyer obtains non lawyer ownership approval in Arizona but will it make a difference?
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
09:00 - The Shrinking Ownership of Law Practice Management Technology
23:00 - Will AI Disrupt the Billable Hour?
37:00 - Midlevels hate law firm tech
51:00 - LinkedIn is using your data to train AI. Here's how to turn it off.
53:00 - Going to Mexico? Be careful how many electronic devices you take
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Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
03:01 - Special guests from vLex: Ed Walters, chief strategy officer, and Robin Chesterman, global head of product, will join to discuss to discuss the major updates to Vincent AI
29:38 - Filevine Conference recap, and Filevine's Depo CoPilot
39:00 - Nonlawyer entities could provide legal services in Washington in proposed pilot program (Selected by Victor Li)
43:30 - Legal Ethics in the AI Era: The NYC Bar Weighs In (Selected by Niki Black)
45:00 - Florida calls out Gen Ai specifically in competency, confidentiality and supervisory rule. Is it a good thing (Selected by Stephen Embry)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
04:30 - Can Lawyers Wear T-Shirts On Video Client Calls? (Selected by Joe Patrice)
21:10 - California Legislature Approves Bill Proposing Sweeping A.I. Restrictions (Selected by Niki Black)
31:14 - 2nd Circuit cites push notifications to jurors as one reason why Sarah Palin deserves new defamation trial (Selected by Victor Li)
38:45 - ROSS updates
41:30 - Latest GPT 'Fake Case' Kerfuffle Brings New, More Exciting Ways For AI To Mess Up (Selected by Joe Patrice)
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Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
03:00 - ILTACON recap
10:00 - At ILTACON, Anticipation for the Shiny Object (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
34:50 - New Intellectual Property Hypo Just Dropped At International Tech Show (Selected by Joe Patrice)
44:40 - CoCounsel 2.0 versus LexisNexis Protege (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
04:30 - Maybe Don't Tweet That Destroying Evidence Subject To Lit Hold Is A Good Idea? Retired Jones Day Partner scoffs at Google anti trust ruling (selected by Joe Patrice)
13:52 - David v. Goliath Trial Begins this Month in Case that Challenges Thomson Reuter’s Longstanding Copyrights in Legal Research Materials (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
20:55 - Delta v. CrowdStrike and Microsoft should make for one hell of a lawsuit (Selected by Stephen Embry)
27:00 - ChatGPT Wrapper' Is This Year's Hottest Snub—But Why? (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
42:25 - Texas Supreme Court Preliminarily Approves Delivery of Legal Services by Licensed Paraprofessionals (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
47:20 - Dutch Judge’s Use of ChatGPT Prompts Outrage, Disbelief in the Netherland (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
02:25 - Take heed before using artificial intelligence, new ABA ethics opinion says (Selected by Victor Li)
16:02 - GAI is driving a hot job market for law librarians and knowledge managers (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
26:45 - AI Feature Embraces Traditional Role Of Asking First-Years To Go Back And Do A Lot More Research (Selected by Joe Patrice)
40:42 - Remember that ABA Survey of Law Schools with AI Classes? This May Be A More Accurate List (Selected by Bob Ambrogi
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
02:40 - SubTech Conference 2024 with guest Dan Linna (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
16:40 - New Report Highlights GenAI Adoption Trends in Law (Selected by Niki Black)
24:15 - Lawyer dragged into a case he had nothing to do with because of legal tech (Selected by Joe Patrice)
31:44 - Exclusive: Law Practice Management Software LEAP Introduces Three AI Features – with A Unique Human-In-the-Loop Twist (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
37: 20 - Investment in Affinipay (Selected by Niki Black)
43:35 - Judge livestreams child sexual assault trial (Selected by Joe Patrice)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
05:22 - GenAI: What if this is as good as it gets (Selected by Joe Patrice)
12:25 - Do lawyers really want to save (billable) time? (Selected by Stephen Embry)
26:55 - New Citators from vLex and Paxton Underscore That They Are The Holy Grail for Legal Research Companies (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
34:36 - What Lawyers Learned During the Pandemic (Selected by Victor Li and Niki Black)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
03:20 - The Last Roll: Reflecting On 4 Years Of Change (Selected by Niki Black)
17:03 - Generative AI Risk in Legal Research: Is the Fault in the Technology or in Ourselves? Answer is BOTH (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
24:30 - New Legal Ethics Opinion Cautions Lawyers: You ‘Must Be Proficient’ In the Use of Generative AI (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
38:23 - Supreme Court on Clean Air and Water (Selected by Joe Patrice)
44:00 - AI benchmarking group to form (Selected by Niki Black
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
04:35 - In AI we Trust, Part II: Claude was tasked with deciding Supreme Court cases (Selected by Niki Black and Joe Patrice)
19:51 - Is Gen AI Creating A Divide Among Law Firms Of Haves and Have Nots? (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
37:40 - Oregon becomes fourth state with a “right to repair” law for technology (Selected by Victor Li)
46:10 - New York On the Ethics of Expensing Credit Card Processing Fees to Clients (Selected by Niki Black)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
02:00 - Robot lawyer' DoNotPay reaches settlement in suit alleging it's neither robot nor lawyer (Selected by Victor Li)
13:12 - The Hype Behind Harvey: How the Stealthy Startup Is Raising Industry Eyebrows (Selected by Isha Marathe)
32:25 - AAA Launches ClauseBuilder AI to Simplify Drafting of Arbitration and Mediation Agreement (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
37:45 - Thought experiments on AI's impact on Law Firm Structure (Selected by Joe Patrice)
48:50 - Elon Musk Drops OpenAI Lawsuit Right Before Forcing Lawyers To Make Bad Arguments In Court (Selected by Joe Patrice)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
02:50 - The redo of the Stanford study of hallucinations in AI legal research tools. (Selected by many)
20:15 - 11th Circuit Judge Uses ChatGPT in Deciding Appeal, Encourages Others to Consider It (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
28:47 - Are prompts the new precedents? (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
37:05 - I, For One, Welcome Our New Sexbot Overlords (Selected by Niki Black)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
03:55 - The Stanford study of hallucination rates in LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters Gen AI products (Selected by many)
29:06 - Lockdown Lessons: What lawyers learned during the pandemic (Selected by Victor Li)
36:21 - The guy who live-streamed himself driving while he had a suspended license (Selected by Joe Patrice)
41:20 - American Arbitration Association Acquires ODR.com and Mediate.com to Expand Online Dispute Resolution (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
08:22 - Wilson Sonsini Brings 'Agentic AI' to Clients With New Neuron Contracting Module (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
20:28 - UK industry body launches due diligence questionnaire for vendors who use AI / I could also speak about DWF rolling out Copilot globally (Selected by Caroline Hill)
28:20 - Predicting the Supreme Court (Selected by Joe Patrice)
41:20 - Tony Mauro story (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
49:55 - Steno Launches Transcript Genius, Aiming to ‘Revolutionize How Attorneys Interact with Transcripts’; Also Announces $46M In New Financing (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
08:34 - Thoughts on ILTA Evolve Conference (Selected by Joe Patrice)
16:47 - Legal tech acquisition Palooza (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
20:18 - Interview with Ed Walters on Robot Law, vLex merger, Start-ups, size of the legal market (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
27:40 - Fighting the bots is the new attorney niche (Selected by Victor Li)
32:04 - Harvey Underground (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
41:45 - From Intake to Outcome: An in-house lawyer's guide to matter management solutions (Selected by Niki Black)
45:55 - ABA Issues Ethics Opinion on 30-Year-Old Technology whose Use Is Waning. My Question: Why Now? (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
02:32 - Special guest Jake Heller joins to discuss Thomson Reuters' Plan To Provide CoCounsel AI Assistant Across Every Professional Vertical It Serves
39:09 - vLex Expands Vincent AI With Document Analyze, Launches Law Firm AI Co-Development Lab (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
43:55 - Are Brain Waves the New Data Privacy Frontier? Novel Colorado Law Says Yes (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
49:55 - Could privacy laws be changing? Here's what's brewing in Congress (Selected by Victor Li)
52:22 - New York Bar Association New AI Guidance: Part 1 (Selected by Niki Black)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
- With Goal of Promoting Open Access to Legal Scholarship, Yale Law School Launches Law Archive
- ABA Legal Profession Report Part 1: Wages, Pro Bono Work, and Mental Health
- Blaming Word setting for overlong briefs is 'somewhat hard to believe,' federal judge says as she tosses footnotes
- Legal Innovators Petition to Remove 'Non-Lawyer' From ABA Vocabulary. Lively Discussion Ensues
- Opinion: 25 years later, ‘The Matrix’ is less sci-fi than tech reality
- Luminance raises $40m Series B
- US and UK sign bilateral agreement to safety test AI models
- KLDiscovery Cites Concerns Over ‘Ability to Continue’ as Major Debt Repayment Loom
- Winston & Strawn Launches Winston Legal Solutions, a Tech-Powered, Right-Staffing Venture for Low-Complexity Work
- IAPP takeaways
- The Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act Protecting artists against DeepFakes of Name, Image, Likeness, and Voice (NIL+V)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
05:26 - In a Gen AI First, 273 Ventures Introduces KL3M, a Built-From-Scratch Legal LLM (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
18:16 - Judges To Generative AI: You're Out Of Order! (Selected by Niki Black)
34:30 - Neil Gorsuch Confidently Declares That He Did The Research (He Did Not Do The Research) (Selected by Joe Patrice)
43:28 - Europe wields new tech law to protect EU election (Selected by Victor Li)
46:30 - 2 stories illustrate why law firms change so little and slowly: short term profits and back stabbing partners (Selected by Stephen Embry)
54:26 - In Los Angeles, Bet Tzedek’s New Online Legal Clinic Helps Pro Se People with Conservatorships (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
02:54 - Justices appear skeptical of Texas, Florida social media laws (Selected by Victor Li)
12:56 - Sora: deep fake video on steroids or just a flash in the pan (Selected by Stephen Embry)
22:56 - Court Orders Lawyer to Pay Opposing Counsel After Citing Fake AI-Generated Case (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
27:14 - LegalOn launches Gen AI assistant for contract drafting (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
31:04 - ROSS Cofounder Returns To Legal Tech with Startup Using AI To Surface Judges’ Decision-Making Patterns (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
42:03 - Is The Apple Vision Pro Worth The Investment For Lawyers? (Selected by Niki Black)
52:46 - First-Of-Its-Kind Credit Card/Software Combo from LawPay and MyCase Lets Law Firms Track Expenses Directly to Matters and Invoicing (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
02:35 - ABA Techshow
24:10 - Not Again! Two More Cases, Just this Week, of Hallucinated Citations in Court Filings Leading to Sanctions (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
34:35 - Firm Submits Fee Request Based On ChatGPT Search... Judge Is Less Than Impressed (Selected by Joe Patrice)
48:00 - Our chatbot is a seperate legal entity responsible for its own actions. Wait. What?? (Selected by Stephen Embry)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
The Justice Gap in Legal Tech: A Tale of Two Conferences and the Implications for A2J (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Law Student’s Gen AI Product, Lexplug, Makes Briefing Cases A Breeze (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
AI Deployed Nukes 'to Have Peace in the World' in Tense War Simulation (Selected by Niki Black)
Waymo Driverless Car Crashes Into Human Cyclist in San Francisco (Selected by Niki Black)
Biglaw and Small Law have both become hotbeds for tech... is it midlaw's turn? (Selected by Joe Patrice)
African Legal Tech Network SALT Launches Online Courses to Fill 'Modern' Gaps in Legal Education (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
Robo-dinosaur scares grasshoppers to shed light on why dinos evolved feathers (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
Judge faces potential discipline for allowing secretary to work remotely (Selected by Victor Li)
Dennis Garca comments on yet another survey predicts the end of lawyering as we know it (Selected by Stephen Embry)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
02:52 - Legalweek Conference recap
35:50 - Report on the Innovations in Technology Conference put on this week by the Legal Services Corporation (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
40:35 - More Ethics Guidance Arrives Amid Rapid Releases Of Legal AI (Selected by Niki Black)
46:12 - Lexis Nexis Report (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
02:52 - ‘Not Going Away’: A Star Greenberg Traurig Litigator Lost Her Voice. AI Brought it Back (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
13:40 - Jumping Into the Rabbit Hole: Experts Offer 3 Big 'Deepfake' Insights for Legal in 2024 (Selected by Isha Marathe)
25:45 - AI ‘hallucinated’ fake legal cases allegedly filed to B.C. court in Canadian first (Selected by Greg Lambert)
34:23 - An AI ethics opinion from the Florida Bar (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
38:08 - A grand squabble in the Lone Star State, where a band of lawyers, as self-righteous as they be cunning, fiercely opposed a plan to let people who aren’t lawyers own pieces of law firms. Safeguarding the treasure of justice or just hoarding it for themselves (Selected by Stephen Embry)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
04:15 - Legalweek expectations
13:33 - What causes product flops in the legal space? Should legal tech be founded by technologists or lawyers? (Selected by Stephen Embry and Bob Ambrogi)
38:55 - AI-generated music is everywhere; is any of it legal? (Selected by Victor Li)
48:23 - Gen AI Will Require Robust KM Teams: A Chat with Legalweek Speaker Oz Benamram (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
- Carta, a key tech company for startups, has a credibility problem
- Agiloft Releases Generative AI Feature To Shortcut Contract Negotiations and Better Align Redlines
- Judge Rejects a Motion With the “Exploding Head” Emoji–DePietro v. Levitt
- Paralegals' suit claims First Amendment right to offer legal advice on court forms
- Hallucinations... not just for caselaw
- The Bell Cannot Be Unrung': Coached Testimony Caught on Camera Results in Dismissal
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This is our favorite episode of the year! Today, we go back through all the bizarre and impactful stories from 2023, and recap our favorites.
Some of this week's topics:
- The Casetext acquisition
- Hallucinated cases
- GPT and the bar exam
- The Fastcase/vLex merger
- Harvey
- The DoNotPay debacle
- Kiwi Camara
- Undercover bear informants
- John Roberts on AI
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
03:12 - Let's all blame Schwartz! (Selected by Joe Patrice)
12:00 - UK Judicial Office issues guidelines for judges in England and Wales to use Gen AI (Selected by Stephen Embry and Stephanie Wilkins)
21:28 - Does Chat GTP have seasonal affective disorder? (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
26:20 - Silicon Valley Confronts a Grim New A.I. Metric (Selected by Niki Black)
31:46 - New Resource Catalogs and Makes Searchable Nearly 600 GPTs Related to Law, Tax and Regulatory Issues (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
35:54 - End of Year Reflections (Selected by Caroline Hill)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
02:35 - The Legal Tech Fund Conference (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
10:20 - AI Ethics Guidance Arrives Amid Rapid Legaltech Deployments (Selected by Niki Black)
20:00 - Associate Raises, Productivity, and Salaries (Selected by Joe Patrice)
31:50 - Is virtual law firm FisherBroyles about to lose 140 lawyers? Details of ‘significant new venture’ to come (Selected by Victor Li)
36:26 - Smokeball survey reveals some troubling findings for small firms understanding of business and AI (Selected by Stephen Embry)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
03:49 - Altman Was Out, Until He Wasn't: Legal Tech Reacts to OpenAI's Leadership Shuffle (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
12:07 - 2023: A Legal AI Odyssey (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
16:45 - Lawyering in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (Selected by Niki Black)
23:30 - 5th Circuit takes aim at pro se filers with proposed GenAI rules (Selected by Stephen Embry)
33:50 - Heated Litigation Fight Over 'Double-Spacing' Ends In Judge Telling Everyone To Shut Up (Selected by Joe Patrice)
42:30 - Docket Alarm Founder Michael Sander Leaves After vLex Acquisition; Former Gavelytics Exec Joins to Lead Product Line (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
47:20 - Harvard Law School Professor Finds ChatGPT Invents Fake Law Less Than The Supreme Court (Selected by Joe Patrice)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
03:20 - Thomson Reuters Launches AI-Assisted Legal Research (Selected by Bob Ambrogi and Jean O'Grady)
15:10 - Lexis AI tools (Selected b Jean O'Grady)
24:50 - Gen AI Passes the MPRE With No Prior Ethics Training
(Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
27:55 - FL Bar proposed advisory AI ethics opinion (Selected by Niki Black)
47:08 - Pre/Dicta adds outcome predictions for four new motion types: summary judgment, class certification, venue transfer and motions to compel (Selected by Stephen Embry)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
03:40 - Colin Levy joins us to discuss his new book
14:46 - China's legal robot (Selected by Joe Patrice)
25:03 - Have we sacrificed personal relationships for convenience? what are the implications? (Selected by Stephen Embry)
34:20 - WK Future Ready (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
45:36 - Beyond Word of Mouth: Proven Data-Driven Client Acquisition Methods (Selected by Niki Black)
52:50 - EyeLevel.ai Co-Founder Defends Tech's Use in Pras Michel Trial, Calls Allegations a ‘Creative Act of Fiction’ (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins and Bob Ambrogi)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
02:05 - A Tribute to Monica Bay
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
02:30 - Lexis+ AI Product Launch
22:50 - ACC/Everlaw survey suggests clients are pushing tech in a big way (Selected by Joe Patrice and Stephen Embry)
38:27 - The 2023 Start/Stop Survey: CoCounsel Best New Product, Analytics Segment Shakeout (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
45:40 - DOJ will connect with pro bono tech platform (Selected by Victor Li)
50:42 - NetDocuments’ AI-Driven PatternBuilder MAX Is Now Generally Available; Comes with Nine Apps for Common Legal Use Cases (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
02:44 - Two new legal conferences last week: KM & Innovation in NYC and LegalOps in Vegas (Selected by Bob Ambrogi and Connie Brenton)
24:10 - LSAT scraps 'logic games' section, adds more logical reasoning (Selected by Victor Li)
25:00 - Standing by in case of 'dystopian problems,' court allows use of keyword search data to find suspects (Selected by Victor Li)
31:52 - vLex (Fastcase) Unveils Beta Version Of Its Global, Multi-Language Generative AI Legal Research Tool (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
35:42 - Pras Michel of Fugees seeks new trial, contends former attorney used AI for closing argument - related to vLex
48:35 - The NoFakes Act: is outlawing deepfakes good? bad? practical? (Selected by Stephen Embry)
55:30 - Kirkland & Ellis Announces SideTrack, a Lawyer-Built Platform for Investment Funds Attorneys (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
02:19 - ClioCon 2023 recap
19:45 - Behind the Prices: Is Generative AI Legal Tech Cheaper to Buy or Build (Selected by guest Cassandre Coyer)
34:46 - LexBlog Develops AI Integration to Help Legal Bloggers and Marketers Plan, Refine and Publicize their Blog Posts (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
41:37 - Lawyer Calls Evicting People A 'Patriotic Duty,' Apparently Cite-Checking Fake Cases In Briefs Less Of A Patriotic Duty (Selected by Joe Patrice)
CLM Provider Evisort Announces Custom Large Language Model Built Specifically for Contract (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
01:52 - Michael Mills, cofounder of Neota Logic, has passed away
07:53 - The Path To Generative AI Proficiency For Legal Professionals (Selected by Niki Black)
14:36 - Major Law Firms Form Consortium to Develop AI Training through SkillBurst Interactive; Subscription Access Available to Other Firms (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
17:53 - Gen AI’s ‘Collective Brain Trust’ Gathers to Discuss Practical Use Cases and Successes at Invite-Only Event (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
22:53 - Budget Busting, Bundling and Bungling- The worst legal information mergers (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
30:10 - I’m back…Don’t write off the Metaverse. Meta creating personalized realistic avatars that can pass for the real thing (Selected by Stephen Embry)
40:55 - AI convinced a guy to commit treason (Selected by Joe Patrice)
50:11 - Zuva and Litera Jointly Develop Classification Taxonomy for Legal Documents and Make It Open Source through the SALI Alliance (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
03:11 - Judge Rules Ross Intelligence Copied Westlaw’s Headnotes, But Leaves for Jury to Decide if It Violated Thomson Reuters’ Copyright (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
13:05 - Should a Federal Agency Govern AI? (Selected by Niki Black)
Increasing Contractual Insight: AI’s role in contract lifecycle management (Selected by Niki Black)
26:17 - Mark Zuckerberg can’t quit the Metaverse (Selected by Victor Li)
32:52 - More in house lawyers together with better tools to get work done more efficiently impacts demand for outside lawyers and what it takes to become and stay an equity partner (Selected by Stephen Embry)
Mayo Clinic to use GenAI and Microsoft CoPilot (Selected by Stephen Embry)
38:55 - RelativityFest
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
02:18 - CEO Camara’s Sudden Departure from DISCO Follows Allegations of Sexual Misconduct (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
02:18 - DISCO, Executives Hit With Securities Class Action for Allegedly Misleading Investors Following IPO (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
29:15 - 12 Thoughts on Promises and Challenges of AI in Legal after Yesterday’s AI Summit at Harvard Law School (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
The Legal Industry in the Generative AI Age: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Selected by Niki Black)
Law firm hit with class action for data breach and delay in reporting, did not protect opposing parties PII (Selected by Stephen Embry)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week was our 100th episode.
To celebrate, we changed the format of the show slightly, and invited everyone who has ever been a panelist to stop by and share One Big Idea (a major trend, story, or shift they’ve noticed in legal tech over the past few years), and One Small Change (a subtle, perhaps overlooked, change that they think will have long-term implications).
Today's panelists are:
- Doug Austin
- Niki Black
- Jeffrey Brandt
- Cassandre Coyer
- Stephen Embry
- Caroline Hill
- David Horrigan
- Victoria Hudgins
- Greg Lambert
- Joshua Lenon
- Steven Lerner
- Victor Li
- Isha Marathe
- Molly McDonough
- Jean O’Grady
- Joe Patrice
- Julie Sobowale
- Zach Warren
- Stephanie Wilkins
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions What was discussed by the G100 at ILTA plus ILTA's new president takes over and he's not American for the first time (Selected by Caroline Hill)
For Law Firms, Launching Generative AI Chatbots Requires More Than Just Novel Technology (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
oneNDA and SimpleDocs Partner to Launch Free Software to Automate NDA Requests and Negotiations (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Law Firm Finances Simplified: Selecting legal billing software (Selected by Niki Black)
These 9 Stadiums Are Already Using Facial Recognition at Games (Selected by Niki Black)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
03:06 - The "big Reveal" - Reveal acquires Logikcull and IPRO in a $1B deal, then the layoffs start
12:20 - Giuliani sanctioned for providing 'blobs of indecipherable data,' few documents in discovery (Selected by Victor Li)
19:15 - Live Streaming the Trump trial? "If the MAGA hat does not fit, you must acquit."
25:19 - Legal research consolidation is setting off some alarms but this may be temporary (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
37:20 - California High Court Holds AI Vendors Liable for Biased Job Screening (Selected by Niki Black)
44:40 - Law Firms Struggling With Arcane Billing Guidelines Can Look To AI For Relief (Selected by Joe Patrice)
49:43 - Hyperlinked Files as Modern Attachments – The Case Law: eDiscovery Issues (Selected by special guest Doug Austin)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 08:00 - Zoom CEO Says Employees Need to Be in the Office Because It's Hard to Build Trust Over Zoom (Selected by Victor Li) 14:00 - ILTACON Post Mortem Analysis (Selected by all)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
05:52 - Chief Judge in EDNC bans PacerPro and other workflow tools (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
17:42 - Never fear, AI guidance for lawyers is near (Selected by Niki Black)
24:19 - Exclusive: New AI Features In Clearbrief Create Hyperlinked Timelines And Allow Users To Query Their Documents (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
30:12 - Thomson Reuters Officially Acquires Casetext for $650 Million as Deal Closes (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
31:20 - Maptician Survey on Office Policies (Selected by Joe Patrice)
44:58 - Succession planning in law firms sucks. Why? (Selected by Stephen Embry)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
02:40 - Zoom has “perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license and all other rights” to your content (Selected by Stephen Embry)
12:40 - Don't Write That Confidential Email In Public! AI Can Now Snag Keystroke Sounds With 95 Percent Accuracy (Selected by Joe Patrice)
23:50 - Why We Need a Completely New Type of Laws and Regulations in the Era of AI (Selected by Niki Black)
30:40 - Orrick Trains Summer Associates in Prompt Engineering With New Course From AltaClaro (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
36:00 - Gunderson Dettmer Launches ChatGD; First U.S.-Based Firm To Develop Proprietary Internal Generative AI App (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
03:11 - Citing ‘Political Challenges,’ ABA Innovation Center Cancels Op-Ed Advocating Regulatory Reform; In An Exclusive, We Have the Piece They Wouldn’t Publish (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
07:32 - ILTACon trends (Selected by special guest Doug Austin)
15:00 - 44% of Investment Bankers Think They Can Make Lots of Money Off of Attorney Insecurity (Selected by special guest Jef Brandt)
24:05 - Task Force shares principles for responsible use of AI in law (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
33:50 - Don't kill the golden goose: survey on 30 years of legal publishing/tech mergers (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
46:23 - iManage/ATL Report on Cybersecurity (Selected by Joe Patrice)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
- NetDocuments’ Dan Hauck Joins To Discuss The New ndMAX AI
- This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things Like AI (Selected by Niki Black)
- ASU Law School Welcomes Use of AI Tools on Admission Applications (Selected by Niki Black)
- ASU Law School Welcomes Use of AI Tools on Admission Applications (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
- Are WL and Lexis costs driving lawyers to Chat GDP (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
- Lexis Launches InterAction with Outlook and analytics integrations etc. (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
03:00 - AALL Conference Recap
18:22 - What If AI Is Actually WORSE For Access To Justice? (Selected by Joe Patrice)
30:44 - Ethical implications of charging credit card fees: Insights from the NYSBA (Selected by Niki Black)
36:22 - NYC subway using AI to track fare evasion (Selected by Victor Li)
44:20 - 7 tech companies including OpenAi, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta sign pledge to, among other things, develops systems to let the public know when an image, text or video has been created by AI (Selected by Stephen Embry)
49:17 - Study from Stanford/Berkley says Chat GPT is getting dumber (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
03:30 - Another AI Survey, Another cliche about the end of librarians (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
15:50 - Lawyers At High Risk Of Losing Jobs To Artificial Intelligence Concludes OECD Based On... Nothing But Vibes (Selected by Joe Patrice)
27:30 - Funding for legal tech and tax deals is down (Selected by Caroline Hill)
34:20 - Stability AI Co-Founder Alleges He Was Cheated Out of Ownership for $100 (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
38:13 - Law schools and the next gen bar exam (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
51:45 - Concerns about office-sharing arrangements addressed in new ABA ethics opinion (Selected by Victor Li)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
03:16 - What is Threads? Here’s what you need to know about the potential ‘Twitter Killer’ (Selected by Niki Black)
20:00 - Canadian Court Rules 👍 Emoji Counts as a Contract Agreement (Selected by Niki Black)
24:15 - Forum non conveniens and ediscovery (Selected by Joe Patrice)
28:30 - Judge curbs US effort to battle disinformation on social media; will ruling withstand appeal? (Selected by Victor Li)
34:15 - GPS Company Hit with Products Liability Lawsuit Over Alleged Role in Stalking, Murders (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
43:15 - Lots of firms say they have a strategy to innovate their digital operations. A lot fewer really do (Selected by Stephen Embry)
49:10 - Disco CEO's $110M compensation (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
- Casetext acquired by Thomson Reuters for $650M
- Maximize Billable Hours: An overview of law firm time-tracking software (Selected by Niki Black)
- LegalTech's AI Race: A Sign of What’s to Come (Selected by Niki Black)
- Biglaw Firm Sent FAKE Salary Increase Memo... To Teach Attorneys A Lesson! (Selected by Joe Patrice)
- Lawyer's Social Media Posts Lead Court to Wipe Out $1.5M Verdict (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
- Lexis Nexis Adds Extractive AI Deal analysis (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
05:22 - Sanctions for the bogus cases attorneys (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
21:00 - Addleshaw Goddard - UK Top 50 law firm - has launched five gen AI trial/POCs with engagement from 140 lawyers (Selected by Caroline Hill)
30:15 - Do NOT, I Repeat, Do NOT Use ChatGPT For Legal Research (Selected by Niki Black)
31:50 - Teaching Legal Citation With ChatGPT (Selected by Niki Black)
34:06 - ECFX, Platform for Distributing and Managing Electronic Court Notices, Raises $7 Million Growth Investment (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
36:35 - remote work polices: are law firms focused on right things and looking at the right data? (Selected by Stephen Embry)
43:10 - What's going on at BigLaw (Selected by Victor Li)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
03:20 - Sanction hearing in Bogus Cases Case (Selected by many)
21:56 - Couple suing for illegal search and seizure because authorities put a camera on a bear (Selected by Joe Patrice)
32:00 - Victory! New Jersey Court Rules Police Must Give Defendant the Facial Recognition Algorithms Used to Identify Him (Selected by Niki Black)
38:50 - The ability of ChatGPT to create malware (Selected by Stephen Embry)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
02:50 - The Bogus Cases Case (Selected by Joe Patrice & Bob Ambrogi)
21:43 - Leveraging ChatGPT In Legal Practice: Best Practices And Ethical Considerations (Selected by Niki Black and Jean O'Grady)
29:20 - Lega Inc. Emerges From Stealth Mode With LLM-Governance Platform, Enabling Safe Legal AI Experimentation (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins & Joe Patrice)
33:26 - Exclusive: In A First For E-Discovery, Tech Company Nextpoint Is Launching A ‘Data-Driven’ Law Firm Under Arizona’s Liberalized Ownership Rules (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
36:20 - Casepoint Suffered Ransomware Attack, BlackCat Hacker Cartel Claims on Dark Web (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
39:55 - Emerging Tech Trends: The rise of GPT tools in contract analysis (Selected by Niki Black)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
03:45 - Legal Ops' Path to the Future Is Paved With Generative AI, Teamwork
07:20 - Generative AI: A Double-Edged Sword (Selected by Niki Black)
13:17 - That AI tool your law firm is using? Its not really AI (Selected by Steve Lerner)
21:20 - Thomson Reuters AI (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
31:35 - Casetext (Selected by Joe Patrice)
40:45 - Law school introduces hologram witnesses in mock trial (Selected by Victor Li)
44:18 - Firms raise rates at record levels (Selected by Steve Embry)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
02:23 - Pre-CLOC flood of CLM news
08:23 - Breaking: LexisNexis Announces Preview Launch of Lexis Connect, AI-Powered Matter Management within Microsoft Teams (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
21:50 - European lawmakers vote overwhelmingly in favor of adopting the first AI Act, a proposed law that aims to protect people from the technology's risks (Selected by Victor Li)
31:29 - ChatGPT Made Up Sexual Harassment, Bribery Charges About Users. Can It Be Sued? (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
37:10 - Google I/O 2023: all in for AI & what may mean for legal (Selected by Stephen Embry)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
02:55 - LexisNexis launch of Lexis+ AI (Selected by Bob Ambrogi and Jean O'Grady)
18:48 - How Soon Before AI Kills the Billable Hour? (Selected by Niki Black)
29:35 - New LLM Shield Tool Blocks ChatGPT from Accessing Sensitive Legal Information (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
32:16 - Will AI really improve access to justice? Nothing has yet (Selected by Stephen Embry)
39:40 - The lost art of the business review (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
42:30 - Law Librarians Play Central Role In Legal Tech Adoption And Use, AALL ‘State Of The Profession’ Report Shows (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
47:55 - Elon Musk and How to Navigate Deep Fakes in the Court Room (Selected by Joe Patrice)
54:00 - ChatGPT wired into Boston Dynamics’ robodogs so they can ‘speak’ (Selected by Niki Black)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
Topics this week include:
00:00 - Introductions
03:27 - CodeX FutureLaw 2023 Focuses on Fine-Tuning AI for Legal, Access to Justice and More (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
15:40 - What Makes LLM-Based AI So Smart? Well, Turns Out This Blog Played A Part, Along with Other Legal Sites (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
19:15 - Who Will You Be After ChatGPT Takes Your Job? (Selected by Niki Black)
30:08 - Googlers say Bard AI is “worse than useless,” ethics concerns were ignored (Selected by Victor Li)
35:30 - University of California Berkeley law school rolls out AI policy ahead of final exams (Selected by Joe Patrice)
42:52 - Using technology in the courtroom (Selected by Stephen Embry)
45:30 - The Good and the Bad of Solo Practice, Per Clio’s Latest Legal Trends Report for Solos (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
49:05 - Prison Warden Says: ‘Lock The Emojis Up.’ Court Replies: ‘Free the Emojis’–Taliani v. Dortch (Selected by Niki Black)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
03:45 - Why ChatGPT and Bing Chat are so good at making things up (Selected by guest Jeff Brandt)
16:16 - The problem with "being the first" at something: Ironclad’s AI Contract Redlining Tool ‘AI Assist’ Comes Out Of Beta, New Using GPT-4 (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
21:39 - ChatGPT Accused Mayor Of Bribery Conviction, Faces Potential Defamation Claim (Selected by Joe Patrice)
28:00 - Personal Injury, Employment Top Hours Billed Per Case (Selected by Niki Black)
38:03 - Debt Collectors Can Use AI To File Lawsuits To Harass People (Selected by Joe Patrice)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
- 00:00 - Introductions
- 03:23 - In Major Legal Tech Deal, vLex and Fastcase Merge, Creating A Global Legal Research Company, Backed By Oakley Capital and Bain Capital (With guest Ed Walters)
- 38:00 - BigLaw associate’s admonition to be available 24/7 with ‘no exceptions, no excuses’ goes viral (Selected by Victor Li and Stephanie Wilkins)
- 49:45 - An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence for Federal Judges (Selected by Niki Black)
- 51:37 - Thomson Reuters Spins Off Elite As Independent Company Now Owned By Asset Manager TPG (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
- 54:55 - Can the Copyright Office establish rules around AI generated material? (Selected by Steve Embry)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
Topics this week include:
- The Strange Case of the Two Legal AI Companies Named Harvey, and their Coincidental Connection to Winston (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
- BlackBoiler Enhances Its Contract Redlining with ‘ContextAI,’ Which Gives the Reason for Every Redline (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
- The Legal Industry Has A Long Way To Go Before GPT Matches The Talk (Selected by Joe Patrice)
- The Call to Stop AI Development - is it Really Possible? (Selected by Caroline Hill)
- Colorado approves paraprofessionals in domestic relation matters (Selected by Steve Embry)
- WK launches Bank Failures toolkit and tracker (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
02:40 - Techshow post-mortem, panelists' thoughts on ABA TECHSHOW
14:15 - Casetext launch of Co-Counsel (Selected by Bob Ambrogi and Jean O'Grady)
22:40 - ChatGPT 101 for lawyers: It has upsides — and downsides (Selected by Niki Black)
31:40 - Merlin's new pricing model (Selected by Joe Patrice)
35:45 - Zuva's new free version is fun (Selected by Joe Patrice)
42:15 - DoNotPay class action lawsuit filed in California (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
03:30 - DoNotPay (Selected by Steven Lerner)
21:20 - Allen & Overy deploys Harvey AI, more firms TK (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
29:40 - Colombia to Hold Court Hearing in the Metaverse (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
34:30 - NY Makes Notaries More Accessible By Passing Online Notary Law (Selected by Niki Black)
43:05 - Leadership Blaming Working From Home For Its Own Data Privacy Failures (Selected by Joe Patrice)
48:50 - Filevine LEX Summit (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
48:50 - What to expect from ABA Techshow 2023 (Selected by Victor Li)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
02:38 - Can legal analytics predict the Super Bowl? (Selected by Steve Embry)
07:36 - 'A bit of a Nothingburger' - Joshua Browder (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
20:25 - Judge Uses ChatGPT To Render Decision (Selected by Joe Patrice)
38:00 - Productivity Suite Macro Raises $9.3 Million From Cooley, Andreessen Horowitz, Others (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
02:35 - Ironclad bringing in ChatGPT (Selected by Joe Patrice)
16:03 - Clio Goes Down Under, Expanding Into Australia with New Office and Data Center to Support APAC Growth (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
19:43 - New York Bar on Whether Lawyer YouTube Videos Constitute Advertising (Selected by Niki Black)
28:10 - Alternative legal services providers hit $20.6B share of legal market, new report says (Selected by Victor Li)
33:48 - Documate Rebrands As Gavel As It Expands Beyond Document Automation Into Providing A Platform for Building Online Legal Products (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week we're joined by special guest, Greg Lambert.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
02:00 - AI podcast (Selected by Greg Lambert)
12:27 - DoNotPay Discontinues Legal Products, CEO Threatened With Jail Time Following GPT-in-Court Proposal (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
26:50 - ABA Journal Legal Rebels (Selected by Victor Li)
34:08 - ALSP Axiom Opens Law Firm in Arizona Under Alternative Business Structure License (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
41:00 - Law firm hubris continues to amaze and stand in the way of meaningful change (Selected by Stephen Embry)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week we're joined by special guest, Joshua Lenon.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
01:55 - SCOTUS leak investigation (Selected by Joe Patrice)
06:45 - Legaltech News UK predictions (Selected by Joshua Lenon)
13:36 - Everlaw CFO "discretionary" vs. "critical" (Selected by Joe Patrice)
18:26 - More on "flash drive O'Brien" he filed suit against Proskauer and lost his new gig at Paul Hastings (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
32:30 - Major E-Discovery News, As Exterro, Eyeing IPO, Acquires Zapproved for Undisclosed Amount (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
39:42 - Latest in Madison Square Garden's facial recognition nonsense (Selected by Joe Patrice and Jean O'Grady)
46:50 - More on ChatGPT
50:50 - Internal Google presentation suggsts Google 's ai can't compete with chatGDP in curbing hate-speech. Urgent need to compete resetting priorities in the company (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
01:16 - A Lawyer at CES (Selected by Stephen Embry)
16:00 - Do Not Pay $1m reward (Selected by Joe Patrice)
24:05 - AI Takes the Bar Exam (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
39:50 - Pre/Dicta acquires Gavelytics (Selected by Bob Ambrogi and Jean O'Grady)
49:21 - E-Discovery Experts on Latest Inadvertent Disclosure From Jan 6. Committee: 'Who's QC-ing This?!' (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
53:20 - New York on the Ethics of Sharing Phone Contacts With Mobile Apps (Selected by Niki Black)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
04:04 - Niki's Top 4 Legal Technology News Stories of 2022 (Selected by Niki Black)
14:45 - Reynen Court President Christian Lang Exits as Platform Announces Free Access in 'Tough Times' (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
26:05 - RICOH Not Suave (Selected by Joe Patrice)
31:52 - Kicking Off the New Year with A Bang, Two Top Law Firm Consulting Businesses, Lawyerist and Affinity, Announce Merger (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
38:45 - NYC schools ban Chat GPT (Selected by Victor Li)
48:50 - Proskauer Rose alleges former COO overrode internal controls to steal confidential information (Selected by Caroline Hill)
53:30 - The Robot Lawyers Are Here, Now What? (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
03:30 - ChatGPT and its Future (Selected by many)
20:37 - The Return of Full Fledged Conferences (Selected by Joe Patrice)
24:30 - Back to the Office, or Stay at Home (Selected by Stephen Embry and Jean O'Grady)
34:48 - Inadvertent Disclosure in Alex Jones Trial Leaves E-Discovery Experts Flabbergasted (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
42:30 - Legal Tech Investments 'Normalize'
50:40 - Panelists' Predictions for 2023
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
02:22 - Twitter & Where to go to now
08:24 - The Legal Tech Fund Summit (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
15:21 - ChatGPT Is Impressive, But Can (and Should) It Be Used in Legal? (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
27:15 - LawPay + MyCase Small Firm Survey (Selected by Niki Black)
39:25 - FTX founder faces criminal and civil charges for alleged $1.8B fraud at FTX Trading (Selected by Victor Li)
49:50 - Free PACER saves money because of course it does (Selected by Joe Patrice)
55:00 - Alaska's new and practical approach to A2J problem (Selected by Stephen Embry)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
04:17 - Reynen Court, ‘App Store of Legal,’ Reduces Staff, Tells Vendors They Could See Service Delays (Selected by Bob Ambrogi and Stephanie Wilkins)
16:34 - To Raise or Not To Raise Lawyer Rates: That Is The 2023 Question (Selected by Stephen Embry)
25:31 - Citing inflation, U.S. judiciary hikes cost of court transcripts (Selected by Joe Patrice)
36:18 - For 2023, which tech tools might help your firm flourish? (Selected by Niki Black)
44:07 - Small Tech Company Takes On Major Law Firm Over Ownership of Bill-Drafting Software (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
07:26 - Elon Musk's stupid decisions and the litigation fallout (Selected by Niki Black)
17:15 - Post pandemic research procurement survey and "pop quiz" on TR precision (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
25:42 - Relatitivity Justice for Change (Selected by Joe Patrice and Stephanie Wilkins)
33:25 - Sunk Costs: UK Unlikely to Ditch Court CMS Tool That Spurred Widespread Strikes (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
41:30 - Burford Study on in house counsel pursuing recovery actions. Or not. (Selected by Stephen Embry)
47:53 - NetDocuments conference and retirement of its CTO Alvin Tedjamulia (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
07:26 - Elon Musk's stupid decisions and the litigation fallout (Selected by Niki Black)
17:15 - Post pandemic research procurement survey and "pop quiz" on TR precision (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
25:42 - Relatitivity Justice for Change (Selected by Joe Patrice and Stephanie Wilkins)
33:25 - Sunk Costs: UK Unlikely to Ditch Court CMS Tool That Spurred Widespread Strikes (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
41:30 - Burford Study on in house counsel pursuing recovery actions. Or not. (Selected by Stephen Embry)
47:53 - NetDocuments conference and retirement of its CTO Alvin Tedjamulia (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Our legal tech journalists discuss their favorite stories from the week's news.
This week's top stories:
00:00 - Introductions
06:11 - Metaverse 101 for Lawyers (Selected by Niki Black)
17:39 - Lawyer flubs allowed Politico to access law professor's election-litigation emails (Selected by Victor Li)
24:44 - Yes, partners made lot of money last year. But there were some other interesting findings in a recent study (Selected by Stephen Embry)
36:06 - Former DoorDash AGC, Ex-Google Engineer Launch ‘No Code’ Legal Intake Platform (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
45:25 - Say What? Filevine Introduces Proprietary Document Format to ‘Become the New Standard in the Legal Industry’ (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Our legal tech journalists discuss their favorite stories from the week's news.
This week's top stories:
00:00 - Introductions
06:11 - Metaverse 101 for Lawyers (Selected by Niki Black)
17:39 - Lawyer flubs allowed Politico to access law professor's election-litigation emails (Selected by Victor Li)
24:44 - Yes, partners made lot of money last year. But there were some other interesting findings in a recent study (Selected by Stephen Embry)
36:06 - Former DoorDash AGC, Ex-Google Engineer Launch ‘No Code’ Legal Intake Platform (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
45:25 - Say What? Filevine Introduces Proprietary Document Format to ‘Become the New Standard in the Legal Industry’ (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
05:10 - Special Guest David Horrigan on the upcoming Relativity Fest
09:48 - Major Legal Tech News As NetDocuments Acquires Worldox to Accelerate Its Growth Among Small- and Mid-Sized Firms (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
16:20 - No Clients, Yet: Why Firms Are Sticking With Their Metaverse Offices (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
24:14 - Uber Plans to Advertise to You At Every Stage of Your Ride, Using Your Own Data (Selected by Niki Black)
30:29 - 3-Day Office Work Weeks Falling apart (Selected by Joe Patrice)
46:40 - Hello Divorce Raises $3.25M to Span More of the Divorce Lifecycle, Including Financial Planning (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
48:08 - Special Master Renaming (Selected by David Horrigan)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
05:10 - Special Guest David Horrigan on the upcoming Relativity Fest
09:48 - Major Legal Tech News As NetDocuments Acquires Worldox to Accelerate Its Growth Among Small- and Mid-Sized Firms (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
16:20 - No Clients, Yet: Why Firms Are Sticking With Their Metaverse Offices (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
24:14 - Uber Plans to Advertise to You At Every Stage of Your Ride, Using Your Own Data (Selected by Niki Black)
30:29 - 3-Day Office Work Weeks Falling apart (Selected by Joe Patrice)
46:40 - Hello Divorce Raises $3.25M to Span More of the Divorce Lifecycle, Including Financial Planning (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
48:08 - Special Master Renaming (Selected by David Horrigan)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
03:57 - Remembering Charles Christian
7:40 - Takeaways from ClioCon
23:55 - American Legal Technology Awards (Selected by Joe Patrice)
31:48 - New York Bar on lawyers' obligations to protect client data on a hard drive (Selected by Niki Black)
36:25 - Class Actions in the UK (Selected by Caroline Hill)
39:43 - Clio's Legal Trends Report (Selected by Bob Ambrogi
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
03:57 - Remembering Charles Christian
7:40 - Takeaways from ClioCon
23:55 - American Legal Technology Awards (Selected by Joe Patrice)
31:48 - New York Bar on lawyers' obligations to protect client data on a hard drive (Selected by Niki Black)
36:25 - Class Actions in the UK (Selected by Caroline Hill)
39:43 - Clio's Legal Trends Report (Selected by Bob Ambrogi
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
07:26 - What even is a Lawyer-in-Residence?
10:42 - A competence-based lawyer licensing system in British Columbia (Selected by Joshua Lenon)
21:00 - Comprehensive Study of Regulatory Reform Finds It Is Driving ‘Substantial Innovation’ In Legal Services Delivery with No Harm to Consumers (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
25:28 - Book Review: ‘The Lawyer’s Guide To Collaboration Tools And Technologies’ (Selected by Niki Black)
27:21 - Working remotely is now a top priority, says new ABA report highlighting lasting shifts in practice of law (Selected by Niki Black)
30:08 - Do young lawyers have an entitlement problem? Lets make the ingrates get back to the office! (Selected by Stephen Embry)
45:40 - TikTok can keep operating in US under deal being worked out with Biden (Selected by Victor Li)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
07:26 - What even is a Lawyer-in-Residence?
10:42 - A competence-based lawyer licensing system in British Columbia (Selected by Joshua Lenon)
21:00 - Comprehensive Study of Regulatory Reform Finds It Is Driving ‘Substantial Innovation’ In Legal Services Delivery with No Harm to Consumers (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
25:28 - Book Review: ‘The Lawyer’s Guide To Collaboration Tools And Technologies’ (Selected by Niki Black)
27:21 - Working remotely is now a top priority, says new ABA report highlighting lasting shifts in practice of law (Selected by Niki Black)
30:08 - Do young lawyers have an entitlement problem? Lets make the ingrates get back to the office! (Selected by Stephen Embry)
45:40 - TikTok can keep operating in US under deal being worked out with Biden (Selected by Victor Li)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
06:03 - Thomson Reuters' New New Westlaw (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
28:10 - Move Over Red Flag! Westlaw Introducing New KeyCite Marker (Selected by Joe Patrice)
32:58 - Neural Nets and Other Promises (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
41:28 - Intersection of data privacy and reproductive rights (Selected by Niki Black)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introductions
06:03 - Thomson Reuters' New New Westlaw (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
28:10 - Move Over Red Flag! Westlaw Introducing New KeyCite Marker (Selected by Joe Patrice)
32:58 - Neural Nets and Other Promises (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)
41:28 - Intersection of data privacy and reproductive rights (Selected by Niki Black)
This Week's Stories:
Private Equity Firm Acquires Majority Interest in Global Legal Research Platform vLex (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Is proposing an ethical duty for legal innovation worth the effort? (Selected by Bob Ambrogi
"Legal Tech Directories: Your guide to the technology your firm needs" (Selected by Niki Black)
Are Law Firms Structural Impediments to Innovation? (Selected by Joe Patrice)
Vela Wood moved to Portugal for the summer which is kind of cool use of tech (Selected by Joe Patrice)
What is EY up to? (Selected by Stephen Embry)
This Week's Stories:
Private Equity Firm Acquires Majority Interest in Global Legal Research Platform vLex (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Is proposing an ethical duty for legal innovation worth the effort? (Selected by Bob Ambrogi
"Legal Tech Directories: Your guide to the technology your firm needs" (Selected by Niki Black)
Are Law Firms Structural Impediments to Innovation? (Selected by Joe Patrice)
Vela Wood moved to Portugal for the summer which is kind of cool use of tech (Selected by Joe Patrice)
What is EY up to? (Selected by Stephen Embry)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
Building On Its Acquisition of Afterpattern, NetDocuments Launches PatternBuilder to Automate Legal Documents Natively (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Lexis+ Comes to Canada, As LexisNexis Launches Its ‘Next Generation’ Research Platform for the Canadian Market (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Productivity Data: Here's How Lawyers Get Work Done (Selected by Niki Black)
Following decades of discourse on nonlawyer legal services, questions of motives continue (Selected by Victor Li)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introduction
04:22 - Facebook Knows Everything About You. And Is Willing To Share (Selected by Steve Embry)
17:18 - Mitratech's New Acquisition Blurs Line Between Legal, HR (Selected by Steven Lerner)
25:00 - The end of the billable hour... implanted brain trackers? (Selected by Joe Patrice and Bob Ambrogi)
34:10 - Mixed Messages from the ABA, As It ‘Reaffirms’ Rule Against Nonlawyer Ownership while also Encouraging Innovation (Selected by Bob Ambrogi
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
The biggest news this week is that Zach Warren, one of our original panelists, is taking a new title, and will be leaving the roundtable.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introduction
05:20 - Alex Jones's lawyers are bad at cell phones (selected by Zach Warrren
14:10 - Zach's New Job
17:30 - City lawyer found in contempt of court for deleting messaging app (selected by Caroline Hill)
24:28 - New York Becomes First State to Mandate CLE in Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection (selected by Bob Ambrogi)
32:46 - Former Dewey LeBoeut Chairman documentary on Bloomberg TV (selected by Jean O'Grady)
44:20 - 50 state AGs vow action against carriers that bring foreign robocalls to US (selected by Victor Li)
47:38 - Ironclad Insights (selected by Joe Patrice)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introduction
04:00 - Takeaways from AALL
19:24 - Elon Musk & Legal Tech (Selected by Joe Patrice)
23:22 - South Carolina bill would ban internet information on abortions; tech companies may face competing laws (Selected by Victor Li)
34:08 - Reach new clients with chat tools for your law firm’s website (Selected by Niki Black)
39:30 - Exterro Secures New Financing in 'Pre-IPO Round' Valued 'Over a Billion Dollars' (Selected by Zach Warren)
42:24 - Scientists Conclude that Wikipedia Influences Judges’ Legal Reasoning (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introduction
02:38 - Guest of the Show Speaks on Lexis Nexis Launch
14:32 - Easy e-filing: Services designed to help attorneys file documents accurately and correctly (Selected by Niki Black)
32:00 - No LOLing Matter: The Rising Prevalence of Emojis in Employment Litigation (Selected by Joe Patrice)
41:40 - Many are hurt by NFT crash, but no one is telling (Selected by Victor Li)
50:38 - Recent study update confirms continued and troubling lack of diversity among state high court judges (Selected by Steve Embry)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introduction
02:45 - Litigation analytics company Gavelytics shuts down (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
12:30 - Pre/Dicta Launches to Make Case Outcome Predictions—Bringing Demographic Data in to Help (Selected by Zach Warren)
22:27 - Ironclad report says legal departments are moving faster (Selected by Joe Patrice)
27:50 - Lexis counsel link report partner rates and consolidation continue (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
30:40 - LexisNexis Parent RELX Quietly Launches Legal Research Service for Bar Associations and Small Firms (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
00:00 - Introduction
03:30 - Newly Launched Huski Uses AI-Powered Image Recognition to Help IP Lawyers Protect Clients’ Trademarks (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
15:30 - DBS Survey Results - Legal Reseach/Tech Customer support in a freefall (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
25:25 - Online privacy bill easily passed by U.S. House panel (Selected by Victor Li)
30:39 - Cutting non productive associate salaries??? (Selected by Stephen Embry)
38:48 - The Onit Report and In-House Lawyers (Selected by Joe Patrice)
44:33 - California Lawmakers Approve Bill Throttling Paraprofessional, Regulatory Sandbox Proposals (Selected by Zach Warren)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
This week's topics:
- Copyright Protection Company Enters Legal Tech Market with Launch of ‘ImageRights for Law Firms’ (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
- CEOs of Clio, Paradigm and ProfitSolv React to News of LawPay’s Acquisition of MyCase (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
- Arbitration Needs to Diversify (Selected by Joe Patrice)
- What's up with the federal data privacy bill? (Selected by Zach Warren)
LawPay and MyCase CEOs join the the first half of today's show to discuss the recent aquisition.
The week's top stories:
00:00 - Introduction
03:40 - LawPay and MyCase
40:00 - In New Approach, Big Law Firm Uses NFT to Serve Court Papers on Anonymous Defendants (Selected by Zach Warren)
43:04 - With Launch of ‘AllSearch,’ Casetext Unleashes Powerful Neural Net Search Technology on Litigation Documents (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
50:14 - Europe gives Apple a smack in the chops on USB-C power standardization (Selected by Victor Li)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.
The Week's Top Stories, and the Panelists who Chose Them:
00:00 - Introduction
04:35 - Exhibit A: Top trial presentation tools (Selected by Niki Black)
10:30 - Amber Heard and Johnny Depp's 'Trial by TikTok' (Selected by Victor Li)
20:30 - The Death Of A Mentor, And Other Stories (Selected by Niki Black)
24:15 - What if Algorithms Worked For Accused People, Instead of Against Them (Selected by Steve Embry)
40:02 - I Ran Justice Alito’s Draft Abortion Opinion through the BriefCatch Legal Editing Software. Here’s What Happened. (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
54:00 - At A Turning Point for the Law Firm Docketing Profession, A Conversation with Three of its Trailblazers (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. The Week's Top Stories, and the Panelists who Chose Them:
00:00 - Introduction
02:49 - Women in Legal Tech (Caroline Hill)
16:15 - The Justice Technology Association (Greg Lambert)
21:25 - First Amendment Protects Non-Lawyers in Providing Legal Advice in Debt Cases, Federal Court Rules (Bob Ambrogi)
30:39 - Nonlawyer paraprofessionals couldn’t jointly own law firms under revised licensing proposal in this state (Victor Li)
37:17 - 77% of in house legal professionals report experiencing a failure in legal tech implementation (Steve Embry)
44:43 - Onit and the idea of horizontal strategizing (Joe Patrice)
54:45 - Are we going to see layoffs in Legaltech (Greg Lambert)
Join our panelists as they discuss the week's top stories.
Topics This week:
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New Termi Chatbot May Just Be the Missing Link in Driving Tech Adoption at Law Firms (selected by Bob Ambrogi)
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New Beta Feature of Law.com Radar Uses Algorithm to Detect Trends and Surges in Litigation News (selected by Bob Ambrogi)
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Is it a constitutional violation to mute defendants during video sentencing? (selected by Niki Black)
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Law firms expanding services to firms (selected by Joe Patrice)
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Rising Revenues and Costs: Inside Public Legal Tech Companies' Quarterly Reports (selected by Zach Warren)
The week's top stories in legal technology, selected by the industry's leading journalists.
00:00 - Panelist Introductions
04:37 - Are we Really Going Back to the Office?
21:50 - For Now, The Legaltech Market is Still More Boom Than Bubble (Selected by Zach Warren)
34:19 - Here to Stay: Expect Remote Hearings to Become Post Pandemic Features, Panelists Say (selected by Victoria Hudgins
44:03 - Ohio Bans Competitive Keywords Advertising for Lawyers
46:36 - Maine's Notable Ban on Government Use of Most AI Software
This Week's Top Stories Are:
00:00 - Panelist Introductions
03:02 - Justin Kan's Mea Culpa (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
12:49 - Law is a Team Sport in a Digital Age (Selected by guest panelist Jeff Brandt)
23:19 - Survey Sheds Light on Why Diversity Progress in Law Firms is So Slow (Selected by Stephen Embry)
36:33 - Age, Gender, and Generation Affect Opinion on Back to Office (Selected by Niki Black)
43:27 - Nuix IPO is Getting a Lot of Press Attention Down Under (Selected by Molly McDonough)
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We are joined this week by two guest panelists, Roy Strom and Julie Sobowale.
This week's Top Stories:
5:10 - Security Council Arria Formula Meeting Highlights UNITAD Innovation and Partnership as Model for Accountability (Selected by Molly McDonough)
13:17 - Big Law has Never Looked More Like This Fully Remote Firm (Selected by Roy Strom)
22:21 - Spending in Legal Departments has Almost Doubled in the Last Year: CLOC Survey (Selected by Julie Sobowale)
27:14 - Just Calling a Product 'Artificial Intelligence' Isn't Good Enough (Selected by Joe Patrice)
39:06 - How Law Schools Should Teach Tech, with April Dawson (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
50:14 - Microsoft is Finally Retiring Internet Explorer in 2022 (Selected by Victor Li)
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This week's top stories:
4:32 - Dating App for Lawyers (Selected by Joe Patrice)
7:22 - SCOTUS Opinion on Fair Use of Coding in Google vs. Oracle (Selected by Joe Patrice)
10:22 - Rocket Lawyer's $223m investment (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
18:51 - Mary O'Carroll left Google and stepped down from CLOC after joining legal tech company Ironclad (Selected by Victoria Hudgins)
23:19 - The E-Discovery Arms Race: Consilio and Xact (Selected by Zach Warren)
25:32 - Dangers of Policing Using Predictive Data (Selected by Niki Black)
39:08 - MCBA Avatar Conference Follow Up (Selected by Steve Embry)
45:43 - Europe Proposes Strict Rules Governing AI (Selected by Victor Li)
7:06 - Neuralink implant enables monkey to play Pong without touching anything. Tests in humans next. (Selected by Molly McDonough)
15:22 - Litera buys another company. What is its strategy and how will avoid chaos in implementing so many acquisitions? Why should you care? (Selected by Caroline Hill)
21:26 - Digression about British expressions
23:06 - Orrick Spin-Off Joinder Launches ‘System-of-Record’ for Corporate Legal Departments (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
38:46 - SALI announced a universal legal tech API, will it catch on? (Selected by Victoria Hudgins)
48:09 - Judicial Analytics in New York: Looking Back To See the Future (Selected by Niki Black)
Note: this episode take place at a virtual conference, and may be best viewed on YouTube
4:09 - Panelist's opinions on the virtual conference
21:29 - No plans by Facebook to notify users of data breach
25:34 - Notre Dame over-enrollment chaos
28:06 - Future Trials Working Group's Report and Recommendations
35:07 - NJ ethics opinion on reply all emails and client confidentiality issues
39:57 - Casey Flaherty Leaves Baker McKenzie To Join Legal Tech Collective LexFusion
43:40 - Tour of virtual conference.
Top stories in legal tech this week include:
6:13 - Biglaw firms toying with ending the 5-day office work week.
11:06 - Law firms pulling out the stops for lateral associates.
13:12 - Legal Tech Company IPOs Are Rare, but That Could Soon Change
18:10 - Report maps growing 'Justice Tech' market; urges VCs to invest.
22:20 - Florida Bar's best practices for remote proceedings.
28:28 - Weed is legal in NYC, and Cuomo gets a night off from the spotlight.
30:14 - Can a non-lawyer (business person) run a law firm?
46:25 - Witnesses who want to testify remotely may need to prove they haven't been vaccinated.
The Week's Topics Include:
5:23 - ILTA announces live conference this summer
12:28 - Ropes & Gray summons all staff back to the office, but video conferencing may be sticking around.
31:38 - Juries in online trials tend to be younger and more diverse
42:48 - NY ethics opinion on lawyer-client matching sites
45:40 - Theory & Principle's conference on Forms
48:12 - ABA Tech Show
52:24 - Accomplishments for diversity in legal tech
55:53 - Clubhouse privacy concerns
Stories This Week:
3:36 - Launch Factory seeks legal tech founders
8:58 - Thompson Reuters ALSP report
12:38 - Lawyer referral services
23:22 - Digitizing state courts to increase access to justice.
30:10 - Drunk Cylon?
30:49 - Legal tech M&A study
35:44 - iManage's ROI study & the nature of industry polling
47:38 - Matt Homann and the Virtual Conference Manifesto
54:05 - Vendor commercials & conferences
56:38 - Rant & Raves: Jones Day gets hacked
Our panelists this week are: Stephen Embry, publisher, TechLaw Crossroads; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast; and Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider.
Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal, moderates.
This week saw the first virtual version of Legalweek, typically one of the largest legal tech and legal industry conferences. How well did the physical conference translate to the virtual world? Our panelists share their thoughts.
Stories this week include:
4:07 - Legal Week(year)
15:20 - Collaboration between legal tech companies and law firms
24:00 - Judicial ethics and Reality TV
30:40 - Troutman’s hire of a “remote” partner
41:20 - 23andMe going public
47:32 - A new company that rates Saas vendors’ contracts
51:17 - Box acquires an e-signature company
52:38 - Panelists’ rants & raves
Our panelists this week are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law;and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News.
Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.
We introduce a new segment this week: panelists’ rants and raves, a lightning round of what made us mad or glad this week. Other stories we discuss include: a look-ahead to virtual Legalweek, an ABA ethics opinion on responding to negative online criticism, ROSS’s litigation gambit calling Thomson Reuters a monopoly, whether virtual firms are here to stay, and ODR comes to Manhattan small claims court.
Our panelists this week are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Stephen Embry, publisher, TechLaw Crossroads; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law;and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News.
Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.
A quiet week overall in legal technology news, but a Law.com article on the pandemic’s disproportionate impact on women and diverse attorneys generates impassioned discussion among the panelists.
Other stories we discuss include: an in-depth analysis of the legal tech market, the acquisition of a popular legal newsletter publisher, the hurdles to teaching tech to remote law students, the ABA Journal’s latest class of Legal Rebels, and a challenge to legal tech companies from Joe Patrice to develop a much-needed app.
Our panelists this week are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Stephen Embry, publisher, TechLaw Crossroads; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law;and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News.
Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.
In our first show of the new year, our panel of legal tech journalists share their thoughts on the events this week at the Capitol, and then turn to the week’s top stories in legal tech and innovation. They also share their predictions for 2021, and consider the question, “What exactly is legal tech?”
This week’s panelists are: Stephen Embry, publisher, TechLaw Crossroads; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News.
Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.
In a special year-end episode of Legaltech Week, our panel of legaltech journalists share their picks for the top stories of the year in legal technology and innovation. What were they? You’ll have to listen to the episode to find out.
This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Stephen Embry, publisher, TechLaw Crossroads; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News.
Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.
Our panel of legaltech journalists discuss the week’s top story: The decision to close down its operations by legal research startup ROSS Intelligence, under pressure from a lawsuit filed against it by legal research giant Thomson Reuters. Does Thomson Reuters have a legitimate claim or is it using litigation to squelch a competitor? Our panelists share their opinions.
Other stories we discuss this week include: Benjamin Moore fires its entire in-house legal department; London firm DWF posts strong half-year financial results, owing in part to its managed services business; Irish AI-powered spend management company Brightflag raises $28 million; the House passes the Open Courts Act, in a step towards making PACER free; and a new ethics opinion addresses attorneys withdrawing from representations due to COVID concerns.
This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Stephen Embry, publisher, TechLaw Crossroads; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News.
Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.
Virtual legal conferences have been a recurring topic on Legaltech Week, as we’ve debated the highs and lows of presenting conferences online. But panelist Niki Black has persisted in pushing the idea of virtual conferences. This week, the virtual conference concept got vindicated, as several panelists attended the virtual E-Discovery Day event produced by EDRM.net, complete with avatars. In this week’s episode, we share our experiences and opinions with the virtual conference format.
Other stories our panel of legaltech journalists discuss this week include: Exterro’s nine-figure acquisition of AccessData, the federal judiciary’s surreptitious lobbying against making PACER free, the expansion of trial court research and analytics company Trellis into Illinois and Delaware, hackers targeting the COVID-19 distribution chain, law firms doing business cases on contingency, and a lawsuit reminder of why lawyers should use email encryption.
This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Stephen Embry, author of TechLaw Crossroads; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News.
Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.
Virtual legal conferences have been a recurring topic on Legaltech Week, as we’ve debated the highs and lows of presenting conferences online. But panelist Niki Black has persisted in pushing the idea of virtual conferences. This week, the virtual conference concept got vindicated, as several panelists attended the virtual E-Discovery Day event produced by EDRM.net, complete with avatars. In this week’s episode, we share our experiences and opinions with the virtual conference format.
Other stories our panel of legaltech journalists discuss this week include:
This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Stephen Embry, author of TechLaw Crossroads; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News.
Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.
You may be surprised to know there was news this week other than the election. Among the top stories our panelists discuss: ballot initiatives in California and Massachusetts raise data privacy issues, Deloitte acquires UK top 200 law firm Kemp Little, a report examines the viability of captive ALSPs, legal tech patents soar in China, an ethics opinion raises COVID-19 issues, chatbots for legal marketing, and new lawyer-matching site that also provides free practice software.
This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Stephen Embry, author of TechLaw Crossroads; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News.
Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.
This week on Legaltech Week, Stephen Embry, former trial lawyer and author of TechLaw Crossroads, sits in on the panel. Among the top stories our panelists discuss: The LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation partners with National Bar Association to advance the rule of law, ALSP UnitedLex hit with a $128M suit over the demise of law firm LeClairRyan, and the world’s wealthiest law firm lays off staff.
Also on the table: Intapp goes all in on the cloud, the ABA publishes its Legal Technology Survey Report, new developments in litigation analytics, and a $6.3 million raise for legal marketplace Priori Legal.
In addition to Embry, this week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.
This week on Legaltech Week, we share a moment of silence to remember Gayle McCormick O’Connor, a stalwart of the legal technology industry who died last Sunday. We also discuss the remarkable story of an indicted former legaltech founder whose published a book claiming he was an FBI mole.
Other stories this week include: a legal analyst gets caught with his pants down, Baker McKenzie launches an AI project to anticipate clients’ legal needs, legaltech veterans launch major growth capital fund as other investors seek out legal tech targets, a botched redaction with a twist, and more.
This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.
This week on Legaltech Week, our panel of legal tech journalists offer their views on the virtual version of the Clio Cloud Conference. Plus, our panel of legal journalists discuss the week’s top stories, including a new global directory of legaltech, a new ethics opinion on tech competence, a $60 million investment in discovery company DISCO, and more.
This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.
This week on Legaltech Week, Nicole Bradick, founder and CEO of legal tech design firm Theory and Principle, joins us to discuss Read the F*ing Directions, a voter education site developed for Spread the Vote. She also gives a preview of the upcoming Justice Tech & Design Gathering.
Plus, our panel of legal journalists discuss the week’s top stories, including the glut of virtual conferences, a report on captive ALSPs at Am Law 100 firms, new ‘Market Standards’ from LexisNexis for data-driven M&A research, Google giving search data to police, and tech incompetence at the Supreme Court.
This week’s panelists are: Caroline Hill, editor-in-chief of Legal IT Insider; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; and Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.
This week on Legaltech Week, our panel of legal journalists discuss a range of stories. Among this week’s stories: the Legalweek New York conference makes it official, going virtual and rebranding as Legalweek(year); two legal industry veterans launch LexFusion, aiming to change the legal tech sales paradigm; a law firm battles to use a trade name in states that still prohibit it; Minnesota launches a pilot program for paraprofessionals to provide legal services; and a Good Housekeeping seal of approval for legal AI.
This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.
This week on Legaltech Week, our panel of legal journalists discuss a range of stories. Among them: the acquisition of practice management company Rocket Matter, scalability vs. headcount at ALSPs, the challenge of naming a legaltech company, Fragomen’s acquisition of SimpleCitizen, Texas judiciary embraces long-term virtual hearings, man sentenced to death via Zoom, U.K. returns to lockdown, and the continuing foibles of the bar exam.
This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; and Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.
After a week off, our panel of legal journalists has a lot of news to catch up on. Among this week’s stories: the acquisition of MyCase, the rise of deposition tech, the new Lexis+, Casetext extends its AI brief writing, Winston & Strawn’s new virtual support center, SCOTUS telephonic arguments, WFH ethics opinions, self-driving car homicide, and Goodnight Moon meets court tech. Plus, we consider the future of legal tech conferences.
This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal, Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News.Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.
Fastcase CEO and cofounder Ed Walters joins us as a guest to discuss his company’s acquisition of the innovative California legal research company Judicata. Plus, after a week off, our panel of legal journalists has a lot of news to catch up on. Among this week’s stories: Arizona approves nonlawyer ownership of law firms, ILTA wraps up its first virtual annual conference, testing finds risks in bar exam software, a bank puts out a legal tech product, and Litera and iManage both make notable acquisitions.
This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News.Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.
Our panel of legal journalists discusses the week’s top stories in legal technology and innovation. This week’s topics include: a look-ahead to ILTA>ON, the virtual version of the world’s largest legal tech conference; BlackBerry, once the favorite of lawyers, is building a 5G smartphone; legal AI company Kira leverages its product for police reform; Texas lawyers say no to virtual jury trials; the crimes AI could create; and Thomson Reuters’ new AI-driven brief-checking tool for judges.
This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News.Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.
Our panel of legal journalists discusses the week’s top stories in legal technology and innovation. This week’s topics include: the Utah Supreme Court approves sweeping regulatory changes to address access to justice, e-discovery company Reveal acquires AI company NexLP, Biglaw lawyers flock to distributed firms, the Wall Street Journal issues a robot lawyer scare, and a possibly more palpable purpose for facial recognition technology.
This week’s panelists are: Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News.Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.
A panel of legal journalists discusses the week’s top stories in legal technology and innovation. This week’s topics include: how Zoom helped a law firm avoid layoffs, new data on the pandemic’s impact on law practices, technical difficulties for online bar exams, big tech companies face the fire on Capitol Hill, ‘legal deserts’ and how tech can help, and New Zealand sets standards for algorithms.
This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.
The Legaltech Week panel of journalists tackles another week of legal news. Among the top stories we discuss this week: fun with mute buttons, civil rights edition; the privacy and due process dangers of Zoom courts; excessive attorneys’ fees in a data breach case; and a new legal news service from Thomson Reuters.
This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.
The Legaltech Week panel of journalists convenes for another look back at the week’s top stories in legal technology and innovation. Among the stories they discuss this week are a Law.com series on the machines influencing criminal justice decisions, ROSS’s response to Thomson Reuters’ lawsuit, an EU court quashes the Privacy Shield, a bail hearing illegally recorded, and the California bar exam goes virtual.
This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.
The Legaltech Week panel of journalists is back for a look at the week’s top stories in legal technology and innovation. Among the topics this week are a new legal research service from LexisNexis, concerns about self-driving cars and crime, another naked lawyer on Zoom, possible backlash against DoNotPay, law firms commit to a data-driven diversity initiative, a look at the law firm of the future, and the legal tech companies that received PPP loans.
This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.
On this episode of Legaltech Week, we invite the audience to put their questions to our panel of legaltech journalists. Among the questions we answer: How best to pitch us with a story, what’s our favorite type of story, how to break into legal journalism, how to get assignments as a freelance writer, and the worst pitch any of us received.
This week, a new panelist joins our line-up: Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal. The other panelists are Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.
The Legaltech Week panel of journalists is joined this week by Jack Newton, cofounder and CEO of Clio, to discuss new research findings on COVID-19’s impact on the legal industry. With findings based on both anonymized customer data and surveys of lawyers and consumers, the research suggests business may be picking up for law firms, but there are still reasons for concern. Newton discusses the findings and takes questions from the panel and audience.
Also, our panelists discuss their top stories of the week. This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.
The Legaltech Week panel of journalists is joined this week by Rohan Pavuluri, cofounder and CEO of bankruptcy platform Upsolve, to discuss his recent article arguing that rules prohibiting the unauthorized practice of law -- rules that he says give lawyers a monopoly on providing legal services -- effectively work to promote racial inequality.
Also, we’re joined by a new panelist this week: Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News, for our usual roundtable on the week’s top stories. The weeks’ other panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; and Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.
The Legaltech Week panel of journalists is joined this week by Rohan Pavuluri, cofounder and CEO of bankruptcy platform Upsolve, to discuss his recent article arguing that rules prohibiting the unauthorized practice of law -- rules that he says give lawyers a monopoly on providing legal services -- effectively work to promote racial inequality.
Also, we’re joined by a new panelist this week: Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News, for our usual roundtable on the week’s top stories. The weeks’ other panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; and Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.
At the close of a week in which issues of racism and racial injustice have consumed the nation and the world, we abandon our usual news round-up for an in-depth conversation about diversity in law. Joining us to share his insights and perceptions is Bryan Parker, cofounder and CEO of Legal Innovators, a startup dedicated to changing the hiring, pricing and diversity of junior legal talent.
Parker joins this week’s line-up of panelists: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor-in-chief, Legaltech News. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.
Our weekly Legaltech Week journalist roundtable, rounding up the top legaltech news, kicks off this time with news that one of our panelists was a contestant on Cash Cab. And if you don’t know what that is, then you’ll have to listen to the episode.
Joining host Bob Ambrogi this week are Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor-in-chief, Legaltech News.
Among the other stories the panelists discuss: How the ubiquity of mobile-phone cameras is changing criminal law and justice, the First Amendment implications of President Trump’s Twitter crackdown, lessons learned from the first Zoom trial in Texas, a U.K. firm’s selection of Oracle for its practice management platform, and another practice management platform’s new lead-ranking tool.
The Legaltech Week journalist roundtable is back, with a week-in-review discussion by leading legaltech journalists from the U.S. and U.K. who discuss and dissect the week’s top stories.
Joining host Bob Ambrogi this week are Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; and Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law.
Among the stories the panelists discuss: doing away with “brick-and-mortar” requirements for law offices, judges question the need for large courthouses and -- by the way -- learn to love Zoom over other video platforms, a new government-backed legaltech sandbox in the U.K., a law firm gets caught by an email scam and loses its lawsuit to hold the bank accountable, and lots of audience chatter about Zoom v. Microsoft Teams.
Legaltech Week takes a turn in a new direction this week, presenting a week-in-review discussion by leading legaltech journalists from the U.S. and U.K. who discuss and dissect the week’s top stories.
Joining host Bob Ambrogi are Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief, Legaltech News.
Among the stories the panelists discuss: the California Bar takes a step towards a regulatory sandbox, video conferencing security and what lawyers really need, making sense of newly launched platform Lupl, a legaltech incubator in India, a ransomware attack against a law firm to the stars (and a related question of journalism ethics), and major investments in contracts tech.
Top stories this week include sweeping proposed liberalization of lawyer regulation, a watershed Supreme Court victory for open-law advocates, a national COVID-19 pro bono portal born out of a unique collaboration among the ABA and legaltech companies, and the first public statements by Epiq Global’s CEO on its ransomware attack and layoffs. Our guest this week is Mark C. Palmer, chief counsel of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism.
Story Sources
(hyperlinks available at www.lawsitesblog.com/category/legaltech-week)
Utah regulatory reforms (0:35):
- Utah Proposes Sweeping Regulatory Reforms; Will Fast-Track Pandemic-Related Services.
- Utah Supreme Court.
- Supreme Court Regulatory Reform Proposal-Comment Period Closes July 23, 2020.
Supreme Court opinion (2:51):
- In Key Ruling for Public Access, SCOTUS Says No Copyright In Georgia Code Annotations.
- Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc.
- Public.Resource.Org.
Pro bono portal (4:04):
- Tech Companies, ABA, Partner to Launch National Pro Bono Portal Targeting COVID-19 and Disaster Relief.
- Disaster Relief Pro Bono Portal.
- ABA YLD Disaster Legal Services Program.
- Paladin.
- Clio.
- LegalZoom.
- Legal Services Corporation.
Epiq Global (5:55):
- In Interview, Epiq CEO Addresses Ransomware Attack, Layoffs, and Company’s Future.
Guest commentary (7:35):
- Mark C. Palmer.
Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism.
This week’s top story is the release of the first ethics opinion to outline and address the issues raised by working from home due to the coronavirus crisis. We’re joined by an author of that opinion, Pennsylvania lawyer Daniel Siegel, to discuss its key points. Also this week: the first major virtual legal conference of the coronavirus era is held, ILTA’s CEO says its annual ILTACON conference is a go for August, and a contracts-technology company, saying corporations face a state of emergency, releases a free version of its product to help legal departments make their contracts organized and accessible.
Story Sources
Major ethics opinion (2:27):
- State Bar Issues Ethics Guidance on Working from Home During COVID-19 Pandemic.
- Full text: PBA Formal Opinion 2020-300 Ethical Considerations for Attorneys Working Remotely.
First virtual conference (4:44):
- Rocket Matter to Stage ‘Rocket Aid,’ A Charitable Virtual Conference for Lawyers.
- What If You Threw A Conference And No One Came (Because They All Logged In Remotely)?
- Litera Announces Virtual Legal Conference April 23 on Adapting to the Changing Market.
- Rocket Aid.
- The Changing Lawyer LIVE!
- ILTA LegalSEC Summit.
ILTACON is on (6:25):
- Law Insights Interview with Joy Heath Rush.
- ILTACON Is On, ILTA CEO Says, But It May Not Seem The Same.
- ILTACON planning going ‘full steam ahead.’
Knowable’s new products (6:56):
- Knowable Responds to Pandemic with New Products, Including Free Contract Management.
- GCs Face Contract ‘Chaos’ + Knowable Wants to Help.
Guest Conversation (7:52):
- Daniel J. Siegel.
Top stories this week include more layoffs in legal tech as Epiq, suffering the double blow of a ransomware attack and the pandemic is reported to let go as many as 200. Also in the news, cutbacks at other legal tech companies, a report on the state of legaltech Down Under, Fastcase says its taking a bigger cut of the BigLaw market, former Atrium lawyers land at a law firm, case management company Filevine makes its first acquisition, and Wolters Kluwer releases a comprehensive free resource on COVID-19 laws. Our guest this week is Ron Friedmann, author of the blog Strategic Legal Technology, who discusses Fastcase’s move into BigLaw and the state of investment in legal tech.
Story Sources
Epiq layoffs (1:57):
- Reports Say Epiq Has Laid Off Some 200 Employees In Wake Of Ransomware Attack.
Cuts at Elevate, Reynen Court (2:30):
- Elevate, Reynen Court Follow Law Firm Lead by Cutting Costs.
Global Legal Tech Report (2:51):
- First in Series of Global Legal Tech Reports Finds Good and Bad in Australia.
- Global Legal Tech Report.
Fastcase (3:39):
- Fastcase Gains Share in Big Law.
Atrium (4:03):
- Atrium, $75M Company that Vowed to ‘Revolutionize’ Law, Shuts Down.
- Crowell & Moring Acquires Core Atrium Senior Legal Team.
Filevine (4:26):
- Case Management Company Filevine Acquires Lead-Management Company Lead Docket.
Wolters Kluwer (4:56):
- Wolters Kluwer Releases Comprehensive Free Resource for Navigating Federal and State COVID-19 Laws.
- Free and Powerful: Wolters Kluwer Launches Suite of COVID-19 Smart Charts Outside the Paywall.
- Wolters Kluwer COVID-19 Smart Chart.
Guest Conversation (5:31):
- Ron Friedmann.
Top stories this week include the first coronavirus casualties in legaltech as e-discovery company DISCO lays off staff. Also in the news: a new legal analytics product from LexisNexis, a virtual legal conference to benefit charity, and a rash of notable hires. Finally, we’re joined from London by Richard Tromans, legal economist and founder of the blog Artificial Lawyer, for his perspective on the pandemic’s potential impact on the legaltech industry.
Story Sources
Disco layoffs (1:18):
- Legal Tech Layoffs Begin As DISCO Announces Job Cuts.
- Layoffs at Fast-Rising Austin Startup DISCO.
Context Company Analytics (2:15):
- LexisNexis Adds Companies to its Context Analytics on Lexis Advance.
- LexisNexis Launches Context Company Analytics –Language Analysis and Insights for Competitive Insights.
Rocket Aid (3:12):
- Rocket Matter to Stage ‘Rocket Aid,’ A Charitable Virtual Conference for Lawyers.
- Rocket Aid registration.
Notable hires (3:53):
- Keith Lee, LawyerSmack Founder, Joins Case Status as Chief Marketing Officer.
- Notable Hire: Allegory Founder Alma Asay Joins Litera.
- Simpson Thacher Welcomes Oz Benamram as First Chief Knowledge and Innovation Officer.
Guest Conversation (5:38):
- Richard Tromans
Top stories this week include a legal profession in lockdown and how legal technology companies are stepping up to help with offers of free products and services. Among the most notable: Clio’s commitment of $1 million to a disaster relief fund. Also in the news: Litera makes another acquisition, Casetext raises new funding to drive development of its brief analysis product, and vLex rolls out a new legal research platform in the UK.