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Legaltech Week

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A weekly round-up and review of news in legal technology and innovation, selected by industry leading journalists. Hosted by lawyer and journalist Bob Ambrogi.
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07/18/25: Ethical Jury Selection in the AI Era, AI's Misuse as Glorified Admin, and more

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 ...

Jul 21, 202553 min

07/11/25: Clio / vLex acquisition, SCOTUS Oral argument with AI, and more

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...

Jul 14, 202554 min

06/27/25: Harvey/LexisNexis partnership, law firm marketing mistakes, and more

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 L...

Jul 03, 202558 min

06/13/25: Stats on AI adoption differences between practices, Harvey, and more

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...

Jul 03, 202557 min

06/06/25: Legalzoom/perplexity partnership, Stanford study on AZ/UT legal innovation, and more

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...

Jul 03, 202556 min

05/30/25: Increasing cybersecurity threats to law firms, ruling on liability of ChatGPT creator

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: 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)

Jun 05, 202551 min

05/23/25: Why the ‘Use Case Chase’ Is Hindering Legal’s GenAI Progress, and more

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: 03:32 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 (Selec...

May 29, 202557 min

05/16/25: Clio report shows trends on AI and billable hour, Trellis partnership, and more

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 ...

May 22, 202559 min

05/09/25: CA sues vendor after troubled bar exam, dead guy's deep fake speaks at sentencing, & more

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 Expand...

May 16, 202559 min

05/02/25: My Pillow guy's pantsless lawyer back in news, Supio's $60M investment, and more

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: 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 La...

May 08, 202559 min

04/25/25: CA Bar used AI for exam questions, Trump calls for AI education, and more

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 Co...

May 01, 202559 min

04/18/25: AI evaluates surveys on legal AI adoption, courtroom plagiarism, and more

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 ...

Apr 25, 202557 min

04/11/25: Techshow post mortem, startup alley winners, AI avatars in court, and more

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

Apr 16, 202559 min

03/28/25: Legalweek post mortem, and more

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?

Apr 16, 202555 min

03/21/25: Announcing our new press release newswire for legaltech, and more

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

Apr 16, 202555 min

03/14/25: Clio joins call to discuss their move to Big Law, SXSW takeaways, and deep fakes in court

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 Crossroa...

Mar 20, 20251 hr

02/28/25: California bar exam faces technical difficulties, experiments with Deep Research, and more

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 acco...

Mar 06, 202558 min

02/21/25: Trump cancels SEC's Westlaw subscription, Deposely offers free AI litigation tool, & more

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 Em...

Feb 27, 202557 min

02/14/25: LexisNexis parent co. invests in competitor Harvey, DOGE cybersecurity nightmare, & more

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 b...

Feb 18, 20251 hr

02/07/25: Women + AI summit, our experiments with OpenAI Deep Research, and more

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...

Feb 13, 202558 min

01/31/25: DeepSeek, Relativity sunsets on-prem, AI and access to justice, and more

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 w...

Feb 06, 20251 hr

01/24/2025: First law school to require AI education certification, a surge in contracting tech, and more

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 studen...

Jan 30, 202557 min

01/17/2025: Tom Goldstein case, Harvey's mysterious $3B valuation, and more

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' ...

Jan 23, 202556 min

01/10/2025: KPMG seeks alt. business license, AI fails in federal court complaint, and more

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 Rep...

Jan 16, 202553 min

01/03/2025: Our biggest episode of the year: 2024 Recap and 2025 Predictions

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:...

Jan 09, 20251 hr 2 min

12/06/2024: Law school applications up 35% from 2023, Elon Musk tries legal tech, and more

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 Usua...

Dec 12, 20241 hr 1 min

11/22/2024: Legaltech's X-odus, the return of Litera's CEO, and more

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 Say...

Nov 27, 20241 hr

11/08/2024: Trump planning on repealing AI restrictions, Trump implications on future of legaltech, and more

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? W...

Nov 09, 202459 min

11/01/2024: the $2000 paralegal; NY rules on admissibility of AI evidence, startup alley nominations, and more

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) ...

Nov 04, 202459 min

10/25/2024: New TR program gives Nonprofits access to CoCounsel, Everlaw & Netdocs user conferences, and more

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 ...

Oct 28, 202449 min
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