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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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10/18/2024: KM&I conference, Rob Lowe's legaltech debut, UnitedLex CEO ousted, 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 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

Oct 24, 202455 min

10/08/2024: Live from ClioCon: Panelists debate some of the hottest trends of the year

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...

Oct 10, 20241 hr

09/27/2024: Live from Relativity Fest: DoNotPay gets FTC fine, Rocket Lawyer gets special approval

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?

Sep 30, 202456 min

09/20/2024: The Shrinking Ownership of Law Practice Management Technology, Midlevels hate law firm 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 - 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 Sign up for our newsletter to receiv...

Sep 25, 202459 min

09/13/24: Special guests from vLex discuss news, AI learns to reason through problems, 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 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 prog...

Sep 17, 20241 hr 1 min

08/16/24: ILTACON recap, CoCounsel v. LexisNexis, hacked court hearings, 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 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)

Aug 22, 202454 min

08/09/24: Jones Day Partner scoffs at Google antitrust ruling, the GPT wrapper behind new AI, & 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 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 Am...

Aug 16, 202456 min

08/02/24: GAI drives hot job market for law librarians, new ABA ethics opinion, 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 02:25 - 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 ...

Aug 08, 202457 min

07/19/24: LEAP introduces new features, Affinipay investment, judge livestreams trial, 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 02:40 - 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 Introd...

Jul 25, 202454 min

07/12/24: When does GenAI progress stop, what lawyers learned during pandemic, 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 05:22 - 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 th...

Jul 18, 202456 min

06/28/24: Gen AI risks in legal research, reflections on 4 years of change, 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 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 Bo...

Jul 12, 202457 min

06/21/24: Supreme Court cases decided by AI, ethics of expensing credit card fees to clients, & 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 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:...

Jun 27, 202458 min

06/14/24: The hype behind Harvey, DoNotPay back in news, AI's impact on law firm structure, 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 - 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 (Se...

Jun 20, 202456 min

06/07/24: Redo of Stanford study of LexisNexis and TR, Scarlett Johansen & Sexbot Overlords, & 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 02:50 - 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 Sex...

Jun 13, 20241 hr

05/31/24: Stanford study of LexisNexis and TR, AAA acquisition, and livestreamed crimes

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...

Jun 05, 202458 min

05/17/24: Wilson Sonsini's 'Agentic AI,' predicting the supreme 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: 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 (Sel...

May 23, 202458 min

05/10/24: ILTA Evolve, legal tech acquisitions, matter management guide, 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 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...

May 16, 202459 min

04/19/24: Thomson Reuters' CoCounsel plans (with guest Jake Heller), vLex expands Vincent 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 - 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? N...

Apr 19, 202456 min

04/05/24: Petition to ABA to cease using term "nonlawyer", Yale Law School Law Archive, 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: 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. Li...

Apr 08, 202457 min

03/29/24: Neil Gorsuch's research, first legal LLM built from lawfully obtained data, 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 05:26 - 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...

Apr 08, 202457 min

March 1: Justices on social media law, ROSS cofounder returns to 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 - 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...

Mar 06, 202458 min

Feb. 23: Techshow and the infinite AI product updates, hallucinated cases, and chatbots

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...

Feb 26, 202457 min

Feb. 2: Legalweek conference recap, and other legal tech conference thoughts

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)...

Feb 05, 202453 min

January 26: Litigator lost her voice, AI brought it back; plus two guest panelists

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...

Feb 02, 202458 min

Jan 19 2023: What causes legal tech flops, and what role does the c-suite play; plus AI music rights

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 Legal...

Jan 20, 202455 min

Jan 12 2023: Carta credibility allegations, judge rejects motion with exploding head emoji, 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: 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 case...

Jan 18, 202458 min

January 5, 2024: 2023 Year in Review

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...

Jan 11, 202456 min

December 15, 2023: Michael Cohen's GPT brief, UK issues GenAI guidelines, 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 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. Me...

Dec 22, 20231 hr 3 min

December 8, 2023: Troubling finds in Smokeball small firm survey, new AI ethics guidelines, 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 02:35 - 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 v...

Dec 12, 202351 min

December 1, 2023: Double-Spacing debate, ChatGPT v Supreme Court, Sam Altman, 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 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 ...

Dec 04, 202354 min
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