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Friday 23 October 2026
One thing I learned over the years about litigating: front end loading and early case assessment were critical for success and strategy. The problem was that took time and clients often balked at paying for it. So when I saw that the recent AI Guide for Litigators from the Thomson Reuters Institute and ILTA focused on just this kind of assessment among other phases, I was intrigued. Here is my discussion for Above the Law of the Guide and how AI can make early case assessment faster and cheaper.
Marnie Morella Silva Urdaneta (Universidad Central Del Este) has posted When Humans Retain the Signature but Lose Control: Effective Human Oversight and Fault-Based Civil Liability in AI-Assisted Decision-Making on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The growing use of artificial intelligence in decision-making has reinforced an apparently reassuring formula: a decision remains human because a person can […]
When I launched scotus-arguments.netlify.app , I suggested that AI could help readers follow the Supreme Court's oral arguments and get a sense of where the Justices were headed. Because my initial focus was on development of the web site and the current term, I didn'
The reports of the billable hour's demise have been greatly exaggerated.
Khrys shared her journey into legal and eDiscovery and discussed where she is finding new entrants for our community. She also discussed the impact of AI on our previous cultural imperative to look back to precedent and how things have always been done. Today, organizations are valuing “new eyes” to visualize new ways to generate results, or perhaps new results in and of themselves.
Will Gaus, chief knowledge management and innovation officer at Troutman Pepper Locke, was quoted in the October 22, 2026, Legaltech
For AI used in legal services and other high-impact decisions, responsible development requires measurable safeguards, accountable human review, and a clear way to challenge errors.
Italy's Redazione Zero publishes agent-written news under a banner saying no human reviewed it. Under Article 50(4) of the EU AI Act, a publisher's editorial responsibility alone does not lift the label requirement, and nonbinding Commission guidelines say the review must be substantive.
Transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson has launched Womble AI Labs, an in-house hub where AI engineers, machine… The post Womble Bond Dickinson launches AI Labs to build in-house legal AI tools first appeared on The Legal Wire .
We start this week’s Wrap with some surprising data about Grok’s performance on contract review. But first, a quick announcement: Artificial Lawyer is now on ...
Every personal injury case rests on facts the firm can defend: the date of the crash, the treatment that followed, and the bills that add up to the demand. AI can now summarize a stack of records or draft a demand in minutes. Whether that speed strengthens the case or quietly weakens it depends on ... Read more
Thursday 22 October 2026
Scholars argue that the EU’s risk-based AI rules need strengthening to protect fundamental rights. The post High-Risk AI and the Limits of Risk-Based Regulation first appeared on The Regulatory Review .
The European Union has warned that AI-generated fake news could threaten the credibility of the 2027 general elections, as the Independent National Electoral Commission explores the use of artificial intelligence to reduce errors in election result management. The EU, through its Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria Programme, said manipulated images, videos and audio recordings […]
This is dumb on so many levels. Having a meeting assistant in such a personal meeting was probably rude and dangerous from the start. Forgetting it was there while you talked about replacing the former employee was even stupider. Maybe the icing on the cake for me is another question. If she was terminated, why... Continue Reading
A Mississippi federal judge's careless use of artificial intelligence tools led to "sloppy edicts" riddled with "falsehoods and fabrications," the Fifth Circuit held in a Thursday night opinion removing the judge from litigation over an anti-DEI law in the Magnolia State because of his "extraordinarily grave errors."
"Given the embarrassment of the AI hallucinations and mistakes of law in the two TROs and the preliminary injunction, it would be an understandable—though obviously unjust—temptation for the judge to want to find a way to prove that, even with correct law and fact, his initial view should prevail," Judge Jerry Smith wrote for the appellate court.
“Given the embarrassment of the AI hallucinations and mistakes of law in the two TROs and the preliminary injunction, it would be an understandable—though obviously unjust—temptation for the judge to want to find a way to prove that, even with correct law and fact, his initial view should prevail,” Judge Jerry Smith wrote for the...
A Louisiana appeals court is testing artificial intelligence (AI) to improve daily court work. The court has bought two AI servers to explore how the technology can help judges and court staff. The Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal bought two AI servers for about $65,000 each. The court installed the servers in Gretna, Louisiana, […] The post Louisiana Court Invests in AI Servers for Faster Workflows first appeared on JDJournal Blog .
Speakers at LegalTech Connect’s Knowledge Management & Innovation for Legal Conference explored how law firms are taking on innovation, including supporting vibe-coded AI tools and preserving institutional expertise through AI personas.
Experience with the company’s residency and community has given the lawyers hands-on practice building AI tools and helped them rethink training and development needs at the firm.
In the legal tech world, it's all connected. Or at least it's getting there.
In the legal tech world, it’s all connected. Or at least it’s getting there.
What sets Microsoft’s offering apart is the obvious, which is that lawyers already live in Word.
Legal department AI at AT&T: GC David McAtee is working with OpenAI on intake and knowledge tools, while promising lawyers keep the final call. [...]
Throughout Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Thompson Coburn is examining how organizations can put AI to work while keeping control of their data. So far, the series has covered what organizations retain, why retained data becomes reachable once an AI tool is connected, and whether an organization has the authority to use the data it holds for a new AI purpose.... By: Thompson Coburn LLP
After a hearing, the Lighthouse court “issued an interim Order compelling the parties to meet and confer, and to retain an independent third-party electronically stored information (‘ESI’) specialist to assist the parties to effectuate the Court’s previous Order.” They failed to comply. Lighthouse Healthcare Center, LLC v. Nat’l. Fire & Marine Ins., 2026 WL 314898 (C.D. Cal. Oct. 20, 2026).
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published the findings of a two-year supervision programme examining leading generative AI foundation model developers. The report sets out the ICO’s expectations for organisations using personal data to train AI models and identifies key areas of regulatory concern.... By: K&L Gates LLP
Artificial intelligence tools are great for collating information – including information about the people and things you want to get to know better.
AI is a promising tool with the potential to transform the legal industry. Despite publicized misuse, Courts have acknowledged that “AI, in many ways, has the potential to revolutionize legal practice for the better.” Much has been written and discussed about attorneys using AI. Here we look at how it may be used...... By: Haug Partners LLP
I'm delighted to be able to pass along this item from University of Chicago law professor Albert Alschuler: Gemini Explains
Learning AI can seem like standing outside a dungeon while everyone else knows the way through. You can learn the game one encounter at a time.
On January 1, 2027, California’s Senate Bill 574 will become law, making significant changes to the legal tech landscape and impacting legal professionals using generative artificial intelligence (AI) in their practice. SB 574 makes changes to various California statutes: it adds Business and Professions Code section 6068.1 and amends Section 6173, and it also amends […]
Troutman Pepper Locke sponsors the Ms. JD Determined to Rise Academy, where Kim Phan discusses cybersecurity, privacy, and AI.
Everything by Tuesday.Everything by Tuesday. The man with the microphone has a car outside. Where to? Everything by Tuesday. Put a little here. Leave a little there. Keep something loose for the turn. One for the thing we came to do. One for the thing we found. One we can put down. Find the pocket. Leave room in it. Accelerate reversible learning. Pace irreversible...
Every fact present.Every citation real. The machine returned a clean sentence. The two words that mattered had become one word. Tell me more. It gave the word a definition. Tell me more. It gave the definition a heading. Tell me more. Under the heading, the difference was difficult to hear. Close enough. Almost the same. For present...
An online arbitral institution in India – the Centre for Online Resolution of Disputes (CORD) – has created what may be the first traffic light system to control arbitrators’ use of artificial intelligence.
On September 25, 2026, the Irish supervisory authority (DPC) published its report entitled “Responsible Artificial Intelligence Innovation: Insights from the Data Protection Commission’s Supervision of AI (2021-2025)” (the Report).... By: A&O Shearman
Welcome to AI Today in 5, the newest addition to the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, Tom Fox will bring you 5 AI stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to AI Today in 5. All from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider five stories from the business world on compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest in AI. Top AI stories include: • Pharma should embed AI into its business goals. (DDN) • HIPAA data... By: Th
Robot Consulting Co., a Japan-based developer of legal technology and artificial intelligence, will be delisted from the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on Oct. 30, according to a Wednesday note from the stock exchange, unless the company appeals to a listing qualifications hearing panel.
A Florida magistrate judge ruled Wednesday that Miami Beach hotel Fontainebleau may obtain some of rabbi and media personality Shmuley Boteach's AI chats about the hotel and its personnel, saying they could help determine punitive damages in the defamation suit against him by showing whether he intended to harm the company.
Dr. Murugan Anandarajan explains a significant dichotomy at play as AI takes on more work, some human capabilities will inevitably be used less often. Some may no longer matter. Others may still be essential when AI reaches its limits. The challenge is knowing the difference and making that choice deliberately, as well as understanding the underlying risks.
On Sept. 1, LexisNexis and EvenUp, an AI platform for personal injury lawyers, announced a forthcoming integration by which EvenUp’s customers could access legal insights and agentic AI in LexisNexis Protégé directly from within the EvenUp platform. That integration is now live, and last week the two companies gave me a demo of how it...
On Sept. 1, LexisNexis and EvenUp, an AI platform for personal injury lawyers, announced a forthcoming integration by which EvenUp’s customers could access legal insights and agentic AI in LexisNexis Protégé directly from within the EvenUp platform. That integration is now live, and last week the two companies gave me a demo of how it... Continue Reading
Will Oremus in The Atlantic: If you were wondering whether AI could make the midterms even more confusing, here’s one data point: Several people who thought they were donating to James Talarico unwittingly gave their money to someone else. Talarico,… Continue reading
Dr. Anat Lior identifies how AI companies now build “agents,” versions of their chatbots that can operate a web browser, click buttons and fill in forms on a user’s behalf. To measure how well an agent does this, companies run it through thousands of practice tasks, often live on the internet. According to Anthropic, the false tip was generated during a routine test of the model.
Rethinking Pro Bono work, technology stress, The Status of AI in law practice, AI in Cybersecurity, and Tips for using a laptop touchpad https://conta.cc/47sR3HN
🎙Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts! 🤖 What makes ChatGPT recommend one law firm over another? In this episode of the Law Firm Marketing Minute, Danny Decker explores how law firms can influence the information AI tools use when generating recommendations for potential clients. As more people turn to ChatGPT to research […]
The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School is pleased to announce our 2027 Annual Conference, Generative AI in Healthcare: Law and Regulation. Generative AI –- artificial intelligence designed to produce output, such as text or images, that normally require human intelligence — has become a
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that the travel time excluded under Article 22(2) of the Constitution, when counting the 24 hours within which an arrested person must be produced before a Magistrate, applies to every arrested person, irrespective of health. The Court rejected the argument that the exclusion covers only physically incapacitated accused. […]
"Even a very professional, high-end product can still produce inconsistent results. You have to be aware of that, as a judge, sycophancy is a real side of most AIs. They're looking at language to see what it believes you want, and it tries to prove that to you," a recently retired Illinois judge told Law.com.
“If AI allows attorneys to complete certain tasks in a fraction of the time they previously required, the question becomes how we compensate lawyers for the value they provide, rather than simply the hours it takes them to provide it," said one Big Law associate.
Battle to become legal AI’s number one platform attracts eye-watering investment
The current debate on artificial intelligence (“AI”) risks in international arbitration has focused mostly on the good-faith use of AI and its human, technical and legal limitations. Much of that debate has concerned well-explored topics such as confidentiality or award enforceability . The rising threat of adversarial techniques by a bad-faith actor in the proceedings remains comparatively underexplored.
The primary aim of the Fireside Chat is to bring senior in-house counsel from Citi into conversation with the University’s students on these developments.
The Upper Tribunal has issued new guidance on suspected fraudulent applications in Hoxha & Others (Tanveer Ahmed; fraudulent applications; procedure) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] UKUT 00378. Specifically, the decision considers the steps judges should take to preserve the integrity of the immigration appeal process at a time when it is […]
Overreliance on tech could create skills gap
A Florida appeals court has referred attorney Jaclyn Soroka to the Florida Bar for possible discipline. Judges criticized her court filings as “AI slop,” raising concerns about artificial intelligence in legal work. On October 21, 2026, Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal rejected Soroka’s response to a possible sanctions order. The judges said her lengthy […] The post Florida Lawyer Under Review for AI-Generated Court Filing first appeared on JDJournal Blog .
Arnold & Porter partner Beatriz San Martin was quoted in the recent Law360 article, “AI-Powered Architects Must Be Wary Of IP Risks,” which explores how architects’ use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in the design process could create intellectual property risks for designers and their clients.
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Judges across the country are cautiously exploring the benefits of AI, including one who uses a “brainstorm buddy” to develop questions for oral argument, a National Center for State Courts report shows. The March report is based on surveys of state and federal judges in 10 states and shows that early adopters were using the...
Adrian McCullagh (University of Queensland Brisbane) has posted Silicon Agents: Machines, Artificial Intelligence, and the Boundaries of Agency, Fiduciary Positions and Tortious Liability on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article addresses two related questions arising from the commercial deployment of so-called “AI agents”. First, it examines whether artificial intelligence systems can properly be regarded as […]
I get it. Every day, there’s someone in Big AI telling us that AI is going to either replace you or kill you. Every other day, the tool you use to do your job changes. On the off days, announcements about new products that will revolutionize everything and make employers need fewer employees mix with…... Continue Reading
For businesses, the rules governing AI and personal information are being rewritten in real time, and the cost of falling behind has never been higher. AI touches nearly every aspect of daily life and has become near ubiquitous in businesses across the country. At the same time, consumers are becoming increasingly savvy about their individual privacy rights, demanding more information and stronger protections from the businesses to which they provide personal information. Reflecting the... By: C
Learn what AI CLM is, how AI works across the contract lifecycle, key use cases, implementation steps, challenges, agentic AI, and what to look for in AI CLM software.
Law firms may need client consent to use AI in some situations, while those charging on a time basis “should not bill for the time that a task would have taken had AI not been used”.
Muhammad Olaniyan (University of Ilorin) has posted Algorithmic Justice: Examining the Admissibility and Evidential Weight of AI-Generated Evidence in Nigerian Courts on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the way information is created, stored, analysed and presented. In litigation, parties may increasingly seek to rely on AI-generated text, […]
Extract from Exterro’s article “The AI Control Gap Is Becoming the Channel’s Biggest Opportunity” I’ve had some version of the same conversation with a dozen different partners over the last […]
Extract from Casey Sullivan’s article, “Everlaw Brings Frontier AI Closer to the Evidence with ChatGPT Plugin.” New plugin connects Everlaw’s governed evidence layer with ChatGPT Enterprise The most capable AI […]
LegalTech Connect’s Knowledge Management & Innovation for Legal Conference speakers ID knowledge management plays a large role in shaping law firm AI strategy, from centralizing change management to analyzing institutional context that make AI tools useful.
Experts suggest that Copilot for legal is likely to achieve broad adoption and could pose a threat to point solutions that don’t differentiate from general-purpose AI.
Littler Lounge: AI at Work - A Reality Check on Adoption, Efficiency and Employee Use AI was supposed to make work more efficient. So why does using it sometimes feel like more work? Britney Torres, Senior Counsel and co-chair of Littler’s AI & Technology practice group, joins Claire Deason and Nicole LeFave to skip the “AI can write your emails!” conversation and tackle the more complicated questions that come with putting AI to work. Why aren’t employees embracing AI as quickly as expected? Wh
Extract from Reveal’s article, “Turning Review Findings Into Client-Ready Case Updates with Agentic AI.” Legal departments are spending more carefully on outside work. The Harbor 2025 Law Department Survey, conducted […]
Extract from Kim Neeson’s article, “AI Can Produce a Transcript. But Can It Protect the Record?” Why a Texas Supreme Court case raises important questions about the future of court […]
Extract from Stephen Embry’s article, “Finally, A Way To Measure AI ROI: Be Careful What You Ask For.” Once you start measuring AI’s value, the next question is who gets […]
Extract from Lisa Lang’s article, “AI Won’t Make Lawyering Faster. It Will Make It Different.” Speed alone is, quite frankly, dangerous. Everyone expects AI to make legal work faster. Clients […]
Extract from Stephen Embry’s article, “The Defense Bar In The Age Of AI: Running A Red Queen’s Race?” The mismatch between the talent and resources of plaintiffs’ firms and those […]
Extract from Olga V. Mack’s article, “Agentic Commerce Is About To Become A Contracting Problem.” Agents will need structured positions, contextual rules, and clear escalation paths. Much of the conversation […]
Troutman Amin, LLP was the first law firm in the nation to ban GenAI usage for any substantive legal work– and 18 months later that decision looks absolutely brilliant.... By: Troutman Amin LLP
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and Penn Engineering developed a new Graduate Certificate of Study in AI and Law. The certificate is open to all Penn Carey Law students in year one of the program, with in-person, on-campus graduate students from Penn Engineering able to join in year two and beyond. Students pursuing the […]
On September 29, 2026, the Third Circuit issued what appears to be the first federal appellate decision on whether training AI on copyrighted material is fair use.... By: Baker Botts L.L.P.
Privacy, personal AI agents, and the future of human agency.
For as long as there has been law, its subject has been human conduct. Legal systems differ enormously in structure and philosophy, but they share a working premise: that people, companies, and markets respond to consequences. Originally Published in the long-read section of Finextra's - September 2026.... By: Carey Olsen
AI is not a magic wand. The skills and knowledge you’ve built as a lawyer are still your most
Alexandra Smyth discussed how AI could reshape law firm pricing, why clients may keep more work in-house, and what firms will need to offer when hours worked are no longer a proxy for value.
A Delaware Court of Chancery opinion from August 2026 offers a valuable lesson about using AI tools to transcribe or summarize board meetings: those notes could end up in evidence. In ATG Capital Opportunities Fund LP v. Lane, a proxy fight arose over Empery Digital, Inc., a Bitcoin treasury company. An activist hedge fund accumulated…... By: Hicks Johnson
Courts, lawyers, and litigants will be better served by policies and habits that treat AI output as a draft to be verified, not a research result to be repeated.
On September 28, 2026, the General Services Administration (GSA) announced the final version of a new class deviation, titled “Basic Safeguarding of Data within Large Language Model Artificial Intelligence Systems,” that applies compliance requirements to contracts involving the use of large language models (LLMs). The new clause went into effect on October 19, 2026, and... Continue Reading
The impact of AI on research has already led to much reflection in general and, more recently, on legal scholarship in particular, including first attempts to measure how far the practice has spread, and to examine what happens when generative systems interpose themselves between readers and law review articles. On a similar note, we have recently argued that the way researchers build their scholarship is itself under threat, and that the response required is institutional. In this blogpost, we
Welcome to AI Today in 5, the newest addition to the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, Tom Fox will bring you 5 AI stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to AI Today in 5. All from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider five stories from the business world on compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest in AI. Top AI stories include: • Auto lenders eyeing AI for compliance monitoring. (Auto Finance News) • AI..
Everyone here should care.
The use of AI in international arbitration is no longer limited to any single task or participant. It now spans document review, legal research, evidence analysis, drafting and, increasingly, the work of tribunals themselves.... By: Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
The partnership pairs Ivo’s contract intelligence platform with Harbor’s advisory, implementation, and adoption expertise to support AI initiatives… The post Ivo Partners with Harbor to Bring Contract Intelligence to Enterprise Legal Departments first appeared on The Legal Wire .
AI vendors vary a lot. But in B2B deals, many AI vendors ask for rights to use customer data to improve, train, or develop their models and services.... By: Gouchev Law
State courts are at critical crossroads. On one hand, they are facing heavier workloads and persistent staffing shortages, while managing
Knowledge management is more important than ever as artificial intelligence becomes table stakes in the legal industry, a group of law firm leaders said Wednesday.
A Florida appeals court on Wednesday referred a divorce attorney to the Florida Bar for filings with AI-hallucinated quotations and motion practice that the judges said they "typically see from vexatious pro se litigants."
On September 30, Governor Newsom signed SB 574, thus creating—for the first time—statutory guardrails on attorneys’ and arbitrators’ use of generative artificial intelligence (AI). The law, which comes into effect in January 2027, imposes new verification requirements on lawyers while requiring that certain uses of generative AI be disclosed.... By: WilmerHale
Originally Posted on Substack Originally published as Daniel J. Solove The AI Inference Problem in Privacy Law, Wolters Kluwer Cybersecurity Policy Report (Oct. 19, 2026) You can download a PDF of the piece here: Abstract AI provides an unprecedented ability to determine patterns in aggregated data which can produce inferences about people. There are two […]
Sometimes reality follows fiction. In Michael Connelly’s The Proving Ground, attorney Mickey Haller represents a mother whose daughter was murdered by an ex-boyfriend who has encouraged to kill by an artificial-intelligence chatbot. The mother wants more than compensation. She wants accountability and guardrails to prevent another tragedy.... By: Stark & Stark
Joshua S. Gans (University of Toronto – Rotman School of Management; NBER) has posted Liability and Pricing of Dual-Use AI on SSRN. Here is the abstract: How much liability should AI providers bear when their services enable both attack and defence? Liability can improve welfare while increasing harm. Providers sell a common input to productive users, […]
On September 28, 2026, the General Services Administration (GSA) announced the final version of a new class deviation, titled “Basic Safeguarding of Data within Large Language Model Artificial Intelligence Systems,” that applies compliance requirements to contracts involving the use of large language models (LLMs). The new clause went into effect on October 19, 2026, and... Continue Reading
Sweden-based Legora, which offers a legal artificial intelligence platform, announced on Wednesday the raising of a $550 million Series E at an $8.8 billion post-money valuation for the purposes of expanding further into North America.
Mewburn Ellis LLP announced Wednesday the appointment of its first-ever chief technology officer, who will be responsible for the intellectual property firm's technology strategy, artificial intelligence adoption and digital transformation.
AXA’s lawyers have called on the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal to limit how a self-represented psychiatrist can use AI to support his £250,000 antitrust damages claim against the health insurer.
Legora has just announced its long-awaited new raise and it’s a big one: $550m – classed as a Series E, and with a post-money valuation ...
The new funding round, which saw participation from the venture arms of Fidelity, Capital Group and J.P Morgan, among others, will be devoted to continued expansion in the U.S. and other markets, as well as further development of the company’s agentic AI operating system Legora aOS.
The companies developed an integration to make AI-powered capabilities for fact verification available in Harvey.
Weil Gotshal & Manges has launched a new training program for some of its summer associates, who will spend their 1L stint working on the ...
Legal AI platform August has launched Products, a new feature that helps law firms turn their legal services into…well….products. The idea often has been tried ...
A leaked email shows Freshfields leaders weighing a spin-off of its legal tech arm that could be worth billions, and the whole firm saw it. [...]
Outside counsel are losing work: 54% of in-house teams in a new Everlaw survey say AI already cut what they send out, and 81% see the billable hour fading. [...]
Arthur Sidney (The Sidney Group PLLC) has posted Who Can Stop the Machine? Institutional Authority and Meaningful Human Control in AI Governance on SSRN. Here is the abstract: AI governance often asks whether a human remains “in the loop,” but human presence does not establish meaningful control. This paper argues that meaningful human control is an […]
The Law Society of England & Wales has sent out a practice note to remind everyone that ‘AI is not a legal entity’ and so ...
Most advice about AI in legal stops at “verify the output,” says Samir Ali. But if you’ve never been shown how, “verify” just means reading the thing again more suspiciously — which catches almost nothing. Here are 5 verification checks, in the order to run them.
Harvey has added an MCP connector that lets customers access Midpage’s AI legal research library of US case… The post Harvey adds Midpage legal research through new MCP connector first appeared on The Legal Wire .
Editor’s Note: AI that records doctor-patient conversations and drafts summaries is spreading through Estonian health care, ERR News reported on Oct. 19, 2026. Private provider Confido uses its tool in several departments, Narva Hospital is procuring Estonian-language transcription software and Heba Clinic uses AI to document visits. Tartu University Hospital’s EMO24 pilot, begun Oct. 14,... Continue Reading
Estonian providers are bringing AI into the consultation room. The country's data protection regulator says that, at least under its own practice, recording the conversation is not automatically covered by the health law that generally keeps confirmed outpatient and hospital records for 30 years.
Tuesday 20 October 2026
As artificial intelligence changes how government agencies conduct surveillance, make decisions and communicate with the public, Florida State University College of Law will co-host a symposium examining what those changes mean for the First Amendment and the public’s right to know. FSU College of Law is partnering with the First Amendment Foundation to host "Free...
The Guardian: “The government says it can transform the state with AI, but it is no match for the resulting stream of machine-generated slop. And we all pay the cost. Another morning, another avalanche of emails. Even after a guilty cull, my inbox is sitting at well over 7,000, but lately I’ve started subscribing to ...
Reuters via Daily Docket: “Today, Anthropic and a group of music publishers including Universal Music will try to convince US District Judge Eumi Lee in San Jose to rule in their favor on whether AI training constitutes fair use. What’s fair use? It’s a legal defense that allows limited use of copyrighted work without permission. ...
At A Glance - While agentic AI implementations vary, the broad access and automation associated with many agentic AI products can expand the security risks associated with abuse, misuse, or misalignment of these tools, creating substantial legal risks for businesses.... By: Mayer Brown
The Judiciary is making progress on three key initiatives: modernizing case-management technology, authority to manage mission-essential Judiciary properties, and setting policy on AI use, the Judicial Conference of the United States was told today.
The founder of the second technology-only law firm authorised by the SRA has warned that law firms’ use of generative AI presents a “systemic risk” to the sector.
Feilian Huang and Yujia Liu have posted The First AI-Saturated Election: Disclosure, Detection, and the Regulatory Limits of Generative Political Persuasion on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The campaign cycle preceding the November 3, 2026 United States midterm elections is the first in which generative artificial intelligence has functioned as a routine instrument of political persuasion: […]
Captain Barbossa was not exactly a model of corporate governance. But in Pirates of the Caribbean, he offered a memorable interpretation of the Pirate’s Code: it was “more what you’d call guidelines than actual rules.”... By: Lowndes
The IP firm and the software and data provider are developing AI-enabled patent workflows, built on Sterne Kessler’s internal tech building efforts, that Clarivate will bring to market.
Courts, at both state and federal levels, are still working out how to address experts' AI use as a part of litigation. For example, only a handful of courts have, thus far, addressed what, if any, part of an expert's AI prompts and AI-related work product can enter the record and are doing so using existing procedural and evidentiary rules.... By: Baker Botts L.L.P.
Welcome back to The Silent Line. This issue tracks what has moved since our inaugural briefing in September. The topics this month include a revised set of Colorado ADMTA rules heading into an October 26 hearing, with a federal constitutional challenge and the Department of Justice waiting in the wings;... By: McGinnis Lochridge
To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following.... By: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
🎙Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts! 🤖 Why might ChatGPT be your law firm’s biggest competitor? In this episode of the Law Firm Marketing Minute, Danny Decker explores a growing challenge for solo and small law firms: potential clients turning to AI tools like ChatGPT instead of immediately contacting an attorney. As […]
In June, researchers at Redgrave LLP threw down the gauntlet in a debate that has been building across discovery for years. Their study compared Relativity’s generative AI review tool with a conventional review team using Continuous Active Learning (CAL). The headline results were arresting: GenAI found 88% of the responsive documents. The CAL-assisted review team found 64%.
The question of whether ethics are universal or local is as old as philosophy, and the AI race has made it urgent again
On October 8, judges, academics, government officials, and legal technology leaders gathered at Thomson Reuters headquarters in Times Square for
Artificial intelligence has quickly moved from a theoretical concern to a front-burner regulatory issue for insurers. As of October 2026, 29 jurisdictions have adopted the NAIC Model Bulletin: Use of Artificial Intelligence Systems by Insurers. Several influential states, including California, Colorado, New York, and Texas, have also issued their own insurance-specific AI guidance.... By: Cozen O'Connor
Artificial intelligence could help deliver the next generation of lifesaving medicines. It could also weaken the economic foundation that makes discovering those medicines possible. Both propositions deserve serious attention, and neither is mutually exclusive. Celebrating faster discovery tells only part of the story if the same technology allows competitors to appropriate the commercial opportunity created by pioneer research or obtain patent claims that obstruct the innovator’s next steps. Th
How’s your old and trusty NDA? I’m guessing you haven’t revised it in years, arguably with good reason. Things in the NDA world haven’t necessarily changed that much. But you might want to blow off the dust and get cracking on some drafting.... By: Loeb & Loeb LLP
Welcome to a new season of Everything Compliance—Shout Outs and Rants. New host Adam Turteltaub and new panelist Rebecca Walker join returning regulars Matt Kelly, Jonathan Armstrong, and Karen Moore for the next iteration of Everything Compliance Shout Outs and Rants. Former host Tom Fox sits in as guest commentator for this episode • Adam Turteltaub shouts out to compliance professionals at non-financial institutions reviewing their AML programs and to the Milwaukee Brewers for beating his...
Deposition summaries are one of the slowest jobs in litigation. GenAI inside your review platform can turn hours of reading into minutes, with citations your team can check. The post How to Summarize a Deposition Transcript Faster first appeared on Lexbe .
How financial institutions can accelerate financial crime investigations with AI intelligence. Financial crime investigation has become exponentially more complex.
RelFest asked the key question -- who is doing the innovating.
We’ve been coming across a common scenario. Your company just rolled out an AI-powered feature. It’s fast. It’s scalable. It’s doing great in demos.... By: Gouchev Law
Following the UK Information Commission’s (ICO) call for evidence on 8 October 2026 on the application of existing UK data protection laws to “agentic AI” systems, David Naylor, Simon Jones and Paul Jinks share headline thoughts on some of the fundamental data privacy questions raised by the use of agentic AI, summarise the key elements...
AI is being widely integrated into legal practice and academic research. Early concerns about such tools were focused on the outputs: hallucinated citations, fabricated case law, overall sloppiness among attorneys and researchers submitting AI-generated work without review. These problems have not disappeared but have received enough attention to warrant continuous improvement of predictive and generative tools for accuracy. However, the fabricated footnotes distract from the fact that we are su
Welcome to AI Today in 5, the newest addition to the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, Tom Fox will bring you 5 AI stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to AI Today in 5. All from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider five stories from the business world on compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest in AI. Top AI stories include: • Banks restrict AI agents from accessing accounts. (The Paypers) • How AI...
Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight LLP announced Tuesday that the plaintiffs firm has launched a dedicated artificial intelligence and technology litigation practice in response to the new types of challenges individuals face as a result of the increased usage and commonality of emerging technologies.
Womble Bond Dickinson on Tuesday debuted a new artificial intelligence lab dedicated to designing AI solutions for Womble Bond attorneys and clients.
With new AI tools arriving at a dizzying pace, it is easy to focus on what the technology can do. The question I repeatedly come back to though is more personal: How can organizations—and the people within them—adapt? That question … Keeping People at the Center: Unprecedented and the Human Side of AI Adoption Read More »
Transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson has launched ‘Womble AI Labs’, which will build AI solutions for the firm and its clients. It is led ...
Say your customer texts asking where their order is. Your AI agent can chat, but it has no idea what “their order” means until it has access to that information. Enter an AI agent integration: the link between your agent and the tools your business runs on, like a CRM, calendar, or knowledge base. It... Continue Reading
As in-house teams cut down on the work they're sending to outside counsel, law firms are passing on AI-driven savings and looking at new billing models.
What ANI Media v. OpenAI Reveals About How Large Language Models Really Work I. Introduction The Delhi High Court on 24 July 2026 delivered its ruling in the application filed by ANI Media seeking an interim injunction against OpenAI[i], India’s first major court decision to address the copyright issues arising from large language models (“LLMs”). […]
Legal tech company AI.Law urged a San Francisco federal judge to deny a bid by its rival Eve Legal to throw out its patent suit, arguing that its claims are patent-eligible because they're more technical than the abstract idea of "using AI to draft legal documents."
Your partners and lawyers hold the relationships that drive growth, yet the information they need before a meeting, a pitch, or a client call sits […]
Learn how to write better AI prompts for legal work. A practical guide to AI prompts for lawyers, plus how to customize your call summaries in VXT. | Oct 21, 2026 Continue Reading
The paper linked below was recently updated (v.2) and shared on arXiv. Title From Searchable to Non-Searchable: Generative AI and Information Diversity in Online Information Seeking Authors Yulin Yu Northwestern University Yizhou Li University of Michigan Tzu-Sheng Kuo Carnegie Mellon University Kentaro Toyama University of Michigan Siddharth Suri Microsoft Research Scott Counts Microsoft Research Source […]
As in-house teams cut down on the work they’re sending to outside counsel, law firms are passing on AI-driven savings and looking at new billing models.
Beginning with a focus on tasks like regulatory monitoring and legal analysis, the Womble AI Lab’s engineer-backed team hopes to build its own AI model in the near future.
Pope Leo XIV, Encyclical Letter Magnifica Humanitas on Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence (May 15, 2026). Cristina Tilley Robert Prevost has many alter egos. He is a world-famous Chicago White Sox fan1; the 267th Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church2; and, it seems, something of a torts scholar. Pope Leo’s 2026 encyclical letter, Magnifica Humanitas, sounded a global alarm about the coming wave of artificially intelligent injuries to humanity and demanded that c
A UK survey by comparison site Uswitch has found that 39% of 2,000 adults would consider asking AI… The post Four in 10 UK adults would ask AI instead of a lawyer, Uswitch survey finds first appeared on The Legal Wire .
Ernie Svenson: Slashy connects an AI agent to your inbox and calendar, so you can ask it to do real work instead of only answering questions.
AI agents are moving beyond answering questions to taking action. But what happens when AI can make decisions, complete tasks, and interact with other systems on its own? And what does that mean for lawyers? In this episode of AI and the Future of Law , Jen Leonard and Bridget McCormack explore the rise of agentic AI and its implications for legal practice. They share their experiences using Instinct, a personal AI assistant, discuss JEV and the possibility of AI verifying other AI systems, and
By Darsan Guruvayurappan, Co-founder, Lucio AI. Most legal research does not end when the answer is found, it ends when the time runs out. Let ...
Generative artificial intelligence has proven to be a truly disruptive technology. In just a few short years, AI’s effects have been felt in every industry
Updated: Contract attorneys who can combine their legal expertise with artificial intelligence savvy could experience a significant uptick in pay, according to a new study
Ari Kaplan recently spoke with Sean Fitzpatrick, the CEO of LexisNexis' legal business, where he leads strategy, growth, product innovation and operations.They discussed the value
UPDATED SEPT. 14TH with the reason for the case’s dismissal. An Illinois appeals court has fined an attorney $15,000 in an effort to crack down
Every conversation about artificial intelligence in law eventually arrives at the same destination: efficiency. Faster drafting, faster research, faster turnaround. To be clear, this productivity
Am Law 100 law firms have said they’re spending more on artificial intelligence and innovation investments than on any other expense category. According to new
Goodwin Procter has unveiled its own artificial intelligence tool for venture capital financing. Bloomberg Law reported Thursday that the tool is the first of several
Ari Kaplan recently spoke with Tony Muljadi, the general manager of large law at LexisNexis.They discussed how law firms are shifting their AI strategy from
The New Mexico Supreme Court has removed a well-known criminal defense attorney from a murder appeal after discovering that he included artificial intelligence-generated errors in
Google has launched an artificial intelligence platform designed specifically for lawyers, entering an increasingly crowded market. On Tuesday, the company unveiled Gemini Enterprise for Legal,
Updated: Hona, a case management platform for personal injury law firms, has unveiled Lia, its artificial intelligence agent. Law.com reported Wednesday that Lia facilitates communication
Bar associations throughout the country have steadily issued ethics opinions regarding artificial intelligence.The ABA issued Formal Opinion 512 in July 2024. The Florida Bar issued
Personal injury law firm Morgan & Morgan plans to invest $1 billion in artificial intelligence and technology over the next decade. In its announcement Monday,
A senior associate at Musick, Peeler & Garrett was fined almost $1,000 by the Los Angeles County Superior Court for submitting a brief with fabricated
Nicole Black. Survey after survey shows that the majority of legal professionals now have artificial intelligence tools available in their workplaces. Most recently, according to
The use of artificial intelligence has continued to grow in the legal industry over the past year, according to a new report from e-discovery company
Amid the proliferation of cases involving artificial intelligence-generated hallucinations, more judges are expressing frustration not only at the attorneys who make the mistakes but at
Could artificial intelligence end humanity as we know it? The last few weeks have brought some pretty scary headlines when it comes to AI. OpenAI
“I am not sure that I have lived through as seismic a change in the nature of the practice as I’m living through right now, said GC David Roth of Bradley Arant.
The government says it can transform the state with AI, but it is no match for the resulting stream of machine-generated slop. And we all pay the cost Another morning, another avalanche of emails. Even after a guilty cull, my inbox is sitting at well over 7,000, but lately I’ve started subscribing to the Quentin Crisp theory of housework: why bother, when after four years or so you stop noticing the accumulating dust? Empty inboxes just fill up again anyway. In theory, email was supposed to save
Legal AI compliance depends on a strong system of record, which can help legal teams manage centralized data, automated controls, and auditability. The post Legal AI Compliance Depends on a Strong System of Record first appeared on Today's General Counsel .
Monday 19 October 2026
Philipp Hacker (European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) – European New School of Digital Studies) and Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius (iHub, Radboud University, Nijmegen) have posted Automated Poverty: Should Socio-Economic Status Be a Protected Ground in Non-Discrimination Law? on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Many people worry about inequality in Europe. Automated decision making (ADM), including by means […]
PAW. Define functions in English. Compile them into neural programs. Run them locally.
Attorney At Work: Every time you start a new conversation with an AI tool, do you find yourself repeating the same instructions? Keep it concise. Use plain English. Don’t invent facts. Ask questions when the assignment is unclear. Write for a client rather than another lawyer. That repetition is optional. Now you can use AI ...
Larry Catá Backer (Pennsylvania State University – Penn State Dickinson Law) has posted The Implementation Opinions on Intelligent Agents in Comparative Perspective: Situating China’s Approach Within Global Regulatory Trends on Agentic AI on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This working paper undertakes a structured comparative reading of thirteen instruments addressing the governance of agentic artificial intelligence—systems […]
Four in 10 adults would consider turning to AI instead of a solicitor for a legal question, according to new research.
Agents will need structured positions, contextual rules, and clear escalation paths.
Roy Kim may not have set out to build a legal AI tool with a grand vision to take on the world, after all he remains a practising lawyer in Australia, but his hands-on work has meant he believes his tool may be more useful than the grand visionaries. Atto, which launches in Sydney on Thursday 22 October, is pitching software built for individual practice areas, designed by people who have actually done the work. Source
The mismatch between the talent and resources of plaintiffs' firms and those of defense firms is widening.
Buying a third-party legal AI product for a defined task may look simpler financially and operationally, and often will be. Partners should still seriously explore building an internal AI capability rather than allowing purchased products to become the firm's entire AI strategy.
The "more AI" phase is ending. For the past two years, professional firms have been buying, piloting, and mandating AI tools at a pace that’s outrun user-adoption capability. As a result, firms are investing at a high rate, with disappointing returns on investment. The cost is catching up, and the questions are getting harder. The firms pulling ahead aren't just buying more AI — they're making sure they’re buying the right AI for the right reasons.
A new complaint sets work in motion across the firm. See how BLAW AI, Watchlist, and the Bloomberg Law Claude MCP Connector help you move from first alert to litigation strategy.
Pearls and Irritations
In Normal Accidents (1984), the sociologist Charles Perrow argued that accidents are inevitable in complex, tightly coupled systems. Slowing AI development, as Anthropic’s chief executive has proposed, may buy time, but it cannot remove the need for a techno-legal infrastructure that makes a stop possible and prepares for its failure. Lawmakers should use that time to build it, before the next AI crisis.
Sweden-based Legora, which offers a legal artificial intelligence platform, announced Monday a partnership with Blue J that will allow users to query and receive answers from the latter's research platform for taxes.
Midpage, the AI-native legal research platform that claims to be ‘10X less expensive than Westlaw’s and Lexis’s comparable products,’ and covers much of US case ...
A new connector announced today enables Harvey customers to access the AI legal research platform Midpage. The connector makes Midpage’s research library of U.S. case law, statutes, regulations, and agency materials accessible from directly within Harvey, so lawyers can find and cite authority on the same platform they use for drafting and analysis. Midpage already had... Continue Reading
Lexsoft will deliver Clio products, including Clio Work and Clio Manage, and integrate them into the systems its… The post Lexsoft Systems Partners With Clio to Bring Clio’s Legal AI Platform to Law Firms and Legal Departments Across EMEA first appeared on The Legal Wire .
Somewhere this week, a consultant is telling a board that AI can take 30% of the legal department’s budget. Down the hall, the general counsel is working out how to pay for an AI rollout that arrived with no money attached.
How do you communicate when you know the harm before you know its cause? For law firms, it comes up both when advising a client and when explaining an incident of their own.
"whose [mental state] is itself the measure of Plaintiff’s [punitive] damages."
What do your AI chats say about you? Would you want someone else reading them and drawing their own conclusions? Maybe take a look at how long you keep them.
Users of the Legora legal AI platform can now access tax research from Blue J Legal via an integration the companies launched today. Legora customers with a subscription to Blue J can now query Blue J’s platform from within Legora and receive answers with inline citations linking back to sources in Blue J. The companies... Continue Reading
The rapid adoption of AI across law firms is reshaping nearly every legal role, and knowledge lawyers are… The post How AI is Reshaping the Knowledge Lawyer Role first appeared on The Legal Wire .
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In a previous blog post, we shared an annotated bibliography highlighting best practices for prompting generative AI during legal research. Effective prompting, however, is only one aspect attorneys must consider when using generative AI in their work. As generative AI tools become increasingly common in legal practice, lawyers must ensure that their use of these ...
Users of the Legora legal AI platform can now access tax research from Blue J Legal via an integration the companies launched today. Legora customers with a subscription to Blue J can now query Blue J’s platform from within Legora and receive answers with inline citations linking back to sources in Blue J. The companies...
Picture a chef who has spent years perfecting a recipe. Every dish leaves the kitchen the same way, and he can taste it, adjust it and watch the reaction at the table. Then the restaurant switches to a buffet. A hundred guests build a hundred different plates, and he no longer controls what lands in... Continue Reading
At this year’s AIPPI World Congress in Hamburg it was clear the global patent community is preoccupied with the use of AI. This was most evident during the 30-minute AIPPI Café session on the topic “AI, TK and the ‘Derivative Knowledge’ Dilemma: When algorithms learn from culture”. Initially, the discussion focused primarily on technical and […]
If the AI natives want to compete at scale with Big Law they can’t just focus on speed and price. While the time/value challenge remains, ...
Microsoft made Copilot for legal generally available on 15 October 2026 with more than twenty legal skills in Word and Cowork, and its admin guidance says the legal plugin in Word is enabled by default for every commercial Microsoft 365 Copilot subscriber. A firm that bought Copilot as an office assistant now holds a contract review tool nobody in the firm chose. What that means for a smaller firm's decision, its SharePoint permissions, the supervision of tracked changes that look like a colleag
Sunday 18 October 2026
To be lawful, processing of personal data must rest on one of the six grounds in Article 6 of the General Data Protection Regulation(GDPR). Among them, Article 6(1)(f), legitimate interest (LI), requires a controller, case by case, to show that it
A guest blog post from Jeffrey Newberry , Senior Legal Clinic Supervisor Director, Death Penalty & Criminal Appeals Clinic at the University of Houston Law Center. Mr. Newberry was not an avid user of AI until recently. Most of what law professors hear about AI and legal writing is a warning:
I was a litigator for many years, much of it spent handling mass torts with high stakes. I know how litigation works. I have seen lawyers turn what ought to be straightforward dispute into a bloody war that exponentially increases time and expense. And that was before AI. I thought about this as I was... Continue Reading
I was a litigator for many years, much of it spent handling mass torts with high stakes. I know how litigation works. I have seen lawyers turn what ought to be straightforward dispute into a bloody war that exponentially increases time and expense. And that was before AI. I thought about this as I was...
Last week, two major legal technology companies, Harvey and Legora, each announced their new AI Legal Front Door solutions on the exact same day and with the exact same solution names! What a coincidence! Front Door solutions such as theirs serve as comprehensive legal intake tools to enable business clients to engage with their in-house... Continue Reading
New voluntary practices from NIST, the NSA and CISA advise developers of highly capable AI agents to preserve weights, checkpoints and rejected tool calls when an agent takes "significant uninstructed actions" that compromise its controls. The document sets no retention period and never mentions litigation, leaving legal and records teams to work out how investigative preservation and legal holds overlap.
Editor’s Note: Federal guidance on AI agents that take uninstructed actions compromising their controls now includes an evidence list. On Oct. 16, NIST’s Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence, the NSA’s Super Intelligence Security Center and CISA published 10 voluntary practices that advise preserving model weights, checkpoints, sandbox logs and rejected tool... Continue Reading
Saturday 17 October 2026
Future-proofing the in-house counsel: which legal work is changing, how to use AI well, the skills to build, and how to stay valuable as the role evolves. [...]
Originally Posted on Substack I had a fascinating conversation with Jessica Silbey (BU Law) and Woodrow Hartzog (BU Law) about their thought-provoking article, AI Slop. A few interesting relevant quotes: 1. Merriam-Webster selected “slop” as its 2025 word of the year: Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen slop as the 2025 Word of the […]
There’s two ways of looking at a glass: it’s either half full or half empty. I thought about this when I read Everlaw’s 2026 Legal AI Adoption and Impact Report. Everlaw mostly says the AI legal glass is half full but the curmudgeon in me can’t resist a half empty view as well. Or telling a joke about three frogs on a log. Here’s my post for Above the Law.
There’s two ways of looking at a glass: it’s either half full or half empty. I thought about this when I read Everlaw’s 2026 Legal AI Adoption and Impact Report. Everlaw mostly says the AI legal glass is half full but the curmudgeon in me can’t resist a half empty view as well. Or telling...
Having written recenlty on the difficulty of determining the ROI on the use of AI for substative legal work, I was interested in the recent partnership announcement by Legora and Laurel that includes a commitment to eventually give law firms that ability. There’s is lots of value in knowing that ROI but , once firms...
Having written recenlty on the difficulty of determining the ROI on the use of AI for substative legal work, I was interested in the recent partnership announcement by Legora and Laurel that includes a commitment to eventually give law firms that ability. There’s is lots of value in knowing that ROI but , once firms know it, the issue is what they do with it and what clients will expect. Here is my discussion of all this for Above the Law.
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Everyone’s talking about AI agents, but what if your legal team isn’t actually ready for them? In this episode of Meeting of the Minds - The Legal AI Podcast, hosts Hal Marcus and Memme Onwudiwe sit down with Alex Herrity, Legal Operations Leader at adidas, to discuss why legal departments must establish foundational processes and data hygiene before deploying AI agents and how this groundwork unlocks transformative capability down the line. The problem isn’t getting the AI agents ready; it’s kn
AI notetakers are everywhere. They appear as options for video conferencing and VoIP calls, and are even available in hardware, such as pens and lapel buttons. But should lawyers record conversations with clients and let AI transcribe and summarize the notes? In September 2025, Hilary Bowman from Querious AI provided some food for thought in “AI in Virtual Meetings” during...
South Korea’s Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and Establishment of Trust (AI Basic Act) took effect on January 22, 2026, joining the European Union AI Act as a comprehensive AI regulatory regime. The AI Basic Act provides high-level requirements for transparency and addressing high-risk AI systems, and confirms its extraterritorial application. It also creates the […]
Can lawyers really trust AI—and what does “trust” mean in modern legal practice? In this episode of AI and the Future of Law , hosts Jen Leonard and Bridget McCormack are joined by Gabe Pereyra, President and Co-Founder of Harvey AI , to explore how generative AI is moving from a productivity tool to core infrastructure for law firms. Gabe explains how leading firms are deploying AI at scale, why hallucinations are no longer the central concern, and how governance, auditability, and human-in-the
Are the guys on the verge of a major Second Brain breakthrough, hand in hand with AI? Dennis and Tom reexamine their ongoing Second Brain projects, discussing nagging questions about the efficacy of their current systems and how they plan to move forward with their personal knowledge management. Later, a listener and long-time iPhone user...
Zach announces that, for the first time since ChatGPT launched, he's investing in a legal AI startup. In this episode, he's joined by Nick Fleisher, CEO of Sandstone, to unpack why in-house legal teams, not law firms, may be the biggest winners of the AI era. Drawing on Nick's background at McKinsey where he advised law firms on AI, the conversation explores why legacy tools are failing lawyers and how AI can solve a problem that plagues in-house teams: working seamlessly with their business wit
Zach speaks with Cecilia Ziniti, founder and CEO of GC AI, about why in-house legal teams are often ahead of law firms when it comes to adopting AI - and what that signals for the future of the profession. Drawing on her experience as a former general counsel and AI leader, Cecilia explains why legal AI must be purpose-built for real workflows, how trust and precision shape adoption, and why lawyers who learn to work with AI will gain a lasting edge. In this episode: Why in-house legal teams are
In 2026, artificial intelligence is deeply embedded in legal and business operations, making clear policies essential. Simply telling lawyers not to use AI is unrealistic, as these tools are now part of everyday technology. Without defined guidelines, law firms risk confidentiality breaches, ethical missteps, and could lose client trust. A robust AI use policy is vital for balancing innovation with...
Private equity interest in U.S. law firms is accelerating, and AI is a major reason why. In this Season 3 kickoff, Jen Leonard and Bridget McCormack explore how ethics rules collide with the capital demands of AI, and why the real story isn’t short-term profits but long-term investment in legal infrastructure. They unpack Rule 5.4, the rise of the MSO model as a workaround for outside investment, and what “ownership” really means when control over data, technology, and professional judgment is a
Dennis and Tom continue their proud tradition of pondering the panorama of timely tech happenings and sharing personal resolutions for learning and development. But first, they both take a look at last year’s goals to gauge their progress (or, ahem, lack thereof). As for new resolutions—from investigative AI problem solving to streamlined tech tool usage...
We are happy to announce the launch of our fourth round of the class “AI for Legal Help”. It is cross-listed at Stanford Law School and Design School. Students will be working with real-world, public interest legal groups to develop AI solutions in a responsible, practical way — that can help scale out high-need legal […]
How is the role of the Chief Legal Officer transforming in the age of AI? In this first episode of 2026, hosts Hal Marcus and Memme Onwudiwe welcome Rich Sauer, Chief Legal Officer & Head of Corporate Affairs at Workday, to explore six major themes defining the legal AI landscape. Tune in to discover how legal departments are moving beyond risk mitigation to drive growth, the impact of agentic AI on legal operations, and why human soft skills like empathy and trust remain the ultimate irreplacea
The Indian judiciary is suffering from a backlog of 4.9 crore cases with 13 lakh cases still in the pre-litigation stage. The judiciary is plagued...
This update covers the European Commission’s proposed “Digital Omnibus on AI”, published 19 November 2025. Part of the European Union’s simplification drive, the proposal aims to streamline the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act’s implementation, ease compliance burdens and adjust compliance deadlines ahead of the AI Act’s full application on 2 August 2026. These changes will […]
What will AI actually change in law by 2026—and how should firms, courts, and legal institutions prepare? In this season two finale of AI and the Future of Law , hosts Jen Leonard and Bridget McCormack step back from the hype cycle to offer grounded, practical predictions about the next few years. They explore Google’s Gemini 3 and the shift from chatbots to agentic systems, the “platformization” of legal services driven by MSOs, ALSPs, and private equity, and the new talent demands this creates
Many lawyers use Gmail, whether you’re using Google Workspace or a personal account. Discover how to leverage Gemini AI for drafting and refining emails, streamline your workflow with time-saving templates, and maintain confidentiality with robust security features. From managing unwanted business emails to organizing your inbox for maximum productivity, these tips will help you take control of your email practice...
In this episode of Legal Leaders Exchange, host Jennifer McIver sits down with Carlos Gámez of Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory and Sinéad Kenny from Brightflag, to unpack the major themes that shaped the legal industry in 2025. The conversation begins with a lighthearted look at personal passions, such as BBQ rib rubs and the "Motley Accruals" band, before diving into critical industry shifts. They discuss the growing appetite for peer collaboration, the move toward data transparency between c
What Legal Help Actually Requires: Building a Task Taxonomy for AI, Research, and Access to Justice In December 2025, I presented a new piece of research at the JURIX Conference in Turin, Italy, as part of the workshop on AI, Dispute Resolution, and Access to Justice. The workshop brought together legal scholars, technologists, and practitioners […]
Table of Contents The Arc of the Summit Our Key AI + A2J Ecosystem Moment What will 2030 look like for A2J? What is stopping great innovation imapact? 3 Levels of Strategic Work to Set us towards a Good Ecosystem Strategy Level 1: Internal Org Strategy around AI Strategy 2: Ecosystem Strategy Strategy 3: Towards […]
MSMEs form the lifeblood of the Indian economy. India has 5.93 crore MSMEs employing 25 crore people with exports worth Rs 12.39 lakh crores. MSMEs...
Guests’ Notes Angelic Benavidez and Joanne Liu are senior litigation paralegals within the legal department at Hyundai Motor America. Angelic oversees e-discovery, legal holds, and manages the Relativity database, working primarily in the class action and intellectual property group, and occasionally supporting product liability matters. She brings extensive experience from big law, particularly in employment litigation, and has played a key role in transforming Hyundai’s e-discovery processes.
Every week subscribers receive the ICYMI enewsletter from the NCBA Center for Practice Management. The newsletter highlights tips, tools, trends, and techniques to help your law practice. The following are a few popular links from the past issues of the newsletter. 18 Lawyers Caught Using AI Explain Why They Did It (10/2/25) Every week, there is a new example of lawyers (and...
Photo by Igor Omilaev / Unsplash On December 11, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) that purports to deprive states of the ability to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) – to the modest extent possible given the limited power of EOs, which cannot require or forbid states to do anything.
Guest Notes Niki Black is Principal Legal Insight Strategist at 8am, the team behind LawPay, MyCase, CasePeer, and DocketWise. She operates at the intersection of law, technology, and innovation strategy. Inside the company, Niki provides insight on the legal market, law firm operations, and how AI is impacting the practice of law. Niki advises on AI implementation within our products, author legal industry reports, and guide teams on how to communicate with lawyers so that our technology soluti
Many are relying heavily on genAI to create their content—whether it be emails, marketing copy, social posts, or a seeming myriad of other applications. But, is this overreliance and lack of human creativity a sprint toward mediocrity? Dennis and Tom discuss the slippery slope of AI content creation, emphasizing the risk of sub-quality work and...
The eDiscovery Chicks are back — 🐔✨ Join Angie & Bree as they break down the rapid changes AI is bringing to our industry, what’s real vs. what’s… well… a little cluckin’ dramatic, and how these shifts might reshape your role and even the billable hour. ⏱️⚖️ 💛 Feeling behind the flock already? Don’t stress — you’re not alone. 💛 And of course, you won’t want to miss the entertainment (and chaos) as the Chicks explore what ChatGPT can really do. 🧠🐣
My impulse to write this piece came from a question at a recent Conference, where I was speaking about AI training, fair use and EU text-and-data mining (TDM). During the Q&A, someone asked about the fresh decision of the Landgericht München I in
As your firms adopt AI to drive efficiency and innovation, the excitement around AI capabilities can sometimes overshadow traditional security due diligence. Don’t overlook foundational questions of data security, privacy, and governance. Understanding a potential AI partner’s compliance posture and data management practices helps ensure that AI tools enhance your operations without introducing unnecessary risk.
How can AI expand access to justice for the millions who can’t afford a lawyer? In this episode, hosts Jen Leonard and Bridget McCormack speak with Sateesh Nori and Tom Martin about AI tools reshaping legal help, including Depositron for security deposit disputes and Law Answers AI for jurisdiction-specific guidance. They discuss Sateesh’s journey from housing court to AI innovation, Tom’s work building scalable solutions for the public, and the profession’s ongoing debate over “second-tier just
Guest Notes Greg Buckles is the founder of eDJ Group Inc. He is an Independent corporate legal technology consultant focused on reasonable, defensible process solutions. Greg’s specialties are in forensics, consulting, software design, product management, legal technology, data classification, analytics, and efficiency consulting. Guest LinkedIn: Greg Buckles | LinkedIn Key Takeaways: 1. Efficiency and Speed in Legal Research: Modern technology has dramatically reduced the time required for lega
The Stanford Legal Design Lab is so happy to be a sponsoring co-host of the third consecutive AI and Access to Justice workshop at the JURIX conference. This round, the conference is at Turin, Italy in December 2025. The theme is AI, Dispute Resolution, and Access to Justice. See the main workshop website here. The […]
This is a special episode that was recorded at Relativity Fest 2025. We sat down with Chris Haley, VP of Practice Empowerment aiR at Relativity, to explore the transformative impact of generative AI on the legal industry. Chris shares insights from his keynote at Relativity Fest, discussing the integration of the aiR suite into RelativityOne, the shift from document review to analytics and enablement, and the broader implications of AI-driven transformation. The conversation highlights how legal
Zach sits down with NetDocuments Chief Product Officer Dan Hauck to unpack how AI is truly being used inside law firms and in-house legal teams today - from large-scale document profiling to agentic assistants that search, summarize, and edit directly within the DMS. Recorded live at ND Inspire conference, Dan explains why lightweight models are unlocking new automation, how in-house teams are often leading on adoption, and why the real ROI of legal AI goes beyond efficiency to include better on
How can AI shape AND be shaped by the law? In this episode of Meeting of the Minds – The Legal AI Podcast, hosts Hal Marcus and Memme Onwudiwe welcome Kimberley Odums, Senior Counsel of Intellectual Property and AI at IEEE and founder of Lawyers Learn AI, to explore the intersection of legal innovation and artificial intelligence through a futuristic lens. Tune in to discover why over 250 copyright cases are reshaping AI development and what strategies lawyers need to stay ahead of rapidly evolv
Guest Notes Aron Ahmadia is the Senior Director for Applied Science at Relativity where he leads the development of AI capabilities for Relativity One, including AI-Assisted Review, Analytics, and Search. His specializations include the use of AI in Legal Discovery, Model Risk Management, and Responsible AI. Dr. Ahmadia holds a Ph.D. in Applied Math from Columbia University and a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Guest LinkedIn Aron Ahmadia Key Takeaways 1.
Litigators in India face the gruelling task of researching case law, precedents, research papers and academic commentaries while building a case. This is usually done...
Contracts form the bedrock of the work performed by the army of in-house counsels and law firms that support Indian businesses. Lawyers have to review...
In 2025, the first draft of a contract or the preparation of a research note begins with a prompt and not a paralegal. AI...
What if you had an AI that not only assisted you, but acted as a highly trained source of strategic support in your day-to-day work? Dennis and Tom explore the idea of creating an AI Chief of Staff that could function in an organizational or advisory role. They share their experimental approach, walk through their...
Way back in 2023, I thought it was amazing how I could use generative AI to streamline my Thanksgiving prep: I gave it my recipes, and it gave me a schedule. It was a static list—a text document that told … Continue reading → The post Thanksgiving Vibe-Coding and the Case for “Single-Serving” Legal Software first appeared on AI Law Librarians .
The exponential expansion of artificial intelligence across professional and personal spheres has inevitably led to its integration into human resources and recruitment functions. Research commissioned by ACAS indicates growing acceptance among employers, with approximately one-third of UK businesses surveyed believing AI deployment will enhance productivity. AI’s capability to enhance efficiency and streamline administratively intensive tasks […]
Is AI making legal writing too easy—and too cheap? In this episode, Jen Leonard and Bridget McCormack explore how generative AI tools are reshaping writing as a professional skill. They discuss the paper “Making Talk Cheap,” which argues that when anyone can generate polished text, writing loses its value as a signal of skill, effort, or merit. What does this mean for hiring, advancement, and lawyering in the AI era? Plus, they unpack a new Wharton study showing how enterprise AI use is soaring—
The Stanford Legal Design Lab hosted the second annual AI and Access to Justice Summit on November 20-21, 2025. Over 150 legal professionals, technologists, regulators, strategists, and funders came together to tackle one big question: how can we build a strong, sustainable national/international AI and Access to Justice Ecosystem? We will be synthesizing all of […]