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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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Jul 2, 2026

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01/31/25: DeepSeek, Relativity sunsets on-prem, AI and access to justice, and more 06.02.2025

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 Panelist Introductions 05:33 RIP: Barry Bayer (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 12:41 Why Is Everyone Talking About DeepSeek? (Selected by Caroline Hill and Stephanie Wilkins) 42:05 Putting A Nail In the Coffin of Its On-Prem Product, Relativity Sets 2028 Dea...

01/24/2025: First law school to require AI education certification, a surge in contracting tech, and more 30.01.2025

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.   This week's topics: 00:00 Panelist Introductions A sudden surge in tech focused on contract playbooks (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) Legal tech for Plaintiffs' contingency fee lawyers draws investment dollars (Selected by Stephen Embry) Case Western Reserve School of Law becomes...

01/17/2025: Tom Goldstein case, Harvey's mysterious $3B valuation, and more 23.01.2025

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.   This week's topics: 00:00 Panelist Introductions 01:57 Tom Goldstein case (Selected by Joe Patrice) 17:55 CES 2025: lessons learned for legal (Selected by Stephen Embry) 29:09 Report on the LSC's Innovations in Tech conference (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 36:27 Businesses Would...

01/10/2025: KPMG seeks alt. business license, AI fails in federal court complaint, and more 16.01.2025

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.   This week's topics: 00:00 Panelist Introductions 04:25 - Courtroom VR... it sucks (Selected by Joe Patrice) 22:23 - KPMG Law US Seeks Alternative Business License, Shaking Up Legal Status Quo (Selected by Victor Li & Stephanie Wilkins) 32:00 - New FL Bar Guide for Lawyers (S...

01/03/2025: Our biggest episode of the year: 2024 Recap and 2025 Predictions 09.01.2025

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week is our annual recap and predictions episode, which is our favorite session of the year. This week's topics:   00:00 Panelist Introductions 04:40 Reflections on 2024 21:56 The legaltech trends that defined 2024 (Selected by Niki Black) 24:45 A Notebook LM Year in Revi...

12/06/2024: Law school applications up 35% from 2023, Elon Musk tries legal tech, and more 12.12.2024

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.   This week's topics: 00:00 Panelist Introductions 05:15 The Legal Tech Fund Summit (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 08:57 Generative AI And Access To Justice: Incremental Solutions Or Overhyped Promises? (Selected by Niki Black) 21:00 Elon Musk Feeds AI 'All Court Cases,' Promises I...

11/22/2024: Legaltech's X-odus, the return of Litera's CEO, and more 27.11.2024

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: Amid X X-odus, Nothing But Bluesky from Now On Legal Analytics Company Trellis Unveils AI Tools Designed to Streamline Litigation Workflows Avaneesh Marwaha returns as Litera's CEO and answers a few burning questions Bear Damage To Luxury Car Interior Ends...

11/08/2024: Trump planning on repealing AI restrictions, Trump implications on future of legaltech, and more 09.11.2024

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: Major Canadian Legal Research Service Sues AI Startup Claiming Wrongful Use of Its Court Decisions Amid a Flurry of AI Ethics Opinions, New Mexico Weighs In Trump Planning to Unleash Artificial Intelligence by Repealing Restrictions Navigating the legal tec...

11/01/2024: the $2000 paralegal; NY rules on admissibility of AI evidence, startup alley nominations, and more 04.11.2024

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.   This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 05:45 - Startup Alley Nominations now open 09:05 - The $2000 paralegal (Selected by Joe Patrice) 17:25 - Alt Legal (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 21:10 - Night of the Living Bots: AI Agents Are Creeping into the News (Selected by Stephani...

10/25/2024: New TR program gives Nonprofits access to CoCounsel, Everlaw & Netdocs user conferences, and more 28.10.2024

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.   This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 02:00 - Thoughts on the Netdocs user conference (Selected by Joe Patrice and Stephen Embry) 11:01 - Everlaw Summit: My thoughts on attending this conference in SF this week (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 19:22 - Thomson Reuters Launches P...

10/18/2024: KM&I conference, Rob Lowe's legaltech debut, UnitedLex CEO ousted, and more 24.10.2024

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 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

10/08/2024: Live from ClioCon: Panelists debate some of the hottest trends of the year 10.10.2024

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 rep...

09/27/2024: Live from Relativity Fest: DoNotPay gets FTC fine, Rocket Lawyer gets special approval 30.09.2024

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 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...

09/20/2024: The Shrinking Ownership of Law Practice Management Technology, Midlevels hate law firm tech, and more 25.09.2024

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 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 - G...

09/13/24: Special guests from vLex discuss news, AI learns to reason through problems, and more 17.09.2024

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 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...

08/16/24: ILTACON recap, CoCounsel v. LexisNexis, hacked court hearings, and more 22.08.2024

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 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...

08/09/24: Jones Day Partner scoffs at Google antitrust ruling, the GPT wrapper behind new AI, & more 16.08.2024

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.   This week's topics: 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 th...

08/02/24: GAI drives hot job market for law librarians, new ABA ethics opinion, and more 08.08.2024

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 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...

07/19/24: LEAP introduces new features, Affinipay investment, judge livestreams trial, and more 25.07.2024

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 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...

07/12/24: When does GenAI progress stop, what lawyers learned during pandemic, and more 18.07.2024

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 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...

06/28/24: Gen AI risks in legal research, reflections on 4 years of change, and more 12.07.2024

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 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 E...

06/21/24: Supreme Court cases decided by AI, ethics of expensing credit card fees to clients, & more 27.06.2024

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 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 -...

06/14/24: The hype behind Harvey, DoNotPay back in news, AI's impact on law firm structure, and more 20.06.2024

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 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) 3...

06/07/24: Redo of Stanford study of LexisNexis and TR, Scarlett Johansen & Sexbot Overlords, & more 13.06.2024

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 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...

05/31/24: Stanford study of LexisNexis and TR, AAA acquisition, and livestreamed crimes 05.06.2024

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.   This week's topics: 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 liv...

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