

Legaltech Week
LawNext Media
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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Sep 16, 2022 • 56min
LTW September 16, 2022: Thomson Reuters and a Special Guest
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 06:03 - Thomson Reuters' New New Westlaw (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 28:10 - Move Over Red Flag! Westlaw Introducing New KeyCite Marker (Selected by Joe Patrice) 32:58 - Neural Nets and Other Promises (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 41:28 - Intersection of data privacy and reproductive rights (Selected by Niki Black)

Sep 14, 2022 • 59min
LTW September 9, 2022
This Week's Stories: Private Equity Firm Acquires Majority Interest in Global Legal Research Platform vLex (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) Is proposing an ethical duty for legal innovation worth the effort? (Selected by Bob Ambrogi "Legal Tech Directories: Your guide to the technology your firm needs" (Selected by Niki Black) Are Law Firms Structural Impediments to Innovation? (Selected by Joe Patrice) Vela Wood moved to Portugal for the summer which is kind of cool use of tech (Selected by Joe Patrice) What is EY up to? (Selected by Stephen Embry)

Aug 23, 2022 • 52min
LTW August 19, 2022
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: Building On Its Acquisition of Afterpattern, NetDocuments Launches PatternBuilder to Automate Legal Documents Natively (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) Lexis+ Comes to Canada, As LexisNexis Launches Its ‘Next Generation’ Research Platform for the Canadian Market (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) Productivity Data: Here's How Lawyers Get Work Done (Selected by Niki Black) Following decades of discourse on nonlawyer legal services, questions of motives continue (Selected by Victor Li)

Aug 23, 2022 • 52min
LTW August 12, 2022 - Special Guest Steven Lerner, and the End of the Billable Hour
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introduction 04:22 - Facebook Knows Everything About You. And Is Willing To Share (Selected by Steve Embry) 17:18 - Mitratech's New Acquisition Blurs Line Between Legal, HR (Selected by Steven Lerner) 25:00 - The end of the billable hour... implanted brain trackers? (Selected by Joe Patrice and Bob Ambrogi) 34:10 - Mixed Messages from the ABA, As It ‘Reaffirms’ Rule Against Nonlawyer Ownership while also Encouraging Innovation (Selected by Bob Ambrogi

Aug 8, 2022 • 58min
LTW August 5, 2022 - Saying Farewell to Zach Warren, Alex Jones vs. His Legal Team, and more
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. The biggest news this week is that Zach Warren, one of our original panelists, is taking a new title, and will be leaving the roundtable. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introduction 05:20 - Alex Jones's lawyers are bad at cell phones (selected by Zach Warrren 14:10 - Zach's New Job 17:30 - City lawyer found in contempt of court for deleting messaging app (selected by Caroline Hill) 24:28 - New York Becomes First State to Mandate CLE in Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection (selected by Bob Ambrogi) 32:46 - Former Dewey LeBoeut Chairman documentary on Bloomberg TV (selected by Jean O'Grady) 44:20 - 50 state AGs vow action against carriers that bring foreign robocalls to US (selected by Victor Li) 47:38 - Ironclad Insights (selected by Joe Patrice)

Aug 1, 2022 • 58min
LTW July 29, 2022 - AALL recap and more
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introduction 04:00 - Takeaways from AALL 19:24 - Elon Musk & Legal Tech (Selected by Joe Patrice) 23:22 - South Carolina bill would ban internet information on abortions; tech companies may face competing laws (Selected by Victor Li) 34:08 - Reach new clients with chat tools for your law firm’s website (Selected by Niki Black) 39:30 - Exterro Secures New Financing in 'Pre-IPO Round' Valued 'Over a Billion Dollars' (Selected by Zach Warren) 42:24 - Scientists Conclude that Wikipedia Influences Judges’ Legal Reasoning (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)

Jul 12, 2022 • 1h
LTW July 8, 2022
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introduction 02:38 - Guest of the Show Speaks on Lexis Nexis Launch 14:32 - Easy e-filing: Services designed to help attorneys file documents accurately and correctly (Selected by Niki Black) 32:00 - No LOLing Matter: The Rising Prevalence of Emojis in Employment Litigation (Selected by Joe Patrice) 41:40 - Many are hurt by NFT crash, but no one is telling (Selected by Victor Li) 50:38 - Recent study update confirms continued and troubling lack of diversity among state high court judges (Selected by Steve Embry)

Jul 5, 2022 • 38min
LTW July 1, 2022
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introduction 02:45 - Litigation analytics company Gavelytics shuts down (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 12:30 - Pre/Dicta Launches to Make Case Outcome Predictions—Bringing Demographic Data in to Help (Selected by Zach Warren) 22:27 - Ironclad report says legal departments are moving faster (Selected by Joe Patrice) 27:50 - Lexis counsel link report partner rates and consolidation continue (Selected by Jean O'Grady) 30:40 - LexisNexis Parent RELX Quietly Launches Legal Research Service for Bar Associations and Small Firms (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)

Jun 30, 2022 • 57min
LTW June 24, 2022
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introduction 03:30 - Newly Launched Huski Uses AI-Powered Image Recognition to Help IP Lawyers Protect Clients’ Trademarks (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 15:30 - DBS Survey Results - Legal Reseach/Tech Customer support in a freefall (Selected by Jean O'Grady) 25:25 - Online privacy bill easily passed by U.S. House panel (Selected by Victor Li) 30:39 - Cutting non productive associate salaries??? (Selected by Stephen Embry) 38:48 - The Onit Report and In-House Lawyers (Selected by Joe Patrice) 44:33 - California Lawmakers Approve Bill Throttling Paraprofessional, Regulatory Sandbox Proposals (Selected by Zach Warren)

Jun 21, 2022 • 46min
LTW June 17, 2022
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: Copyright Protection Company Enters Legal Tech Market with Launch of ‘ImageRights for Law Firms’ (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) CEOs of Clio, Paradigm and ProfitSolv React to News of LawPay’s Acquisition of MyCase (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) Arbitration Needs to Diversify (Selected by Joe Patrice) What's up with the federal data privacy bill? (Selected by Zach Warren)