
Legaltech Week
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.
Latest episodes

Jun 20, 2024 • 56min
06/14/24: The hype behind Harvey, DoNotPay back in news, AI's impact on law firm structure, and more
Isha Marathe discusses the mysterious startup Harvey raising industry eyebrows. Topics include the DoNotPay settlement, AI's impact on law firm structure, Elon Musk's OpenAI lawsuit, and AAA's ClauseBuilder AI for arbitration.

Jun 13, 2024 • 60min
06/07/24: Redo of Stanford study of LexisNexis and TR, Scarlett Johansen & Sexbot Overlords, & more
Scarlett Johansen joins legal tech journalists to discuss redo of Stanford study on AI legal tools, chatGPT in court, prompts vs. precedents, & societal impacts of AI voices in entertainment industry

Jun 5, 2024 • 58min
05/31/24: Stanford study of LexisNexis and TR, AAA acquisition, and livestreamed crimes
This week's podcast covers a Stanford study on AI accuracy in LexisNexis and TR, lessons lawyers learned during the pandemic, a man livestreaming with a suspended license, and the American Arbitration Association acquiring ODR.com and Mediate.com.

May 23, 2024 • 58min
05/17/24: Wilson Sonsini's 'Agentic AI,' predicting the supreme court, and more
Guests discuss Wilson Sonsini's 'Agentic AI' for clients, UK due diligence questionnaire for AI vendors, predicting Supreme Court decisions, and Steno's Transcript Genius. The conversation delves into the innovative applications of AI in the legal field and its impact on legal processes and decision-making.

May 16, 2024 • 59min
05/10/24: ILTA Evolve, legal tech acquisitions, matter management guide, and more
Guest Ed Walters discusses Robot Law, vLex merger, legal market size. Panelists cover ILTA Evolve, legal tech acquisitions, matter management solutions, ABA ethics opinion on technology use, and fighting bots in the legal niche.

Apr 19, 2024 • 56min
04/19/24: Thomson Reuters' CoCounsel plans (with guest Jake Heller), vLex expands Vincent AI, and more
Special guest Jake Heller discusses Thomson Reuters' CoCounsel AI expansion across professional verticals. vLex's Vincent AI document analysis and brain wave data privacy. Congress's privacy law changes and NY Bar Association AI guidance.

Apr 8, 2024 • 57min
04/05/24: Petition to ABA to cease using term "nonlawyer", Yale Law School Law Archive, and more
This week's legal tech podcast discusses the petition to ban the term 'non-lawyer' by legal innovators, Yale Law School's Law Archive for open access legal scholarship, concerns over word limits in legal cases, 'The Matrix' tech reality, Luminance's funding, US and UK bilateral AI safety agreement, and Winston & Strawn's tech-powered legal venture

Apr 8, 2024 • 57min
03/29/24: Neil Gorsuch's research, first legal LLM built from lawfully obtained data, and more
Neil Gorsuch confidently declared that he did the research on legal tech topics in a recent podcast episode. Other interesting discussions include the development of a unique legal language model, challenges of generative AI in legal citations, legal research failures, EU regulations on big tech, and innovations in law firms.

Mar 6, 2024 • 58min
March 1: Justices on social media law, ROSS cofounder returns to legal tech, and more
Justices skeptical of social media laws, Sora deep fake technology, AI assistant for contracts, ROSS cofounder's return to legal tech, Apple Vision Pro review, innovative LawPay credit card/software combo for law firms

Feb 26, 2024 • 57min
Feb. 23: Techshow and the infinite AI product updates, hallucinated cases, and chatbots
Legal journalists discuss ABA Techshow, cases of fake citations in court filings, a law firm's fee request based on chatbot search, and the legal entity responsibility of chatbots. Insights on AI hype and integration in legal services, ethical concerns of using AI in legal research, and legal battles involving Air Canada's chatbot.
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