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Aug 7, 2023 • 59min

LTW August 7, 2023: ABA blocks op-ed citing 'political challenges,' iManage/ATL cybersecurity report, and more

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 03:11 - Citing ‘Political Challenges,’ ABA Innovation Center Cancels Op-Ed Advocating Regulatory Reform; In An Exclusive, We Have the Piece They Wouldn’t Publish (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 07:32 - ILTACon trends (Selected by special guest Doug Austin) 15:00 - 44% of Investment Bankers Think They Can Make Lots of Money Off of Attorney Insecurity (Selected by special guest Jef Brandt) 24:05 - Task Force shares principles for responsible use of AI in law (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 33:50 - Don't kill the golden goose: survey on 30 years of legal publishing/tech mergers (Selected by Jean O'Grady) 46:23 - iManage/ATL Report on Cybersecurity (Selected by Joe Patrice)
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Jul 27, 2023 • 1h

LTW July 21, 2023: Ethics of credit card fees, big tech's A.I. pledge, NYC's A.I. fare evasion tool, and more

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 03:00 - AALL Conference Recap 18:22 - What If AI Is Actually WORSE For Access To Justice? (Selected by Joe Patrice) 30:44 - Ethical implications of charging credit card fees: Insights from the NYSBA (Selected by Niki Black) 36:22 - NYC subway using AI to track fare evasion (Selected by Victor Li) 44:20 - 7 tech companies including OpenAi, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta sign pledge to, among other things, develops systems to let the public know when an image, text or video has been created by AI (Selected by Stephen Embry) 49:17 - Study from Stanford/Berkley says Chat GPT is getting dumber (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
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Jul 19, 2023 • 58min

LTW July 14, 2023: Legal professionals fear losing jobs to AI, investment woes, next gen bar exam, and more

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 03:30 - Another AI Survey, Another cliche about the end of librarians (Selected by Jean O'Grady) 15:50 - Lawyers At High Risk Of Losing Jobs To Artificial Intelligence Concludes OECD Based On... Nothing But Vibes (Selected by Joe Patrice) 27:30 - Funding for legal tech and tax deals is down (Selected by Caroline Hill) 34:20 - Stability AI Co-Founder Alleges He Was Cheated Out of Ownership for $100 (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 38:13 - Law schools and the next gen bar exam (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 51:45 - Concerns about office-sharing arrangements addressed in new ABA ethics opinion (Selected by Victor Li)
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Jul 9, 2023 • 58min

LTW July 7, 2023: Twitter vs. Threads, Disco CEO $110M compensation, Canadian court rulings, and more

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 03:16 - What is Threads? Here’s what you need to know about the potential ‘Twitter Killer’ (Selected by Niki Black) 20:00 - Canadian Court Rules 👍 Emoji Counts as a Contract Agreement (Selected by Niki Black) 24:15 - Forum non conveniens and ediscovery (Selected by Joe Patrice) 28:30 - Judge curbs US effort to battle disinformation on social media; will ruling withstand appeal? (Selected by Victor Li) 34:15 - GPS Company Hit with Products Liability Lawsuit Over Alleged Role in Stalking, Murders (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 43:15 - Lots of firms say they have a strategy to innovate their digital operations. A lot fewer really do (Selected by Stephen Embry) 49:10 - Disco CEO's $110M compensation (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
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Jul 6, 2023 • 55min

LTW June 30, 2023: Casetext acquisition, LexisNexis adds new tool, fake salary increase at big law, 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: Casetext acquired by Thomson Reuters for $650M Maximize Billable Hours: An overview of law firm time-tracking software (Selected by Niki Black) LegalTech's AI Race: A Sign of What’s to Come (Selected by Niki Black) Biglaw Firm Sent FAKE Salary Increase Memo... To Teach Attorneys A Lesson! (Selected by Joe Patrice) Lawyer's Social Media Posts Lead Court to Wipe Out $1.5M Verdict (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) Lexis Nexis Adds Extractive AI Deal analysis (Selected by Jean O'Grady)
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Jun 13, 2023 • 55min

LTW June 9, 2023: ChatGPT legal research woes, spy cam bears go to court, and facial recognition law

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 - Sanction hearing in Bogus Cases Case (Selected by many) 21:56 - Couple suing for illegal search and seizure because authorities put a camera on a bear (Selected by Joe Patrice) 32:00 - Victory! New Jersey Court Rules Police Must Give Defendant the Facial Recognition Algorithms Used to Identify Him (Selected by Niki Black) 38:50 - The ability of ChatGPT to create malware (Selected by Stephen Embry)
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Jun 8, 2023 • 55min

LTW June 2, 2023: Nextpoint law firm under AZ law, Lega LLM governance launch, bogus cases, and more

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 02:50 - The Bogus Cases Case (Selected by Joe Patrice & Bob Ambrogi) 21:43 - Leveraging ChatGPT In Legal Practice: Best Practices And Ethical Considerations (Selected by Niki Black and Jean O'Grady) 29:20 - Lega Inc. Emerges From Stealth Mode With LLM-Governance Platform, Enabling Safe Legal AI Experimentation (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins & Joe Patrice) 33:26 - Exclusive: In A First For E-Discovery, Tech Company Nextpoint Is Launching A ‘Data-Driven’ Law Firm Under Arizona’s Liberalized Ownership Rules (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 36:20 - Casepoint Suffered Ransomware Attack, BlackCat Hacker Cartel Claims on Dark Web (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 39:55 - Emerging Tech Trends: The rise of GPT tools in contract analysis (Selected by Niki Black)
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May 30, 2023 • 60min

LTW May 26, 2023: Thomson Reuters, AI the Buzz Word, hologram witnesses, and more

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 03:45 - Legal Ops' Path to the Future Is Paved With Generative AI, Teamwork 07:20 - Generative AI: A Double-Edged Sword (Selected by Niki Black) 13:17 - That AI tool your law firm is using? Its not really AI (Selected by Steve Lerner) 21:20 - Thomson Reuters AI (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 31:35 - Casetext (Selected by Joe Patrice) 40:45 - Law school introduces hologram witnesses in mock trial (Selected by Victor Li) 44:18 - Firms raise rates at record levels (Selected by Steve Embry)
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May 18, 2023 • 53min

LTW May 12, 2023: Pre-CLOC announcements, Lexis Connect, Google I/O, and more on AI policy

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 02:23 - Pre-CLOC flood of CLM news 08:23 - Breaking: LexisNexis Announces Preview Launch of Lexis Connect, AI-Powered Matter Management within Microsoft Teams (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 21:50 - European lawmakers vote overwhelmingly in favor of adopting the first AI Act, a proposed law that aims to protect people from the technology's risks (Selected by Victor Li) 31:29 - ChatGPT Made Up Sexual Harassment, Bribery Charges About Users. Can It Be Sued? (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 37:10 - Google I/O 2023: all in for AI & what may mean for legal (Selected by Stephen Embry)
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May 10, 2023 • 57min

LTW May 4, 2023: Elon Musk's Deep Fake, Lexis+ AI, talking robodogs, law librarians role in tech adoption, and more

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 02:55 - LexisNexis launch of Lexis+ AI (Selected by Bob Ambrogi and Jean O'Grady) 18:48 - How Soon Before AI Kills the Billable Hour? (Selected by Niki Black) 29:35 - New LLM Shield Tool Blocks ChatGPT from Accessing Sensitive Legal Information (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 32:16 - Will AI really improve access to justice? Nothing has yet (Selected by Stephen Embry) 39:40 - The lost art of the business review (Selected by Jean O'Grady) 42:30 - Law Librarians Play Central Role In Legal Tech Adoption And Use, AALL ‘State Of The Profession’ Report Shows (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 47:55 - Elon Musk and How to Navigate Deep Fakes in the Court Room (Selected by Joe Patrice) 54:00 - ChatGPT wired into Boston Dynamics’ robodogs so they can ‘speak’ (Selected by Niki Black)

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