
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

Feb 5, 2024 • 53min
Feb. 2: Legalweek conference recap, and other legal tech conference thoughts
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 02:52 - Legalweek Conference recap 35:50 - Report on the Innovations in Technology Conference put on this week by the Legal Services Corporation (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 40:35 - More Ethics Guidance Arrives Amid Rapid Releases Of Legal AI (Selected by Niki Black) 46:12 - Lexis Nexis Report (Selected by Jean O'Grady)

Feb 2, 2024 • 58min
January 26: Litigator lost her voice, AI brought it back; plus two guest panelists
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 02:52 - ‘Not Going Away’: A Star Greenberg Traurig Litigator Lost Her Voice. AI Brought it Back (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 13:40 - Jumping Into the Rabbit Hole: Experts Offer 3 Big 'Deepfake' Insights for Legal in 2024 (Selected by Isha Marathe) 25:45 - AI ‘hallucinated’ fake legal cases allegedly filed to B.C. court in Canadian first (Selected by Greg Lambert) 34:23 - An AI ethics opinion from the Florida Bar (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 38:08 - A grand squabble in the Lone Star State, where a band of lawyers, as self-righteous as they be cunning, fiercely opposed a plan to let people who aren’t lawyers own pieces of law firms. Safeguarding the treasure of justice or just hoarding it for themselves (Selected by Stephen Embry)

Jan 20, 2024 • 55min
Jan 19 2023: What causes legal tech flops, and what role does the c-suite play; plus AI music rights
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 04:15 - Legalweek expectations 13:33 - What causes product flops in the legal space? Should legal tech be founded by technologists or lawyers? (Selected by Stephen Embry and Bob Ambrogi) 38:55 - AI-generated music is everywhere; is any of it legal? (Selected by Victor Li) 48:23 - Gen AI Will Require Robust KM Teams: A Chat with Legalweek Speaker Oz Benamram (Selected by Jean O'Grady)

Jan 18, 2024 • 58min
Jan 12 2023: Carta credibility allegations, judge rejects motion with exploding head emoji, 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: Carta, a key tech company for startups, has a credibility problem Agiloft Releases Generative AI Feature To Shortcut Contract Negotiations and Better Align Redlines Judge Rejects a Motion With the “Exploding Head” Emoji–DePietro v. Levitt Paralegals' suit claims First Amendment right to offer legal advice on court forms Hallucinations... not just for caselaw The Bell Cannot Be Unrung': Coached Testimony Caught on Camera Results in Dismissal

Jan 11, 2024 • 56min
January 5, 2024: 2023 Year in Review
The podcast discusses the top stories of 2023 in legal tech, including the Casetext acquisition, hallucinated cases, GPT and the bar exam, the Fastcase/vLex merger, the DoNotPay debacle, Kiwi Camara, undercover bear informants, and John Roberts on AI.

Dec 22, 2023 • 1h 3min
December 15, 2023: Michael Cohen's GPT brief, UK issues GenAI guidelines, and more
Michael Cohen, former lawyer for Donald Trump, discusses the suspicious use of AI technology in a legal case. The podcast also explores the use of AI in the legal field, diverse GPTs related to law, and technology's role in achieving access to justice.

Dec 12, 2023 • 51min
December 8, 2023: Troubling finds in Smokeball small firm survey, new AI ethics guidelines, 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 02:35 - The Legal Tech Fund Conference (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 10:20 - AI Ethics Guidance Arrives Amid Rapid Legaltech Deployments (Selected by Niki Black) 20:00 - Associate Raises, Productivity, and Salaries (Selected by Joe Patrice) 31:50 - Is virtual law firm FisherBroyles about to lose 140 lawyers? Details of ‘significant new venture’ to come (Selected by Victor Li) 36:26 - Smokeball survey reveals some troubling findings for small firms understanding of business and AI (Selected by Stephen Embry)

Dec 4, 2023 • 54min
December 1, 2023: Double-Spacing debate, ChatGPT v Supreme Court, Sam Altman, 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 03:49 - Altman Was Out, Until He Wasn't: Legal Tech Reacts to OpenAI's Leadership Shuffle (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 12:07 - 2023: A Legal AI Odyssey (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 16:45 - Lawyering in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (Selected by Niki Black) 23:30 - 5th Circuit takes aim at pro se filers with proposed GenAI rules (Selected by Stephen Embry) 33:50 - Heated Litigation Fight Over 'Double-Spacing' Ends In Judge Telling Everyone To Shut Up (Selected by Joe Patrice) 42:30 - Docket Alarm Founder Michael Sander Leaves After vLex Acquisition; Former Gavelytics Exec Joins to Lead Product Line (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 47:20 - Harvard Law School Professor Finds ChatGPT Invents Fake Law Less Than The Supreme Court (Selected by Joe Patrice)

Nov 18, 2023 • 56min
November 17, 2023: Thomson Reuters' new release, Gen AI passes the MPRE with no training, 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 03:20 - Thomson Reuters Launches AI-Assisted Legal Research (Selected by Bob Ambrogi and Jean O'Grady) 15:10 - Lexis AI tools (Selected b Jean O'Grady) 24:50 - Gen AI Passes the MPRE With No Prior Ethics Training (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 27:55 - FL Bar proposed advisory AI ethics opinion (Selected by Niki Black) 47:08 - Pre/Dicta adds outcome predictions for four new motion types: summary judgment, class certification, venue transfer and motions to compel (Selected by Stephen Embry)

Nov 16, 2023 • 59min
November 10, 2023: China's legal robot, special guest Colin Levy, Pras Michel trial part 2, and more
Special guest Colin Levy discusses his new book about the Legal Tech Ecosystem. Topics include China's legal robot, sacrificing personal relationships for convenience, AI adoption challenges in the legal field, and debunking misconceptions about AI use in a trial.