

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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Apr 17, 2023 • 43min
LTW April 14, 2023: The problem with "being the first": Ironclad's AI out of beta, AI debt collection, top billing 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: 00:00 - Introductions 03:45 - Why ChatGPT and Bing Chat are so good at making things up (Selected by guest Jeff Brandt) 16:16 - The problem with "being the first" at something: Ironclad’s AI Contract Redlining Tool ‘AI Assist’ Comes Out Of Beta, New Using GPT-4 (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 21:39 - ChatGPT Accused Mayor Of Bribery Conviction, Faces Potential Defamation Claim (Selected by Joe Patrice) 28:00 - Personal Injury, Employment Top Hours Billed Per Case (Selected by Niki Black) 38:03 - Debt Collectors Can Use AI To File Lawsuits To Harass People (Selected by Joe Patrice)

Apr 7, 2023 • 58min
LTW April 7, 2023: Special Guest, CEO Ed Walters joins to discuss vLex + Fastcase merger, 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 03:23 - In Major Legal Tech Deal, vLex and Fastcase Merge, Creating A Global Legal Research Company, Backed By Oakley Capital and Bain Capital (With guest Ed Walters) 38:00 - BigLaw associate’s admonition to be available 24/7 with ‘no exceptions, no excuses’ goes viral (Selected by Victor Li and Stephanie Wilkins) 49:45 - An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence for Federal Judges (Selected by Niki Black) 51:37 - Thomson Reuters Spins Off Elite As Independent Company Now Owned By Asset Manager TPG (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 54:55 - Can the Copyright Office establish rules around AI generated material? (Selected by Steve Embry)

Apr 6, 2023 • 59min
LTW March 31, 2023: The call to end AI development, the case of two Harveys, BlackBoiler, and more
Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. Topics this week include: The Strange Case of the Two Legal AI Companies Named Harvey, and their Coincidental Connection to Winston (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) BlackBoiler Enhances Its Contract Redlining with ‘ContextAI,’ Which Gives the Reason for Every Redline (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) The Legal Industry Has A Long Way To Go Before GPT Matches The Talk (Selected by Joe Patrice) The Call to Stop AI Development - is it Really Possible? (Selected by Caroline Hill) Colorado approves paraprofessionals in domestic relation matters (Selected by Steve Embry) WK launches Bank Failures toolkit and tracker (Selected by Jean O'Grady)

Mar 30, 2023 • 59min
LTW March 24, 2023: Legalweek postmortem, and more

Mar 15, 2023 • 48min
LTW March 10, 2023: Techshow post-mortem, Casetext launch of Co-Counsel, pricing models, 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 02:40 - Techshow post-mortem, panelists' thoughts on ABA TECHSHOW 14:15 - Casetext launch of Co-Counsel (Selected by Bob Ambrogi and Jean O'Grady) 22:40 - ChatGPT 101 for lawyers: It has upsides — and downsides (Selected by Niki Black) 31:40 - Merlin's new pricing model (Selected by Joe Patrice) 35:45 - Zuva's new free version is fun (Selected by Joe Patrice) 42:15 - DoNotPay class action lawsuit filed in California (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)

Feb 23, 2023 • 1h
LTW February 17, 2023: Special guest, Court hearing in Metaverse, DoNotPay, conferences, 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 - DoNotPay (Selected by Steven Lerner) 21:20 - Allen & Overy deploys Harvey AI, more firms TK (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 29:40 - Colombia to Hold Court Hearing in the Metaverse (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 34:30 - NY Makes Notaries More Accessible By Passing Online Notary Law (Selected by Niki Black) 43:05 - Leadership Blaming Working From Home For Its Own Data Privacy Failures (Selected by Joe Patrice) 48:50 - Filevine LEX Summit (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 48:50 - What to expect from ABA Techshow 2023 (Selected by Victor Li)

Feb 11, 2023 • 49min
LTW February 10, 2023: Joshua Browder interview, can legal analytics predict Super Bowl, 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 02:38 - Can legal analytics predict the Super Bowl? (Selected by Steve Embry) 07:36 - 'A bit of a Nothingburger' - Joshua Browder (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 20:25 - Judge Uses ChatGPT To Render Decision (Selected by Joe Patrice) 38:00 - Productivity Suite Macro Raises $9.3 Million From Cooley, Andreessen Horowitz, Others (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)

Feb 9, 2023 • 52min
LTW February 3, 2023: Ironclad brings in ChatGPT, Clio goes to Australia, Documate rebrand, 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 - Ironclad bringing in ChatGPT (Selected by Joe Patrice) 16:03 - Clio Goes Down Under, Expanding Into Australia with New Office and Data Center to Support APAC Growth (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 19:43 - New York Bar on Whether Lawyer YouTube Videos Constitute Advertising (Selected by Niki Black) 28:10 - Alternative legal services providers hit $20.6B share of legal market, new report says (Selected by Victor Li) 33:48 - Documate Rebrands As Gavel As It Expands Beyond Document Automation Into Providing A Platform for Building Online Legal Products (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)

Feb 2, 2023 • 54min
LTW January 27, 2023: DoNotPay's AI-in-the-Court Failure, Axiom opens AZ law firm, 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 we're joined by special guest, Greg Lambert. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 02:00 - AI podcast (Selected by Greg Lambert) 12:27 - DoNotPay Discontinues Legal Products, CEO Threatened With Jail Time Following GPT-in-Court Proposal (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 26:50 - ABA Journal Legal Rebels (Selected by Victor Li) 34:08 - ALSP Axiom Opens Law Firm in Arizona Under Alternative Business Structure License (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 41:00 - Law firm hubris continues to amaze and stand in the way of meaningful change (Selected by Stephen Embry)

Jan 22, 2023 • 56min
LTW January 20, 2023: Exterro acquires Zapproved, Google's take on ChatGPT, SCOTUS leak, 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 we're joined by special guest, Joshua Lenon. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 01:55 - SCOTUS leak investigation (Selected by Joe Patrice) 06:45 - Legaltech News UK predictions (Selected by Joshua Lenon) 13:36 - Everlaw CFO "discretionary" vs. "critical" (Selected by Joe Patrice) 18:26 - More on "flash drive O'Brien" he filed suit against Proskauer and lost his new gig at Paul Hastings (Selected by Jean O'Grady) 32:30 - Major E-Discovery News, As Exterro, Eyeing IPO, Acquires Zapproved for Undisclosed Amount (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 39:42 - Latest in Madison Square Garden's facial recognition nonsense (Selected by Joe Patrice and Jean O'Grady) 46:50 - More on ChatGPT 50:50 - Internal Google presentation suggsts Google 's ai can't compete with chatGDP in curbing hate-speech. Urgent need to compete resetting priorities in the company (Selected by Jean O'Grady)