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Guest Post: Ken Crutchfield on Agentic AI in Legal and the Critical Need for Human Supervision

LawSites

OpenAI just dropped a game-changer: ChatGPT Agent can now access your calendar, communicate with external systems, and perform tasks autonomously on your behalf.

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Family Law and Digital Evidence: Preserving, Presenting, and Persuading

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

From smartphones and social media to cloud platforms and AI devices, digital evidence is increasingly central to family law litigation. Whether it’s a contested custody case, a high-asset divorce, or allegations of misconduct, the ability to preserve, discover, and present ESI can determine outcomes. Join us for this in-depth CLE webinar to understand what every family law attorney needs to know about handling digital evidence, from legal duties around preservation to admissibility standards in

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A Playbook for Lawyer Leaders Who Want to Contribute to a Strong Bar

Legal Talk Network

When the structure doesn’t support your vision, the opportunity lies in building something better. Jeremy Evans helped navigate the California Lawyers Association’s separation from the California State Bar—and this episode of Leading the Bar is a playbook for leaders who want to leave their bar stronger than they found it. Produced by the National Conference of Bar Presidents (NCBP) in partnership with Legal Talk Network, the conversation in the second episode explores how California’s vol

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LexisNexis Launches Protégé: A Personalised AI Assistant for UK Lawyers

Legal IT Professionals

LexisNexis ® Legal & Professional, a leading global provider of AI-powered legal analytics and decision tools, today announces a range of enhancements to Lexis+ AI and the UK launch of LexisNexis Protégé™. This personalised AI assistant intelligently supports legal practitioners in drafting, researching and advising their clients faster and more accurately, helping them focus on higher-value work.

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No Objections: Better Case Management with AI for Paralegals

Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

Join this session to get a fresh look at how AI tools can help you work smarter, faster, and more effectively! Attorney and law professor Joe Stephens, J.D., will walk you through the complete journey of a legal case—from the first client meeting through the final outcome—while showing you how artificial intelligence can transform your daily work at each important step.

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Legal Hold 101: Everything You Need to Know

MatterSuite

When litigation seems likely, the first critical step is preserving data. That process starts with a well-executed legal hold. Legal holds aren’t optional. They are court-recognized obligations that prevent data loss and help organizations maintain credibility in legal proceedings. When handled carefully, they protect your position and keep disputes manageable.

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Deep Dive Recap: Measuring ROI: Tracking, Reporting, Optimizing

Lawmatics

Firms spend serious time and money bringing in new leads, but when it comes to knowing which efforts actually drive revenue, the picture is often fuzzy. Without reliable source tracking and clear reporting, it’s hard to tell where your marketing budget is paying off and where it’s getting wasted. In this month’s Deep Dive, Product Manager Devon Butler walks through how to set up and optimize marketing attribution in Lawmatics, from source creation to custom ROI reports and dashboards that help y

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Microsoft joins the Global LegalTech Hub, marking a turning point in its history

Global LegalTech Hub

Transforming the legal sector, generative AI enhances productivity, accuracy, and efficiency while supporting—not replacing—professional judgment.

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2025 SEO Trends for Law Firms: What We’ve Learned From Google’s Updates So Far

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

The 2025 Legal SEO Shake-Up In 2025, visibility in Google search isn’t just a priority — it’s a lifeline. With Google’s constant algorithm updates and the widespread rollout of AI-driven features like Google AI Overviews, law firms face a radically different digital landscape. Whether you’re a solo practitioner or managing a multi-office firm, staying ahead in search results means adapting fast.

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Vote for the Most Amazing Legal Tech Solutions in the 2025 Innovation Awards

Relativity

As we look ahead to Relativity Fest Chicago, we’re excited to celebrate the changemakers who are not just using our platform—but transforming it. Check out the nominees for the Innovations categories of the 2025 Innovation Awards.

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Debevoise’s AI Subscription Platform (STAAR), Which Helps Clients Fast-Track Their AI Adoption, Featured in Law360

Debevoise Data Blog

On July 22, 2025, Law360 published an article titled “ Debevoise Builds Tool to Help In-House Attys Assess AI Risk ” that discusses our Suite of Tools for Assessing AI Risk (STAAR), which is designed to help Debevoise clients fast-track their AI adoption. STAAR is a monthly subscription-based platform containing continuously updated AI legal resources, including policies and training materials, governance lessons, and regulatory trackers, as well as detailed descriptions of anonymized AI use cas

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Leverage Trellis Court Data To Identify More Investment Opportunities

Finance teams find Trellis to be particularly effective in conducting comprehensive due diligence on both individuals and businesses. With our court data solution, financial experts can access critical litigation insights, making it an invaluable resource for informed decision-making in the financial sector.

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Why MatterSuite ELM Can Boost Enterprise Legal Management

MatterSuite

A popular in-depth software and academic reviews, Research.com has evaluated MatterSuite ELM’s capabilities in streamlining enterprise operations for legal departments and law firms. This comprehensive guide highlights who MatterSuite is suitable for enterprise needs. According to Research.com’s thorough evaluation of MatterSuite ELM , the company can help customers find the top legal enterprise management solutions.

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What Every Business Needs to Know About Patents

Brett Trout

Brett Trout You’ve got a great idea. Maybe it’s a new product, a better way of doing something, or an invention that could give your company an edge. Now what? Before you start sharing that idea or spending money to bring it to market, you need to understand patents. A solid patent strategy can protect your invention, boost your company’s value, and help you stay ahead of competitors.

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Report Shows 37% of E-Discovery Professionals Now Using AI, With Cloud Adopters Leading the Charge

LawSites

Adoption of generative artificial intelligence among legal professionals involved in e-discovery is accelerating rapidly, with 37% of them now actively using the technology in their work, compared to 12% two years ago, according to the newly released 2025 Ediscovery Innovation Report by Everlaw.

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5 Essential Discovery Lessons from Recent Court Rulings

Nextpoint

Learn essential discovery lessons from recent court rulings with Brett Burney and Doug Austin. Explore key cases covering privilege.

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The Tech-Savvy Paralegals Playbook: How To Leverage AI

Speaker: Allison Mears, Adela Wekselblatt, and George Socha

Artificial intelligence is reshaping the legal industry, and paralegals are at the forefront of this transformation. As AI becomes more integrated into legal workflows, paralegals can streamline their daily tasks, enhance efficiency, and add greater value to their firms and organizations. But what exactly does AI mean for paralegals today—and how can you leverage it to your advantage?

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AI Explainability Explained: When the Black Box Matters and When It Doesn’t

Debevoise Data Blog

No one really knows how the large language models (“LLMs”) that power generative AI (“GenAI”) tools like ChatGPT actually come up with their answers to our queries. This is referred to as the “black box” or the “explainability” problem, and it is often given as a reason why GenAI should not be used for making certain kinds of decisions like who should get a job interview, a mortgage, a loan, insurance, or admission to a college.

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LegalTechTalk Uncovered 2025 – David Harper – E10

Legally Speaking

On today’s episode of LegalTechTalk Uncovered 2025, we have the pleasure off speaking with David Harper. David is the Chief Executive and Founder of Ax-AI, a legal tech company focused on helping law firms and litigation financiers make sense of AI and digital transformation.

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Can Your Law Firm Run Without You When You’re on Vacation? Visual Task Management Delivers Real Time Off

Attorney at Work

Process Improvement Tips | There is a tool that can give you the confidence to assign work, know it’s getting done, and actually walk away from your firm. The post Can Your Law Firm Run Without You When You’re on Vacation? Visual Task Management Delivers Real Time Off appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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On LawNext: CoCounsel’s Next Generation – TR’s Emily Colbert and Rawia Ashraf on Agentic AI for Lawyers

LawSites

If generative AI was the biggest story in legal tech in 2023 and 2024, agentic AI is proving to be the most talked-about topic of 2025.

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Smarter Patent Family Research: The Tools And Tactics You Need Now

Speaker: Andrew Klein

Are there mysteries lurking in your family tree? 🕵 No, not a long-lost half-brother - I'm talking about a patent family tree! IP paralegals need fast and easy ways to verify and report on essential data about foreign equivalents of US assets. Join us to master the global scope of key assets to support prosecution, portfolio management, litigation, licensing, competitive monitoring and more!

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Advanced Voir Dire Techniques: Win the Case Before It Starts | Justia CLE & Webinars

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

In this enlightening session, you’ll learn how to combine traditional instincts with modern tools like market research, sentiment analysis, and behavioral profiling to uncover juror biases, test key messages, and fine-tune your courtroom presence. Jake McKenzie will walk you through practical techniques for identifying favorable and unfavorable jurors, crafting smart voir dire questions, and optimizing attorney presentation styles based on real-world data.

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AI Discrimination Risk in Lending: Lessons from the Massachusetts AG’s Recent $2.5 Million Settlement

Debevoise Data Blog

Using AI to make important decisions about individuals carries a risk of bias, especially for underwriting, credit, employment, and educational admission decisions. In this Debevoise Data Blog post, we discuss how a recent settlement by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office highlights the risks that can arise in AI-powered lending decisions and ways to reduce those risks.

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Universal Music Group Files 15 New AI-Focused Patents with Liquidax Capital

Brett Trout

Brett Trout Universal Music Group (UMG), the global leader in music entertainment, has just entered a strategic partnership with intellectual property asset manager Liquidax Capital to file 15 new patents related to artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Why This Move Matters UMG’s push into AI isn’t just about staying trendy, it is about securing its future in a rapidly evolving industry: AI-driven content creation : Tools that generate vocals, backing tracks, or assist in mixing could d

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How to Transform Legal Work in the Digital Age with Martin O’Malley of Wolters Kluwer – S9E20

Legally Speaking

On today’s legally speaking podcast, I’m delighted to be joined by Martin O’Malley. Martin is the CEO of Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory Division. He has more than 20 years of experience in operation, sales, customer support, product development and marketing.

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AI for Paralegals: Everything You Need to Know (and How to Use It Safely)

Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

Ready to cut through the AI hype and learn exactly how to use these tools in your legal work? Join this webinar to get practical guidance from attorney and AI legal expert, Joe Stephens, who understands what really matters for legal professionals! What You'll Learn: Evaluate AI Tools Like a Pro 🔍 Learn which tools are worth your time and how to spot potential security and ethics risks before they become problems.

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At Law Librarians’ Annual Meeting, Panel Tackles the Challenge of Benchmarking AI Research Tools

LawSites

Legal professionals are struggling to evaluate the rapidly evolving landscape of generative artificial intelligence tools for legal research, according to experts who spoke at a panel discussion during the American Association of Law Libraries annual conference in Portland, Ore., this week.

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Judge Ranjan Cracks Down on SAD Scheme Cases

Eric Goldman

Judge Nicholas Ranjan of the Western District of Pennsylvania has issued a standing order titled “‘ SCHEDULE A’ CASE STANDING ORDER.” I couldn’t find the order on Judge Ranjan’s website or via standard Google searches. Instead, it appeared on the docket of BUSH v. JINCHENGZHIZEGONGYINGLIANYOUXIANGONGSI, 2:2025cv00926 (W.D.

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Initial Reactions to the White House AI Action Plan: Five Things U.S. Businesses Should Know

Debevoise Data Blog

Yesterday, the White House released “Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan” (the “Action Plan”), a comprehensive framework that emphasizes AI adoption, innovation, and competitiveness over previous priority areas, such as AI safety, protected class discrimination, and ethical usage. The White House also subsequently released three Executive Orders in line with the objectives outlined in the Action Plan: Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government , Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data C

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Nelson Rosario on Decentralized AI: An Alternative to Big Tech or a Complimentary Approach?

Technically Legal

Crypto lawyer Nelson Rosario returns to the show to discuss the evolving landscape of decentralized AI and his role as General Counsel for the the Advanced AI Society (formerly known as the Decentralized AI Society), an association focused on engineering best practices, advocating for policy, fostering community, and enabling capital formation for decentralized AI startups Nelson discusses the changing definition of decentralization, highlighting its origins in early crypto's focus on resilience

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Prep with Purpose: How to Build Better Trial Binders

Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

Get ready to master the art and science of trial preparation organization that top attorneys rely on in this exclusive webinar! Attorney and law professor, Joe Stephens, J.D., will walk through proven systems for creating comprehensive trial notebooks and binders that transform scattered case materials into a powerful command center. Learning Objectives: Strategic Organization 📊 Learn the essential sections every trial notebook needs and how to structure them for maximum clarity and acce

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AI Will Mean Law Firms Give More For ‘Free’

Artificial Lawyer

(AL is on holiday, so here is a reprint of a recent piece on how law firms will have to adapt commercially to the age of legal AI.) Most commercial law firms sell their work in terms of time taken.

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AffiniPay Partners with Canadian Company Caseway to Bring AI Court Form Automation to MyCase

LawSites

AffiniPay, the parent company of MyCase, LawPay and other law practice management products, has entered into a partnership with Canadian AI company Caseway that will bring automated court form filling capabilities to MyCase practice management software users.

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Should You Be ‘Vibe Lawyering’ with Generative AI?

Attorney at Work

Should lawyers take a page from the coders' book and embrace "vibe lawyering?" Paul Walker of iManage has three great tips for giving into the vibes. The post Should You Be ‘Vibe Lawyering’ with Generative AI? appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Federal Court Blocks Trump’s Firing of FTC Commissioner, Cites 90 Years of Legal Precedent

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By Perplexity — Legal Affairs Analysis A federal judge has dealt a significant blow to presidential power, ruling that Donald Trump violated federal law when he fired Democratic FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter in March 2025. U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan reinstated Slaughter, declaring she “remains a rightful member of the Federal Trade Commission until the expiration of her Senate-confirmed term on September 25, 2029.” The ruling hinges on the Supreme Court’

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Case Closed: How to Optimize Your Legal Intake Process for Efficiency

Speaker: Anne Post, CEO North America, Xakia Technologies

Do you know that 40% of U.S. Legal Departments now have a formal legal intake process? With that in mind, where does your legal department stand today? Many legal teams still struggle with a flood of incoming requests, leaving everyone overwhelmed and frustrated. Implementing a formal legal intake process can seem like an obstacle between the business and the legal department, but it doesn’t have to be!