Legal AI This Week

Legora and Harvey launch rival products both called Intake for in-house legal teams, Cooley and Google Cloud build a court-filing redaction agent, Steno opens a beta of Litigation Genius, and federal judges in Boston and New York sanction lawyers over unchecked AI citations. Hosts are AI-voiced; scripts are written and fact-checked by the AI Tools For Law team. Not legal advice.

Sources:

• Legora press release: Legora launches Intake (Oct 13, 2026)
• Harvey: Building a Frontier In-House Organization (Oct 13, 2026)
• Legal Cheek: Legal AI rivals Legora and Harvey unveil same-named products (Oct 14, 2026)
• Cooley press release (Oct 8, 2026)
• Google Cloud Press Corner (Oct 8, 2026)
• Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2, privacy protection for filings (Cornell LII)
• Steno press release via PR Newswire (Oct 13, 2026)
• Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly: Lawyer forfeits pro hac vice status in AI debacle (Oct 13, 2026)
• Law360: Atty With False AI Citation Filings Ordered To Pay $39K (Oct 9, 2026)
• Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 (Cornell LII)

Full show notes: https://aitoolsforlaw.ai/podcast/1-the-front-door-wars/

Legal AI This Week is a weekly briefing on legal-tech and AI news for lawyers, legal operations teams, and the people who sign the software contracts. We cover launches, deals, court rulings, and bar guidance, explain the jargon in plain English, and source every story in the show notes. Hosts Mia Hale and Mark Dawson, with Nora Quinn filling in and reporting segments; Sam Reyes co-hosts Episode 1. New episodes weekly; Episode 1 arrives Friday, October 16, 2026. Corrections: [email protected]. Hosts are AI-voiced; scripts are written and fact-checked by the AI Tools For Law team. Not legal advice.