Legaltech Week

Legaltech Week

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Legaltech Week episodes

  • 02/20/2026: Law firm recruiting turns to AI bots, Harvey partners with Harvey, and more

    Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.

    00:00 Introductions

    03:16 Judge threatens AI glass wearers with contempt during Mark Zuckerberg's testimony (Selected by Niki Black)

    13:29 'No End in Sight': 5th Circuit Expresses Concern Over AI Hallucinations in Briefs (Selected by Julie Sobowale)

    27:21 Your next law firm recruiting interview may be with a bot or be a simulation (Selected by Stephen Embry)

    34:53 AltaClaro & Verbit Partner to Launch DepoSim, an Immersive AI Deposition Simulator (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)

    44:59 Harvey Partners with … well, Harvey, Its Namesake, As Brand Spokesperson (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)

    49:03 Arizona Republic Investigation Finds Consumer Harm, Loopholes, and Conflicts of Interest in Arizona's Legal Regulatory Reform (Selected by Victor Li)

    58 min
  • 02/13/2026: Legal tech rushes to integrate Claude's legal plugin, CA rules on outsourcing work to AI

    Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.

    00:00 Introductions

    05:10 SDNY Rules AI-Generated Documents Are Not Protected by Privilege (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)

    21:38 Legal Tech Companies Rush to Integrate Claude's Legal Plugin (Selected by Rhys Dipshan)

    27:58 Baker McKenzie Blamed AI For Massive Layoff, But The Problem Is Much More Complicated (Selected by Joe Patrice)

    32:41 Instead Of Replacing Departing Associate, Firm Leaned On AI. Costs Are Down 27 Percent And Profits Are Up. (Selected by Julie Sobowale)

    36:41 New Lawyers Are Expected to Be AI Savvy, New Study Shows (Selected by Victor Li)

    41:37 Law Firms and Legal Departments Dip Toes Into Agentic AI as Gen AI Use Surges (Selected by Rhys Dipshan)

    42:04 California's Warning Shot: Lawyers Can't Outsource Responsibility to AI (Selected by Niki Black)

    46:05 OpenAI Tests Skills – In-house Legal Teams Are Being Contacted – This Isn't Yet Public Domain (Selected by Stephen Embry and Caroline Hill)

    58 min
  • 02/06/2026: Claude's legal plugin causes legal industry meltdown, and more

    Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.

    00:00 Introductions

    5:43 Claude/Anthropic "Claudepocalypse" legal plugin triggers market/legal-industry meltdown (Selected by Bob Ambrogi / Caroline Hill / Stephanie Wilkins)

    27:52 AI agents gone wild: AI agents forming their own social network (Selected by Julie Sobowale)

    33:16 AI agents can now "rent a human" for mundane tasks (Selected by Stephen Embry)

    38:01 Epstein Files: discovery/redaction problems and what it reveals (Selected by Joe Patrice)

    44:35 LSC Innovation Conference + blueprint for narrowing the justice gap through technology (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)

    51:05 Should AI companies be held liable for deepfakes? (Selected by Victor Li)

    58 min
  • 01/23/2026: OpenAI Wants your IP, a conversation with Harvey cofounders, and more

    Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.

    00:00 Introductions

    2:56 Law firm Phishing over christmas (Selected by Joe Patrice)

    11:18 How much do legal leaders trust artificial intelligence in high-stakes decisions? New study sheds light (Selected by Victor Li)

    18:06 Are mandatory hyperlinks a solution to the lawyers' hallucination problems? (Selected by Stephen Embry)

    30:01 LawNext: From Roommates to Billionaires: Harvey's Founders Gabriel Pereyra and Winston Weinberg on Building AI Infrastructure for Law (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)

    39:44 OpenAI wants your IP (Selected by Joe Patrice)

    49:38 Alexi Fires Back at Fastcase Lawsuit with Counterclaims Alleging Anticompetitive Conduct Following Clio's $1B Acquisition (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)

    1 hr
  • 01/16/2026: Cybersecurity training gone wrong, Supreme Court gets hacked, and more

    Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.

    00:00 Introductions

    7:12 NYC on the Ethics of Using AI Tools During Client Meetings (Selected by Niki Black)

    22:25 Supreme Court hacked (Selected by Joe Patrice)

    31:20 Proposed California law on the use of AI. (Selected by Stephen Embry)

    40:56 LTH GenAI Legal Tech Map: December 2025 (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)

    48:09 AI Startup AlphaLit Raises $3.2M Seed Round To Screen and Score Smaller Cases and Route them to Lawyers (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)

    59 min
  • 01/09/2026: Special 2026 Predictions Episode

    This week is a special episode for us.

    Watch to hear our panelists predictions about what 2026 will hold for legal technology, and how our 2025 predictions played out.

    Topics include:

    00:00 Introductions

    20:46 Lawyers increasingly supplementing AI functionality in trusted products with General-use AI tools (Selected by Niki Black)

    27:54 In-house teams will be eating law firms' lunch (Selected by Caroline Hill)

    44:31 Chances of federal regulation depends on what China does (Selected by Victor Li)

    48:14 Serious one from beyond legal... the AI industry crashes unless the federal government embarks on a financially brutal bailout (Selected by Joe Patrice)

    49:06 My conceit was predictions that should come true but won't. I can do Death of Billable Hour OR The end of Hallucinations (Selected by Joe Patrice)

    1 hr 1 min
  • 12/12/2025: Harvey's Reddit AMA, Pentagon's own AI flags Hegseth, Trump blocks AI regulation

    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

    02:34 Harvey Cofounders Answer Tough Questions in Reddit AMA: Valuation, Competition and the Future of Legal AI (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)

    20:21 Amid Legal Tech's Funding Frenzy, Don't Sleep on the Bootstrapped Builders (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)

    24:30 Trump signs executive order aimed at preventing states from regulating AI (Selected by Victor Li)

    38:01 Pentagon Unveils New GenAI Platform, It Immediately Starts Flagging Pete Hegseth's War Crimes (Selected by Joe Patrice)

    42:14 2025 tech gift ideas for legal professionals (Selected by Niki Black)

    57 min
  • 12/05/2025: Fastcase lawsuit against Alexi, the implications of AI's energy consumption, 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

    03:12 Fastcase Files Lawsuit Against Alexi Over Alleged Data Misuse and Trademark Infringement (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)

    15:30 Amid all the AI hoopla, Theres still a fundamental question. Do we have the energy capacity to serve all potential needs? And what happens if we dont? (Selected by Stephen Embry)

    33:34 The Courtroom Tech Maze Noone Asked For (Selected by Niki Black)

    42:25 ICE Using ChatGPT To Write Use-Of-Force Reports, As Fascism Meets Laziness (Selected by Joe Patrice)

    50:04 A 30-year-old lawyer quit Big Law. Days later, she had a term sheet to raise $2.5 million for an AI law firm (Selected by Victor Li)

    57 min
  • 11/21/2025: TLTF Summit takeaways, AI training for young lawyers, 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

    03:26 From 'Who Luck' to 'Who's Here?': The TLTF Summit Continues to Excel, Even As It Expands (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)

    20:36 Why "AI Essentials" Still Matter — Even for the Smartest People in the Room (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins)

    21:25 Discussion on AI expectations, in-house vs. law-firm dynamics (Related to Rhys Dipshan's TLTF Summit Takeaways story)

    25:48 McDermott acknowledges 'fielding inbound interest' from outside investors as it listens to new ideas (Selected by Caroline Hill / Victor Li)

    31:11 Discussion on MSOs, private equity influence, and law-firm structural changes (Related to Rhys Dipshan's TLTF Summit Takeaways story)

    51:47 Cohere is Canada's Biggest AI Hope. Why is it so American? (Selected by Julie Sobowale)

    59 min

About Legaltech Week

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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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