

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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Jan 5, 2023 • 56min
LTW December 30, 2022: A round up of our panelists' top stories from 2022, and predictions for 2023
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 - ChatGPT and its Future (Selected by many) 20:37 - The Return of Full Fledged Conferences (Selected by Joe Patrice) 24:30 - Back to the Office, or Stay at Home (Selected by Stephen Embry and Jean O'Grady) 34:48 - Inadvertent Disclosure in Alex Jones Trial Leaves E-Discovery Experts Flabbergasted (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 42:30 - Legal Tech Investments 'Normalize' 50:40 - Panelists' Predictions for 2023

Dec 18, 2022 • 59min
LTW December 16, 2022: Legal Tech Fund Summit, MyCase + LawPay Survey, Free Pacer, 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 02:22 - Twitter & Where to go to now 08:24 - The Legal Tech Fund Summit (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 15:21 - ChatGPT Is Impressive, But Can (and Should) It Be Used in Legal? (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 27:15 - LawPay + MyCase Small Firm Survey (Selected by Niki Black) 39:25 - FTX founder faces criminal and civil charges for alleged $1.8B fraud at FTX Trading (Selected by Victor Li) 49:50 - Free PACER saves money because of course it does (Selected by Joe Patrice) 55:00 - Alaska's new and practical approach to A2J problem (Selected by Stephen Embry)

Dec 2, 2022 • 54min
LTW December 2, 2022: Reynen Court reduces staff, increasing legal rates, & Akin Gump's lawsuit
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 04:17 - Reynen Court, 'App Store of Legal,' Reduces Staff, Tells Vendors They Could See Service Delays (Selected by Bob Ambrogi and Stephanie Wilkins) 16:34 - To Raise or Not To Raise Lawyer Rates: That Is The 2023 Question (Selected by Stephen Embry) 25:31 - Citing inflation, U.S. judiciary hikes cost of court transcripts (Selected by Joe Patrice) 36:18 - For 2023, which tech tools might help your firm flourish? (Selected by Niki Black) 44:07 - Small Tech Company Takes On Major Law Firm Over Ownership of Bill-Drafting Software (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)

Nov 16, 2022 • 54min
LTW November 11, 2022: Elon Musk's Twitter, Relativity Fest, NetDocuments, 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 07:26 - Elon Musk's stupid decisions and the litigation fallout (Selected by Niki Black) 17:15 - Post pandemic research procurement survey and "pop quiz" on TR precision (Selected by Jean O'Grady) 25:42 - Relatitivity Justice for Change (Selected by Joe Patrice and Stephanie Wilkins) 33:25 - Sunk Costs: UK Unlikely to Ditch Court CMS Tool That Spurred Widespread Strikes (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 41:30 - Burford Study on in house counsel pursuing recovery actions. Or not. (Selected by Stephen Embry) 47:53 - NetDocuments conference and retirement of its CTO Alvin Tedjamulia (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)

Nov 11, 2022 • 56min
LTW November 4, 2022: Metaverse for Lawyers, SixFifty, Filevine, and Streamline AI
Our legal tech journalists discuss their favorite stories from the week's news. This week's top stories: 00:00 - Introductions 06:11 - Metaverse 101 for Lawyers (Selected by Niki Black) 17:39 - Lawyer flubs allowed Politico to access law professor's election-litigation emails (Selected by Victor Li) 24:44 - Yes, partners made lot of money last year. But there were some other interesting findings in a recent study (Selected by Stephen Embry) 36:06 - Former DoorDash AGC, Ex-Google Engineer Launch 'No Code' Legal Intake Platform (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 45:25 - Say What? Filevine Introduces Proprietary Document Format to 'Become the New Standard in the Legal Industry' (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)

Oct 26, 2022 • 59min
LTW October 21, 2022: Guest David Horrigan on Relativity Fest, Uber advertising, and acquisitions
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 05:10 - Special Guest David Horrigan on the upcoming Relativity Fest 09:48 - Major Legal Tech News As NetDocuments Acquires Worldox to Accelerate Its Growth Among Small- and Mid-Sized Firms (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 16:20 - No Clients, Yet: Why Firms Are Sticking With Their Metaverse Offices (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 24:14 - Uber Plans to Advertise to You At Every Stage of Your Ride, Using Your Own Data (Selected by Niki Black) 30:29 - 3-Day Office Work Weeks Falling apart (Selected by Joe Patrice) 46:40 - Hello Divorce Raises $3.25M to Span More of the Divorce Lifecycle, Including Financial Planning (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 48:08 - Special Master Renaming (Selected by David Horrigan)

Oct 20, 2022 • 55min
LTW October 14, 2022: ClioCon, Legal Tech Awards, and Legal Trends Report
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 03:57 - Remembering Charles Christian 7:40 - Takeaways from ClioCon 23:55 - American Legal Technology Awards (Selected by Joe Patrice) 31:48 - New York Bar on lawyers' obligations to protect client data on a hard drive (Selected by Niki Black) 36:25 - Class Actions in the UK (Selected by Caroline Hill) 39:43 - Clio's Legal Trends Report (Selected by Bob Ambrogi

Oct 6, 2022 • 58min
LTW September 30, 2022: Special Guest Joshua Lenon on 10 years as a Lawyer-in-Residence
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 07:26 - What even is a Lawyer-in-Residence? 10:42 - A competence-based lawyer licensing system in British Columbia (Selected by Joshua Lenon) 21:00 - Comprehensive Study of Regulatory Reform Finds It Is Driving 'Substantial Innovation' In Legal Services Delivery with No Harm to Consumers (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 25:28 - Book Review: 'The Lawyer's Guide To Collaboration Tools And Technologies' (Selected by Niki Black) 27:21 - Working remotely is now a top priority, says new ABA report highlighting lasting shifts in practice of law (Selected by Niki Black) 30:08 - Do young lawyers have an entitlement problem? Lets make the ingrates get back to the office! (Selected by Stephen Embry) 45:40 - TikTok can keep operating in US under deal being worked out with Biden (Selected by Victor Li)

Sep 16, 2022 • 56min
LTW September 16, 2022: Thomson Reuters and a Special Guest
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 06:03 - Thomson Reuters' New New Westlaw (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 28:10 - Move Over Red Flag! Westlaw Introducing New KeyCite Marker (Selected by Joe Patrice) 32:58 - Neural Nets and Other Promises (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 41:28 - Intersection of data privacy and reproductive rights (Selected by Niki Black)

Sep 14, 2022 • 59min
LTW September 9, 2022
This Week's Stories: Private Equity Firm Acquires Majority Interest in Global Legal Research Platform vLex (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) Is proposing an ethical duty for legal innovation worth the effort? (Selected by Bob Ambrogi "Legal Tech Directories: Your guide to the technology your firm needs" (Selected by Niki Black) Are Law Firms Structural Impediments to Innovation? (Selected by Joe Patrice) Vela Wood moved to Portugal for the summer which is kind of cool use of tech (Selected by Joe Patrice) What is EY up to? (Selected by Stephen Embry)


