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#legal-technology

"Everyone says they have AI, so it's a lot of noise out there. With my background, I've seen it all, so I'm just trying to get my feet wet with some of the newer technologies."

It's a deposition in a box. From the time that you agree on a date and time of the deposition to all the way past trial, these deposition tools take care of you. Filevine Depositions builds on the functionality of the Filevine platform, which means scheduling, transcripts, summaries and analysis happen in a space that's integrated with where the rest of the case data already sits.

When Baker McKenzie announced plans to cut roughly 700 business services staff, the firm pegged some of the blame squarely on AI, feeding into the technology-fueled paranoia surrounding artificial intelligence. It certainly doesn't help that the AI hype cycle turns on tech gurus juicing up their VC sugar daddies with promises that AI will replace human workers any moment now,

A Virtuous Cycle If a legal tech solution has a high degree of adaptability, customers can start small and gradually secure buy-in and expansion. Initial wins create a virtuous cycle, where success leads to growth, and this growth leads to more success. A Cleary Gottlieb team that includes members of its Knowledge Management and Business Development groups has implemented such a cycle at that firm.

Karl Seelbach wants to change that. As a personal injury defense litigator and the co-founder of Skribe.ai, he is pushing the legal industry to rethink deposition tech not as an optional upgrade but as foundational infrastructure. What he is building may be aimed at courtroom practice, but the implications reach far beyond litigation. For in-house teams who want to improve trust, clarity, and speed across their legal stack, this conversation is your wake-up call.

In a statement, Mukasey cited the advances in technology as a factor that drew him towards the nearly 1,000-person law firm known best for its employment law practice. If you want to win the biggest cases of the 2030s, said Mukasey in a statement. You need elite trial lawyers backed by sophisticated technology. Seyfarth blends boutique agility with a national platform. That combination of deep talent, scale, and innovation is what high-stakes litigation demands.

Lluis Faus will serve as strategic advisor and interim chief content officer. As the former CEO of vLex, which he and his brother founded in 2000, he brings decades of experience in legal research and content innovation to his new role overseeing Clio's content strategy. Ed Walters takes on the position of vice president, legal innovation and strategy. Walters was chief strategy officer at vLex and, before that, cofounder and CEO of Fastcase, which he founded in 1999.

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The law has always been a deeply human affair: attorneys arguing, judges deliberating, juries weighing credibility, precedent, and plain old common sense. But now, something new has entered the courtroom - and it doesn't bill by the hour or even need a coffee break. Artificial intelligence (AI) has arrived, and it's quietly moving closer to the bench. AI is no longer just lurking in the background.

For years, law firms have long relied on in-house IT infrastructure to keep sensitive information secure and maintain operational control, but it's incredibly unsustainable. Legacy systems now constrain growth, limit innovation, and make it harder to adopt modern tools that enhance client service and efficiency. Today, the question isn't to move to the cloud-but to do it strategically. Success requires more than technology adoption; it demands disciplined execution, governance, and cultural readiness.

Two people told me they literally teared up during his talk. Others said they felt chills down their spines. While Newton's past keynotes have typically been punctuated by whoops and cheers as he laid out new products and features, this year's audience was so quiet during most of the talk you could hear a pin drop. Their faces conveyed rapt attention, fixated on Newton and the giant images illustrating his words.

Last week, Suffolk Law School became the latest venue for the American Legal Tech Awards ceremony, an event informally called "Legal Tech Prom" as the legal technology world's best and brightest trade the corporate-branded quarter zips for evening formal wear. While the red carpet may lack custom Versace gowns, it does feature a bunch of people who just spent 45 minutes watching YouTubers explain how to tie a bow tie. For what it's worth, this is a good one and only required two viewings.

Every startup lives with the same tension: a large incumbent can copy or crush it at any time. For Harvey, an artificial intelligence startup that builds tools for law firms and enterprises, the model-maker that powers its tech also has the power to destroy it. From Harvey's Manhattan office on Friday afternoon, cofounders Winston Weinberg and Gabe Pereyra put it bluntly. Harvey's toughest competitor isn't another niche startup; it's OpenAI.

In the ever-evolving sphere of legal practice, the confluence of law and technology has become not merely advantageous but indispensable. The modern barrister or solicitor must now operate in an environment that demands both forensic precision and administrative efficiency, where the capacity to manage, store, and retrieve information with accuracy and speed has become central to the art of advocacy and the conduct of legal affairs.

While OpenAI and Anthropic continue begging for more and more investor cash in the face of consistently lackluster earnings, some vendors delivering advanced AI to the legal industry dropped hints about growing interest in small models. It's not that large language models don't work - though they often don't - but they're overbloated science experiments that, as Goldman Sachs observed, require exponentially increased resources to achieve tiny linear gains.