The world of GenAI: get an answer to anything and everything within seconds. No thinking required: just prompt and go. I’m all about technology and the wonders GenAI brings to our world. But sometimes I wonder: at what cost? 

Once a week, on Sundays, I try to have a screenless day. A day where I try to minimize looking at screens, the digital world if you will.

I got the idea from a book I read a few years ago entitled The Revenge of Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter. It was written by a Canadian writer David Sax who focuses on the analog vs digital life, among other things.Continue Reading Going Analog: Is It Just for Luddites?

Plaintiffs AI firm, EvenUp, just hit a $2 billion valuation after recently raising $150M. 

But here’s what makes this funding round different: it signals that AI for plaintiffs’ lawyers has reached a tipping point.

I first met EvenUp’s co-founder at ILTA in 2023. My initial reaction? Ho-hum. Another demand letter generator.

Then I learned about…

At Relativity Fest, CEO Phil Saunders announced the bundling of aiR for Review and aiR for Privilege that used to cost extra with the standard Relativity package. But the bigger story? His honesty about what works, what doesn’t, and why trust matters more than revenue.

In an industry where vendors often nickel-and-dime customers and overpromise…

The American Arbitration Association recently announced it’s launching an AI-powered arbitrator in November. Many litigators think this future will never arrive in litigation. That litigation requires empathy, gut instinct, and the ability to read a room, things AI can’t do (at least yet).

But what if the decision-maker itself becomes an AI bot?

I spoke…

158 years of business. And poof: Gone. Because of a password like 1-2-3-4.
KNP Logistics learned what many law firms still haven’t: “Security by obscurity and we have cyber insurance” aren’t security strategies.
Multifactor authentication and other security measures cost relatively little. Ignoring them could cost everything, including your ability to tell clients their data…

The next to last Keynote at Filevine’s LEX Summit was a big one. It featured an interview of the renowned lawyer Alex Spiro by Ryan Anderson, CEO of Filevine. Two high-powered individuals sharing the stage.

Spiro has tried countless high-profile cases including defending the actor, Alec Baldwin. He’s also represented Elon Musk, the mayor of New York, Jay-Z and countless others.

I wasn’t sure what to expect from such a high powered honest to God trial lawyer. Would he be full of himself? Flashy? Glib?Continue Reading Want to be a Good Trial Lawyer? Be Unpredictable. Look out the Window. Turn Off ChatGPT

A couple of big announcements at Filevine’s LEX Summit this week. The company announced its entry into legal research by integrating AI into its Chat with My Case tool. It also unveiled enhanced deposition tools that address real litigation friction points.

Here’s my post for Above the Law on why these moves matter, what questions…

In one of the first acquisitions of its kind, legal tech company Lawhive recently acquired outright a UK law firm.  This could signal the beginning of a fundamental shift in how legal services are delivered.

As Jordan Furlong recently predicted, AI may enable firms to “generate output that can be sold to clients with…