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Legal tech clarity starts here: Themes from Chief AI Officer panels in Australia

The conversation around AI in legal has moved decisively on. A clear theme emerged from our recent Chief AI Officer panel discussions: the question is no longer whether to use AI, but how to deploy it responsibly, at scale,...more

LegalMation

Navigating the Data Explosion: Leveraging Automation for E-Discovery and Document Review

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The volume, complexity, and diversity of data in modern organizations has exploded—fueled by cloud collaboration, proliferating communication platforms, and an always-on, always-connected business environment....more

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Breaking the Silence: How Two Legal Professionals Are Rewriting the Conversation on Mental Health

In an industry built on precision, pressure, and perfectionism, conversations about mental health often feel like forbidden territory. Yet on a recent episode of Mind Matters, Breaking the Silence in Legal Spaces, hosts Mike...more

Client Sciences

Value Billing Is Coming — and It Will Reshape the Legal Industry

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For decades, the billable hour has done more than price legal work. It has protected the legal profession from scrutiny....more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Your Outside Counsel Is Using AI. Should Your Legal Spend Be Going Down?

Artificial intelligence (AI) has quickly become a routine part of legal work. Many outside law firms now use AI tools to support research, drafting, contract analysis, due diligence, and document organization. The shift has...more

Legal Internet Solutions Inc.

Law Firm Website Hosting: What It Is, Why It Matters, and When to Upgrade

For law firms, a website is far more than a digital brochure. It supports client intake, reinforces credibility, and plays a direct role in marketing performance. When something goes wrong — a site slows down, a form stops...more

JD Supra Perspectives

The Shift: From Integrated Data to Market Momentum

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Meghan Van Dalinda shares a recap and key insights from her recent LinkedIn series, The Shift, which explored CRM confidence, engagement signals, BD activation, and integration strategy...more

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Turning Insight Into Action: Building a Culture of Business Development in Law Firms

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David Freeman and Meghan Van Dalinda explore a longstanding challenge for firm leadership: how do you get a much larger percentage of lawyers engaged in BD activities that strengthen relationships and lead to new work?...more

Integreon

The Next Operating Model for Knowledge Workers

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Consultants advising clients. Bankers structuring complex transactions. Lawyers navigating regulatory change. Marketers shaping brand and growth strategy. Analysts turning data into direction. These are today’s knowledge...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

After Heppner: The Shadow AI Trap

A corporate executive used a free AI tool to assess his legal exposure. Federal agents seized the AI-generated documents. Defense counsel claimed privilege. The court ordered production. In United States v. Heppner, No. 25...more

Williams Mullen

Podcast: 2026 To Do: Your Employee Handbook

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On this episode of Williams Mullen’s Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt is joined by Stephanie Karn, partner in the Labor, Employment and Immigration Section at William Mullen, to discuss one of the most common questions...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Can AI Chatbots Replace Lawyers: Not If a NY Senate Bill Can Help It

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Some years ago, I listened to Richard Susskind speak about the “Future of Professions” and, in his view, how systems like AI might replace them. Indeed, the disruption he predicted largely has materialized in recent years, as...more

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News: “Why One-Size-Fits-All Individual Attorney Business Plans Fail Lawyers and How to Build Plans That Reflect Strengths, Not...

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Effective business plans for lawyers are personalized while reflecting a firm’s culture. They recognize, for example, that a woman partner faces different dynamics than her male counterpart, an associate’s objectives are...more

Cornerstone Research

Executive Summary of Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Enforcement Activity

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The PCAOB finalized 37 enforcement actions (Total Actions) during 2025—a decrease of 27% from 2024 and the lowest number since 2021. Actions involving the performance of an audit (Auditing Actions) totaled 33, an 18% decrease...more

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Judicial Safety, Judicial Independence, and the Rule of Law

At Legalweek 2026, one of the most consequential conversations did not focus on AI roadmaps, platform consolidation, or the future of litigation workflows....more

IR Global

Anthropic’s Legal AI Move: Why Workflows Matter More Than Features

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Anthropic’s recent announcement of specialized legal capabilities for Claude Cowork reinforces how quickly AI is becoming embedded across legal services. Yet many are missing the fundamental shift underway....more

Holland & Knight LLP

Podcast - Outlander VC: What Founder-First Investing Really Means

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For Outlander VC, people are the most critical factor in a startup's success. That founder-first philosophy shapes every investment decision the company makes. In the debut episode of "The Innovation Imperative" – a new...more

Cirrom

If Your CRM Were an Airport, Where Is Air Traffic Control?

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Every law firm I speak to is in the same position. They have more CRM data than at any point in their history. Engagement metrics. Event systems. Billing feeds. Enrichment tools. External intelligence. Communication...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Client Use of AI Creates Possibly Discoverable Information

Judge Jed Rakoff’s recent opinion in United States v. Heppner has generated quite a bit of discussion among litigators for its conclusion, apparently a first, that divulging information to a consumer-grade generative...more

Copo Strategies + Law Firm Editorial Service

This is the Best Way to Inject Storytelling Into Your Legal Thought Leadership

It’s hard to weave storytelling into many kinds of thought leadership content—but not this one. There’s a lot of talk out there about how attorneys and their firms should use storytelling in legal marketing and business...more

Fenwick & West LLP

CLE Takeaways: Navigating the Complexities of a Merger of Equals

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For companies contemplating a Merger of Equals (MOE), especially chief legal officers and other senior executives, understanding the unique dynamics of this transaction type is critical. ...more

Thompson Coburn LLP

Building Repeatable Legal Infrastructure for Platform Acquisitions

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Private equity platforms create value through disciplined acquisition execution and effective integration. One of the most significant constraints on acquisition velocity is treating every add-on as a unique event requiring...more

Hanzo

What Is a Legal Hold?

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If you have not had experience with the level of litigation involving a legal hold, having questions is natural. Legal holds require an organization involved in litigation to retain certain records or internal communications....more

Best Era

The Fierce Overwhelm of Now For Lawyers

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You wake up and a war has started somewhere. You scroll past it and see that some technology you barely understood last year is already obsolete. A firm you respected has been absorbed by a private equity platform....more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

2026 Industry Trends: How the Private Sector is Building Digital Resilience

Digital investigations are no longer reserved for major incidents or legal disputes. Cellebrite’s 2026 Industry Trends in the Private Sector report shows they are now a core capability for how companies, law firms and...more

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