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Articles on AI Adoption, Trust, eDiscovery, and Legal Research for the Modern Legal Practice

AI Strategy & Adoption

How AI is Bringing Back the Dictaphone Era of Law Practice

AI agents are taking on more of the production. The attorney's role concentrates around initial guidance, review, and verification. Voice fits that work.

AI Trust & Accuracy

When AI Hallucinations Hide Inside Real Citations

A Sixth Circuit decision shows AI hallucinations can hide inside genuine citations. What this means for reasonable diligence under Rule 11.

AI Trust & Accuracy

Confident, Plausible, and Completely Wrong - A Case Study in Why Legal AI Must be Grounded

Case study that delivers a wake up call for the importance of AI being grounded in law for use in legal.

AI Strategy & Adoption

What Legal Can Learn About AI From Enterprise IT

By looking at success from other industries legal can learn adoptive strategies for AI implementation.

AI Strategy & Adoption

From Criticism to Competency: How Attorneys Are Rethinking AI Use

Attorneys are rethinking their peer judgement of the use of AI.

AI Strategy & Adoption

Will 2026 be the Year Law Firms Build True Generative AI Modernization?

Will law firms adopt AI with the same commitment as other professional service firms?

eDiscovery

Why Legal Technology Leaders Are Rediscovering eDiscovery in the Age of AI

Legal technology leaders are now placing renewed interest in eDiscovery solutions because of Generative AI applications.

AI Strategy & Adoption

From Shadow AI to Business Strategy: The Importance of Guiding Your Firm's AI Adoption

Shadow AI represents both risk and opportunity. Unmanaged AI adoption can lead to ethical violations.

eDiscovery

How Generative AI Will Reshape eDiscovery From the Ground Up

Generative AI offers more than just a substitute for transitional classifiers.

AI Trust & Accuracy

Setting Realistic Standards for AI in Legal Practice

Thoughtful metrics are key to fairly evaluating AI in legal practice.

AI Trust & Accuracy

Redefining "Reasonable" Legal Fees in the AI Era

The increasing use of generative AI in legal practice leads to questions about efficiency gains and legal fees.

AI Strategy & Adoption

GenAI in Legal Tech: Field Notes from Legalweek and ABA Techshow

Insights into how Generative AI continues to reshape the legal technology landscape.

eDiscovery

Spring 2025 Release of AI Canvas: The AI Easy Button

The Spring 2025 Legal AI Canvas release prioritizes better usability for lawyers.

AI Strategy & Adoption

The Value of Single Pane of Glass Technology For Legal AI

Understanding SPOG: The Value of Single Pane of Glass Technology to Legal.

AI Trust & Accuracy

Why Legal-Specific AI Makes Validation Efficient, Not Burdensome

AI tools specifically designed for the legal industry can resolve the efficiency paradox.

Legal Research

Good Law in the Age of AI: How Citation Systems Established in the 1800s Remain Fundamental to AI-Powered Legal Research

Discover how century-old citator tools impact AI legal research.

AI Strategy & Adoption

The Power of Starting Simple: AI in Legal Practice

Learn to implement AI in legal practice through a measured, step-by-step approach.

Legal Research

The Evolution of Legal Research: From Case Digests to AI Innovation

Legal research has come a long way from its origins in medieval England.

AI Strategy & Adoption

AI Agents and Agentic Workflows: A Defining Difference

AI agents and agentic workflows are two terms receiving quite a bit of attention in legal tech.

AI Strategy & Adoption

Lost in Translation: Combatting Technical Myths in Legal AI

Complex technical generative AI concepts often get misinterpreted between developers and legal practitioners.

eDiscovery

Preserving Chat Data: Takeaways from the Google Play Store Case

Chat is becoming an essential source of data for eDiscovery.