“There are national security applications of the technology that I want the United States to have before China does, full stop,” said Ben Buchanan, who was White House special adviser for AI from June 2023 until January 2025.
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Legaltech Rundown: DISCO Brings Auto Review to the EU and UK, vLex Launches Updated Vincent Platform, and More
An update on the legal tech market’s past week, from product launches to new partnerships.
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A Critical Leap Forward: How AI and Open-Source Intelligence Are Redefining Risk in Legal Operations
In today’s digital-first business environment, legal departments are confronting an unprecedented escalation of risk. Cyberattacks are growing more frequent and sophisticated. Regulatory complexity is expanding across jurisdictions. And the pressure to respond quickly — without compromising accuracy or trust — is mounting.
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Legal Geek North America 2025: Charting Next Steps for Agentic AI in Legal
The maturation of legal AI agents will require developers to think differently about how to build them and how to sell them to users.
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Study Documents Plunge in Number of Legal Departments Tracking DEI Metrics
Just 11% of legal departments track the diversity of outside counsel, down from 22% a year ago, according to the 2025 Law Department Management Benchmarking Report.
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Paying for Playing: White-Collar Risks for Online Video Game Companies
While gaming battles and universe building may seem worlds away from concerns of Bank Secrecy Act issues, money laundering, and sanctions violations, Prior Cashman attorneys discuss how online video game companies that use microtransactions must carefully navigate the numerous legal risks to avoid liability.
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Legal Geek North America 2025: In-House Counsel Still Hoping for AI-Driven Shift to Fixed-Fee or Project-Based Billing
In-house teams are hopeful new technology will bring down their spending on outside counsel, but high hourly rates may remain sticky for some time to come.
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Harvey and LexisNexis Announce Strategic Partnership to Offer Harvey Users Workflows, AI Services
The organizations have developed new workflows and have made several AI capabilities from LexisNexis available to Harvey users.
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As 'Nudify' Apps Spread Like Kudzu, Companies of All Stripes Race to Mitigate Risk
Meta is trying to stamp out developers it says are slipping nudifier ads onto its platforms by duping its ad review filters.
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Senate Passes Stablecoin Bill, Advancing Push for Crypto Regulation
“I love the story that Republican Sen. Loomis and Democrat Sen. Gillibrand, both women, who crossed over party lines to pass this, for all of us who believe in America leading the financial industry globally, said Beth Haddock, global policy lead at Stablecoin Standard.
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Legal Tech GC-Turned-CEO Says It's High Time to Boot the Billable Hour
Renee Meisel had been general counsel of UnitedLex for just four months when she landed the top job.
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Consilio Acquires AI Research Lab TrueLaw
Following the acquisition of TrueLaw, Consilio aims to bolster its AI capabilities and expand partnerships.
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How AI Is Redefining the Standard of Care for Medical Professionals
When will the standard of care be what a reasonable, similarly situated medical professional who uses AI would have done? This will become the standard of care across the nation’s healthcare footprint for every entity or person providing healthcare.
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Critical Things to Know About the 5 State Privacy Laws That Took Effect in January 2025
This latest wave of legislation creates a patchwork of requirements that include critical variations in three key areas: applicability thresholds, covered data categories and enforcement protocols.
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A Pandemic, an IPO, a Megamerger and a Baby: DoorDash's GC Reflects on 8 Mind-Spinning Years at the Delivery Giant
“The biggest challenge has been scaling myself—and the team—with the company,” Tia Sherringham said.
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