Technology

Court disbars ex-prosecutor convicted for secret recordings, says he created impression ‘justice is for sale’

A former part-time prosecutor convicted for secretly recording intimate images of two lovers, including a woman he prosecuted, has been disbarred.

Jul 2, 2025 12:26 PM CDT

Worries about impact of AI switch from fear of job losses to concerns about professional development, report says

Twenty-four percent of legal and other professionals surveyed by Thomson Reuters are worried that overreliance on artificial intelligence will have a negative effect on professional development.

Jul 2, 2025 8:53 AM CDT

Hoping to mark huge leap into legal tech’s future, Clio buys startup vLex for $1B

Clio has purchased Spanish startup vLex for a whopping $1 billion. The combination of the Canadian software company Clio and vLex, a legal intelligence and global research platform, was announced Monday.

Jul 1, 2025 11:08 AM CDT

SCOTUS will consider liability of internet company for known music piracy by its users

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether an internet service provider can be liable for materially contributing to copyright infringement if it failed to terminate internet access for customers known to be pirating music.

Jul 1, 2025 11:06 AM CDT

NextGen UBE ‘blueprint’ welcome, but more info on new bar exams needed, sources say

The National Conference of Bar Examiners’ “blueprint” for the NextGen UBE offers welcome info about how the new test will be different than the current Uniform Bar Exam, legal academics say. But they also say that critical pieces of information are still missing—and can’t come soon enough for law schools and bar candidates.

Jun 30, 2025 9:28 AM CDT

Supreme Court upholds age-verification law for accessing adult websites

A Texas law requiring websites with sexually explicit content to verify the age of users does not violate the First Amendment’s free speech clause, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Friday.

Jun 27, 2025 10:53 AM CDT

Nondelegation doctrine doesn’t nix FCC funding program for internet and phone service, Supreme Court rules

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Friday that a program to fund internet and communications services for underserved areas does not violate the nondelegation doctrine.

Jun 27, 2025 10:00 AM CDT

Legal tech company Clio, marketing provider Scorpion announce new partnership

Scorpion, a provider of legal marketing and tech solutions, announced Wednesday that it is partnering with Clio, the cloud-based practice management platform.

Jun 25, 2025 2:25 PM CDT

New Amazon Prime documentary explores high school ‘WebcamGate’

As a parent watching Amazon Prime’s Spy High, it’s scary to hear students talk about their school-issued computers’ webcams turning on by themselves. The documentary explores what happened in 2009 at a suburban Philadelphia high school, including a school accusation that then-student Blake Robbins sold drugs. This accusation was based…

Jun 25, 2025 2:14 PM CDT

How legal ops teams are evolving and the tech trends driving change in an uncertain era

Ari Kaplan recently spoke with Will Seaton, the chief customer officer at DraftWise; Dan Wallace, the vice president of sales for the North American markets at Neota Logic; and Laura Wenzel, the global marketing and insights director at iManage.

Jun 24, 2025 9:24 AM CDT

Practice Area-Specific Tools: Immigration edition

Sometimes, when software is created for the legal profession, legal technology founders assume it’s a one-size-fits-all proposition. Law firms are law firms, right? Wrong. The reality is that business workflows can be very different from one practice area to the next. This variation is all the more significant when a firm focuses on a single area of law.

Jun 23, 2025 1:32 PM CDT

LexisNexis and Harvey team up to revolutionize legal research with artificial intelligence

Lawyers using the Harvey artificial intelligence platform will soon be able to tap into LexisNexis’ vast legal research capabilities.

Jun 18, 2025 10:30 AM CDT

Lawyer faces felony charge for allegedly threatening New York judge

A New York lawyer has been arrested after allegedly threatening the judge in his custody case through a series of text messages, including one that said, “I wish you die tonight in a car fire.”

Jun 17, 2025 9:19 AM CDT

Judged by an Algorithm: Are judges, juries next to be totally automated?

The defendant stands before the bench, heart pounding. He faces the judge and jury—only in this case, they have been replaced by a computer screen. In seconds, the artificial intelligence judge has analyzed thousands of similar cases, weighed the evidence and has come to a ruling and possible sentence. Is this a far-fetched dystopian scenario or a glimpse into the future of the legal system?

Jun 16, 2025 12:21 PM CDT

What skills do new lawyers need? Lawyers asked to provide answers in new survey

What kind of lawyering skills will be needed as artificial intelligence and new technologies change the profession?

Jun 12, 2025 12:39 PM CDT