The prevailing narrative is that AI is an extinction event for law firms. The assumption is that as models get smarter, billable hours will vanish. But there’s a compelling counter-argument: When AI…
Beyond the AI Hype: Drafting, Analysis, and Research are Here to Stay
If there is a bubble in legal AI, it is inflated by the hype surrounding complex, over-engineered platforms that promise to revolutionize the practice of law overnight. The reality is that lawyers,…
AI-Native Law Firms and the $100 Billion Opportunity
2026 is the year of the AI-native law firm. The $100 billion opportunity isn’t going to the legal tech software companies that sell to law firms. It’s going to the founders who…
Your General Counsel Is Now a Strategic Weapon
The greatest threat to a modern enterprise is not the next class-action lawsuit; it is a General Counsel who only understands the law. The GC as a reactive, siloed cost center –…
The Million Dollar Associate: Will Big Law Price In The Coming IPO Supercycle?
The threat to the Big Law business model is not a rival firm; it is the cap table of a pre-IPO unicorn. The only metric that matters in the retention of high-value…
Find Your Passion. Make Sure It’s Heavily Funded.
The perennial question from every law student is a strategic miscalculation: “What’s a hot practice area?” The answers they chase are the ones in the headlines – AI ethics or crypto regulation….
Why Mega-Firms Conquer New Markets
The geography of the law is being rewritten by the brutal gravity of the Mega-Firm. For decades, the legal market was protected by a moat of relationships. A regional company in Nashville…
London-Based Antidote Raises $5M to End the Era of Lost Billable Hours with Real-Time AI
Big news in the legal tech space: Antidote has closed a $5 million seed round led by Lakestar, bringing their total funding to $7 million. Law firms are currently losing 8–12% of…
Hawai’i’s Pilot Program and the New Legal Frontier
The hiring shortage for some government legal positions in Hawai’i is no longer a human resources headache. It is a crisis. In Hawai’i, the deficit of legal talent has become so real…
Chile’s Largest Law Firm Backs AI Platform Magnar
The intersection of law and technology continues to heat up in Latin America. In a significant move for the region’s legal ecosystem, Carey, Chile’s largest law firm, has announced a strategic investment…