Good Saturday morning from Seattle . . . Our weekly Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, October 17, 2025, is below. Compared to last week and its seemingly endless parade of announcements around AI and online travel, this week’s unexpected shortage of announcements provided many of us the opportunity to catch our breath
The Battlefield of eDiscovery: Strategic Considerations for Buyers and Providers in the Digital Age
Editor’s Note: The following analysis employs strategic frameworks drawn from military theorists Carl von Clausewitz and Sun Tzu to examine the eDiscovery procurement landscape. This analytical approach is not intended to equate the gravity of warfare with business procurement decisions, nor to trivialize the profound human consequences of military conflict. Rather, it recognizes that these
Microsoft AI seems to be going in the right direction!
Computerworld.com reported that “The Microsoft CEO is handing over sales and marketing duties to another exec so Nadella himself can smartly focus on AI and the company’s future.” The October 15, 2025 article entitled ” Satya Nadella is running scared. That’s a good thing” (https://www.computerworld.com/article/4072283/satya-nadella-is-running-scared-thats-a-good-thing.html) included these comments:
Nadella announced the move in
American Legal Technology Awards 2025
We gathered in Boston, a city that knows something about starting a revolution, to celebrate the sixth American Legal Technology Awards at Suffolk University Law School. I gave the Mission Talk and said out loud what many of us have felt all year: “this… is the time to build.” We experimented, we planned; now
Highlights from ClioCon 2025
Opening keynote by Jack Newton
Kicking off our 13th annual ClioCon in Boston, Clio’s CEO and Founder, Jack Newton set the tone for the two days with his opening keynote built on this year’s theme—Uniting Brilliance—and examined how innovation and technology are propelling the legal profession into a new era of transformation.
We
What to Watch: Human Cell and Tissue Product Regulation
Since the year began, we have attempted to divine the new administration’s approach to regulating human cell and tissue products (“HCT/Ps”).[1] What we have found is a collection of seemingly contradictory signals, keeping us guessing as to whether we will see an increase or decrease in HCT/P regulation – either by written regulation or enforcement. To date, aside from some recent enforcement,[2] not a whole lot has changed.
Bold New People-Centered Initiative on AI Launched by Major Foundations
“Artificial intelligence is a matter of design — not destiny.”
That’s the message behind Humanity AI: an ambitious new initiative formally announced on Tuesday, August 14, 2025, by a core coalition of ten of America’s leading philanthropic foundations. With $500 million already promised and a five-year timeline, Humanity AI is “dedicated to making
California Enacts New Privacy Laws
Recently, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law several privacy and related proposals, including new laws governing browser opt-out preference signals, social media account deletion, data brokers, reproductive and health services, age signals for app stores, social media “black box warning” labels for minors, and companion chatbots. This blog summarizes the statutes’ key takeaways.
- Opt-Out
Bots on the Board
A few months ago, I wrote a post addressing the use of artificial intelligence in the boardroom. While the focus of the post was using AI (or not) to draft minutes, I also asked (with apologies for quoting myself), “whether a robot equipped with AI can serve as a director.” At the time, I
Using AI to Prep for Oral Argument
I’ve been experimenting with using ChatGPT to prep for oral argument. I always do the thinking myself first, putting together my silly lists, outlines, and tough questions. But then I’ve been using AI to backstop or refine my work. It’s pretty good!
Here’s the basic process: First, I tell the client what I’m planning to