Have you ever gotten off the interstate in a small town to take a look at one of the Carnegie libraries?
May sound crazy, but I have. I’ve been a library junkie since I was a kid. Maybe that’s why I’m drawn to the idea of building a library of legal practitioners’ insight and commentary,
This update highlights key legislative and regulatory developments in the first quarter of 2026 related to artificial intelligence (“AI”), connected and automated vehicles (“CAVs”), and Internet of Things (“IoT”).
I. Federal AI Legislative Developments
In the first quarter, members of Congress introduced several AI bills related to nonconsensual images, chatbots, support for small businesses, and
Abstract: Management service organizations (MSOs) — private-equity-backed companies that buy a law firm’s operational infrastructure and manage it back under long-term contract — are being pitched as a novel workaround to the prohibition on nonlawyer ownership of law firms. They’re not. The legal profession has already experimented with MSO-like dual-entity structures, from the benign failures
Hey there Legal Rebels! 👋 I’m excited to share with you the 65th episode of the LawDroid Manifesto podcast, where I will be continuing to interview key legal innovators to learn how they do what they do. I think you’re going to enjoy this one!If you want to understand how human-centered design and conscious self-awareness
Today’s DJ has retired PJ Gilbert’s ‘The horror! The horror!’ Reliance on algorithmic decision-making risks eroding human judgment, judicial integrity and the intellectual craftsmanship that defines the law. He writes:AI could never match the elegant writing of my dear friend, appellate lawyer Bob Gerstein, who passed away on March 19. I mention Bob because of
Most contracts were not built for AI. That is the problem.
Right now, companies are layering AI into their business:
•drafting contracts with ChatGPT
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The New Patent Defense Playbook: Why Ex Parte Reexamination Is Replacing IPR Strategy by Kevin Bastuba
The New Patent Defense Playbook: Why Ex Parte Reexamination Is Replacing IPR Strategy
Your Patent Risk Strategy Now Depends on Access, Not Argument Strength
If your company faces patent assertions, the first decision you make no longer concerns the
By Steve Fretzin & Danny Decker
Most lawyers approach marketing the same way they approach their work. They focus on the details, the process, and the technical expertise that makes them good at what they do.
The problem is that clients do not care about any of that.
In my conversation with Danny Decker, cofounder
When AI Provides Courtroom Expertise
Artificial Intelligence is a hot topic in every field, but, too often, when it comes to the legal system, it is lawyers’ and judges’ struggles with AI that make news, time after time. But while everyone is talking about “hallucinated” case citations, some are focusing on
As businesses increasingly turn to generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools to develop brand and marketing assets – such as names, logos and product designs – they face novel legal questions, including who owns the copyright or trademark rights when GenAI contributes to the creation process.
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