I spoke with Nik Reed, the chief executive officer of Knowable and VP of AI Product at LexisNexis, and Roland Vogl, the executive director and co-founder of CodeX at the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, about their participation in the 2026 LexisNexis AI Symposium at the Harvard Club. The event was titled The
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Perspectives From the 2nd Annual SS&C Intralinks AI Bootcamp
By Ari Kaplan
I spoke with Torben Rankine, the Director of Corporate Sales at SS&C Intralinks, following the company’s 2nd Annual AI Bootcamp on Tuesday, May 19, 2026. We discussed how corporate development teams in Silicon Valley are identifying opportunities in the current market, applying generative and agentic AI to drive growth within their organizations, and…
2026 Corporate Legal Operations Consortium Global Institute Mixtape
By Ari Kaplan
It was a privilege to interview these leaders for this Reinventing Professionals mixtape at the 2026 Corporate Legal Operations Consortium Global Institute:
Saad Ahmed, Strategic Account Executive, Everlaw
Ed Chang, Senior Account Executive, LexisNexis CounselLink
Jeff Cox, Director of Brand, Steno
Dan Di Maria, Co-Founder and CRO of Spellbook
Larry Gill…
Flex Legal Talent and How Lawyers Can Position Themselves to Succeed in 2026
By Ari Kaplan
I spoke with Kyle Robisch, a partner at Latitude Legal, a provider of flexible legal talent, and founder of its Tampa office. We discussed the value of flex legal talent, how AI is creating both headwinds and tailwinds for it, and how lawyers can position themselves to succeed in 2026.
How AI Has Affected the Responsibilities of a Law Firm IT Leader
By Ari Kaplan
I spoke with Tony McKenna, the Chief Information Officer at Lawfront, a group of regional law firms focused on providing legal services in the UK. We discussed how Lawfront differs from a traditional law firm, the advantages of law firms aligned with Lawfront that other independent firms may not have, and how AI…
How AI is Changing the Way Legal Work is Structured, Priced, and Delivered
By Ari Kaplan
I spoke with David Solomon and Joe Tiano, the CEO and Co-Founder, respectively, at Legal Decoder, a legal spend analytics platform. We discussed how Legal Decoder’s analytics approach differs from traditional e-billing review or timekeeper compliance tools, the company’s investment from Trajectory Capital, and how AI is changing the way legal work is…
The Importance of Trust and Accuracy in AI-Powered Document Analysis
By Ari Kaplan
I spoke with Vicente Silveira, the Co-Founder and CEO at AI Drive, a platform for legal professionals and teams to deploy agents that support document-intensive projects. We discussed the importance of trust and accuracy in AI-powered legal document analysis, the value of a multi-model approach, and where AI agents in legal work are
*Special Episode* Featuring Caroline Hill, Editor-in-Chief of Legal IT Insider, on Charting Change in Legal Ep 56
By Ari Kaplan
In this 56th episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider, and I discussed the 10th Anniversary of the Lexpo Conference, best practices for assessing the value of legal AI investments, and the LexisNexis AI Symposium on May 5th in New York City.
Measuring the ROI of Legal AI in Practice
By Ari Kaplan
I spoke with Nick West, a Partner and the Chief Strategy Officer at Mishcon de Reya. We discussed the firm’s approach to innovation, the metrics it captures related to its use of Legora, how it measures the ROI of Legora and other tools, how law firms should think about the return on
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*Special Episode* Featuring Caroline Hill, Editor-in-Chief of Legal IT Insider, on Charting Change in Legal Ep 55
By Ari Kaplan
In this 55th episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider, and I discussed our impressions of Legalweek 2026, the ROI of legal AI, and the maturation of AI deployment in law firms and corporate legal departments.