I spoke with Sabastian Niles, the President and Chief Legal Officer at Salesforce. We discussed how corporate legal teams can leverage agentic AI, how to balance being AI-first with human judgment when delivering legal guidance, why law firms need to lead with trusted, agentic AI to gain a competitive advantage and meet client
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Where IP Professionals Are Realizing the Greatest Benefits from AI
By Ari Kaplan
I spoke with Frederic Beylier, the CEO of Questel, a provider of intellectual property solutions, including AI-powered modular software and expert services. We discussed how AI has changed the IP sector, the key challenges that brand owners and innovators face in the current climate, where IP professionals are realizing the greatest benefits from…
Why the Next Competitive Advantage in the AI Era is Partnership, Not Just Technology
By Ari Kaplan
I spoke with Tony Muljadi, the General Manager of Large Law at LexisNexis. We discussed how law firms are shifting their AI strategy from novelty to expectation, why integrating authoritative legal content and trust into existing workflows matters more as AI capabilities converge, and how a genuine strategic technology partnership can fuel a
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The Value of Proprietary Content in an AI Era
By Ari Kaplan
I spoke with Sean Fitzpatrick, the CEO of LexisNexis’s legal business, where he leads strategy, growth, product innovation, and operations. We discussed the value of proprietary content in an AI era, perspectives on the potential shift in how AI is priced, how customers benefit from partnerships with different AI providers, and evolving customer
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Leadership Perspectives From RelFest London 2026
By Ari Kaplan
I was fortunate to attend RelFest London 2026 and speak with the following leaders at Relativity:
Chris Brown, Chief Product Officer
Georgia Foster, Managing Director and VP Sales, International
David Horrigan, Discovery Counsel and Legal Education Director
Phil Saunders, Chief Executive Officer
Cristin Traylor, Senior Director, AI Transformation &
*Special Episode* Featuring Caroline Hill, Editor-in-Chief of Legal IT Insider, on Charting Change in Legal Ep 59
By Ari Kaplan
In this 59th episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider, and I discussed Lexpo 2026, learning from AI use cases, and attending RelFest London and LegalTechTalk.
Where Legal Teams Are Succeeding With AI and Where They Are Still Facing Challenges
By Ari Kaplan
I spoke with Collen Steffen, the Founder and President of Project Fortress, a legal operations platform for midsize and large law firms and corporate legal departments. We discussed the value of a platform-first approach, why integration with a law firm’s various tools is important, the infrastructure necessary to optimize a law firm’s entire…
Overcoming the Barriers Preventing Legal Departments From Operationalizing AI
By Ari Kaplan
I spoke with Dean Sonderegger, the new Senior Vice President and General Manager of Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions. We discussed the state of AI adoption in corporate legal departments, the biggest barrier preventing legal departments from actually operationalizing AI, and what vendors can do to help move the industry forward.
Legal Data Preservation Within ChatGPT and Claude
By Ari Kaplan
I spoke with Kyle Kelly, the Founder and CEO of Zubu AI, which is an in-place data collection and preservation tool for litigation. We discussed the importance of in-place preservation, how Zubu is built for an emerging enterprise AI data layer, and what legal data preservation looks like within ChatGPT and Claude.
LexisNexis AI Symposium Charts Transformative Change
By Ari Kaplan
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…