17 Subprocessors Deep: A Due Diligence Framework for Legal Technology Procurement
Three AI companies. A due diligence framework for the vendor supply
Legal Ethics
Your Client’s Voice Just Authorized a $442,600 Wire Transfer. It Wasn’t Your Client.
Every person on that video call was an AI-generated deepfake.
The Six-Week Silence: Your Ethical Obligation When Client Data Is Compromised
money. Here’s what ABA Model Rules, state laws, and SEC v. Covington
The Policy You Paid for but Cannot Use: Cyber Insurance, Compliance Gaps, and the Documentation Trap
documentation gaps and misrepresented controls. Here’s what law firms
The MSO Barbarians at the Gate: The Self-Regulating Ethics That Opened the Gate
market. The profession’s self-regulating ethics opened the gate.
AI Won’t Take Your Job. The Attorney Who Uses It Better Will. Part 2 of 2: The Ten Traps
The text message read: *”I don’t see these cases anywhere. I think
When Attorneys Stop Checking AI’s Work: The Anthropomorphism Liability
On July 17, 2025, Judge David Leibowitz of the Southern District of Florida opened his sanctions order with a quotation from the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the importance of candor in judicial proceedings. The quotation was an AI hallucination.
AI Won’t Take Your Job. The Attorney Who Uses It Better Will. Part 1 of 2: The Competence Obligation
The room got quiet. Angeline Chen, General Counsel at Progress Federal Solutions, had just finished walking a conference audience through the regulatory implications of AI adoption in federal contracting.
Escaping the Leverage Trap: Part 1 of 6 — The Forcing Function
On October 8, 2024, Micheal Dineen, vice president of data science at Brightflag, published the number that should have ended every managing partner’s lunch early. Am Law 100 firms had raised their blended billing rates by 10% in a single year, pushing the typical blended rate to $1,057 per hour.
The Email Disclaimer Delusion: Why Your Signature Block Won’t Save Your Privilege
In June 2014, a senior litigation counsel at Unilever sent an educational email to 46 managers in her organization. Buried inside the email’s confidentiality disclaimer, she hid a message: respond with a specific phrase in the subject line, and you win a prize.