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Conversations about law and legal tech from the people behind the desk. Show notes are factual; each episode links the stories it discusses. Podcast feed
Episode 32
PwC finds the UK's top 10 law firms now take 51 percent of top-100 fee income, New Jersey makes responsible gaming mandatory for online operators, and the Fifth Circuit Judicial Council publishes misconduct orders on Judge Ada Brown.
Episode 31
A judge orders Meta to name who approved torrenting shadow libraries for AI training, the Supreme Court affirms a copyright case by default after four justices recuse, and a new federal law requires romance scam warnings within 24 hours.
Episode 30
A Boston jury awards David Sabatini $6 million in his defamation case against Kristin Knouse, OPM finalizes administrative leave rules for deferred resignations, and OPM eliminates the time-in-grade restriction on federal promotions.
Episode 29
Delaware's Chancery Court blocks Cloudflare's founder-control recapitalization, the Justice Department sues California to stop counting more than 20,000 mail ballots it says are from likely noncitizens, and the CFTC excludes licensed casino and sportsbook products from the swap definition.
Episode 28
The Supreme Court frees the FCC from a 48-hour deadline on political ad rates, the Legal Aid Agency says its breach reached records from 1978, and John Textor sues DLA Piper over soccer deals.
Episode 27
Microsoft launches Copilot for Legal with more than 20 legal skills in Word, cities ask the Supreme Court to pause the Texas judgment ending immigration administrative closure, and the Eleventh Circuit lets Florida enforce its under-14 social media limits.
Episode 26
Treasury placed the International Criminal Court itself on the sanctions list, OFAC authorizes Russian-origin diesel imports through April 2027, and the UK Ministry of Justice pilots sending cases digitally to judges anywhere in England and Wales.
Episode 25
The Supreme Court will decide what discovery a judge may order on whether DOGE is subject to FOIA, the High Court keeps Pogust Goodhead on the Mariana dam claim, and Legora launches a Slack front door for in-house teams.
Episode 24
Holland & Knight reports a social-engineering breach affecting 14 clients, law firm leaders put AI adoption ahead of building tools, and a study finds legal AI models cite authorities far more often than their verdicts depend on them.
Episode 23
A trade court certifies a class of importers seeking tariff refunds, a judge vacates a Justice Department voter roll policy nationwide, and Ropes & Gray credits AI training hours toward billables.
Episode 22
OpenAI launches a Decisions API for cheap bulk document classification, AT&T's LegalEdge partners with OpenAI on in-house AI workflows, and Kirkland & Ellis stops sharing financial results with the media.
Episode 21
Omni Bridgeway closes a $1 billion litigation finance fundraise, Teddy AI raises a $60 million seed round without naming its investors, and Fox Rothschild names a chief data and AI officer.
Episode 20
A leak tied to Silent Ransom Group points to millions in law firm ransom payments, a Florida appeals court expunges the Hope Florida grand jury report, and five former Barclays traders' rate-rigging convictions are quashed.
Episode 19
An Arizona courts cyberattack copied data on about 1.3 million people, the Justice Department told its lawyers to call AI Super Intelligence in filings when appropriate, and the government wants EEOC Big Law probe records kept secret.
Episode 18
Gibson Dunn received more than $7.1 million in LIV Golf fees before bankruptcy, a report says, Starbucks fails to end the Workers United logo case, and the SRA reviews the Manchester City ruling for possible solicitor misconduct.
Episode 17
Twenty-one states, DC and five cities challenge the federal fuel-economy rollback, the Ninth Circuit pauses Roger Rogoff's reinstatement as Seattle's U.S. attorney, and the UK drops its planned judge-only Crown Court Bench Division.
Episode 16
Clio buys judicial AI startup Learned Hand, the SEC settles with Travel + Leisure over undisclosed timeshare loan removals, and fiscal 2027 refugee admissions are capped at 17,500.
Episode 15
The Federal Reserve opens its bank stress test models to annual public comment, Lyft agrees to a $272.5 million misclassification settlement in California, and the SEC lets a lone commissioner act when all others are disqualified.
Episode 14
A judge rejects the forfeiture claim in the Trader Joe's 401(k) trial but awards $1.2 million on recordkeeping fees, California sets new wildfire claims rules, and Sullivan & Cromwell details building Agreement Analyzer with OpenAI.
Episode 13
The Third Circuit affirms that ROSS infringed Westlaw headnotes without fair use, federal agencies must now call AI Super Intelligence, and Colorado sues over a Hudson immigration detention contract.
Episode 12
Florida seeks an injunction barring OpenAI from training new models without outside approval and keeping minors off ChatGPT, a Delaware judge keeps Bayer's mRNA patent suits against Pfizer and Moderna alive, and Florida sues insulin makers and PBMs over pricing.
Episode 11
A divided D.C. Circuit upholds the Pentagon's exclusion of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk, California extends CCPA deletion rights to third-party data, and OFAC consolidates sanctions penalty procedures into a new 31 CFR Part 505.
Episode 10
A jury awards Taction 5.72 billion dollars against Apple over haptics patents, the Sixth Circuit lets Ohio and Tennessee enforce gambling laws against Kalshi, and the Justice Department backs X Corp's challenge to a 120 million euro EU fine.
Episode 9
Accounting firm Sorren launches a lawyer-owned legal practice in three states, the Law Society opposes proposed SRA litigation funding requirements, and Akerman turns e-discovery into a data services division called PineWest.
Episode 8
A federal judge dismisses Michigan's antitrust suit against the oil majors with prejudice, San Francisco sues Trump Media alleging Truth API sells a paid head start on presidential posts, and 8am launches a Claude connector for MyCase with 73 actions.
Episode 7
ABA Formal Opinion 525 keeps full duties for clients with decision-making limitations, the Texas Supreme Court weighs AI-made deposition transcripts without a certified court reporter, and the NYC Bar says do not record non-clients with AI by default.
Episode 6
CNN, MS NOW, and Politico sue to restore their White House credentials, every Crown Court in England and Wales gets a specialist rape courtroom, and California ties data center fast-track review to zero-carbon and community terms.
Episode 5
Trump signs the Graham act with Russian import tariffs of up to 500 percent, the Treasury Secretary says OpenAI's management owns the Hugging Face intrusion, and British Columbia sues OpenAI over the Tumbler Ridge school shooting.
Episode 4
California makes funder control of a lawsuit unauthorized practice, a new felony covers seizing ballots before certification, and CourtListener arrives inside ChatGPT Enterprise with links to every source.
Episode 3
A class action accuses four frontier AI companies of agreeing to slow development, Weil Gotshal weighs a possible merger, and the National Archives pulls an Alibaba Qwen search tool from the Federal Register site.
Episode 2
A UK courts minister warns of a two-tier gap between City firms and analogue courts, Wolters Kluwer puts an agent on outside counsel spend, and most small UK firms have earmarked money for AI. Five stories in seven minutes.
Episode 1
A former Michigan chief justice joins Clio to sell to courts, Relativity renames its flagship platform, and Alma raises seventeen million dollars for an AI-native immigration firm. Five stories in about six minutes.