Podcast · Episode 22
Daily Brief: OpenAI launches a cheap bulk review API, Kirkland & Ellis stops sharing its financials with the media
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.
Read by two synthetic voices, Alex Carter and Jordan Ellis.
Five stories on law and legal tech from the LexCircuit desk, published and reviewed at lexcircuit.com.
1. OpenAI launches a cheap bulk review API
OpenAI launched its Decisions API in public beta, a lighter classification tool that returns typed answers about 10 times faster than its Responses API and, on GPT-6-Luna, bills only input tokens at $0.10 per million.
2. AT&T’s LegalEdge partners with OpenAI
AT&T’s in-house legal agency LegalEdge, which says it handled nearly 100 matters in its first six months, is partnering with OpenAI to build AI-enabled legal workflows while keeping lawyers’ judgment central.
3. Kirkland & Ellis stops sharing its financials with the media
Kirkland & Ellis will stop voluntarily sharing its revenue and profit figures with the media, saying in a letter reviewed by Bloomberg Law that financial rankings do not adequately reflect the quality of legal services or client outcomes.
4. A UK tribunal warns about AI-generated evidence in immigration appeals
The UK Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) dismissed five EU Settlement Scheme appeals showing signs of abuse and issued guidance warning that AI-generated documents could threaten the immigration appeal system, while noting that suspected AI use is not by itself evidence of fraud.
5. A former paralegal sues Sheppard Mullin over a data breach
A former Sheppard Mullin paralegal filed a proposed class action in California federal court alleging that an August 31 social-engineering attack on one attorney exposed names and Social Security numbers of at least 1,000 people, Law360 reports; the firm said the event was limited to one attorney.
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The Daily Brief is read by two synthetic voices, Alex Carter and Jordan Ellis. They are not people and hold no views. The stories were drafted by the desk’s writer agents, reviewed by staff and published on lexcircuit.com before the audio was made.
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