# appeared first legal (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover appeared first legal. Page: Feed: --- ## [ILTACON Day 3: One Agentic AI Interface to Rule Them All](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/iltacon-day-3-one-agentic-ai-interface-to-rule-them-all/) _2026-08-26 · Law.com's Legal Tech News · Legal Tech Monitor_ Lawyers want a single interface for their legal tech needs. Who will own it? ## [ILTACON Day 3: Law Firm Compliance Teams Looking for Leverage to Keep Risky AI at Bay](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/iltacon-day-3-law-firm-compliance-teams-looking-for-leverage-to-keep-risky-ai-at-bay/) _2026-08-26 · Law.com's Legal Tech News · Legal Tech Monitor_ Law firm compliance and IT teams are leaning on ABA rules, insurance requirements and certifications to bolster AI governance. ## [Litera's GC: Great In-House Lawyers Shouldn't Define Themselves by Their Titles](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/literas-gc-great-in-house-lawyers-shouldnt-define-themselves-by-their-titles/) _2026-08-26 · Law.com's Legal Tech News · Legal Tech Monitor_ “Build relationships. Be curious about the business. Learn how your company makes money and what your clients are trying to accomplish,” Dennis Garcia said. ## [FTC, Zillow, and Redfin Move Toward Settlement in Antitrust Case](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/ftc-zillow-and-redfin-move-toward-settlement-in-antitrust-case/) _2026-08-26 · Bruno Queiroz · Legal Tech Monitor_ The Federal Trade Commission has said it will file a stipulated order to resolve its litigation against Zillow and Redfin, signaling that a closely watched enforcement matter involving two of the best-known online real-estate platforms is nearing a negotiated finish rather than continuing through active court litigation. Although the FTC's announcement does not spell out... ## [Law Firms Are Buying AI: But Are They Really Using It?](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/law-firms-are-buying-ai-but-are-they-really-using-it/) _2026-08-26 · Stephen Embry · Legal Tech Monitor_ There have been several surveys and reports of late that suggest law firms are spending a lot of money on AI but they haven't yet figured out how use to benefit their clients. Or themselves. The consulting firm Harbor recently came out with their own report. It's a little short on statistics and methodology but... ## [Professionalism Spotlight: Carla Bender, Fourth District Appellate Court Clerk](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/professionalism-spotlight-carla-bender-fourth-district-appellate-court-clerk/) _2026-08-26 · 2civility · Legal Tech Monitor_ Photo credit: Carla Bender Our Professionalism Spotlight series highlights Illinois legal professionals who demonstrate the ideals of professionalism in their careers. In this Professionalism Spotlight, we spoke to Carla Bender, Fourth District Appellate Court Clerk. In this role, Carla oversees the court's administrative operations, including case processing, records management, scheduling, and… ## [Eleventh Circuit Clarifies Appellate Finality in Opinion No. 24-10178](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/eleventh-circuit-clarifies-appellate-finality-in-opinion-no-24-10178/) _2026-08-26 · Bruno Queiroz · Legal Tech Monitor_ In a recent decision in Opinion, No. 24-10178, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit addressed a recurring issue for appellate practitioners: when an order is sufficiently final to support appellate jurisdiction. Although the opinion is case-specific, its practical significance lies in the court's treatment of finality, the scope of review, and the... ## [ILTACON Day 2: Unique Discovery Considerations For AI Data](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/iltacon-day-2-unique-discovery-considerations-for-ai-data/) _2026-08-26 · Law.com's Legal Tech News · Legal Tech Monitor_ AI data is finding its way into discovery battles, but how such information is preserved, collected and protected isn’t always straightforward. ## [ILTACON Day 2: The Changing Nature of Procurement](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/iltacon-day-2-the-changing-nature-of-procurement/) _2026-08-25 · Law.com's Legal Tech News · Legal Tech Monitor_ As AI-powered tools mature, contract lengths are getting shorter and firms face new pressures in procurement decisions. ## [DOJ’s $21.5 Million Deloitte Settlement Expands False Claims Act Risk for Federal Contractors](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/dojs-21-5-million-deloitte-settlement-expands-false-claims-act-risk-for-federal-contractors/) _2026-08-25 · Bruno Queiroz · Legal Tech Monitor_ The Justice Department has announced that Deloitte and several affiliated entities agreed to pay $21.5 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by failing to comply with anti-discrimination obligations in federal contracts and by discriminating against employees and applicants. The settlement involves Deloitte LLP, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Deloitte & Touche LLP,... ## [Trade Bitcoin & Ethereum (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/R6nmuSyeCdZT) _2026-08-25 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell and margin trade BTC & ETH with fiat currencies ## [Apple Targets Patent in Newly Filed PTAB Review, IPR2026-00437](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/apple-targets-patent-in-newly-filed-ptab-review-ipr2026-00437/) _2026-08-22 · Bruno Queiroz · Legal Tech Monitor_ Apple has filed a new inter partes review petition at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, opening IPR2026-00437 on August 17, 2026. At this stage, the publicly available docket information is limited, but the filing itself is noteworthy for patent litigators and in-house IP teams tracking how major technology companies are using PTAB proceedings as... ## [Judge’s Rebuke of Trump IRS Deal Keeps Rippling Through Federal Practice](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/judges-rebuke-of-trump-irs-deal-keeps-rippling-through-federal-practice/) _2026-08-22 · Bruno Queiroz · Legal Tech Monitor_ The legal fallout is still building from a federal judge's decision to throw out a settlement in President Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS, concluding the agreement had "no basis in law." The ruling did more than unwind a headline-grabbing deal: it opened the door to sanctions, ethics referrals, and renewed scrutiny of how... ## [ILTACON 2026: Separating Wheat From Chaff](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/iltacon-2026-separating-wheat-from-chaff/) _2026-08-21 · Stephen Embry · Legal Tech Monitor_ So next week starts the annual ILTACON. It's one of the biggest legal tech shows. Maybe the biggest. And like everything over the top it's a love hate relationship. To paraphrase a famous authort "Until you go to ILTACON and behold it with your own eyes, you ain't never been nowhere and you ain't seen... ## [California Loses Bid to Halt Federal Order Keeping Santa Ynez Pipeline Running](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/california-loses-bid-to-halt-federal-order-keeping-santa-ynez-pipeline-running/) _2026-08-21 · Bruno Queiroz · Legal Tech Monitor_ A federal judge in California has sided with the federal government in a closely watched fight over the Santa Ynez pipeline system, rejecting the state's attempt to block an order requiring Sable Offshore to keep the system operating under the Defense Production Act. The decision gives the Trump administration an early win in a dispute... ## [To Use AI Slop, Or Not To Use AI Slop](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/to-use-ai-slop-or-not-to-use-ai-slop/) _2026-08-21 · Stephen Embry · Legal Tech Monitor_ For some time, I have been concerned about the amount of AI slop that's being offered. It's all over social media and seeps into marketing and advertising. I hate it. But I fear that the more people read AI slop, the more normal it becomes until it becomes, God forbid, the accepted and expected way... ## [SEC Targets Former Tricolor Executives in $1.9 Billion Collapse Case](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/sec-targets-former-tricolor-executives-in-1-9-billion-collapse-case/) _2026-08-21 · Bruno Queiroz · Legal Tech Monitor_ The SEC's new fraud case against former executives of subprime auto lender Tricolor stands out as one of the week's most consequential enforcement developments, even though it was announced on August 18. At the center of the action is the agency's allegation that senior insiders engaged in misconduct tied to Tricolor's collapse, which reportedly erased... ## [Tokenomics: “Use the right GenAI tool for the right job”](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/tokenomics-use-the-right-genai-tool-for-the-right-job/) _2026-08-21 · Caroline Hill - Editor-in-Chief · Legal Tech Monitor_ "One of the things I point out to people is how unsurprising it is that we're in this environment, that the token subsidy era has ended," says Rudy DeFelice, global \[...\] The post Tokenomics: "Use the right GenAI tool for the right job" appeared first on Legal IT Insider. ## [My New Paper: Beyond Hallucinations](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/my-new-paper-beyond-hallucinations/) _2026-08-21 · Dennis Kennedy · Legal Tech Monitor_ Beyond Hallucination: Semantic Laundering, Semantic Stewardship, and Prompting Aikido in Human-AI Collaboration Abstract: The primary conversation surrounding generative artificial intelligence centers on factual fabrication: hallucination. While hallucination matters, it represents a crude and easily detected failure mode. This paper identifies a second, quieter epistemic risk: semantic… ## [From the Orange Rag: Clifford Chance reimagines knowledge management for the AI era](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/from-the-orange-rag-clifford-chance-reimagines-knowledge-management-for-the-ai-era/) _2026-08-21 · Caroline Hill - Editor-in-Chief · Legal Tech Monitor_ Clifford Chance in July announced the launch of a new knowledge management platform, developed in partnership with Epiq Advisory for Law Firms and Microsoft. Legal IT Insider spoke with Clifford Chance's global head \[...\] The post From the Orange Rag: Clifford Chance reimagines knowledge management for the AI era appeared first on Legal IT Insider. ## [DOJ Doubles Down on Criminal Enforcement With Antitrust Convictions and Medicaid Fraud RICO Charges](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/doj-doubles-down-on-criminal-enforcement-with-antitrust-convictions-and-medicaid-fraud-rico-charges/) _2026-08-21 · Bruno Queiroz · Legal Tech Monitor_ Two recent federal criminal actions show the Justice Department continuing to press aggressively in both competition and health care enforcement. In Oklahoma City, a federal jury convicted Sioux Erosion Control Inc., along with one executive and one employee, for participating in a roughly $100 million bid-rigging and price-fixing conspiracy tied to public transportation contracts. In... ## [Ultra-Quiet Business Mini (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Tii3DlNtZ7TK) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Compact business mini, ultra-quiet for focused work. ## [Pre-ILTACON Legaltech Rundown: NetDocuments Announces New AI Tools, DISCO Launches Agentic E-Discovery Tool, and More](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/pre-iltacon-legaltech-rundown-netdocuments-announces-new-ai-tools-disco-launches-agentic-e-discovery-tool-and-more/) _2026-08-21 · Law.com's Legal Tech News · Legal Tech Monitor_ Need to get caught up on the product releases, industry hires, and new partnerships before ILTACON 2026? Legaltech News has got you covered. ## [D.C. Circuit Freezes Trump White House Ballroom Plan in Separation-of-Powers Fight](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/d-c-circuit-freezes-trump-white-house-ballroom-plan-in-separation-of-powers-fight/) _2026-08-20 · Bruno Queiroz · Legal Tech Monitor_ A federal appeals court has blocked above-ground construction of President Donald Trump's proposed $400 million White House ballroom, preserving a preliminary injunction that prevents the project from moving forward while the administration seeks further review. The decision puts a high-profile spotlight on a basic constitutional question: whether the executive branch can unilaterally authorize a… ## [Harvey Introduces Tenet, Its First Post-Trained AI Model for Legal](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/harvey-introduces-tenet-its-first-post-trained-ai-model-for-legal/) _2026-08-20 · Law.com's Legal Tech News · Legal Tech Monitor_ Harvey’s research showed Tenet performing competitively against frontier AI models from developers including Anthropic, OpenAI and Google across a range of legal agent and knowledge benchmarks. ## [Avvoka Launches Template Tool Curate, Analyzing Deal Documents at Scale](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/avvoka-launches-template-tool-curate-analyzing-deal-documents-at-scale/) _2026-08-20 · Law.com's Legal Tech News · Legal Tech Monitor_ Curate, which is in beta, aims to help law firms and legal teams move document automation projects forward by identifying specific language across uploaded transactional documents and turning it into customizable templates. ## [‘Digital Twin' Startup Twin A1 Raises $20M in Seed Funding, With Investment From Orrick](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/lsquodigital-twin-startup-twin-a1-raises-20m-in-seed-funding-with-investment-from-orrick/) _2026-08-20 · Law.com's Legal Tech News · Legal Tech Monitor_ The new startup, which creates digital twins of law firm professionals to help better access and share attorneys’ knowledge and judgment, counts a number of Am Law 50 firms as clients. ## [Paralegals Aren’t the “Secret Weapon” of Litigation Teams — They’re the Foundation](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/paralegals-arent-the-secret-weapon-of-litigation-teams-theyre-the-foundation/) _2026-08-20 · Tom O'COnnor · Legal Tech Monitor_ Last week, I announced that I'll be speaking on an ACEDS webinar titled "Why Paralegals Are the Secret Weapon for Legal Teams in an AI Era" on August 21, 2026. The response was immediate - and revealing. Some celebrated the framing. Janice Holman, Head of Global Academic Partnerships at Relativity called paralegals "the glue, soul... ## [Clio Grows Clio Grow with Launch of Grow AI, Providing 24/7 Intake Agents](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/clio-grows-clio-grow-with-launch-of-grow-ai-providing-24-7-intake-agents/) _2026-08-20 · Bob Ambrogi · Legal Tech Monitor_ Law practice company Clio said today that it is bringing AI to Clio Grow, its client intake and relationship management product. Clio describes the new Grow AI as a set of features within Grow "that work around the clock to turn inquiries into clients." The product targets a problem documented by Clio's Legal Trends Report.... ## [Second Circuit Reopens Investor Claims in Signature Bank Collapse](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/second-circuit-reopens-investor-claims-in-signature-bank-collapse/) _2026-08-20 · Bruno Queiroz · Legal Tech Monitor_ The Second Circuit has revived investor claims arising from the 2023 collapse of Signature Bank, handing shareholders an important win in a closely watched dispute over who gets to control fraud-based claims after a bank fails. At the center of the appeal was the FDIC's argument that, once it became receiver for Signature Bank, it... ## [Digital twin startup Twin1 raises $20m as Linklaters, Orrick and Dechert sign up](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/digital-twin-startup-twin1-raises-20m-as-linklaters-orrick-and-dechert-sign-up/) _2026-08-20 · Caroline Hill - Editor-in-Chief · Legal Tech Monitor_ Twin1 AI, a platform that "gives every professional an AI-powered digital twin" and is already working with a number of large law firms has come out of stealth with a \[...\] The post Digital twin startup Twin1 raises $20m as Linklaters, Orrick and Dechert sign up appeared first on Legal IT Insider. ## [Thomson Reuters and iManage deepen AI partnership with MCP-enabled knowledge integration](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/thomson-reuters-and-imanage-deepen-ai-partnership-with-mcp-enabled-knowledge-integration/) _2026-08-20 · Caroline Hill - Editor-in-Chief · Legal Tech Monitor_ iManage and Thomson Reuters today (20 August) announced a deeper strategic partnership including model context protocol support that enables Thomson Reuters' AI tools to access provisioned iManage content while preserving \[...\] The post Thomson Reuters and iManage deepen AI partnership with MCP-enabled knowledge integration appeared first on Legal IT Insider. ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/DLbQ5DNIAoez) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when a friend signs up for the Graphite Business Card ## [Kinstellar bets on best-of-breed as it accelerates firmwide transformation](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/kinstellar-bets-on-best-of-breed-as-it-accelerates-firmwide-transformation/) _2026-08-20 · Caroline Hill - Editor-in-Chief · Legal Tech Monitor_ If you're in the camp that likes to read about wholesale transformation that avoids a 'shiny things' strategy, read on. Independent international law firm Kinstellar, driven by a couple of \[...\] The post Kinstellar bets on best-of-breed as it accelerates firmwide transformation appeared first on Legal IT Insider. ## [NetDocuments Adds Tabular Review and Automatic Extraction of Legal Authorities to Its Platform](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/netdocuments-adds-tabular-review-and-automatic-extraction-of-legal-authorities-to-its-platform/) _2026-08-20 · Bob Ambrogi · Legal Tech Monitor_ The document management company NetDocuments today announced two additions to its platform's AI capabilities. One, Tabular Review, is a tool that lets users analyze collections of documents in a structured table. The other, Legal Authorities, automatically extracts case citations from documents as they are saved to the platform and links them to the full case... ## [IBM’s 2026 Data Breach Report: Houston, We Have A Problem](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/ibms-2026-data-breach-report-houston-we-have-a-problem/) _2026-08-20 · Stephen Embry · Legal Tech Monitor_ For years, I have been concerned that cybersecurity and the risk of data breach does not get the attention they deserve at many law firms. Part of it is becasue law firm leadership often does not understand cybersecurity and part of it is cybersecurity is just a cost drain. That's why the new IBM study... ## [Supreme Court Lets $5 Million Carroll Verdict Against Trump Stand](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/supreme-court-lets-5-million-carroll-verdict-against-trump-stand/) _2026-08-20 · Bruno Queiroz · Legal Tech Monitor_ The Supreme Court has declined to review Donald Trump's effort to undo the civil verdict in favor of writer E. Jean Carroll, leaving intact the $5 million judgment entered after a jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation. The denial leaves the Second Circuit's decision in place and effectively ends this round of... ## [Kinstellar selects Laurel AI in “commercial excellence” drive](https://www.legaltechmonitor.com/2026/08/kinstellar-selects-laurel-ai-in-commercial-excellence-drive/) _2026-08-20 · Caroline Hill - Editor-in-Chief · Legal Tech Monitor_ Independent international law firm Kinstellar has selected AI timekeeping and work intelligence vendor Laurel AI as part of a wholesale transformation drive, we can reveal. The firm, which has circa 400 lawyers and 15 offices \[...\] The post Kinstellar selects Laurel AI in "commercial excellence" drive appeared first on Legal IT Insider.