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Clio’s Fastcase sues Alexi over AI training and Trademarks

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Fastcase has sued Alexi, alleging the startup used a licensed database to train models, display case law, and incorporate Fastcase marks inside its interface while building a competing research platform. The lawsuit says a 2021 license barred Alexi from publishing content or using it to build a rival service. Fastcase, now branded as vLex, claims […]

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Legal AI’s New Kid on the Block – An Entrepreneurial Lawyer Hacking the System

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Leaving Big Law for as Big Law AI Adventure Logan Brown is a 30-year-old Harvard Law whiz kid who’s decided to flip the script with Soxton, her self-proclaimed “AI-native” law firm with a backstory that reads like a millennial fever dream crossed with a legal thriller. Because why slog through Big Law’s soul-crushing grind when

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Clio CEO on Legal AI and Why Australia’s the Next Legal Innovation Frontier

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Legal AI Interview In a recent episode of the Scalable Law Podcast, Clio CEO Jack Newton delivered some key insights into the future of legal tech, including the billion-dollar AI bets shaping it, and why Australia is at the forefront of key developments. As the founder of the world’s leading cloud-based legal practice management platform,

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What Reddit BigLaw Readers Are Really Worried About

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The r/biglaw trends worrying lawyers Norma Harris Law firms love glossy annual reports full of “strategic realignments,” “market headwinds,” and whatever other euphemism the managing partner’s ghost-writer cooked up. Reddit’s legal communities, by contrast, tell you what’s actually happening and we wanted to know. r/biglaw, r/LawSchool, and the lawyer-adjacent subs have become a running diagnostic

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Boutique Torpedoes BigLaw Bonus Scale With US$172K Payou

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The bonus wars were starting to look boring with the announced payouts we just reported, then a boutique firm waltzed in and lit a match under the whole market.

According to Above the Law, Wilkinson Stekloff (the litigation boutique that basically runs on caffeine, confidence and extraordinary trial results) has thrown down year-end associate bonuses ranging from US$22,500 to US$172,500. – Read more on LawFuel . .

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McKinsey’s 2025 AI Report Carries Reality Check For Law Firms

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94 Percent of Law Firms Are Sleepwalking into Irrelevance By LawFuel Legal Tech & Marketing Contributor McKinsey’s latest global AI survey (November 2025, ~2,000 executives) is out, and the numbers are both comforting and terrifying for law firm leaders: 88 percent of organizations now use AI in at least one function (up from 78 percent

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When Murder Trials Become Entertainment

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When Does Justice Become ‘True Crime’ Spectacle? John Bowie, LawFuel publisher Scandalous criiminal trials have long been the stuff of entertainment and intrigue, but the question of who holds the moral compass when it comes to making popcorn from popular crime is something that is an increasing issue, most recently highlighted with an Auckland Law

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US Justice Department Files Complaint Challenging California Mask Ban for Federal Officers

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WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice filed a  lawsuit against California, Governor Gavin Newsom, and Attorney General Robert Bonta challenging their unconstitutional attempt to regulate federal law enforcement officers through the so-called “No Secret Police Act” and “No Vigilantes Act.”  Not only are the laws illegal attempts to discriminate against and regulate the federal government, but, as

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Who Is Trump’s ‘BBC Attorney’ Alejandro Brito?

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Trump’s Media Law Hit Man Alejandro “Alex” Brito has emerged as one of the most signifcant litigators in America right now due to his track record of representing President Donald Trump in his fight against media outlets like – most recently – the defamation claim against the BBC. The Miami-born trial lawyer, once known primarily

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