Monica Goyal

Good.

This is appropriate. The reason those are licensed professions is that we recognize the danger of letting an untrained human dispense legal or medical advice.

That danger does not disappear when the advice is dispensed by an LLM. In fact, the danger multiplies

One list we should all be proud to be at the bottom of. 🇨🇦

Wow.

Anthropic’s Legal Plugin for Claude Cowork May Be the Opening Salvo In A Competition Between Foundation Models and Legal Tech Incumbents To read today's news, you'd think it was the shot heard 'round the world — or around the legal tech world, at least. 'Legal software companies have suffered sharp declines in their share prices,' repo...

"For legal tech, it is landing more like a tsunami than a drop." Bob Ambrogi on Anthropic's surprise legal plugin for Claude Cowork www.lawnext.com/2026/02/anth...

If you live outside the United States, I'm sure the senator's office would love to hear how much more you respect the United States now that Donald Trump is president again.

Here's his number: (202) 224-5251

Absolutely not. Your contributions were greatly appreciated!

Thank you Josh! And greatly appreciated your contributions during the webinar.

Is the Billable Hour Dead - Webinar on Jan 27, 2026.

Legal AI this past year has seen a historic level of funding. It has lead some people to ask whether the billable hour is dead. I'm moderating a panel tomorrow which will discuss this question. This webinar is free and has been CLE accredited. www.linkedin.com/events/aiinl...
#legalAI #legaltech

Definitely worth listening to.

We have Furoomate. It works well but I think they went out of business.

Did they use the woke font?

YouTube video by Reagan Library President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.

Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).

*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”

youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

These Violent Delights: A Novel A Novel

Prime who? It's free shipping day at Bookshop.org! If you haven't read this book yet, I am told it's pretty good

Well this was sad news to wake up to.

Jerry Greenfield - one half of the iconic Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream brand - is resigning from the company he built with Ben Cohen, as a result of being silenced by Magnum Global.

Here is his statement on why he’s leaving the company.

Best concert of the year #Oasis!

everyone complains about people always chasing the T-14 but not enough people complain about how the T-14 is holding everyone back

Harvey to bring AI legal platform to Canada with new Toronto office San Francisco-based generative AI scaleup Harvey is opening a new hub in Toronto to support both its growth in Canada and broader product development plans.

US-based Harvey to bring #AI legal platform to Canada with new Toronto office. #legaltech #CDNtech

Of course clients will say that law firms should cover the costs. I don't think that's actually the way forward. Clients should say yes I will pay and I want to see evidence that you used it and my billings have decreased.

If you're looking to keep your finger on the pulse of AI & the Law, let me suggest two venues worth checking out: (1) this custom feed on AI & the Law;¹ and (2) @icymilaw.org's daily digest section AI & the Law.²

¹ bsky.app/profile/davi...
² icymilaw.org#ailaw

Fictional future or Factual? We don't even have the Eglinton Crosstown working.

The Selection and Evaluation of Outside Counsel: Perish for Lack of Knowledge? | TechLaw Crossroads This week I’m at one of my favorite conferences. It’s put on by the American Association of Law Librarians (AALL). The theme for 2025 is “Be Bold” and

In-house counsel can now better select outside counsel based on data and access to peer ratings of outside counsel on several metrics thanks to Leopard Solutions platform. Should result in better fit and better results.
www.techlawcrossroads.com/2025/07/the-...

This is an amazing legal tech M&A. Is there now three mega legal tech comanpies: Thomson Reuters with CoCounsel, Harvey w/ LexisNexis, and Clio w/ Vlex? #legalai #legaltech

We’re hiring at Princeton on AI and society, working with Arvind Narayanan or me depending on fit.

I think current AI developments are all a huge deal but am very unexcited by current state of the AGI and/or AI safety discourse.

Please share as you see fit.

puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...

NEW STUDY ALERT: MIT researchers claim ChatGPT causes "cognitive debt" in students. But their methodology has some serious red flags 🚩
Let me break down why we should be skeptical of these dramatic conclusions. 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872

Yesterday I got to speak at my fav legal innovation conference @legalgeek.bsky.social. Some observations from yesterday: The dialogue has moved from “Should we adopt AI?” to “Here’s what we’re building.” Agentic workflows took centre stage. Notable increase in investment in legal tech. #legaltech

Seems shockingly low!