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FEATURE·Apr 25, 2026

How four BigLaw firms quietly retrained their associates to compete with AI

Inside the playbook at Cravath, Skadden, Wachtell, and Sullivan & Cromwell where first-year billables are down 19%, and the practice of law is being rewritten in real time.

Chen Friedman·Apr 25, 2026

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Privilege is the next frontier and most legal AI vendors are getting it wrong

A senior in-house counsel argues that current AI tools treat privilege as a checkbox, not a doctrine.

LegalTech News Staff·Apr 26, 2026
FEATURE

How four BigLaw firms quietly retrained their associates to compete with AI

Inside the playbook at Cravath, Skadden, Wachtell, and Sullivan & Cromwell where first-year billables are down 19%, and the practice of law is being rewritten in real time.

Chen Friedman·Apr 25, 2026
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EU AI Act enforcement begins next month. Here is what legal teams must ship by then.

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Israel's courts launch AI pilot for traffic and small-claims cases

The Court Administration approved an 18-month pilot testing AI for case summarization and draft judgment generation, limited to lower-stakes matters.

Chen Friedman·Apr 23, 2026
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A circuit split is forming on AI-generated work product. The Supreme Court will likely weigh in.

Five circuits, three doctrines, and a question that affects every legal AI deployment in America.

Chen Friedman·Apr 23, 2026
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