The Play Newsletter

The Play — Issue #18: Every Citation Was Real

Four plays: a position check your cite-check cannot run, the appendix that ended a case, twenty-five dollars a client, and a sanction the lawyer cannot bill.

The Play — Issue #17: The Notetaker Kept a Copy for Itself

A federal court drew the line between a tool and a party, and Otter landed on the wrong side. Plus the legal AI tool nobody vetted, and a mark inside your drafts.

The Play — Issue #16: Your Vendor Has Vendors

The LexisNexis outage happened on somebody else's servers. Plus the NYC Bar on recording anyone who isn't your client, and the model providers moving into implementation.

The Play — Issue #15: The Agent Didn't Access Anything. You Did.

The Play — Issue #14: Nobody at Your Firm Bought the Bot in the Room

A researcher found 180,000 call records sitting open in January. The vendor never answered, and it was still open yesterday.

The Play — Issue #13: The Word Document That Edits Your Work On the Way Out

One play: decide which inbound documents your AI assistant is allowed to read. Plus a firm insuring its agents, Goldman's stake in Harvey, and the $1,500-per-citation math.