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Lawyer and journalist covering legal tech and innovation at LawSitesBlog.com and AboveTheLaw.com and through the podcast LawNext.

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I primarily cover technology, the web and social media as they relate to lawyers and legal professionals. I also cover legal futures, law practice, legal ethics and legal industry trends. My primary outlet is my blog, Lawsitesblog.com. I also write a weekly column on AboveTheLaw.com and contribute regularly to the ABA Journal and Law Practice magazine.

In addition, I host two podcasts. One, Lawyer 2 Lawyer, is the longest running legal-affairs podcast, now in its 12th year. The other, Law Tech…

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Is Avvo's fixed-cost service a fee-sharing violation?

Is Avvo's fixed-cost service a fee-sharing violation?

The timing seemed prescient. One day after the ABA adopted a hotly contested resolution to guide states in th…

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Who says you need a law degree to practice law?

Who says you need a law degree to practice law?

Robert Ambrogi is a lawyer and writer in Massachusetts. Michelle Cummings never went to law school. Her forma…

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Washington state moves around UPL, using legal technicians to help close the justice gap

Washington state moves around UPL, using legal technicians to help close the justice gap

Michelle Cummings looks forward to this spring, when she expects to take on her first law client. By then, th…

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Visual law services are worth a thousand words--and big money

Visual law services are worth a thousand words--and big money

Daniel Lewis was midway through his second year at Stanford Law School when he became convinced there was a b…

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Latest legal victory has LegalZoom poised for growth

Latest legal victory has LegalZoom poised for growth

In recent years, LegalZoom has faced lawsuits in eight states seeking to shut it down for violating state law…

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Latest legal victory has LegalZoom poised for growth

Latest legal victory has LegalZoom poised for growth

In recent years, LegalZoom has faced lawsuits in eight states seeking to shut it down for violating state law…

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What’s In A Wrapper? Comparing A Hershey Bar To LegalTech AI

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By Robert Ambrogi, Ken Crutchfield
| LawNext
Anyone can make sweets, but not everyone can make a Hershey bar. The debate over legaltech startups offering nothing more than a “thin wrapper” around an LLM begs a deeper analysis of the value of a wrapper, particularly as open-source alternatives take root. Let’s start with a Hershey bar. You pay for the chocolate, right? Maybe. The wrapper is the packaging. You don’t eat it. It’s just a thin layer around the real product. But it also embodies what makes the Hershey bar commercially viable.
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Paxton AI Launches Secure Matter Collaboration, the Most Advanced Way for Litigation Teams to Share Matter Intelligence

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By Robert Ambrogi
| LawNext
This new collaboration feature lets multiple attorneys at a firm securely work the same case together — sharing files, chronologies, evidence, and drafts in one workspace instead of scattered email chains and duplicate uploads San Francisco, California — July 17, 2026 — Paxton AI, the AI litigation platform for legal research, document drafting, and case analysis, today announced Secure Matter Collaboration, a new capability that enables multiple attorneys at the same firm to securely...
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Intapp Makes Celeste Generally Available, Calling It An ‘AI Coworker’ To Run the Business Side of Law Firms

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By Robert Ambrogi, Bob Ambrogi
| LawNext
Intapp, the publicly traded company whose software manages intake, conflicts, and deal workflows for law firms and other professional services firms, yesterday announced the general availability of Celeste, an agentic AI product it describes as an “expert AI coworker” designed to run the business operations of a firm — from deal screening and conflicts clearance to business development and lateral hiring.
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