September 26, 2025 - The Algorithm, The Ethics, and The Billable Hour.

Welcome to 'AI Lawyer Talking Tech.' The integration of artificial intelligence has moved beyond a competitive advantage to become a fundamental necessity for modern legal practice, promising transformative efficiency gains, such as reducing contract review time by 60 to 80 percent and boosting productivity in fact investigations by as much as 45 times. Firms require this technology to meet client demands for greater budget transparency and technology-driven efficiency, an opportunity missed by many due to lacking business acumen. However, this rapid adoption is occurring amidst acute legal and ethical dangers: judges are imposing significant sanctions and "hefty fines" on attorneys for submitting AI-generated fabricated case citations and nonexistent statutes, a risk known as hallucination. This challenge is compounded in high-stakes areas like asset management, where the "black box" nature of machine learning poses risks for fiduciaries attempting to demonstrate their duty of care, and in document integrity, which is increasingly being secured via blockchain to combat AI-driven forgery. The legal sector is responding by investing heavily in specialized AI platforms and embracing AI as a "force multiplier" to address access-to-justice crises. For legal professionals, the bar for 'reasonable competence' is shifting, suggesting that a failure to adopt reliable AI tools that enhance safety and efficiency may soon constitute professional malpractice. Today, we examine how practitioners can utilize these powerful systems—from advanced legal technology funding to prompt engineering training—to maximize their output and enhance client satisfaction while rigorously ensuring human oversight and verification to protect against potential liability and ethical pitfalls.BigHand’s Pricing And Budgeting Survey: A Wake-Up Call And An Opportunity2025-09-25 | Above The LawFilevine: $400 Million Raised To Advance Legal Technology2025-09-25 | Pulse 2.0Some law firms reap fees for opponents' AI errors, but one lawyer who failed to detect them got zilch2025-09-25 | ABA JournalPartnering With AI: Enable Your Legal Investigations2025-09-25 | JD SupraAvoid the “false claims” of AI hallucinations when litigating FCA matters2025-09-25 | JD SupraHow Legal Professionals Are Learning To Trust Agentic AI2025-09-25 | JD SupraWhy investing in legal technology will give you the competitive edge2025-09-25 | Law SocietyWhy AI is a must-have for your transactional law firm2025-09-25 | Thomson ReutersGen Z Is Getting Divorced, With the Help of AI2025-09-25 | CosmopolitanMeeting the AI Moment in Asset Management: An Agenda for Industry Lawyers2025-09-25 | JD Supra‘AI Scheming:’ Researchers Are Puzzled by Chatbots Purposefully Lying to Human Users2025-09-25 | Breitbart.comWebinar replay: Driving the platform evolution – Transforming legal work with Generative AI2025-09-25 | Legal Technology InsiderFlex Legal partners with FirstAI to deliver Copilot AI training after significant time savings shown in trials2025-09-25 | Legal Technology InsiderMusk’s xAI Accuses OpenAI of Stealing Trade Secrets2025-09-25 | Wall Street PitThree Approaches to Choosing Legal AI: The Pros, Cons and Cost Considerations2025-09-25 | Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and LawyersSeasonal Hiring Concerns: How Pay Transparency, Privacy, and AI Laws Still Apply2025-09-25 | Ogletree DeakinsLegal Aid Organizations Embrace AI at Twice the Rate of Other Lawyers, New Study Reveals2025-09-25 | LawSitesParalegal Voice The Shifting Sands of Immigration Law and AI: What to Know Now2025-09-25 | Legal Talk NetworkLaw firm PR in the age of AI: Why earned media matters more than ever2025-09-25 | Agility PR SolutionsTackling the big topics in law – from generative AI to ethics2025-09-25 | Law SocietyPolicy paper looks at AI, technology impact on the unauthorized practice of the law2025-09-25 | LegalNews.com