The less legal work that is performed by lawyers, the less money law firms make under their current business models. And a lot less legal work is going to be performed by lawyers (and a lot more by machines) these next ten years. Law firms, please understand this.
Gonna start calling white supremacists "pink supremacists" just because they'd hate it so much.
New from me: What will lawyers' careers look like, once AI makes traditional business models and legal pathways obsolete? My best guess is the Niche Lawyer: Carving their own specialized path on their own customized time for their own valued clients. jordanfurlong.substack.com/p/ai-and-the...
A new legal market will create a new type of lawyer: Specialized, flexible, customized, fractional, home-based and online, exclusive, balanced and focused. This could be your future legal career.
Fascinating piece by Sean West about the AI-enabled weaponization of law: "If political volatility is going up and the cost of legal actions (due to AI) is going down, then legal exposure of companies will go way up, [leading to] a flood of legal attacks." geolegal.substack.com/p/geolegal-w...
Last week we had a piece in Harvard Business Review forecasting a flood of legal attacks that look similar to cyber attacks. I reflect on reactions and why we placed it in a business journal.
My new Slaw column attempts to explain the bizarre world of BigLaw Profits Per Partner, and why law firms that are incentivized to constantly grow PPP end up becoming trapped by its demands. www.slaw.ca/2024/09/30/t...
The only Walter Murphy I recognize: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ouM...
YouTube video by Frank
It really does look like it was slapped together overnight in a low-end body shop and then left outside on a dirt road for six months.
First Cybertruck sighting — parked right across the street from my house. Somehow it looks even worse in person.
