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1. NetDocuments CPO Dan Hauck on the Company's Redesigned Platform, the Legal Context Graph, and Building an Agentic DMS

   Nov 3, 2026

   Recorded live at NetDocuments' Inspire conference in Orlando, this LawNext episode features Chief Product Officer Dan Hauck discussing the company's redesigned user experience, its new Microsoft 365 add-in and real-time co-authoring, and the rollout timing. Hauck explains the legal context graph, which maps relationships among matters, documents, and people to improve agent performance and reduce token costs. The conversation also covers the tabular review, document generation, and MCP connector announcements, along with how AI is changing legal workflows and how customers are adopting it.

2. NetDocuments CEO Josh Baxter on Why the DMS is Becoming the Firm's 'Intelligence Layer'

   Oct 29, 2026

   Recorded live at the NetDocuments Inspire conference in Orlando, this interview features CEO Josh Baxter discussing the company's shift from document management toward an organizational intelligence layer built on context, embeddings, and a document intelligence pipeline. He describes a three-layer view of legal AI (models, the harness, and organizational data) and shares internal benchmarks showing context-graph use cuts token costs by roughly half. The conversation also covers adoption, AI-driven pricing and ROI for law firms, the possibility of a "headless" DMS, and how AI has changed NetDocuments' own engineering work.

3. 'The Hardest Thing I've Ever Done': Noah Waisberg on Why Selling a Business Hurts, and How Zuva Aims to Fix It

   Oct 1, 2026

   Noah Waisberg returns to LawNext five years after selling Kira Systems to Litera. He discusses how that difficult experience shaped Zuva, his new company focused on the sell-side of M&A. After interviewing 200 dealmakers about pain points in selling businesses, Zuva built software to manage bidder questions and launched a tech-enabled diligence service pairing AI with experienced lawyers. Waisberg reflects on the limitations of current AI technology, the persistent challenge of the billable hour, and why this is an extraordinary time in legal tech.

4. An Offer She Could Not Turn Down — Bridget McCormack on Joining Clio to Transform Technology for Judges

   Sep 21, 2026

   Bridget McCormack, former Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court and outgoing CEO of the American Arbitration Association, announces her new role as General Manager of Judiciary at Clio, joining the legal tech company to lead product development and market strategy for judicial technology. McCormack discusses why she accepted the position, her plans to co-design tools specifically for judges rather than adapting lawyer-focused software, and the critical role technology can play in addressing capacity and access-to-justice challenges facing state courts.

5. As Alex Su Is Named President of Latitude Legal, We Talk about Why AI Is Driving Demand for Flex Talent

   Sep 16, 2026

   Alex Su, newly promoted to President of Latitude Legal, discusses the flexible legal staffing market and how AI is driving demand for experienced lawyers rather than reducing it. Su explains Latitude's model of using former law firm partners and senior in-house counsel as client service representatives, and addresses misconceptions about flex talent as mere contract attorneys. He covers the company's recent growth, including a 52% jump in new client acquisition in the first half of the year, and outlines his vision for the expanding market as law firms and legal departments navigate AI adoption.

6. Casefleet Founder Jeff Kerr on Fact Management in the Age of AI

   Sep 8, 2026

   Jeff Kerr, founder of Casefleet, discusses the evolution of fact-management software for litigators over the past decade and the company's recent launch of Casey, an AI agent that builds case chronologies conversationally. Kerr explains how Casefleet's pre-AI data model proved foundational for AI integration, why the company maintains both classic and AI-enhanced workflows, and how it draws ethical boundaries around agentic AI—allowing research and recommendation but not autonomous action. The conversation covers Casefleet's move back toward e-discovery capabilities and the competitive landscape of litigation tech in the age of generative AI.

7. Why Legal AI Pioneer Pablo Arredondo Is Joining Clio to Build Technology for the Courts

   Sep 1, 2026

   Pablo Arredondo, cofounder of Casetext and architect of early legal AI products including CARA and CoCounsel, announces his new role as Senior Vice President of Judiciary at Clio, where he will lead the company's expansion into court systems. The conversation explores the unique challenges of building AI technology for judges and courts rather than lawyers, including managing the influx of AI-generated filings and ensuring judicial fairness.

8. LexisNexis CTO Greg Dickason On Building Legal AI In Real Time with Customers in Its New Innovation Lab

   Aug 11, 2026

   Greg Dickason, Chief Technology Officer of LexisNexis Legal & Professional, discusses the launch of the company's Customer Innovation Lab in New York City—a physical space where legal professionals, LexisNexis engineers, and AI partners like OpenAI and AWS collaborate to build legal AI in real time. The lab collapses the distance between customers describing problems and engineers building solutions, enabling rapid iteration and prototyping that can move to production within weeks. Dickason explains the lab's first priority on legal drafting, the company's approach to AI models versus frontier models, and his vision for agentic AI reshaping legal workflows.

9. SurePoint's New CEO Jeff Steinberg on the Mandate for Change

   Aug 5, 2026

   Jeff Steinberg, newly appointed CEO of SurePoint Technologies, discusses his mandate for change at the legal tech company, which provides practice management, finance, and growth technology for mid-sized law firms. Steinberg, who founded Redwood Analytics in 2000 and sold it to LexisNexis in 2008, details SurePoint's integration challenges following four acquisitions in four years and outlines his priorities for the first year: understanding customer needs, balancing product stability with agility, and building a robust ecosystem of service and technology partners.

10. From Product to Practice: Why Casetext's Former CTO Has Started An AI Native Law Firm

    Jul 27, 2026

    Ryan Walker, co-founder and CEO of General Legal, an AI-native law firm launched 6 months ago through Y Combinator, discusses why retrofitting AI into traditional law firms won't deliver efficiency gains to clients. Walker, formerly CTO at Casetext where he led development of Co-Counsel, argues that true transformation requires rebuilding law firms from the ground up with AI as the foundation rather than an add-on tool. General Legal has already acquired ~400 clients and operates through a management services organization (MSO) structure that separates the investable tech platform from the licensed law firm entity, enabling non-lawyer ownership while maintaining ethical obligations.