AI isn’t coming for the legal profession. It’s already changing it. The AI Sidebar cuts through the noise around legal AI and legal technology. Hosted by Phillip Vaden, each episode explores how lawyers and litigation teams are using artificial intelligence in legal research, drafting, discovery, and practice management through honest conversations, real workflows, and practical takeaways you can apply immediately. Understand what AI actually means for legal practice and navigate the future of law with clarity and confidence, not hype. Presented by Infotrack.
Latest episodes
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43 min
AI, the Unauthorized Practice of Law, and the Future of Legal Fees
The line between legal information and legal advice is disappearing, and AI is the reason. Damien Riehl, a lawyer and technologist at Clio who chairs the Minnesota State Bar Associ…
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10 min
Why Off-the-Shelf AI Tools Aren't Enough for Litigation Teams — Live from ILTACON 2026
Recorded at Concorda's booth in Startup Alley at ILTACON, this conversation with founders Sam Oh and Ke Ma digs into the gap they saw in legal AI tools built mostly for transaction…
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13 min
Firms Are Growing Revenue With AI, Not Just Cutting Hours — Live from ILTACON 2026
Recorded on the show floor at ILTACON, this conversation with Thomas Bueler-Faudree, founder of August, tackles the question he says he hears most from law firms: does adopting AI…
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43 min
How AI Is Quietly Transforming the Courts
Most conversations about AI and the law focus on attorneys, but the courts themselves are moving fast in ways that get far less attention. Matt Davis, Vice President of Product Dev…
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6 min
Legal Tech AI Recap: Google, Thomson Reuters, LexisNexis, and iManage All Make Their Move
A packed couple of weeks in legal tech coming out of ILTACON 2026 in Nashville, TN. Host Phillip Vaden covers Google's launch of Gemini Enterprise for Legal, Thomson Reuters' new p…
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19 min
Why Legal AI Needs an External Referee — Live from ILTACON 2026
Recorded live at ILTACON 2026, this conversation with Dino Eliopulos, SVP of Innovation at Fulcrum GT, digs into why AI shouldn't be trusted to grade its own work. Eliopulos explai…
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42 min
How Paralegals Are Becoming the AI Power Users of the Legal Industry
Paralegals have been prompt engineers long before the term existed, and that background is shaping how they're approaching generative AI today. Kristine Custodio Suero, California…
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38 min
AI Adoption in Law Firms: What's Really Happening Behind the Numbers
Generative AI usage among attorneys jumped from 31% to 69% in a single year, but most law firms still haven't caught up with formal policies or training. Attorney and legal tech co…
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AI isn’t coming for the legal profession. It’s already changing it. The AI Sidebar cuts through the noise around legal AI and legal technology. Hosted by Phillip Vaden, each episod…