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From Co Counsel to Blockchain: Recent Key Legal Technology Updates

INTRODUCTION: The legal tech landscape is accelerating, with major announcements spanning AI, blockchain, and automation. Highlights include the American Arbitration Association’s partnership with Integra Ledger on blockchain document authentication, Thomson Reuters expanding CoCounsel and Westlaw Deep Research into law schools, law firms, law libraries and new product launches from Exterro,…

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Stanford’s Liftlab: A New Frontier in Legal Tech, And What it Could Mean for Law Libraries

Introduction Stanford Law School has recently announced the launch of the Legal Innovation through Frontier Technology Lab (Liftlab),led by Stanford CodeX research fellow Megan Ma, who will serve as liftlab’s executive director, alongside professor of law Julian Nyarko. Liftlab ia a bold new initiative designed to explore how artificial intelligence…

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Agentic AI Risk Mitigation (Part 4): Decentralized Identity, Digital Wallets, and Authorization Delegation

From the American Bar Association, Science and Technology Law Section Thursday, August 28, 2025. 1:00 – 2:00 pm ET. “This is the fourth and final installment in a four-part series designed to provide attorneys with a comprehensive legal framework for evaluating risk and trust considerations related to digital identity and…

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Thomson Reuters Launches CoCounsel Legal With Guided Workflows and Deep Research: A New Era of Legal Research for Legal Professionals

Two months ago, during a media briefing at its New York City offices, Thomson Reuters offered a glimpse of what it called the “next generation” of its CoCounsel artificial intelligence platform, a shift, the company said, from AI tools that simply respond to prompts to intelligent agentic systems capable of…

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Google Removes Nearly 11,000 You Tube Channels Linked to Various Nations to Counter Disinformation Campaigns

According to the Google Threat  Analysis Group Bulletin for Second Quarter 2025, Google has removed nearly 11,000 YouTube channels tied to state-run propaganda campaigns for China, Russia, and other nations over the last few months. “The company announced in a July 21 press release  in the Bulletin that in the…

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Understanding the Changing Landscape of State Courts: Insights from a 2025 Survey

The Staffing, Operations and Technology: 2025 Survey of State Courts, the third annual report by Thomson Reuters Institute with support from the National Center for State Courts AI Policy Consortium, captures insights from 443 judges and court professionals across State, County, and Municipal courts, gathered via an online questionnaire between March 26…

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American Association for Information and Technology and Special Libraries Association Announce Merger Negotiations to Explore Unified Future for Information Professionals

PRESS RELEASE,  May 23, 2025 In a May 23, 2025 Press Release the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) and the Special Libraries Association (SLA)  announced that they have entered into formal negotiations to pursue a merger of the two organizations. According to the Press Release this initiative reflects…

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First Details About io’s Upcoming Screenless Chat GPT Device

From article by Chris Smith, published in BGR on May 22, 2025. In this post, we are sharing insights from the Chris Smith article referenced below, as it highlights what is widely recognized as the next critical trend in real world AI applications, including AI wearables. ABSTRACT: Just before Google…

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Evaluating DeepSeek for Legal Research: Capabilities, Risks, and Comparisons

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed numerous industries, and legal research is no exception. Emerging AI-powered tools have introduced new efficiencies in case law analysis, contract review, compliance monitoring, and legal document automation. Among these innovations, DeepSeek, an open-source large language model (LLM), has garnered…

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Potential Impacts of Government Efficiency Reforms Led by Elon Musk on U.S. Government Libraries

Introduction Materials consulted in preparing this posting were curated from various sources including the recently introduced Deep Research by OpenAI. With Elon Musk at the helm of the Department of Government Efficiency,   various agencies within the U.S. government may experience restructuring aimed at streamlining operations, reducing costs, and integrating advanced…

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