Legaltech Week
Legaltech Week
LawNext Media
01/09/2026: Special 2026 Predictions Episode
1 hour Posted Jan 14, 2026 at 6:00 pm.
Introductions 20:46 Lawyers increasingly supplementing AI functionality in trusted products with General-use AI tools (Selected by Niki Black) 27:54 In-house teams will be eating law firms' lunch (Selected by Caroline Hill) 44:31 Chances of federal regulation depends on what China does (Selected by Victor Li) 48:14 Serious one from beyond legal... the AI industry crashes unless the federal government embarks on a financially brutal bailout (Selected by Joe Patrice) 49:06 My conceit was predictions that should come true but won't. I can do Death of Billable Hour OR The end of Hallucinations (Selected by Joe Patrice)
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This week is a special episode for us. Watch to hear our panelists predictions about what 2026 will hold for legal technology, and how our 2025 predictions played out.   Topics include: 00:00 Introductions 20:46 Lawyers increasingly supplementing AI functionality in trusted products with General-use AI tools (Selected by Niki Black) 27:54 In-house teams will be eating law firms' lunch (Selected by Caroline Hill) 44:31 Chances of federal regulation depends on what China does (Selected by Victor Li) 48:14 Serious one from beyond legal... the AI industry crashes unless the federal government embarks on a financially brutal bailout (Selected by Joe Patrice) 49:06 My conceit was predictions that should come true but won't. I can do Death of Billable Hour OR The end of Hallucinations (Selected by Joe Patrice)