The Docket
- jayleviste
- Jun 18
- 3 min read
BRINGING YOU THE LATEST IN LEGALTECH NEWS
TLTF & Friends in the News
🤠 Saddle up for the 4th annual TLTF Summit in Austin Hill Country, Nov 12–14! Request an invite to attend and apply by July 31 to be a part of the TLTF Summit Sessions. There are 3 stages for startups, scale, and growth companies!
🤝 Confido Legal partners with SmartAdvocate to simplify automatic payments for law firms.
🎉 Fairmint launches an on-chain digital platform to revolutionize private securities issuance, ownership verification, and transfer compliance.
🚀 Rownd’s latest update includes 1M free MAUs, instant Stripe payments, AI-ready integrations, and AI-powered deep links.
🚨 BlackCloak’s 2025 report shows rising deepfakes and executive threats yet most firms aren’t prepared.
👋 New name, same bold mission: Qanlex is now Loopa Finance.
🎧 Don’t miss the latest Legal(tech) Briefs episodes:
LinkSquares CEO Chris Combs reveals how they built AI-powered contract intelligence before the hype.
Pierson Ferdinand Co-Chairman Michael Pierson on scaling a 200-partner law firm in 2 years and reimagining legal services.
AffiniPay’s CEO, Dru Armstrong presents their bold mission, offers leadership wisdom, and explains how they’re transforming the future of legal payments.
The LegalTech Fund’s Tanner Rogers chats with Adam Miller, CEO of MIDAO, about pioneering legal frameworks for DAOs.
News from the World of Law AI & LegalTech
A survey finds AI use rose from 48% to 72%, but 50% used unauthorized tools and another 23% admit they would if needed.
A Georgia court just tossed what may be the first AI defamation suit, siding with OpenAI after ChatGPT falsely claimed a radio host was sued for embezzlement.
A Toronto lawyer avoids contempt charges after citing fake cases, vowing to study AI ethics and not bill her client for work related to the defective factum.
Disney and NBCUniversal just filed the first major studio lawsuit against Midjourney, calling it a “bottomless pit of plagiarism.”
Privacy & Surveillance
New Orleans police used facial recognition to identify and arrest suspects in real time—bypassing city rules in what may be the first known widespread use of live AI surveillance by a major U.S. city.
Amazon and Starbucks secured a full dismissal of a biometric privacy class action in Washington, closing the door on claims over their use of facial and palm-scan data.
A plan to rein in data brokers and stop the sale of Americans’ personal info including Social Security numbers was quietly scrapped, leaving a major privacy loophole wide open.
Legal System & Policy
Tech giants will argue in a New York court that they can’t be held liable for racist content linked to a mass shooting, while survivors say the sites’ algorithms should be treated as products under the state's product liability law.
The 5th Circuit court struck down FCC’s rules requiring broadcasters to disclose race and gender employment data, ruling the mandate lacked proper legal authority.
The FBI warns U.S. law firms of targeted attacks by the Silent Ransom Group, which uses deceptive phishing calls and social engineering to gain remote access, steal sensitive data, and demand ransom payments.
Listen
Stephanie Corey (UpLevel Ops) and Shaun Sethna (The L Suite/TechGC) join Jared Correia to unpack the GC–LegalOps disconnect, from tech alignment to legal’s strategic value. (46 mins)
Dan Szabo (Davis Wright Tremaine) joins Ted Theodoropoulos (InfoDash) to explore how proactive AI, R&D, and a culture of experimentation can drive real innovation in law firms. (52 mins)
Tanner’s Other Page Turners
The Clippers' arena utilized facial recognition to track decibels down to the loudest individual fans and offered them free tickets to optimize the best home court advantage.
Your password isn’t protecting you! Almost all Gmail accounts need a security upgrade.
Flea-jumping protein powers a new coating that repels 100% of bacteria—flexible, non-toxic, and built for safer medical devices.
Microsoft’s new AI, Aurora, predicts hurricanes, sandstorms, and air quality in seconds—beating experts and traditional forecasts with million-hour precision.
New Japanese plastic vanishes in seawater within hours—strong, safe, and leaving zero microplastic behind.
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