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Oliver Buchannon
Joel Bijlmer
AI’s New Fault Line: Guardrails vs. Government, and Who Pays for Scale

Mar 3, 2026

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14 min read

AI’s New Fault Line: Guardrails vs. Government, and Who Pays for Scale

Policy hardens as platforms race ahead.

Nicola Taljaard
Joel Bijlmer
Nicola Taljaard, +1
AI’s Governance Test: Patents, Permissions, Accountability

Feb 24, 2026

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15 min read

AI’s Governance Test: Patents, Permissions, Accountability

Who owns it and who's liable

Nicola Taljaard
Joel Bijlmer
Nicola Taljaard, +1
The Legal AI Power Play Gets Real

Feb 17, 2026

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14 min read

The Legal AI Power Play Gets Real

Deals data, platform pressure, copyright lines

Nicola Taljaard
Joel Bijlmer
Nicola Taljaard, +1
Capital surges, courts hedge, and ops get rewired

Feb 10, 2026

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15 min read

Capital surges, courts hedge, and ops get rewired

Funding jumps while courts, firms, and threat models tighten.

Nicola Taljaard
Joel Bijlmer
Nicola Taljaard, +1
Platforms Tighten Their Grip

Feb 3, 2026

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16 min read

Platforms Tighten Their Grip

Training gaps, job cuts, and conditional returns test legal AI’s next phase.

Nicola Taljaard
Joel Bijlmer
Nicola Taljaard, +1
Deepfakes, Loan Caps, and the AI Divide

Jan 27, 2026

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14 min read

Deepfakes, Loan Caps, and the AI Divide

EU probes X; JD applications surge; UK sees AI gains and cuts.

Nicola Taljaard
Joel Bijlmer
Nicola Taljaard, +1
OpenAI v. Musk Heads to a Jury: Mission, Money, and the Model

Jan 20, 2026

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17 min read

OpenAI v. Musk Heads to a Jury: Mission, Money, and the Model

A trial tests charitable promises in a commercial AI era.

Nicola Taljaard
Joel Bijlmer
Nicola Taljaard, +1
AI Under Pressure: Hiring Wars, Legal Limits, and the End of Experimentation

Jan 13, 2026

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16 min read

AI Under Pressure: Hiring Wars, Legal Limits, and the End of Experimentation

Legal AI meets reality: talent moves, rules harden, courts step in

Nicola Taljaard
Joel Bijlmer
Nicola Taljaard, +1
Courts Draw the Lines, Glasses Watch the Office, Closings Go Click

Jan 6, 2026

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14 min read

Courts Draw the Lines, Glasses Watch the Office, Closings Go Click

Rulings zero in on AI design, data sourcing, and the risks of smart glasses.

Nicola Taljaard
Joel Bijlmer
Nicola Taljaard, +1
Year-End Bets, Agentic Reality, and a Vault for What Matters

Dec 30, 2025

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15 min read

Year-End Bets, Agentic Reality, and a Vault for What Matters

This Week in Legal AI

Joel Bijlmer
Joel Bijlmer
Merry Christmas, Now Let’s Talk AI Liability

Dec 23, 2025

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14 min read

Merry Christmas, Now Let’s Talk AI Liability

Deepfakes regulated, citations sanctioned, and research rethought with realLaw AI.

Joel Bijlmer
Joel Bijlmer
Sanctions Spike, Disney Bets on OpenAI, Lexis Drops New AI

Dec 16, 2025

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13 min read

Sanctions Spike, Disney Bets on OpenAI, Lexis Drops New AI

Ethics Heat Up, Disney Cashes In, Spellbook & Lexis Set the Pace

Joel Bijlmer
Joel Bijlmer
NYT vs Perplexity. Courts set AI rules. Harvey hits $8B.

Dec 9, 2025

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14 min read

NYT vs Perplexity. Courts set AI rules. Harvey hits $8B.

Media sues, judges warn, legal AI booms: what changed this week

Joel Bijlmer
Joel Bijlmer
Data centers, courtroom stumbles, and a whistleblower hotline

Dec 2, 2025

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15 min read

Data centers, courtroom stumbles, and a whistleblower hotline

Environmental fights, courtroom stumbles, and Europe’s new whistleblower line

Joel Bijlmer
Joel Bijlmer
Judges as “Human Filters,” AI-Native Law Firms, and the Copilot Gap

Nov 25, 2025

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17 min read

Judges as “Human Filters,” AI-Native Law Firms, and the Copilot Gap

Judges warn of AI junk, while Big Law doubles down on training.

Joel Bijlmer
Joel Bijlmer
This Week in Legal AI: Tougher Rules, Smarter Schools, Sharper Risks

Nov 18, 2025

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16 min read

This Week in Legal AI: Tougher Rules, Smarter Schools, Sharper Risks

Harvey takes AI to UK law schools, are your trainees already ahead of you?

Joel Bijlmer
Joel Bijlmer
Legal AI’s Big Cash, Bigger Rules: Clio’s $500M + Voice Rights Win

Nov 11, 2025

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19 min read

Legal AI’s Big Cash, Bigger Rules: Clio’s $500M + Voice Rights Win

From $5B Valuations to Voice Rights: This Week in Legal AI

Joel Bijlmer
Joel Bijlmer
Humans in the Loop, Money on the Table, Policy in Play

Nov 4, 2025

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16 min read

Humans in the Loop, Money on the Table, Policy in Play

OpenAI’s New Rule: Lawyers Decide. Plus: $300M Says Legal AI Is Booming

Joel Bijlmer
Joel Bijlmer
AI Meets the Rulebook: Privacy Frays, Australia Says No, Firms Productize

Oct 28, 2025

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14 min read

AI Meets the Rulebook: Privacy Frays, Australia Says No, Firms Productize

Privacy on Trial, Australia Draws a Line

Joel Bijlmer
Joel Bijlmer
Copyright-Safe AI, Classroom Gaps, and a Sharper Legal Stack

Oct 21, 2025

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14 min read

Copyright-Safe AI, Classroom Gaps, and a Sharper Legal Stack

Adobe Promises "Legal-Safe" AI, Schools Lag & Benchmarks Shake Up

Joel Bijlmer
Joel Bijlmer
Deals, Disputes, Guardrails: Legal AI’s Busy Week

Oct 14, 2025

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14 min read

Deals, Disputes, Guardrails: Legal AI’s Busy Week

$50M for Spellbook, Opus 2’s AI Grab and California Draws the First Chatbot Guardrails

Joel Bijlmer
Joel Bijlmer
Accountability Week: Audits, Guardrails, and the Push to Standardize AI

Oct 7, 2025

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16 min read

Accountability Week: Audits, Guardrails, and the Push to Standardize AI

California Tightens AI Safety, Deloitte Refunds for AI Errors

Joel Bijlmer
Joel Bijlmer
Fraud Gets Smarter, Rules Get Sharper, and Contracts Turn into Data

Sep 30, 2025

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14 min read

Fraud Gets Smarter, Rules Get Sharper, and Contracts Turn into Data

Deepfakes in Courtrooms, One-Law Korea, $19M for Legal AI

Joel Bijlmer
Joel Bijlmer
Benchmarks, Buy-In, and a New Rulebook

Sep 23, 2025

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15 min read

Benchmarks, Buy-In, and a New Rulebook

How Legal AI Moved Up a Weight Class This Week

Joel Bijlmer
Joel Bijlmer
Google’s AI Overviews Sued, Chatbots on a Leash, Creators at the Table

Sep 16, 2025

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15 min read

Google’s AI Overviews Sued, Chatbots on a Leash, Creators at the Table

Penske Sues Google’s AI, California Targets Chatbots, UK ‘Grips’ Copyright

Joel Bijlmer
Joel Bijlmer
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