Ed Walters is the Chief Strategy Officer at vLex. With more than 25 years of experience in the legal publishing
industry, he is a hands-on leader and educator transforming the delivery of legal services. Ed oversees the
development and execution of vLex’s global strategy, with a focus on product innovation, business development,
and licensing.
Prior to vLex, Ed was the co-founder and CEO of Fastcase, a pioneering legal publishing company that invented
many modern tools for legal research, including citation analysis, mobile apps, and analytics. He led the
company’s growth to more than 1.2 million subscribers through strategic partnerships and acquisitions.
Ed is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law, Cornell Law School, and The University of Chicago Law,
where he teaches classes such as The Law of Robots and Generative AI in Legal Practice. He holds nine legal tech
patents and is the author of Data Driven Law and a contributing author to Legal Informatics.
AI in legal should allow lawyers to do better work for clients and create more accessible legal services, but it can be difficult for attorneys to wrap their heads around how and...
If you want to stay relevant, or better yet, ahead of the curve, you need to embrace AI and learn its uses for your legal practice. Gyi Tsakalakis welcomes Ed Walters, Alia...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all the rage. But can you put your name on a legal brief written by a computer? Soon, yes, you probably can!
Zack sits down with Ed Walters, Chief Strategy Officer of vLex and founder of Fastcase, to discuss AI’s role in legal research. Delve into why it’s important to demystify AI and debunk...
Fastcase and vLex have merged to form the world’s largest law library, containing the law from over 100 countries and more than a billion documents. One platform with all these resources means...
Change is difficult, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t needed. So, what might we need to do to change the way we conceive of legal services? Lynda Shely, Darth Vaughn, Jayne Reardon,...
The CEOs of Clio and Fastcase break down what it takes for lawyers to be innovators. Guess what? There’s no need to be a tech whiz.
Ed Walters of Fastcase and Andrew Arruda of Ross Intelligence sit down to discuss the partnership of their companies and the future of legal research.
In this 3-segment episode, Ed Walters and Damien Riehl of Fastcase, Andrew Arruda of ROSS Intelligence, and Jonathon Israel of LegalFuel share how their services & programs enhance the practice of law...
Ed Walters delves into all things AI and discusses the ABA’s resolution urging a deeper study of AI’s legal and ethical issues.
Ed Walters and Phil Rosenthal celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Fastcase.
Ed Walters talks about his book "Data Driven Law", and why law firms should care more about data.
Ed Walters talks about his book, “Data-Driven Law: Data Analytics and the New Legal Services" which discusses data informs and the aspects of modern life.
Ed Walters and Michael Sander talk about how data analytics make legal services less risky for clients and give a strategic advantage to lawyers in litigation.
Ed Walters talks about AI Sandbox, Fastcase’s new artificial intelligence initiative that aims to encourage firms’ experimentation with AI.
Host Jared Correia and Ed Walters have a genuinely interesting conversation about paper.
Trent Carlyle, Ed Walters, Andrew Gay, and Austin Lindsey talk about what their companies are providing to those affected by hurricane Irma.
This year at ABA TECHSHOW, Molly McDonough catches up with Legal Rebels Ed Walters and Kevin O’Keefe.
This podcast focuses on ImmigrationJustice.us, a website built to organize legal professionals who are seeking ways to help immigrants.
Andrew Arruda, Shamla Naidoo, and Ed Walters talks about artificial intelligence and how technology is helping lawyers, not replacing them.
Legal technology has changed since 1999, when Ed Walters and Phil Rosenthal founded the legal research service Fastcase—but not as much as they’d like.
Victor Li chats with Fastcase CEO Ed Walters about the “robot revolution” and how the law might have to change to handle machines.
Recently, the legal publishing company Fastcase received a takedown notice from the parent company of another publishing company, Casemaker, claiming they had exclusive rights to distribute, for commercial use, the Georgia Administrative...
It is an exciting time for legal research. The text-based searches of yesterday are giving way to the interactive visualization of data. What this means is that lawyers will have more control...
Fastcase founder Ed Walters goes introspective about sapere vedere on this Special Report with Joe Patrice and Elie Mystal. Simply put, sapere vedere means learning to see. In it, Ed recalls the...
Because clients’ lives are increasingly online, lawyers need to market their law firms online too. When looking at a website, marketing campaigns, social media, or even bios, potential clients are interested in...
From self-driving cars and drones to robotic surgeons and soldiers, humans are delegating more tasks to machines and software. But who is responsible when then these new innovations cause damage, injury, or...
Ed Walters started as a lawyer in a big law firm in Washington D.C. In the late 1990’s, he was approached by a client asking him to research a relatively new legal...
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