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AI isn’t coming for the legal profession. It’s already changing it. The AI Sidebar cuts through the noise around legal AI and legal technology. Hosted by Phillip Vaden, each episode explores how lawyers and litigation teams are using artificial intelligence in legal research, drafting, discovery, and practice management through honest conversations, real workflows, and practical takeaways you can apply immediately. Understand what AI actually means for legal practice and navigate the future of law with clarity and confidence, not hype. Presented by ⁠Infotrack.

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Sep 29, 2026

Firms Are Growing Revenue With AI, Not Just Cutting Hours — Live from ILTACON 2026

Recorded on the show floor at ILTACON, this conversation with Thomas Bueler-Faudree, founder of August, tackles the question he says he hears most from law firms: does adopting AI mean undercutting your...

Sep 22, 2026

How AI Is Quietly Transforming the Courts

Most conversations about AI and the law focus on attorneys, but the courts themselves are moving fast in ways that get far less attention. Matt Davis, Vice President of Product Development at...

Sep 14, 2026

Legal Tech AI Recap: Google, Thomson Reuters, LexisNexis, and iManage All Make Their Move

A packed couple of weeks in legal tech coming out of ILTACON 2026 in Nashville, TN. Host Phillip Vaden covers Google’s launch of Gemini Enterprise for Legal, Thomson Reuters’ new proprietary legal...

Sep 8, 2026

Why Legal AI Needs an External Referee — Live from ILTACON 2026

Recorded live at ILTACON 2026, this conversation with Dino Eliopulos, SVP of Innovation at Fulcrum GT, digs into why AI shouldn’t be trusted to grade its own work. Eliopulos explains the case...

Aug 26, 2026

How Paralegals Are Becoming the AI Power Users of the Legal Industry

Paralegals have been prompt engineers long before the term existed, and that background is shaping how they’re approaching generative AI today. Kristine Custodio Suero, California Paralegal of the Year and paralegal educator...

Aug 18, 2026

AI Adoption in Law Firms: What’s Really Happening Behind the Numbers

Generative AI usage among attorneys jumped from 31% to 69% in a single year, but most law firms still haven’t caught up with formal policies or training. Attorney and legal tech columnist...

Jun 26, 2026

Coming Soon: The AI Sidebar – Dehyping Legal Tech

AI isn’t coming for the legal profession. It’s already changing it. The AI Sidebar cuts through the noise around legal AI and legal technology. Hosted by Phillip Vaden, each episode explores how lawyers...

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