Articles Posted in May, 2026

Backstory: How Ted Turner Reshaped Legal Media (and My Career)

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Ted Turner died yesterday at 87, and the obituaries are appropriately full of CNN, the Braves, the America’s Cup, the bison, and the billion-dollar pledge to the U.N.

But there is a small, largely forgotten chapter of his story that is notable for its impact on shaping legal media as we know it today. It…

LexisNexis Expands Lexis+ with Protégé, Adding Agentic Skills, Collaboration Workrooms, and Customer-Held Encryption Keys

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Less than three months after replacing Lexis+ AI with Lexis+ with Protégé as its flagship legal AI platform, LexisNexis today is announcing a substantial expansion of that platform – what the company is calling its “next evolution,” combining significant build-outs of existing capabilities with several completely new ones.

The expansion, announced today, layers six…

California Bar Proposes Rule Requiring Lawyers to Verify Every AI Output — and Five Other AI-Focused Ethics Changes

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When using any technology — including AI — a lawyer “must independently review, verify, and exercise professional judgment regarding any output generated by the technology that is used in connection with representing a client.”

That language appears in a new comment to Rule 1.1 on competence proposed by the State Bar of California’s Standing Committee…

Everlaw and Legora Announce Integration to Connect Discovery and Drafting

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Everlaw and Legora have announced a technology partnership that will allow litigation teams to access documents stored in Everlaw directly within Legora’s drafting and collaboration environment.

The integration is designed to close the gap between the discovery and drafting phases of litigation. Under the arrangement, attorneys working in Legora — whether on witness statements, deposition…