Robert Ambrogi

Bob Ambrogi

Bob is a lawyer, veteran legal journalist, and award-winning blogger and podcaster. In 2011, he was named to the inaugural Fastcase 50, honoring “the law’s smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries and leaders.” Earlier in his career, he was editor-in-chief of several legal publications, including The National Law Journal, and editorial director of ALM’s Litigation Services Division.

Thomson Reuters CEO: Legal Profession Faces “Biggest Disruption in Its History” from AI  

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Thomson Reuters President and CEO Steve Hasker believes the legal profession is experiencing “the biggest disruption … in its history” due to generative and agentic artificial intelligence, fundamentally rewriting how legal work products are created for the first time in more than 300 years.

Speaking to legal technology reporters during ILTACON, the International Legal…

Legal Analytics Platform Pre/Dicta Expands Its Judicial Modeling, Adding Appellate Forecasting, Enhanced Biographical Analysis, and Comparative Predictions

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Pre/Dicta, a legal analytics company that specializes in predictive modeling of judicial decision-making, today announced a significant expansion of its platform featuring new appellate forecasting capabilities, enhanced biographical intelligence tools, and comparative prediction features across judges, venues and law firms.

The New York-based company, which claims an 85% accuracy rate in predicting the outcomes of…

AffiniPay, Parent to LawPay, MyCase and Others, Rebrands As ‘8am’ To Signify Its Evolution Into A Unified Professional Services Platform

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AffiniPay, a company that develops technology for lawyers and accountants, today announced it has rebranded to “8am,” to better reflect its identity as it has evolved from its origins as a payments processor to a comprehensive suite of products for legal, accounting, and other professional services firms.

The Austin-based company’s rebrand encompasses the parent…

Watch: 15 Minute Demo of Midpage ChatGPT Plugin for Legal

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On this episode of How it Works, I sit down with Midpage founder Otto Zastrow to demo Midpage GPT, a plugin within ChatGPT that allows lawyers to accurately and securely research case law.

The Midpage ChatGPT Integration allows lawyers to conduct legal research on real case law directly in ChatGPT. By connecting the ChatGPT to the

LexisNexis Launches Protégé General AI, Expanding the Agentic Capabilities of its AI Assistant to General AI Models Such As GPT-5

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LexisNexis Legal & Professional today introduced Protégé General AI, expanding its artificial intelligence platform to include secure access to multiple general-purpose AI models alongside its existing legal-specific AI tools.

This eliminates the need to switch contexts between legal-specific and general-purpose AI tools and provides a higher degree of security when using the general tools.

Launched…

Litera Expands Foundation Platform with Outlook Integration and AI Features

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As it continues its “Road to ILTACON” series of product announcements leading up to ILTACON starting later this week, legal technology company Litera has announced updates to its Foundation Platform firm intelligence suite, including adding Microsoft Outlook integration and expanded AI capabilities through its Lito assistant.

The Chicago-based company’s Foundation Platform combines client relationship management…