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AI for Legal ResearchAI for Legal Research: An In-House Counsel’s GuideUse AI to research a legal question, check the sources, and update a policy or contract. A practical workflow for in-house counsel, with a sample prompt.Read article
10 Best AI Legal Research Tools10 Best AI Tools for Legal Research in 2026Compare 10 AI legal research tools by sources, jurisdiction, workflow, and pricing. Use a practical test to find the right fit for your in-house team.Read article
Astra for Law: A Guide for In-House CounselAstra for Law: A Guide for In-House CounselEvaluate Astra for Law for in-house legal work. Compare access, legal research, contract review, pricing, and GC AI's workflow.Read article
How Product Counsel Use Legal AI to Ship FasterHow Product Counsel Use Legal AI to Ship FasterProduct counsel are using legal AI to research jurisdictions with cited law, write legal specs engineering can build from, and clear launches faster.Read article- How to Draft a Demand Letter With AIHow to Draft a Demand Letter With AI: In-House GuideLearn how to draft a demand letter with AI from source records, clear instructions, and checks for claims, remedies, and notice before sending.Read article
How to Write a Legal Decision Memo With AIHow to Write a Legal Decision Memo With AIGive the business a recommendation it can act on. Build a legal decision memo with AI, a six-field template, and a worked example.Read article
Multi-Document Legal SynthesisMulti-Document Legal Synthesis: A Practical WorkflowA practical workflow for multi-document legal synthesis: connect source passages, identify open questions, and prepare a business answer.Read article- Westlaw Pricing: An In-House Quote-Comparison GuideWestlaw Pricing: An In-House Quote-Comparison GuideCompare Westlaw pricing across research coverage, AI access, usage charges, contract terms, and renewal costs for your legal team.Read article
How to Respond to a Cease and Desist Letter: Comply, Negotiate, or FightHow to Respond to a Cease and Desist Letter: Comply, Negotiate, or FightA cease and desist letter is on your desk. Here is how to respond: read the merit, choose comply, negotiate, or fight, and answer in writing on time.Read article
How to Respond to a Subpoena with Legal AIHow to Respond to a Subpoena with Legal AIYour company got served. Respond to a subpoena with legal AI: calendar the deadline, preserve documents, object or move to quash, and produce on time.Read article
How to Respond to a Demand Letter: In-House GuideHow to Respond to a Demand Letter: In-House GuideRespond to a demand letter without handing over your own words: size the exposure, keep your assessment out of discovery and reply without an admission. Sample letter includedRead article- Litigation Hold Notice: How In-House Counsel Issue OneLitigation Hold Notice: How In-House Counsel Issue OneA litigation hold notice preserves evidence when you anticipate a dispute. Learn when the duty triggers and the five mistakes that sink a hold.Read article
- Legal Due Diligence Report: Template and ExampleLegal Due Diligence Report: Template and ExampleUse a legal due diligence report template to connect each finding to its source clause, deal impact, open question, recommended action, and reviewer.Read article
- Can AI Content Be Copyrighted? 5 Clauses That Keep It YoursCan AI Content Be Copyrighted? 5 Clauses That Keep It YoursAI-generated content copyright is limited by the human-authorship rule. See what to add to your work-for-hire and IP-assignment clauses with vendors.Read article
- AI for Compliance MonitoringAI for Compliance Monitoring for In-House Counsel in 2026Track every reg change, flag every contract gap. AI for compliance monitoring before your GC becomes the last to know. Read article
- Best AI for Legal WritingBest AI for Legal Writing for In-House Counsel: Get 14 Hours Back (2026)2,100+ in-house legal teams already write with AI daily. Seven platforms ranked for 2026, with a Word-native buyer's checklist for in-house counsel.Read article
- How to Use AI for Legal Document DraftingHow to Use AI for Legal Document Drafting: 10 Use Cases for In-House Counsel10 ways in-house counsel use AI for legal document drafting: NDAs, DPAs, board consents, offer letters, and more, with prompt shapes from a 3x GC.Read article
- AI Due DiligenceAI Due Diligence: How GCs Run M&A and Vendor ReviewsAI due diligence is how in-house GCs compress M&A and vendor reviews. Learn the three lanes, five capabilities, and 2026 platform landscape.Read article
- Best AI for Legal Brief WritingBest AI for Legal Brief Writing 2026: 7 Platforms ReviewAn in-house brief is only as strong as its citations. We ranked 7 AI brief-writing tools for in-house counsel in 2026 on the cite-check that matters.Read article
Perplexity for LawyersPerplexity for Lawyers: When It Works, When It Doesn't Perplexity for lawyers can cost you privilege. Heppner explains why. Three safe prompts, and where GC AI picks up when the brief becomes a contract.Read article
CoCounsel AI Legal AssistantCoCounsel AI Legal Assistant: Features, Pricing and In-House Fit [2026]CoCounsel runs on Westlaw's 175-year corpus. Here is how the agentic AI legal assistant fits in-house work, with features, pricing, and alternatives.Read article
Writing the RulesWriting the Rules: Michael Jacobs on High-Stakes Tech Litigation and the AI “Golden Age”The lawyer behind Oracle v. Google and Apple v. Samsung on what AI changes about legal work, and what it can never replace.Read article
Best of the BestBest of the Best: Building Repeatable, Complex Legal Workflows with AI.Discover how in-house counsel use legal AI to automate trademark searches, defamation reviews, contract delegation, and more through repeatable workflows.Read article- The AI & Legal Update #18The AI & Legal Update #18 - 🥊 Mickey Mouse on the Prowl and Pending AI Regulation BanIssue #18: Disney and Universal suing Midjourney, the proposed federal ban on state AI rules, EU fines on Apple and Meta, and draft evidence rule 707.Read article
- The AI & Legal Update #17The AI & legal update #17: AI art and 95% of lawyers agreeing.Issue #17: 95% of lawyers expect AI to be central within five years, the DC Circuit's Thaler ruling on AI authorship, and xAI's $33B purchase of X.Read article
- Opinion overview promptOpinion overview promptGC AI's opinion overview prompt turns a new decision into a stakeholder email fast, with worked examples from Loper Bright, Yelp v Google, and Hachette.Read article
The AI & Legal Update #8The AI & Legal Update #8 - 😄 AI brings JoyIssue #8: record labels suing Suno and Udio, a Jenner partner's AI test on Supreme Court briefs, Ashurst's survey of 411 lawyers, and the FTC's Adobe suit.Read article
Legal Prompt of the Week #1ChatGPT Legal Prompt of the Week #1A full ChatGPT prompt for turning a trademark office action into a clear email to your CEO, with notes on style, Markdown headers, and a Jasper example.Read article- A GC's Advice Style in ChatGPTSummarizing a GC's legal advice style using ChatGPTA GC fed ChatGPT samples of her own legal advice and asked it to describe the style. The result is a short rulebook for answering stakeholder questions.Read article
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