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In-house legal teams are becoming command centers, using AI to draft litigation docs internally, adopting flat-fee pricing & demanding tech fluency from outside counsel. By CodeX Affiliate Olga Mack et al. law.stanford.edu/2025/11/18/f...
From Cost Center to Command Center: The Future of Litigation is Being Built In-House | Stanford Law School
Litigation isn’t going away, but who leads, drafts, and drives it is rapidly changing. Empirical research shows corporate legal departments have ste
law.stanford.edu
November 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The EU AI Act has implications for AI use in criminal sentencing, classifying most systems as "high risk" with strict compliance requirements. Mahari and Mazzini find legal uncertainty & policy tensions between broad horizontal regulation and sector-specific needs read.dukeupress.edu/fsr/article/...
Sentencing the Brussels Effect: The Limits of the EU’s AI Rulebook
Abstract. The EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA) establishes a comprehensive framework for regulating AI, yet its application to criminal sentencing presents significant challenges. While the AIA ma...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
AI now lets researchers analyze 60K+ cases to rank law firms by actual courtroom wins, not prestige. Traditional rankings poorly predict results. CodeX Associate Director Robert Mahari offers data-driven alternative law.stanford.edu/2025/10/31/w...
When Reputation Isn’t Enough: Outcome-Based Rankings for Smarter Litigation Choices | Stanford Law School
Choosing outside counsel is one of the highest-stakes decisions a litigant makes—and one of the noisiest. Buyers of legal services mostly rely on fa
law.stanford.edu
October 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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This starts tomorrow! I will be moderating a little chat about jawboning with @genevievelakier.bsky.social and Derek Bambauer.

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NEXT WEEK: Free expression online faces new challenges — from AI to government pressure on platforms. At this year’s #FutureOfSpeechOnline 2025, experts will explore what’s at stake for speech in the digital age.

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October 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
ACG Silicon Valley's Top 40 Leaders to Watch recognizes executives driving innovation and growth. CodeX Associate Director Robert Mahari featured in latest list. See the full list of 2025 leaders making an impact. www.acg.org/sv
October 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Mirror bacteria could evade immune systems & devastate ecosystems. Scientists agree: they shouldn't be created. We have a rare chance to prevent catastrophic threat. LST's Cuellar in @carnegieendowment.org : guard against mirror bacteria now carnegieendowment.org/posts/2025/1...
Prevention Beats Nonproliferation: Addressing the Risks of Mirror Life
Emerging scientific consensus about the risks from mirror life presents a rare and promising policy opportunity to prevent the emergence of a global threat.
carnegieendowment.org
October 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The 2025 LLMxLaw Hackathon brought together 150+ students from 14 countries and 43 universities to develop innovative legal tech solutions. www.kingselab.org/blog/dialogu... Organized by King's E-Lab, Cambridge Judge Business School & CodeX
An Answer to Alex’s Problem: DialogueAI — King's Entrepreneurship Lab
At the end of June, the King’s E-Lab ran its annual LLM x Law Hackathon, in partnership with Stanford University CodeX and the Cambridge Judge Business School. The four-day event brought together over...
www.kingselab.org
October 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"Nothing about the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) requires platforms to change the speech that American users can see and share online" says @daphnek.bsky.social in her post A Primer on Cross-Border Speech Regulation and the EU’s Digital Services Act
cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2025/09...
A Primer on Cross-Border Speech Regulation and the EU’s Digital Services Act
Some U.S. politicians have recently characterized European platform and social media regulation laws as “censorship” of speech in the U.S. If this claim were true, it would be a very big deal. As some...
cyberlaw.stanford.edu
October 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM