Legal AI dominates headlines. But how are lawyers actually using AI in 2026? To answer that question, I spoke with 10 people at the cutting edge of legal AI. Lawyers like @zackbshapiro, @mollyisonchain, Sujit Raman, @MikeJShowalter, @erichdylus, Aaron Kelly, as well as @CooleyLLP's Chief Innovation Officer, @SpellbookLegal's CEO @scottastevenson and others. By the end of this @LawofCodeFM episode, you'll understand how these lawyers are AI maxxing in 2026. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:58 Why it's the best time to be a lawyer 3:03 Hallucinations and cognitive surrender @zackbshapiro 5:33 Quality over efficiency 8:13 Why AI won't just augment work, it upends it @mollyisonchain 15:20 60% of contracts filed to EDGAR have mistakes @scottastevenson 20:04 How LLMs actually work 25:59 Zero data retention explained 29:16 The privacy risk beyond training @erichdylus 39:16 How to prompt @zackbshapiro 47:03 @MikeJShowalter's AI-native litigation stack 55:27 @SpellbookLegal's Compare to Market Feature 1:03:10 Building a regulatory agent 1:09:50 The judgment crisis for junior lawyers 1:12:15 Cooley's AI training method Thank you to the presenting sponsor of this episode, @altitude. Nothing in this podcast is legal or investment advice.

Thank you @SenatorTimScott, @SenLummis, and @JohnBoozman - along with senators and staff on both sides of the aisle - for taking a huge step today to advance the CLARITY Act. Major legislation requires real compromise, and while the industry did not get everything it wanted, this bill is an extraordinary achievement and strikes the right balance. By bringing emerging technology under a clear federal umbrella while preserving the gold-standard protections of the U.S. financial system, this bill represents a major legislative achievement that the Senate should pass without delay.

The SEC deleted a full year of Gary Gensler's communications at the peak of his campaign against crypto. The FDIC tried to secretly cut off an entire lawful industry from the banking system and buried the evidence. The US government doesn't get to operate like this. Unless the American people allow them to. So @Coinbase sued, won, and exposed the details, resulting in one of the largest FOIA awards in each agency's history. More details below.

WATCH: @RepTimmons on the importance of passing the CLARITY Act: “Well, I think that it's hard to even imagine what the world's going to look like in 20 years, but in order for us to continue to be the center of the global economy and to continue to provide the American dream that people have enjoyed for 250 years, we've got to get this right. And that's the importance of passing [the] CLARITY [Act]. And we gotta then build on it. And there's other pieces of legislation that will continue to give the rules of the road to the free market to continue to innovate.” 📺⬇️

After 6 years I’m leaving @Coinbase. I’ll be transitioning to an advisory role at the end of the month and continue my service on the Board of Coinbase National Trust Company. I will be a Coinbase ally for life and am grateful to @brian_armstrong, @emilemc and the Coinbase board for the opportunity of a lifetime. ⬇️

Coinbase VP of Legal @mtothekg says she's tokenmaxxing so much, she burns through her entire limit by Tuesday: "About Tuesday midday, I hit my token warning." " One of my superpowers is drafting great documents. I have completely delegated this to my agents at this point."

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Time for cross! The questioning is being done by Bill Savitt, who also faced Musk in the Twitter litigation. In addition to being one of the best litigators in the country, he happens to be a truly lovely and generous human.