Legal Technology

Gurpreet S. Bal, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP, Silicon Valley
AI is changing legal practice faster than the rules governing it are evolving. This hub addresses the intersection of AI tools and legal professional responsibility — how AI affects attorney-client privilege, where the line between legal information and legal practice sits, how AI is being deployed in litigation, and what the near-term future of AI in high-stakes legal work looks like. As someone who advises AI companies and uses AI tools in practice, I write about these issues from both sides of the table.

Articles in This Category

AI Tools and Attorney-Client Privilege

How using AI tools in legal work affects confidentiality obligations and the risk of inadvertent privilege waiver.

Unauthorized Practice of Law and AI

Where AI legal tools risk crossing into unauthorized practice of law and how regulators are approaching the question.

AI in Litigation Strategy

How litigators are using AI for document review, deposition preparation, legal research, and case strategy analysis.

Future of AI in Legal Practice

Where AI is most likely to change legal work durably — and where human judgment will remain indispensable.

AI Negotiation Advantage for Counsel

How AI tools create an information and preparation asymmetry between counsel that use them and those that do not.

Gurpreet S. Bal is a Partner at Foley and Lardner LLP in Silicon Valley, where he advises AI companies on legal and regulatory issues and works at the intersection of emerging technology and legal practice.