“Earlier this year I popped an opposing counsel's ass who filed a document that had 10 case hallucinations out of forty total citations.”
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- r/legaltech · Sep 1, 2026ClaudeValues
“Vlaude is great and we started redesigning our workflows around it a year ago, but there are still numerous handoff and setup points that can be solved with automation.”
open - r/legaltech · Aug 25, 2026ClaudeMixedClaude, Gemini and ChatGPT in legal ops are unreliable in practice, with failing scripts, broken connectors, and credit limits, so much work still has to be done manually. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/legaltech · Aug 18, 2026ClaudeValues
“Agreed; not worth paying for Legora/Harvey when you can just use more advanced LLMs like Claude & then use MCP Plug-ins like Courtlistener, Courtroom Insight, Ironclad, etc.”
open - r/legaltech · Aug 14, 2026CriticizesMany legal AI products are just ChatGPT wrappers with a markup, and only tools that fit existing workflow save time. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/legaltech · Aug 14, 2026ClaudeValues
“I don’t prompt anymore - I basically just grunt a few sentences and Claude will kind of read my mind after months and months of context accumulation.”
open - r/legaltech · Aug 14, 2026ClaudeValues
“Everything you mentioned can be done in Claude now.”
open - r/legaltech · Aug 14, 2026ClaudeValues
“The verified work product I receive back beats any associate and most partners in our 100+ attorney firm.”
open - r/legaltech · Aug 13, 2026
ChatGPTValues“For a large part of everyday legal work, I think there is a simpler alternative: Use the right models of ChatGPT, Claude or Grok, with web search, strong skills / plugins, and the right prompts.”
open - r/legaltech · Aug 13, 2026ValuesA closed, secure review platform is useful for a defense firm, but cost and attorney training are obstacles, and using public ChatGPT or Copilot is a concern. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/legaltech · Aug 13, 2026
LegoraValues“You're not - Harvey, Legora, etc. are all great tools and they make super effective results attainable for lawyers of varying levels of tech-comfort with minimal effort.”
open - r/legaltech · Aug 13, 2026
Criticizes“Just the other day, was told that Spellbook they're being priced 8k a year for each seat when it's just a small department, thats 24k for 3 seats just to see if its going to be a nice fit for them.”
open - r/legaltech · Aug 13, 2026ValuesThe author is happy with GC AI and its US caselaw add-on, finding it excellent with contracts and reasonably good for research, compared with Claude and ChatGPT. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/legaltech · Aug 13, 2026CriticizesThe author finds legal AI tools middling and expensive, not clearly doing more than regular ChatGPT or Claude. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/legaltech · Aug 13, 2026CriticizesThe author says legal AI wrappers, including Harvey, rely on underlying models like Claude or ChatGPT, and the wrapper does not fundamentally change the output. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/legaltech · Aug 13, 2026ClaudeValues
“Claude with MCP to Court Listener (free) or Descrybe ($25/mo) or even CoCounsel ($$$ in Westlaw sub) is just as good as Harvey or better in my experience.”
open - r/legaltech · Aug 13, 2026ValuesThe author prefers legal-specific platforms for their caselaw access, fewer hallucinations, more accurate citations and document management integration, and doubts general models offer cost savings. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/legaltech · Aug 13, 2026ClaudeValues
“You can do the same with the off the shelf AI models, if you use Claude CoWork, for example (they can connect with a shared Dropbox that has all your playbooks, drafting guidelines, etc. )”
open - r/legaltech · Aug 13, 2026ClaudeCriticizes
“It depends: if you sent client info to Claude or GPT, any of the frontier models really, there are issues with privilege and the platform essentially taking the client’s (or your) data.”
open - r/legaltech · Aug 13, 2026ChatGPTValues
“My firm uses ChatGPT Enterprise and it's absolutely fantastic.”
open - r/legaltech · Aug 13, 2026MixedThe author uses GC AI daily and likes it, and finds Claude's legal reasoning weak unless given a lot of context, which takes significant work. (summary, not a quote)open