“As a lawyer, Claude 4 is the best writer, and usually, but not always, the leader in legal reasoning.”
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“Yeah, and the best version of that is Claude’s ZDR. There is no reason to use Harvey and Legora other than lack of AI literacy.”
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“After test driving Harvey, the Lexus AI product, Chat, and Claude, we ended up going with a Claude team plan and keeping our Westlaw classic subscription (pretty cheap for our small law firm).”
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- r/legaltech · Jul 24, 2026ClaudeNeutral
“Zero Data Retention (ZDR) is Enterprise-only, not available on Team.”
open - r/legaltech · Jul 23, 2026ClaudeCriticizes
“If you're using Fable, your data is being retained for 30 days for abuse monitoring.”
open - r/legaltech · Jul 14, 2026ClaudeNeutralShares a session closeout log template used with Claude to record files accessed, deletion of temporary files and confirmation that no external tools were used on privileged matters. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/legaltech · Jul 14, 2026ClaudeNeutral
“Yeah, we require turning Claude memory off to prevent cross-matter contamination.”
open - r/legaltech · Jul 13, 2026ClaudeValues
“We are using Claude Team and very happy with it.”
open - r/legaltech · Jul 13, 2026ClaudeCriticizes
“Done start your legal research with Claude. You'll get hallucinations and if even one ends up in the brief you file then you're in hot water.”
open - r/legaltech · Jul 13, 2026ClaudeMixed
“I would agree with sentiments, teams is a step up but Enterprise is where it’s proper enterprise grade.”
open - r/legaltech · Jul 12, 2026ClaudeNeutral
“Team and Enterprise run under Anthropic's Commercial Terms, no training by default.”
open - r/legaltech · Jul 12, 2026PerplexityNeutral
“Perplexity Enterprise Pro is $40 a seat, includes tokens, and is enterprise level with ZDR, audit trail, etc.”
open - r/legaltech · Jul 12, 2026CoCounselMixed
“The first version was sub par to be perfectly honest but early feedback of their new version is very positive.”
open - r/legaltech · Jul 12, 2026ClaudeNeutral
“Claude Team doesn't train on your data, but client info is still being transmitted to Anthropic's servers, you're relying on their security, not your own.”
open - r/legaltech · Jul 11, 2026CoCounselValues
“Just get CoCounsel. You’re over thinking trying to mix and match to save a few bucks.”
open - r/legaltech · Jul 11, 2026ClaudeMixed
“Bottom line: the Team plan is a big step up from the wild-west alternative, but I'd treat the ZDR/Enterprise terms as the actual privilege boundary, not the Team UI setting.”
open - r/legaltech · Jul 11, 2026
ChatGPTCriticizes“From the compliance side, it's a headache. It was too much of a footgun with a ZDR + new model = non-compliant.”
open - r/legaltech · Jul 11, 2026CoCounselNeutral
“We are using Eve and CoCounsel with Westlaw to avoid that right now while I build out some automation with Claude but my goal is to do essentially what you're doing and tie Claude to CoCounsel to be able to do everything in one place.”
open - r/legaltech · Jul 11, 2026ClaudeValues
“When you crank it up to opus level extra it actually does this very well.”
open - r/legaltech · Jul 11, 2026PerplexityValues
“I would use Perplexity Enterprise Pro- only $40 a seat and get the benefits of Claude Opus 8 and ChatGPT with a ZDR, audit trail, etc.”
open - r/legaltech · Jul 11, 2026ClaudeCriticizes
“Ultimately, they are warning that if you use any other tier (at this moment) that doesn't include ZDR or is a tenant solution that includes such, then your confidential information can be read by their employees in that 30-day hold.”
open - r/legaltech · Jul 11, 2026ClaudeCriticizes
“Anthropic states that you don't have confidentiality unless you use ZDR or a tenant solution that provides for confidentiality.”
open - r/legaltech · Jul 11, 2026ClaudeValues
“It shines in analyzing long AIA construction docs and summarizing them or editing them within co-work.”
open - r/legaltech · Jul 11, 2026ClaudeMixed
“I allow claude access to my emails for admin support and select documents I feed it to prepare stuff I want it to prepare, then I finish up the work myself since its not able to prepare final work product to my liking anyway.”
open - r/legaltech · Jul 11, 2026ClaudeCriticizes
“Claude Teams provides no facility for you to do an ediscovery of your firm’s usage of Claude.”
open - r/legaltech · Jul 11, 2026ClaudeNeutral
“If you have to do any sort of discovery or production of prompts and/or responses in Claude, Team won’t allow you to do so.”
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“When it comes to recognizing patterns like duplicated records, it is BETTER than anyone in my office.”
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- r/LawFirm · Oct 29, 2026Westlaw AIValues
“We just got Westlaw’s AI. Definitely a time saver.”
open - r/LawFirm · Oct 28, 2026
ClioMixed“Chat-based AI tools like Clio Work are great for pointed, focused questions.”
open - r/LawFirm · Oct 28, 2026ClaudeValues
“It's been a huge timesaver and does the work of another paralegal or associate.”
open - r/LawFirm · Oct 28, 2026ClaudeMixed
“My clients are benefiting from AI but becareful with dumping any PI information into Claude.”
open - r/LawFirm · Oct 28, 2026Westlaw AIValues
“It used to be hit or miss on that front, but it seems to have gotten substantially better in the last year or so.”
open - r/LawFirm · Oct 28, 2026ValuesFirms with dedicated engineers building custom verified workflows get far more from AI than generic tools like Harvey or Legora, cutting a motion response from days to minutes. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/LawFirm · Oct 28, 2026Westlaw AIValues
“Most of the time I find WL AI Deep Research to be superior, especially if you “enhance” with additional facts in response to its questions.”
open - r/LawFirm · Oct 28, 2026ValuesGemini produces good client call summaries and Claude handles brokerage statements better than people, saving the tax team a great deal of work. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/LawFirm · Oct 28, 2026NeutralAI is good at parsing and organizing repetitive material but does not solve everything, and replacement claims have been hype, as with earlier legal software. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/LawFirm · Oct 28, 2026CoCounselCriticizes
“We have co-counsel and I don’t find its research that great.”
open - r/LawFirm · Oct 28, 2026Westlaw AIMixed
“It tends to overwrite the motion and you have to verify all the case cites.”
open - r/LawFirm · Oct 28, 2026CoCounselValues
“Westlaw cocounsel, used for research but never drafting, is the AI tool that gives me the most bang for my buck.”
open - r/LawFirm · Oct 28, 2026ClaudeValues
“The very recent evolution of Claude’s capabilities have essentially provided me with an astute and efficient full time paralegal.”
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