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" class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="bb" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="bb" style="width:670px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1920,height=3840/uploads/asset/file/80d1c88d-4a9b-4003-937f-831e78b45b15/newsletter_logo_v3__3_.png?t=1790564588" alt="" height="auto" width="670" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=""><tr><td bgcolor="transparent" style="background-color:transparent;padding:12.0px 0px 12.0px 0px;box-sizing:border-box;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="table-layout:fixed;"><tr><td width="12" style="line-height:1px;font-size:1px;width:12px;"> &nbsp; </td><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="table-layout:fixed;"><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style="color:#FF401A;font-size:0.8rem;"><b>TODAY’S </b></span><span style="color:#FF401A;font-size:0.8rem;font-weight:400;"><b>REDLINES</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> ⬥ Lawyers react to Astra for Law </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> ⬥ Morgan & Morgan bets $1B on AI </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> ⬥ Perplexity is hiring Product Counsel </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> ⬥ Who&#39;s liable when agents go rogue? </p></td></tr></table></td><td width="12" style="line-height:1px;font-size:1px;width:12px;"> &nbsp; </td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%;"><tr><td height="14" bgcolor="#000000" style="background-color:#000000;height:14px;line-height:14px;font-size:1px;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;"> &nbsp; </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=""><tr><td bgcolor="transparent" style="background-color:transparent;padding:12.0px 0px 12.0px 0px;box-sizing:border-box;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="table-layout:fixed;"><tr><td width="12" style="line-height:1px;font-size:1px;width:12px;"> &nbsp; </td><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="table-layout:fixed;"><tr><td class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#FF401C;font-weight:400;padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;"><h4 style="color:#FF401C;font-weight:400;mso-line-height-alt:112.5%;"><b>TRACKED CHANGES</b></h4></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#111111;font-weight:400;padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;"><h1 style="color:#111111;font-weight:400;mso-line-height-alt:130.0%;"><b>Lawyers React to ‘Astra for Law’—the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly</b></h1></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:16px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="bb" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="bb" style="width:646px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1920,height=3840/uploads/asset/file/824ccb5a-617d-47a1-aca8-ea1d6b0320bb/Redline_Header_Image__6_.jpg?t=1790529416" alt="" height="auto" width="646" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Two weeks ago, OpenAI <a class="link" style="text-decoration-color:#FF7055 !important;" href="https://www.lawnext.com/2026/09/openai-releases-astra-for-law-a-gpt-6-model-configured-for-legal-work.html?utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=lawyers-react-to-astra-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>launched Astra for Law</span></a>, a legal-focused version of GPT-6 Astra. Since then, reactions have been split. Early adopters see an all-in-one powerhouse, while skeptics are poking at the benchmarks, price, and fine print. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><b>The details:</b></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-top:10px;" class="ee"><div style="margin-left:0px;" class="edm_outlooklist"><ul style="font-weight:400;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:12px !important;margin-top:12px !important;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;"><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> Astra for Law bundles GPT-6 with a U.S. law index and custom legal instructions, aiming to handle research, analysis, and third-party tools in one place. </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> Select Am Law 200 firms got invite-only access, with early partner Sullivan & Cromwell calling it a “significant step” toward running legal AI “under one hood.” </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> But <a class="link" style="text-decoration-color:#FF7055 !important;" href="https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-openai-astra-for-law-legal-ai/?utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=lawyers-react-to-astra-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>skeptics note</span></a> its 54% pass rate on legal research tests—while better than base Astra (38%)—still means failing nearly half the time, a huge risk for legal work. </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> Price has also been called into question. OpenAI hasn&#39;t published final rates, and regular Astra already costs 5x more than GPT-6 Sol. </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> On r/legaltech, lawyers are trading notes on <a class="link" style="text-decoration-color:#FF7055 !important;" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/legaltech/comments/1wkcls8/astra_for_law_the_good_bad_and_ugly/?utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=lawyers-react-to-astra-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>the good, the bad, and the ugly</span></a>. </p></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><b>Why it matters: </b>With IPO talk swirling, it’s no surprise OpenAI and Anthropic are chasing the legal market. It’s lucrative, document-heavy, and full of work AI can help with. But I think the idea that Astra will wipe out legal AI vendors is overblown. On this point, I agree with <a class="link" style="text-decoration-color:#FF7055 !important;" href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jakesendar_legal-ai-is-becoming-a-meaningless-category-share-7509004752496820225-D5CX/?utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=lawyers-react-to-astra-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Jake Sendar</span></a>: releases like this hurt broad, basic legal apps, not specialized ones. An M&A lawyer and a criminal defense attorney do very different jobs. Tools that try to serve both risk satisfying neither. As it stands, Astra is a broad base for Big Law to build on. </p></td></tr></table></td><td width="12" style="line-height:1px;font-size:1px;width:12px;"> &nbsp; </td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=""><tr><td bgcolor="transparent" style="background-color:transparent;padding:12.0px 0px 12.0px 0px;box-sizing:border-box;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="table-layout:fixed;"><tr><td width="12" style="line-height:1px;font-size:1px;width:12px;"> &nbsp; </td><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="table-layout:fixed;"><tr><td class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#FF401C;font-weight:400;padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;"><h4 style="color:#FF401C;font-weight:400;mso-line-height-alt:112.5%;"><b>FOR REVIEW</b></h4></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#111111;font-weight:400;padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#111111;font-weight:400;mso-line-height-alt:130.0%;"><b>Other Stories</b></h2></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><a class="link" style="text-decoration-color:#FF7055 !important;" href="https://x.com/theredlinehq/status/2102416771735064832?s=20&utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=lawyers-react-to-astra-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>U.S. Treasury chief pins</span></a> the Hugging Face hack on OpenAI, &quot;not a bunch of agents.&quot; </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><a class="link" style="text-decoration-color:#FF7055 !important;" href="https://x.com/RobertFreundLaw/status/2103147297064591625?utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=lawyers-react-to-astra-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>BTI finds</span></a> outside counsel spend rising, not falling, as AI spawns new lawsuits. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><a class="link" style="text-decoration-color:#FF7055 !important;" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_9RNjEbbuk&utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=lawyers-react-to-astra-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Spellbook ships</span></a> one-click Comprehensive Reviews: three review types in a single pass. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><a class="link" style="text-decoration-color:#FF7055 !important;" href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nikopajkovic_everyone-wants-to-hire-a-legal-engineer-right-share-7509242369339228160-yHOT/?utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=lawyers-react-to-astra-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Redline editor rounds up</span></a> 8 Legal Engineer jobs 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cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=""><tr><td bgcolor="transparent" style="background-color:transparent;padding:12.0px 0px 12.0px 0px;box-sizing:border-box;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="table-layout:fixed;"><tr><td width="12" style="line-height:1px;font-size:1px;width:12px;"> &nbsp; </td><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="table-layout:fixed;"><tr><td class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#FF401C;font-weight:400;padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;"><h4 style="color:#FF401C;font-weight:400;mso-line-height-alt:112.5%;"><b>LIVE CLASS</b></h4></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#111111;font-weight:400;padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#111111;font-weight:400;mso-line-height-alt:130.0%;"><b>Last Call: Thursday’s Class on AI Contract Systems</b></h2></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:16px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="bb" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="bb" style="width:646px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1920,height=3840/uploads/asset/file/dc923010-d03b-4035-b685-f03d4dc7c47c/webinar-thumbnail-1__6___1_.jpg?t=1790441694" alt="" height="auto" width="646" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Jamie Lieberman helps legal teams plan and build custom AI setups every day. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> This Thursday, she&#39;s sharing her full playbook with a live class of 1,000+ lawyers. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Learn how to: </p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-top:10px;" class="ee"><div style="margin-left:0px;" class="edm_outlooklist"><ul style="font-weight:400;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:12px !important;margin-top:12px !important;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;"><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> Build an AI contract system from scratch </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> Pinpoint bottlenecks for automation </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> Capture unwritten team standards </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> Drive lasting adoption </p></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> 📅 Thursday, October 1 at 12:30 p.m. ET. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><a class="link" style="text-decoration-color:#FF7055 !important;" href="https://spellbook.com/ai-systems?utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=lawyers-react-to-astra-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Save Your Spot</span></a></p></td></tr></table></td><td width="12" style="line-height:1px;font-size:1px;width:12px;"> &nbsp; </td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:20px 0px 0px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="97%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> &nbsp; </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=""><tr><td bgcolor="transparent" style="background-color:transparent;padding:12.0px 0px 12.0px 0px;box-sizing:border-box;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="table-layout:fixed;"><tr><td width="12" style="line-height:1px;font-size:1px;width:12px;"> &nbsp; </td><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="table-layout:fixed;"><tr><td class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#FF401C;font-weight:400;padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;"><h4 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</p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> How existing law already applies to AI </p></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Full episode → <a class="link" style="text-decoration-color:#FF7055 !important;" href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1RqIrtqTgbng2BGuzr4aAq?utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=lawyers-react-to-astra-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Spotify</span></a> | <a class="link" style="text-decoration-color:#FF7055 !important;" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ai-in-practice/id1896630797?utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=lawyers-react-to-astra-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Apple</span></a> | <a class="link" style="text-decoration-color:#FF7055 !important;" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unL6F5uA4m8&t=&utm_source=the-redline.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=lawyers-react-to-astra-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>YouTube</span></a></p></td></tr></table></td><td width="12" style="line-height:1px;font-size:1px;width:12px;"> &nbsp; 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