Source: NYT > Business
Meeting recording tools like Otter.ai and Fireflies create verbatim transcripts of casual conversations—jokes, half-formed thoughts, contradictions—that were previously ephemeral and deniable. Law firms are grappling with the fact that these recordings, stored in cloud systems and discoverable in litigation, turn low-stakes office chatter into evidence. The shift changes how attorneys advise clients and how corporations manage internal risk. The technology outsources legal liability management to whoever controls the transcript database.