In this episode, Steve Fretzin and Charlie Gaudet discuss:
Key Takeaways:
Artificial intelligence became impossible to ignore. From landmark regulatory frameworks to ethical reckonings about the future of legal practice itself, AI dominated conversations in every corner of the profession: attorneys who once viewed AI as a distant disruption found themselves navigating a reality where understanding these tools and their implications is essential to competent practice.
For nearly 20 years, Kevin LaCroix has published The D&O Diary, a blog focused on directors and officers insurance that has become required reading for lawyers, insurers and professionals around the world. What began as an experiment driven by curiosity evolved into one of the most respected niche legal publications on the internet.
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The legal profession thrives on dialogue: courses that inspire debate, challenge assumptions, and catalyze real change. This year, three programs emerged as conversation starters that resonated across practice areas and experience levels, generating thousands of reviews and sparking discussions that extended well beyond the virtual classroom.
Today, we’re spotlighting the CLE courses that captured the
A landmark year of growth, deals, and investments
For Clio, 2025 was a year of unprecedented growth, driven by strategic deals and acquisitions that fundamentally reshaped the legaltech landscape.
vLex acquisition
In June, Clio announced a definitive agreement to acquire vLex, completing the deal in November. At US$1 billion, this was the largest M&A
Writing the last few days about publishing by legal practitioners in the age of AI got me thinking about whether a lawyer’s LinkedIn publishing (articles and posts) are ever cited by LLM’s, the result being enhanced authority. Such content has been found on Google.
The answer is generally no for AI.
LinkedIn posts live in
Welcome to Day 3 of our 5 Days of CLE series! Today, we’re spotlighting the programs that thousands of attorneys couldn’t stop watching, and dominated viewing numbers in 2025.
What makes a CLE course truly binge-worthy? It’s the perfect combination of timely relevance, practical insights, and engaging content that keeps you learning long after your
Finance leaders today navigate a complex, high-stakes environment where expectations of speed, scale, and adaptability are rising faster than capacity. They are driving digital transformation in the finance function and scaling operations at a time of limited resources and rising costs of modernization.
Added to these are sector-specific imperatives, such as an insurance CFO’s priority
Yesterday I shared why legal practitioner-generated secondary law—blogs, alerts, newsletters and email newsletters—is essential to legal AI.
When AI looks at primary law, only, the result is generic or wrong because AI is guessing at how to interpret primary law. There’s no insight from legal practioners and other legal professionals to help guide AI.
The