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
AI Summit 2025: 10 Takeaways And Some Unanswered Questions
Back from Summit AI in NYC with some hard questions still unanswered. While 5,000+ attendees celebrated AI’s potential, critical discussions about infrastructure challenges, verification economics, and workforce displacement were largely missing. My ten takeaways from a conference that felt more like an AI love fest than a serious examination of where we’re headed. Legal professionals
Confronting Antisemitism in Canada: If Leaders Won’t Call It Out Without Qualifiers, They Can’t Address It
The devastating consequences of the rise of antisemitism is in the spotlight this week in the wake of the horrific Chanukah Massacre in Australia over the weekend. In addition to my post on the issue, I appeared yesterday on CBC Radio’s syndication, conducting 14 interviews in rapid succession with stations from coast to coast
Article – AI will kill all the lawyers A barrister’s warning
It feels, pleasingly, like a scene from a cerebral James Bond film, or perhaps an episode of Slow Horses. I am in a shadowy corner of a plush, buzzy Soho members’ bar. A mild December twilight is falling over London. Across the table from me sits an old acquaintance, a senior English barrister, greying, quietly handsome,
AI Is Improving So Rapidly It’s Hard to Keep Track
It’s scary out there. Ethan Mollick is on the mark:
Where we are with AI is that continuous improvement seems to still be occurring at a fast pace, with no signs of a slowdown. However, since major AI releases have accelerated and seem to be happening monthly or faster, any one release can feel incremental,
ABA Task Force: AI Has Moved From Experiment to Infrastructure for the Legal Profession
Artificial intelligence is no longer an abstract or experimental technology for lawyers – it is rapidly becoming core infrastructure for law practice, courts, legal education and access-to-justice efforts, and the legal profession must now shift its focus from whether to use AI to how to govern, supervise and integrate it responsibly. That is the central
Building Tomorrow: NEAR, Modular Internet, and User-Owned AI with George Zeng
What does it take to reimagine the building blocks of the internet and put user ownership at the center of it all? Well… Luckily, we have George here to explain it all, no pressure George! He is one of the architects behind a protocol that’s redefining how crypto and AI can work hand in hand.
Are you ready for the AI Executive Order taking over AI state laws?
The WhiteHouse.gov published an Executive Order on December 11, 2025 with this purpose “United States leadership in Artificial Intelligence (AI) will promote United States national and economic security and dominance across many domains.” The December 11, 2025 Executive Order entitled “ENSURING A NATIONAL POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE” (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/eliminating-state-law-obstruction-of-national-artificial-intelligence-policy/) included these comments:
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AI in Legal Services: How It’s Reshaping the Profession
AI is no longer a theory in the legal field; it’s an operational infrastructure. Many law firms are experimenting with AI for research, drafting, e-discovery, and analytics, though adoption varies by practice area and firm size. But with new tools come new risks. This article explains where AI fits in legal services today, what it
Clearbrief Launches Cite Check Report to Give Law Firm Partners an Audit Trail Against AI Hallucinations
With more than 650 documented cases of AI hallucinations appearing in court filings, and courts imposing sanctions ranging from tens of thousands of dollars to removal from client representations, law firm partners face an uncomfortable quandary: How can they confidently sign pleadings when they cannot be certain whether someone on their team used AI tools