Questel, an intellectual property software and services company headquartered in Paris, has released QaECTER, a new AI model designed specifically for semantic patent retrieval. The company says the model outperforms competing systems, including those that are significantly larger, across every query type, technology domain and jurisdiction tested. QaECTER is the product of Questel’s in-house AI
It’s Alive! New Law Practice Technology Book
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“Hey, publisher, I have an idea for a book. It’s called ‘Law Practice Technology.’” Not my most creative pitch, I will confess. It took more than that but I will admit to a certain amount of uncertainty when I decided to see if I could find a publisher for a new
Orbital CTO Andrew Thompson on Practice Area AI, Real Estate Law, and the Future of Legal Work
This week on The Geek in Review, we talk with Andrew Thompson, CTO of Orbital, about why legal AI built for a specific practice area has a strong claim in a market crowded by general-purpose models. Thompson explains how Orbital focuses on real estate law, using AI, spatial intelligence, and legal workflow design
AI Governance Policy: Business Needs Before the Next Insurance Renewal
An AI governance policy defines how AI is managed across the organization. It is the starting point for meeting current insurance expectations and reducing underwriting friction. Underwriters no longer accept informal oversight. They expect a documented system showing where AI is used, how it is approved, and who is accountable for its operation.
At a minimum, this includes
Expanding the Frontier of Legal Agentic Work: GPT-5.5 Support in Clio Work and Vincent
With the launch of OpenAI’s GPT-5.5, we are upgrading every Clio Work and Vincent customer to the new model for agentic work and document drafting. The upgrade sets a new bar for what Clio’s AI can do on substantive legal tasks, and is the foundation for the next wave of autonomous legal capability we are
Cyber risk for electricity growing!
DarkReading.com reported that “Organizations secure work phones and company laptops, but attackers could be lurking, targeting the electric current running those devices.” The April 22, 2026 article entitled “Electricity Is a Growing Area of Cyber Risk” (https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/electricity-growing-area-cyber-risk) included these comments:
Direct current (DC) power regulation helps to stabilize the energy powering electronics people
Spoiler Alert: Legal Marketing’s Next Evolution is Agentic and Product-Led –
Earlier this week, I attended the 2026 Legal Marketing Association Annual Conference in New Orleans. By all accounts, it was a success—great energy, strong attendance, and a clear signal that legal marketing is in the middle of a real transformation.
The sessions reflected it: legal operations, client intelligence, AI, change management, video. The conversation
AI-Generated Terms of Use: What Can Go Wrong? Breaking Down AI Mistakes
Over the past few years, AI has been rapidly gaining momentum and becoming a popular assistant across various industries. Businesses are increasingly using AI as a legal assistant for minor — or not so minor — tasks. From a business perspective, the obvious advantages of using AI as a mini-lawyer are clear: it is fast,
AI Insurance Requirements: Insurance May Not Cover Your AI Failures
AI compliance and insurance are now directly connected. Most companies assume their existing insurance covers AI-related risks. That assumption became wrong in 2026. The “silent AI” era is over. Until recently, AI risks were absorbed into existing policies because nothing explicitly excluded them. Coverage existed by default, not by design.
AI insurance requirements changed when insurers
AI Without Canada: Why the Heritage Committee’s AI Report Could Lead to Less Canadian Content in the Training Data
When I appeared before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage last fall for its study on AI and the creative industries, I emphasized that the large language models and generative AI systems that are reshaping how people access information, culture, and entertainment are only as representative as the data on which they are trained. If