Solicitors should check the veracity of AI-generated content, avoid falling for ‘clickbait’ and be aware of deepfakes, according to updated social media guidance issued by the Law Society. Society president Mark Evans said social media remains a significant tool for law firms to promote their services but reminded solicitors of the risks associated with social
Technology Industry Trends and M&A Outlook in the EU and UK, Part 3: Recommendations for Tech M&A and Strategic Transactions
In this blog post we set out key practical steps for technology-focused deal-making, having regard to the regulatory, antitrust and foreign investment screening issues identified in our earlier blogs here and here.
Key impacts of technology regulation on deal outcomes
The evolving regulatory landscape is having a significant impact on deal outcomes, including (i)
Technology Industry Trends and M&A Outlook in the EU and UK, Part 2: Antitrust/FDI Environment for Tech
Until the last year, merger control in the UK has been fairly hostile towards tech deals, with a highly interventionist competition authority taking an uncompromising line on global deals; even where those deals had only a limited nexus to the UK. The EU has generally taken a more pragmatic approach, clearing Google’s acquisition of Fitbit
Technology Industry Trends and M&A Outlook in the EU and UK, Part 1: The New Regulatory Landscape for Tech
Technology-focused deals are driving many of the largest global M&A and strategic transactions—whether digital infrastructure, artificial intelligence (AI), digital services or gaming. The successful execution of these transactions and ultimate success of the business opportunities promised by them, depends on understanding how emerging technology, regulation and market norms are evolving. In this three-part blog series,
Vera, Collbox, and Clearbrief: Clio App Integrations Powering the Future of Legal Work
2025 Winners at a Glance
Category
Winner
Why It Stood Out
Best New App
VERA
AI-powered timeline builder that extracts critical dates from any legal document and auto-syncs them to your Clio calendar—eliminating manual deadline tracking.
Best Business of Law App
CollBox
Dedicated A/R specialists plus automated outreach that recovers an average of $66,000 monthly
Law Firm Consolidation: A Step-By-Step Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions
What is law firm consolidation?
Law firm consolidation refers to the process of combining two or more law firms or legal service providers into a single entity. Typically, this process will consist of either a merger, in which two firms combine their operations into one, or an acquisition, in which one firm acquires and absorbs
Is the Collapse of Robin.AI a One-Off or a Sign of a Legal Tech AI Bubble?
I’ve been thinking about a story that I believe deserves more attention than it’s getting.
Robin AI, once positioned as a rising star in legal AI, has missed its funding round, cut a third of its staff, and landed on a distressed sale marketplace. The question isn’t whether this is unfortunate. It’s whether this is
I Ain’t Going Gentle into the Good Night. Still Crazy After All These Years
I was recently at a charity benefit reception and dinner. An acquaintance (and I stress acquaintance) came up to me, took one look and out of the blue asked, “you’re retired, aren’t you”? For some reason that question was both galling and irritating. It took me a bit to figure why even though I’m sure
‘No One Can Own the Law’: Amici Come Out In Force to Support ROSS In Appeal of Copyright Ruling Favoring Thomson Reuters
As the long-running litigation between Thomson Reuters and ROSS Intelligence has moved to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for an interlocutory appeal of the trial judge’s copyright rulings in favor of TR, amicus curiae have come out in force to support the position of the now-defunct AI legal research startup that it did not
Apple may use Google’s AI Gemini!
Computerworld.com reported that “Apple is reportedly planning to pay Google to provide a kind of white-label version of Google Gemini AI that will run securely on Apple’s own Private Cloud Compute servers.” The November 3, 2025 article entitled ” Apple may tap Google Gemini for Apple Intelligence AI” (https://www.computerworld.com/article/4083274/apple-may-tap-google-gemini-for-apple-intelligence-ai.html) included these comments