Hey there Legal Rebels! 👋 I’m excited to share with you the 25th episode of the 2025 season of the LawDroid Manifesto podcast, where I continue to interview key legal innovators to learn how they do what they do.This one was a real treat for me and I hope you enjoy it as much as
How Law Firms Can Reinvent Talent Acquisition and Retention Strategies
The attrition rate at law firms in the US saw a staggering 61% increase in 2021 from its pre-pandemic level, highlighting the deep impact of the Great Resignation on legal. Like employees in other industries, legal professionals are starting to shift their focus to what’s more important to them and whether their personal and professional
In A Mega Deal, Clio Buys vLex for $1 Billion, Merging AI, Research and Practice Management
In a landmark deal that will undoubtedly reshape the legal tech landscape, law practice management company Clio has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the AI and legal research company vLex for $1 billion in cash and stock. Update: A Conversation with CEO Jack Newton on Clio’s Acquisition of vLex. The companies say that the
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I was adamant that the artificial intelligence was wrong. My family had given me a bird feeder that came with a camera. As the birds appeared, the camera would take pictures and make an assessment of the bird’s species. It gathered a location for the camera, so it could geo-locate its
Canadian Government Caves on Digital Services Tax After Years of Dismissing the Risks of Trade Retaliation
After years of dismissing the warnings of likely retaliation, the Canadian government caved last night on the digital services tax. Faced with the prospect of the U.S. suspending trade negotiations, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced that the government would drop the DST altogether, payments scheduled for Monday would be cancelled, and legislation will be
The Six-Minute Dilemma: Litera’s Avaneesh Marwaha on Building Legal Tech That Actually Gets Used
In this episode of The Geek in Review, guest host Marcie Borgal Shunk of the Tilt Institute joins Marlene Gebauer for a thought-provoking discussion with Avaneesh Marwaha, CEO of Litera. As someone who led the company through both pre- and post-AI boom eras, Avaneesh offers an insider’s perspective on what it takes to
AI is eating cloud data center costs!
NetworkWorld.com reported that “In the first quarter of this year, the average cost of data center space globally was up 3.3% year-over-year to $217.30 per kilowatt per month, according to CBRE’s latest Global Data Center Trends report. But that modest annual price increase masks brutal regional spikes hammering enterprise budgets: Costs jumped 17.6% in Northern
Why Some People Get AI Wrong: Process v. Outcome
Richard Susskind’s new book How to Think About AI: A Guide for the Perplexed explains how thought patterns affect openness to AI:
The “process vs. outcome” distinction.
Chapter 3, “Process-thinking and Outcome-thinking,” sets the stage for following chapters by contrasting the views of two heavyweight public intellectuals: Henry Kissinger and
Digital Containment: When Your Legal AI Becomes Too Powerful to Trust
Happy weekend, everyone! I’m thrilled to share with you an extended version of my inaugural article from my new “AI Law Professor” (that’s me! 🤓) column at the Thomson Reuters Institute. When the editors asked me to keep the original under 1,000 words, I knew I’d be leaving a lot on the cutting room
Worth Reading – The AI Strategy Divide in Law: Thomson Reuters Survey Says Strategic AI Adoption Is the Key to AI Success
The challenge, of course, is who is driving the strategy? If firm leadership isn’t driving it, you could wind up with AI adoption being pushed from the ground up, and strategic decisions being left to IT personnel or a Tech committee that lacks the authority to make those decisions. In the vacuum of leadership on