November 2025

The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) today announced a major expansion and restructuring of its board of directors, expanding it from nine to 16 members, the largest increase in the organization’s 10-year history.
In a significant policy shift for the organization, CLOC is formally adding legal technology and service providers to its board for the first time, alongside in-house legal…
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Leading legal operations association CLOC (Corporate Legal Operations Consortium) today (5 November) announced what it describes as a historic expansion of its board and modernisation of its governance. Following a comprehensive nomination and evaluation process led by the CLOC Nominating Committee, CLOC’s Board is growing from 11 to 16 directors, the largest expansion in its 10-year history. The 2026 Board…
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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 the acquaintance didn’t mean any…
Continue Reading I Ain’t Going Gentle into the Good Night. Still Crazy After All These Years

DeepJudge today (4 November) announced it has raised US$41.2 million in an oversubscribed Series A financing round led by Felicis, with continued support from existing investor Coatue. The company, which grew revenues by over 500% year-over-year, will use the funds to accelerate product development and scale market adoption in the US and UK.
DeepJudge also today announced that magic circle…
Continue Reading In brief: DeepJudge raises $41.2m Series A + announces Freshfields as a customer

TOKEN2049, Singapore: I had the incredible opportunity to sit down with Sebastien Borget cofounder of The Sandbox, a pioneering Web3 gaming and metaverse platform transforming how users create, own, and monetize virtual experiences. With over 6.3 million user accounts connected to crypto wallets, The Sandbox blends user-generated content, NFTs, and play-to-earn mechanics to offer an immersive decentralized ecosystem built on Ethereum…
Continue Reading Building Worlds, Empowering Creators: Inside The Sandbox with Sebastien Borget

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 a harbinger. (Non-Billable)Is Robin…
Continue Reading Is the Collapse of Robin.AI a One-Off or a Sign of a Legal Tech AI Bubble?

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 violate copyright law. 
Ten…
Continue Reading ‘No One Can Own the Law’: Amici Come Out In Force to Support ROSS In Appeal of Copyright Ruling Favoring Thomson Reuters

In this webinar we will be talking with managed IT services provider Redcentric about the security stance that law firms should be taking right now and some practical steps they can take to strengthen their resilience.
Redcentric provides managed cyber security services to the mid-market and will be sharing insights led by Tom Holloway, head of the cyber security division.
Continue Reading Webinar: Security and compliance – Preparing for the inevitable

Thomson Reuters has joined NetDocuments’ ndConnect interoperability program, enabling shared customers to more seamlessly leverage NetDocuments AI and automation alongside CoCounsel Legal’s legal research, document analysis, and drafting capabilities, it was announced today (4 November) at Inspire EMEA in London.
ndConnect is NetDocuments interoperability program designed to allow legal professionals to securely integrate fellow best-in-class AI solutions into their…
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OpenAI on 29th October amended its usage policies to stipulate that it cannot provide legal advice, with social media platforms awash with theories around what the implications of this will be.
The new terms say that you cannot use ChatGPT for the “provision of tailored advice that requires a license, such as legal or medical advice, without appropriate involvement by…
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“If you’re looking to minimize litigation risk, opt-in consent is realistically the only thing that works, said Elliot Golding, a partner at McDermott Will & Schulte. “But that’s a tough pill for a lot of marketing teams.
Continue Reading It's Just a 'Cookie'—Until It's a Lawsuit: Why Website-Tracking Risks Have Become Too Big to Ignore