3 Geeks (LexBlog Canada)

[Ed. Note: Please welcome guest blogger, Colin Lachance, CEO of Compass/vLex Canada. – GL] At no fewer than four conferences this lovely month of May, I will be speaking about artificial intelligence in law. Each event has a different focus (regulation, impact, libraries, family law), but as my comments in each will spring from my personal...

Earlier this month, we were debating how to approach a client problem. There were two differing points of view, both had merit and either could be right. Either would get us to the finish line, solve the problem, score the run – insert your analogy of choice. But each position also had its drawbacks. Someone...

While some law schools in the US are closing, in Canada, a prospective new one received preliminary approval in late December 2017  by The Federation of Law Societies of Canada, Canadian Common Law Program Approval Committee on its application to create a new law school.  This is the next step in the school’s bid to establish...

A couple months back, I was giving a talk in a far off land (Canada) and the moderator introduced me as “the most internet famous person [he’d] ever met.” This was genteel nonsense, all the more endearing because it was absurd on its face. He was doing obvious violence to the concept of fame. Googling...

The legal market consolidated a bit more today in Canada as DLAPiper LLP announced that Davis LLP will be joining the Swiss verein’s North American arm as its newest member firm in April 2015.  The Am Law Daily, summed up the change in Canada over the past few years the best: “DLA Piper is just...

At 3 Geeks, we have previously touched on the concept of Third Party Litigation Funding (TPLF) and its potential impact on the profession. Today we are fortunate to have Danielle Olofsson, a Knowledge Management Lawyer from Montréal Canada, bring us the Canadian perspective. This guest post highlights the continued evolution and growth of TPLF along...

While monitoring Canada’s LegalIT 3.0 conference, I noticed something — I’ve seen all of this before. Let me start from the beginning… I’m a conference “lurker”. By this, I mean that I try to find out what’s being said at conferences that I’m not physically attending. I’m able to do this because those people that...

A nifty tool for reporters, writers and news junkies, Google is cooking up a new tool that lets you compare quotes on people of interest on a variety of topics. Right now, you are limited to 20 political figures in the U.S. Edition (other people of interested are selected for Canada, UK, and India). They...