CL Talk

KPMG Law’s fractional GC model, put to work on Canada’s largest AI data centre project

Oct 27, 2026

   

What does it mean to serve as acting general counsel for a $70-billion AI data centre project – from inside a law firm? Conor Chell, partner and national leader of sustainability, environment and regulatory law at KPMG Law LLP, joins Tim Wilbur to talk through the Wonder Valley mandate in detail: how KPMG’s Major Projects Delivery Office is structured, what the Building Canada Act actually demands on the front end, and why lawyers joining major project teams consistently underestimate two things – speed and technical fluency.

Inside Thomson Reuters' legal AI buy-or-build moment

Inside Thomson Reuters' legal AI buy-or-build moment

Oct 06, 2026

Why the company added a proprietary model to its existing multi-model AI strategy, with David Wong and Alexander Kardos-Nyheim

Legal AI proficiency: what Canadian lawyers keep getting wrong

Legal AI proficiency: what Canadian lawyers keep getting wrong

Sep 29, 2026

Samuel Puchala of LexisNexis Canada on prompts, hallucinations and the rise of agentic AI

Law firm culture suffers when rock star bullies run the show

Law firm culture suffers when rock star bullies run the show

Sep 22, 2026

HR lawyer Laura Williams on psychological safety, accountability, and inclusive leadership

Correctional Negligence: Holding Canada's Institutions Accountable

Correctional Negligence: Holding Canada's Institutions Accountable

Sep 17, 2026

When governments fail people in custody, who holds them to account? A leading civil litigator explains.

Fasken on agentic AI: building the tools lawyers actually use

Fasken on agentic AI: building the tools lawyers actually use

Sep 08, 2026

Clarke Barnes and Andrea Alliston on co-developing Walter AI, choosing Legora, and adoption