What really happened in OpenAI’s latest usage policies update
On October 29, 2025, OpenAI released updated usage policies outlining what users can and cannot do with its products and services.
One line in particular sparked confusion, as many interpreted it as ending ChatGPT’s ability to answer legal questions entirely:
“You cannot use our services for…the
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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
What Is Legal Spend Management? A Guide for Law Firms
Understanding legal spend management
To understand legal spend management, we must first touch on three main issues: (1) what this term means, (2) the key components of legal spend management, and (3) the role of technology in implementing spend management.
What is legal spend management?
The traditional meaning of legal spend management is managing the
What Is a CMS for Law Firms? (And How It Improves Legal Workflows)
What is a CMS for law firms?
Before we dive into the benefits, let’s start with the basics: what is a CMS for law firms?
A CMS is designed to help law firms manage large volumes of digital content, from case files and contracts to intake forms and marketing assets. It keeps your firm’s
9 Best Legal Research Resources: Databases, Tools and Software
What is a legal research tool?
A legal research tool is software designed to help legal professionals efficiently find and analyze legal information, such as statutes, case law, and legal journals. It offers advanced search capabilities, case analysis, and document management. Many legal research tools are now super-charged with AI, getting you answers faster, helping
Meet Manage AI: Smarter Practice Management Starts Here
How does Manage AI work?
Manage AI leverages your data inside of Clio’s case management platform to improve decision-making, efficiency, caseload visibility, communication, and compliance.
Unlike open-source AI tools like ChatGPT, Manage AI uses your firm’s data to amplify your productivity from a single workspace. From managing court deadlines to turning information into insights, Manage
How Paralegals Can Lead Technology Improvements in Law Firms
Why paralegals are key to law firm efficiency
Your role goes well beyond administrative support. You perform substantive legal work under attorney supervision: conducting legal research, drafting pleadings and discovery documents, managing complex case files, coordinating eDiscovery, and tracking critical deadlines. Much of this is billable, which means every inefficiency impacts both productivity
Highlights from ClioCon 2025
Opening keynote by Jack Newton
Kicking off our 13th annual ClioCon in Boston, Clio’s CEO and Founder, Jack Newton set the tone for the two days with his opening keynote built on this year’s theme—Uniting Brilliance—and examined how innovation and technology are propelling the legal profession into a new era of transformation.
We
Why I Moved to Flat Legal Fees (And Why Alternative Pricing Works for Lawyers and Clients)
There are a lot of ways to run a law firm, but for my firm, Temple Law, prioritizing our core values is non-negotiable. From the start, I’ve asked myself: Why am I doing this? How do I want to practice law? The answers always come back to the same key core values: integrity, efficiency,
The Rise of Legal Entrepreneurs: How Tech Is Reshaping Modern Law Firms
What is a legal entrepreneur?
A legal entrepreneur uses technology, strategy, and creative thinking to innovate and deliver more client-centric legal services that prioritize client satisfaction, affordability, and accessibility. Legal entrepreneurs excel at small law firm marketing and are comfortable taking risks, challenging the status quo, and revolutionizing how legal services are delivered.
Why is
Law Firm Support Staff Structure: Build for Growth & Efficiency
What is support staff in a law firm?
Law firm support staff are the non-lawyer professionals who keep firms running smoothly. This includes paralegals, legal assistants, administrators, billing specialists, receptionists, document managers, and more. They handle the daily operations, from welcoming new clients to collecting payments, so lawyers can focus on the legal work that
Legal Tech Audits: Improve Your Law Firm’s Efficiency and Security
What is a legal tech audit?
In simple terms, a legal tech audit is a professional and in-depth evaluation of the effectiveness, efficiency, and security of a law firm’s or legal department’s technology infrastructure.
Alternatively referred to as a legal tech stack audit or legal technology assessment, this process helps firms identify outdated or inefficient
What Gen Z Lawyers Want in 2025: Culture, Flexibility, and Career Outlook
Who are Gen Z lawyers?
Gen Z attorneys are typically aged 25 to 28 as they enter the legal profession, representing the oldest members of a generation born between 1997 and 2012. As digital natives who grew up with smartphones, social media, and instant access to information, they think, learn, and work differently than previous
8 AI Implementation Challenges for Law Firms (and How to Solve Them)
Challenge #1: Resistance to change
Compared to many other fast-moving industries, the legal profession tends to be resistant to change, AI-powered tools included. Legal professionals tend to be meticulous Type A individuals, and the apparent unpredictability and novelty of AI-powered tools can be difficult to accept. On top of this, many in the legal industry
How to Measure the ROI of Legal AI Implementation: A 5-Step Framework
What does ROI mean in legal AI implementation?
ROI in legal AI is the measurable value a law firm or legal department gains from legal AI, relative to the time, money, and effort invested in it. Simply put, it’s about using technology to get better legal outcomes at a lower cost.
Understanding ROI is especially