Insights

Quiet writing from the firm.

Occasional notes on private AI, data residency, and the regulatory regimes our clients operate under. Written for general counsel, CISOs, and the executives who answer to them.

GovernanceMay 2026 · 9 min read

After AIDA: Governing AI in Canada While the Federal Rulebook Is Blank

Bill C-27 is dead. The exposure it was meant to address is not. A field note for Canadian boards on governing AI in the absence of a federal statute.

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LegalMarch 2026 · 8 min read

ABA Formal Opinion 512 and the end of the trial balloon

Why the moment a firm sends a single document to a public model, it has already made a decision its general counsel never approved.

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ArchitectureFebruary 2026 · 11 min read

The perimeter is the product

On why the question of where the inference happens matters more than which model is doing the inferring.

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Cross-borderJanuary 2026 · 6 min read

Cross-border by design, not by exception

How a dual-entity structure across Windsor and Detroit lets a single firm hold the line on residency without forcing clients to choose between regimes.

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