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We believe that the practice of law should be a more satisfying experience for both the clients receiving the legal services, and the lawyers delivering them.

Q4 is here. Already. What are your goals and plans for the rest of the year?Are you already thinking about next year?If ...
10/05/2026

Q4 is here. Already.

What are your goals and plans for the rest of the year?

Are you already thinking about next year?

If you’re looking at your priorities and realizing your team doesn’t have the bandwidth to get everything done, you’re not alone.

Sometimes the challenge isn’t knowing what needs to be done. It’s having the right expertise and capacity available when you need it.

Have you ever considered fractional as an option?

A fractional resource can bring specialized expertise to your team without requiring a full-time hire.

It may be worth asking:

• What needs to get done before year-end?
• What is likely to carry into next year?
• Where are bandwidth gaps affecting results?
• Do you need another full-time person, or do you need the right expertise for a specific period or priority?

Q4 is a good time to take a step back, look at what’s working, and consider what you’ll need to move forward.

Fractional might be part of that conversation.

“AI tools, contract automation, matter management platforms, all of it is already changing how firms run. But the techno...
10/02/2026

“AI tools, contract automation, matter management platforms, all of it is already changing how firms run. But the technology is never the hard part. The people are. And people do their best work when they feel like they’re part of what’s being built, not just on the receiving end of it.

That’s really what Legal Operations is about.”

https://blog.ceolawcanada.com/2026/06/15/legal-technology/

Driele Malgueiro LL.B. MBA

You can find The Future is Fractional podcast episodes right on the CEO Law website.If you’ve been following the convers...
10/01/2026

You can find The Future is Fractional podcast episodes right on the CEO Law website.

If you’ve been following the conversation around fractional leadership, or you’re curious about what the model looks like from both the company and professional perspective, we’ve got a growing collection of conversations to explore.

You can find the podcast episodes here: https://www.ceolawcanada.com/podcast/

We’ve covered everything from getting started in fractional work and building trust as a leader, to technology, business development, revenue leadership and where fractional work is headed next.

Mike Fedorov is Chief Operating Officer and Co-CEO at Applied AI Labs. In this episode of the Future is Fractional Podca...
09/30/2026

Mike Fedorov is Chief Operating Officer and Co-CEO at Applied AI Labs. In this episode of the Future is Fractional Podcast, he'll explain how the real constraint on senior expertise usually isn't the expertise itself, but rather coordination.

Mike believes in what he calls a Fractional Operating System — an approach that keeps senior human judgment at the center, while AI handles the coordination and specialist work around it. We dig into why the traditional model breaks down, what this looks like in practice across different functional areas, and what it means for the economics of expertise when one expert can support far more capacity without rebuilding a traditional team around themselves. Links to the podcast in bio.

Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.It's a day to remember the children who never came home from resi...
09/30/2026

Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

It's a day to remember the children who never came home from residential schools, and to honour the Survivors, their families, and their communities.

We are listening and learning, not just today but every day.

The average employment litigation settlement in Canada ranges from$75K to $125K, excluding legal fees.That doesn’t facto...
09/29/2026

The average employment litigation settlement in Canada ranges from
$75K to $125K, excluding legal fees.

That doesn’t factor in reputational
damage or the management time lost defending a claim.

Is that range surprising or about what you expected?

For businesses without fulltime counsel, does this worry you?

Sometimes the most important legal question isn’t the question that gets asked.A CEO says: “Can we just sign this?”A sal...
09/28/2026

Sometimes the most important legal question isn’t the question that gets asked.

A CEO says: “Can we just sign this?”

A sales leader says: “Can legal turn this around today?”

HR says: “We need to let this person go.”

A founder says: “Do we really need a lawyer for this?”

An in-house lawyer’s job isn’t simply to answer the question.It’s to understand why the question is being asked in the first place.

➡️ What is the business trying to accomplish?

➡️ What happens if we don’t do it?

➡️ What is the actual risk?

➡️ Which risks matter?

➡️ Which ones don’t?

➡️ And where does the business need legal advice versus a legal roadblock?

That’s one of the things that can make in-house counsel different from simply being the person who reviews contracts.

You’re not just looking at the legal issue. You’re looking at the business behind it.

And sometimes the best legal advice starts with asking a completely different question.

What are we actually trying to accomplish?

That’s where the conversation gets interesting. That’s when the value of your in-house counsel expands.

When budgets get tighter, where does legal fit?According to Statistics Canada’s latest Canadian Survey on Business Condi...
09/24/2026

When budgets get tighter, where does legal fit?

According to Statistics Canada’s latest Canadian Survey on Business Conditions, 59.8% of Canadian businesses expect cost-related obstacles over the next three months.

25.2% expect recruiting skilled employees to be an obstacle.

For leadership teams, that creates a familiar tension:

“We need to control costs.”

But also:

“We need to manage risk.”

Legal can sometimes get pushed into the “nice to have” category when budgets are under pressure.

Asking “What legal support does the business actually need right now?” Makes sense.

Maybe an experienced counsel for a specific project is needed.

Maybe it is someone who can review contracts, help navigate an employment issue, support a transaction, or give leadership a legal perspective before a decision becomes expensive to unwind.

The answer will be different for every business.

The important part is making the decision intentionally, rather than waiting until a legal problem forces the conversation.

How is your organization thinking about legal support when resources are tight?

A business might have access to great legal advice when a contract needs reviewing, a problem needs solving, or a questi...
09/23/2026

A business might have access to great legal advice when a contract needs reviewing, a problem needs solving, or a question needs answering.

But what happens when legal considerations are woven into the decisions being made, like…

A new hire.
A new market.
A new product.
A new partnership.
A major customer.
A restructuring.
A funding conversation.

That’s where having legal involved earlier can change the conversation.

Not because every business decision needs a lawyer weighing in.

But because the right legal perspective, at the right time, can help leadership see the risks, opportunities and implications before a decision becomes a problem.

That’s one of the reasons the fractional model is interesting.

It can give growing companies access to experienced legal leadership without necessarily requiring a full-time hire.

The question isn’t always:

“Do we need a lawyer?”

Sometimes it’s:

“When do we need legal thinking in the room?”

What’s your experience? When has involving legal earlier made a meaningful difference to a business decision?

Looking for a fractional resource? Start with The Future Is Fractional podcast.We have a unique perspective because we w...
09/22/2026

Looking for a fractional resource? Start with The Future Is Fractional podcast.

We have a unique perspective because we work with both sides of the fractional market: the businesses looking for fractional expertise and the legal professionals providing it.

Our guests bring experience across different industries, roles, and approaches to the fractional model, giving you practical insights into how fractional work is evolving and what to consider when exploring it.

Whether you’re thinking about bringing in fractional support or considering a fractional career yourself, there’s something to learn.

🎙️ Check out The Future Is Fractional podcast: https://www.ceolawcanada.com/podcast/

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