Legal Tech Hire
BPP Law School’s Adam Curphey Hired By US Law Firm Reed Smith
In an interesting move, US law firm Reed Smith has hired Adam Curphey as the firm’s Innovation Engagement Manager from the BPP University Law School …
Month: August 2019
Legal Data
‘Court Data Is Rocket Fuel For Investment Firms’
Leveraging Court Data for Wealth Management Guest Post by Josh Blandi, CEO and Co-Founder of UniCourt If data is the fuel for innovation in finance, then court …
Legal Workflow Automation
Autto Bags $650K Investment From American ALSP Tangible (+Angels), Will Partner Together
Autto, the legal workflow automation platform, has taken a $650,000 investment from Angel investors and US-based ALSP, Tangible, previously known as the Ashe Legal Group, which …
Smart contracts
2nd Law Firm Launches Smart Contract Product, As DocuSign Offers ‘Smart Clauses’
In what is another landmark moment for the world of smart contracts, a second major law firm has now launched a client-facing product based upon …
Legal AI
Antipodean AI, McCarthyFinch, Launches AuthorDocs For Legal Drafting
New Zealand-based legal AI company McCarthyFinch, which is part-owned by the local legal practice MinterEllisonRuddWatts and boutique VC fund Goat Ventures, has launched a new capability, AuthorDocs, which …
Legal AI
The AI Wish List – What Tech Bosses Dream Machines Could Do
The emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology has been welcomed by many, not least by tech and innovation bosses at legal businesses tasked with providing …
Conflicts
Intapp: Firms Spend 8.2 Hours Per Matter On Conflict Checks…..But They May Have A (60% Better) Solution
Intapp research has found that commercial law firms spend on average 8.2 person hours per matter just checking for and dealing with potential conflicts. Or, put it another …
Legal Tech Strategy
AL Interview: Eversheds Sutherland On Its New Real Estate Tech Team Goals + REfocus Platform
In a first for the firm, Eversheds Sutherland has decided to employ legal technologists specifically to help boost its services for real estate clients. The …
Legal Tech News
Reynen Court Beta Launch; Ayfie Bags $10m + Bit More on Litera/Doxly
Reynen Court announces Beta launch of ‘App Store’ legal tech platform Reynen Court has announced the Beta release of its legal tech platform in an important landmark …
M&A
Litera Bags Doxly….In Surprise Deal As Consolidation Continues
In a case of unusual timing, just after writing about Wilson Sonsini and Doxly, this just arrived…. Here is the basics, more tomorrow- Litera has …