AI + Lawyer Search
Using AI to Discover the Right Lawyer For Your Invention
‘Inventors are from Mars, lawyers are from Venus’ say the creators of Patent Lawyer Finder, which uses NLP to search USPTO filings to match your …
Month: June 2022
Price Comparison
My Legal Marketplace To Compare Prices + Drive Transparency
Marc May, the founder of The Legal Technologist and a consultant at Syke, is launching a new venture – My Legal Marketplace (MLM) – which …
Legal Tech M&A
Australia’s WiseTime ‘To Join’ US-Based IP Platform Anaqua
Perth-based WiseTime, which also has offices in the UK and US, has ‘entered into a definitive agreement to join Anaqua’, the IP management platform, in …
Investment
Sony Innovation Fund Invests in Clausematch Compliance Pioneer
Sony’s Innovation Fund, and other investors, have joined a $10.8m funding round for compliance and RegTech company Clausematch. The UK-based business, which traces its roots …
Virtual Courts
Virtual Reality Courts Could Be the Future – Study
A study of what needs to be done to modernise the German court system has concluded that one possible future will to be move some …
Investment
AirSlate Bags $51.5m + UiPath Invests, After $90m Last Year
AirSlate, which provides workflow automation solutions – and includes a focus on contracting needs – has bagged a $51.5m funding round led by G Squared. …
CLM + Law Firms
CLM Without Expert Legal Input is ‘Quite Scary’
‘CLM implementation should be a lawyer-led process,’ explained Georgina Powling, a Partner at Addleshaw Goddard (AG), ‘it’s quite scary how much is done without legal …
Incubators
3 Legal Tech Start-Ups Join MDR Lab Summer Programme
Three young companies have joined Mishcon de Reya’s MDR Lab as part of its ‘intensive product-focused programme’ for early stage start-ups. They are: Version Story, …
Unlocking Value
Unlocking Value for Clients with Legal Tech
By Thor Alden, Legal Innovation Manager, Dechert LLP. Dechert has long been known as a law firm that delivers creative solutions for clients. In recent …
VC Crunch
Is Legal Tech Facing a VC Funding Crunch?
Is the legal tech sector facing a VC funding crunch and if so, what will it mean? The short answer is: yes, it probably is. …