AI
Guest Post by Synergist: 'The Future Will Be Machine Readable'
In Jurassic Park, Jeff Goldblum’s character plays the role of the straight man warning everyone that they can’t control life. ‘Life finds a way,’ he …
Smart contracts
Blockchain
Norton Rose Partner, Sean Murphy, on Blockchain and Smart Contracts
Artificial Lawyer spotted Norton Rose Fulbright‘s interest in blockchain and smart contracts a few months ago (see earlier story) after the global law firm became …
Blockchain
Dynamic Contracts: Clause and the New Era of IoT-Enabled Legal Agreements
The world of legal contracts is changing. A month ago Barclays used blockchain-based trade finance and bills of lading documents to complete an international transaction. …
AI
Wolfram Alpha Founder: Lawyers Should Code and Contracts Be Computable
There is a growing debate at the moment as to whether lawyers need to learn to code. The question tends to lead to many other …
Blockchain
US Law Firm Steptoe & Johnson Broadens Blockchain Offering
US law firm Steptoe & Johnson has seen such a success with its specialist blockchain team that it is now widening it out into a full multi-disciplinary …
Blockchain
AL Interview: Software is Eating Law – Legalese.com
Artificial Lawyer recently caught up with Singapore-based, Legalese.com, a pioneering legal tech start-up that is creating the language that all future smart legal contracts may …
Interview
AL Interview: Smart Contracts Could Help Reduce Corruption
Artificial Lawyer recently caught up with Sergey Nazarov, CEO of San Francisco-based SmartContract.com. Nazarov’s company launched in November 2014 at the DEMO conference in San Jose, …
Blockchain
Smart Contract Pioneer Legalese Wins Development Grant
Smart Contract pioneer Legalese has won a significant vote of confidence from California-based blockchain tech incubator, String Labs, in the shape of a development grant. …