Legal Tech Trends
Will A Recession Reduce Legal Tech Spending?
Given the current economic situation that we are navigating it seems appropriate to ask: ‘Will a recession reduce legal tech spending?’ Here is what a …
Inhouse Trends
Simplify Manual Processes + Control Law Firm Spending: The Inhouse Priorities
New data from the Thomson Reuters ‘Law Department Operations (LDO) Survey 2022’ shows that the top two priorities for inhouse teams as we face a …
Legal Tech Investment
Amid The Chaos A More Positive Longer-Term Funding Picture Emerges
Legal tech funding and the financial markets have taken a hit recently, but the longer-term picture shows a different and more positive story, with the …
Tech + Service Partnerships
Everlaw Seeks to Expand Partner Programme into UK + Oz
Ediscovery company Everlaw is expanding its partner programme globally and in particular is looking for organisations to work with in the UK, Australia and New …
Inhouse Life
47% of Inhouse Counsel Are Burned Out, But They’re Not Leaving: Why?
Just under half of inhouse counsel (47%) are either very or extremely ‘burned out / stressed’, yet only 22% of those who feel this way …
Digitization
While Legal Talks Digitization, the Business Walks – It’s Time to Get Moving
By Michael Grupp, CEO, BRYTER. Around the world, companies are experiencing “process digitization fever” — everything faster, easier, better, and at a fraction of the …
Law Firms + Legal Ops
Shearman & Sterling Launches Legal Ops Service In Sign of the Times
In another sign of the changing times we are in, leading New York law firm Shearman & Sterling is formally launching a Legal Operations capability. …
Legal Innovators
Legal Innovator Profiles: Karen Jacks, CTO, Bird & Bird
This week’s Legal Innovator Profile is with Karen Jacks, CTO at international law firm Bird & Bird. – When did you first hear the term …
Tech Risks
Are Lawyers’ Attitudes Towards Technology a Barrier to Law Firm Growth?
By Matthew Leopold, Head of Brand, LexisNexis. What’s the biggest threat to the future growth ambitions of top law firms? Increased competition from international firms? …
Modular Contracting
The Law Machine: A Modular Solution to Contract Standardisation vs Flexibility
One legal tech startup that may help with the contract standardisation vs flexibility challenge is The Law Machine, which has atomised contracts into their constituent …