CLM + SMEs
DocuSign CLM Platform Targets SMEs With ‘Essentials’ Offering
DocuSign is going after the SME corporate market for its contract management solution with the launch of Essentials, which is designed to ‘democratize CLM by …
No-Code
LexisNexis Partners With No-Coder Josef For Bot Deployment
Josef, the no-code platform, is partnering with LexisNexis Pacific, primarily to provide its bot building capability to produce guided Q&A workflows to improve the customer …
Consulting Talent War
Consulting Talent War Heats Up As Deloitte Hires From Reed Smith / Gravity Stack
Big Four firm, Deloitte, has hired Nicholas Long, previously a senior director of legal ops at Reed Smith who was also a director of its …
Legal AI
How AI Allows Lawyers to be More Creative + Strategic
By Omar Haroun, Co-Founder & COO of Text IQ, a Relativity company. AI’s adoption has accelerated only in recent years, but its conceptual roots stem, …
CLM
CLM LinkSquares Bags $100m Series C Funding – Updated With AL Comment
AI-driven CLM LinkSquares has raised $100m in Series C financing led by G Squared, with participation from new investor G2 Venture Partners as well as …
Legal Tech to InsurTech
Drafting Startup Definely Joins Lloyd’s Lab InsurTech Incubator
Drafting startup, Definely, has joined the incubator of Lloyd’s, the world’s leading insurance and risk market. They were picked out of 150 applications to join …
Legal Market Pressures
86% of Law Firms Facing Pricing + Billing Pressure – Can Legal Tech Help?
A survey of around 200 UK lawyers by litigation finance group, Harbour, has found that many firms, both large and small, are facing pressure to …
Big Four
Deloitte Hires From Visa to Boost Legal Ops Consulting
The legal arm of Big Four firm, Deloitte, has hired Peggy Pauwels as a new partner in its Legal Management Consulting (LMC) team. She was …
Legal AI
MDR Research Launches to Drive Legal AI + Academic Collaboration
Pioneering law firm, Mishcon de Reya, has launched its latest venture, MDR Research, ‘a new group that brings together lawyers, engineers, researchers, entrepreneurs and technologists …
Digital Twins
Legal Tech Startup Offers ‘Digital Twin Lawyers’ That Can Work 24/7
(Happy April Fool’s Day everyone, hope you enjoyed that!) In an ingenious response to the pressures caused by associate attrition and strong client demand, one …