Conferences
In-Person Conference Survey: Majority Feel Confident
A new survey about in-person conferences in the legal tech sector has found that a large majority – 70.6% of people – ‘feel confident and …
Investment
ContractZen Bags €1m Funding As Nordic Legal Tech Prospers
ContractZen has bagged €1m ($1.22m) in funding in what is another success for Nordic legal tech. The money will be used by the contract management …
Legal Standards
The Universal NDA is Almost Here…
The OneNDA project, which aims to create a universal Non-Disclosure Agreement to cover confidential information, has published its Phase 1 draft document (see below). The …
Funding
Google Black Founders Fund Awards Grants to Define + Robin AI
Google’s Black Founders Fund has awarded grants to two legal tech companies – Define, the drafting tool, and Robin AI, the contract analysis startup. They …
Tech Adoption
‘Lack of Role Models’ A Key Cause for Slow Tech Adoption
A new report on the barriers to legal tech adoption has found that a lack of senior role models in law firms was a key …
Market Standards
CLOC Endorses SALI Standards In Important Step
Influential inhouse and legal ops group, CLOC, has decided to publicly back the SALI Alliance project, which is developing legal matter standards across the industry. …
AI Contract Analysis
TR Joins AI Contract Analysis Club With HighQ Expansion
Thomson Reuters (TR) has joined the NLP-driven contract analysis club via its new HighQ Contract Analysis extension, a doc review and analysis tool that uses …
Legal Tech Market
LawtechUK Launches Hub + Legal Tech Directory
LawtechUK, the Government-backed industry body, has launched a new hub that links to educational material, its various projects and tools, and a directory that includes …
Contract Negotiation
Luminance Targets Inhouse With Contract Negotiation Tool
Luminance has launched what it’s calling a ‘brand new AI-powered platform’ called Luminance Corporate, which will focus on the contract negotiation phase of inhouse legal work, such as keeping tabs on counter-party clause changes. The new approach will also work within Microsoft Word. …
AL Analysis
The DocuSign/Clause Deal – A New Era For Smart Contracts
Last night Artificial Lawyer shared the news that DocuSign is to acquire smart contract pioneer, Clause, beginning a new era for the technology’s real world use. This site now considers what this all means and hears more from co-founder, Peter Hunn. …