Funding + M&A
Legal Tech Funding Hits $1.4BN, While M&A Soars (Updated)
The latest survey of legal tech and ‘NewLaw’ businesses by Raymond James shows an incredible last six months, with investment at £1.015 billion ($1.41 bn), while M&A …
Legal Standards
oneNDA Is Live! An M&A Module Is Next
The oneNDA project, which has sought to create a universal Non-Disclosure Agreement to cover confidential information, has gone live and is now available. However, the project …
Legal AI
Law Society Loses The Plot Over AI and Ethics
A new ethical guidance report by the Law Society of England & Wales has stated that lawyers ‘should discuss the decision to use AI in …
Inhouse Innovation
S+M Client Network Offers Joint Legal Tech Pilots
Magic Circle law firm Slaughter and May has launched a Client Innovation Network where inhouse lawyers and legal ops teams can jointly pilot legal tech …
Legal Research
vLex Takes Minority Stake in Irwin Law
Research platform vLex has once again made an expansionary move after taking a minority shareholding in Canadian legal publisher, Irwin Law, which will also see …
Marketplaces
And Now Factor + LawGeex Join Priori’s Marketplace
Yesterday, ALSP Factor announced the launch of its Factor Connect close partnership group, which includes Priori. Now, the flexible resource company has in return added …
Partnership
Agiloft, Kira + BlackBoiler Join ‘Factor Connect’ Partnership
Factor, the contract-focused ALSP, has launched a new close partnership group that will initially see CLM Agiloft, doc analysis company Kira Systems, and doc review …
CLM
LinkSquares’ Boss On CLM’s ‘Changing of the Guard’
Earlier this month NLP-powered CLM company LinkSquares bagged $40m in a Series B funding round, in what is another sign of just how vibrant the …
Gartner Hype Cycle
Gartner Legal Tech Hype Cycle 2021 – Some Thoughts
Gartner has published its annual hype cycle report for legal tech and compliance products for 2021. As with last year, this site has taken a …
Law Firm Incubators
MDR LAB Calls For Autumn 2021 Incubator Applications
Mishcon de Reya’s pioneering MDR LAB is calling for applications to its Autumn 2021 legal tech incubator programme. The firm said that it hopes to …