Tech Survey
Is The Legal Sector Starting To Move Away From Email?
A new survey of people working across the legal sector in a variety of roles has found that over half use WhatsApp and just over …
(Major) Industry Moves
Former A&O Managing Partner, Andrew Ballheimer, Joins Factor
In what is one of the biggest legal sector moves in years, Andrew Ballheimer, the global managing partner of Allen & Overy up until October …
Contract Data Standards
Legal Schema to Build ‘Common Framework For Structured Contract Data’
Peter Hunn, the founder of Clause, has launched Legal Schema – an ambitious project to create a ‘common framework for the expression of structured data …
Legal AI
Legal Tech Needs A Paradigm Shift
By Christophe Frèrebeau, CEO of Della The pandemic may have nudged many legal departments and law firms along the path to digitisation, but despite the …
People + Tech
A Shared Vision – Interview with LOD + SYKE
Earlier this month LOD and SYKE formed a strategic partnership, bringing ‘lawyers on demand’ together with a tech consultancy service to provide a combined capability …
Alt Fees + Legal Tech
Lack of Alt Fees a Pain for Clients (+ May Eventually Help Legal Tech)
A new survey of inhouse lawyers and legal ops professionals has found that around one third saw a ‘lack of alternative fee’ options from law …
Africa + Legal Tech
Afriwise Bags €1m Funding to Boost Africa Legal Know-How
Afriwise, which is a bit like Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law, but for Africa, has gained a €1m investment from a pair of angel investors. This …
Contracting Platforms
Linklaters Nakhoda’s ISDA Create System – Product Walk Through
ISDA Create, the contract automation, negotiation, and key data extraction tool, developed by Linklaters’ Nakhoda tech team, has received a lot of interest across the …
Investment
Deloitte Spin-Out Arteria AI Bags $11m After Just 5 Months
Arteria AI, a contracting system that was spun out of Big Four firm Deloitte, has received $11m in an oversubscribed Series A venture funding round …
No-Code
‘Can Software Do Real Legal Work?’ Asks Legal OS
By Jake Jones, Co-Founder at no-code platform Legal OS Legal teams are spending more than ever on software solutions to increase efficiency, to scale their …