2021 Predictions
2021 Predictions: The Market View
What a year it has been! Even beyond the impacts of the pandemic there have been plenty of significant changes in the legal tech sector …
Farewell
Legal AI Pioneer ROSS to Close, Marking End of Era + Commentary from AL
In a move that marks the end of an era in some ways, ROSS – one of the first ‘legal AI companies’ is to close. …
National Data Strategy
‘GDPR Is Holding Back Data-Driven Businesses’
In an important contribution to the debate about the use of data in society, insurance-focused law firm, Kennedys, has said that it believes that when …
AL TV Interview
AL TV Interview: Mark Cohen – The US Experience
Mark Cohen, the well-known US-based legal tech commentator, has had an interesting career, spanning from a meteoric journey through commercial law to launching what was …
Investment
Brightflag Bags $28m Funding + Contractbook Bags $9.4m
Brightflag, a NLP-powered legal spend and matter management platform, has bagged $28m in funding, from private equity firm One Peak plus existing investors Sands Capital …
ALSP
ALSP Integreon has a Content Group – What Else Can Be Outsourced?
When one thinks of Integreon one understandably thinks of legal process work. But, they also have a division that makes corporate content for their clients. …
Incubator/Accelerator
Juralio Wins S+M’s Collaborate Incubator Prize
Slaughter and May’s (S+M) incubator is a little different to others in that they pick a winner at the end of the programme that goes on to co-develop their product more closely with the firm. Yesterday S+M had its pitch day for its 2nd Collaborate cohort (see list below) and Juralio won following a vote and input from a jury. …
Sandbox
Five Legal Techs Join Lawtech Sandbox Pilot
Four legal tech companies and an Oxford University-based research lab have joined the pilot phase of the Lawtech Sandbox R&D initiative. The UK Government-funded sandbox …
Legal AI
How AI is Changing Legal Due Diligence
Introduction to an expert panel discussion on ‘How AI is changing legal due diligence’, by Imprima. In this panel discussion five legal and technology experts …
2021 Predictions
2021 Predictions: The Pandemic’s End, to Pent Up Demand
It’s that time of year again when we start to set out predictions for how 2021 will look. Here are some of my thoughts on …