Funding
Former MD of Google UK Joins £1m Investment in Define
Legal drafting startup, Define, has bagged £1m in Seed funding despite the challenges of the pandemic. Key investors included: former Managing Director of Google UK …
Market Trends
62% of Law Firms Now Feel ‘Client Cost Pressure’ On Compliance Work
A new report by Integreon has found that 62% of law firms currently feel client cost pressure when helping corporates with regulatory and compliance work. This …
Funding
Athennian Bags $8m Funding, Plans Rapid Growth
Athennian, a pioneer in the cloud-based legal entity management field, has bagged $8m in a funding round led by Arthur Ventures. The company’s CEO, Adrian …
Legal Tech M&A
Ayfie Buys Enterprise Search Co. Haive, Follows Public Listing
Doc analysis company Ayfie has bought Haive, an enterprise search company, its first major move following the public listing of its shares – see AL …
Conference New Dates
Legal Innovators UK + California Move to 2021
Because of the ongoing situation with Covid-19, we are moving the Legal Innovators in-person conferences in London and California to 2021. Legal Innovators UK, which …
Funding
Landmark For ThoughtRiver As It Completes $10m Series A Funding
ThoughtRiver, the NLP-based legal tech company that has pioneered contract pre-screening and review, has reached an important new landmark after completing a $10m Series A …
Big Four
Deloitte Legal Bags 3 Senior Managers from Elevate
Deloitte Legal has hired Jack Diggle to be the lead partner for its Legal Management Consulting arm. He was most recently global head of Elevate’s …
UI + UX
Beginner’s Guide To UI + UX
What are UI and UX? They are acronyms that we hear all the time, but what do they mean in practical terms, especially in the …
#EWOLT2020
European Women of Legal Tech Launched by Hogan Lovells, ELTA + BRYTER
Global law firm Hogan Lovells, the European Legal Technology Association (ELTA), and no-code platform BRYTER, have launched the European Women of Legal Tech Awards 2020. …
No-Code Platforms
Josef Launches ‘Flowchart’ No-Code Automation Feature
No-code legal automation system, Josef, has released a new Flowchart capability with ‘intuitive visual logic’ that the company believes will help make legal automation projects …