Deloitte Legal
Laura Bygrave on Deloitte Legal Ventures, the Story So Far
In December last year Big Four firm Deloitte launched Deloitte Legal Ventures, a tech engagement project involving more than a dozen legal tech companies and …
Smart Agreements
DocuSign Sets Out ‘Smart Agreement’ Vision With Clause
Leading esignature business, DocuSign, has set out its vision for how ‘smart agreements’ will work by combining the tech of smart contract company Clause with …
Contract Analytics
5 Ways Contract Analytics Can Reduce Risk + Increase Efficiency
By Anurag Malik, Chief Technology Officer at ContractPodAi Viewing your company’s agreement-related data – without the benefit of a contract analysis solution – is like …
M&A
VDR Datasite Bought By Private Equity Firm
In another example of private equity funds driving change in the legal tech and adjacent sectors, virtual data room (VDR) Datasite is to be acquired …
Acqui-Hires
After $8m Funding Athennian ‘Acqui-Hires’ Redox Tax Team
Following its $8m funding round, entity management platform Athennian has announced an ‘acqui-hire’ via the acquisition of the team from Montreal-based tax visualisation startup, Redox Technologies. The …
Contract Negotiation
Catherine Bamford on Contract Negotiation + Legal Tech
Contract negotiation is a vital part of commercial legal activity, yet the traditional approaches remain inefficient and depend on clunky technology. At the same time …
Legal Research
vLex Cloud Lets You Upload Own Docs to Boost Research
Law firms can now upload their own documents into vLex’s Cloud service allowing lawyers to extend their search and KM capabilities in connection with the …
Legal Life
What It Really Means to Be a Better Lawyer
By Angus Chudleigh, VP Commercial, ThoughtRiver Many things aren’t represented accurately on the big (or small) screen. Poker games rarely end with eight players going …
Legal Tech Consultancy
Mishcon Launches MDRxTech Consultancy
Mishcon de Reya has today launched MDRxTECH, a new tech consultancy group that will provide clients with digital transformation advice and legal engineering services. It marks …
Predictive AI
Bakers To Predict Client Demand With Holy Grail AI Project
Global law firm Baker McKenzie is to try and predict client demand through a partnership with AI company SparkBeyond. The Big Data-crunching and predictive analysis …