Crisis Impact
59% of Inhouse Lawyers Have Increased Workload Since Crisis
A survey by LOD (Lawyers on Demand) of 383 inhouse legal and compliance professionals from over 250 companies found that 59% believed the Covid-19 crisis …
Market Change
An End to the Traditional US Law Firm Monopoly
We need to end the traditional law firm monopoly in America. And, by the looks of it that project is now well underway. On Monday, …
Funding
VC Funding – Outlook Bumpy, But Some Optimism
Research on the NewLaw and legal tech market by financial advisory group Raymond James has found that venture capital (VC) investment is still showing signs …
Legal Data
Mishcon de Reya Signs 3 Year Deal with Ruby Datum
Virtual Data Room (VDR) pioneer Ruby Datum has signed a three-year contract with Mishcon de Reya. It is understood that the innovative UK law firm …
Legal Market Change
Telecoms Giant Vodafone Offers ‘Legal Services’ Via Sparqa
Telecoms giant Vodafone is providing access to ‘legal services’ for its 500,000 business customers through a partnership with Sparqa Legal, a web-based platform that gives …
AL 4 + 2024
Artificial Lawyer is Four + What To Expect By 2024
Artificial Lawyer is now on holiday and will be back on July 14. But, more importantly, this site is celebrating the fact that it is …
NLP + Word
Luminance Launches Work-in-Word For Contract Remediation
Luminance has launched a new feature that allows lawyers to directly update Word versions of documents within the platform that a lawyer may be reviewing, …
Investment
Funding for Growth Companies Continues as Onna Bags $27m
Onna, which defines itself as a Knowledge Integration Platform (KIP) and can be applied to capturing data for eDiscovery and compliance matters, today announced a …
Tech Team Spin Out
Synch’s Legal AI Team Spins Out To Form Maigon
Pioneering Swedish Legal Services Business, Synch, has spun out its AI software team to create Maigon, which has a special focus on developing NLP tools …
Legal Tech Education
Bucerius Offers Free Virtual Legal Tech Summer School
By Dirk Hartung and Dan Katz With a majority of legal practitioners and law students under some form of lockdown this summer, educational institutions need …