Good Deeds
Trump To Personally Guarantee Big Law Partner Profits (Not Really…)
(Hope you all enjoyed this April Fool’s Day story…!) US President and well-known altruist, Donald Trump, has committed his vast personal fortune to help out …
LegalTech Lockdown
Legal Tech Lockdown – Vol 1, Feat: Diligen, Legatics, Libryo, Kim, Susskind +
Sir Isaac Newton’s third law of motion states: ‘For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction,’ and that is certainly true of the current global lockdown and …
Law Firm Challenges
The 4 Main Challenges Law Firms Are Facing Right Now
By Avaneesh Marwaha, CEO, Litera Law firms – like all of us – are feeling the impacts of the coronavirus outbreak. But legal professionals aren’t concerned …
Force Majeure
Travers Smith Launches 100% Homemade Freemium Force Majeure Tool
Travers Smith has announced the launch of a force majeure tool, which is 100% homemade and leverages open source software libraries. It joins a growing …
Job Losses
Legal Tech Layoffs Begin As DISCO Announces Job Cuts
Disco, the fast-growing US legal tech company with a focus on eDiscovery, has laid off dozens of staff due to ‘the coronavirus and economic uncertainty’, …
No-Code Platforms
5 Quick-Win Applications for Every Legal Department
By Michael Grupp, CEO of BRYTER Every leader is tasked with the challenge of innovating the way their organization operates and General Counsel are no …
Legal AI
GravityStack’s NLP Doc Analysis Tool Expands To Include Force Majeure
GravityStack, the tech group of Reed Smith, has now expanded its NLP contract analysis offering to include searching for force majeure clauses. The move underlines …
Market Impact
Tech Teams Should Survive Even As The Economy Slows
One recent estimate suggested that US GDP will drop by around 30% in the next quarter. Usually a 5% drop is considered a major slowdown. …
AI + Contract Negotiation
AI Drives Efficiency + Lowers Risk in Contract Negotiation
By David Silbert, Director at Seal Software The contract negotiation process is highly inefficient at scale. The back-and-forth between parties, often involving multiple resources and …
Legal Research
After Deal, vLex Justis Launches Integrated Legal Research Platform
vLex Justis, the legal research group, is now formally launching its new integrated platform following its combination with Justis last year. The combined vLex Justis …