Hires + Appointments
Seriously Big Hire – As Elevate Bags IBM Watson’s Brian Kuhn
ALSP/Law company Elevate today announced that Brian Kuhn – Founder and global leader of IBM Watson’s legal consulting practice – has joined the company as …
incubator
A&O’s Fuse Calls For 4th Cohort Applications – Will Include New FinTech Stream
Fuse, Allen & Overy’s tech innovation space (AKA an incubator of sorts), is inviting companies to apply for a seat in its fourth cohort. The …
Whitepaper
Corporate Legal Operations and the New Era of AI – Kira Systems Whitepaper
In popular culture, AI is often depicted as a threatening presence. Its ability to automate tasks typically reserved for humans inspires a fear that it …
Legal Tech Regulation
California Taskforce Warns Of Legal Tech ‘Dark Pattern’ Marketing + Considers Regulatory Sandbox
The California State Bar’s Task Force on Access Through Innovation of Legal Services (ATILS), is looking at the dangers of ‘dark pattern’ marketing that could …
Patents
Specifio Founder Launches Patent Attorney Network To Leverage AI Drafting Tech
Ian Schick, the co-founder and CEO of patent drafting automation company Specifio has now launched Draft Builders, a ‘gig economy’ patent attorney network, in what is a novel …
Investment
‘Legal App Store’ Reynen Court Bags $3m In New Funding – 120 Tech Companies Lined Up To Join ‘Re-Seller’ Platform
And, in further funding news ‘legal app store’ Reynen Court has secured $3m of additional financing in preparation for its official first quarter of 2020 …
Innovation
Tech, Transformation & Talent – BCLP’s Business Academy
By Nick Pryor, Regional Innovation Solutions Director EMEA & Asia at global law firm BCLP Regular readers of Artificial Lawyer will be familiar with the …
Investment
Juro Bags $5m Investment To ‘Double Down on Product’ + Triple Headcount in 2020
Juro, the pioneering contract management platform, has raised a $5m Series A round led by Union Square Ventures. The New York-based fund was an early …
Incubator/Accelerator
S+M Collaborate V.2 To Engage With Aviva, Bupa, Diageo, GSK, Santander + Vodafone
Slaughter and May’s Collaborate incubator will now hold a second programme in 2020 – and the lucky group of tech companies will get to engage …
Market Analysis
This Is Guaranteed To Happen in 2020
Rather than make more predictions, here are some of the key things that Artificial Lawyer guarantees you will happen in the year ahead. Billable Hours …