Funding
Another Legal Tech Picks Crowdfunding Instead Of VC Cash
Another legal tech company has chosen to go down the crowdfunding route rather than rely on VC funds. ScribeStar, a digital platform for producing and …
The Big Picture
2021 Will Be A Year Of Stark Contrasts For Legal Tech
It’s only the seventh day of the new year and one may be forgiven for thinking: ‘OK, that’s enough of 2021, let’s fast-forward to 2022.’ But, we can’t change time and this year is going to be another roller-coaster for sure. In particular it’s going to be a year of stark contrasts in the legal tech and wider commercial legal world. …
Top 25 Stories
The Top 25 Artificial Lawyer Articles of 2020
Artificial Lawyer doesn’t often do ‘Best Of’ lists, but 2020 was such an extraordinary year it seems fitting to do one this year. So, please …
2021 Predictions
2021 Predictions: The Market View
What a year it has been! Even beyond the impacts of the pandemic there have been plenty of significant changes in the legal tech sector …
Farewell
Legal AI Pioneer ROSS to Close, Marking End of Era + Commentary from AL
In a move that marks the end of an era in some ways, ROSS – one of the first ‘legal AI companies’ is to close. …
National Data Strategy
‘GDPR Is Holding Back Data-Driven Businesses’
In an important contribution to the debate about the use of data in society, insurance-focused law firm, Kennedys, has said that it believes that when …
AL TV Interview
AL TV Interview: Mark Cohen – The US Experience
Mark Cohen, the well-known US-based legal tech commentator, has had an interesting career, spanning from a meteoric journey through commercial law to launching what was …
Investment
Brightflag Bags $28m Funding + Contractbook Bags $9.4m
Brightflag, a NLP-powered legal spend and matter management platform, has bagged $28m in funding, from private equity firm One Peak plus existing investors Sands Capital …
ALSP
ALSP Integreon has a Content Group – What Else Can Be Outsourced?
When one thinks of Integreon one understandably thinks of legal process work. But, they also have a division that makes corporate content for their clients. …
Incubator/Accelerator
Juralio Wins S+M’s Collaborate Incubator Prize
Slaughter and May’s (S+M) incubator is a little different to others in that they pick a winner at the end of the programme that goes on to co-develop their product more closely with the firm. Yesterday S+M had its pitch day for its 2nd Collaborate cohort (see list below) and Juralio won following a vote and input from a jury. …