Real World Problems
The Probate System is Unfit for Purpose, But Can Tech Help?
A new survey has shown just how unfit for purpose the current probate system is – an area of legal work that at some point …
M&A
Epiq Buys Hyperion Legal Ops + Tech Consultancy
Epiq, the multi-stream legal services company, has acquired Hyperion Global Partners, a global business and technology advisory practice for legal operations and transformation. The acquisition …
CLM + AI
CLM Platform Agiloft Boosts Its AI Doc Analysis Capabilities
Growing CLM platform, Agiloft, has boosted its NLP analysis capabilities, improving the ability to train the system which now recognises close to 100 legal concepts across multiple contract types. The move shows that the company’s AI strategy is very much to build its own NLP applications that will become an intrinsic part of the platform. …
Work Allocation
Dentons Associate Launches Capacity Work Allocation Tool
Meet Capacity, a new application built and launched by Dentons associate William Dougherty. It helps law firms allocate work and increases junior lawyer autonomy over what they do. It could also potentially reduce unconscious bias in the way partners allocate work. …
Product Walk Through
Parley Pro – Product Walk Through, Overview
Parley Pro is a collaborative contract management platform that has a wide range of capabilities, ranging from review and negotiation, to use of templates, to contract workflow management, to use of NLP for key data extraction from contracts, and more. …
Legal Standards
SALI V.2 Brings in Law Firm Billing Definitions in Key Step
The SALI Alliance, the US-based standards setting project, has launched the second iteration of its Legal Matter Standard Specification (LMSS), which will also include ways …
Gov Funding
Office & Dragons Bags Gov Grant For Deal Platform
Office & Dragons (O&D), the ‘deal drafting’ startup, has received a £97,622 ($128,000) grant from the Government-backed Innovate UK agency to accelerate development of their Transaction Development platform, in what is another example of State-backed support for legal tech in the UK. …
Doc Automation + KM
Clarilis + FromCounsel Launch M&A Doc Suite
Legal information pioneer, FromCounsel, and leading contract automation company, Clarilis, have partnered together to launch an M&A document suite that offers fully maintained, automated legal documents, together with comprehensive drafting guidance. Or, to put it more succinctly: they have combined content and automation. …
Digital Transformation
What Does Digital Transformation Really Look Like?
Digital transformation, especially in relation to inhouse legal teams, is something we hear about a lot. But what does it mean in real terms? What …
Case Study
eBrevia Case Study: Sell-Side Due Diligence
Case Study: Completing Reviews Twice as Quickly in Sell-Side Due Diligence – by eBrevia. Morris, Manning & Martin, representing the seller in a > $1 …