Market Trends
What If…Big Law Pulled The Plug On Legal Innovation?
In the last few weeks we have seen a number of people leave Big Law tech and innovation roles, an innovation leadership job at one …
Legal Tech Moves
Co-Founder of Linklaters’ Nakhoda Tech Group Leaves, Bhandarkar Takes On Role – Updated
Partha Mudgil, the co-founder and COO of Linklaters’ pioneering Nakhoda tech group has left the firm. He will be replaced by Shilpa Bhandarkar (pictured above), …
Incubator/Accelerator
Legal Utopia Joins Telefonica’s AI + Blockchain Accelerator
Legal AI startup, Legal Utopia – which helps consumers and SMEs to identify their legal issues and then find guidance via a mobile friendly NLP-driven …
Contract Pre-Screening
5 Things You Should Know About Contract Pre-Screening – By ThoughtRiver
Despite a slow start, technology in the legal sector is beginning to heat up. There are lots of new names and products entering an increasingly …
Conference
Legal Innovators California – First Speakers Announced
After the great success of the inaugural event in London last year, Legal Innovators will now also take place in San Francisco, California, June 18, and we have some great …
Podcast
LegalTech Tapas – Richard Mabey, Juro
Welcome to the latest LegalTech Tapas podcast on Artificial Lawyer with Andrew Jardine. Today we speak to Richard Mabey, co-founder and CEO of contracting platform, Juro. In this podcast …
Smart contracts
HSF’s Digital Law Group – Making Smart Contracts A Reality
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) is one of a growing number of major law firms that believe smart legal contracts are going to eventually become a …
Big Four
Deloitte Legal To Work With Academic Tech Venture Group
Deloitte Legal is to collaborate with Conception X, a nine-month programme designed to train PhD students in technology entrepreneurship and to support them in building …
Smart contracts
Smart Contract-Based $2.5m LAO Fund Seeks Investors
The LAO or Legal Autonomous Organisation, a blockchain- and smart contract-based investment vehicle that seeks to redefine the joint-stock company, is calling for investors in …
Event Review
Inspire.Legal – Event Review
By Nikki Shaver, Managing Director, Innovation & Knowledge, Paul Hastings The notion of ‘tribe’ raised its head at LegalGeek UK last year and re-appeared this past …