Legal Engineer Trademark
Lawyer to Trademark ‘Legal Engineer’, But Who Invented the Term?
Philip Hannay, a lawyer at Cloch Solicitors in Scotland, has applied to trademark the term ‘legal engineer’, setting off a chorus of comment from the …
Legal AI Investment
US Legal AI Co. LegalSifter Bags $1.86 Million VC Funding
Pittsburgh-based legal AI company LegalSifter has secured $1.86 million in funding from venture capital fund Birchmere Ventures and several high-net-worth individuals. The move underlines the reality that …
Law Firm Cryptocurrency
How Africa’s Bowmans Uses Own Cryptocurrency To Reward Staff
Earlier this year, leading Pan-African law firm, Bowmans, launched its own cryptocurrency, BowMoney, which is based on the Ethereum blockchain. The firm, which has offices …
Legal Tech Incuabtor
MDR LAB Advisory Board Brings In Kira Co-Founder + Others
Pioneering UK law firm Mishcon de Reya has formed an International Advisory Board to help develop its MDR LAB legal tech incubator, with luminaries such …
Legal Tech Interview
Artificial Lawyer Interview: Nick Watson, Ruby Datum
Artificial Lawyer recently caught up with Nick Watson, Managing Director of virtual data room and document management company, Ruby Datum. Watson is also the founder …
Legal AI Strategy
Peter Wallqvist on iManage’s Post-Merger Strategy
Artificial Lawyer recently caught up with Peter Wallqvist, VP of Strategy at iManage, and former co-founder of the pioneering UK-based legal AI company, RAVN. We discussed …
ICO Regulation
SEC’s New Cyber Unit Launches First ICO Charges
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Cyber Unit has announced it has obtained its first ever emergency asset freeze to halt an Initial Coin …
Global Hackathon
The World’s Largest Legal Hackathon, And You’re Invited
The world’s largest ever legal hackathon will take place next February and bring together as many as 10,000 lawyers, law students, tech companies and many …
Legal AI Market Growth
The Legal AI ‘Barbarians’ Have Already Taken the Gates
This week legal AI company, Kira Systems, announced that it is being used by White Shoe, New York law firm, Davis Polk & Wardwell for …
Digital Signatures
PactSafe Explores ‘Smile to Sign’, Pioneers Digital Signatures
US legal digital signature pioneer, PactSafe, is developing novel ways of signing legal documents including a ‘smile to sign’ application that uses facial recognition. The …