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Technological Innovations in the Legal World: Transforming the Competitive Landscape

Law Firm Technology, Law Technology, Technology / April 11, 2023

Norma Harris* Digital evolution has been rapid in the last decade. It has been triggering transformation across industries, changing their very model, building new standards for output quality, and drastically altering the competitive landscape. The legal world, too, along with the legal support services industry has been no exception. Albeit, slower when compared to other …

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