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Why Big Name Investors Like Mark Cuban & Kobe Bryant Are Investing in Legal Tech

Featured, Headlining, Law Firm Technology, Law Firms / November 2, 2018

Neil Watson* While lawyers are notoriously risk-averse, a number of legal entrepreneurs and non-lawyer entrepreneurs like Mark Cuban are changing the face of the law. Cuban announced this week that he would make an undisclosed investment in an ‘access to justice’ company called Paladin, partnering with legal giant Dentons, the world’s largest law firm by […]

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The Anti-Money Laundering Tool That Permits ID Verification in Seconds

Law Firm Technology, New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases, Sponsored Post / October 22, 2018

Vincent McCartney* Phase 2 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act (AML/CFT Act) is now live for accountants in practice and lawyers. These professionals are now required to perform ‘customer due diligence’ on their clients to verify their identity and ‘know your customer’ (KYC). The traditional method of identifying a client is

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Why AI Is Not The Main Focus For Law Firms’ Tech Spend. It’s This . .

Headlining, Law Firm Technology, Law Firms / October 3, 2018

The endless articles about AI would have you thinking that it is top-of-mind for lawyers and law firm CEOs, but not so. The Number One issue – at least according to a UK survey, is cyber security. The HSBC UK survey was conducted with The Lawyer magazine, showing thast 70 per cent of law firms saw cyber-security

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The Taranaki Lawyer Who Could . . Making The Forbes List With Her Law Tech Biz

Law Firm Technology, New Zealand Law News / September 27, 2018

Legal entrepreneur Claudia King has reached the Holy Grail of Lists – forgetting the Billionaire Forbes List perhaps – by making that magazine’s list of 60 women-led startups. Claudia King’s Automio, is a tech law platform that has been notching up continuing success in the law tech area with its recent successes. The ‘bot’ can

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The New Practice Management Kid on the Block

Law Firm Technology, New Zealand Law News, Sponsored Post / September 4, 2018

In what appears to be a relatively crowded practice management marketplace in New Zealand, with some heavyweight incumbents in place, it may raise some eyebrows to have a brand new entrants arrive. And moreso given that the latest to enter the market was set up in its Irish birthplace to do something that may may

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A Tool That Can Help Law Firms Turn the Tables on In-House Counsel Set To Fire Them

Headlining, Law Firm Technology / July 17, 2018

John Bowie* So what is the main reason for law firms being fired by in-house counsel? According to in-house lawyers (in the US, at least), the main reason is that the firms fail to provide value. The firms themselves, meanwhile, will say that the reason is budgetary – cost overruns and maybe the occasional lack

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The Australian Legal Whiz Behind The Law Whiz AI App

Australia, Law Firm Technology, New Zealand Law News, UK Law / July 16, 2018

April Arslan is not used to waiting around . . for anything. The Melbourne-based lawyer running her own firm, Arslan Lawyers, has an international client base working with top senior barristers in high-end commercial litigation. LawFuel spoke with April about her new app, Law-Whiz, designed to remove the divide between barrister and solicitor and more

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Why Lawyers Need to Embrace Legal Tech Tools

Briefing, Briefings, Law Firm Technology / June 26, 2018

LexisNexis – Massive change is coming to the way we work and workplaces as a whole. The future of technology is speculative but rapidly-changing. Mobility is key as the traditional work environment is on the verge of disappearing altogether. Lawyers need to keep pace; with the ever-changing advisory needs of their clients, and in adapting

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Thinking Differently About Legal AI

Featured, Law Firm Technology / June 13, 2018

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Jordan Furlong* I think we need a new way to talk about artificial intelligence in the law. I’m seeing a lot of frustration and cross-talk lately in the legal innovation community around what does and doesn’t constitute legal AI, and whether it will or won’t deliver any real value. The term “legal AI” isn’t

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Best Cybersecurity Practices to Avoid An Being Hit By An Increasing Malware Threat

Briefing, Briefings, Law Firm Technology / May 25, 2018

Burr & Forman Hackers are clever at exploiting weaknesses in an organization’s systems. They are also efficient. After an organization installs robust cybersecurity controls, hackers will typically look for an easier target or they will adjust their tactics to exploit remaining leaks in an organization’s environment. Unless organizations want to get eaten by a shark,

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