‘Disruption’ is what new-tech is largely about and it’s the same with law-tech. As AI and other tech developments continue to challenge the old-style legal market, one of the largest ‘players’ in the legal world is actively seeking disrupters in the legal market to help. Slaughter and May are seeking any “exciting new product” that […]
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Charles Needham* The Practice of law is increasingly doing away with the notion that ‘lawyers’ in the conventional sense are the ones to provide the advice businesses and people require. The need for lawyers is diminishing, with the onset of technology and ‘new-model legal providers’, who are now handling business and personal issues in a
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The ongoing development of legal technology is changing many things in the legal profession and the need to understand what is happening has become more important than ever for the profession. But law firms can innovate without having to spend a great deal too, as was recently demonstrated by legal entrepreneur Tamina Cunningham-Adam, one of
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FT has named Orrick the Most Innovative Law Firm in North America and chosen Orrick’s Chief Innovation Officer Wendy Curtis – “a driving force behind much of the innovation at the firm” – as the Most Innovative Lawyer of the Year. No other firm has won this award as many times or back-to-back. Wendy joins past winners from
UsetheBitcoin.com – As cryptocurrencies and their underlying technologies are becoming more and more popular, the need for defining and understanding the legal structures affecting them will also most probably see a rise. A good legal firm is important regardless of the area of expertise of a business, so, why should blockchain/cryptocurrency projects be any different?
Littler.com – In this day and age, virtually every service provider has adopted some form of technology to assist clients and customers. Why should the delivery of legal services be any different? Scott Rechtschaffen, Chief Knowledge Officer at Littler Mendelson, and Kevin Mulcahy, Vice President of Education and Community Programs at Neota Logic, recently served
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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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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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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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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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