GC Legal Tech Pulse 2024 – in association with Thomson Reuters Legal Business Tech and AI are at the top of everyone’s agenda right now. Legal Business and Thomson Reuters canvassed the opinions…
Doing the robot – Five years on, the same old AI debate rages on Nathalie Tidman ‘It is very difficult to see how AI competes with what David Higgins does.’ Looking back five years to our…
Legal tech focus: Joined-up thinking Thomas Alan With cash flowing freely into legal tech and start-ups scaling, the market is looking increasingly mature. But while bold claims…
Israel: Anti-fragile Dominic Carman Thriving in the face of adversity as politics and security play an integral part in everyday life is a default…
Conference Sketch – Thousands flock to law tech showcase but echo chamber concerns creep in Thomas Alan Walking trees. High-fives. A cinema. Virtual reality headsets. Arcade games. Disco balls. General counsel (GCs) dressed as Willy Wonka. Filing…
State of play – In-house tech perspectives Alex Speirs Between the reams of paper (literal and virtual) spent discussing how technology will affect the legal profession and the thousands…
Three GC perspectives on change Alex Speirs Gloria Sánchez Soriano, head of transformation – legal department, Santander When our group general counsel (GC), Óscar García Maceiras, joined…
Sponsored briefing: Tech-driven review vs the fear of missing out Guest Blog Jane Colston discusses the use of AI in the courts under the new disclosure pilot scheme’s push for cheaper tech-assisted…
Legal tech focus: Is Kira the real deal? Hamish McNicol AI contract analysis system Kira has been on a trying journey. Having landed $50m in funding, Hamish McNicol and Thomas…
Legal tech focus: Slaughters’ tech ally Luminance makes impact but battle for City elite wages Hamish McNicol Luminance has shot to prominence unlike any other UK legal tech start-up. But Hamish McNicol finds there is still plenty…
Comment: The great distraction – The innovation bandwagon has hobbled law’s market forces Alex Novarese I used to believe the UK legal profession was more imaginative than it got credit for – now I find…
The great distraction – The innovation bandwagon has hobbled market forces Alex Novarese I used to believe the UK legal profession was more imaginative than it got credit for – now I find…
The Last Word: The hard path to enlightenment Legal Business As part of our autumn tech special, we asked partners, innovation heads and CIOs to give a pragmatic take on…
Expectations high as Thomson Reuters and Slaughters ramp up legal tech incubator competition Thomas Alan Competition for access to legal tech start-ups is heating up as global multimedia giant Thomson Reuters and City blueblood Slaughter…
Start me up: Highly-rated legal AI platform Kira secures a record $50m in private equity backing Thomas Alan In a significant benchmark for the legal tech sector, leading AI platform Kira Systems has sealed $50m of private equity…
Disputes Eye: A no-brainer? How tech can save your client £2m Tom Baker With proposed procedural overhauls to disclosure going down like a lead balloon with the Law Society, technology is being touted…
Guest post: Is law a franchise or a business? Lessons from Warren Buffett Guest Blog I often look for knowledge outside of the legal profession to help me develop strategy for our [Microsoft’] legal business.…
Government backs ‘under-funded’ legal AI and data technology with £20m contestable R&D fund Thomas Alan A £20m government fund for the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and data analysis in law, accounting and insurance is…
Trust me, I’m a lawyer… technology and the evolving role of GCs Catherine McGregor Academic and Thinkers50 honouree Rachel Botsman is focused on trust. Of late, that focus has looked at how technology has…
Sponsored briefing: Redefining dispute resolution – challenging orthodoxy Guest Blog Herbert Smith Freehills reports on evidence that technology and collaboration should drive a new approach to dispute resolution Herbert Smith…
