GC Legal Tech Pulse 2024 – in association with Thomson Reuters
Tech and AI are at the top of everyone’s agenda right now. Legal Business and Thomson Reuters canvassed the opinions…
Legal tech
Doing the robot – Five years on, the same old AI debate rages on
‘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
With cash flowing freely into legal tech and start-ups scaling, the market is looking increasingly mature. But while bold claims…
Israel: Anti-fragile
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Herbert Smith Freehills reports on evidence that technology and collaboration should drive a new approach to dispute resolution Herbert Smith…