The last word: New order
As part of our technology special, we canvass the experts and ask where the legal start-up market is headed Most…
Legal tech
Slater and Gordon to launch new corporate entity alongside plans for £30m legal tech investment
Revamped personal injury specialist Slater and Gordon (S&G) is set to roll its legal and former Quindell divisions into a…
Irresistible forces
Alex Novarese, Legal Business: Looking at the top of the market, how is buying behaviour changing? Donny Ching, Royal Dutch…
The last word: Machines and myths
‘Everyone is on their own voyage of discovery. But is any law firm leveraging AI in a material way? I…
‘Innovation is happening’: Mishcon launches legal tech start-up scheme
Mishcon de Reya has become the latest firm to embrace innovation in legal tech, today (16 January) launching an incubator…
The robots keep coming: DLA Piper makes major AI play with Kira software deal
Intent on driving automation throughout the business, DLA Piper has partnered with Canadian tech firm Kira Systems to launch an…
Keeping up with Ross and Kim – the work to do on shaping the legal stars of tomorrow
CC’s David Bickerton says the profession is yet to master training the lawyers of the future New entrants to the…
Robot law: Deloitte estimates automation to cut legal sector jobs by 39% over the next two decades
A new report released by Deloitte is warning law firms to prepare for changes as the rise of automation is…
DAC Beachcroft takes £4m hit on failed IT project, LLP accounts reveal
National law firm DAC Beachcroft took a £4.39m hit on a failed IT project as it tried to change its…
More than half of GCs expect AI to reshape their teams within five years
In-house lawyers have been notoriously slow to embrace the tech-backed delivery of legal services, but our survey of more than…
It’s a people game – what PE lawyers can teach global law firms
If a good chunk of the latest issue of Legal Business is focused on technology and machines replacing lawyers, our…
The importance of tech: Foot Anstey promotes IT director to partner
Highlighting the growing importance of technology for law firms, south west firm Foot Anstey has used its alternative business structure…
Guest post: Who’s afraid of IBM Watson? Machine learning and the future of law
Recently in New York, Adam Smith Esq had the opportunity to invite a couple of dozen law firms to ‘An…
CC innovation chief creates taskforces to drive change
Firm eyes IBM Watson partnership and new software products Six months into the role, Clifford Chance (CC)’s head of innovation…
The Last Word: The vision thing
Senior legal figures provide their take on how the market will shape up over the next 25 years RISE OF…
Trading Places – Israel’s tech-heavy legal market widens its global reach
Shimon Peres, the 91-year-old former Israeli president, may not be the most obvious social media fanatic. Yet in 2014 he…
No more weak links – elite law firms unite to fight cyber security threat
It has long been a gripe among major clients – in particular banks – that law firms are the chink…
Mobile cyber-security – Pay as You Go
Mobile technology has enabled today’s lawyers to be more responsive to clients’ needs than ever before but brings added risk…
You’re gonna need a bigger boat! – big data and the modern law firm
Big data has been hailed as the next big thing to hit legal tech and has already become a force…