Tony Angel, formerly Linklaters managing partner and senior partner and global chairman of DLA Piper, has taken on a new role on the advisory board of new legal artificial intelligence (AI) start-up TagDox. Continue reading “Former DLA Piper and Linklaters chief Tony Angel takes advisory role at legal start-up Tagdox”
‘Unprecedented applications in the legal industry’: Dentons’ Nextlaw backs two legal tech startups with funding and training
Nextlaw Labs, the legal tech platform launched by Dentons last year, has invested in two legal startups, alongside venture funding company Seedcamp.
The rise of the machines: Slaughters latest to join rush to embrace artificial intelligence
Slaughters latest to pilot AI technology in deal with Autonomy founder Mike Lynch
Slaughter and May has teamed up with Luminance, which is being backed by Autonomy founder Mike Lynch’s investment fund, to help launch new artificial intelligence (AI) for M&A.
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‘Cut through the noise’: Nextlaw partners with AI firm for Brexit contracts system
In the latest play for Dentons‘ tech joint venture, Nextlaw Labs has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) programme with London IT firm RAVN Systems to assess the impact of the Brexit vote on companies’ contracts.
Clifford Chance latest to partner with tech firm Kira as major players make AI push
Clifford Chance (CC) has become the latest firm to increase its investment in technology initiatives, announcing this morning (5 July) that it has entered into partnership with artificial intelligence (AI) provider, Kira Systems.
‘We want to be the game changer’: Dentons launches free technology platform for referrals
Dentons has established a free-to-use law firm referral network, which uses a technology-focused platform which allows member law firms to ‘easily connect and track referrals.’ Continue reading “‘We want to be the game changer’: Dentons launches free technology platform for referrals”
Mishcon de Reya launches e-discovery business
Firm aims to save clients up to 30% on disclosure
Mishcon de Reya has launched a new venture with e-discovery provider Unified and software developer kCura, agreeing a fixed-price three-year contract that it claims will save clients between 10% and 30% on large disclosure exercises.
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Siri meets GC? Riverview bets big with the launch of a ‘virtual assistant’ for clients
After spending the last 18 months investing in automated services for in-house teams, Riverview Law has created a virtual assistant to help legal teams make ‘quicker and better decisions’.
Comment: Artificial intelligence and the law – mostly believe the hype
It’s a rarity for the great pre-occupations of our age to intersect so closely with that of the legal profession but artificial intelligence (AI) and the prospect of increasingly capable machines taking on swathes of work handled by people is a startling exception.
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