DLA Piper launches flexible working in Australia as part of LOD roll out Legal Business Fresh from sealing a landmark deal with Lawyers On Demand (LOD) to provide freelance lawyering services to its clients, DLA…
Robot law: Deloitte estimates automation to cut legal sector jobs by 39% over the next two decades Legal Business A new report released by Deloitte is warning law firms to prepare for changes as the rise of automation is…
Dentons’ venture NextLaw Labs invests in fee transparency firm Apperio Legal Business Dentons‘ NextLaw Labs, a venture launched last year for financing new legal services technologies, has made its second major investment…
Mishcon de Reya launches e-discovery business Legal Business Firm aims to save clients up to 30% on disclosure Mishcon de Reya has launched a new venture with e-discovery…
Mishcon signs deal with software provider to launch separate e-discovery business Legal Business Mishcon de Reya has launched a new venture with e-discovery provider Unified and software developer kCura, agreeing a fixed-price three-year…
Faraway, so close – two visions of nearshoring Legal Business With even Freshfields unveiling plans to put hundreds of staff in Manchester, we teamed up with Scottish Development International to…
Siri meets GC? Riverview bets big with the launch of a ‘virtual assistant’ for clients Legal Business After spending the last 18 months investing in automated services for in-house teams, Riverview Law has created a virtual assistant to…
Clifford Chance avoids nearshoring with plans for low-cost hub in Canary Wharf Legal Business 400 support staff to be housed five minutes away from HQ While peers have chosen low-cost hubs farther afield in…
DLA strikes landmark deal to offer contract lawyering through LOD Legal Business Putting aside the rivalries that result in little collaboration or innovation within the legal market, DLA Piper has struck a…
Avoiding nearshoring: Clifford Chance to move 400 staff to Canary Wharf low-cost hub Sarah Downey While peers have chosen low-cost hubs farther afield in the UK, Clifford Chance (CC) is moving its back-office staff from…
Guest post: Artificial intelligence – the robots are/are not coming Legal Business IBM Watson. Google’s driverless cars. Uncanny recommendations from Amazon, Siri, and Google Now. Not to mention the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book…
Guest post: Innovation makes you dodgy. Discuss Legal Business Those of you who follow my work closely (*hello mum and dad*) will observe that I am a cautious proponent…
DLA strikes groundbreaking deal to offer contract lawyering via LOD Tom Moore In a pioneering nod towards calls for the modern legal profession to be more collaborative, DLA Piper has struck a highly…
Comment: Artificial intelligence and the law – mostly believe the hype Legal Business It’s a rarity for the great pre-occupations of our age to intersect so closely with that of the legal profession…
Blue chip clients: cutting-edge tech will reshape law in five years as more jobs taken by intelligent machines Legal Business In-house lawyers have been notoriously slow to embrace the tech-backed delivery of legal services, but Legal Business research drawing on…
Deep Blue sky thinking: The cutting edge of legal AI Legal Business Artificial intelligence is big news once again in law and beyond. Legal Business speaks to leaders in the field of…
Applied science and snake oil: AI in practice Legal Business The cutting-edge science in artificial intelligence in law is startling, but does the tech currently offered by commercial legal providers…
The i-Team: The client perspective on AI Legal Business Pioneering GCs are taking control of legal spend, armed with the latest tech. Can the rest of the in-house community…
AI and the law tools of tomorrow: A special report Legal Business Deep Blue sky thinking: The cutting edge of legal AI Applied science and snake oil: AI in practice The i-Team:…
AI and law: mostly believe the hype Alex Novarese It’s a rarity for the great pre-occupations of our age to intersect so closely with that of the legal profession…
