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Throughout 2025 we will be interviewing people in the legal tech/ops space from around the world. In this fourth interview of the year, Marc May spoke with Sara Ajmi, Legal Operations and Technology Manager at TELUS, about her journey into legal operations, how legal ops can be improved, why we should lose the label ‘alternative […]

Throughout 2025 we will be interviewing people in the legal tech/ops space from around the world. In this third interview of the year, Marc May spoke with Laura Richardson, General Counsel at legal tech company Agiloft about legal operations, training lawyers for non-legal tasks like CLM implementations, what to do to make sure you’re buying […]

Rapid adoption of GenAI is reshaping in-house legal careers; Training and upskilling are needed for a sea change in legal work. The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), in partnership with Everlaw, the cloud-native litigation and investigation platform, published a new report today highlighting GenAI’s transformative impact in corporate legal departments. The report, “GenAI and Future Corporate Legal […]

Clio, the global leader in legal technology, announced it has raised US $900 million, based on a US $3 billion valuation, in a Series F investment round led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA). The round also includes new partners Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Sixth Street Growth, CapitalG, and Tidemark, who join current investors TCV, JMI […]

In today’s interconnected global economy, businesses operating internationally, including those based in the UK or Europe, face broader data risks than ever before. While the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) remains a primary regulation governing data management, international standards, particularly those related to the discovery process in civil litigation in the United States, also warrant […]

The ubiquitous nature of emojis is undeniable. With billions sent daily, these small digital icons have become deeply ingrained in our communication and seamlessly integrated into our everyday digital lives, irrespective of whether it is personal or professional. Here are a few facts: Emojis have rapidly transcended mere visual embellishments, evolving into powerful tools for […]

In an era where the application of artificial intelligence (AI) is pushing the boundaries of human innovation, the question of whether AI-generated inventions could deserve patent protection has become a pressing issue. Its complexities in the world of Intellectual property have brought to light issues with current legislations and bigger questions that have attracted the […]

Acquisition Will Extend Consilio’s Enterprise Legal Services Business to Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia and Expand Its UK Business Consilio, the global leader in legal technology solutions and enterprise legal services, has come to an agreement to acquire Lawyers On Demand (LOD), a pioneer in flexible legal talent, and SYKE, a premier […]

Blockchain technology can positively change the way businesses operate, allowing them more control over corporate and financial matters. It provides the possibility to make decision-making processes more efficient, eliminates unnecessary intermediaries, automates tasks and protects shareholders’ right to corporate information. Tokenized Business Organizations offer new ways to do business, and with those, new legal challenges. […]

Lawyers know how to learn. That’s our job. However, one of my biggest career challenges has been learning about myself. I’ve struggled to align my work with my values.. When people ask about my career path, my short answer is: sports lawyer turned media lawyer turned tech lawyer. Through these experiences, l’ve learned: (1) to […]

Skylar Young talks with Eric Lundy, Principal Data Scientist at Oracle, about data science, legal tech, and the intersection of the two in the latest instalment of her regular Legal Technologist column. Enjoy! SY: Eric, thanks so much for offering your time. I think it’s so valuable to hear perspectives from technical people about legal […]

This year’s ILTACON is set to be the second biggest one in their history, after the 2019 conference. As usual, a number of business partners are using it as a channel to launch new, innovative solutions and services and in a return to a well populated show, some firms are sending entire departments to see […]

With the recent explosion in cloud-based legal technologies, law firms need help choosing the right ones. This article provides such guidance, with a focus on interoperability. Interoperability is critical because no single application can do everything. Instead, different technologies need to be integrated to provide law firms with complete solutions. The Benefits of REST APIs […]

By now, most of you have heard about WhatsApp’s new terms and conditions that were to take effect in February of 2021. Following a backlash from users worldwide, including the world’s richest person, Elon Musk, WhatsApp delayed the enforcement of their new policy by three months. The policy requires users to agree to sharing certain […]

Approximately 41,000 civil lawsuits are filed each day in the United States. Ninety-seven percent of these cases circulate at the circuit and the county level. This represents a veritable goldmine of information about the litigation process. There is just one small problem. Very few states have integrated court systems, which means this information rarely emerges […]

I am a Senior Consultant in the Legal Technology practice at HBR Consulting. My group helps Fortune 500 companies and Am Law 200 law firms assess technology solutions and optimize processes to improve legal operations. I focus on identifying key business issues, determining client needs, and taking the appropriate actions to meet expectations. However, my […]

By Romesh Hettiarachchi After more than half a decade of practice, I decided to start my own law firm three years ago. Worried about my future in the legal profession, I committed myself to better understanding what makes a “modern lawyer” modern. I assumed being a modern lawyer simply meant having access to the latest […]

By Jacob Field Young associates would greatly benefit from being taught how to truly and fully use Microsoft Word—either by their law school or their firm. My first introduction to the use of technology in the legal field was when my wife, then a first-year associate in a BigLaw firm, amusingly told me that the […]

“So what do you do?” It’s always a question we’re asked by others. Dates, parties, barbecues, activist meetings, golf outings. Anytime we meet someone new, the conversation often starts with establishing occupation. For me, the answer was easy. “I’m a lawyer”. But for the last few years, I get to say “I’m a legal technologist.” […]