By Matthew Smith, associate solicitor at Irwin Mitchell LLP, supported by Sally Gill, director and founder of City Community Legal Advice Centre Pro bono legal work is a vital part […]
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November 2024
Lawyers, Take Note: Microsoft Offers Current Advice On Cybersecurity
These simple steps can be quickly implemented by lawyers at no or little additional cost.
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Is AI Regulation Attainable on a Global Scale?
Speakers from various international organizations at the New York City Bar Association’s “UN Summit of the Future: International Regulation of AI” webinar discussed whether global AI regulation is possible and what’s holding it back.
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Employment Lawyers: See How Thomson Reuters Practical Law Can Bolster Your Practice [Sponsored]
A sampling of resources that will help you get up to speed quickly so you can practice with confidence.
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Disco appoints Lauren Caruso as chief sales officer
New York Stock Exchange-listed eDiscovery vendor Disco today (5 November) announced that Lauren Caruso will join the company as senior vice president and chief sales officer. Until January 2023 she […]
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Nik Reed Named CEO Of Knowable, the Company He Joined After Cofounding Ravel Law, As Mark Harris Moves To Chairman

Nicholas (Nik) Reed has been named chief executive officer of contracts analytics and management company Knowable, after having been the company’s senior vice president, product and research development since 2019.
Mark Harris, who had been Knowable’s CEO ever since the company was spun off from alternative legal services provider Axiom in 2019, will assume the rule of chairman…
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Webinar with NetDocuments: ndMAX AI Assistant demo plus a discussion on the value and future of agentic AI
SIGN UP HERE In this webinar with NetDocuments’ legal technology strategist Michelle Spencer and legal solutions director Jennifer Poon, we’ll be learning more about ndMAX Intelligent Assistant’s capabilities, including how […]
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Case Management Platform Clarra Unveils Suite of New Features, Including Gen AI, Analytics and Tracking of Client Communications
It was a year ago last month that I wrote here about the launch of Clarra, a cloud-based case management platform designed to be optimized for docket-driven litigation practices. Now, Clarra is out with a a major update that provides a suite of new features, including generative AI and analytics capabilities, enhanced client-communications capabilities, no-code customization, and more.
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Is Gaming Going All In on Web3? Robby Yung Talks Shop
I met with Robby Yung CEO of Animoca Brands. This is one of the largest and most progressive Web3 companies around. They have a huge number of investments and projects they are involved with. We get into a host of different topics including where the company is headed, what they are involved with, the future state of Play to Earn,…
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Podcast: Jenn McCarron, head of CLOC, on the ever-changing nature and future of legal ops
As we draw towards the end of Jenn McCarron’s first year as president of CLOC (the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium) what are her key learnings from the year? In this […]
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Russia-Linked Deepfakes Are Hitting the US Election. Will It Spur Congress to Act?
While foreign actors spread misinformation about the U.S. election via deepfakes, legal experts aren’t holding their breath for federal legislation.
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LawNext Podcast: The LegalTech Fund’s Zach Posner on Investing in Legal Tech (and His Upcoming Summit)

When Zach Posner was last on this podcast, it was 2021 and he was less than a year into having cofounded The LegalTech Fund, the first venture capital firm to be laser-focused on law and legal technology. Since then, his firm, of which he is managing director, has gone on to build up a portfolio of more than…
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AI Gives Legal Departments New Leverage to Demand Speed, Efficiency From Law Firms
“Lawyers accustomed to week-long turnarounds for contract reviews may find their clients demanding same-day service to keep up with sales/growth teams,” according to Aaron Boersma, author of “Keeping Pace: Law Firms in the Era of AI-Driven Business.”
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The Ninth Circuit Got It Very Wrong in 'Heckman v. Live Nation'
“The ‘Heckman’ ruling is disappointing, and it also underscores the misconceptions surrounding arbitration, even among federal appellate court judges,” write New Era ADR’s Rich Lee, Collin Williams, Michelle Tyler and Shane Mulrooney.
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How Tech-Savvy GCs Can Overcome Governance And Productivity Challenges [Sponsored]
‘The Modern CLO & Legal Ops Toolkit’ provides a road map to excel in an evolving landscape.
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An Illuminated Path
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. One of the things I’ve been looking forward to in my new role is teaching. The calendar has rolled around and I was asked to teach next fall, which is really exciting. I’ll be teaching a course on law practice technology, which is also…
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