ISSUE No.21
Clifford Chance and Latham & Watkins-backed Reynen Court revamps legaltech platform
Legaltech company Reynen Court has launched a new version of its app store platform that allows law firms and in-house teams to more easily access and manage third-party software applications without stressing their own IT infrastructure.
Reynen Court’s new full-service platform adds to its existing self-managed platform, where users provide their own infrastructure to host the platform and manage all third-party applications in-house. The company – which is backed by law firms including Clifford Chance, Latham & Watkins and Orrick – said the new platform makes it easier for firms and legal departments to source, test and adopt cloud-based legal technology.
Source: The Global Legal Post
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The aim of the contest is to discover new talents and startups in the legal-technological sector and to promote the use of technology in the field of law. It identifies, supports and encourages entrepreneurs in this sector and helps emerging companies to boost their business projects by promoting innovation in the improvement of legal orders and the progress of the rule of law.
Source: Entrepreneur
Photo: Mateus Campos Felipe vía Unsplash
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The legaltech firm’s valuation now sits at US$1.6 billion with the close of the Series E round led by T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. (Nasdaq:TROW), with participation from Toronto’s OMERS Growth Equity.
Source: Business in Vancouver
Photo: Rob Kruyt, BIV
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Top 10 legal technology trends in 2021
With COVID forcing lawyers to move virtually overnight, these trends show no signs of abating.
Legal technology has been evolving for many years, but the past 12 months have seen exponential growth in adoption. While some lawyers and firms were tech-savvy and innovative pre-COVID, the pandemic forced the rest of the legal profession to innovate by necessity. Firms shuttered their offices, paper documents were out of reach, and the justice system moved to virtual proceedings overnight.
Source: Canadian Lawyer
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Source: Technology's Legal Edge
Photo: Showsuite
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New dispute rules envisage direct-to-blockchain enforcement of arbitral decisions
A new digital dispute resolution procedure allows businesses around the world entering into cryptoasset transactions or smart contracts to empower arbitrators to directly apply legal remedies to the underlying blockchain in the event of a dispute in relation to those digital assets.
David McIlwaine of Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law, who specialises in technology disputes resolution, said the procedure “offers businesses a cost-effective and certain route through which to ensure the outcome of disputes over digital assets is enforced”.
Source: Pinsent Masons
Photo: Getty Images
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My Legal Einstein now offers comprehensive Legal AI capabilities across multiple languages, supporting the ability to topically analyze legal contracts and perform side-by-side comparisons of legal topics across contracts, corporate playbooks, and clause libraries.
Source: PR Newswire
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“What are the 7 hottest issues facing Legal Professionals?”
The report entitled "What are the 7 hottest issues facing Legal Professionals" uncovers some of the most important and challenging topics related to legal innovation in 2021. Please follow the link below to get the report for free.
Source: Legal Festival
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The virtual conference will bring together top entrepreneurs, lawyers, investors and legaltech experts, sharing their visions and unique insights on the nature of legal technologies and their relationship with data, IoT, AI, cybersecurity and blockchain as well as ethical considerations of the technological advancement and future projections.
Source: FinTech Circle
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Weekdays at noon U.S. Central Time (that's 7:00 p.m. CEST)
Bucerius Legal Tech Essentials 2021
During the month of May, Bucerius Law we are going to host inspirational presentations from some of the world's leading legal technology and operations experts on weekdays at noon U.S. Central Time (that's 7:00 p.m. CEST). We promise 60–90 minutes of insights and Q&A.
Speakers:
- Stephanie Corey, UpLevel Ops. Topic: 'Building a Legal Operations Strategy'. Date: 10 May 2021.
- Eddie Hartman, Simon-Kucher Founder, LegalZoom. Date: 11 May 2021.
- Aaron Katzel, SoftBank Group. Panel: Legal Operations. Date: 13 May 2021.
- Gloria Sanchez Soriano, Banco Santander. Panel: Legal Operations. Date: 13 May 2021.
Source: Bucerius Law School
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