Frank Ready

December 23, 2020 | Legaltech News

Remote working provided a lifeline to legal tech companies during the pandemic, but many still consider physical office space to be a crucial investment and will look to restore opportunities for in-person team-building and collaboration.

By Frank Ready

4 minute read

December 23, 2020 | Legaltech News

While more complex cases may return to a physical courtroom just as soon as public health allows, cost savings and attorneys' increasing comfort with the tech involved may keep some aspects of virtual depositions and court applications alive well past 2021.

By Frank Ready

4 minute read

December 22, 2020 | Legaltech News

Attorneys have been working from home in some capacity for the last several months, but changes to the way they practice aren't exclusively limited to surroundings. For some lawyers, remote working has meant substantially rethinking their approach to mental health, productivity tracking and ongoing travel arrangements, among other things.

By Frank Ready

4 minute read

December 18, 2020 | Legaltech News

While law firms may have been the primary audience for legal tech in the past, internal business pressures to continue driving efficiencies may be transforming corporate legal departments into an ideal market for legal tech providers.

By Frank Ready

4 minute read

December 17, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

The EU, Brazil, Japan and other jurisdictions have enacted sweeping privacy regulations as companies look to gain compliance synchronicity. But panelists on a Perkins Coie and FTI Consulting webinar say a private right of action and other particulars may keep a U.S. federal law years from becoming a reality.

By Frank Ready

3 minute read

December 17, 2020 | Legaltech News

While legal departments are already making use of ALSPs, there are still some basic criteria that providers have to hit before they can get the job.

By Frank Ready

1 minute read

December 16, 2020 | Legaltech News

The 13th Annual Law Department Operations Survey released by the Blickstein Group found that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic hasn't hindered corporate law's expectations or abilities. But legal departments still lack them when it comes to enforcing diversity goals.

By Frank Ready

5 minute read

December 15, 2020 | Legaltech News

While new audio streaming platform Vurbl is hosting a free collection of thousands of oral legal arguments, the company may still have to contend with the same storage challenges that have plagued governments and court jurisdictions.

By Frank Ready

4 minute read

December 11, 2020 | Legaltech News

Instead of relying on legal tech, some legal departments are looking to reuse or embrace enterprise-level solutions that are already deployed within their organizations. Still, there remain some legal department tasks that agnostic tech just can't crack.

By Frank Ready

3 minute read

December 10, 2020 | Legaltech News

Ironclad's "State of Digital Contracting, Winter 2020: AI and the Elusive Promise of Smart Contracting" virtual event delved into how changes in service delivery models could help to drive a new wave of legal tech directed toward in-house attorneys and nonlawyers.

By Frank Ready

3 minute read