Frank Ready is a reporter on the tech desk at ALM Media. He can be reached at [email protected].
June 10, 2020 | Legaltech News
A Post-COVID-19 Legal Bot Boom? Don't Bet on ItWilson Sonsini's summer associates will be given the opportunity to try and automate select legal processes, but law firms in general may have a lot of work to do before their bots can be client-facing.
By Frank Ready
4 minute read
June 09, 2020 | Legaltech News
Legal, Fintech Collaborations Point to Future for Highly Specialized PartnershipsDentons announced it was partnering with process management provider eClerx Market, an arrangement that could be more common as tech and process challenges become more specialized across industries.
By Frank Ready
3 minute read
June 05, 2020 | Legaltech News
Legal Tech Providers' Health May Be a Top Concern For Clients Post COVID-19A down economy may be putting more pressure on corporate legal departments to insure that their vendors and service providers are going to be in business for the long-haul. But startups and legacy companies might be operating under different expectations.
By Frank Ready
4 minute read
June 04, 2020 | Corporate Counsel
How Will Corporate Legal Spend Its Budget Post-Pandemic?In a post COVID-19 world, some corporate legal departments are focusing their spending on personnel while others could be weighing investments in cloud technology and key security infrastructure.
By Frank Ready
4 minute read
June 03, 2020 | Corporate Counsel
Economic Woes Alone Won't Help Corporate Legal Sell InnovationCorporate legal departments have often struggled to create a compelling investment story around innovation, but constructing a more urgent narrative could help them gain employee buy-in.
By Frank Ready
4 minute read
June 03, 2020 | Legaltech News
Are Complex Legal Matters Kryptonite to ALSPs' Cost Advantage?Many ALSPs are attempting to increase the complexity of their service offerings to capture a bigger slice of the market, but the skilled labor and extra attention those tasks often require could threaten any cost advantages they may have over law firms.
By Frank Ready
4 minute read
June 02, 2020 | Legaltech News
Keep It Virtual: Some Hope Remote Depositions, Court Hearings Continue Post-COVIDWhile remote depositions, hearings and court arguments can make it difficult to read a client or judge's reactions, the long-term savings such technology affords may keep law firms and their customers engaged long after COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.
By Frank Ready
4 minute read
May 29, 2020 | Legaltech News
ALSP and Legal Tech Competition Won't Be 'Zero-Sum Game' Post-COVID-19ALSPs may offer corporations and legal departments a more comprehensive set of services for their investment, but legal tech providers are already finding willing customers for their products in those very same law companies.
By Frank Ready
4 minute read
May 28, 2020 | Corporate Counsel
CLOC's New Executive Director Talks the Future of In-Person Legal ConferencesBetsi Roach, CLOC's first executive director, is helping the organization develop its approach to an increasingly crowded virtual conference landscape and offers thoughts on how online and physical conferences may co-exist in the future.
By Frank Ready
5 minute read
May 27, 2020 | Corporate Counsel
Contract Tech May Still Be Negotiating Its Future Post-PandemicWhile contract negotiation tools may have seen a bump in consumer interest during the pandemic, could those gains be challenged as employees slowly return to offices and are able to resume face-to-face negotiations?
By Frank Ready
4 minute read
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