Rhys Dipshan
CT-born, New York-based legal tech reporter covering everything from in-house technology disruption to privacy trends, blockchain, AI, cybersecurity, and ghosts-in-the-machine. Continually waiting for law to catch up with tech. (It's like waiting for Godot, but without the clowns)
February 21, 2020 | Legaltech News
Major Law Firms, In-House Departments Strive to Modernize Metrics in New CollaborationA Winston & Strawn-launched consortium, made up of participants including Am Law 100 firms, Fortune 500 legal-ops departments, ALSPs and others, is designing real-time metric dashboards to change how and when legal teams create and use client evaluations.
By Rhys Dipshan
5 minute read
February 13, 2020 | Legaltech News
The NFL Twitter Hack Shows We Need to Move Past Password ProtectionLibraries, professional athletes and the general public can invest significant time developing complex passwords to protect their accounts, but nothing can change the fact that a malicious attacker with an internet connection can hack an account with nothing more than a keyboard.
By James M. Paulino II and Michael A. Goode
5 minute read
February 12, 2020 | Legaltech News
Knowable Launches Contract Analytics Platform, Centralizing Its Offerings and User InterfaceWith its new Contracts Data Management Platform, the Axiom spinoff is streamlining the way its users' access their contract data and the company's services.
By Rhys Dipshan
3 minute read
February 11, 2020 | Legaltech News
Data Privacy and Protection Take Center Stage at Legalweek New YorkWith data privacy and data protection being one of the biggest global challenges, it came as no surprise that these issues were a main focus at Legalweek New York last week.
By David Horrigan, Relativity
6 minute read
February 06, 2020 | Legaltech News
Judges: Social Media, GDPR Don't Impede Your Discovery ResponsibilitiesThe Day 3 Legalweek judges panel stressed that, while much has changed in the technology, regulatory and judicial space, court expectations have largely stayed the same.
By Rhys Dipshan
4 minute read
February 05, 2020 | Legaltech News
3 Surprises Legal Teams Can Expect When Developing Internal ChatbotsAt a Legalweek panel, those from all corners of the legal industry discussed what they learned from launching their own internal chatbots.
By Rhys Dipshan
3 minute read
February 04, 2020 | Legaltech News
Unprecedented Insights, But Unwieldy Governance: The Problem With Algorithmic ToolsAt the "Algorithmic Malpractice & Lawfare" session of Legalweek 2020 in New York, a panel of legal and tech experts examined the paradox at the heart of today's most cutting-edge innovations.
By Rhys Dipshan
3 minute read
February 04, 2020 | Legaltech News
Beyond the Smart Contract Hype: Lawyers Dispute Promise of Self-Executing ContractsCiting a number of legal and technical issues, a Legalweek panel pushed back the idea that contracts written entirely in code will ever be able to fully replace traditional, natural languages ones.
By Rhys Dipshan
3 minute read
February 04, 2020 | Legaltech News
How Blockchain's 'Paradigm Shift' Puts More Pressure on Legal's Tech EvolutionAs part of the Legalweek 2020 Q&A series, Legaltech News speaks with blockchain researcher and entrepreneur Bettina Warburg on blockchain's potential disruption in the legal space, what attorneys most misunderstand about the technology, and more.
By Rhys Dipshan
5 minute read
February 03, 2020 | Corporate Counsel
Legal's Metrics Don't (Yet) Measure UpAs the use of data grows, firms and clients look for alignment.
By Rhys Dipshan
9 minute read
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