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Stephanie Wilkins

Stephanie Wilkins

Stephanie Wilkins is the Editor-in-Chief of Legaltech News at ALM. She has spent the better part of the past decade following the evolution of legal tech and learning how it can help in-house counsel, law firms and others in the legal industry. As a former practicing litigator, she is particularly interested in how legal tech can and should be used in real-life practice and the valuable differences it can make. Stephanie is also keenly interested in shining a light on the ways legal tech is being used to help the greater good.

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July 30, 2024 | Legaltech News

Legaltech Hub Releases In-Depth Competitive Analysis on Due Diligence Automation Providers

The second in a series of market analyses by LTH looks at key players in the niche market of products that are focused specifically on automating (mostly buy-side) due diligence review with respect to completeness of features, maturity and market penetration, and stability.

By Stephanie Wilkins

3 minute read

July 30, 2024 | Legaltech News

Women of Legal Tech: 'Don't Second-Guess Yourself,' Says Mollie Nichols

Redgrave Data CEO Mollie Nichols describes her "a-ha" moment for building a career out of legal technology, the importance of taking the response to sexism in the workplace into your own hands, and why the legal industry's failure to capitalize on machine learning and analytics before the latest generative artificial intelligence wave was a missed opportunity.

By Alma Asay

8 minute read

July 29, 2024 | Legaltech News

We May Be in a Legal Tech Bubble—And That's Great for Lawyers and Consumers

The conventional wisdom about bubbles tends to focus on the negative, with gleeful finger-pointing: "I can't believe they thought that would work!" Often lost in that wisdom is that bubbles are not bad for consumers of technology; they're great.

By Daniel Lewis, LegalOn

4 minute read

July 25, 2024 | The American Lawyer

Cooley Hires First Chief Innovation Officer in Wilson Sonsini's David Wang

Wang has been on the forefront of technical innovation and is a known and respected commodity in the legal technology community. What will he do at Cooley?

By Patrick Smith | Stephanie Wilkins

6 minute read

July 22, 2024 | Legaltech News

Thomson Reuters Launches Claims Explorer, Newest Gen AI Skill in Westlaw Precision with CoCounsel

The latest addition to CoCounsel is designed to enable law firm and in-house professionals to more quickly and accurately identify potential claims and counterclaims applicable to the facts of their case and better understand potential liability before lawsuits are filed.

By Stephanie Wilkins

3 minute read

July 19, 2024 | Legaltech News

Multiple State Court Online Systems Impacted by Global CrowdStrike Outage

The court system disruptions were felt from coast to coast, and included complete court closures in Pennsylvania and Maryland.

By Stephanie Wilkins | Allison Dunn

4 minute read

July 15, 2024 | Legaltech News

Thomson Reuters Publicly Launches CoCounsel Drafting in the U.S.

The new tool integrates with Practical Law and aims to deliver an end-to-end drafting workflow for transactional documents.

By Stephanie Wilkins

2 minute read

July 08, 2024 | Legaltech News

Nervous System: Dick Pick, GIRLS, and the History of Reality

Any discussion of arguably the most impressive database system of the 20th Century inevitably involves giggle-inducing names and veers towards Not Safe for Work connotations. Richard "Dick" Pick, creator of GIRLS and the father of Reality, would not have had it any other way.

By David Kalat, BRG

5 minute read

July 08, 2024 | Legaltech News

Law.com Radar Adds SALI Tags to Increase Precision of Litigation Alerts

ALM's AI-enhanced litigation alerting tool has incorporated SALI taxonomy to allow for more standardized classification, more granular search and more actionable case alerts.

By Stephanie Wilkins

5 minute read

July 03, 2024 | Legaltech News

Martin Shkreli Slapped With Trade Secret Misappropriation Lawsuit for Livestreaming Wu-Tang's 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin' Album

The infamous 'Pharma Bro' was forced to forfeit the only copy of the album upon his 2017 conviction, but retained digital copies, which he later publicly disseminated, allegedly diminishing the value of the album for its new owners, PleasrDAO.

By Stephanie Wilkins

8 minute read