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The Defining Tech Trends of the Next Decade
January 30, 2017
As innovation and capital converge, technologies with life-changing potential can emerge over time. In this video, we asked some of the attendees of Goldman Sachs’ sixth annual Private Internet Company Conference about the technology trends that will define the way we live and work in the next decade. The video features: Jennifer Tejada, CEO, PagerDuty Rob Solomon, Chairman and CEO, GoFundMe Chris Altchek, Co-Founder and CEO, Mic Lise Buyer, Founder, Class V Group Ryan Nolan, Investment...
January 30, 2017
As innovation and capital converge, technologies with life-changing potential can emerge over time. In this video, we asked some of the attendees of Goldman Sachs’ sixth annual Private Internet Company Conference about the technology trends that will define the way we live and work in the next decade. The video features: Jennifer Tejada, CEO, PagerDuty Rob Solomon, Chairman and CEO, GoFundMe Chris Altchek, Co-Founder and CEO, Mic Lise Buyer, Founder, Class V Group Ryan Nolan, Investment...
ROSS Artificial Intelligence Outperforms Westlaw and LexisNexis, Study Finds
January 28, 2017
ROSS Intelligence, the artificial intelligence legal research platform, outperforms Westlaw and LexisNexis in finding relevant authorities, in user satisfaction and confidence, and in research efficiency, and is virtually certain to deliver a positive return on investment. These are among the findings of benchmark report being released today by the technology research and advisory company Blue Hill Research pitting ROSS against the two dominant legal research services. The full report will be available...
January 28, 2017
ROSS Intelligence, the artificial intelligence legal research platform, outperforms Westlaw and LexisNexis in finding relevant authorities, in user satisfaction and confidence, and in research efficiency, and is virtually certain to deliver a positive return on investment. These are among the findings of benchmark report being released today by the technology research and advisory company Blue Hill Research pitting ROSS against the two dominant legal research services. The full report will be available...
Should Venture Capitalists Compete with Law Firm Partners and Judges?
January 22, 2017
A partner in a prominent San-Francisco-Bay-area venture capital firm recently told me, “The tech sector is eating the world. ...
January 22, 2017
A partner in a prominent San-Francisco-Bay-area venture capital firm recently told me, “The tech sector is eating the world. ...
Incorporate Technology Because It’s What Your Clients Expect From You As A Professional
January 21, 2017
Times are not changing. Times have changed. If you hit your stride 20 years ago and are doing just fine with your Dewey decimal...
January 21, 2017
Times are not changing. Times have changed. If you hit your stride 20 years ago and are doing just fine with your Dewey decimal...
A Technician in the Robot Revolution
January 8, 2017
The machines have already consolidated their gains in automated industries and are continuing their migration into white-collar work. Artificial intelligence (AI) and cognitive computing, the “next generation” of computing, will render most paperwork (and pushers of paper) redundant. Even contracts, the bread and butter of most lawyers, will be automated—there are already small-scale examples of self-executing “smart contracts.” In terms of litigation, not only are computers demonstrating...
January 8, 2017
The machines have already consolidated their gains in automated industries and are continuing their migration into white-collar work. Artificial intelligence (AI) and cognitive computing, the “next generation” of computing, will render most paperwork (and pushers of paper) redundant. Even contracts, the bread and butter of most lawyers, will be automated—there are already small-scale examples of self-executing “smart contracts.” In terms of litigation, not only are computers demonstrating...
Is the Law Firm Financial Model Unsustainable?
January 7, 2017
The answer may be yes. From the ABA Journal online: Law firm partners are reaping “soaring” profits amid flat demand for law firm services, creating “an unsustainable model” for law firms, according to the co-founder of a company that developed virtual workplace technology. Writing at Forbes, Mark Cohen says an increasing percentage of legal services are being provided outside of law firms, even as partners are earning more. Law firms, he asserts, “have an unsustainable model that remains...
January 7, 2017
The answer may be yes. From the ABA Journal online: Law firm partners are reaping “soaring” profits amid flat demand for law firm services, creating “an unsustainable model” for law firms, according to the co-founder of a company that developed virtual workplace technology. Writing at Forbes, Mark Cohen says an increasing percentage of legal services are being provided outside of law firms, even as partners are earning more. Law firms, he asserts, “have an unsustainable model that remains...
LegalZoom® Has a New Business Model
January 7, 2017
LegalZoom® which started as a legal document web site based on individual transactions is gradually shifting towards a new business...
January 7, 2017
LegalZoom® which started as a legal document web site based on individual transactions is gradually shifting towards a new business...
Premonition: Motions Analyzer
January 6, 2017
Premonition, the Miami-based Artificial Intelligence company, releases Motions Analyzer, its latest report developed to increase the odds of winning in litigation by showing the win rate of motions in a particular court. By using the World’s largest litigation database, Motions Analyzer determines the best motion to make in developing a data-driven approach to litigation strategy with potentially better legal outcomes. For example, only Premonition knows a change of venue may be the best motion...
January 6, 2017
Premonition, the Miami-based Artificial Intelligence company, releases Motions Analyzer, its latest report developed to increase the odds of winning in litigation by showing the win rate of motions in a particular court. By using the World’s largest litigation database, Motions Analyzer determines the best motion to make in developing a data-driven approach to litigation strategy with potentially better legal outcomes. For example, only Premonition knows a change of venue may be the best motion...
The 10 Most Important Legal Technology Developments Of 2016
January 4, 2017
Robert Ambrogi, The 10 Most Important Legal Technology Developments of 2016: 1. The legal industry gets smart about artificial intelligence. In my top 10 list last year, I considered it big news that AI had come to legal research in the form of ROSS Intelligence, a startup that uses IBM’s Watson platform to answer lawyers’ natural-language legal research questions. Just as last year closed out, another AI company, Premonition — which says it is applying AI to the largest legal database...
January 4, 2017
Robert Ambrogi, The 10 Most Important Legal Technology Developments of 2016: 1. The legal industry gets smart about artificial intelligence. In my top 10 list last year, I considered it big news that AI had come to legal research in the form of ROSS Intelligence, a startup that uses IBM’s Watson platform to answer lawyers’ natural-language legal research questions. Just as last year closed out, another AI company, Premonition — which says it is applying AI to the largest legal database...
The 10 Most Important Legal Technology Developments of 2016
December 31, 2016
THE LEGAL INDUSTRY GETS SMART ABOUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. CHATBOTS START CHATTING ABOUT LAW. LEGAL STARTUPS FIND STARDUST. ANALYTICS EXPAND THEIR REACH. TECH FOR A2J GOES MAINSTREAM. INTERNET OF THINGS BECOMES A THING IN LAW. TECH CLE BECOMES MANDATORY. ALL U.S. CASE LAW GETS DIGITIZED. AT LAST! AVVO PUSHES THE LEGAL SERVICES ENVELOPE. AS SECURITY BURNS, LAW FIRMS FIDDLE.
December 31, 2016
THE LEGAL INDUSTRY GETS SMART ABOUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. CHATBOTS START CHATTING ABOUT LAW. LEGAL STARTUPS FIND STARDUST. ANALYTICS EXPAND THEIR REACH. TECH FOR A2J GOES MAINSTREAM. INTERNET OF THINGS BECOMES A THING IN LAW. TECH CLE BECOMES MANDATORY. ALL U.S. CASE LAW GETS DIGITIZED. AT LAST! AVVO PUSHES THE LEGAL SERVICES ENVELOPE. AS SECURITY BURNS, LAW FIRMS FIDDLE.
