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UK Economy Part 2: Managing the tech budget – and expectations

UK Economy Part 2: Managing the tech budget – and expectations

While IT heads would argue that they always make tough decisions when it comes to extracting the most value out of their suppliers and tech stack, the current economic climate
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Guest post: An appetite for innovation – Why you need a strategy for legal tech

Guest post: An appetite for innovation – Why you need a strategy for legal tech

By Adam Curphey and Anna Busch, senior innovation manager and legal innovation analyst at Mayer Brown As the end of the year approaches, many of us in the legal profession
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Contract Review: LexCheck raises $17m Series A to fuel expansion

Contract Review: LexCheck raises $17m Series A to fuel expansion

LexCheck announced today (14 December) that it has raised $17M in Series A funding led by Mayfield Fund. The funding, which will fuel the expansion of LexCheck’s contract review technology, comes
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LexisNexis and the Ukrainian National Bar Association launch free help & donations portal for Ukrainian lawyers

LexisNexis and the Ukrainian National Bar Association launch free help & donations portal for Ukrainian lawyers

LexisNexis will double the donations made through donation management platform Benevity In response to the ongoing Ukraine crisis, LexisNexis, the LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation, and the Ukrainian National Bar
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Relativity to phase out Relativity Trace and cut 150 roles in response to “uncertain macroeconomic environment” 

Relativity to phase out Relativity Trace and cut 150 roles in response to “uncertain macroeconomic environment” 

eDiscovery leader Relativity has confirmed that it is phasing out its Relativity Trace communication surveillance business, following the announcement that it is cutting 150 roles in order to prepare for
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The deadline for the November/December Orange Rag is 12 December

The deadline for the November/December Orange Rag is 12 December

Hear ye, hear ye, the deadline for submitting your wins, deals, people move, and news to us for inclusion in the last Orange Rag of the year is this Monday,
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UK Economy Part 1: Legal IT leaders yet to feel the impact of economic uncertainty, but strategic consultants warn of delays

UK Economy Part 1: Legal IT leaders yet to feel the impact of economic uncertainty, but strategic consultants warn of delays

In the first of three comment pieces on the impact of the current economic climate in the UK, Legal IT Insider speaks to law firm IT heads and legal technology
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Interview: Agiloft appoints Prashant Dubey as chief strategy officer 

Interview: Agiloft appoints Prashant Dubey as chief strategy officer 

Legal IT Insider’s editor Caroline Hill speaks to Prashant Dubey about his strategy going forward and how he sees the evolution of the contract lifecycle management market  Contract lifecycle management
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StructureFlow raises USD$3.5M Pre-Series A to meet growing customer demand

StructureFlow raises USD$3.5M Pre-Series A to meet growing customer demand

Corporate and disputes visualisation and modelling tool StructureFlow has raised USD$3.5m pre-Series A funding round – bringing its total seed funding to circa $8m.   The 2017-founded, London-headquartered company says
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WALTA: How to build, scale and fund a legal tech company

WALTA: How to build, scale and fund a legal tech company

If you haven’t yet read the Women of Australian LegalTech Association’s (WALTA) playbook on how to build a successful business I would recommend that you do – whether you are male or
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Disputes: FinLegal makes key commercial hire to accelerate growth in the United States  

Disputes: FinLegal makes key commercial hire to accelerate growth in the United States  

*Updated on 7 December to clarify that Finlegal works with the UK arm of Hausfeld and that RPC and Shoosmiths are users of its litigation funding marketplace. UK- headquartered class
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Document verification vendor Atticus sets sights on UK growth as it expands London team

Document verification vendor Atticus sets sights on UK growth as it expands London team

Document verification software company Atticus has set its sights on growth in the UK with the relocation of its former head of growth, Tom Ray, from Australia to London. Ray,
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Guest post: What does legal ops mean for Slaughter and May and its clients?

Guest post: What does legal ops mean for Slaughter and May and its clients?

Four senior figures from Slaughter and May’s knowledge, innovation and legal ops teams discuss what legal ops means for the prestigious London-headquartered firm.   By Lottie Dobson, Emily Lew, Emma
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Gender neutrality: Linklaters eliminates contract bias with Microsoft Azure Cognitive Search 

Gender neutrality: Linklaters eliminates contract bias with Microsoft Azure Cognitive Search 

Linklaters has largely eliminated gender bias from its contracts using Microsoft Azure Cognitive Search, in what global head of practice innovation Greg Baker and senior software development and testing manager
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ILTA’s 2023-26 strategy review – The questions and how to get involved

ILTA’s 2023-26 strategy review – The questions and how to get involved

The International Legal Technology Association’s president Ginevra Saylor announced during ILTACON Europe this month that the industry body is undertaking a strategy review for 2023-26 and encouraged members to get involved.
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Mitimes sends warning over compromised email account

Mitimes sends warning over compromised email account

Australian-founded automated timesheet provider Mitimes has sent an email to contacts of founder and ex-CEO Rob Comazzetto warning them that they may have received a message that was not an
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Akin Gump and tech vendor Xcential allege theft of trade secrets in Washington litigation

Akin Gump and tech vendor Xcential allege theft of trade secrets in Washington litigation

Washington DC lobbying giant Akin Gump and small Californian legal technology vendor Xcential have entered litigation, with each accusing the other of misappropriating trade secrets, stemming from an idea for
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