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UK and US legal IT wins and deals

UK and US legal IT wins and deals

Catch up on the latest wins and deals across both sides of the Atlantic. WINS United Kingdom Streathers selects Linetime Linetime has been selected by London based firm, Streathers, with
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Chancellor of the High Court sets out direction of travel for remote hearings

Chancellor of the High Court sets out direction of travel for remote hearings

Newly-appointed Chancellor of the High Court of England and Wales, Sir Julian Flaux, has given his preliminary thoughts on the road ahead in terms of remote hearings, including the types
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LexisNexis enters content sharing partnership with Crafty Counsel

LexisNexis enters content sharing partnership with Crafty Counsel

LexisNexis Legal & Professional has entered a content sharing partnership with digital legal media company and community, Crafty Counsel, which has become known for its growing practical guidance video library
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DLA Piper and Reveal launch cartel detection service after entering partnership

DLA Piper and Reveal launch cartel detection service after entering partnership

Following an announcement in November 2020 that it has entered into partnership with eDiscovery leader Reveal to create a ‘suite of ground-breaking AI solutions’ DLA Piper announced today (15 March)
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Land Registry of England and Wales unveils ‘milestone’ digital identity standard

Land Registry of England and Wales unveils ‘milestone’ digital identity standard

You can expect an uptick in activity in identity checking services aimed at the conveyancing market after HM Land Registry of England and Wales today (12 March) unveiled a new
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Digital onboarding and KYC startup Legl raises $7M Series A

Digital onboarding and KYC startup Legl raises $7M Series A

We speak to founder, Julia Salasky, about the platform, clients, and roadmap London-headquartered B2B SaaS platform Legl, which digitises law firm onboarding and KYC processes, today (12 March) announces a
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Video: Jeffrey Catanzaro from Integreon talks contract lifecycle management and transformation

Video: Jeffrey Catanzaro from Integreon talks contract lifecycle management and transformation

We speak with Jeffrey Catanzaro, who leads the contracts, compliance and commercial services business unit at Integreon, about what corporates are doing to make the contract lifecycle management processes sing.
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HSF launches global cloud eDiscovery platform with Epiq

HSF launches global cloud eDiscovery platform with Epiq

Stephanie Barrett, head of eDiscovery & legal technology in Herbert Smith Freehills’ alternative legal services team (ALT) says her team is building a “global technology toolkit.” UK top 20 law firm
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Compliance and risk: iManage integrates S&P Intelligence within conflicts and intake portfolio

Compliance and risk: iManage integrates S&P Intelligence within conflicts and intake portfolio

iManage today (10 March) announces the native integration of S&P Global Market Intelligence data  into iManage conflicts manager and iManage business intake manager, key products within the iManage security, risk and governance portfolio.
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Startup Corner: Della for contract review and data extraction

Startup Corner: Della for contract review and data extraction

Augmented intelligence contract review and data extraction tool Della formally launched in 2020 and already has a partnership with Wolters Kluwer and is being used by many of the top
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IBA launches nine-year project to address lack of gender parity across the legal sector

IBA launches nine-year project to address lack of gender parity across the legal sector

The International Bar Association (IBA) has announced the launch of an ambitious, nine-year global project to uncover the root-causes of the lack of gender parity at the most senior levels
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Updated: ENGLISH schools go back – Happy International Women’s Day!

Updated: ENGLISH schools go back – Happy International Women’s Day!

See details of update at the bottom. When Boris Johnson and his gang of largely white male cronies decided that schools should return on 8 March, I don’t expect it
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People, process + tech: LOD and SYKE join forces

People, process + tech: LOD and SYKE join forces

LOD and SYKE announce today (5 March) a strategic partnership that brings together the flexible resource and managed services capability of LOD and the tech development capability of fast-growing UK
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Athennian raises $7M in Series A Extension

Athennian raises $7M in Series A Extension

Canadian cloud-based legal entity management platform, Athennian, has raised $7M CAD in a Series A extension, adding to an initial $8 million CAD round in September 2020 Athennian’s SaaS platform manages critical entity data and
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Microsoft warns that China-backed hackers are targeting US law firms using Exchange Server security flaws

Microsoft warns that China-backed hackers are targeting US law firms using Exchange Server security flaws

Microsoft releases security updates to patch on-premises Exchange mail servers Microsoft is warning its customers about a “state-sponsored threat actor” that they are calling Hafnium, which operates from China and
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Breaking news: HBR Consulting acquires Keno Kozie to form 700+ legal tech advisory team

Breaking news: HBR Consulting acquires Keno Kozie to form 700+ legal tech advisory team

HBR Consulting has acquired Keno Kozie Associates, we can reveal, in a move that will form the largest technology consulting firm in the sector, with over 700 legal professionals. The
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Comment: Lawyers Embracing Technology: Don’t Assume – Communicate

Comment: Lawyers Embracing Technology: Don’t Assume – Communicate

By Vince Neicho, Vice President, Legal Services at Integreon At the tail end of last year, I poked a bit of fun at lawyers in a piece about the problems
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