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ZERØ welcomes trio of hires at the start of 2020

ZERØ welcomes trio of hires at the start of 2020

Kurt Anderson has joined email management vendor ZERØ as senior account executive based in Minnesota. He is one of three new joiners at the start of this year. Anderson joins
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Thirdfort named startup of the year by ‘Branson & Co’

Thirdfort named startup of the year by ‘Branson & Co’

Thirdfort has been named as one of the standout startups of 2019 after the Sunday Times asked a group of high profile entrepreneurs and investors including Richard Branson to name
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2020: What to expect

2020: What to expect

What’s going to be the biggest #legalit topic in 2020? What’s going to change significantly from this year? Are we going to see any major casualties? And if you think
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Evisort plans “to go from speciality AI solution to mainstream platform” after $15m fundraising

Evisort plans “to go from speciality AI solution to mainstream platform” after $15m fundraising

We hear from co-founder and CEO Jerry Ting about Evisort’s immediate plans. Evisort announced on 19 December that it had closed a $15 million Series A funding round led by
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Clifford Chance publishes first scientific paper in data science for legal – we speak to team head Mirko Bernardoni

Clifford Chance publishes first scientific paper in data science for legal – we speak to team head Mirko Bernardoni

Clifford Chance’s data science lab has published what we understand to be the first scientific paper in data science for legal. The paper looks at long length legal supervised document
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Throwback Friday – What did we say in 2009?

Throwback Friday – What did we say in 2009?

The legal technology community has now well and truly switched off for the festive season and here at Legal IT Insider towers we’re getting nostalgic as we also prepare to
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Aderant acquires Bellefield Systems

Aderant acquires Bellefield Systems

In light of the growth in focus on using technology to automate compliance with outside counsel guidelines and the need for mobile time capture, it is big news indeed that
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Deutsche Bank selects NetDocuments as part of €13bn digital transformation drive

Deutsche Bank selects NetDocuments as part of €13bn digital transformation drive

Having this year unveiled a €13bn digital transformation strategy that will see it overhaul its legacy systems and move towards the cloud, Deutsche Bank’s global legal team has selected NetDocuments
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Elevate hires new CFO ahead of ‘AIM listing or significant capital raise’

Elevate hires new CFO ahead of ‘AIM listing or significant capital raise’

Global law company Elevate has hired Simon Heyrick as its new chief financial officer, as it prepares for an AIM listing or significant capital raise in 2021 or 2022. Heyrick,
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Comment: How to define success and measure the impact of digital transformation

Comment: How to define success and measure the impact of digital transformation

By Ross Timms 100% of top 10 law firms and 40% of top 11-25 firms have identified technology as the key challenge to growth in the next two years1. For
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Chasing the dream: Lack of focus hindering BD according to LexisNexis InterAction study

Chasing the dream: Lack of focus hindering BD according to LexisNexis InterAction study

56% of marketing and BD leaders are responsible for firm growth planning and tracking – this is identified as a ‘key shift’ as marketing and BD heads play an increasingly
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BT to sell Tikit to Advanced? P4W users say erm, no thanks

BT to sell Tikit to Advanced? P4W users say erm, no thanks

The Sunday Times reported yesterday (15 December) that BT is in talks to sell Tikit to UK software giant and direct competitor Advanced, in a move that the head of
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MJ Hudson to grow outsourcing and data analytics division after £100m float on AIM

MJ Hudson to grow outsourcing and data analytics division after £100m float on AIM

MJ Hudson, the asset management consultancy founded by former SJ Berwin private equity partner Matthew Hudson, has floated on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market (“AIM”), under the ticker
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Legal IT Latest news

Legal IT Latest news

Clifford Chance goes app barmy; Clyde & Co offers training contract seat in Data Lab; Law Society forecasts employment will fall by 13,000 by 2027 (in part thanks to tech);
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Law Society LawTech Survey – get involved

Law Society LawTech Survey – get involved

The Law Society launches survey, in partnership with the University of Oxford, to explore how lawyers skill sets need to adapt. The Law Society of England and Wales is on
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Deloitte Legal Ventures: What the ‘not an incubator’ startup programme really entails

Deloitte Legal Ventures: What the ‘not an incubator’ startup programme really entails

We ask Ventures head Laura Bygrave to explain how the programme will work in practice and how it differs from the incubators and accelerators out there Deloitte Legal announced last
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RAVN co-founder Peter Wallqvist goes it alone as automation and ML strategy consultant

RAVN co-founder Peter Wallqvist goes it alone as automation and ML strategy consultant

Peter Wallqvist has departed iManage RAVN to set up on his own as a strategy consultant for automation and machine learning, advising businesses on how to effect meaningful transformation, starting
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