Legal Winter is Coming: Will You Leave the Wall?

There is a wall that lawyers have hidden behind for decades, in the face of radical change to other industries. We have seen these walls crumbling in neighboring ancient kingdoms, such as finance or insurance . But in the legal profession, the wall, representing doing what has always been done, remains solid. The Watchers On … Continued

Top 10 Tweets and Trends from CodeX 2017

CodeX, The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics hosted the FutureLaw 2017 conference on April 6. It saw a galaxy of legal technology speakers including Gillian Hadfield (professor of economics at the University of Southern California); Lucy Endel Bassli, Assistant General Counsel, Legal Operations at Microsoft; and Mary O Carroll, Head of Legal Operations at Google. … Continued

New Law May Force GCs to Revise Company Contracts

A new California law will change the way that thousands of corporate counsel draft company contracts. Many companies with employees in California have tried to have their contracts governed by the laws of other states or countries and to have disputes heard in those other locations. For example, a company might specify that a contract … Continued

LawGeex Pro Launch: Contract Review Solution Designed for Corporate Counsel

The LawGeex team has been working hard on our product offering, today launching the most advanced Artificial Intelligence contract review technology, now fully customizable and designed specifically for Corporate and General Counsel. LawGeex Pro is the quickest, easiest and most cost effective way to automatically review contracts, using the General Counsel’s own pre-defined legal criteria or checklist paired … Continued

How In-House Counsel Use Technology to Save Companies Money

Every year, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) recognizes “Value Champions” – in-house counsel who have “utilized value-focused management practices to cut spending, improve predictability and achieve better outcomes.” One of the criteria is reducing legal spending by at least 25%. These money-saving innovations often involve technology. So what can you, as a leader in … Continued