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Role of Natural Language in Driving Innovation in Legal Industry
6 min
Natural language has important and diverse roles to play in facilitating critical innovation the future legal industry will require.
Management, Innovation & Technology
Reinventing recruitment processes and work experience programs for legal professionals
3 min
Legal professionals find themselves having to adapt to a new virtual work environment
The 6 Emotional Skills All Lawyers Should Develop
5 min
The ability to identify emotions is a great ally for lawyers but few take advantage of it. Now is the time to incorporate it at the company and individual levels.
The Liquid Lawyer
4 min
The shift in today’s working world is pushing corporate law to find a new normal. Corporate lawyers need to move seamlessly with this shift and take on the new profile of a liquid lawyer.
Coordination in blockchain: Are smart contracts to outsmart competition rules?
8 min
If the old competition rulebook has weathered the storm of digital economy so far, blockchain may pose too much of a challenge: it may bring a change of incentives that at least calls for more flexible and cooperative enforcement, albeit perhaps not a complete paradigm shift.
Legal Project Management: An Environment for Nine Intelligences
6 min
There is more than one way to approach Legal Project Management. Creating a positive, diverse and productive environment will allow lawyers to expand their knowledge, skill-set and reach their full potential.
Three keys to providing successful online legal services
5 min
How can lawyers, traditional law firms, and company legal departments address the digital transformation of their services?
A Data Economy: The Oil of the 21st Century
6 min
How to build the data economy: creating a legal and policy framework that sets the right safeguards while allowing us to reap the rewards of data
Legal design thinking for a better ecosystem
5 min
With most non-urgent legal activity having been suspended indefinitely as a result of the pandemic, the judicial system is facing a steep uphill climb. With this unprecedented digitalization of the workforce, returning to age-old methods is no longer viable; innovation is crucial.
Our increased reliance on digital platforms during COVID-19 and beyond
7 min
The COVID-19 crisis has seen videoconferencing move beyond the merely useful to become an absolutely essential tool for business and individuals. What are the ramifications of that change on privacy, security and trust?
Managing legal and tech risks of remote work
8 min
More and more employees are working remotely by the day. Against this backdrop, companies need to take the utmost care to protect employees and confidential company information. What are the IT and legal risks companies face as workers go remote?
Management and Creativity to Embrace Remote Work
6 min
In a moment where the personal and professional lives of lawyers are being upended, how can lawyers adapt and successfully manage remote work in times of uncertainty?
Shaping the 21st-century lawyer
6 min
In today’s modern digital era, traditional legal practice and long-established law firms are facing constant disruption and complex challenges. Lawyers are having to change the way they think, the way they work, and the tools they use, which begs the question—what does the future look like for legal professionals?
Why the advance of legal technology isn’t going to wait
5 min
What are the seismic changes that are taking place in legal technology and what can we expect in the near future? If 2019 was a record-breaking year, 2020 is already on pace to set the bar even higher.
Legal tech’s next challenge: The real deal behind the ‘tech’ in legal tech tools
7 min
As the new decade begins, and digital transformation continues to overhaul the law industry, a new frenzy of hopes and predictions for legal tech is shaping up. But the jury’s still out, and we need to focus on what really matters
The not-so-alternative Alternative
7 min
The idea of going alternative is replacing everything that is traditional. In the next future, will Alternative Legal Service Providers be the norm?
Seven common legal mistakes made by entrepreneurs who forego business legal advice
4 min
What are the most common legal mistakes made by entrepreneurs when launching and managing start-ups?
The 3-4-5 Method of Innovation in Legal Services for Lawyers
4 min
Advances in legal service provision have been almost imperceptible. Although their business model remains viable, law firms need to emphasize collaboration and innovation if they wish to create value.
Uberizing law: How LegalTech is commoditizing the legal industry
6 min
Are legal solutions becoming a commodity? What if you could solve a legal problem through your mobile phone?
At the table, not on the menu: Non-standard workers and collective bargaining in the platform economy
6 min
Is collective bargaining a viable tool to “negotiate” the direction of the phenomenon of the digital transformation of work?
A timely initiative for urgent removal of sensitive content from the Internet
6 min
The creation of a priority channel for reporting the sharing of sensitive content and requesting its withdrawal is a courageous, responsible and timely initiative.
Why innovation in law really matters
5 min
What exactly do we mean by innovation when we talk about the legal industry and the profession?
A Holistic Vision of Well-being in the Workplace
4 min
Employee well-being has emerged as a strategic human resources challenge in today’s organizations and law firms are no exception.
Trade secrets in the US and EU: What is protected?
5 min
What are trade secrets and how are they being regulated throughout Europe and the US?
The Zuckerdollar and the dominance of giant tech firms
8 min
Digital currencies such as Bitcoin have so far failed to revolutionise the international payment system. Will Facebook’s Libra deliver the unfulfilled promises? Will the giant technology companies disrupt and dominate the world’s financial system?
Digital win-win: Protecting data for safer virtual interactions and positive business results
5 min
While having large quantities of data and personal information in circulation can lead to security breaches and irresponsible use of information, when handled responsibly, the onslaught of data can be a win for everyone.
Designing ethical AI systems: Shall AI systems provide explanations?
8 min
Artificial intelligence is increasingly present in our daily lives. As AI takes on a wider range of more serious responsibilities, we will have to deepen its understanding in order to avoid machine-generated errors of judgment. Many experts point to an explanatory function as the solution—is it the only answer?
The management of happiness in law firms
6 min
How effective are roles like Legal Project Management in creating a positive working environment and happy employees?
An inside look at the legal sector—from one of the industry’s own
5 min
From marketplaces and app stores for legal technology to self-negotiating contracts. Are we on the brink of these innovations finally making it big time?
Cyberattacks and cybersecurity: evolving hand-in-hand
4 min
Technological innovation is an essential aspect of today’s business reality, where financial institutions are investing in new technologies and IT security so as not to fall behind in the current digital revolution.