Legal Technology
Artificial intelligence, blockchain, smart contracts, and cloud computing are just a few buzzwords that have found their way into the legal practice in recent years and are already changing the way legal departments and large corporate law firms work.
The introduction of new and innovative solutions will have a profound impact for legal departments and company lawyers in general. In this section of In-House Legal, the different solutions are presented and explained in depth, assessing how they can be used by company lawyers effectively, and establishing how they affect the workflow in legal departments.
Legal Technology
Everything from the pig goes…except cartels!
Fake notebooks, clandestine meetings, secret phone calls, destroyed documents, the list goes on and on. About fifty companies were ultimately targeted by the twenty-three months of investigation.
Legal tech data security – a checklist for in-house counsel
Buying legal technology can be overwhelming enough without adding to the mix the challenge of ensuring your preferred software meets security requirements. Here is a handy checklist of data security considerations.
Robots and humans go hand-in-hand with legal tech
Legal tech promises to automate tedious and time-consuming tasks, thereby freeing up the time of inhouse counsellors. But what processes could be automated, and should the legal staff fear for their jobs in the future?
Signs your corporate legal department needs a digital strategy
A digital strategy is important because it outlines how organisations can leverage technology to improve outcomes, including how technology can create a competitive advantages and concrete steps it will take.
The COVID crisis catalyses legal tech adoption among law firms
The COVID crisis has pushed law firms to adapt and evolve, accelerating the legal technology landscape.
Do the importance and maturity levels of legal department areas correlate with each other?
Based on the in depth study Legal Departments in a Digital Era (2020), we will look into the importance of various areas within an in-house legal team and the maturity levels of the same areas
An open all-in-one solution for the fragmented legal tech market? Lupl aims for the sky
The tool aims to ease collaboration between different legal teams and the technologies that they use
How do legal departments plan to increase their value?
Based on the comprehensive study Legal Departments in a Digital Era, we look further into some key findings from the study to better understand the status of legal departments across Europe
Legal Technology: allnex counts on Knowliah
The chemical company needed to replace their document management system and have not looked back since
Balancing privacy concerns with opportunities offered by Blockchain Technology
In this first article of ECLA’s Tech Series, Head of Legal Maria Teresa Zucchelli addresses the rise of Blockchain technology and its potential implications in data protection.
“AI is nothing to be afraid of”
At a panel discussion jointly organised by ELCA and hosted in the European Parliament, experts discussed the challenges posed by AI within the legal field.
Website offering litigation support for tenants against landlords within the law, German high court rules
German court ruling allows company to provide online legal services in landmark ruling for consumer protection
German court rules legal bot is against the law
Cologne’s District Court has ruled that Smartlaw, an automated system allowing users to generate contracts online, cannot continue because it is not provided by a law firm.
Bitcoin and blockchain: Disruptive potential not only for the financial sector
Initial coin offerings, tokens, smart contracts: In the environment of bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and blockchain there is an ever increasing number of terms with complex contexts.
Heading into new legal territory with blockchain technology
Everybody’s talking about blockchain: A technology that could revolutionize entire industries and enable completely new business models to emerge. Company lawyers should
What will lawyers be required to do in the future?
Professor Dr. Körner regularly addresses questions in our column concerning personnel, law and digitalization. Do you have questions, comments or suggestions? Feel free to
eDiscovery – Eletronic tools to detect compliance violations
Compliance violations are everyday events in many companies, especially in an international context. And they can result in serious damage. Many companies use electronic analysis tools to track them down.
