Automating Legal Advice: AI and Expert Systems
In 2015, we regularly read about automating legal advice with artificial intelligence (AI), especially with IBM Watson. In my view, the AI smoke – at least as described in many reports –…
How and Why Law Firms Can + Should Do Less Law (#DoLessLaw)
A just-released report finds that lawyers and law firms can and should do less law. (For background on #DoLessLaw, see my prior post, written with Tim Corcoran, a Taxonomy of Do Less Law). The Legal…
Is Legal Ripe for an Uber-like Disruption?
Is legal ripe for an Uber-like disruption? That is the question my friends at Logikcull posed to me when they invited me to an audio interview. My short answer: no! In…
Law Department Trends + Contract Management Opportunities
Now is law department survey season. In my prior post, GCs Now Do Less Law, I reported on the Altman Weil survey of Chief Legal Officers. Here, I report highlights of two other recent surveys:…
GCs Now Do Less Law
General Counsels seek to reduce cost, to do more with less. That is clear from virtually every survey and conference since the 2008 economic crisis. The Altman Weil 2015 Chief Legal…
Filling the Gaps that Legal Complexity Causes – An Example
A big challenge in law is that rules vary significantly across jurisdictions. All practices – litigation, transactions, regulatory, and counselling – face this problem. That means even highly experienced lawyers often…
The Future of Law & Contracting (live from IACCM)
This is a live blog post from the International Association for Contracting & Commercial Professionals (IACCM) Americas Forum. [Please forgive any typos or misunderstandings in meaning.] This session is The Future…
Optimizing Contracting Processes + Practices (live from IACCM)
This is a live blog post from the International Association for Contracting & Commercial Professionals (IACCM) Americas Forum. [Please forgiven any typos or misunderstandings in meaning.] This session is Optimizing Contracting…
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