A Challenge For The Gatekeepers

In his recent post, A Challenge For The Gatekeepers on Above-The-Law, David Perla wrote: “I have a message for the gatekeepers of the legal industry: Change is coming — with or without you”. In my opinion, David knows a thing or two about the challenges that BigLaw firms face – and are largely still ignoring. Read what he has to say. Stop and reflect ‘Are you a gatekeeper?’ and if so, ‘Who’s interests are you serving?’  

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Posted by on Aug 31, 2016 in Artificial intelligence | 1 comment

The perfect pricing storm: Artificial intelligence and hourly billing

 In his June 19, 2016 post The perfect pricing storm: Artificial intelligence and hourly billing, Richard Burcher writes “Law firms today face increased pressure to do ‘more for less’ resulting in rapidly growing interest in compelling technology-augmented hybrid offerings: focused on process-oriented work, applied at scale, leveraging technology to produce effective solutions that address the GCs evolving role as manager of legal spend and supply chain risk. For many law firms, this means fewer billable hours.

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Posted by on Jul 4, 2016 in Artificial intelligence, Pricing | 0 comments

Interview with Richard Susskind: State of the Art and the Future of AI and Law

The BBC recently aired an interview with Richard Susskind about state of the art and the future of AI and law. It’s illuminating.

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Posted by on Jun 27, 2016 in Artificial intelligence | 0 comments

Will IBM’s Watson transform contract review and law practice?

One Ring to Rule Them All? Will IBM’s Watson Transform Contract Review and Law Practice? is today’s guest post by Noah Waisberg, CEO of Kira Systems. The post first appeared on June 24, 2015 on the Kira Systems blog and is reproduced here with Noah’s permission.

I was particularly intrigued by the opening statement “Watson….will give lawyers permission to think innovatively…” Read why for yourself.

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Posted by on Jun 25, 2016 in Artificial intelligence | 0 comments

AI and the New Business Model

Richard Tromans is the founder and principal of London-based TromansConsulting, serving law firms with strategic input through strategic intelligence, thought leadership reports and evidence-based strategic insights.

Yesterday Richard posted ‘AI and the New Business Model’ on LinkedIn. Read his post to understand why Richard believes an ‘AI whirlwind (is) hitting the current world of paralegals and junior associates‘. In my view, this ‘whirlwind’ will also hit increasingly senior lawyers in the future; it’s case of classic Christensen disruptive innovation.

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Posted by on Jun 9, 2016 in Artificial intelligence | 0 comments

Artificial Intelligence in Law – The State of Play 2016

With Michael’s permission, I am delighted to re-publish ‘Artificial Intelligence in Law: The State of Play 2016 (Part 1)’ by Michael Mills, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer at Neota Logic Inc.

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Posted by on Mar 26, 2016 in Artificial intelligence | 0 comments