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Smart Contracts – what are they? Are they enforceable?

ByAdam K. H.March 31, 2021

Along with the Bitcoin craze in the past few years emerged a new idea: now that we have access to digital money, we may be able to do something paper cash never could; program the money. Overshadowed by the controversies surrounding cryptocurrency investing, blockchain

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Answered #1 – How does Blockchain work?

ByAdam K. H.January 7, 2021

As the role of technology within the legal industry increases, the question of how it can best be utilized in legal practice is a major one. When talking about what technologies will boost innovation in legal services, there is one term apart from ‘AI’ that

ByAdam K. H.October 12, 2020

In a previous article, we talked about the issues the legal industry is facing regarding the way data is structured and organized. In this article, we will be taking a detailed look at databases and how data is organized within them. As law firms are continuously aiming to

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Deloitte Legal strengthens its focus on New Law with three new hires.

ByAdam K. H.September 23, 2020

As covered previously in this article, one of the most significant hires of the UK legaltech market this year was the appointment of Emily Foges, previously the founder and CEO of LuminanceAI, as the lead partner for Deloitte’s Legal Managed Services (LMS) business.

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Legaltech Spotlight #1 – Luminance AI and women in legaltech

ByAdam K. H.September 11, 2020

Luminance, a UK-based legaltech startup focusing on the understanding of legal documentation and analysis of its relevant information and patterns, has in the past few years become one of the biggest UK legaltech brands. The company has received £8m in funding in a both

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What is the deal with structured data and why should firms care?

ByAdam K. H.August 13, 2020

The ‘legaltech boom’ in recent years has, for the most part, been driven by a new approach towards data and its management. Various AI initiatives and products in the legal sector attempt to work with labeled and structured data to assist lawyers with document

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What really is artificial intelligence (AI)? Examples of its use in the legal context.

ByAdam K. H.July 12, 2020

Just a few years ago, AI was a term rarely used in colloquial conversations, with many not expecting it to have such an impact on our daily lives. Today, most of us have certainly heard about the term and, in fact, we use some sort of an AI on a daily basis (i.e. spell check

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A brief introduction to legaltech and the UK legaltech market. Why should lawyers care?

ByAdam K. H.May 5, 2020

What is legaltech? Although most lawyers and aspiring lawyers have most certainly heard about the term ‘legal tech’ in the past few years, many often do not understand what it really entails. More and more firms continue to talk about the idea of

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