Epstein Becker posted this four-minute video post with firm member, Michelle Capezza, Interview – Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace. It’s about “the future workforce” but barely touches on AI.
From Artificial Lawyer: “Ashurst has become the latest major law firm to join smart contract consortium, the Accord Project, which is seeking to build industry standards for this new form of self-executing contracting. Tae Royle, head of digital legal services at Ashurst, said: ‘Smart contracts are already being used to manage hundreds of millions
Here’s an interesting post from Goulston & Storrs about Amazon’s entry into the grocery market via AmazonGo, Whole Foods and Amazon Fresh. (Alexa is now being sold at Whole Foods.)
Want to freak out some of the luddites in your firm? Show them this article and suggest that your firm do the same so
US legal AI start-up, LegalSifter, is pioneering a ‘re-sale’ strategy of its automated contract review and advisory system with law firms buying in the AI tech and then re-selling its capabilities to clients.
Another (Spanish) law firm, in this case, Araoz &
Jones Day goes a good job marketing a segment of its AI chops via its “Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update.”
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is coming into force in Europe in May 2018, and IBM believes AI (itself a huge consumer of data) could help with compliance.
Another tool for in-house legal departments to manage their spend on outside counsel: “Bodhala is a legal spend analytics platform that analyzes e-billing invoices and other legal data to provide insights into legal procurement market trends. Essentially, the platform empowers legal professionals to make strategic hiring and financial decisions by comparing their spend to