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Supreme Court Justice Ann Timmer on Arizona’s Sweeping Regulatory Reforms

Last August, Arizona became the first state to eliminate the ban on non-lawyer ownership of law firms. In ordering that change, as well as a package of additional reforms, the Arizona Supreme Court acted on the recommendations of a task force that had…

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When A Tech Accelerator Goes Virtual: LexLab Director Drew Amerson and Anü Founder Tiyani Majoko

, the legal innovation hub at UC Hastings Law School, recently wrapped up the fourth cohort of its legal tech accelerator program with a demo day at which the seven startup participants got to pitch their products to potential investors.  But…

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CEO Jack Newton on Clio’s Latest Raise and $1.6B Valuation

A new $110 million Series E financing round for legal technology company Clio puts its valuation at $1.6 billion, making it the first law practice management company to achieve unicorn status and one of just a few legal tech companies to pass that…

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Digital Contracting and the Future of CLM, with Ironclad CEO Jason Boehmig

Possibly the hottest market in legal tech today is contract lifecycle management, and one of the most talked-about companies in that market is , a six-year-old startup that recently raised a $100 million Series D – at a reported valuation of $1…

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The State of Legal Tech in Europe and Russia, with ELTA President Holger Zscheyge

Throughout Europe and Eastern Europe, is widely regarded as a leading authority on legal technology and innovation. President of the , he is also founder and managing director of , a Moscow-based legal publisher and producer of legal technology…

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Former Allen & Overy Managing Partner Andrew Ballheimer and Factor Head of Strategy Chris DeConti

It was recently announced that , who retired last October as global managing partner at Magic Circle law firm , one of the largest law firms in the world, has joined the board of directors of the managed services company , which spun off in 2019 from…

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Rudy DeFelice and Jeff Marple of Keesal Propulsion Labs

, who has gained a national reputation for law department innovation in his role as director of innovation for corporate legal at Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, has moved to , a company that assists Fortune 500 law departments in automating their…

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BYU Law Dean Gordon Smith On His Second Term

has just been appointed to a second five-year term as dean of the at Brigham Young University. Two years after becoming dean in 2016, he , “I want BYU to be known as, if not the most innovative law school in the country, then one of the most…

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How 30-Year-Old Agiloft Is Making Waves In The Hot CLM Market

No sector of the legal technology market is hotter right now than contract lifecycle management. And while that sector is crowded with companies that are relative newcomers, one of the companies making the biggest waves is 30 years old.  Over the…

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Mayer Brown’s New Global Chief Innovation Officer Amol Bargaje

You’ve just been named global chief innovation officer for one of the world’s largest law firms. Where and how do you start? That is one of the questions we put to , whom named to that position on Feb. 9, 2021.  Coming into this newly…

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