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Mikkel Boris

Mikkel Boris

Mikkel Boris is responsible for press and communications in Contractbook. He is also the editor of Legal Tech Weekly and contributes with freelance journalist to various Danish newspapers.

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The Past, Present and Future of Legal Tech We invited some of the world's most acclaimed legal tech experts to give a status report on legal tech. This is what they said.

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May 20, 2021

Company updates

Contractbook announce $30 Million Series B to lead a revolt against PDF’s! We are excited to announce our $30 Million Series B round to build the world’s best post-signature contract workflow and lead a revolt against PDF.

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May 7, 2021

Women in legal tech To celebrate International Women's Day, Legal Tech Academy invited 5 women pioneers to discuss the female contribution to legal tech.

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March 10, 2021

Company updates

Contract.new - The fastest way to a new contract. Literally. Contract.new is your fast new shortcut to a new contracts. It saves you a significant amount of clicks and seconds. And it makes you feel young.

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March 10, 2021

How to lead your company through unstable times Every company must realise that we are living in unstable times. Here is what you must do to prepare for it.

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February 19, 2021

Company updates

How will the Covid19 pandemic impact the future of work? ‍It is beyond any doubt that COVID-19 will reshape the way we live, socialise and work. We have investigated what that means for the modern company.

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January 6, 2021

How to pitch Silicon Valley VC funds We asked the CEO of Contractbook to present his pitch deck and to give us some tips on how do you pitch for VC-funds in Silicon Valley.

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December 23, 2020

What does it take to build a legal tech company?To build or buy? That is the question. But what does it, in fact, take to develop a really successful legal tech company?

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December 23, 2020

What is computational law?Computational law is an emerging new field of law that attracts a lot of attention. But what is it exactly? Find out with two experts from MIT.

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December 23, 2020

Frank Pasquale and The New Laws of Robotics We invited Frank Pasquale to present and discuss his new book New Laws of Robotics. The robots are coming - so stay tuned and get prepared.

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December 23, 2020

Legal design and its impact on the future legal industry Legal design, agile methods and design thinking is making its way to the mainstream legal industry. But what is it? What can it be used for?

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December 23, 2020

The future of the legal industry What is the future legal industry going to look like? What impact will new legal technologies play? And are we moving towards a global legal market?

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December 23, 2020

How can young lawyers and law students prepare for the future? In this first episode of the Legal Tech Academy podcast, we ask how young lawyers and law students can prepare themselves for a more digital future.

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December 23, 2020

Tech & software

How long before machines can write your contracts? Are we nearing the dawn of fully automated contract drafting? We give you a status on automated contract drafting and AI-generated text.

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November 16, 2020

12 things you must include in your employment contracts We have prepared 12 points here that you must consider including in your contracts.

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November 10, 2020

Company updates

Employee story: Emilie, account executive Employee story: Meet Emilie and find out what it is like being an account excutive - and learn about the culture and atmosphere at Contractbook.

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October 28, 2020

Company updates

Employee story: Adam, a designer that has spread his wings and is leveraging his full potential Employee story: Meet our designer Adam and learn how you can boost your career in our workplace - and what it is like to be a part of Contractbook.

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October 28, 2020

Company updates

Employee story: Vlado, a backend developer gone fullstack Vlado Rosančić is a backend developer gone fullstack. Learn more about what he thinks it is like working in Contractbook.

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October 28, 2020

Company updates

Employee story: Tarek, Director of Customer Success Employee story: Tarek Slimani, Director of Customer Success tells how it is to work at Contractbook, its culture and what it means to be a leader

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October 21, 2020

Company updates

Contract automation with Contractbook - an inspiration catalogue We have listed some of the most used and loved contract automation solution currently applied to our platform.

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October 6, 2020

Company updates

Contractbook raises €3.5M led by Gradient Ventures and byFounders Contractbook has raised €3.5 million from a syndicate led by GradientVentures, Google’s AI Fund and the Nordic VC-fund byFounders.

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August 18, 2020

Company updates

Our vision: Contract lifecycle management makes your business go around! In the past years, digital first-movers have adopted contract lifecycle management software to maximise the value of their contracts. Nowadays and in the years to come, this trend will spread to the mainstream. So why is that?

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March 4, 2020

Legal Tech Institute

What Kanye West teaches us about contracts Last year, Kanye West appeared as the unlikely hero in a legal movement. Was he on to something? Do we need to conceptualize a new future of contracts?

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June 30, 2021

Legal Tech Institute

What will be the Legal Tech Trends of 2021 (and what will definitely not!)We asked some thought-leaders what they thought will be the legal trends of 2021 - and what would probably not. Here is what they replied.

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February 16, 2021

Legal Tech Institute

The mental health crisis in the legal industry and what to do about it The legal industry has a mental health issue. But how bad is it? And what are we to do about it?

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January 18, 2021

Legal Tech Institute

The O shaped lawyer: Rounded and human-centric The transformation of the industry has forced lawyers to develop a breadth of new skills. To stay competitive, lawyers must have a basic tech literacy, a data-driven mindset, and a better understanding of business. But should they also learn more social and human-centric skills? Yes, says the people behind the the O shaped lawyer programme.

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September 16, 2020

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What drone law teaches us about the future of law Specialised practise areas such as drone law has allowed more cross-jurisdictional legal work on a global scale. Legal Tech Weekly asked a drone lawyer how that works.

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September 2, 2020

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5 forhindringer for innovation af advokatbranchen Partnerstrukturer, adfærdsmekanismer og økonomiske incitamenter. Vi ser på 5 forhindringer for innovation i advokatbranchen.

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August 31, 2020

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Sådan efterkommer du de nye krav til kryptering Der kommer nye krav til kryptering ved transmission af persondata - Vi guider til løsninger!

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August 31, 2020

Legal Tech Institute

Rapporter retter fokus på advokaternes klientrelationer Rapporter retter fokus på advokaters klientrelationer og det store buzzword: at være klient-centreret.

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August 31, 2020

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Er smart contracts i virkeligheden dumme?Smart contracts er en af de mest hypede nye teknologier. Men er smart contracts nu også så smarte, som navnet foreskriver?

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August 31, 2020

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Legal Tech 2018: “Innovation er fint, så længe vi ikke skal ændre på noget”Legal Tech 2018 åbenbarede, at der er masser af lyst til at innovere og ditto vilje til at investere. Når det kommer til at ændre praksis er det en anden sag.

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August 31, 2020

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Build or buy?Skal man bygge sine egne digitale løsninger eller købe sig fra det? Build or buy diskussionen er central for en hver virksomhed i den digitale transformation.

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August 31, 2020

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Introduktion til kunstig intelligens i advokatbranchen Kunstig intelligens er udset til at blive den store game changer i advokatbranchen. Men hvad er det egentlig? Og hvordan kan det bruges? LegalTechWeekly giver en (relativt) kort introduktion til kunstig intelligens i den juridiske industri.

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August 31, 2020

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Teknofobens guide til kunstig intelligens Teknofobens guide til kunstig intelligens giver indsigt i kunstig idioti, racistiske softwares og løsningen findes måske i en menneske-centrisk fremtid.

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August 31, 2020

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Legal Tech Trends 2019 Årsskiftet er en kærkommen lejlighed til at se lidt nærmere på det kommende år. Derfor stiller vi det presserende spørgsmål: Hvad bliver de største legal tech trends i 2019?

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August 31, 2020

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Digitaliseringens betydning for produktivitet Forskningen peger på, at digitaliseringen omvendt medfører et stort et potentiale for at øge produktiviteten og udvikle nye forretningsstrategier. Vi tager et blik på digitaliseringens positive indflydelse på produktiviteten.

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August 31, 2020

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Advokaters personlighedstræk: Intelligente, skeptiske og ømskindede Den amerikanske adfærdspsykolog, Dr. Larry Richards har analyseret amerikanske advokaters personlighedstræk. Ikke overraskende viste hans undersøgelser, at advokater afviger væsentlig fra resten af befolkningen.

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August 31, 2020

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Legal Tech Weekly in English!Legal Tech Weekly will be in English as we believe Nordic legal tech could benefit from a boost internationally.

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August 31, 2020

Legal Tech Institute

Legal Design and how to make legal products more accessible through design principles In Finland, a young law firm is applying strategic legal design principles to make the law more accessible and their legal products more user-friendly. When the paradigm shift happens, this approach might be required to comply, their CEO predicts.

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August 31, 2020

Legal Tech Institute

5 obstacles for innovation in the legal profession *Partner structures, behavioural mechanisms and financial incentives - it seems there are plenty of reasons why the legal profession avoids change. In this article, we take a deeper look at what prevents law firms from innovating.*

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August 31, 2020

Legal Tech Institute

Nordic legal tech trends 2019 What will be the biggest legal tech trends in 2019? We have asked some of the key players in the digital transformation of the legal industry in the Nordics to answer that question.

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August 31, 2020

Legal Tech Institute

How AI changes the law This week, Legal Tech Weekly takes a break from our discussion about how technologies influence the legal industry and how legal professionals practise law. Rather, we direct our attention to some of the implications that emerging new technologies pose to the law. They are more comprehensive than you might think.

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August 31, 2020

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New Nordic Legal Tech Hub Nordic Legal Tech Hub that just launched in Copenhagen this winter. The new initiative aims to gather tech providers, law firms, corporate counsels, and academics.

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August 31, 2020

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InsiderLog - Legal tech by accident It was not exactly the plan that John Engholm should lead one of the most successful legal tech adventures in Scandinavia when he quit his job in a major Swedish law firm. Now he leads InsiderLog.

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August 31, 2020

Legal Tech Institute

Legal robots & the human x- factor In his newly published book Robots Entering the Legal Profession, Niels Christian Ellegaard searches for answers about legal robots and the human X factor in law.

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August 31, 2020

Legal Tech Institute

What inhouse counsels want from external law firms We have consulted legal counsels to hear why companies choose internal legal solutions, what motivates their choice of a law firm, and in the end what the external law firms could do to become more attractive to general counsels.

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August 31, 2020

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The future of law schools A consumer-driven “more-for-less” challenge, a liberalisation of the legal market and new information technologies will cause drastic changes to the legal industry, so an important question arises; are law schools doing enough to prepare the lawyers to-be for that future?

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August 31, 2020

Legal Tech Institute

Can legal creativity cultivate better contracts?L‍egal Creativity can reimagine the way contracts are presented today. Instead of making long, bureaucratic and technical documents, Manuello inspires lawyers to re-design contracts.

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August 31, 2020

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The Big Four Horsemen of alternative legal services, or the law firm apocalypse Alternative legal service providers, which includes everything from the Big Four accountants to platforms like Atrium, are growing quickly. But what are the Big Fours own perspectives on their triumphs in the legal industry?

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August 31, 2020

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LawGeex: AI and Legal tech in Silicon Valley of the Middle East Legal Tech Weekly visited LawGeex for a chat about the innovative spirit of the Israeli people, the role of artificial intelligence in the legal industry, and how to brand a legal tech company.

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August 31, 2020

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Escaping the echo chamber We have summoned the Australian lawyer and futurist, Quddus Pourshafie who is founder of the company Futurelab.legal, and asked him how we can bridge lawyers and tech providers to secure a successful transformation of the industry.

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August 31, 2020

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Innovation as a legal profession There is a common understanding that successful adoption of the latest legal technology requires a chief innovation officer. But what do these innovation people think of their own new role?

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August 31, 2020

Legal Tech Institute

Can regulation boost legal innovation?Is legislation an overlooked factor when it comes to legal innovation and the development of a full-flourishing legal tech industry? And if so, could regulation be the conclusive boost to legal innovation?

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August 31, 2020

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Bringing legal tech down to earth We have asked legal entrepreneur and partner in Aumento for a helicopter perspective of the industry and his advice on how we can bridge the gap between law firms and tech providers.

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August 31, 2020

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Legal Hackers - Hacking the way to justice Legal Hackers is a grassroots movement that seeks to foster creative problem-solving at the intersection of law and technology by creating an open culture for law. This is the portrait.

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August 31, 2020

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Tech Academy: Improving the tech literacy of law students This May, Linn Alfredsson launched Tech Academy at Lund University in order to introduce Swedish law students to the emerging technologies and how they apply.

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August 31, 2020

Legal Tech Institute

Out now: The Manifesto of the Fluid Law Firm The Manifesto of the Fluid Law Firm is our vision for the law firm of the future. We believe that law firms must rearrange themselves to stay competitive in the customer-centric age.

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August 31, 2020

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The collaborative approach to innovation Baker McKenzie partner, Theo Ling, who founded Whitespace Legal Collab is interviewed about the collaborative approach to innovation.

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August 31, 2020

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Simple legal automation & the AI bubble ‍Recently, there has also been much talk about an AI bubble caused by a discrepancy between the enormous expectations to the technology and it's actual capabilities. Should we focus on simple legal automation instead?

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August 31, 2020

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Who is the legal consumer of the 21st Century?Legal Tech Weekly has spoken with Mark Cohen to learn his views on the client-centric movement in the legal industry, and to find out who is the legal consumer of the 21st Century?

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August 31, 2020

Legal Tech Institute

What are lawyers looking for in legal tech products?To support the accelerating legal innovation movement, Legal Tech Weekly has sought to provide such answers. We have asked 8 Nordic law firms what they are looking for in new legal tech solutions and what parameters determine their choice of provider?

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August 31, 2020

Legal Tech Institute

Can artificial intelligence bring real justice?Andrew Arruda has been advocating that artificial intelligence can create more work for lawyers while also improving access to justice worldwide. Legal Tech Weekly asks whether artificial intelligence can bring real justice?

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August 31, 2020

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Gig economy and its legal implications Legal Tech Weekly has interviewed Danish lawyer Martin Lavesen, who has been chairman of the expert group and concurrently is managing partner in DLA Piper Denmark. We focused on discussing what the rising gig economy means for the legal profession and the potential ethical or regulatory impact.

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August 31, 2020

Legal Tech Institute

A short introduction to litigation finance The rise of machine learning has led to more litigation finance and the creation of legal companies whose business models are based on predicting the probability of winning a case.

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August 31, 2020

Legal Tech Institute

A connected approach to innovation You don't get to be the oldest global law firm by being old school. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP has been around almost three centuries, and it is certainly not in their plans to quit just because a digital transformation and the liberalisation of the legal market has introduced new competition

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August 31, 2020

Legal Tech Institute

Legal tech is booming: Are we heading for crash or shooting for the stars?There is a massive boom in legal tech investments. Now, the billion-dollar question that is being raised multiple places is whether the development marks the final breakthrough for legal technology, or we are witnessing a legal tech bubble that is about to burst?

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August 31, 2020

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Lawyers should think like coders: “If I go to the gym today, it’s pizza for dinner. Otherwise it’s salad“Lawyers must get aquatinted with the if-this-then-that logic that is applied by coders in digital technologies: If I go to the gym today, it’s pizza for dinner. Otherwise, it’s salad.

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August 31, 2020

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New eBook out now: Legal Tech 2019 In a new eBook, Legal Tech Weekly takes a look at the year that went by in legal tech. We identify the tree major challenges in the current legal industry and propose three solutions to those challenges.

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August 31, 2020

Legal Tech Institute

Are online courts the future of justice?The brave new world of online courts could and should be unrolled on a more global scale according to the so-called "Godfather of Legal Tech", Richard Susskind, in his new book Online Courts and the Future of Justice.

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August 31, 2020

Legal Tech Institute

Customer success in law. Or what law firms could learn from SaaS companies To use customer success in law, law firms could look to how modern software companies have refined the idea of customer success, focused on outcome-value and measured their accomplishments in client retention rather than just customer acquisition.

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August 31, 2020

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Legal tech around the World: Singapore Singapore is a smart place. Nowhere in the world has the internet of things had such an impact as in Singapore so the future for legal tech in Singapore is certainly worth following,

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August 31, 2020

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Legal tech in Europe: How will the EU's digital strategy impact legal tech?Is EU's forced focus on data ethics making European legal tech providers more attractive for the risk-averse legal industry? Or is the strict focus on data governance slowing down the development of artificial intelligence to a degree where non-European legal tech companies have an advantage to legal tech in Europe??

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August 31, 2020

Legal Tech Institute

Top trends in contract management 2020 The general idea is that the industry gravitates towards a position where data-driven contract automation is a global norm. But what is the status quo? And what are the current top trends in contract management 2020, here and now?

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August 31, 2020

Legal Tech Institute

Legal tech around the World: India With an estimated total population of 1.4 billion people, around 17% of the world is Indian. That alone makes the legal tech scene an interesting one. There are almost 750 million internet users in the country, and the massive legal sector in the country gives it an enormous power that can contribute significantly to the overall growth of the legal tech industry. Legal Tech Weekly takes a look at legal tech in India.

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August 31, 2020

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The future ready lawyer: The gap between awareness and readiness to change Wolters Kluwer has published their annual Future Ready Lawyer report. It reveals a significant gap between awareness and readiness to change.

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August 31, 2020

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Join our Legal Tech Academy Contractbook and The University of Copenhagen have joint forces to launch a Legal Tech Academy for young and future lawyers.

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August 31, 2020

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Meet the initiative that is mapping global legal responses to COVID-19 As a response to the current pandemic, Margeret Rose-Goddard and her colleagues from FutureLaw, has founded the Global COVID19 Policy Response as a meta-legal research initiative.

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August 31, 2020

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