Much news about legal technology focuses on the latest invention or development. In several areas of practice, however, we have already reached a point where enough data is available to significantly improve our work: all we need to do is to find it, and to use it.
One area that is rich for mining is
An article in The Artificial Lawyer
reports that Reuters Thomson has invited Kleros, a blockchain-based legal arbitration platform, to participate in its incubator program. The Kleros platform, described by its developers as “The dispute resolution layer for virtually everything,” facilitates the resolution of disputes arising from smart contracts anywhere in the world. In a white
Friedrich Blase, Global Director in Legal Managed Services at Thomson Reuters, is warning traditional law firms – especially the larger ones – of the potential threat to their existence of alternative legal providers, including the growing range of legal-market ventures and forms of disruptive technology. Blase
