Category: Technology Intelligence

The Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office, Victoria’s premier provider of legal and strategic solutions to the Victorian Government, has adopted thedocyard’s deal management technology to deliver a collaborative portal for the 2020 Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements. “This engagement allows the Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office to provide a one stop collaborative portal across all stakeholders, keeping highly confidential data secure, delivering forensic level auditability, enabling the management of large document volumes, reducing email traffic and keeping the Royal Commission on track and moving forward. We are pleased to support the Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office as it conducts this vital […]

Actionstep and GlobalX have announced an integration between their two products, giving Actionstep users direct access to GlobalX Search products from client matter files.  The integration gives users of Actionstep’s legal practice management system instant, integrated access to GlobalX Search services including property information, company & business information. The integration with GlobalX aligns with Actionstep’s goal to increase law firm productivity by bringing together the key tools and functions law firms need for client, matter, document and billing management in one place. David Hepburn, President of Actionstep commented: “Actionstep’s integration with GlobalX gives our users more choice and efficiency for […]

Barry Nilsson is set to deploy legal B.I. solution, BigHand Quantum, to drive financial visibility and reporting excellence. Barry Nilsson has chosen legal business intelligence solution, BigHand Quantum, to underpin financial visibility and reporting excellence in the firm. Having dramatically expanded its national footprint in recent years to incorporate six offices, the firm was in need of a robust, accurate and easy-to-use financial reporting solution with real-time data analytics into key financial metrics including profitability. After a period of sustained growth, it became apparent that the firms current financial reporting solution was not fit for purpose, with various challenges around […]

Three law firms from the United States, Britain and Asia have jointly invested over $10 million in a U.S.-based legal tech start-up that is developing an ‘open’ industry platform to enable lawyers to work seamlessly across disparate systems. The platform, designed for both law firms and legal departments, is being beta-tested by more than 10,000 lawyers in over 100 jurisdictions, Lupl said in a statement on Thursday. Lupl, which counts U.S. law firm Cooley, Britain’s CMS and Singapore-based Rajah & Tann Asia as its founding shareholders, said law firms including Slaughter & May, Linklaters and companies including Unilever and Deutsche […]

Official announcement: LawGeex announced today that it has closed a $20 million round of financing. LawGeex is the pioneer and leader in automating the review of contracts to accelerate deal closure, and ensure contracts are future-proofed in light of business uncertainty. Corner Ventures, a Palo Alto, CA based venture capital fund focused on investments in leading growth stage technology companies led the round, with participation from La Maison and the continued support of existing investors Aleph, lool Ventures and former Thomson Reuters CEO, Tom Glocer.  “We saw in LawGeex a rare opportunity to invest in a company with an exceptional customer […]

MinterEllison-owned consultancy ITNewcom has scooped a mammoth $30 million contract with the Department of Defence. The contract will see ITNewcom provide Defence with “financial, sourcing, strategy, training and reform services” for a period of three years, ending June 2023. The win comes three years after the-once boutique technology consultancy was acquired by law firm MinterEllison. [more] In June 2017, MinterEllison described its acquisition as a ‘sector-transforming move’. We reported on the acquisition here. In June 2017 the news included: “We believe this transaction is both a game-changing and a sector-changing move for a top tier firm such as ours. It is […]

The Federal Court of Australia has committed $47K for a pilot program with Online Dispute Resolution ‘disruptor’ Immediation.  Immediation is an online dispute resolution platform aiming to provide a low-cost, easy, secure, and highly efficient method of resolving commercial disputes as an alternative to long and expensive court processes. The service launched in September 2019. The Covid crisis has led to a rapid adoption of technology by courts to enable virtual and remote hearings. They have also made public statements to the effect of don’t expect things to go back to where they were before the crisis.  This has created […]