This is the biggest news from last week’s LegalWeek in NYC: Legaltech19: New global matter standard to provide “common language” for law firms and corporate counsel. “The Standards Advancement for the Legal Industry (SALI) Alliance is building matter coding that includes area of law and process codes, which it says will foster innovation and provide consistency for buyers and sellers of legal services – needed for better pricing and analytics.” “SALI members include: Association of Legal Administrators (founding member); Allen Matkins; Bloomberg Law; GSK; Greenberg Traurig; Holland & Knight; Honigman, Miller, Schwartz and Cohn; Husch Blackwell; Intapp; Legal Marketing Association (founding member); Level 2 Legal Solutions; LexisNexis; McKool Smith; Pepper Hamilton; Perkins Coie; Prosperoware; Schulte Roth; Shell; Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis; Wolters Kluwer.” More analysis here.
- I heard these exact words at LegalWeek last week–so true: Blockchain Smart Contracts Aren’t Smart And Aren’t Contracts. Here’s the explanation by David B. Black.
Also from LegalWeek (and Inspire.Legal), here’s Bob Ambrogi’s general take on both events: Legal Tech For The Legal Elite: Observations Of Two Conferences. “Conversations about innovation in legal technology and practice continue to be stuck in the same echo chamber.”
According to CoinDesk, lawyers will be earning certificates in blockchain and cryptocurrency: Lawyers Rush In: New UNH Blockchain Program Nabs Big-Name Speakers. “(T)he program, which will feature of slew of industry players as guest lecturers – including Hester Peirce of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Ethereum Foundation researcher Vlad Zamfir and MyCrypto CEO Taylor Monahan.”
- Deloitte’s tech podcast, “Deloitte On Cloud” is almost always worth the time. “This week is all about
#cloudcomputing and#AI.” Link here.
There’s more evidence of Deloitte’s tech chops here: Deloitte’s technology trends disrupting business. Post.
- And if you have energy clients, check this from Deloitte: “On this
#TechTuesday, explore 8 of the biggest#techtrends impacting the power & utilities industry in 2019. From#AI to#connectivity see what your organization should anticipate.”
This is from Bloomberg Law: IBM Watson in Quiet Talks With Law Firms to Expand AI Offerings. Expect an announcement later this year covering US and UK firms. Hype?
This, from The Law Society Gazette, Grania Langdon-Down: Training lawyers for tomorrow. It’s a very interesting and substantive article about the future of legal tech and women lawyers in the UK. “(L)aw firms and providers are looking at ways to improve diversity and meet new challenges concerning the role technology is playing in delivering legal services.”
Law.com’s LegalSpeak podcast posted: Move Over Big Law. It’s Time for an ‘Alternative.’
And check out this podcast from 3 Geeks and a Law Blog for Cat Moon’s thoughts on tech, innovation, teaching and a bit of poetry. Good stuff. (Cat’s part starts at about the 24-minute mark.)
LawTechNews posted: Wilson Sonsini Launches Software Developer Subsidiary to Automate Legal Services.
- It has been a while since I’ve posted one of AI’s essential mantras, ‘it’s all about the data‘. So, here’s 57 Million Reasons To Get Your Organization’s Data In Order. This one‘s about compliance, but still….
Law Firm Posts:
Kramer Levin: (Samantha Ettari, Arielle Warshall Katz): Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services: Tips for Risk Management. Post.
Davis Wright Tremaine: Emerging Legal and Policy Issues in Artificial Intelligence. Post.
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Foley & Lardner: (Alexis Finkelberg Bortniker, Christopher J. Donovan, Judith Waltz, Adria E. Warren): Health Care MarketTrends | January 2019, Issue 1. “Google’s new AI algorithm is said to detect cancer metastases with 92 percent accuracy. AI is still in its infancy, but is expected to impact overall cancer detection and cancer care delivery.” 
Taylor Wessing: The next instance? Artificial Intelligence meets litigation in the UK. Post.
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Shearman & Sterling (Robert LaRussa, Lisa Raisner, George A. Casey, Scott Petepiece): CFIUS Update: Regulations Require Mandatory Filings For Certain Critical Technologies; Process Of Identifying Emerging Technologies Begins. Post.
Ward and Smith: In-House Counsel Insights: What In-House Counsel Need to Know About Blockchain. Post.
From Artificial Lawyer:
- The Legal World Meets The Scientific Method at Inspire.Legal. Post.
Intuitive Automation Platform Autto Seeks to Shake Up Market. Post.
- WSGR Lite? The Birth Of A New Tech-Led Business Model? Post.
- Can Legal Tech Help A2J? Find Out at This PSU Fundraiser Event. Post.
Press Releases and other Vendor Content:
Synapse Technology Corporation’s Artificial Intelligence Security X-ray Platform Offers Risk and Liability Protection to Clients via DHS SAFETY Act Award. Post.
On To The Next Wave Of Analytics: A Conversation With Nik Reed Of LexisNexis. “Context is the legal industry’s only case-law language analytics tool.” Post.
AI Goes to Court: A Conversation With Lex Machina and Dorsey & Whitney (Part 2). Post.
Sparqa Legal: Platform aims to give SMEs legal advice without lawyers. Post.
Review: Analyzing Judicial Behavior Through Context on Lexis Advance. “In a product review for LTN, Sean La Roque-Doherty says reviewing judges’ rulings on motions and the outcomes of challenges to expert witness testimony in Context is like talking to a litigator steeped in practicing law before a judge.” Post.