As individuals, we have the legal right to access personal data held by an organisation, and an increasing number of requests are submitted each year. Recently, politician Nigel Farage and Caroline Green famously and publicly spoke of their own DSAR requests thrusting DSARs back into the spotlight. Consequently, organisations (particularly financial institutions), are bracing for […] You need to have an account to read this article. If you'd like to see more please do sign up here - it'll take less than a minute and it's FREE ..read more

Egypt In fact, the ICT industry is known to be the fastest-growing sector in Egypt. The sector hit new heights, recording a growth rate of about 21.4%, outpacing all the state’s economic sectors during the fiscal year 2022/2023.  In 2024, artificial intelligence (AI) will have the greatest impact, with many believing it would replace some […] You need to have an account to read this article. If you'd like to see more please do sign up here - it'll take less than a minute and it's FREE ..read more

For those that are interested in knowing what the Legal Technologist themes will be for 2024 then look no further. They will be: - Jan/Feb 2024: Legal Ops Careers (done)- Mar/Apr 2024: Dispute Resolution/Litigation Tech- May/Jun 2024: The impact of Gen AI on Legal- Jul/Aug 2024: [Summer Break - no issue]- Sep/Oct 2024: Managing Legal Knowledge- Nov/Dec […] You need to have an account to read this article. If you'd like to see more please do sign up here - it'll take less than a minute and it's FREE ..read more

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Quite commonly, legaltech companies, while starting their journey from local markets, would eventually want to expand to an international level and become global. Managing a business in Asia while being in Europe can be problematic for several reasons, well-known to entrepreneurs. To develop a business in a specific region, having an office there would be an excellent idea. Let us now try to assess how good of a choice Singapore can be for your office in Asia. In this article, I also wanted to share specific tools and institutions that you should pay attention to. So let’s get straight to the ..read more

It’s with great pleasure that I’m able to launch the Legal Ops Career sub-site focused on the legal operations career. For the last six years I’ve ran the Legal Technologist magazine and have enjoyed seeing the growth of legal ops across the world. Now I’m excited to have the opportunity alongside Marco Mendola (Relationships Director) and Ariana Vojvodic (Assistant Editor) to create a site that has real impact for those pursuing the legal operations career path. I see it as a community space, where every member has the ability to contribute (if they so wish) and in doing so you’re a ..read more

This article takes a look at some key attributes of the legal ops person. This is based on my own experience either at the coal face, managing a team of people implementing legal tech, consulting on legal tech or from interactions I’ve had with people over the years. Hopefully this is useful for anyone breaking into the space, but also for those that are curious about what legal ops do/how they do it. So these are a few characteristics I thought of (but they are not limited to these of course!): 1. Empathy It goes without saying that a lot of work has a problem element to it, be it one that is ..read more

Greece The legal tech landscape of 2024 in Greece will be shaped by a few notable firms who invest in digital operations and marketing and a few efforts on legal design and open source. I wouldn’t be very confident on startups within the legal tech sector – most probably regtech and compliance tools will gain a momentum, though we do witness an interest of in-house legal teams in all things generative AI, even at an experimental value. To summarize, further digitization of the market is in progress while various e-gov and e-justice reforms may accelerate the appetite of the private sector for ..read more

Austria The situation as of mid-2023 is that few true legaltech startups have gained traction (fairplane.at, notarity.com). Legal Tech is fostered by the two major legal publishers via their databases and by law firms, the latter with differentiated success. Currently we see the interest in AI powered applications rising, the topic has left its bubble and arrived in a broader target group, there creating a lot of uncertainty. For the next months we expect that the database providers will gain an even more prominent role in thriving innovation in terms of machine learning (AI) by offering AI-po ..read more

Estonia Estonia will see these legal technology developments in 2024: •  FutureLaw conference and other events will showcase legal-tech innovations and trends and promote collaboration and networking among legal professionals, entrepreneurs, academics, and policymakers from various countries and regions. •  NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence, a multinational and interdisciplinary hub of cyber defense expertise, in Estonia will create and apply advanced solutions for cyber law and security. •  E-government infrastructure, including e-Residency program, which offe ..read more