Legal stories

While legal risks see lawyers on the front-line of defence, 38% of lawyers surveyed have not participated in a cyber crisis simulation.

According to Gartner, 30% of multinationals will be severely impacted by unmanaged digital sovereign risk by 2025.

“Bringing together Kira’s tried and tested, lawyer-trained machine learning assets with the power of generative AI, represents the next step in legal services."

As Oxylabs emphasises the legal and compliance issues in the workplace, organisations prohibit employees from using information created using ChatGPT.

ContractPodAi, the AI-powered, contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform, has announced the launch of Leah, its new AI services hub.

We can probably all agree that we’re living through the worst Cybersecurity Crisis in history with respect to the threat environment.

A first-of-its-kind European organisation has formed in the Hague to defend human rights online, providing legal and technical assistance to victims.

Thanks to a solution built largely on Microsoft 365, Laybuy’s General Counsel has automated a contract generation process underpinning the company’s business.

As the age-old adage goes; “if you can’t measure it you can’t manage it”. In the absence of reliable data, firms are flying blind and effectively making decisions on a whim.

Proofpoint has announced the launch of its Intelligent Compliance Platform, offering enterprises modern regulatory compliance safeguards.

LawVu is a New Zealand-born company successfully transforming the in-house legal industry with its category-defining workspace.

Appian has been awarded USD$2.036 billion in damages against Pegasystems Inc as the result of a jury verdict in the Circuit Court for Fairfax County, Virginia.

After a substantial ongoing feud, Amazon and Visa have agreed to settle a dispute over the credit card giant's fees.

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has released its Notifiable Data Breaches Report for July to December 2021, revealing some surprising results around breach disclosure in Australia.

A data breach can be any company's worst nightmare. Not only can it cause catastrophic damage to systems and workflows, but it can also often be extraordinarily damaging and costly. 

The new version of Westlaw aims to assist legal practitioners in boutique firms by speeding up the often time-consuming research process.

"The demand for speed amid escalating risks and ever-growing amounts of data is pushing legal departments and law firms to automate routine tasks and inject machine learning and AI into daily operations."

As the number of mergers and acquisitions grow, a major law firm report has explained just how technology is helping the activity along.

Looking to disrupt the kiwifruit industry, Acuris Systems employed the services of a fellow Kiwi startup's online legal marketplace.

David Bellini was arrested and charged with drug trafficking in Florida on Sunday.

Sydney-based digital marketing provider Impelus says the decision to axe Direct Content Billing will have a 'material impact' on their revenues.

Will robots be able to replace the role of the lawyer as the trusted advisor?

Fuji Xerox NZ and its parent company have begun civil action against the former senior executives of the Kiwi operations.

Chapman Tripp talks about the three major legal topics most vital to startups: founder agreements, intellectual property, and contracts.