In the ever-changing world of the legal industry, technological innovation stands out as a powerful ally , helping to redefine the way law professionals approach their daily tasks. While promising future topics such as artificial intelligence are making headlines in legal tech news, lawyers and legal professionals still have a long way to go before they can rightfully claim to be 100% paperless . The digitalization...
The trend towards ever more digitalization is leading to an accumulation of sensitive digital documents: confidential documents, supporting documents or electronically signed contracts to be conserved for several years. The average volume of data held by companies jumped 40% between 2018 and 2020 . However, these sensitive documents are still often stored on unsecured local equipment or Cloud software, and even in paper...
Technological and market-driven business mutations are emerging below the surface of the legal industry’s traditions and rigorous human effort. But like many changes, they will be unevenly distributed in their adoption and benefit. I do not predict that 2025 will be disruptive, but rather that it will mark the beginning of a roughly five-year acceleration through which certain firms and departments will pull away from...