by Adrian Cartland | Jun 13, 2020 | Legal AI News
The practice of law changed almost overnight in March, with in-person meetings, court hearings and work environments being replaced with online technology. What has changed with the pandemic is not working from home – because we know this is only to be short...
by Adrian Cartland | May 14, 2020 | Legal AI News
USA based Benjamin Alarie, co-founder and CEO of Blue J Legal, discusses the expanding role of artificial intelligence in tax with contributing editor at Tax Notes Federal Benjamin Willis. Highlights When we talk about machine learning and artificial intelligence of...
by Adrian Cartland | Mar 26, 2020 | Ailira News, Legal AI News
Our contracts and the law surrounding them do not account for systemic risk. I believe that the common law has done a good job of balancing risks between parties (or rather a not-terrible job: it is difficult to determine whether law is truly good, merely whether...
by Adrian Cartland | Mar 12, 2020 | Ailira News
Last week I was reading Yet Another End of Billable-hour Story “YAE-BS” and decided the time is ripe for change in the legal industry: we need to see the end of YAE-BS. I have been reading YAE-BS tirades for 15 years. They are trotted out by people who...
by Adrian Cartland | Mar 3, 2020 | Ailira News
Fair Work Australia has just ruled https://www.afr.com/companies/professional-services/the-40-hour-week-fair-work-rules-hit-law-firms-20200226-p544ol that law clerks must be paid overtime when they are working above full time. Some commentators have decried the end of...