The LegalTech Book: The Legal Technology Handbook for Investors, Entrepreneurs and FinTech Visionaries - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1119574277 ISBN 13: 9781119574279

Publisher: Wiley, 2020

Synopsis

Written by prominent thought leaders in the global fintech and legal space, The LegalTech Book aggregates diverse expertise into a single, informative volume. Key industry developments are explained in detail, and critical insights from cutting-edge practitioners offer first-hand information and lessons learned. Coverage includes: 

· The current status of LegalTech, why now is the time for it to boom, the drivers behind it, and how it relates to FinTech, RegTech, InsurTech, WealthTech and PayTech

· Applications of AI, machine learning and deep learning in the practice of law; e-discovery and due diligence; AI as a legal predictor

· LegalTech making the law accessible to all; online courts, online dispute resolution

· The Uberization of the law; hiring and firing through apps

· Lawbots; social media meets legal advice

· To what extent does LegalTech make lawyers redundant or more efficient?

· Cryptocurrencies, distributed ledger technology and the law 

· The Internet of Things, data privacy, automated contracts

· Cybersecurity and data

· Technology vs. the law; driverless cars and liability, legal rights of robots, ownership rights over works created by technology

· Legislators as innovators

· Practical LegalTech solutions helping Legal departments in corporations and legal firms alike to get better legal work done at lower cost

About this title

About the Author

SOPHIA ADAMS BHATTI is a public policy expert, with 20 years' experience across a range of sectors. She is the Head of Strategy and Policy at Simmons Wavelength.

SUSANNE CHISHTI is the CEO of FINTECH Circle and the Founder of the FINTECH Circle Institute, a leading global FinTech learning and innovation platform to gain FinTech and digital skills. She is the bestselling author of several fintech books and a global public speaker.

AKBER DATOO is Founder and CEO of D2 Legal Technology, a global award-winning legal data and change consultancy operating at the intersection of FinTech & LegalTech, and an appointed member of the Technology and Law Committee at the Law Society of England & Wales.

DR DRAGO INDJIC is Managing Director at Oxquant, a data science and investment advisory firm, and co-founder of several alternative funds and tech companies across Europe.

From the Back Cover

THE ONLY GLOBALLY CROWDSOURCED BOOK ON THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON THE LAW

In a single, enlightening volume, The LegalTech Book presents information from a diverse range of expert contributors. The authors review the key developments in the industry, offer significant insights and explore critical lessons learned. The volume clearly reveals how technology can enable the unlocking of value and benefit in law and across society and business.

Comprehensive in scope, this book covers a range of applications of LegalTech such as: smart contract, artificial intelligence, collaboration tools, document management, IP management, e-billing, eDiscovery, legal research and analytics, legal project management, governance and compliance and contract management including contract review and due diligence.

The LegalTech Book explores the current status of LegalTech, the drivers behind it and how it relates to FinTech, RegTech, InsurTech, WealthTech and PayTech. It also shows how to make the law accessible to all including online courts and online dispute resolution practices.

The contributors explain how LegalTech can advance the uberization of the law and the ability to hire and fire through apps. They also reveal how social media meets legal advice and answers the question, "to what extent does LegalTech make lawyers redundant or more efficient?" This comprehensive volume explores this and many other questions and topics.

From the Inside Flap

THE ONLY GLOBALLY CROWDSOURCED BOOK ON THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON THE LAW

In a single, enlightening volume, The LegalTech Book presents information from a diverse range of expert contributors. The authors review the key developments in the industry, offer significant insights and explore critical lessons learned. The volume clearly reveals how technology can enable the unlocking of value and benefit in law and across society and business.

Comprehensive in scope, this book covers a range of applications of LegalTech such as: smart contract, artificial intelligence, collaboration tools, document management, IP management, e-billing, eDiscovery, legal research and analytics, legal project management, governance and compliance and contract management including contract review and due diligence.

The LegalTech Book explores the current status of LegalTech, the drivers behind it and how it relates to FinTech, RegTech, InsurTech, WealthTech and PayTech. It also shows how to make the law accessible to all including online courts and online dispute resolution practices.

The contributors explain how LegalTech can advance the uberization of the law and the ability to hire and fire through apps. They also reveal how social media meets legal advice and answers the question, "to what extent does LegalTech make lawyers redundant or more efficient?" This comprehensive volume explores this and many other questions and topics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1119574277
• ISBN 13: 9781119574279
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Chishti Susanne, Bhatti Sophia Adams, Datoo Akber, Indjic Drago