2016

DLA Piper announced today that it has partnered with Kira Systems to implement an artificial intelligence tool for document review during the due diligence process for M&A transactions. « We believe that this innovative technology will do for corporate transactional work what e-discovery has done for litigation, » said Jonathan Klein, chair of DLA Piper’s US Mergers […] Lire la suite

Winner of any prize for the best named institute for the study of technology and the law must be the Cyberjustice Laboratory  at the University of Montreal. It also jostles with the other global contenders for leadership in examining the impact of technology on the legal process. That puts it within a class including  the […] Lire la suite

Du 13 au 18 juin 2016, le Laboratoire de cyberjustice accueillera étudiants et professionnels lors de son école d’été 2016. L’objectif de cette école d’été est de diffuser l’état actuel des connaissances du Laboratoire, tout en offrant l’opportunité unique aux participants de côtoyer et d’échanger avec des experts réputés dans le domaine de la cyberjustice. […] Lire la suite

Pré-programme Allocutions d’ouverture Patrick SANNINO, président, Chambre nationale française des huissiers de justice et Chambre européenne des huissiers de justice Fernando Paulino PEREIRA, chef d’unité « Coopération judiciaire civile », président du groupe e-Justice, Secrétariat général du Conseil de l’Union européenne Le nouveau règlement européen sur les petits litiges et l’e-Justice Dick HEIMANS, chef d’unité adjoint, directeur […] Lire la suite

Artificial intelligence has the potential to help reform policing and criminal justice practices nationwide, experts say. However, one challenge to deploying widespread artificial intelligence is refining the data to avoid reinforcing historic biases. The White House and the University of Chicago have teamed up with police departments across America to « start fixing » biases with the […] Lire la suite

Major law firms are beginning to wake up to the potential of artificial intelligence to modernise their business – but how will AI work in practice? Everybody is talking in grandiose terms about the future of artificial intelligence (AI) in law and last month, this talk got louder still with the news that Linklaters had […] Lire la suite

The Canadian Forum on Civil Justice is a national not – for – profit organization dedicated to civil justice reform and access to justice research and advocacy. Established by the Canadian Bar Association and affiliated with Osgoode Hall Law School, the CFCJ envisions an accessible, sustainable and effective justice system for all Canadians. Overview of […] Lire la suite

Virtual reality headsets look set to make their criminal court system debut, thanks to a pioneering tech project at Staffordshire University. In stark contrast to the reams of paper and blurry CCTV images that have become associated with criminal trials, future jurors could be asked to wear headsets — like those used in the gaming […] Lire la suite

Security improvements, website upgrades, and new self-service kiosks are among the local court technology projects selected to receive grants from the Ohio Supreme Court. Courts in Hocking, Meigs, Jackson, and Guernsey Counties are some of the local courts that will receive funding. Nearly $2.5 million will be distributed to 69 courts for 110 projects. “We […] Lire la suite

As part of the European Union’s drive to encourage the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in consumer disputes, the European Commission has developed a new online dispute resolution (ODR) platform, which has been available for use by traders and consumers since February 15 2016. The launch of the platform means that online traders – […] Lire la suite