"A Legalweek panel painted a picture of the future of legal that is more machine than human, where automation is key but the work never ends." (via law.com)

"Legal issues surrounding blockchain technology impact more and more small law clients."  (via abovethelaw.com)

"Real AI is nowhere near as advanced as its usual portrayal in fiction. It certainly lacks the apparently conscious motivation of the sci-fi stuff. But it does turn both hope and fear into matters for the present day, rather than an indeterminate future. And many worry that even today’s “AI-lite” has the capacity to morph into a monster. The fear is not so much of devices that stop obeying instructions and instead follow their own agenda, but rather of something that does what it is told (or, at least, attempts to do so), but does it in a way that is incomprehensible." (via economist.com)

"When asked about how Canada’s legal academy is handling innovation, Jason Moyse is blunt. It is “so far behind, it thinks it’s ahead,” says the co-founder of Law Made, a small legal company that helps startups and large corporates “drive innovation, and make the most of technology, in the legal services industry."(via canadianlawyermag.com)

"Maintaining billable-hours performance is the obvious top priority for granting attorneys a telecommuting option, but firms must also be cognizant of the myriad data protection and client confidentiality risks posed when lawyers work from a remote location."  (via lawtechnologytoday.org)

"We all speak a little of each language, but there’s a hierarchy to our fluency. Knowing a person’s primary love language can foster stronger communication and an overall healthier relationship. Romantic relationships aren’t the only ones that can benefit from this. We looked at the love languages through the lens of your typical e-discovery team and took a guess at which language each type of person speaks best."  (via relativity.com/blog)

"For six consecutive years NewVantage Partners has conducted an annual survey on how executives in large corporations view data. Each year the response rate increases, and the reported urgency of making effective use of data increases as well. This year the results are both more encouraging and more worrisome than in the past." (via hbr.org)

"When it comes to email, you should empty your inbox regularly by sorting its contents into action-oriented folders and ruthlessly archiving or deleting anything you don’t need to see again." (via lawyerist.com)

"A European privacy regulation taking effect this May poses some legal risk for commercial brokers’ Canadian clients, whether those clients know it or not." (via canadianunderwriter.ca)