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DISCO Cofounder Kiwi Camara Steps Down As CEO; Board Member Scott Hill Is Named Interim Leader

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Hill has served as a member of DISCO’s board since June 2021 and was previously chief financial officer of Intercontinental Exchange. In July 2021, under Camara’s leadership, DISCO became one of just a handful of legal technology companies ever to go public, listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

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Kira Spin-off Zuva Unveils New Contract Review AI For In-house Legal Teams, Zuva Analyze

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Zuva, the company that spun off from AI contract review pioneer Kira when it was acquired by Litera in 2021, today released its own AI contract review tool, Zuva Analyze, which it says will enable in-house legal teams to review contracts 2-3 times faster than reviewing them manually. Developed by the same team that originally […]

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Following Departure of its Founder, E-Discovery Company DISCO Names New CEO

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Since Camara’s departure, Scott Hill , who had been a member of DISCO’s board since 2021, had served as interim CEO while the board searched for a permanent successor. Hill will take the position of board chair and work with Friedrichsen in transitioning to his new role, the company said.

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With Goal of Promoting Open Access to Legal Scholarship, Yale Law School Launches Law Archive

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That initiative was developed by the Cornell Law Library in collaboration with three law library organizations, at least partly in response to the 2016 acquisition of the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) by publisher Elsevier, and concerns among scholars that SSRN’s free access would get locked behind a paywall.

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On LawNext Podcast: As He Steps Down As Dean, Gordon Smith Reflects On His Mission To Make BYU Law ‘One Of The Most Innovative Law Schools in the Country’

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Smith has been on this podcast twice before: BYU Law’s Innovative Dean Gordon Smith On His Next Five Years (March 2021). BYU Law Dean Gordon Smith on Law School Innovation (March 2019. Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors.

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Exclusive: New AI Features In Clearbrief Create Hyperlinked Timelines And Allow Users To Query Their Documents

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Launched in 2021 Clearbrief launched in March 2021 with backing from a notable roster of investors, including Mark Britton , the founder and former CEO of Avvo; Bryan Garner , legal writing expert and editor of Black’s Law Dictionary ; and Bill Neukom , longtime Microsoft general counsel, and subsequently raised a $3.5

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Lawyer Ranking Company Best Lawyers Acquires Digital Legal Marketing Agency Good2bSocial

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With the acquisition, Best Lawyers will expand the services it offers law firms to include digital marketing strategy, content marketing, social media, search engine optimization and website development. In 2021, the private equity firm Abry Partners acquired Best Lawyers.

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