Legal.io Newsletter - May 7, 2021

Published weekly on Friday, the Legal.io Newsletter covers the latest in legal, talent & tech.

Legal.io Newsletter - May 7, 2021

News 

The Arizona Supreme Court has approved the first three entities to be licensed as alternative business structures, enabling businesses owned by non-lawyers to deliver legal services under liberalized licensing rules. More here.

LawGeex Forms ALSP - the company has formed a small and focused ALSP business to provide legal advice and tech support for clients in the US. More here

New ABA Report Shows "unfair bias" and compensation issues at the heart of the reasons women leave their legal positions in firms and even the legal industry as a whole. More here

InTapp Makes Plans to Acquire Repstor - the cloud-based business applications company announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Belfast-based Repstor. More here

Mitratech Acquires AdvanceLaw with plans to make the outside counsel performance feedback marketplace a part of their offer to GCs. More here

So Far, 38 Law Schools are Requiring Students to Be Fully Vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus as a requisite for attending. Eric Feldman writes on the legal precedent for schools to require mandatory vaccination here

ContractWorks conducted a survey of a selection of UK companies and found 15% of in-house staff use post-it notes to track contract milestones. Read more about the breakdown here

 

A call to action

Several of our community members are organizing to end discrimination and violence against the Asian community and other marginalized communities in the US. Consider supporting their efforts by signing the petition or donating at https://standwithasianamericans.com

 

In-house? Join the conversation on Fishbowl (anonymous).

 

Legal Jobs đź‘©đźŹľ‍⚖️

We curate the best in-house jobs so you don't have to. See 1000+ open positions on legal.io.jobs or click here to post a job.

Customer Stories

See how leading enterprise in-house teams have scaled smarter with Legal.io's high-caliber flex talent.

More from Legal.io


Legal Tech Booms: Harvey Hits $3B Valuation, Eve Raises $47M
Legal Tech Booms: Harvey Hits $3B Valuation, Eve Raises $47M

Legal tech funding reached record numbers in 2024, and the trend continues. Harvey doubled its valuation to $3 billion after raising $300M, while Eve secured a $47M Series A.

Jan 21, 2025
Read More
3 Ways to Maintain A Healthy Work-Life Balance
3 Ways to Maintain A Healthy Work-Life Balance

Did you know that hunter-gatherers need to work for only around 20 hours per week to feed themselves? That was the norm throughout most of human history, but when human beings first discovered agriculture and began living in settled communities around 12,000 years ago in the Levant, this figure slowly began to creep up (which has long led archaeologists and ancient historians to speculate as to why humans began farming in the first place).   Modern lawyers, of course, regularly face working weeks of 40 hours, sometimes rising to 50 and beyond. Now, there are of course a few perks available to the modern lawyer that were not accessible to ancient hunter-gatherers or the first farming communities. But the point is that it’s not natural to be on call for work 24 hours a day, seven days a week. To stay healthy and enjoy our time on Earth, we need to maintain some kind of work-life balance. Here are some tips to help you do exactly that. 

Jul 06, 2020
Read More
SEC Tightens Control Over Enforcement Actions Under New Leadership

SEC commissioners will now approve any formal investigation to be taken by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawyers, a new directive that diverges from the agency's recent practice and gives the commission greater control over SEC enforcement actions.

Feb 06, 2025
Read More
Anthropic’s $13bn Raise Signals Shifting Ground for Legal AI

Anthropic’s $13bn Series F at a $183bn valuation highlights its legal AI momentum, alongside a critical copyright settlement with major implications for the sector.

Sep 08, 2025
Read More
Ready to hire?

Schedule a free consultation to discuss your hiring needs.

Free 15-min consultation
Legal.io Platform
5 star reviews
Hiring made smarter

Easy-to-use platform for hiring legal talent, managing spend, and optimizing your panel — plus an average savings of 50%.

Need Immediate Help?

Submit a hiring request and let our experts handle the entire process for you.