In this edition of the Priori Digest, a weekly look at what’s happening in law and technology, we feature interviews from two friends of Priori, Above The Law’s David Lat and LawGeex’s Lucy Endel Bassli, who talk about their transition from law practice to legal entrepreneurship. Enjoy!
What we’re reading
- The affirmative action case involving Harvard and whether it unfairly discriminates against Asian Applicants is going to trial
- This joke about legal tech
- The Supreme Court now hears around 70 cases a term and each year the focus of the court differs. While this upcoming term lacks blockbuster cases, there are clear patterns as to the types of cases that will be heard in 2018-19
- The Chief Legal Strategist at LawGeex, Lucy Endel Bassli, on her transition from an attorney who specializes in contracts to focusing on legal operations and data analytics
- An interview, David Lat, who discusses his move from being a lawyer to founding the award-winning website, Above The Law
- What should happen to employees who automate their own work? Is self-automating unethical? Who should reap the benefits? This piece in The Atlantic explores this complex and increasingly important issue
What in the weird
- Sometimes Alexa and Google Home go a little crazy
- The leader of a northeastern U.S. burglary ring nicknamed ‘Willy Wonka’ has been arrested and has pleaded guilty to over 60 charges
By the numbers
- 1/2: The U.S. accounts for about half of the world’s share of venture capital investment, down from 95 percent in the early 1990s. The top three global cities for VC investment are San Francisco, Beijing and New York
- 20: So far in 2018, 20 percent of global venture funding has gone to companies with at least one female founder
- 32.73 billion: The amount (USD) invested globally in early stage (Series A or B) startups in Q3 2018
