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Future tech: In-house lawyer survey

22 September 2020
Issue: 7903 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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In-house lawyers are being asked for their thoughts on future trends in tech, as part of research being conducted by LexisNexis

Are they spending too much time on repetitive tasks? Do they expect security risks to decrease in the next three to five years? What are the barriers to greater uptake of technology in their organisation?

Have your say and help shape the development of new legal tech by taking part in the ‘In-house tech benchmarking survey’ at: bit.ly/35Ywd4r.

Issue: 7903 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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