A Nice Mention and a Question about the Future of Startup Law
You may have heard about the recent announcement from AngelList that, with the help of Wilson Sonsini, they’re now going to offer a platform startups can use to generate seed financing documents for...
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Q: How Many Jobs DOES Venture Capital Add to the Economy? A: A Lot.
Earlier this month, the National Venture Capital Association launched its VC Jobs Count as part of an effort to quantify the amount of economic activity venture capital adds to the economy. The...
View ArticleGood News From Boston Boutique Firm Collora LLP
As a former client of theirs, I’m happy and unsurprised when Collora LLP shows up on lists of the best-regarded business litigation firms in Boston or when area legal periodicals tout another...
View ArticleHelping BigLaw Through Uncertain Times?
Last week, the New York Times ran an entire Dealbook special section of the changes and challenges that confront the legal industry as a whole. While the topics–shifting law firm financial models,...
View ArticleOur Latest Strategy Brief – Progressive Firms and Startup Law
By now you know that many of our clients do work for venture capital firms and emerging companies. Being a venture-backed company ourselves, we like this space a lot. What we don’t like is seeing...
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Down Under: In-house legal departments doing more with less
Australian in-house counsel hiring: flatter than week-old lager International legal recruiter Taylor Root is out this week with its annual survey of the General Counsel and in-House Legal Department...
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Will Massachusetts Benefit from Benefit Corporations?
Corporate transactions need not be zero-sum This past weekend, the new Massachusetts Benefit Corporation statute went into effect, making us the 11th state to enact such a law. Benefit corporations are...
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Welcome to Brightleaf Personal!
Have you noticed something new on the right side of the page when you visit the National Venture Capital Association’s Model Legal Documents page? If you haven’t, perhaps you should take a look, as...
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Pfizer’s Model for Progressive Law Firm-Client Engagement and Collaboration
Law firm competitors can work together happily In the current month’s ABA Law Practice Journal, Susan Saltonstall Duncan of Rainmaking Oasis wrote a nice, concise commentary about Pfizer’s relatively...
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5 Documents You Can Automate in 2013
As anyone who has stepped foot in a gym lately can attest, a new year brings the promise and possibility of new beginnings. This can be a leaner physique, a new hobby, or just spending more time with...
View ArticleYale Beats Harvard, Harvard Beats Stanford
A great law school is still a great law school. The latest U.S. News and World Report 2014 law school rankings are out and there was a little bit of movement at the top. Yale is still #1, same as...
View ArticleMaking Good Use of Big Data Analytics
Brightleaf helps companies get the commercial terms, legal provisions, and explicit obligations out of legacy contracts. We take that unstructured data and deliver it to clients in a structured...
View ArticleHelping Startups in Boston
Wow! In 5 years, MassChallenge, based here in Boston, became the biggest startup accelerator in the world. I’m impressed! MassChallenge delivers results — and jobs IN 2009, the Massachusetts economy...
View ArticleLawyers and Robots…?
“It’s just a matter of time before artificial intelligence and robotics put a lot of law firm associates and paralegals out of work, according to a report authored by Jomati Consultants LLP.” That’s...
View ArticleWhat makes Big Data big?
Guest Post Submitted by: Tripti Sinha “Big Data” refers to the great stream of information in the world economy, increasing every day, which gives rise to the need of storing, analyzing and management...
View Article“Delightful” Contracts?
I just got through reading an excellent article by McKinsey & Co. entitled “Delighting in the Possible”. It’s their version of how to think outside the box simply by separating the possible from...
View ArticleWhat is “Amplified Intelligence”?
We LOVE this short, 3 ½ minute video where Mark Shilling, a principal at Deloitte Consulting LLP explains what he calls “amplified intelligence” as the next evolutionary step in putting analytics to...
View ArticleThe “Fallacy” of Data-Driven Decisions
Here at Brightleaf, we’re big believers in self-preservation. We live by helping companies mine their legal documents so they can analyze, understand, and better manage their customers, vendors and...
View ArticleHow we at Brightleaf manage effective communication
Here at Brightleaf, we pride ourselves in being excellent communicators. It’s a critical component in our approach to delivering exceptional customer service. Most importantly, we are mindful of it...
View ArticleThe big black hole
Why would anyone take the time, effort and all the lawyer fees to negotiate and draft detailed, often complex contracts and agreements with vendors, suppliers, and clients, only to file them all into a...
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