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McNiven wins Yellowstone Conference meet
Burlington eighth-grader Howard McNiver runs during a recent meet. McNiven won the conference championship.
By David Peck
Howard McNiven is a conference champion. The Burlington eighth-grader captured the Yellowstone Conference boys individual championship for the Rocky Mountain Middle School squad Friday afternoon at Homesteader Park in Powell, beating a pair of tough runners from Cody and Worland in the process.
Coach Tim Jones said the Powell course was about 165 yards longer than the normal two-mile course, but some of the Rocky Mountain runners ran their best times of the season, even at the longer distance.
McNiven won the race with a time of 12:09, beating Christler Jarrett of Cody by 12 seconds (12:21) and Krew Neighbors of Worland by 22 seconds (12:31).
"Howard ran great," Jones said. "We had a plan for him, and he went out and won the whole thing. Since I've been coaching (13 years), he's the only runner who has won the conference meet."
And as for the plan for McNiven?
"He's not going to beat guys in a (final) sprint. He had to go out early and make guys chase him to exhaust them," Jones said. "He worked really hard to build a big lead and hold on and win. He beat two kids he hadn't beaten this year. He worked really hard to put the strategy in place.
"And he just hates to lose."
As a team, the Grizzlies placed fifth with 197 points behind conference champion Cody (46 points), Lander (67), Worland (79) and Lovell (171). The Grizz beat Thermopolis, Riverton and Powell.
Jones said the team has been with some injuries and illness late in the season and "never really recovered." For instance, eighth-grader Xander Tippetts had been the third-place runner on the team throughout the season but broke his wrist in PE the day before the meet and couldn't run, Jones said. And seventh-grader Jack Gutierrez hasn't felt well the last couple of weeks and wasn't in top form Friday, he added.
After McNiven's first-place finish, the next runner for the Grizzlies was sixth-grader Skyler Tippetts, who placed 23rd, running his best time of the season on a two-plus-mile course at 13:59.9.
"Skyler ran really well," Jones noted. "He ran under 14 seconds despite the longer course. He did a good job against the bigger schools."
Another sixth-grader, Sam Loyning, placed 46th out of 108 runners with a time of 15:17, and seventh-grader Riley Moorhead ran his best race of the season to move up to fourth place on the Rocky squad, finishing 49th with a time of 15:19.
"Riley ran a good race," Jones said. "He stepped up and did a good job."
Gutierrez, though not feeling well, Jones said, finished fifth on the Rocky team, 55th overall, with a time of 15:39.
Other Rocky Mountain runners were Burlington eighth-grader Joey Worthen, 16:03; sixth-grader Rylan Stebner, 16:44, his best time of the season; Burlington eighth-grader Colt Haslam, 17:24; sixth-grader Matkin Cain, 17:28; eighth-grader Nick Cain, 18:23; sixth-grader Dalan Wambeke, 20:04.
"All of my kids ran with great intensity and good effort," Jones said.
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The mammoth lived during the Late Pleistocene (the Pleistocene lasted from about 1.8 million to 12,000 years ago), plodding over what is now the Netherlands and as far as The United States.
The sand dredger came across the great find of the giant thighbone of a mammoth and a lot of smaller bones, all materials would be crushed with traditional sand dredging method.
A new way of sand dredging used by the sand dredger Boskalis, is not only beneficial to builders but also great for science. Amateur paleontologists have demonstrated in the new district de Groote Wielen in Den Bosch. In the deepest secrecy, they found unique remains from the Ice Age in the last couple of years.
Between the sand from 8 meters deep they found about a thousand perfectly preserved bones of mammals from the ice age. On the cold dry area of the old Maas, rhinoceros, mammoths and wild horses were walking around 40,000 years ago. From bone research, prehistoric reindeer hunters also lived around that time in the area.
Meanwhile the largest dinosaur-playground of Europe is opening in the Netherlands. The Dinosaur park "DinoDome" is located in the Gaia Park Zoo in Kerkrade Limburg. The official opening will be on May 27th, but children can already go and play among the giant dinosaurs.


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HMH Books & Media Names Deb Brody Vice President and Publisher of Adult Trade
New York – Ellen Archer, President of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books & Media, announced today that Deb Brody has been promoted to Vice President and Publisher of Adult Trade, effective Monday, April 27. In this new role Brody will lead the editorial team, overseeing its fiction, nonfiction, lifestyle and Mariner trade paperback lines.
"Deb has always impressed me as a publishing executive who has strong leadership skills and a keen editorial eye for spotting trends and bringing books to market quickly," says Archer. "These are critical skills that our business will benefit from now more than ever. She's a nimble thinker and a well-respected editor and colleague. I can't think of a better person to take on the stewardship of our General Interest publishing program."
Brody joined HMH in 2016 from William Morrow/HarperCollins as editorial director of the lifestyle and culinary publishing program. Her early successes at the company include The RBG Workout, acquired after she read about the Supreme Court Justice's fitness regimen and asked Ginsburg's trainer to write the book, and Instant Pot Miracle, the first book in a bestselling, multi-million dollar cookbook franchise she negotiated with the cooking device's manufacturer.
In 2017, Brody was promoted to the role of Editor-in-Chief, broadening her editorial reports and oversight of nonfiction titles. In addition to the Instant Pot franchise, she has worked with her team on the publishing program for many of HMH's most successful bestsellers including: Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything series, The Whole30 and Whole30 endorsed books, and lifestyle titles by Martha Stewart including The Martha Manual. Under her leadership HMH acquired the current New York Times bestseller Last Book on the Left, as well as Neal Katyal's Impeach, Antoni in the Kitchen, and forthcoming books by former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, activist Shaun King, social psychologist Amy Cuddy, Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb, Buzzfeed journalist Anne Helen Peterson, and Roman Mars, host of the popular podcast 99% Invisible.
"Over the last several years as Editor-in-Chief of the nonfiction list, it's been an honor to work with the incredibly talented team at HMH, and I now look forward to working closely with editorial director Millicent Bennett to shape our fiction program," says Brody. "I am excited to move into this new role and continue the extraordinary publishing the company has always been known for, while making us a destination for diverse voices and fresh ideas."
Brody is based in HMH's New York office.
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For nearly two centuries, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has published some of the world's most renowned novels, nonfiction, children's books, and reference works. As part of a leading global learning company, it is uniquely positioned to offer educational and entertaining content for all audiences. Its distinguished author list includes ten Nobel Prize winners, forty-eight Pulitzer Prize winners, fifteen National Book Award winners, and more than one hundred Caldecott, Newbery, Printz, and Sibert Medal and Honor recipients. Current and recent authors include Tim O'Brien, Natasha Trethewey, Paul Theroux, Alison Bechdel, Adam Hochschild, Tim Ferriss and a celebrated roster of children's authors and illustrators including Kwame Alexander, Lois Lowry, and Chris Van Allsburg. HMH is also home to The Best American series® The Whole30®, Weber Grill, How to Cook Everything®, and other leading lifestyle properties; books by J.R.R. Tolkien; and many iconic children's books and characters, including Curious George®, The Little Prince, and The Polar Express. HMH Productions develops and produces media and licensed products related to brands such as Carmen Sandiego and Oregon Trail. HMH Audio, publishes audio books of HMH front list and backlist titles.


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When you check in for the test, you will be asked to fill out some forms, including a consent form, authorization for payment, and a patient privacy form.
You will be led to the procedure room. You will need to have intravenous (IV) sedation as well as local numbing medicine administered to your throat to prevent discomfort and gagging.
A nurse will place an IV line in your hand or arm; you should feel an initial pinch, but no pain thereafter. The IV medication will then be pushed, which will make you sleepy and relaxed. While the drug itself won't put you to sleep, it's not uncommon to fall asleep during the test.
If you have them, dentures or partial plates will be removed so the numbing medicine can reach all areas of the mouth. Your throat will then be sprayed with the medicine, which will have a numbing effect for about 30 to 45 minutes.
You will be given a protective device to put into in your mouth to protect your teeth from the endoscope and then be positioned so that you lie on your left side.
When you are properly relaxed, you will be asked to swallow once or twice during the initial period of insertion of the endoscope. The tube will not interfere with your ability to breathe and is only mildly uncomfortable following the initial insertion.
The exam will take about 10 to 30 minutes. You may experience a feeling of fullness in your abdomen as the doctor injects a moderate amount of air to expand your stomach, allowing for better visualization. Pictures may be taken of the inside of your digestive tract to monitor abnormalities and for treatment planning.
A biopsy may be taken for examination. You will not feel any discomfort from this. If you are having your EGD for treatment of a gastrointestinal condition, electrosurgical instruments attached to the endoscope will be used.
If you received sedation, you will need to recover and wait until you are awake and alert before being discharged to home. You may not recall the procedure because of the effect of the sedation.
Your doctor will tell you when you will be able to eat or drink following the procedure. You may receive your results the same day or have to wait several days or weeks to discuss them with your doctor.
You should expect to feel groggy for several hours after the test. You may have a slightly sore throat after the procedure, which should for approximately 24 hours. It is best to take it easy and avoid eating or drinking extremely hot or spicy foods and drinks on the day of the test.
It is possible for a sore throat to last for a few days after your EGD. This should improve gradually. You can drink soothing fluids to ease the discomfort. If your discomfort lasts for longer than a few days, if you experience worsening pain or trouble swallowing, or if you observe swelling in the back of your throat, call your doctor.
Likewise, if you develop unusual or severe abdominal pain or bleeding following the procedure, you need to let your doctor know. Dark-colored stools or blood with coughing, spitting, or vomiting are signs to watch for.
Your doctor will either discuss the results with you immediately after your test or may schedule another appointment to discuss the result and a plan, especially if your test involved a biopsy. Often, when the doctor performing the test is not the doctor who you regularly see, you need to come back to have this discussion.
Your doctor will determine the outcome of your upper endoscopy based on what he or she saw during the test. An EGD can help diagnose several problems based on the appearance of the inner lining of the gastrointestinal tract and any anatomical variations seen on the exam.
Depending on your test results, you may need to have treatment for a medical problem. For example, an infection may require treatment with antibiotics, while esophageal varices may require an interventional procedure to prevent the blood vessels from bleeding. A tumor may require removal, as well as chemotherapy or radiation therapy.
In general, you should not need to have EGD procedures routinely repeated, but if your symptoms unexpectedly worsen, or if you develop new symptoms, your doctors may want you to have another EGD to investigate the cause.
An EGD is generally well tolerated and is not painful. However, it is an invasive test and requires sedation.
Most gastrointestinal conditions can be treated, either medically or surgically. Some chronic gastrointestinal problems require long-term treatment. If you have an EGD for treatment of a gastrointestinal condition, your recovery should be relatively quick.
ASGE Standards of Practice Committee. The role of endoscopy in the management of GERD. Gastrointest Endosc. 2015;81(6):1305-10. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2015.02.021. Epub 2015 Apr 8.


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Nougat gained more this month (2.2%) as a share of all devices than it has in any previous month. Last month was close at 2.1%. Even 7.1 (which runs on fewer devices) moved up slightly. This puts it at 7.1% total across the two versions. At this time last year, Marshmallow was running on 4.6% of devices. So, Nougat's rollout continues to outpace the last version.
The situation with Gingerbread is unusual. It fell to 0.9% of devices last month, but this time it's back up to 1.0%. The absolute number of Gingerbread phones still declined, I'm sure. This could be a rounding error, or perhaps it didn't decline as fast as other versions. Thus, it has a higher share this month. The 0.3% gain for Android 5.1 is too big for rounding, so it's probably the latter. All the other older versions of Android are down as expected.


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Home » Because Everyone Else Cares: Why legal should be paying attention to contracts (256)
Because Everyone Else Cares: Why legal should be paying attention to contracts (256)
By Zach Abramowitz & Bryon Bratcher on August 22, 2021
Posted in ContractTech, LegalTech
Source: Gravity Stack [Click on to enlarge]
Sophisticated investors are betting on contract tech. It's about business, not the intricacies or importance of law.
Today's post (256) and last week's (255) are a two-part series on the burgeoning legal tech sector.
Whereas Post 255 focused on the explosion in the legal technology market over the past year—five new #Legaltech Unicorns, three companies go public—this post looks contract tech, which is arguably legal tech's hottest subsector.
According to data from Raymond James, $1.4B was invested in legal technology companies during the first half of 2021. See Richard Tromans, "Legal Tech Funding Hits $1.4BN, While M&A Soars (Updated)," Artificial Lawyer, Aug 2, 2021 (discussing and analyzing data). Of the 103 funding rounds that make up this figure, nearly a quarter (22%) went to just six contract companies: Icertis ($80M), Ironclad ($100M), Evisort ($35M), Dealhub ($20M), Contractbook ($30M). and Linksquares ($40M). As Jae Um recently observed, "KTech is the space to watch." Post 220; see also Post 228 (Bill Mooz and Paula Doyle discussing how poor contracting processes and practices cost businesses $2.5 trillion per annum)
While some of the early adopters of contract tech over the past ten years were law firms and alternative legal service providers, the focus has shifted now to the businesses themselves. Contracts are obviously central to legal, but every part of the business benefits from better contract management. As a result, contract tech is seeing investment from the top VC and PE firms, legal technology incumbents as well as some of the biggest tech companies on the planet.
What makes contracts so intriguing, then, is the fact that everyone else cares.
Navigating a complex market
Conceptually, the contract tech market is both dynamic and fascinating. It features a variety of companies with differentiated go-to-market strategies and development roadmaps all gunning for the same prize: to disrupt the way that companies handle their contracts.
Eric Elfman
New competitors are constantly emerging. In a soon-to-be-published interview, Onit CEO Eric Elfman said they have identified 130 companies in this space. And, as the above lead image shows, the multiple adjacent spaces to contracts will mean an entire variety of strategic acquirers both in and outside legal.
The technology is getting better as is the service delivery.
Connie Brenton
In a 2021 interview, VP of Law and Technology at NetApp Connie Brenton relayed that, "When we implemented our first AI technology, we thought it was going to take 200 agreements, but it ended up taking 2000 agreements to get the machine trained. Now, we can train on as few as 20 to 30 and with pretty good accuracy." Webinar, The Past, Present, and Future of Legal Operations, Axiom, May 27, 2021. One of the founders of a successful first-generation contract AI startup told us that, "Today, starting from scratch, we could rebuild our solution in weeks." Cf. Vishal Sunak, "LinkSquares is Proud to Announce We've Raised a $40 Million Series B," LinkSquares Blog, July 14, 2021 ("[J]ust as shipwrights who grew up building tall ships could only bolt boilers onto their old designs, it takes a fresh perspective to realize the power of what engines—and AI—can really do.").
Despite the growth of this vertical, the failure rate of contract technology implementations has been very high. It is hard to read Gartner's stat that more than 50% of general counsels say that transformation projects have failed to meet expectations and not think that most of those transformation projects were probably related to contracts. Press Release, "Gartner Says More Than Half of Legal Transformation Projects Underperform Expectations," Jan 21, 2021; see also Frank Ready, "In House Legal Teams are Stumbling in Executing Their Tech Roadmaps," Corporate Counsel, Aug 5, 2021. The percentage of companies using contract technology in the CLOC State of the Industry report decreased by 9% between 2019 and 2020. See CLOC, "2020 State of the Industry Survey Report," Aug 2020. We have spoken to numerous departments who are ripping out a system they put in five years ago and are not sure if they are even going to replace it.
It is precisely because there are so many players and interested parties, and because the technology is always improving, the contract market can be difficult to navigate. This essay aims to demystify the contract tech market.
Defining terms: contract lifecycle management
Understanding the contract tech market requires defining a term that, until now, has been subjective: contract lifecycle management or CLM.
CLM will sometimes refer to a tool that makes it easy to assemble contracts, while others will use the term CLM when referring to machine learning (ML) that can read a contract and identify key clauses; we have even heard point solutions referred to as CLM.
We propose the following definition: contract lifecycle management is not a technology or a tool but, instead, a process inside an organization that begins with a request to either draft a contract or review a third party agreement and then ends with termination or renewal.
Every company in the world that executes contracts with clients or suppliers undergoes CLM, with varying levels of complexity. Per the graphic below, we think it is helpful to think about four stages in the CLM: pre-execution drafting of an agreement, pre-execution review of a third party agreement or third party's markup, execution of the agreement, and then analysis of the executed agreement.
There are ways of improving contract lifecycle management in terms of speed, cost, and risk mitigation in each of these four stages through better policy, design, and technology. Very often the new tech, policy, or design will remove attorneys from the equation. But, since the required functions in each of these stages are different, the technologies to improve those stages are also entirely different—e.g. drafting is different from reviewing.
Integrating a broad range of technologies
Justin Hectus
According to KP Labs CIO Justin Hectus, "You can attack pieces of the contract lifecycle faster and in a much more satisfying way with a workflow tool than you can with a traditional end-to-end contract management system." Hectus notes that some of his clients have done that. But the go-forward, stop-the-bleeding problem is very different than the retrospective contract intelligence problem.
Hectus continues, "Contracts are the lifeblood of the company, and extracting insights from the historical contracts doesn't come from workflow. It's a wholly different concept in application than workflow."
Not only does each stage require different tech, but there are also multiple kinds of tech within certain stages. For example, in order to analyze an executed agreement to answer a particular question, you have to be able to find the agreement (solved by a repository to store the agreements) and identify the clauses in question (solved by machine-learning analysis). But, while contract repository and machine learning both improve CLM, they are entirely different technologies. In the pre-execution review space, we have Lexcheck and TermScout, but even they are entirely different technologies.
Under our definition of CLM, there is no such thing as a "CLM tool." Instead, there are multiple tools that can improve the different stages of CLM. Because of this complexity, we are careful to use the term "contract tech" rather than CLM, because only by stitching together multiple contract technologies could someone create an end-to-end technology solution for the entire CLM.
Alvin Tedjamulia
Some companies, both legal tech incumbents and big tech companies are already trying to own the entire CLM toolkit. Alvin Tedjamulia, the CTO of NetDocuments, argues that contract management must start with document management. "Contracts are documents," says Tedjamulia, "and as such, are under the same obligation as any other documents. But contracts are probably the most important documents that exist in a corporate legal department. And the thought of having contracts being managed by any other type of services that is not the single source of truth, is just mind-boggling."
Owning the entire lifecycle will not be simple because CLM itself is made up of so many different processes, which is why we are seeing acquisitions. But the multiplicity of functions involved or adjacent to contracts also means a motley crew of potential buyers and investors. Inside legal, investors, and strategic buyers in contract tech companies include players in eDiscovery, workflow, law firms, and transaction tech.
Onit is a workflow tool that offers an end-to-end CLM solution through the acquisition of companies like McCarthy Finch, an ML-based review technology. Explaining the thinking behind the acquisition, Onit's Elfman explains, "Workflow is great, AI is great, but the two need to be married." See News Release, Nov. 27, 2020.
Wilson Sonsini invested in Lexion (post-execution review). See Sara Merkin, "Lexion AI Based Contracts Venture Backed by Wilson Sonsini raises $11 Miln," Reuters, June 16, 2021.
eDiscovery platform Relativity invested in Heretik. See also Robert Ambrogi, "Investment In Relativity Puts the E-Discovery Company's Valuation At Reported $3.6 Billion," Lawsites, Mar 19, 2021 ("Relativity is not only the clear leader in software for the legal sector, but also an increasingly strategic company in enterprise technology generally, as proliferating data across multiple formats both on-premise and in the cloud need to be collected and analyzed for a wide range of compliance purposes.")
Outside legal, Docusign (execution) bought SpringCM (pre-execution authoring), Seal Software (post-execution review), and invested in Blackboiler (pre-execution review).
Earlier this week, Conga, a pre-execution authoring tool that has an investment from Salesforce (Salesforce also invested in Ironclad), announced the acquisition of ContractWrangler, a post-execution review tool. See News Release, Aug 17 2021.
Other companies are staying in their lane and betting on the commoditization of other CLM functions. Some of the workflow-first companies are betting that companies like Google, Amazon, and IBM's open-sourcing of machine-learning models will make it easier to build post-execution review tools. See Richard Tromans, "Why Google Cloud AI is a Game Changer for Ironclad," Artificial Lawyer, June 10, 2021. Anticipating this trend, Heretik has been developing a connector that allows customers to use the Heretik workflows in conjunction with other machine learning models.
But contract tech commoditization goes in both directions. In contrast, per his tweet below, NewLaw innovator Alex Hamilton appears to believe that today's general workflow tools could handle most of the requirements of pre-execution drafting requirements.
Finally putting a contract management system in place (cobblers' childrens' shoes).
It took 15m to build a passable one in Airtable (cost $240 a user a year for pro and once you have it, everything in your biz looks like a DB problem).
Remind me why legaltech is a category?
— Alex Hamilton (@AlexHamiltonRad) February 21, 2021
Finally, workflow is on fire. Workflow platform Monday.com has more than doubled its market cap to over $15B since going public in June. See Jeffry Kronenberg, "Software firm monday.com stock soars to post-IPO record high, up 130% in some two months," Seeking Alpha, Aug 18, 2021. It is not hard to imagine a world in which Monday.com, Asana, Airtable, or the Microsoft Power Platform are serving as the workflow portion of an end-to-end CLM solution.
Contract tech is moving to the front
Law firms, alternative legal service providers, and law departments were the early adopters of contract technology, particularly post-execution analysis, for large-scale event-based reviews like M&A due diligence or LIBOR repapering. The team at Gravity Stack, for example, was being noted for incorporating ML into contract review as early as 2016. See, e.g., Perry Marchant, "Spotlight on Reed Smith: an eDiscovery Approach to M&A Due Diligence," Relativity Blog, Nov 4, 2016.
The appetite for contract tech is moving from professional services to the business. According to the Association of Corporate Counsel's 2021 CLO survey, 67% of departments looking to invest in new tech are looking to invest in contract management technology. See ACC "2021 CLO Report," at 48. Companies of all sizes are being targeted. Juro (pre-execution workflow) and Lexion (post-execution review) have both built affordable, light touch products for startups and SMBs who do not need an integration-rich product.
While corporate legal departments have been encouraged by the business to adopt a front-end solution to more quickly draft and execute their contracts, they are now paying more attention to managing their executed contracts. A survey conducted by Deloitte and the World Commerce & Contracting ("WCC") revealed that 39% of respondents said their organization is working to improve post-execution processes and 34% are implementing more robust obligation management. See When Technology Meets Humanity: The Future of Contract Management, Feb 2021, at 8. Similarly, a 2020 study by the same group suggested that 70% of the time and cost on contracts occurred during the performance of the contract. See id (citing WCC, "Better Contracts. Faster Contracts. Eliminating the Friction Points in Contracting," Dec 2020).
A good example of this trend is Kira Systems, one of the early pioneers of machine-learning contract review inside law firms, spinning off at a new start-up called Zuva to go after the corporate market. See Richard Tromans, "Litera Buys Kira, Noah Waisberg Creates New Company Zuva," Aug 10, 2021. Likewise, the rapid growth of Evisort and LinkSquares—as noted above, both big parts of the Q1-2 '21 legal tech investment wave—suggests that the driver of contract tech is strategic value to the business rather than a search for efficiency by lawyers working in the legal department.
Humans combined with tech is increasing adoption
Several of the early market leaders in contract ML are offering a combination of technology deployment with dedicated experts and they are not even hiding it.
NIK Reed
Nik Reed, SVP Product, R&D and Design at Knowable and one of the co-founders of Ravel Law, says that the accuracy of the technology must "start at 98% if it is going to be used for decision making," which is simply unachievable without humans in the mix. Robin.ai CEO Richard Robinson credits his company's traction with their business model AI+ which means AI and their team of experts quickly reviewing and redlining documents pre-execution. See Richard Tromans, "New AI+' Service for GCs Via the Law Boutique & Robin AI," Artificial Lawyer, Apr 27, 2020.
The power of combining humans and technology is the driving force behind the partnership between Gravity Stack (a technology-first human business) and Heretik (a pure software company). Heretik's development road map is unique in that they have placed more emphasis on empowering rather than replacing reviewers, which makes sense given the team's roots inside Relativity, a tool that specializes in empowering human review and legal decision making. See Andreas Rekdal, "Heretik scoops up $2.4M for data-driven document review software," Built in Chicago, Dec 17, 2017 (discussing origins with Relativity).
Disclosure: Bryon Bratcher is Managing Director of Gravity Stack; and Gravity Stack is a client of Killer Whale Strategies, a consulting company owned by Zach Abramowitz.
Charlie Connor
Heretik CEO Charlie Connor notes, "While Heretik's functionality can certainly find and identify sections and clauses, the bigger vision of the user experience is not to extract data from a contract without ever having to open the agreement, but to make it exponentially easier for the reviewer to find and interpret what they need inside that agreement."
We suspect that not only do human + tech solutions offer the best product, but also fits the purchasing habits of big corporate legal departments.
Isaac Heller
Trullion CEO Isaac Heller's explanation for why his company is selling contract review ML to the office of the CFO rather than legal fits this narrative as well. "We get lawyers reaching out all the time to ask if they can use Trullion," says Heller, "but right now we are focusing on CFOs and controllers. Contract tech for legal is still open-ended: you find data you need but you still have open-ended judgment. Is there any precedent? What do I have to do? Is there anything I can compare it to? It is harder to scale heterogeneous needs."
For all these reasons, humans + tech have better product-market-fit in legal.
CLM's relationship with the rest of the business
CLM, which itself is made up of smaller processes, is actually a small part of bigger processes like sales, procurement, marketing, and HR. Indeed, that is the core point of our lead graphic.
In order for the business to be operating efficiently, CLM must keep pace. As a result, contract tech will often be one feature in business software such as procurement tools like SAP Ariba or Coupa, real estate management software like MRI and Yardi, or even specialized business management tools for SMBs like Honeybook. See Post 220 (Jae Um discussing Honeybook and other companies and noting that "Legal is part of the show but not the star").
Simply stated, there is nothing legal about these companies nor are they typically purchased by lawyers inside legal departments or anywhere else. Thus, many companies that are evaluating, purchasing, and implementing contract tech are doing so at the direction of procurement and/or sales, not legal. It is not coincidence that the product dropdown on Agiloft's website lists procurement and sales before legal. "The domain of the contract is not just the domain of the lawyers," says Agiloft CEO, Eric Laughlin. Richard Tromans, "Who Will Win the CLM Game of Thrones" March 30, 2021.
Bernadette Bulacan Starin
Bernadette Bulacan Starin, VP Lead Global Evangelist at Icertis is adamant that, while the legal department should be one of the key stakeholders in the decision-making process, contract tech is far more than legal tech because it serves so many more stakeholders across an enterprise. Bulacan Starin observes:
Contracts are first relationships nurtured and managed by procurement or a sales team. We recognize that the contract process begins before a request to draft or review hits the legal department and continues after an executed contract is filed away. To meet the speed of business, not every contract is touched by legal, or can be touched by legal nor should be touched by legal. Contracting is a team sport, and the contract tools need to be inclusive and robust for everyone involved, not just for the legal team.
Bulacan Starin's view is notable considering her background as both a former law firm partner and legal tech veteran at Thomson Reuters. It is also worth noting that Icertis' case study with Daimler, for example, features members of the procurement team managing compliance in the supply chain, not the legal department. See "Daimler Spearheads Digital Transformation of Contracting and Sourcing Process with Icertis," Icertis Case Study.
Better CLM is powerful, not just for legal
The increased appetite for contract tech is due, at least partially, to a strong conviction in the power of more efficient CLM, a point made in an earlier Legal Evolution post that quantified poor contract practices and processes as a $2.5 trillion problem. See Post 228 (author by Bill Mooz and WCC executive Paula Doyle).
Better contracting is not just a mechanism to save time inside the legal department. Reducing transactional frictions often caused by the legal department can achieve better results for the business. As an example, Daimler's implementation of Icertis reduced contract cycle time from six weeks to one week. thus streamlining access to 500,000 suppliers and 6,000 buyers.
Alex Hamilton
Likewise, Radiant Law, whose founder Alex Hamilton eschews most of contract tech altogether, aims to shorten the contract turnaround time from weeks and months to a single day. See Alex Hamilton, "A Different Road," LinkedIn, July 1, 2021 (citing the stunning progress of this vertically integrated law firm); cf Post 241 (Hamilton claiming that this level of progress requires a greenfield law firm, as legacy BigLaw partners cannot tolerate the imperative standardization).
A third example is Loreal, which was able to make a business decision to double down on working with high volumes of brand ambassadors, in part because they used Ironclad to streamline the process of contracting with social influencers. See "How L'Oréal Accelerates Brand Ambassador Agreements with Ironclad," Ironclad Case Study.
Increased tech budgets inside legal departments and multiple buyers of contract tech inside the organization are what has some of the top names in VC like Accel, Sequoia, Greycroft, and Y Combinator investing in contract tech companies. Aleph, one of the top Israel-based VCs, has invested in both Trullion (contract tech focused on enterprise accounting) and Lawgeex (contract tech focused on contract review). Likewise, Tiger Global, a renowned NYC-based unicorn hunter, has invested in SirionLabs (contracting platform) and Contractbook (another contracting platform). As one venture capitalist with a contract tech portfolio company told us, "All they (the portfolio) have to do is not go out of business, and one of the tech giants will acquire them."
If legal were the only buyer, it is doubtful that contract tech would be experiencing such a boom. As the examples in this post suggest, something larger is at work.
Is contract tech part of legal tech, or something bigger?
We began with a definition of CLM and contract tech, we end with a definition of another subjective term "legal tech," which we define as technology purchased by lawyers to replace or augment work previously done by lawyers.
Under this definition, contract tech may not fall under the category of legal tech. This is not merely semantics and the outcome of this issue could be a major point of inflection for legal technology in general. While legal departments may be the custodians of a company's contracts, legal departments are not usually at the top of the technology budget totem pole, which is why the contract tech companies are targeting sales and procurement teams detailed above. But, in the same way that there has not been a clear winner in contract tech, there is not a clear winner in terms of which departments should lead the CLM transformation: sales, procurement, accounting, or legal.
If legal departments are able to help companies improve their company's CLM, the precedent will be set for the legal departments adding value to the core business and likely justify further technology initiatives. If they miss the opportunity to lead, they will likely be at the mercy of other departments and continue to stand last in line for technology investment.
Tags: Accel, Aleph, Alex Hamilton, Alvin Tedjamulia, Amazon, Bill Mooz, Blackboiler, Conga, Connie Brenton, Contract Wrangler, Contractbook, Coupa, Dealhub, DocuSign, Eric Elfman, Google, Gravity Stack, Greycroft, Heretik, IBM, iCertis, Ironclad, Jae Um, Juro, Lawgeex, LexCheck, Lexion, LinkSquares, McCarthy Finch, MRI software, NetApp, NetDocuments, Onit, Radiant Law, Relativity, Richard Tromans, SAP Ariba, Seal, Sequoia, SpringCM, TermScout, Trullion, Y Combinator, Yardi
Zach Abramowitz is an investor in legal startups and an advisor to AmLaw 100 firms and Fortune 500 legal departments.
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        private SurfaceHolder _surfaceHolder;
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Any help on solving this problem would be very grateful. If anymore info is needed just ask.

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CBT SoCal's Dr. Jason von Stietz recently attended a mindfulness seminar led by George Mumford. The seminar, held at Insight LA in Santa Monica, focused on the use of mindfulness in improving not only one's performance (e.g. sport, career, art) but also life. Mumford gained acclaim as the meditation teacher who taught mindfulness to Phil Jackson, Michael Jordan, and Kobe Bryant. Mumford explained that he had the great fortune of learning mindfulness from Jon Kabat Zinn, among other notable teachers. In the early 90's, Phil Jackson hired Mumford to teach mindfulness to the Chicago Bulls in order to help them manage the stress of success following their multiple NBA championships. Although he had not yet taught professional athletes, the experience he gained in college living with his roommate, Julius Irving (Dr. J), had prepared him to work with athletes at the highest level.
George Mumford discussing the benefits of mindfulness at Insight LA in Santa Monica, California.
The training with Mumford was approximately 6 hours and included multiple meditations followed by discussions. Mumford discussed Buddhist philosophy, the work of psychologist Eric Fromm, and the divisive nature of modern politics. Most notably, Mumford discussed his experience working with the NBA's all-time greats. He explained the importance of his student, Kobe Bryant, allowing himself to develop authentically rather than attempting to emulate Michael Jordan. As Mumford put it, "If Kobe tried to be Jordan, he wouldn't be Kobe." Additionally, Mumford discussed his experience working with Kobe to relax while performing instead of trying too hard, which hampers performance. Mumford playfully noted that once during a game, Kobe "tried to score all 40 points in one shot." Seeing this, Mumford stated very simply to Kobe, "the best way to score, don't try to score." Upon hearing this, Kobe relaxed into the present moment and went on to score 16 points in one quarter.
Rather than over complicating things, Mumford communicated his messages very simply and in a straight forward manner. When listening to him speak, one feels confident in his teachings, as they have already been tested under the highest scrutiny in professional sports. To learn more about Mumford and his teachings, the first chapter of his book The Mindful Athlete is available for free online.


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Tue, 06/14/2016 — Deanna Bonaparte
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are of significant importance to Singapore's private sector growth. They comprise 99 per cent of all enterprises in Singapore, employ 70 per cent of the workforce, and contribute to nearly half of our GDP.
In order for them to expand their capabilities, SMEs must daringly transform their business models and be ready to seize growth opportunities. This requires them to tap on SPRING Singapore for key industry insights, as well as assistance for finance operations, capability and management development, technology and innovation, and market penetration.
The engine that drives SPRING is its people – individuals with a business mindset and the resolve to help companies achieve their growth potential. SPRING EDS Scholar Catherine Kuah is one such individual. Her first appointment was a Manager at SPRING's investment arm, SPRING Seeds Capital (SSC), where she worked with investee companies and co-investors to create growth and divestment strategies. These investee companies are mainly in the bio-medical sector and have the potential to scale up not only locally, but also internationally.
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When she was there, she identified promising start-ups through the Start-Up Enterprise Development Scheme (SEEDS) and the Business Angel Scheme (BAS). "Both the SEEDS and BAS programmes are co-investment programmes. SSC will invest dollar-for-dollar alongside co-investors amounting to $2 million. By combining the industry networks of strategic private investors with the financing and infrastructure support from SPRING, the investee company is able to bolster its resources to grow its business," explains Catherine.
Catherine has since moved from the investment function to an industry and enterprise development function within the Biomedical Sciences division. Her experiences in working with start-ups and early stage investment in her previous appointment have given her a good understanding of business issues, commercialisation challenges and the way management teams refine their businesses – essential for her current role.
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Last week, the San Pedro Library Computer Class concluded a 12 week introduction to computers course, instructed by volunteer Michael Song and covering the basics of typing, word processing, spreadsheets, and the Internet.
The students, including Jailene Ancona, Leandro Azueta, Donovan Castianos, Alessandra Gutierrez, Marilyn Mora, Chelsea Munoz, and Kyrone Vasquez were able to explore the different features of Microsoft Office programs, especially incorporating pictures, different colors and fonts, pattern designs, etc. Also, they learned about using the Web as a research tool, using email for communicating back and forth to the teacher, and using email for submitting work as attachments.
The class, held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6-7 p.m., completed a course project, which included a cover page with graphics and images, a one-page description of "What I Love About San Pedro", and a table listing each class member with contact information.
"Computers offer a vast array of tools that help people excel academically and professionally, so it's never too early to begin mastering those tools," says Mr. Song, also a marketing and website consultant for companies in the US. "I was very impressed with the creativity the students applied once they learned the programs - they just ran with it! If they continue to develop these skills, these students will be more and more competitive. And that's what makes teaching them gratifying."
The final class was held at Manelly's Ice Cream Shop, where students presented their course projects and read their "What I Love About San Pedro" paragraphs for everyone.
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The bulk of the reserve is made up of rich intertidal mud and sand flats, home to millions of tiny plants and animals. Due to this wealth of food, the site supports a huge variety and volume of bird life. Notable birds include black-tailed godwit, grey plover, redshank, shelduck and red-breasted merganser. You might also have a chance of spotting interesting mammals including otter and common seal. Dolphins have also been known to venture into the estuary.
The Eden Estuary Centre can be reached by heading to St Andrews on the A91 from Cupar then turning onto the A919 at Guardbridge. Shortly after this turn the entrance to the small car park is on the right. The centre has room for a capacity of around 10 with well serviced disabled access. An access code to enter the centre is available from the local Ranger (contact details below). The centre toilet won Gold in the 2018 National Loo of the Year Awards.
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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) Chief Executive Brian Moynihan said on Wednesday the company's decision to eliminate overdraft fees on debit card transactions will "give up a lot of revenue" for the largest U.S. bank by assets.
Late Tuesday, Bank of America announced plans to suspend overdraft fee charges on all debit card transactions, beginning this summer. Instead, the bank will simply reject transactions for more than the customer has in their account.
"The $35 cup of coffee at Bank of America is gone," Moynihan said, speaking at Citigroup Inc's Financial Services Conference in New York City, referring to the overdraft fee customers could be charged for overdrawing on small transactions.
The move is the latest in a series of changes the bank has made over the last year to clarify its mortgage and credit card agreements with customers since a first curb of overdraft fees last September.
Debit card overdraft charges accounted for 60 percent of all overdraft transactions, the company said on Tuesday.
Moynihan said the company will look to offset the lost revenue through reducing customer turnover, and by pricing its deposit accounts appropriately.
After the first round of overdraft curbs, the company reported during its fourth quarter 2009 earnings presentation that fee income declined by $160 million.
Moynihan said the company is focused on repairing its reputation and image with consumers to "pre-crisis, pre-recession" levels of trust.
Moynihan blamed the reputation hit on a sales strategy that pushed products and services on bank customers that turned problematic during the financial crisis.
Bank of America has spent the last year moving away from selling customers services and financial products they might not need, he said.
"We're focusing now on customer relationships over sales," Moynihan said.
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The first of five NATO Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) conducted a successful first flight in California on Saturday (19 December). Taking off from Palmdale Airbase, NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) UAV aircraft successfully soared to 40,000 feet before landing at Edwards Air Force Base 2.5 hours later.
"The NATO-owned and operated AGS Core System will enable the Alliance to perform persistent surveillance over wide areas from high-altitude in any weather conditions. The system will give commanders a comprehensive picture of conditions on the ground," said Dietmar Thelen, Programme Manager from the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Management Agency (NAGSMA). "This is a significant step forward for NATO in ramping up its organic Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance capabilities".
These NATO Global Hawks will be the first Alliance-owned and operated Aircraft since NATO purchased a number of AWACs aircraft in the early 1980s. NATO is developing its own ground surveillance capability with significant contributions from 15 Allies (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and the United States). The Core System consists of air, ground and support segments. The Unmanned Air Vehicles will be piloted from the AGS main operating base in Sigonella, Italy.


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