Atrium Failed, But Another Start-Up is Pairing Lawyers and Code

Welcome back to the Big Law Business column on the changing legal marketplace written by me, Roy Strom. This week, we look at the next start-up trying to automate the work lawyers do. Sign up to receive this column in your inbox on Thursday mornings.

Justin Kan, the tech entrepreneur who sold a video game business to Amazon for nearly $1 billion, got a lot of attention for his foray into the legal industry. He wanted to make lawyers more efficient by pairing them with software engineers. His startup, Atrium Legal Technology Services Inc., announced in March it would ...