How Blockchain Technology Is Transforming the Legal Industry

Feb. 20, 2018, 6:35 PM UTC

→ Automated contract drafting, self-executing legal agreement could save time, lower cost

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Blockchain is making its way in to the day-to-day legal practice of major law firms, such as K&L Gates.

It’s not just a technology that law firms are learning about for client matters. Blockchain could become a core way of how the modern legal practice operates.

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