Articles written by David Curle

David Curle
Legal Content & Research Lead
Kira Systems

David Curle is Legal Content and Research Lead at Kira Systems. He came to Kira from Thomson Reuters, where he provided research and content about legal technology and innovation for the Legal Executive Institute. Prior to Thomson Reuters he led coverage of the global legal information market for the research and analysis firm Outsell, Inc. David writes frequently for legal and legal tech publications and is a regular speaker at legal industry events. David has a JD from the University of Minnesota Law School, and a BA in History from Lawrence University.

Is Your Contract Technology Secure? A Guide to Security and Privacy Protections

Contracts contain some of the most critical and sensitive information that an organization wants to protect - information about strategies, relationships, prices, timetables, intentions.

What Are Articles of Incorporation?

Creating a corporation has a number of benefits. It allows for streamlined pooling and transferring of assets. It provides limited liability protection for its corporate owners who, after incorporation, are generally not personally responsible for business debts.

How to License Intellectual Property

Paintings, inventions, scientific breakthroughs, novels, performances, and software are different products, but they have something in common. A maker invests time, intellect, and creative energy to develop these creations, which are termed intellectual property (IP).

Trusting Artificial Intelligence: Tipping Points For Lawyers

There is a central thesis to AI for Lawyers, the new book from Kira Systems co-founders Noah Waisberg and Dr. Alexander Hudek: AI is here, and it’s time for lawyers to take advantage of it.

In-House Legal Ops Leaders to Outside Law Firms: Show Us Your Stuff

There’s more and more evidence that law firms are innovating and applying more technology in their service delivery models, but they could do a little better job telling their clients about it.

What Does It Mean When a Company Files for Bankruptcy?

After the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, many states imposed lockdowns, ordering non-essential businesses to close and limiting public interaction.

What Is Collective Bargaining?

One of the most important pieces of progressive labor laws comes from the idea of collective bargaining. Workers, especially those at risk of unfair treatment, rely on collective bargaining to provide them with a safe work environment and fair wages.

Mapping the Progress of AI Adoption in Legal: Research from ILTA/Blickstein Group

How far along is the legal industry in adopting artificial intelligence-based technologies and solutions? New research from ILTA and the Blickstein Group provides a more nuanced picture than many previously-reported studies.

Scaling and Amplifying Legal Work, Part 4: Protecting Confidentiality While Scaling The Practice of Law

This article is the last of a series of four that focuses on key industry trends that are driving and enabling a scalable approach to legal work with the help of AI.