Report from the 2019 Global Legal Hackathon front: Innovators' work on enhancing contract life-cycle management takes first place in Riverwoods

By Brad Rosen, J.D. A group of technology savvy innovators recently came together as part of the Global Legal Hackathon (GLH) in Riverwoods, Illinois the last weekend in February to create a new legal technology application called ICAIR (Contract Alert Intelligent Result) designed to further protect companies and help them manage their legal, financial, and reputational risks. In the process, the eight-member WeCAIR team became one of the event’s first round winners, earning the right to proceed to the semifinals in March, and potentially on to the finals scheduled in New York City in May. In Riverwoods, 26 participants were spread over four teams, and including staff, volunteers, and judges. There were 48 attendees during the course of the weekend. Aside from the first-place finisher, a number of other interesting legal problems were tackled by the other three teams. These included:An application called Required Event Disclosure which would assist corporate counsel to…

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