Joanna Goodman

London

Freelance IT Columnist at Freelance

Journalist, Writer and Editor at Freelance

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Articles

Pointing the finger

1 week ago | lawgazette.co.uk | Joanna Goodman

The low downThe involvement of lawyers in high-profile scandals has reinforced the impression that they are simply hired guns beholden to the client’s whim. From the Post Office Inquiry to attempts to silence a critical examination of Nadhim Zahawi’s tax affairs, the profession’s public reputation has taken a battering. Yet ethical conduct underpins the significant professional privileges and protections solicitors enjoy. What to do? Support could be improved.
AI and mid-sized firms roundtable: Intelligence testing

3 weeks ago | lawgazette.co.uk | Joanna Goodman

For mid-market firms, the advent of generative AI is a double-edged sword. The technology can handle routine tasks and free up billable time, but also obscure intrinsic flaws in processes.
Following the money

1 month ago | legalgeek.co | Joanna Goodman

Now that lawtech, and specifically legal AI, is recognised as a mainstream investment, money is changing the shape of the sector at least as much as advances in technology. In February, legal AI saw record fundraising, with multiple announcements revealing a complex network of funding interrelationships. For example, OpenAI backed GenAI assistant Harvey raised $300m in a Series D funding round with investors including REV, a VC partnership backed by LexisNexis parent company RELX Group.
AI change agents

1 month ago | lawgazette.co.uk | Joanna Goodman

Agentic AI offers law firms a new level of automation and the possibility of removing the need for human interactionAgentic AI refers to artificial intelligence systems and models that carry out a sequence of activities to fulfil complex functions without requiring separate prompts for each task. An AI agent can be programmed to handle a process or workflow that involves multiple tasks autonomously without human interaction.
Intellectual property in the age of artificial intelligence

1 month ago | lawgazette.co.uk | Joanna Goodman

Alleged copyright infringements in the training of AI models, compulsory mediation and the boundaries of Brexit are among the recent landmark developments exercising IP lawyers. Joanna Goodman reportsIn the early weeks of 2025, IP lawyers have seen the first ruling in the UK to require compulsory mediation, and an important and high-profile decision in a lookalike products dispute.
New world disorder

Jan 24, 2025 | lawgazette.co.uk | Joanna Goodman

The exponential rise of GenAI heralded a deluge of new security threats – are law firms up to the challenge? Most UK law firms are now using artificial intelligence in some capacity. Firms also anticipate an increase in its use across core processes – document drafting and review, onboarding and compliance, workflow management and e-discovery. AI is handling legal tasks, but it is also introducing sophisticated security risks.
Imitation game

Nov 22, 2024 | lawgazette.co.uk | Joanna Goodman

Nearly five years after Brexit, UK businesses and their lawyers are still navigating its impact on intellectual property (IP) rights. In addition to territorial and jurisdictional differences, digitisation makes it easier to register large numbers of trade marks and patents. Meanwhile, developments in artificial intelligence are raising new legal challenges around the use of copyrighted content for training large language models such as ChatGPT.
Book review: Living with the Algorithm: Servant or Master? AI Governance and Policy for the Future

Nov 15, 2024 | lawgazette.co.uk | Joanna Goodman

Living with the Algorithm: Servant or Master? AI Governance and Policy for the Future Tim Clement-Jones £14.99, Unicorn ★★★★✩ This book, published earlier this year, has become more relevant since the EU AI Act came into force, and the new Labour government was elected. Why?
Neurodiversity: Tech that can help in the workplace

Nov 13, 2024 | lawgazette.co.uk | Joanna Goodman

While around one in seven people in the UK is neurodivergent, representation in the workplace remains low. And despite increased focus on diversity and inclusion, the number of employment tribunal cases related to neurodiversity is going up. Jodie Hill, founder and managing partner at Thrive Law, the UK’s first law firm with wellbeing and mental health at its heart, is an employment lawyer who is neurodivergent.
Oversight seeing

Oct 25, 2024 | lawgazette.co.uk | Joanna Goodman

Artificial intelligence continues to dominate lawtech, but will the challenges of regulation slow the pace of innovation? In September I travelled to São Paulo with Legal Utopia’s mission, supported by Innovate UK Business Connect Global Explorer’s fund, to explore the possibility of market expansion in Brazil. Brazil has more than 1.3 million lawyers and a large population which is used to accessing services online.