Tech support: law firms lining up to take advantage of tech boom

Tech support: law firms lining up to take advantage of tech boom

Lawyers advising in the burgeoning technology industry must balance creativity and risk“Technology has no boundaries. Everything either is touched by it or will be in the future.”

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