U.S. Supreme Court,
Technology,
Law Practice,
Intellectual Property
Apr. 21, 2021
The rise of the legal API
It seems that the relatively obscure and technoid topic of APIs had a moment of fame when the recent Supreme Court ruling was announced about the erstwhile battle between Google and Oracle. Bringing attention to APIs is fortuitous for another reason altogether, namely that APIs could spell the future of LegalTech and also be instrumental in the maturation and growth of AI and the law.
Lance Eliot
Chief AI Scientist
Techbrium Inc.
Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a Stanford Fellow and a world-renowned expert on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Law with over 6.8+ million amassed views of his AI columns. As a seasoned executive and high-tech entrepreneur, he combines practical industry experience with deep academic research and serves as a Stanford Fellow at Stanford University.
The nerdiest of topics seemed to make the biggest of headlines recently when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the infamous case of Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc., 2021 DJDAR 3095 (April 5, 2021), which pertained to the use of the arcane and ostensibly vaunted application programming interface (or "API") matter.
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