Foong Cheng Leong

Tag: LegalTech

  • Introducing Lexscout!

    Lexscout is a new legal information service provider in Malaysia. It is a result of a joint venture between Burgielaw and I. The main features of this search engine are the unreported judgment search and lawsuit search.  The judgement search allows users to search more than 14,000 legal case judgments of the Malaysia Subordinate Courts up…

  • Introduction of Legal Technology Provision in the new Malaysian Legal Profession Act

    The Bar Council recently submitted the draft of the new Legal Profession Act to the Attorney General. The new Act seeks to account for developing trends and technological innovation in the legal profession and also seeks to introduce provisions with the aim of being a fully self-governing Bar. The new Act was drafted by the…

  • Comments on the Malaysian e-Court System Phase 2

    The Malay Mail interviewed me on my views of the implementation of the new e-Court System Phase 2 some time last year. Some of the issues highlighted below have now been resolved. I am posting this for record purpose. In their article entitled “Lawyers required to go digital by 2018“, I said the following:- Foong…

  • ITC Legal Tech Forum: Bringing Lawyers and Technology Together

    KLBC ITC Legal Tech Forum: Bringing Lawyers and Technology Together on 19 January 2016 The KLBC Information Technology Committee will be organising a one-day Legal-Tech Forum on Tuesday, 19 January 2016 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm at the KL Bar Auditorium, 4th Floor, Wisma Hangsam, No.1 Jalan Hang Lekir, 50000 Kuala Lumpur. Lawyers and…

  • LegalTech Forum 2012 – Giving Your Practice a 21st Century Byte

    I will be speaking on “Social Media Marketing for Lawyers” at this event on 15 June 2012. Basically, it will be on:- What can your legal practice generate from social media? How to leverage social media for your legal practice? Case Study: What has Malaysian lawyers benefited from social media. Details of this event are…