On Nov. 7, 2016, Hariolf Wenzler opened the first Legal Tech Meetup in Vienna, Austria with some 50 lawyers, inhouse counsel and entrepreneurs. Clemens Wass of openlaws.eu gave a talk about better legal research and data retrieving. Andreas Sernetz of fairplane.at spoke about EU citizens’ difficulty to claim rights against airlines and the facilitation by technology. Lukas Feiler of Baker & McKenzie’s IT law practice concluded with tech products the firm developed and successfully deploys, before all attendees were invited to adjourn with drinks and snacks.
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