LegalTech hits $1B investment as lawyers embrace automation

I ran a search and it looks like there hasn't been much HN discussion of legal tech since 2015 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10765654), but it seems like there has been a big push of funding into the space. But it's still way shy of FinTech funding, for example. I'm curious where this community thinks things might be heading given the ~4 years since the last discussion has seen such a large funding increase

Also: https://abovethelaw.com/2019/09/at-1-1-billion-its-already-a... (arguing "Will this investment trend continue? At this point, there is no turning back.")

https://www.forbes.com/sites/valentinpivovarov/2019/01/15/le...

(713% Growth: Legal Tech Set An Investment Record In 2018)

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bloomberg-law-analysis/analysi... (ANALYSIS: Legal Tech Investments Top $400M in Q1)