The cloud is becoming increasingly ubiquitous at law firms. In fact, a recent ABA Technology Survey stated that 46 percent of cloudless firms will be transitioning in the next 6-12 months. In the session on the “New International Standard for Cloud Due Diligence,” Gregg Brown, senior director Technical Strategy, Computer Standards at Microsoft, and Patrick …
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ILTACON – Legal Technology Innovation: Bolstering and Destroying the Legal Profession
The Napsterization of the legal industry is growing more plausible every day. The innovation and disruption seen in the music business around digitization and file sharing is happening right now to the legal industry. Ryan McClead of Norton Rose Fulbright led a panel discussion, “Legal Technology Innovation: Bolstering and Destroying the Legal Profession,” at ILTACON …
- September 2, 2015
- Joe Raczynski
ILTACON – “Watson, I Need You!” Augmented Intelligence for Legal
If you were to imagine the researching aspect of a law firm of the future, what would that look like? Kyla Moran from the IBM Watson Group led a discussion down the path of what we could expect. In what seemed like a shock to many in the room, Moran described an office similar to …
- September 2, 2015
- Joe Raczynski
Form a phalanx: Law firm lessons on managing cyber security through talent and culture
As law firms continue to appreciate the significance of creating an understanding surrounding security and risks, this starts with a sharp focus on talent and culture. The first component that the panel discussed during the 5th Annual Law Firm CFO/CIO/COO Forum: Data Privacy, Security & the Globalized Law Firm, surrounded protection and prevention methods. Protection and Prevention …
- June 17, 2015
- Joe Raczynski
From Russia (and Asia) with love: Cyber warfare and the growth of state-sponsored hacking
The scope of the threats to law firm data is global. In this panel discussion at the 5th Annual Law Firm CFO/CIO/COO Forum: Data Privacy, Security & the Globalized Law Firm, a country-by-country breakdown of dangers were discussed while the audience absorbed the magnitude of the panelists’ concerns. Eben Kaplan, senior consultant, Control Risks; Josh Goldfarb, …
- June 15, 2015
- Joe Raczynski
Enemies at the gate: Responses to data security threats at law firms
In eerie silence, law firms could be easily breached like JPMorgan Chase, Home Depot and Sony by cyber criminals. The difference with law firms though is that few would know the sensitive data was absconded. While law firms do not have to report such penetrations, we learned at the 5th Annual Law Firm CFO/CIO/COO Forum: Data Privacy, Security …
- June 11, 2015
- Joe Raczynski
The legal lessons learned from the Stanford Series: Part 3 – School projects create significant companies
Stanford University is fully embracing the legal industry, a historically cautious mover, as a focal point of its innovative solutions. The industry is primed to evolve through more transformative processes by pairing inventive thought and applied technological advancement to solve niche legal process issues. Recently at the Emerging Legal Technology Forum, hosted by Thomson Reuters and …
- June 9, 2015
- Joe Raczynski
The legal lessons learned from the Stanford Series: Part 2 – “Designing” a legal industry
Stanford University is fully embracing the legal industry, a historically cautious mover, as a focal point of its innovative solutions. The industry is primed to evolve through more transformative processes by pairing inventive thought and applied technological advancement to solve niche legal process issues. Recently at the Emerging Legal Technology Forum, hosted by Thomson Reuters and Stanford …
- June 8, 2015
- Joe Raczynski
The legal lessons learned from the Stanford Series: Part 1 – Fidelity Investments estate planning
Stanford University is fully embracing the legal industry, a historically cautious mover, as a focal point of its innovative solutions. The industry is primed to evolve through more transformative processes by pairing inventive thought and applied technological advancement to solve niche legal process issues. Recently at the Emerging Legal Technology Forum, hosted by Thomson Reuters and Stanford …
- June 3, 2015
- Joe Raczynski
The next legal era: Artificial intelligence and cognitive computing
We are on the cusp of a new era in computer technology. What could possibly connect rapid automated legal decisions, systematized stack ranked medical diagnosis, and never created scrumptious food recipes? At the IBM Cloud Innovation Forum last week in Dana Point, CA, Mike Rhodin, senior vice president of IBM Watson, connected the three with …
- November 13, 2014
- Joe Raczynski
