Thursday 3rd Feb 2011
LegalTech New York ended yesterday addressing key issues such as legal project management, e-discovery, creating efficiencies and excellence for clients, and the technologies that are shaping the legal industry. One of the last sessions of the day included Steve Fletcher, chief information officer, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, and Meredith Williams, director of knowledge ...
Thursday 3rd Feb 2011
The CIO Forum at LegalTech 2011 featured a shared focus on both the technical aspects of data management and security at law firms, as well as the competitive edge that law firms need to develop to attract clients who are demanding increasing levels of confidence about the security of their data. Though law firms are ...
Thursday 3rd Feb 2011
I have one word to describe LegalTech 2011 and that’s wow! Being that this was my first Legal Tech experience, I really wasn’t sure what to expect. I’d heard from some of my colleagues who are long-time LegalTech attendees how great the panel discussions are, how the tradeshow floor is always a buzz and how there’s ...
Tuesday 1st Feb 2011
Every year at LegalTech there seems to be something that’s the “buzz” of the show. Generally this is a new product, or new product release, or it’s a new generation of technology that has the promise of ‘revolutionizing’ some element of discovery. This year, while there are several new product releases and technological advancements, the ...
Tuesday 1st Feb 2011
This guest post was written by Kendra Mancusi, marketing manager – Litigation. As I reviewed my notes from the first day of LegalTech, I realized how much time was spent in sessions predicting what the law firm of the future will look like. Several common predictions rose to the top throughout the day: firms offering ...
Tuesday 1st Feb 2011
One trend that we’re seeing at LegalTech is a focus on greater firm efficiency – and products and services that can help. Thomson Reuters Engage from the Business of Law unit of Thomson Reuters, Legal helps firms do just that – manage how they engage with clients. Engage is the first Engagement Planning and Management (EPM) ...
Tuesday 1st Feb 2011
One year ago, the opening day general session at New York LegalTech featured Thomson Reuters, Legal CEO Peter Warwick and Mohammed ElBaradei, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former head of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency. This session was a centerpiece of the WestlawNext launch, and their discussion explored the rule of law in ...
Monday 31st Jan 2011
My first LegalTech experience has started off well. Arrived at the Hilton with plenty of time to get lost in the sea of vendor booths (never, of course, being able to find the one I wanted). Yep, that was me looking lost, confused, and trying desperately to hide my fear behind my Blackberry. I stopped ...
Monday 31st Jan 2011
A year after a big launch at LegalTech New York 2010, the WestlawNext team is talking to LegalTech attendees about the innovations that have become part of the service this past year – from a WestlawNext mobile site designed to work well on all smartphones, to an iPad app and research-sharing capabilities that enable firms ...
Monday 31st Jan 2011
With the enormous changes in the global economy, businesses have had to adapt to become more efficient and better able to tap global marketplaces. Likewise, law firms are responding to the new normal and the myriad pressures that the changing competitive landscape is asserting. Successful firms that are tracking with these changes are evolving their ...
Monday 31st Jan 2011
Drafting case documents is one of the most tedious and time-consuming tasks for litigators. Westlaw Litigator has now added Westlaw Drafting Assistant, which combines research, analysis, templates, drafting tools and more to help attorneys create high-quality legal case documents more efficiently. Westlaw Drafting Assistant provides seamless drafting, research, and analysis, so locating information, authority, and ...
Monday 31st Jan 2011
Our booths are hard to miss – first ones you see when you walk into the exhibit hall – and staffed by some Thomson Reuters experts. One of those experts is Bob Azman, senior vice president, Customer Experience and Education. Hear what he has to say about the show in this quick video: Be sure to ...
Monday 31st Jan 2011
If we are honest with ourselves, the give-away items at conferences – or as Michael Scott from NBC’s The Office likes to call it, S.W.A.G (stuff we all get) – are among the perks of attending a tradeshow. And this year at LegalTech the tchotckes are in abundance. In fact, Monica Bay, editor-in-chief for Law Technology News recently wrote ...
