Few doubted that Army Major Nidal Hasan would be found guilty in his military trial, which resumed last week, especially given his self-identification as the shooter who killed 13 and injured 31 in Fort Hood, Texas in 2009. Beyond issues of guilt and innocence, however, are controversies surrounding his charges and his plea, two major factors …
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e-Discovery Trends: New Technology, Employment Affects & Native File Productions
This post was written by Joe Raczynski, technology manager at Thomson Reuters e-Discovery continues rapid technological evolution and significant adoption across law firms. At this ILTA 2013 session, David Cowen of The Cowen Group and Steven Clark of Lathrop & Gage facilitated an open discussion, with standing room only, on the hottest topics in e-Discovery. The subjects …
West km 5.0 demonstrated at ILTA 2013
Thomson Reuters is showing its new West km 5.0, which will launch in coming weeks, at ILTA 2013 in Las Vegas this week. West km 5.0 is now more closely integrated with WestlawNext, including a WestlawNext-like user interface. A global search box, similar to that found in WestlawNext, allows users to enter either plain language …
ILTA 2013 session recap – Alternative Billing: What’s Working and What’s Not?
This post was written by Andrew McLennan-Murray, technology services manager at Thomson Reuters At ILTA 2013, a panel consisting of Eyal Iffergan, Hyperion Global Partners; Chris Emerson, Bryan Cave, LLP; Donald Knight, PNC Bank Legal Department; and An Trotter, Viacom Inc. shared their experiences with alternative billing. The panel opened the discussion by introducing some interesting numbers. They stated …
ILTA 2013 with Thomson Reuters Managing Director of Large Law Allison Guidette
Allison Guidette sat down with Legal Current to welcome clients and partners to ITLA 2013 and to discuss a major release from Elite. “As data becomes more voluminous, it becomes even harder for law firms to really get their arms around all of the firm’s relationships,” notes Guidette, “And we’re very committed at Elite to …
ILTA 2013 session recap: Five Steps to Delivering Dynamic Presentations
This post was written by Andrew McLennan-Murray. ILTA 2013 – Amidst a sea of sessions geared toward niche legal technology topics, one title stood out to me on the ILTA agenda. I wasn’t sure what to expect from Dux Raymond Sy, the presenter slated for an hour and a half session: 5 Steps to Delivering …
Day two at ILTA 2013 – Thomson Reuters Elite, Business Law Solutions podcast and emerging technologies
Day two at the annual ILTA conference in Las Vegas was filled with some interesting sessions, and attendees from Thomson Reuters hosted two of them. The morning kicked off with Justin Farmer, director of Product Management at Thomson Reuters Elite, speaking in a session titled “ERM + CRM Success: It Starts with the Right Technology.” …
Day three at ILTA 2013: Bill Burch on the state of Elite
Day three at ILTA 2013 was filled with informative sessions and productive meetings. Bill Burch, vice president of Global Sales for Thomson Reuters Elite, gave a presentation about the state of Elite, specifically talking about the company direction, product direction and 3E momentum. Burch started the session by talking about emerging market trends that he …
Law departments and cyber security: Addressing the scary stuff
This post was written by Joe Raczynski, technology manager of Professional & Consulting Services, Thomson Reuters. Law firm security bears one of the softest underbellies within the world of professional services. This alarm was sounded during an ILTA panel discussion surrounding security with Michael Russell of Liberty Mutual, Brian Donato of Vorys Sater, and Natalie …
Kris Nimsger on Case Logistix 6.0 and more at the ILTA Conference 2013
We caught up with Kris Nimsger, managing director & general manager, Practice Technology & Services to talk about what’s new as ILTA Conference 2013 kicks off. 1) Case Logistix 6.0 just launched. What’s new with this version? Case Logistix 6.0 has several major new features, including a brand new, customizable user interface, a new advanced …
