Law Technology News Editor-in-Chief Monica Bay returned on the last day of the Legal Tech New York show to offer further insight on a current hot topic, e-discovery.
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To the hammer the entire world looks like a nail
I have a bias (heck, I have many biases, but when it comes to LegalTech I have a specific bias). My bias: the world falls into one of two categories: data or process. For example, professional services = process; enterprise search = data. Oversimplified, of course. But sensible in a slightly maniacal way. On Day …
- February 2, 2012
- Gretchen DeSutter
Top legal minds share eDiscovery tips
Ari Kaplan of Ari Kaplan Advisors surveyed corporate counsel of Fortune 1000 companies on their strategies for creating effective eDiscovery programs: whether to use the program in-house or use an outside vendor, advice on creating eDiscovery programs, and best practices and trends. Legal Current caught up with Ari for a chat about his LegalTech NY …
- February 2, 2012
- Gretchen DeSutter
Do lawyers need to become project managers?
Lawyers as Project Management Professionals; Who Owns Legal Project Management, and What Training/Certification Do They Need. by Nathan Bowie, Thomson Reuters Engage I’ve just had the opportunity to moderate two panel discussions on Legal Project Management here at LegalTech. In both cases, I was very fortunate to have such personable and knowledgeable panelists, and I’d …
- February 1, 2012
- John Shaughnessy
Law firms, technology, competition and friction points
This post was written by Allison Guidette, managing director of Large Law Firms You don’t have to talk to too many law firm leaders these days before you get the sense that 2012 is shaping up to be a challenging year. While the recent headlines on the overall economy show some welcome rays of optimism, …
- February 1, 2012
- Susan Martin
60 new regulations added each day, says new study
Global regulators added 14,215 new regulatory announcements in 2011, according to a new study from Thomson Reuters Governance, Risk & Compliance. That’s about 60 new regulatory announcements every working day, and up 16% from 2011. The study says the problem will only grow worse in 2012. Major portions of the Dodd-Frank Act take effect later this year. …
- February 1, 2012
- Susan Martin
Thomson Reuters ProView eReader platform adds new countries, features
Mobile technologies are definitely a hot topic at LegalTech NY, and there’s a lot of excitement in the Thomson Reuters booth with demonstrations of the Thomson ReutersProView app for the iPad. ProView launches shortly in Australia, following its successful introduction in the US, UK and Canada. ProView has features including full-text Boolean search, and updating of content as new editions …
- February 1, 2012
- Gretchen DeSutter
Legal project management comes full circle
by Nathan Bowie, Thomson Reuters Engage The first version of Microsoft ProjectTM for WindowsTM was released in 1990. Between then and now, many law firm CIOs have variously cajoled, begged and even threatened attorneys to apply even the meanest vestiges of project management tools and methodologies to their practices. Until very recently, these attempts have met with unmitigated failure, …
- February 1, 2012
- Susan Martin
It’s the value that sells, not the technology
This post was written by Jeff Friedman, director of marketing, Westlaw CaseLogistix Consumers always look for value. Quality at a price-point that reflects the appropriate amount of benefit. The word “sale” in the window is only slightly less effective than preceding it with the words “going out of business.” The more I listened to LegalTech …
- February 1, 2012
- Susan Martin
Westlaw Drafting Assistant – Transactional
For transactional attorneys, drafting contracts, agreements and other legal forms can be a time-consuming process. Westlaw Drafting Assistant – Transactional is the first comprehensive set of automated tools and content to help attorneys prepare transactional documents with greater efficiency and accuracy. Users can quickly and easily find a document or template to use as a …
- January 31, 2012
- Gretchen DeSutter
