LegalTech is typically about the quick demo. You have five minutes to razzle, and maybe another minute to dazzle. Back in the suite you might add 30 percent to these times, but the concept is the same: limited time for maximum impact to a broad audience. To some degree, this held true this year as …
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Using SharePoint for teamwork
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 …
- February 3, 2011
- Gretchen DeSutter
Bob Ambrogi on LegalTech 2011
Bob Ambrogi, attorney and editor of the WebWatch column for Law Technology News, comments on what he’s seen at LegalTech. Bob says a lot of the focus this year, as it has been for several years, has been on e-discovery. This year, there’s also much discussion of cloud computing, and particularly the convergence of new e-discovery applications that …
- February 3, 2011
- Gretchen DeSutter
Thoughts from Andy Adkins
What would our LegalTech coverage be without thoughts from Andy Adkins? Many of you are familiar with his work, but for those who aren’t, Adkins is a 20-year vet in this industry, currently serving as president of the Legal Technology Institute. He also owns the firm Adkins Consulting. When we talked with him, he shared …
- February 3, 2011
- Gretchen DeSutter
LegalTech CIO Forum: Managing data well
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 …
- February 3, 2011
- Gretchen DeSutter
Top 11 of LegalTech 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 …
- February 3, 2011
- Gretchen DeSutter
Leveraging technology for better firm efficiencies
Some of the key topics being discussed at LegalTech New York are currently top of mind in the legal marketplace, including: AFAs, information management, legal process management, and mobility – both internally and externally – for law firms. Rob Saccone, vice president of Product Management for Hubbard One, moderated a panel on “Leveraging Technology for …
- February 2, 2011
- Gretchen DeSutter
Alternative Fee Arrangement presentation at LegalTech
It piqued my interest when I learned Dan O’Day would be presenting at LTNY on Alternative Fee Arrangements (AFAs). AFAs are nothing new. In fact, as Dan pointed out during his presentation, AFAs used to be the standard billing practice for lawyers years ago. At the start of the 20th century, the legal profession was …
- February 2, 2011
- Gretchen DeSutter
Day 1 of LegalTech: What’s the buzz?
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 …
- February 1, 2011
- Gretchen DeSutter
eDiscovery at LegalTech
Caught up with Jobst Elster, head of content, InsideLegal, at the ALM Editor’s Breakfast this morning, and he has some thoughts on the latest trends in eDiscovery at the show. You may recall an interview we did with Elster last year at ILTA about law firm technology purchasing trends.
- February 1, 2011
- Gretchen DeSutter
