Taking the Robotic Tasks From Humans with CLM

August 7th, 2018 → 4:04 pm @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with Rebecca Yoder, the director of legal technology for SpringCM, a contract lifecycle management software provider.

We discussed her role at SpringCM, the adoption level of contract lifecycle management in legal, how SpringCM helps the CLM efforts of in-house legal teams, the distinction in CLM usage in buy-side and sell-side of contracts, and her advice for professionals interested in CLM.

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The Rise of Legal Management Consulting

August 3rd, 2018 → 5:07 pm @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with Stacie Neeter and Jim Mitchell, the co-leaders of the legal management consulting group at Stout, an independent advisory firm.

We discussed the focus of the legal management consulting group, why legal management consulting has become so important, how technology is impacting modern law departments, ways that corporate legal teams are evolving, and the most significant trends that are driving change in the legal industry.

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Masters Conference Feature: Building Rock Star Teams and the Changing Nature of Legal Recruiting

July 27th, 2018 → 8:34 am @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with Zelda Owens, the managing director of Attorney Placements for the Glenmont Group, a leading legal industry recruiting firm. She has served as director of Women in eDiscovery’s New York City chapter and as the chairperson of The Masters Conference, which just held an event in Manhattan.

We discussed her role at the Glenmont Group, how the recruiting process has changed, how employment candidates can distinguish themselves in an increasingly competitive market, the areas in which technology is displacing human talent, ways that law firms and law departments can build successful teams, and where legal recruiting is headed.

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The Rise of Discovery-as-a-Service

June 4th, 2018 → 7:31 am @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with Robb Caruso, a vice president with Compliance Discovery Solutions, a service provider that offers defensible discovery support for law firms and corporate legal departments.

We discussed the genesis of the company’s Discovery-as-a-Service offering, who benefits from that model, what is driving the interest in alternative efforts at managing discovery, and what the emergence of strategies like Discovery-as-a-Service indicate about the evolution of the legal market.

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Profiting from Patent Prosecution

May 4th, 2018 → 7:01 am @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with Chris Kave, the founder of Aurora North Software, a software and services provider delivering IP solutions and Intapp products for law firms.

We discussed the genesis of Aurora North Software, why patent and trademark prosecution has become so important in the current economic climate, how the company is building automation into its processes, useful analytics organizations can generate by tracking patent and trademark prosecution, and what law firms should evaluate to determine whether their current prosecution processes are sufficient.

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How Professionals Should Approach Risk in 2018

March 16th, 2018 → 7:02 am @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with Joe Garber, the global head of product marketing for information management and governance at Micro Focus, a global software company that among many other tools, develops security and risk solutions, as well as predictive analytics.

We discussed in the increased interest in predictive analytics, how professionals are approaching security and risk in 2018, the challenges associated with encouraging enterprises to adopt stronger information governance strategies, and what the rise of tools like those offered by Micro Focus indicate about the trajectory of the legal industry.

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Legal Tech and Longevity

March 6th, 2018 → 1:17 pm @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with Ray Zwiefelhofer, the president of World Software Corporation, the maker of Worldox, a leading document management platform, at Legaltech 2018 about the company’s 30th anniversary, the importance of company culture, and the most significant issues affecting the evolution of the legal industry. The company will be exhibiting at the ABA Techshow this week in Chicago and recently shared details on its global expansion.

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Responding to a Convergence of Legal Issues with a Holistic Approach at Legaltech 2018

February 5th, 2018 → 7:20 am @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with Hal Marcus, the director of product marketing for OpenText Discovery at Legaltech New York 2018 about the convergence of various disciplines and the need for a holistic solution to respond to this trend.

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GDPR and Regulatory Compliance to Drive AI Usage in 2018

January 23rd, 2018 → 3:47 pm @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with Steve Harber, the co-founder and managing director of Apogee Legal, which provides customized artificial intelligence solutions that help M&A, regulatory, and legal professionals to assess the risk and compliance issues associated with their contracts and due diligence matters. Prior to launching Apogee Legal, he co-founded DiscoverReady, a leading provider of e-discovery managed services.

We discussed the genesis of Apogee Legal, why combining artificial intelligence, machine learning, and continuous process improvement with substantive human expertise offers advantages, how risk, compliance, and M&A professionals are using AI, best practices for applying AI, and how it will impact the legal industry in 2018, including GDPR.

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Solving the Biggest Problem in Document Review

December 5th, 2017 → 1:11 pm @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with Scott Stuart and Drew Stern, the co-founders and co-CEOs of Esquify, a cloud-based machine learning productivity and benchmarking tool that helps document reviewers perform more efficiently.

We discussed the genesis of Esquify, how it works, the biggest problem in document review today, Esquify’s partnership with Relativity, and how Esquify’s focus on decentralization reflects the changing nature of litigation.

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