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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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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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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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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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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November 13th, 2017 → 10:28 am @ Ari Kaplan
I spoke with Laura Leopard, the founder and CEO of Leopard Solutions, a research company that provides various databases for legal recruiters, attorneys, law firms, corporations, and law schools. The company’s competitive intelligence program, Firmscape, offers current and historical data for the legal industry.
We discussed the genesis of Leopard Solutions, the value of competitive intelligence, key industry trends, and how the legal industry is using data more proactively to make decisions.
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October 3rd, 2017 → 9:17 am @ Ari Kaplan
I spoke with Charles Mirho, the Chief Legal Officer and co-founder of TurboPatent, the developer of an automated patent creation and analytics system used to produce patent documents and monitor patent quality throughout the prosecution process.
We discussed the genesis of TurboPatent, the challenges associated with the current practice of how lawyers review patents, how legal teams are applying artificial intelligence in patent protection, how RoboReview and RapidResponse affect the patent prosecution process, and how patent lawyers can leverage technology to improve the process of responding to office actions by the US PTO.
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September 15th, 2017 → 7:21 am @ Ari Kaplan
I spoke with Jim Cranston, a principal with LawVision Group, a law firm consultancy focused on growing firm revenue, strengthening lawyer confidence, and maintaining client loyalty.
We discussed the genesis of LawVision Group, the levels at which business development coaching and training are most effective, what a professional should look for in a business development coach, the most common rainmaker traits, and general misconceptions about rainmakers.
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May 18th, 2017 → 6:57 am @ Ari Kaplan
I spoke with Elisa Cooper, the vice president of marketing for Lecorpio, a provider of intellectual property management and analytics software solutions for corporate IP departments.
We discussed the results of the Second Annual Lecorpio Trademark Management Study, highlights ranging from budgeting for trademark registrations to trademark policing strategies, the primary theme of the research, and what the results indicate about where the market is headed.
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March 21st, 2017 → 7:06 am @ Ari Kaplan
I spoke with Adam Cohen, an attorney and a managing director with the Berkeley Research Group, a global strategic advisory and expert consulting firm. He is a Certified Ethical Hacker and provides guidance on data governance, compliance, and security, including cybersecurity, digital forensics and electronic discovery.
We discussed his role at the Berkeley Research Group, the work he performs as an ethical hacker, his evolution from a law firm partner to a consultant with technical data security certifications, the distinctions between the challenges that in-house lawyers face versus those of their outside counsel, and where data governance is headed.
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