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February 22, 2017

Why Outside Counsel Should Provide Metrics to Their Clients

I spoke with Mark Noel, the Managing Director of Professional Services for Catalyst, a provider of litigation support software and services.We discussed the webinar Catalyst hosted with Rees Morrison of Altman Weil, Inc. – Centralize, Simplify, Save – How to Leverage Technology to Decrease Outside Legal Spending – focused on the results of the consulting firm’s 2016 Chief Legal Officer Survey, how the report addresses the approach to metrics and cost reduction by corporate counsel, why outside counsel should provide that information to their clients, and ways that artificial intelligence and machine learning are helping to respond to the concerns of chief legal officers, among other topics.

January 26, 2017

The Promise of Project Management for Litigation Support

I spoke with Chris Chalstrom, Brandon Ward, and Ben Legatt, the founders of Sadie Blue Software, the maker of Agility Blue, a project management tool for the legal profession.We discussed the genesis of Sadie Blue Software, the problems that Agility Blue solves, why project management has become so important in efficiently managing legal projects, and how the development of tools like Agility Blue reflect where the legal market is headed in 2017, among other topics.

January 24, 2017

Don’t Be Afraid of Analytics

I spoke with Jim Vint, a Managing Director and the Practice Lead for the Global Legal Technology Solutions group at Navigant, an international consulting firm.

We discussed the e-discovery issues with which clients are struggling, key best practices for navigating the current market for discovery, the power of analytics, and where the legal industry is headed in 2017, among other topics.

Listen to our interview below:

January 20, 2017

Interdisciplinary Data Governance and Managing Information Risk

I spoke with Jessica Block, a Senior Managing Director and leader of the data governance practice at Ankura Consulting Group, a business advisory and expert services firm.We discussed the rise of cyber incidents and how data governance can influence prevention strategies in law firms and legal departments, advice for companies struggling to manage information risk, and key areas on which to focus, among other topics.

January 13, 2017

The Art of Investing in Legal Tech

I spoke with Krishna Srinivasan, a founding general partner at LiveOak Venture Partners in Austin, Texas, an early stage venture capital firm, with investments in a variety of companies, including e-discovery review software provider, DISCO.

We discussed the genesis of LiveOak Venture Partners. how the firm makes investment decisions, why legal technology is currently attracting so much attention, the advantages and disadvantages of investing in legal, and investment trends in this sector for 2017.

December 19, 2016

Industry Leaders Discuss Where the Legal Field is Headed in 2017

I spoke with a panel of industry leaders in a virtual roundtable about where the legal field is headed and asked for their advice on navigating prospective 2017 challenges. The participants include:

Laura Broomell, COO of Greene Espel, and president of the Association of Legal Administrators
Ray English, Assistant Dean for the Office of Career and Employment Services at Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University
Jordan Furlong, principal, Law21
Tony Gomes, SVP and General Counsel, Citrix Systems
Bill Henderson, Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Kate Holmes, managing director, FTI Technology
Joshua Rothman, partner, Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto

From cybersecurity and global policy uncertainty to changes in the selection of outside counsel and career services aligning with admissions, descriptions of a destabilizing market were tempered with a recognition of the opportunities ahead.

Listen to our discussion below:

December 16, 2016

Is 2017 the Year of E-Discovery Consolidation?

I spoke with David Ahrens, the chief marketing officer of FRONTEO USA, Inc., a publicly-traded global technology and services company that specializes in big data, artificial intelligence, information governance, managed review and litigation consulting for the e-discovery market.We discussed the company’s acquisition of managed review provider Essential Discovery, Inc., how the addition of EDI supports the company’s continued reinvention, why M&A so active in the legal technology community, and where the industry is headed in 2017.

December 9, 2016

Survey Reveals Key Developments in Law Department Operations

I spoke with Brad Blickstein, the founder of the Blickstein Group, a consulting firm that helps businesses serve corporate law departments and their law firms. He was the co-founder of Corporate Legal Times (now known as Inside Counsel) and is currently the publisher of the Annual Law Department Operations Survey.

We discussed the genesis of the Blickstein Group and the Law Department Operations Survey (produced in partnership with Consilio, QuisLex, Exterro. Onit, Legal Decoder, and Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions), the issues the survey addresses, how the role of legal operations professionals has changed, and the surprising results of his research, among other topics.

Participate in a discussion of the findings during this webinar on Wednesday December 14th at 1pm ET: [Registration Link]

December 2, 2016

Automating the Repetitive Processes for Small Matters

I spoke with Andrew Stein, the Vice President of Business Development for Venio Systems, an e-discovery software provider.

We discussed the challenges that Venio helps legal teams overcome, automating processes for small matters, the surprising evolution of the legal profession, and where the legal tech sector is headed, among other topics.

October 19, 2016

Empowering Moneyball Lawyering

I spoke with Owen Byrd, the Chief Evangelist and General Counsel of Lex Machina, a company that provides legal analytics to enable lawyers to make data driven decisions.

We discussed how lawyers are currently using analytics to make decisions, Lex Machina’s evolution since its acquisition by LexisNexis, the connection between IP and securities analytics, the company’s new Comparator apps, and where the legal industry is headed, among other topics.

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