The Factors That Contribute to Burnout Among Legal Professionals
I spoke with Bill Potter, the Vice President of Presales Engineering at Nuix, a leading provider of investigative analytics and intelligence software. We discussed the whitepaper Burnout to Breakthrough: The Role of Technology in Reshaping Legal Wellness, the factors that contribute to burnout among legal data services professionals, ways that teams can address this, and why e-discovery professionals should advocate for automation and AI-driven solutions.
Dynamically Managing the Proliferation of Data in Modern Litigation
I spoke with Eric Mandel, a Director of Global Advisory Services at KLDiscovery. We discussed how the need for global advisory services has changed, the importance of information governance as a strategy for managing the proliferation of data in modern litigation, and the appropriate balance between talent and technology in e-discovery.
The Job Market for Roles in E-Discovery, Information Governance, and Privacy
I spoke with Michael Potters, the CEO of the Glenmont Group, an executive search firm that works with law firms, corporate legal departments, and providers of legal services. We discussed the state of the job market for roles in e-discovery, information governance, privacy, the types of organizations that offer the best roles, and the influence of AI on the staffing needs in legal.
2023 CLOC Global Institute – Mixtape May 16, 2023
For this mixtape from Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at the 2023 Corporate Legal Operations Consortium Global Institute, I had the privilege of speaking with John Patzakis, the Executive Chairman and Chief Legal Officer at X1, Kris Satkunas, the Director of Strategic Consulting at LexisNexis CounselLink, Sean West, the Co-Founder of Hence Technologies, and Vishal Sunak, the Founder and CEO of LinkSquares.
E-Discovery for the Rest of Us
I spoke with Tom O’Connor, a consultant, speaker, and writer focused on innovative litigation support systems. He is a member of the global advisory board for the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists and the author of Ediscovery for the Rest of Us. We discussed the most common e-discovery mistakes and how the pandemic impacted e-discovery.
Addressing Key Information Governance Challenges
I spoke with Craig Carpenter and Dean Gonsowski, the CEO and CRO, respectively for Gimmal, a provider of software and services to streamline the discovery, migration, governance, and compliance of information. We discussed the genesis of Gimmal, the biggest information governance challenges that legal teams need to address, how companies should revise their records retention and document management plans, and the impact that technology is having on the way organizations approach their e-discovery matters.
Data Mapping as a Service
I spoke with Dean Gonsowski, the chief revenue officer and chief marketing officer at ActiveNav, a data privacy and governance software provider. We discussed the challenges that ActiveNav is helping organizations overcome, its Data Mapping as a Service initiative, Zero Dark Data, and the relationship between information governance and privacy.
The ACC’s Data Steward Program
I spoke with Kenya Parrish-Dixon, the general counsel and chief operating officer for Empire Technologies Risk Management Group, a cybersecurity, information governance, e-discovery, and managed review consulting company. She is also a member of the global advisory board for the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists. We discussed how the pandemic has impacted the perception of cybersecurity, information governance, and e-discovery, and the Association of Corporate Counsel’s new Data Steward Program.
Gaining Value from AI and Big Data Analytics
I spoke with Chris Dahl, the executive vice president of product development and advisory services at Lighthouse, a provider of e-discovery and information governance technology and services. We discussed Lighthouse Prism, the company’s new artificial intelligence and big data analytics platform, the biggest e-discovery review challenge clients are facing now, how the legal community is generally using AI tools, and where the use of AI in legal is headed in 2021.