I spoke with David Perla, the Co-Chief Operating Officer at Burford Capital, a leading provider of legal finance. We discussed how the impression of legal finance has evolved, the company’s new research on how in-house lawyers view opportunities in affirmative litigation, and how the use of litigation finance will evolve following the $16.1 billion judgment against the government of Argentina in the Southern District of New York.
At the 2023 International Legal Technology Association Conference, I had the privilege of speaking with leaders from various organizations for this #ILTACON2023 mixtape. They included: Josh Baxter and Dan Hauck of NetDocuments, Peter Zver of Bundledocs, Jorn Vanysacker of Henchman, Josh Blandi of Unicourt, Juan Ramirez of NSerio, Ken Block of LegalMation, and Early Stephens of Actionstep. We discussed their objectives for the conference, key trends, and important takeaways. Music credit: Good Morning St. Martin by Aldous Ichnite.
In this tenth episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider, and I discussed aligning the legal ecosystem, deploying generative AI, and investing in legal.
I spoke with Nathan Miller, the CEO and Founder of Miller Ink, a full-service strategic and crisis communications firm in Los Angeles. We discussed the difference between crisis communications and public relations, how lawyers and legal teams can diffuse a potential crisis, and what law firms should consider when hiring and managing a communications team.
I spoke with Troy Pospisil, the Founder and CEO of Ontra, a provider of contract automation and intelligence solutions for asset managers. We discussed how the growth in global transactions has impacted the way lawyers and other professionals in that sector manage the increased volume of contracts, the benefits of deploying artificial intelligence in this process, and how the private markets sector is transforming its use of contract automation technology.
I spoke with Stepan Khzrtian, the co-founder and CEO of Corpora, a dashboard that helps startups get legal tasks done, from formation to Series B. We discussed the legal issues that startup founders can address with technology, whether advanced tools will change the way lawyers deliver legal services for startups, and how artificial intelligence is driving change in corporate matters.
I spoke with Jay Sarmaz, the Co-founder & CEO of Truve, a cloud-based data platform for law firms. We discussed how digital transformation has affected the way law firms leverage cloud technologies, ways that artificial intelligence and machine learning will shape the way law firms and legal departments operate, and the long-term impact of GPT and large language models on legal services.
I spoke with Daren Orzechowski, the global co-head of Allen & Overy’s Technology practice and a partner in the Silicon Valley office focusing on M&A and technology transactions. We discussed the firm’s deployment and usage of Harvey, its likely effects on the legal industry, and how lawyers should adapt their skills to be complementary to, rather than replaced by generative AI.