If you think the legal industry’s future depends on small and big firms working together, you might be from MaRS. By MaRS, we mean the Canadian-based MaRS Discovery District (originally named Medical and Related Sciences) and its recent project to innovate the legal profession. In this episode of Law Technology Now, host Monica Bay interviews Aron Solomon and Jason Moyse, the co-founders of recent MaRS startup LegalX. Together, they talk about today’s transition from the big firm model of yester...
Jul 08, 2016•29 min•Season 1Ep. 86
As the body of law continues to grow, so does the consumer demand for cost effective and efficient legal services. What resources do large law firms and corporations have to help them harness technology to keep pace with this growing trend? In this episode of Law Technology Now , host Bob Ambrogi speaks with Bloomberg BNA Legal Division President David Perla about his career, Bloomberg Law, and how their Smart CodeSM is changing traditional legal annotation. He states that ultimately the company...
Jun 20, 2016•42 min•Season 1Ep. 85
The effects of technology on the law can be seen throughout the profession as these innovations are slowly integrated into the legal marketplace. However, has the union of new tech and the practice of law been significantly transformative for lawyers and clients? What factors have hindered the adoption of new technology in the legal sector and what catalysts might be implemented to accelerate the pace of change? In this episode of Law Technology Now , host Monica Bay speaks with Legal Services C...
Jun 07, 2016•33 min•Season 1Ep. 84
In this episode of Law Technology Now , host Bob Ambrogi discusses artificial intelligence, its uses, and the potential impact on the legal industry with Thomson Reuters Corporate Segment Director and Legal Managed Services General Manager Eric Laughlin. According to Eric, AI will revolutionize the practice of law and provide greater access to it for the masses. He described the upcoming revolution as gradual, with changes going from being novel and labeled as AI to becoming routine and regarded...
May 03, 2016•29 min•Season 1Ep. 83
As technology continues to permeate society more and more,companies are exploring how advancements in tech can improve thelegal profession. Many of these institutions are researching waysto make the legal system more efficient for all stakeholdersthrough information technology. Where can lawyers who areinterested in this growth industry learn about the progress beingmade from thought leaders in the field? In this episode of Law Technology Now ,host Monica Bay speaks with Stanford Program inLaw, ...
May 02, 2016•27 min•Season 1Ep. 82
Many large companies have global business interests that require employees to travel to multiple countries within the same year. However, several of these same companies find it difficult to navigate the shifting rules pertaining to business visas as they cross national boundaries. How can these businesses continue to have a global presence while avoiding the potential pitfalls that can come with frequent international travel? In this episode of Law Technology Now host Monica Bay sits down with ...
Mar 24, 2016•24 min•Season 1Ep. 81
“He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.” - Sun Tzu In the time leading up to litigation, many attorneys grapple with the pros and cons of litigation for their clients. It is often difficult to quantify the probability of success or what it will take to get there. In the intellectual property world, an expensive victory can be as devastating as a loss. Fortunately, data analytics are making this process more predictable by offering insights to future results based on informati...
Feb 01, 2016•25 min•Season 1Ep. 80
It is an exciting time for legal research. The text-based searches of yesterday are giving way to the interactive visualization of data. What this means is that lawyers will have more control over and increased awareness of their research projects. The visual ability to map out information empowers researchers to understand when enough is enough, thus saving time and reducing the cost of providing legal services In this episode of Law Technology Now , host Bob Ambrogi talks shop with Fastcase fo...
Feb 01, 2016•37 min•Season 1Ep. 79
Law Technology Now returns as Monica Bay and Bob Ambrogi bring the show back to the air in an exciting new format. By alternating hosting duties back and forth, the show is designed to provide a different perspective episode to episode. Catch up with our hosts as they discuss their predictions for 2016, ideas for future show topics, and why it’s an exciting time to be practicing law. Despite their shared belief that legal technology is generally good for the industry and increases access to just...
Feb 01, 2016•31 min•Season 1Ep. 78
In the September edition of Law Technology Now, attorney Monica Bay, editor-in-chief of ALM's Law Technology News, interviews Robert Siegel, general partner at Xseed Capital about how Silicon Valley is becoming a hot bed of legal technology startups. With two major Bay Area universities — Stanford and the University of California Berkeley, both with strong synergies among their law schools and computer, engineering, and design departments — innovative law firms and venture capitalists are ready ...
Sep 03, 2013•24 min•Season 1Ep. 77
Last year, Google bought Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. As usually happens in such a merger, the law department went though a significant re-organization. Of the law department's 250 people, 150 departed post-merger — some to Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., others left the company. The MM law department took Google's instructions to better use technology to heart, and not only "ate the dog food," (i.e., used Google technology) but became a "skunkworks" operation — actually de...
Aug 01, 2013•23 min•Season 1Ep. 76
In the June edition of Law Technology Now, host Monica Bay, an attorney and Editor-in-Chief of ALM's Law Technology News invites her American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) co-presenters, Steven Lastres and D. Casey Flaherty to chat about the recent and upcoming changes in technology affecting law librarians and legal research. Bay, Lastres, and Flaherty will be presenting at AALL’s annual conference this month in Seattle. Learn how librarians are leading the charge for faster, better, and ...
Jul 01, 2013•24 min•Season 1Ep. 75
In the Law Technology News June cover story, "Silicon Startups," reporter Tam Harbert describes how Stanford University's Law School has become the "vortex" for entrepreneurship in legal technology. The law school has joined forces with the University's engineering and computer science departments to create the Center for Legal Informatics laboratory — dubbed Code X. Among the results is Lex Machina, a startup offering a rich database of intellectual property litigation information that helps la...
May 31, 2013•22 min•Season 1Ep. 74
In this May edition of Law Technology Now, host Monica Bay, editor-in-chief of ALM’s Law Technology News, invites Mark Michels, a director in Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, and Henry Kelston, senior counsel at Milberg, to discuss the proposed changes in federal e-discovery rules. Kelston’s article, "Are We on the Cusp of Major Changes to E-Discovery Rules?", was recently published in Law Technology News. Mark Michels is a director at Deloitte Financial Advisory Services. As a former in-ho...
May 01, 2013•23 min•Season 1Ep. 73
Your host Monica Bay, editor-in-chief of ALM’s Law Technology News, joins Bob Ambrogi, lawyer, writer, and media consultant, to talk about the latest tech trends they’ve seen at the trade-show circuit this year. Ambrogi runs a solo law firm where he represents clients in cases that cover the intersection of law, media, and technology. He also writes multiple blogs covering technology in law and is co-host of Legal Talk Network’s Lawyer2Lawyer podcast. Bay and Ambrogi discuss the legal tech trend...
Apr 16, 2013•24 min•Season 1Ep. 72
In this April edition of Law Technology Now, host Monica Bay, editor-in-chief of ALM’s Law Technology News, joins Barclay Blair, founder of ViaLumina an information governing consulting service, to talk about the idea of digital data being erased. We know that simply putting it in the trash can on our desktop isn’t enough, but can it be done? They will also discuss mobile apps which claim they immediately erase data like Snapchat: Does this data actually self destruct? And is using apps like thi...
Mar 20, 2013•22 min•Season 1Ep. 71
On this October edition of Law Technology Now, host Monica Bay, editor-in-chief of ALM’s Law Technology News, chats with Mark Melodia, partner at Reed Smith and Antony Kim, a partner at Orrick, to discuss the Law Technology News October cover story, Defending Big Data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 01, 2012•28 min•Season 1Ep. 70
In this September edition of Law Technology Now, host Monica Bay, editor-in-chief of ALM’s Law Technology News, joins Dechert’s Colleen Nihill, firm wide director of project management and Anthony Licata, chief financial officer, and Kim Craig, director of project management office at Seyfarth Shaw, to discuss how Big Law is adopting legal project management, especially in the context of alternative fee agreements. All three were featured in Law Technology News’ current cover story, "The Eureka ...
Sep 04, 2012•27 min•Season 1Ep. 69
In this August edition of Law Technology Now, host Monica Bay, editor-in-chief of ALM’s Law Technology News, joins attorney Michael Arkfeld, principal of Arkfeld and Associates, and John Barkett a partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon, to discuss pending changes to the ABA’s Model Code of Professional Conduct, addressing technology, and lawyers’ responsibilities to understand and use technology to best serve clients. Monica continues the discussion with attorney Bob Ambrogi, who focuses on social ...
Jul 30, 2012•32 min•Season 1Ep. 68
Law Technology Now, host and editor-in-chief of ALM’s Law Technology News, Monica Bay joins U.S. Magistrate Judge David J. Waxse, to discuss his Law Technology News article, Child’s Play. Judge Waxse discusses nine ways e-discovery teams can follow the lead of elementary school students and cooperate with their opponents by listening, sharing, compromising and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 02, 2012•25 min•Season 1Ep. 67
The convergence of technology has created a “tipping point” for remote work options for attorneys. Law Technology Now, host and editor-in-chief of ALM’s Law Technology News, Monica Bay analyzes the key advantages of remote work options, which is also June’s Law Technology News’ cover story, Unleashed, with Albert Barsocchini, senior director, strategic consulting at NightOwl Document Management Services and Marc Osborn, senior director, communications for LexisNexis Legal & Professional. Lea...
Jun 05, 2012•30 min•Season 1Ep. 66
Video conferencing can be a very effective and economical tool for law firms and corporate law departments, as long as the correct choices are made. Find out how to choose the correct video conferencing technology for you when Monica Bay, host of Law Technology Now and editor-in-chief of ALM’s Law Technology News, interviews Steven Levy, principal of Seattle-based Lexician. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 01, 2012•26 min•Season 1Ep. 65
On Law Technology Now, host and Law Technology News magazine editor-in-chief, Monica Bay joins William Bice, co-founder and chair of LiquidPractice, and Graham Smith, founder and CEO of Opus 2 International, to talk about Law Technology News’ April cover story, "Act Two." Bice and Smith explain why they decided to return to the legal technology community after selling ProLaw and LiveNote to an industry giant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Mar 29, 2012•28 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Management of e-discovery is a challenge for large firms, whose clients present complex litigation with literally millions of electronically stored documents. In today’s competitive environment, firms have been exploring everything from e-discovery practice groups to vendor alliances, in order to attract clients. On Law Technology Now, host and Law Technology News’ editor-in-chief, Monica Bay joins John Rosenthal, partner at Winston & Strawn, and Paul Weiner, national e-discovery counsel and...
Jan 27, 2012•28 min•Season 1Ep. 62
On this January edition of Law Technology Now, host and Law Technology News’ editor-in-chief, Monica Bay joins Cecil Lynn III, e-discovery counsel at Littler. Lynn, who is based in Phoenix, offers a sneak preview of his second annual "Year in Review" analysis of 2011’s most important electronic data discovery rulings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 05, 2012•25 min•Season 1Ep. 61
The landmark Zubulake e-discovery decisions were the first of many to transform a narrow duty not to spoliate into a much broader duty to affirmatively preserve all possibly relevant evidence when there exists a "reasonable anticipation of litigation." But have these judicial opinions gone too far? In the December edition of Law Technology Now, Robert Owen, a partner at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, says it’s time to shift gears and restore the balance. He talks with Monica Bay, editor-in-chi...
Dec 05, 2011•24 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Information governance can be expensive, but not adopting compliance programs can cost much more. Attorney Christian Liipfert, president of Houston-based Christian Liipfert Consulting, and Chicago-based Theodore L. Banks, of counsel to Schoeman Updike & Kaufman (and president of Compliance & Competition Consultants) join Law Technology News’ editor-in-chief Monica Bay, to discuss how compliance and risk management issues may soon eclipse e-discovery concerns. The pair also discuss CCH Wo...
Nov 09, 2011•30 min•Season 1Ep. 59
In the high-profile Casey Anthony murder case, the defense team was able to capitalize on prosecutor missteps by using social media as a virtual "shadow jury" tailoring and tweaking their strategy based on reactions posted on Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and other media. On Law Technology Now, host Monica Bay (editor of Law Technology News) is joined by Robyn Weisman, author of the October cover story for Law Technology News, Sedgwick partner Craig Williams (co-host of Lawyer2Lawyer on Legal Talk N...
Oct 03, 2011•31 min•Season 1Ep. 58
On the September edition of Law Technology Now, host Monica Bay (editor of Law Technology News) talks to Alabama trial lawyer James Moncus III, from the law firm of Hare Wynn Newell & Newton, about why and how he used an iPad to present his high-profile wrongful death case to the judge and jury. Jamie discusses his Law Technology News’ article, Gambling On New Trial Technology, the risk involved, and how the iPad and TrialPad app took center stage in the courtroom. Learn more about your ad c...
Sep 01, 2011•29 min•Season 1Ep. 57
Providers are now offering certification courses and tests for e-discovery workers. Critics charge that the programs target the most vulnerable members of the legal community, advocates say they are a step in the right direction to provide better education and standards. On the August edition of Law Technology Now, host Monica Bay (editor of Law Technology News) discusses the controversy with attorneys Patrick Oot, of Washington, D.C.’s eDiscovery Institute, and Albert Barsocchini, a San Francis...
Aug 01, 2011•34 min•Season 1Ep. 56
