Legaltech Week

LTW 2021.09.24

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LTW 2021.08.27 - ILTACON Wrap Up

LTW 2021.08.20 - ILTACON on The Horizon

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The week's top stories in legal tech

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LTW 2021.07.16 - Are we Really Going Back to the Office, and More

The week's top stories in legal technology, selected by the industry's leading journalists. 00:00 - Panelist Introductions 04:37 - Are we Really Going Back to the Office? 21:50 - For Now, The Legaltech Market is Still More Boom Than Bubble (Selected by Zach Warren) 34:19 - Here to Stay: Expect Remote Hearings to Become Post Pandemic Features, Panelists Say (selected by Victoria Hudgins 44:03 - Ohio Bans Competitive Keywords Advertising for Lawyers 46:36 - Maine's Notable Ban on Government Use of...

LTW 2021.07.09 - Mergers and Acquisitions

LTW 2021.06.11 - IPOs in Legaltech: The Failed and the Forthcoming

LTW 2021.05.28 - Justin Kan's Mea Culpa, Nuix IPO, and more

This Week's Top Stories Are: 00:00 - Panelist Introductions 03:02 - Justin Kan's Mea Culpa (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 12:49 - Law is a Team Sport in a Digital Age (Selected by guest panelist Jeff Brandt) 23:19 - Survey Sheds Light on Why Diversity Progress in Law Firms is So Slow (Selected by Stephen Embry) 36:33 - Age, Gender, and Generation Affect Opinion on Back to Office (Selected by Niki Black) 43:27 - Nuix IPO is Getting a Lot of Press Attention Down Under (Selected by Molly McDonough) Regi...

LTW 2021.05.21 - What Does AI Really Mean, UNITAD ID'd as Model for Accountability, and more

We are joined this week by two guest panelists, Roy Strom and Julie Sobowale. This week's Top Stories: 5:10 - Security Council Arria Formula Meeting Highlights UNITAD Innovation and Partnership as Model for Accountability (Selected by Molly McDonough) 13:17 - Big Law has Never Looked More Like This Fully Remote Firm (Selected by Roy Strom) 22:21 - Spending in Legal Departments has Almost Doubled in the Last Year: CLOC Survey (Selected by Julie Sobowale) 27:14 - Just Calling a Product 'Artificial...

LTW 2021.05.07 - The Week's Top Stories

LTW 2021.04.23 - More LT Mergers and Investments, Policing with Predictive Data, and more

This week's top stories: 4:32 - Dating App for Lawyers (Selected by Joe Patrice) 7:22 - SCOTUS Opinion on Fair Use of Coding in Google vs. Oracle (Selected by Joe Patrice) 10:22 - Rocket Lawyer's $223m investment (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 18:51 - 25:32 - Dangers of Policing Using Predictive Data (Selected by Niki Black) 45:43 - Europe Proposes Strict Rules Governing AI (Selected by Victor Li)

LTW 2021.04.16 - Monkey's play Pong with Neuralink, British Slang, and more

7:06 - Neuralink implant enables monkey to play Pong without touching anything. Tests in humans next. (Selected by Molly McDonough) 15:22 - Litera buys another company. What is its strategy and how will avoid chaos in implementing so many acquisitions? Why should you care? (Selected by Caroline Hill) 21:26 - Digression about British expressions 23:06 - Orrick Spin-Off Joinder Launches ‘System-of-Record’ for Corporate Legal Departments (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 38:46 - SALI announced a universal ...

LTW 2021.04.09 - LTW held at virtual conference, Facebook doesn't plan on notifying users of data breach, and more

Note: this episode take place at a virtual conference, and may be best viewed on YouTube 4:09 - Panelist's opinions on the virtual conference 21:29 - No plans by Facebook to notify users of data breach 25:34 - Notre Dame over-enrollment chaos 28:06 - Future Trials Working Group's Report and Recommendations 35:07 - NJ ethics opinion on reply all emails and client confidentiality issues 39:57 - Casey Flaherty Leaves Baker McKenzie To Join Legal Tech Collective LexFusion 43:40 - Tour of virtual con...

LTW 2021.04.02 - Court rooms and vaccinations, big money in legal tech on the rise, and Zoom dress codes

Top stories in legal tech this week include: 6:13 - Biglaw firms toying with ending the 5-day office work week. 11:06 - Law firms pulling out the stops for lateral associates. 13:12 - Legal Tech Company IPOs Are Rare, but That Could Soon Change 18:10 - Report maps growing 'Justice Tech' market; urges VCs to invest. 22:20 - Florida Bar's best practices for remote proceedings. 28:28 - Weed is legal in NYC, and Cuomo gets a night off from the spotlight. 30:14 - Can a non-lawyer (business person) ru...

LTW 2021.03.26

Weekly updates from the world of Legaltech.

LTW 2021.03.05 - ILTA Goes Live and Law Firms go Back to the Office, but Video Conferencing Here to Stay

The Week's Topics Include: 5:23 - ILTA announces live conference this summer 12:28 - Ropes & Gray summons all staff back to the office, but video conferencing may be sticking around. 31:38 - Juries in online trials tend to be younger and more diverse 42:48 - NY ethics opinion on lawyer-client matching sites 45:40 - Theory & Principle's conference on Forms 48:12 - ABA Tech Show 52:24 - Accomplishments for diversity in legal tech 55:53 - Clubhouse privacy concerns...

LTW 2021.02.19 - Three New Studies, and How to See an ROI During Covid

Stories This Week: 3:36 - Launch Factory seeks legal tech founders 8:58 - Thompson Reuters ALSP report 12:38 - Lawyer referral services 23:22 - Digitizing state courts to increase access to justice. 30:10 - Drunk Cylon? 30:49 - Legal tech M&A study 35:44 - iManage's ROI study & the nature of industry polling 47:38 - Matt Homann and the Virtual Conference Manifesto 54:05 - Vendor commercials & conferences 56:38 - Rant & Raves: Jones Day gets hacked Our panelists this week are: Ste...

LTW 2021.02.05 - Legalweek Post-Mortem, Plus the Panelists’ Top Stories

This week saw the first virtual version of Legalweek, typically one of the largest legal tech and legal industry conferences. How well did the physical conference translate to the virtual world? Our panelists share their thoughts. Stories this week include: 4:07 - Legal Week(year) 15:20 - Collaboration between legal tech companies and law firms 24:00 - Judicial ethics and Reality TV 30:40 - Troutman’s hire of a “remote” partner 41:20 - 23andMe going public 47:32 - A new company that rates Saas v...

1.29.21 - New This Week: Panelists’ Rants and Raves

We introduce a new segment this week: panelists’ rants and raves, a lightning round of what made us mad or glad this week. Other stories we discuss include: a look-ahead to virtual Legalweek, an ABA ethics opinion on responding to negative online criticism, ROSS’s litigation gambit calling Thomson Reuters a monopoly, whether virtual firms are here to stay, and ODR comes to Manhattan small claims court. Our panelists this week are: Nicole Black , legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelis...

1.22.21: Working Parents and the Pandemic, Plus Panelists’ Top Stories

A quiet week overall in legal technology news, but a Law.com article on the pandemic’s disproportionate impact on women and diverse attorneys generates impassioned discussion among the panelists. Other stories we discuss include: an in-depth analysis of the legal tech market, the acquisition of a popular legal newsletter publisher, the hurdles to teaching tech to remote law students, the ABA Journal’s latest class of Legal Rebels, and a challenge to legal tech companies from Joe Patrice to devel...

1.8.21: Multiple Mergers and Acquisitions, Plus the Panel’s Predictions for 2021

In our first show of the new year, our panel of legal tech journalists share their thoughts on the events this week at the Capitol, and then turn to the week’s top stories in legal tech and innovation. They also share their predictions for 2021, and consider the question, “What exactly is legal tech?” This week’s panelists are: Stephen Embry, publisher, TechLaw Crossroads ; Caroline Hill , editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Victoria Hudgins , reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li , assistant ma...

12.18.20: Panelists Pick the Year’s Top Legaltech Stories

In a special year-end episode of Legaltech Week, our panel of legaltech journalists share their picks for the top stories of the year in legal technology and innovation. What were they? You’ll have to listen to the episode to find out. This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black , legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Stephen Embry, publisher, TechLaw Crossroads ; Caroline Hill , editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Victoria Hudgins , reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li , a...

12.11.20: The Closing of Legal Research Startup ROSS, Plus the Panel’s Top Stories

Our panel of legaltech journalists discuss the week’s top story: The decision to close down its operations by legal research startup ROSS Intelligence, under pressure from a lawsuit filed against it by legal research giant Thomson Reuters. Does Thomson Reuters have a legitimate claim or is it using litigation to squelch a competitor? Our panelists share their opinions. Other stories we discuss this week include: Benjamin Moore fires its entire in-house legal department; London firm DWF posts str...

12.04.20: Vindication for Virtual Conferences, Plus the Panel’s Top Stories

Virtual legal conferences have been a recurring topic on Legaltech Week, as we’ve debated the highs and lows of presenting conferences online. But panelist Niki Black has persisted in pushing the idea of virtual conferences. This week, the virtual conference concept got vindicated, as several panelists attended the virtual E-Discovery Day event produced by EDRM.net, complete with avatars. In this week’s episode, we share our experiences and opinions with the virtual conference format. Other stor...

11.20.20: The Leaking Giuliani Edition, Plus Legaltech Marketplaces and Other News

Virtual legal conferences have been a recurring topic on Legaltech Week, as we’ve debated the highs and lows of presenting conferences online. But panelist Niki Black has persisted in pushing the idea of virtual conferences. This week, the virtual conference concept got vindicated, as several panelists attended the virtual E-Discovery Day event produced by EDRM.net, complete with avatars. In this week’s episode, we share our experiences and opinions with the virtual conference format. Other stor...

11.06.20: The Election-Distraction Edition, As We Turn Away from our TVs and Discuss the Week’s Top Legaltech News

You may be surprised to know there was news this week other than the election. Among the top stories our panelists discuss: ballot initiatives in California and Massachusetts raise data privacy issues, Deloitte acquires UK top 200 law firm Kemp Little, a report examines the viability of captive ALSPs, legal tech patents soar in China, an ethics opinion raises COVID-19 issues, chatbots for legal marketing, and new lawyer-matching site that also provides free practice software. This week’s panelis...

10.30.20: Legaltech Blogger Steve Embry Joins the Panel, As We Share Our Top Stories of the Week

This week on Legaltech Week, Stephen Embry, former trial lawyer and author of TechLaw Crossroads , sits in on the panel. Among the top stories our panelists discuss: The LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation partners with National Bar Association to advance the rule of law, ALSP UnitedLex hit with a $128M suit over the demise of law firm LeClairRyan, and the world’s wealthiest law firm lays off staff. Also on the table: Intapp goes all in on the cloud, the ABA publishes its Legal Technology Survey R...