Comment, Opinion & Guest Articles
Document Review in 2025: ediscovery to infinity and beyond
Guest article by Kara Kirkeby & Jodi Vickerman of Kroll Ontrack E-discovery continues to evolve at the speed of light. With developing state and federal rules, new opinions from the bench, and a constant stream [...]
Thought for the day: the risks & rewards of using social media
Guest article by Chris Hutchings, media litigation partner at Hamlins LLP on the commercial use of Facebook and Twitter… Business are increasingly learning to exploit the potential of social media such as Facebook, LinkedIn and [...]
Legal IT Megatrends: overcoming the challenges of BYOD
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) has become one of the most influential trends that has or will touch each and every legal IT department. The term has come to define a megatrend occurring in IT [...]
Guest article: the EU Directive on Cookies – or how not to crumble on 26th May
by Andrew Gray, Client Services Director, Conscious Solutions The Legal Landscape – How did we get here? Personal Details For years there has been legitimate concern over the use and exchange of personal information (eg [...]
Guest article: The eDiscovery Passport
by Philip J Favro, Discovery Counsel, Symantec Corporation There are many things besides the Atlantic Ocean that separate Europe and the United States. Language, customs and culture stand out as perhaps the predominant distinguishing factors. [...]
Guest article: Mobile Malware – and what to do about it
by Jaime Blasco, Head of Labs at AlienVault www.alienvault.com The mobile phone is unrecognisable in comparison to its original ‘brick’ form of the 80s. Instead of a ‘yuppie’ status symbol, now it’s considered by many [...]
Breaking news: 1st April from Iridium
Iridium Technology LLC, the consulting firm that is 100% focused on Business Intelligence for law firms, announced today that they are on track with their strategic growth plan to sign up 1.5 million law firms [...]
Something for the Weekend: Hello Mary Poppins & the Jedi ediscovery ploy
We had an interesting meeting with Aderant vice president David Flynn when he was in London recently. He said he is now in London so often that he has invested in an Oyster Card. However [...]
Guest article: Meeting the Value Challenge – or How to Manage Legal Services and Deliver Business Value
by David Samia* In a landscape of rapidly increasing complexity, companies today have to cope with a business environment that is in constant flux. That means individual departments have to become quicker on their feet, [...]
Embracing Digital Services: When will the Legal Technology vendors catch up?
Some controversy now as Finbarr Joy, the CIO of Liverpool-based law firm Goldsmith Williams asks when will legal IT vendors catch up… As the cycle of business change accelerates and the convergence of Mobile, Social [...]
The London Olympics – some resources
Here’s some more resources for the benefit of London-based law firms and legal IT vendors: • there are some handy URLs and 10 tips from Intelliteach (see attached PDF Top 10 tips for an effective service [...]
Social media – what if we don’t go viral
And now for something different… the topic of YouTube video clips going viral came up the other day. Nice idea if it works however YouTube is currently getting 48 hours-worth of video clips loaded onto [...]
Guest article: How IP firm Young & Thompson uses new technology to modernize its data management to meet America Invents Act challenges
by Chris Sale* The passage of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) this past September is the most significant change to the US patent system in decades. The long-awaited conversion of the U.S. patent system [...]
New Litéra survey highlights security risks of mobile device use
The results of a new survey conducted by Litéra, a leading provider of productivity and risk mitigation solutions for legal and corporate markets worldwide, reveal that 96% of business professionals polled are using mobile devices [...]
Something for the weekend: the HR beginners guide to religion
Our thanks to the law firm that sent us this easy-to-follow guide to religion now being used by their HR department. Warning: this infographic (larger version attached) may offend pretty much everyone.
