QUADROtech debut brand new eDiscovery tool at Legaltech, the leading global provider of data migration solutions has developed new file discovery technology, designed to help the legal community search for relevant files, and conduct eDiscovery.
By Guest Blogger: QUADROtech Solutions AG
Accusoft study finds 90 percent of IT managers say they have adequate tools to protect their documents, but more than a third say sensitive information has leaked because of poor file management.
By Guest Blogger: Accusoft
Accusoft's PrizmDoc v12.0 offers three major updates that increase efficiency for file management processes, offering organizations heightened productivity and reduced opportunities for error. The new version benefits a wide range of industries, including construction, criminal justice, healthcare, legal, education, and more.
By Guest Blogger: Accusoft
Houston, TX — Legal technology company CS Disco Inc. today announced that Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, an AmLaw 200 firm that represents a sophisticated client base in a range of industries, has partnered with DISCO as their firmwide ediscovery solution.
Manatt began working with DISCO in 2016 and, as the relationship grew, the firm evaluated the market for a new firm standard platform. “After testing a number of options, we chose DISCO as our preferred processing and review platform due to predictable pricing, advanced features, stability, and ease of use for our end users,” said Jim Rosenthal, Director of Litigation Support.
As the leading provider of software as a service solutions developed by and for lawyers and litigation professionals, DISCO is reinventing legal technology to automate and simplify complex and error-prone tasks that distract from practicing law. Manatt envisions continuing to harness the platform’s scalable cloud infrastructure, cutting edge machine learning platform, and unmatched ease-of-use.
Mr. Rosenthal added, “A valuable aspect of the partnership has also been DISCO’s responsiveness. I know I can pick up the phone and get immediate access to veteran project management and technical support.”
With over 60 of the top 200 AmLaw firms already using DISCO on a transactional basis, DISCO is excited to see this momentum expanding further with AmLaw 200 firms fully adopting DISCO as their single platform for ediscovery. Robust features such as multilayer case management, visual search analytics, and predictive technology are all strong arguments for DISCO’s success. What’s more, with over 50 plus years of legal experience across its organization, DISCO has built a legacy of delivering features that solve the problems legal professionals actually experience.
“We are pleased to deepen our relationship with Manatt and appreciate their support as we work together to improve legal outcomes using technology,” said DISCO CEO, Kiwi Camara.
About DISCO
As the leading provider of software as a service solutions developed by and for lawyers and litigation professionals, DISCO is reinventing legal technology to automate and simplify complex and error-prone tasks that distract from practicing law. DISCO has been embraced by more than 400 law firms, including 60 of the AmLaw 200, as their first choice for innovative technologies that help great lawyers and their teams secure justice and win cases.
By Guest Blogger: DISCO
More Reliable and Less Expensive Video Depositions
Kenneth J. Kalb, CEO, StoryCloud
January 2017
Video depositions can be problematic, unnecessarily cumbersome and all too often prohibitively expensive. That’s why StoryCloud has introduced an entirely new video deposition platform that is more reliable, secure, remarkably easy to use and inexpensive.
In the past, a single videographer records a deposition using a traditional video camera and four separate microphones. The session is often interrupted and halted every two hours to allow for the time limits of recording MPEG1 files on a DVD. After the deposition, the video content is usually made available to participants days or weeks later by mailing a USB thumb drive, or DVD. In the event the videographer makes a mistake, improperly framing, focusing, or capturing audio there are no alternatives. The videographer is a single point of failure.
StoryCloud has a better more secure and reliable way. First, we record the session with a videographer present using a state of the art iPod, or similar Apple device. The content, which can be continuously recorded for more than 32 hours, is stored immediately on the Apple device at a rate of 1 gigabyte per hour. The content is in a native high definition MPEG4 format. Next, unless unusual circumstances dictate otherwise, we use a single high performance microphone to capture the audio for all participants. Modern audio technology is capable of producing extremely high quality sound in medium sized conference rooms with many participants.
But a single person behind the camera can still make a mistake, and that’s where StoryCloud’s 30 years of experience in building highly available fault tolerant telecommunications equipment for Cisco, Lucent, Ericsson, Alcatel, as well as its intellectual patent portfolio of three recently issued patents and nine more pending, come in to play.
While the video and audio are being recorded on the local Apple device during the deposition, StoryCloud connects the system on a Wi-Fi network to the cloud. Sending small amounts of data (less than one half a megabit per second), the software double checks the videographer using powerful and proprietary algorithms to insure that the content is in focus, properly lit, framed correctly and that the audio can be clearly heard. This means that if the videographer blinks, or happens to fall asleep, we catch it. Simply, this advanced technology enhances the performance of people; making the product vastly more reliable.
Moreover, depending upon the available bandwidth, the video can be streamed to the cloud during the deposition, or immediately thereafter. At all times during the process the content is safely stored on the local camera, and secure and encrypted when streamed to the cloud. In all cases, it is made available within 24 hours after the deposition. Downloadable file formats include MPEG1 and MPEG4, as well as, audio WAV and MP3 files.
Most importantly, StoryCloud makes this vastly more reliable and easier to use platform available at an all day, 8-hour rate of $400.00, which is a fraction of the price most attorneys currently pay for an all day video deposition.
By Guest Blogger: StoryCloud, Inc.
Wolters Kluwer's ELM Solutions introduces Passport® Pro, a hosted, pre-configured legal management solution offering essential legal matter and spend management features and best practice-based workflows for smaller legal departments.
By Guest Blogger: Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions
LawBase will be at Legaltech New York 2017 - booth 311 - and will be showcasing its partnership with LegalShift to bring the award-winning legal project management (LPM) framework, BakerManage® into its signature offering. The company will be showing this innovative LPM toolset in booth #311 and in the company’s Product Demonstration Suite.
This latest enhancement offers clients an LPM methodology that has been implemented across thousands of legal matters and is proven to achieve significant cost savings and efficiencies for legal teams and their clients. The LPM software is available as an integrated component of LawBase or as a stand-alone product.
LawBase is a powerful and configurable case and matter management solution, known for incredible flexibility without sacrificing functionality. LawBase’s strengths include its wide array of integrations with other popular legal software that maximize the return on investment for users. LawBase allows law firms, corporate legal departments and government agencies to track a file’s progress, maintain client files within various areas of the law, keep complete calendars and schedules, maintain file room management and perform large repetitive tasks with just a few keystrokes, saving time and money.
By Guest Blogger: LawBase
Archive360 to Showcase Archive2Anywhere and Archive2Azure, and Premiere Newest Software Solution, at Legaltech Show;
Attendees to See Firsthand How Archive360 Software Solutions Help Customers Address Legal and Regulatory Compliance Requirements – On Premise and into the Cloud
By Guest Blogger: Archive360 Inc.
Fee Financing has just started to take off in the US with law firms, but has been popular for years in other countries such as the UK and Australia.
Fee Financing is simply a loan to your clients so they can pay your fees immediately, while covering the cost with monthly installments to QuickFee. It gives your firm an edge by cutting outstanding receivables in half, while helping draw in new clients such as those with cash flow issues (start-ups, seasonal businesses, etc.).
Firms love Fee Financing because it’s a service providing only benefit with no cost to them, while clients love it because they’re provided greater payment flexibility. We can have you set up in 48 hours, so contact us for details, or learn more here...
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By Guest Blogger: QuickFee
Press Release
For Immediate Release
Fee Financing Pioneer Makes Significant Rate Cuts, and Rolls Out Services to Law Firms
Santa Monica, CA: Funding and payment portal provider QuickFee has announced a drop of several points on its popular Fee Financing product. Now the clients of professional service firms can take out a loan for as low as 7.5% to pay for outstanding and even upcoming invoices. The rate cut reflects increased scale provided from the firms that have already signed on, making QuickFee one of the few finance companies in the country to be lowering rates rather than increasing them.
QuickFee’s services were introduced in the U.S. as a way for accounting firms to provide clients more flexible payment options, but this week QuickFee has announced that their offerings are now available to law firms and other professional service firms. Said Bruce Coombes, CEO of QuickFee, “Law firms need the right tools to fuel and support growth, and QuickFee is a powerful one to do so.” QuickFee is the only company in the U.S. providing law firms Fee Financing options for their clients.
Fee Financing has just started to take off in the U.S., but has been popular for years in other countries such as the UK and Australia. Fee Financing is a loan service whereby firms are paid in full by clients using the financing as their payment option, meaning clients can pay immediately regardless of cash flow. It’s similar to borrowing money from a 3rd party lender at your dentist’s office to pay for dental work. The clients can then pay off the fees in monthly installments to QuickFee. Firms benefit from their outstanding receivables being drastically reduced, and clients benefit from spreading out large bills across many months.
Firms have also used Fee Financing as a tool to draw in new clients, using the monthly payment option to those that want more flexibility, or by providing fixed-fee packages paid monthly where QuickFee is the intermediary.
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By Guest Blogger: QuickFee
New promotion designed to allow customers of Relativity to switch a case to DISCO for free
Houston, TX — Legal technology company CS Disco Inc. today announced the start of a new marketing campaign designed to help users of the leading legacy ediscovery platform — Relativity — move away from outdated software to the performance and ease of use of DISCO. The campaign, dubbed Relativity Switch, is poised to build on the thousands of happy lawyers and litigation support professionals who have already migrated to DISCO.
Common complaints voiced about Relativity are its slow speed, frustrating user experience, and confusing pricing. “Having worked on document-intensive claims ranging from antitrust law, copyright, trademark, to white collar defense — I have done my fair share of ediscovery,” said Louis Dorny, Senior Attorney at Gordon & Rees LLP. “I switched to DISCO because it’s built by and for lawyers. Most ediscovery tools are built for vendors. If you’ve ever had to call a vendor to get new users added or new tags created, you know what I mean. Instead, DISCO allows me to easily search, find, and produce documents.”
The premise of Relativity Switch is this: for a limited time, Relativity users can switch an active Relativity matter to DISCO for free. For matters being transferred to DISCO from Relativity, DISCO will migrate the matter and provide the first 6 months hosting without fees.*
“There is no doubt I would recommend DISCO to any colleague,” stated Craig Hunter, Of Counsel at Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP. “DISCO allows me to easily produce documents and privilege logs whenever needed, with no hidden costs. Furthermore, DISCO has been a great company to work with.”
In addition to significant growth within the Am Law 200 market, with now over 60 firms utilizing its platform, DISCO has also seen tremendous growth at litigation boutiques. Today the company is the defacto standard for ediscovery for over 300 leading litigation boutiques.
“DISCO can handle anything you throw at it and is scalable for any size case,” said Kevin Dorse, Senior Attorney at Theodora Oringher PC. “We routinely use DISCO now on cases small to large, including a massive 24TB database with 100 million documents and dozens of users in multiple locations.”
“As more and more firms join their peers in switching to DISCO, we look forward to partnering with their lawyers and litigation support staff to help them build differentiated legal services using technology and improve legal outcomes for their clients,” said DISCO CEO Kiwi Camara.
To learn more about DISCO’s Relativity Switch campaign, join us at LegalTech 2017 at booth #2105 or visit www.csdisco.com/switch.
*This offer is valid for a single case per customer. Professional service and project management rates still apply.
About DISCO
As the leading provider of software as a service solutions developed by and for lawyers and litigation professionals, DISCO is reinventing legal technology to automate and simplify complex and error-prone tasks that distract from practicing law. DISCO has been embraced by more than 400 law firms, including 60 of the AmLaw 200, as their first choice for innovative technologies that help great lawyers and their teams secure justice and win cases.
By Guest Blogger: DISCO
United Language Group Releases OctaveAPI Connector for Relativity
OctaveAPI integrates multilingual e-discovery capabilities, including language identification, multiple language keyword search, and machine translation features, into Relativity.
By Guest Blogger: United Language Group
Archive360 Launches Archive2Anywhere Digital Safe Edition;
New Software Enables Users to Quickly and Accurately Migrate Email from Legacy Digital Safe Cloud Archiving Platform into Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Office 365, and Others;
Archive2Anywhere Extracts Messages and Attachments, Including Metadata, directly from Digital Safe and Ensures Full Legal Defensibility and Regulatory Compliance;
By Guest Blogger: Archive360 Inc.
StoryCloud releases a revolutionary video deposition platform with on-site and off-site videographers
StoryCloud, the leading provider of video deposition services, today announced at Legaltech the release of its secure streaming video product for attorneys who do litigation. Using proprietary and patented technology, the platform enables high quality and secure video content to be recorded with and without an on-site videographer.
“This is exactly what the $10 billion a year litigation support service market needs,” said Ken Kalb, CEO of StoryCloud. The technology records and streams simultaneously while software in the cloud monitors and controls picture quality and sound. The platform brings economies of scale to a traditionally analog world dramatically reducing the price while making it remarkably easy to use and operate.
“Video depositions shouldn’t be the exclusive province of wealthy clients and their attorneys,” said Ken Kalb. Today, video depositions are used sparingly and only when the size of the case warrants.
“We’re democratizing the video deposition market making it affordable for plaintiff attorneys and their clients so that they can put their best foot forward, regardless of cost,” Kalb continued.
By Guest Blogger: StoryCloud, Inc.
Jan. 26, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Search & Filtering Simplified with ADD Review (Eclipse)
TEMPE, Ariz. — Ipro Tech, LLC, a worldwide leader in eDiscovery solutions, announced today the introduction of a simple, yet powerful, searching and filtering feature for the Automated Digital Discovery (ADD) platform. This ability to visually search or perform early case assessment streamlines a typically complex and time-consuming process, as ADD users can now see the impact of search criteria to more easily evaluate results.
“Our latest update to Ipro’s ADD platform is in line with our enduring commitment to help case teams pinpoint the facts much faster,” said Ipro President & CEO Kim Taylor. “It enables ADD’s ECA & Review module Eclipse to be a true data portal for filtering and culling without having to utilize multiple systems or disparate applications.”
Historically, ECA and document review were two very different processes typically handled using multiple technologies and, often times, by entirely different groups. Combining these methodologies in one solution enables reviewers to easily see which documents bubble to the top and make decisions on next steps. The efficiencies gained by performing the processes in tandem are very powerful.
Visualizing results lets users more quickly inform case strategy teams and make any necessary adjustments to search terms, deadlines, budget and other important factors. The new functionality also includes the ability to easily identify conversations between parties, designate key custodians, and see a “heatmap” that registers keyword frequency against a variety of criteria, such as keyword by custodian. Search results also populate a timeline that displays historical occurrences of responsive terms.
The experience is now comparable to how one would buy merchandise from an online retailer, as a buyer would browse categories, use filters and send the desired products to the shopping cart. In this workflow, users will browse data fields as categories and then promote potentially responsive documents to review. Visual searching and filtering are additional enhancements, while traditional methods of working through these procedures are still available.
About Ipro Tech, LLC
Founded in 1989, Ipro is a global leader in the development of advanced eDiscovery software solutions. Ipro’s ADD Automated Digital Discovery® workflow platform helps customers organize, review, process and produce litigation data of vast sizes and complexity — more efficiently and cost-effectively than ever before. To learn more visit www.iprotech.com. To schedule a private demonstration, email sales@iprotech.com or go online to find a Partner today.
By Guest Blogger: Ipro Tech
Jan. 30, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ipro Unveils New Review UI for Automated Digital Discovery
TEMPE, Ariz. — Ipro Tech, LLC, a worldwide leader in eDiscovery solutions, announced today the debut of a state-of-the-art user interface for the Review component of its flagship Automated Digital Discovery (ADD) platform. The functionality of ADD’s Review module Eclipse is also available to be used as a stand-alone, web-based review tool.
“At Ipro, we draw upon decades of real-world industry experience merged with technological expertise,” said Ipro President & CEO Kim Taylor. “This enables us to deliver eDiscovery solutions that are truly relevant and add real value for litigation professionals. We’ve been in their shoes. We understand their challenges.”
Tailored for reviewers and attorneys who need to quickly carry out a basic review, the new interface brings together all of today’s most-used features in linear review. It presents those familiar features in a simplified control panel, streamlining the workflow with more user-friendly layouts without extensive training.
The new interface was created with HTML5 and cross-browser compatibility, allowing access to the application with hardware running either Microsoft Windows or Apple macOS. No plug-ins are required for installation. With web-based access, users are able to start reviewing in minutes. It also offers several more advanced features for the review of ESI, including the ability to play native video files.
The new UI is the foundation where all other review features will migrate. Future updates are slated to include all of the robust functionality of Eclipse — which today empowers users with heavyweight features including TAR 3.0, transcript management, ECA, analytics, advanced searching, and more. For users who prefer the familiarity of the classic interface, it remains available within Eclipse and ADD’s Review module.
About Ipro Tech, LLC
Founded in 1989, Ipro is a global leader in the development of advanced eDiscovery software solutions. Ipro’s ADD Automated Digital Discovery® workflow platform helps customers organize, review, process and produce litigation data of vast sizes and complexity — more efficiently and cost-effectively than ever before. To learn more visit www.iprotech.com. To schedule a private demonstration, email sales@iprotech.com or go online to find a Partner today.
By Guest Blogger: Ipro Tech
Worldox users now have a simple way of gathering and processing documents for review in the electronic discovery process, saving time and money.
Worldoxand Cavo eD have joined two powerful legal tools to create a unified system for handling litigation documents. This new legal solution complements Worldox’s document management and legal hold tools with a collections tool integrated into Cavo eD, a full-featured eDiscovery platform. This solves the problem of using multiple tools to gather documents for review in the discovery process, saving time and money. Cavo eD can be deployed in the Cloud or behind your firewall.
By Guest Blogger: Cavo eD
The Ascent of Business Intelligence in the Legal Market
The eDiscovery BI Research Report
Overview
FRONTEO commissioned a blind study with 451 Research to understand the wants, needs and desires of Legal & IT professionals who are involved in the eDiscovery process and require tools and capabilities to analyze data and report on performance metrics throughout the EDRM lifecycle. This summary of findings is available only through FRONTEO and is copyrighted.
By Guest Blogger: FRONTEO
Zapproved, Inc., a pioneer in developing cloud‐based software for corporate legal departments, announced results for 2016 that saw strong adoption by corporations of Zapproved’s e-discovery software suite. Zapproved increased its customer base by more than 60 corporations, of which 30 percent were in the Fortune 500, showcasing the long-term strategic focus on corporate needs using a true cloud architecture. Ease of use and world-class security drove growth.
By Guest Blogger: Zapproved, Inc
Don't miss the most inspirational ticket in town. Get last-minute seats at the Corporate E-Discovery Hero Awards on Jan. 30, 2017, in New York. Attend this inaugural event honoring e-discovery colleagues and experts. Join Zapproved on the eve of Legaltech New York 2017.
Join us in recognizing heroes — from corporate counsel to distinguished experts — making big strides to solve e-discovery.
We’ll also celebrate the achievements of Michael Arkfeld, and hear from NPR’s award-winning journalist, Nina Totenberg about her extensive career covering the Supreme Court and what to expect from the Trump Administration.
EVENT DETAILS
Expect inspiring presentations from heroes in the legal and e-discovery community. Make sure you RSVP NOW for this one-of-a-kind experience.
Corporate E-Discovery Hero Awards celebration, presented by Zapproved
Jan. 30, 2017
7 – 8:30 p.m. EST
New World Stages
340 West 50th Street
New York, NY 10019
Featuring:
Awards presentations to winners in four categories for e-discovery excellence
Michael Arkfeld Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Hon. Shira Scheindlin
Keynote with NPR’s Nina Totenberg, who will share insights about the Supreme Court’s direction, moderated by Craig Ball
Networking with e-discovery peers and colleagues
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Making headlines!
Read the newest Legaltech News article featuring several of our hero award finalists! Attend the awards to meet finalists and winners in person and swap ideas.
Reserve seats before they are gone!
By Guest Blogger: Zapproved, Inc
AirDesk Legal® announced today it has expanded its office in the cloud service infrastructure to give law firms the ultimate Office 365 experience. AirDesk will be presenting their latest offering in Booth 526 at the Legal Tech show in New York beginning January 31.
“Fundamentally, Office 365 is a great partial step to cloud services but it only takes the process part way,” said Forrest Blair, CEO of AirDesk Legal®. “In conjunction with Microsoft, we have taken the full suite of integrated Office components fully to the cloud. Just some of the upsides for a law firm are improved security, efficiency, and complete mobility.”
By Guest Blogger: AirDesk Legal
FTI Technology will present on key data protection and information governance issues during three educational sessions at the Legaltech New York 2017 (“LTNY”) conference. Legal practitioners can earn up to three continuing legal education (“CLE”) credits from most states by attending the three sessions on January 31, 2017 at the New York Hilton.
“Data security is top of mind for corporations, and legal teams play an important role in protecting and utilizing sensitive data,” said Sophie Ross, Global Chief Executive Officer of the Technology segment at FTI Consulting. “These three sessions feature a seasoned group of legal and data management experts who will share strategies for navigating data risks in the shifting global regulatory and legal landscape.”
By Guest Blogger: FTI Technology
FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN) today announced the Company’s Technology segment has teamed with Microsoft to provide data governance and discovery consulting and services for Microsoft Office 365 users. FTI Technology assists companies with a broad range of needs around Office 365 usage to ensure legal and regulatory activities remain cost-effective and defensible.
“Microsoft Office 365 represents a transformational change for organizations, and this migration offers legal teams an opportunity to develop and implement industry best practices for e-discovery and information governance,” said Jake Frazier, a Senior Managing Director and Leader of the Information Governance & Compliance Services (IG&CS) practice at FTI Technology. “Using our global expertise in legal, regulatory and technical matters, we’ve helped organizations implement Office 365 so that legal and regulatory requirements are not only accounted for, but are streamlined for easier and more cost-effective management.”
By Guest Blogger: FTI Technology
iSG is a team of intelligence operatives from the international (Interpol), federal, state and local intelligence/law enforcement communities. We fused our DNA with the best in breed technology for cybersecurity, digital forensics and enterprise mobile encryption which enables our customers a unique capability for managing risk.
By Guest Blogger: Intelligence Services Group, LLC
ACEDS, a BARBRI professional association, today released the results of its recent eDiscovery online survey which found that professionals believe the eDiscovery field will expand significantly over the next five years,
By Guest Blogger: ACEDS (BARBRI)
Creating and maintaining consistent cash flow in a law firm is an ongoing effort, from initial client engagement to following up with past-due accounts. Determining why your clients don’t pay on time reveals where and how you need to improve your internal processes in order to improve cash flow.
This white paper will also walk you through best practices for managing receivables, from dealing with past due accounts to avoiding them all together. Plus, learn how all this can all be done while improving client satisfaction and increasing the work coming in for your law firm.
By Guest Blogger: QuickFee
Paper Software is the developer of Turner for Mac and Contract Tools for Windows PCs, both powerful applications for creating and analyzing contracts. The company will be showcasing both products in booth 1414 at Legaltech New York.
Specifically, the company will be showing recent updates to both applications. The latest version of Contract Tools makes finding important information within contracts simpler than ever before. Now, important information is highlighted right within the document view that users are accustomed to seeing in Word. Potential contract drafting problems are visible at a glance. Text that you can use for navigation (a Contract Tools-exclusive feature since its release last year) becomes highlighted with a click. When using Contract Tools’ enhanced search features, search results are immediately highlighted.
The latest version of Turner adds support for the Touch Bar on Apple’s new MacBook Pro computers. The Touch Bar offers a revolutionary way to work with the keyboard by giving users controls that change depending on what they do. When using Turner to work with contracts, the Touch Bar can show controls for editing provisions, looking up defined terms, adding comments, and much more.
By Guest Blogger: Paper Software LLC
Paper Software is the developer of Turner for Mac and Contract Tools for Windows PCs, both powerful applications for creating and analyzing contracts. The company will be showcasing both products in booth 1414 at Legaltech New York.
Specifically, the company will be showing recent updates to both applications. The latest version of Contract Tools makes finding important information within contracts simpler than ever before. Now, important information is highlighted right within the document view that users are accustomed to seeing in Word. Potential contract drafting problems are visible at a glance. Text that you can use for navigation (a Contract Tools-exclusive feature since its release last year) becomes highlighted with a click. When using Contract Tools’ enhanced search features, search results are immediately highlighted.
The latest version of Turner adds support for the Touch Bar on Apple’s new MacBook Pro computers. The Touch Bar offers a revolutionary way to work with the keyboard by giving users controls that change depending on what they do. When using Turner to work with contracts, the Touch Bar can show controls for editing provisions, looking up defined terms, adding comments, and much more.
By Guest Blogger: Paper Software LLC
Leaflet has entered into a strategic partnership with LegalFAB a legal technology company in Singapore, for its document solution and contract assembly system. The partnership combines Leaflet’s expertise in document automation technologies and LegalFAB’s innovative and integrated online legal services to deliver a comprehensive enterprise solution for all businesses and individuals. Legalfab announces strategic partnership with leaflet to deliver innovative document automation system
Yan Zhu, Strategy and Business Development, LegalFAB, stated “We are excited to be able partner with Leaflet, a company that has a proven track record of success in document automation, and to be able to leverage on their leading documentation automation system. We are showing our commitment to emerging technology by integrating Leaflet into our processes. This alliance allows LegalFAB to introduce a suite of compliance solution for businesses and is a key stepping block to introducing Smart Contracts in the near future”.
Sam Muthusamy, CEO of Leaflet Corporation, added: “Leaflet is always looking for ways to help clients further reduce costs and improve turnaround time by way of automating the contract creation and execution process in order to drive efficiency. We are excited to partner with LegalFAB which will deliver Leaflet’s enterprise solution to law firms and corporation in the Asia Pacific Region.”
Click here to see complete announcement.
By Guest Blogger: Leaflet Corporation
SpeechWare is the first multilingual one-stop shop for Speech recognition, Digital dictation and Optical Character recognition in the "heart of Europe", Brussels.
From this privileged environment, SpeechWare focus on the provision of integrated speech and dictation consultancy solutions, training and technical support to International organisations, Public administrations and companies throughout Europe. The company has acquired a unique blend of expertise in the "ergonomics" and perfect adaptation of these systems to practical needs of users.
SpeechWare has developed several UNIQUE bundled combination for the introduction of digital dictation and speech recognition. Among the satisfied clients of the firm are:
Do not hesitate to contact us for further information, either by phone (+32 2 7331687) or email (information@speechware.be). It will be a pleasure to know more about your interest in speech recognition!
By Guest Blogger: YB Sales & Distributors, Inc.
It’s not news that we are living in a totally digitized world. What is not clear is whether the ethical standards that currently exist are complete enough to guide attorneys through the current climate. Lawyers have been bound by some fundamental ethical requirements since the beginning of the profession, but technology, and particularly the eDiscovery process, has resulted in the creation of an uncoordinated series of Federal and State rules, with additional ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct and even individual State Ethics rules along with current opinions from a variety of Courts. It is difficult for lawyers to keep current given this wide disparity. How should lawyers be prepared to respond to best represent their clients and follow the ethical requirements of their profession? Is the root of the problem the technology or the law?
Document production challenges for litigators has increased dramatically as increasing amounts of information are stored exclusively in digital media, in various formats and locations. The rules that govern the information superhighway are constantly in flux, resulting in a lag in the passage of FRCP and Model Rules of Professional Conduct that dictate what lawyers are responsible for. How should lawyers be prepared to respond to best represent their clients and follow the ethical requirements of their profession?
Digital information is no longer an occasional player in the discovery process; it has become the controlling factor in what has become known as eDiscovery. The number one problem is the preservation, control and proper distribution of the digital evidence. At the root of all of this are the ethical obligations that lawyers must adhere to as they conduct business on behalf of their clients.
By Guest Blogger: Cavo eD
Evolver Announces XLerator™ Integration with Relativity for Native Microsoft Excel Review, Redaction, and Production in eDiscovery
Users can more seamlessly interact with native Excel files within Relativity workspaces, saving time while reducing costs and improving accuracy
Reston, VA – January 24, 2017 – The legal services division of Evolver, Inc. today announced an integration between the eDiscovery software Relativity and Evolver’s XLerator™ that will further simplify the review of Microsoft Excel files.
XLerator’s innovative integration provides Relativity users with a more streamlined process to review, redact, and produce native Excel files without leaving the Relativity workspace or viewer.
XLerator was developed by Evolver’s in-house software development team over two years ago. The web-based tool is used by law firm, corporate, and government clients to replace the burdensome processes of imaging and then redacting TIFFed Excel files. Users can remove duplicate files, perform global keyword searches, make inverse redactions, view a full audit history, and apply redactions across all files. These capabilities - along with more automated features—allow the reviewer to not only succinctly redact native Excels files, but to produce them with redactions in native format (no more TIFFs).
“The integration of XLerator into Relativity is another example of Evolver’s commitment to developing innovative technology that saves time, drives down costs, and greatly improves the user experience,” said Bruce Markowitz, vice president of eDiscovery at Evolver.
Relativity is the eDiscovery software developed by kCura with more than 150,000 users worldwide. It provides law firms, government agencies, and corporations with a complete set of flexible tools to tackle their unique eDiscovery and data challenges, from litigation to internal investigations or information governance. As a platform, Relativity allows developers to design, build, and tightly integrate applications that add or extend functionality.
With this integration, XLerator joins the Relativity Ecosystem, which includes custom applications and integrations built by Relativity developer partners.
“There’s a growing demand in the eDiscovery market for tools like XLerator to efficiently manage native Excel files,” said Perry Marchant, vice president of engineering at kCura. “XLerator’s integration with Relativity fits seamlessly into users’ normal review workflow. This extension of our platform adds a valuable function that enhances the user experience.”
Ready to learn more?
Evolver will be at booth 412 at Legaltech in New York City with XLerator demonstrations. In addition, you can email xlerator@evolverinc.com for demos, pricing, and more information.
About Evolver
The Legal Services division of Evolver, Inc. provides secure eDiscovery, Cybersecurity, and IT Infrastructure solutions to law firms, corporations and government clients. In addition, we offer XLerator, a unique-to-the-industry web-based tool for reviewing, redacting and producing excel spreadsheets natively. We have a dynamic combination of legal, information technology, and management experts to develop comprehensive solutions that maintain quality and schedule objectives while reducing risk and costs. More information: www.evolverinc.com.
About kCura
kCura are the developers of the eDiscovery software Relativity. Relativity has more than 150,000 active users in more than 40 countries from organizations including the U.S. Department of Justice and more than 195 of the Am Law 200. kCura helps corporations, law firms, and government agencies meet eDiscovery challenges by installing Relativity on-premises and providing hosted, on-demand solutions through a global network of partners. kCura has been ranked the 175th fastest-growing technology company in North America on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 and named one of Chicago's Top Workplaces by the Chicago Tribune. Please contact kCura at sales@kcura.com or visit http://www.kcura.com for more information.
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By Guest Blogger: Evolver, Inc.
Catalyst just launched Insight Enterprise, a platform specifically designed for corporate general counsel to centralize, simplify and reduce the cost of e-discovery across all their litigation, investigation and compliance matters and teams. Insight Enterprise enables corporate legal departments to centralize e-discovery management and data, simplify management through streamlined business processes, and reduce the total cost of discovery through efficiencies far greater than just the cost per gigabyte.
By Guest Blogger: Catalyst Repository Systems, Inc.
Most e-discovery products link documents to a single matter. Each time the document is needed for a new matter, it has to be reprocessed and loaded. This multiplies your costs. Insight Enterprise allows you to manage documents across matters. Load files into the core repository. Promote them into as many Insight matters as you need. Synchronize tagging across matters.
By Guest Blogger: Catalyst Repository Systems, Inc.
If you're struggling to pull good metrics on legal spending, you're not alone. A recent Altman Weil survey found that while 39% of law departments report collecting and analyzing management metrics to improve efficiency, only 6.6% report getting real value from those efforts. Corporate legal departments often track the status and progress of their matters using email and spreadsheets. While these tools can do the job, they are hard to manage and the potential for mistakes is high. In addition, they can’t provide the kinds of metrics and key performance indicators needed to control costs and effectively manage ongoing matters. That's why Insight Enterprise includes includes a central data warehouse and the business intelligence tools needed for effective cross-matter reporting. These reports will provide key performance indicators needed to control costs and effectively mangage ongoing matters.
By Guest Blogger: Catalyst Repository Systems, Inc.
Legal holds and collections are typically managed using spreadsheets or standalone systems that are cumbersome and inefficient. Insight Enterprise provides an integrated, centralized management platform for legal hold and collection. When the need arises, you can easily load corporate documents into our enterprise collection and legal hold platform to save time, reduce risk and minimize compliance issues.
By Guest Blogger: Catalyst Repository Systems, Inc.
Predict, Catalyst's unique machine-learning algorithm for technology assisted review (TAR) is changing e-discovery. A part of Insight Enterprise, Predict incorporates a second-generation ranking engine that can help your team find relevant files for investigation, promotion and review.
By Guest Blogger: Catalyst Repository Systems, Inc.
In this 28 page report, 22 judges respond to a variety of questions about e-discovery in the courtroom. For the third year in a row, federal judges do not feel the typical attorney has the required knowledge to be effectively counseling clients on e-discovery matters. Download this report to get e-discovery advice for improving your e-discovery practices including analysis on:
By Guest Blogger: Exterro Inc.
As businesses go global, so do their legal matters. For e-discovery, that means the greater likelihood that documents will be in multiple languages—often technically challenging languages such as Chinese, Japanese and Korean. As one of the first to support multi-language discovery, Catalyst built the Insight Enterprise platform to include sophisticated language identification and word tokenization capabilities to ensure that multi-language documents are processed, searched and produced properly.
By Guest Blogger: Catalyst Repository Systems, Inc.
Catalyst Professional Services helps corporations and their law firms use advanced technology to manage important legal matters. Our veteran discovery professionals work side-by-side with your legal department and case teams to help maximize efficiency and cost savings. We focus on process and technology so you can focus on succeeding with your matters.
By Guest Blogger: Catalyst Repository Systems, Inc.
Scroll UNVEILS CONTENT SOLUTION FOR SMALL LAW AT ALM® LEGALWEEK
Scroll combines machine learning and automated publishing platforms to curate and disseminate content for attorneys’ blogs, websites and social media.
Raleigh, NC, January 24, 2017– Attorneys’ websites often refer to ‘blogs’ or ‘news’ on their headers; however, when someone clicks to go to that corresponding page there is no up-to-date content. Often citing time constraints, attorneys fail to generate new website and blog content. Then citing budget constraints, attorneys fail to hire personnel to complete these tasks on their behalf. Scroll recognizes this pain point and offers a subscription service as the solution.
“Attorneys understand why they should be sharing content. Thought leadership, new channels of attracting clients, and online findability are the top three reasons. We make it easy and affordable for them to outsource content marketing to us, in part, because of the way we divide the process between humans and machines, “said Marlet Edwards, Attorney and CEO.
How we do it: Scroll uses robot searchers, capable of reading upwards of 150,000 pages per day, to find articles and the latest news on each client’s practice area. Humans then choose the best pieces from the robot’s recommendations to upload to the attorney’s pipeline on an automated publishing platform. The posts are scheduled to publish to five places: a news feed, a branded blog page, Linked In®, Twitter® and the firm’s Facebook® page.
Each article links back to the attorney’s homepage providing relevant inbound links to boost search engine optimization.
Pipelines are built out a month in advance to give each attorney time to log in, review and make any edits. The easy-to-use platform allows attorneys to create and schedule his or her own additional unique posts.
Scroll’s CEO, Marlet Edwards, will speak on a panel at ALM® LegalWeek called, “Social Media Conversion: Going Beyond Content Distribution.” While Scroll publishes content for these attorneys, social media conversion requires those attorneys to become fluent in all channels of communication so that they are accessible to potential clients on the platform that person prefers. We call this being and ‘omni-channel attorney’. The onboarding process shows our clients ways to set their social media accounts to alert them when someone comments on, likes, retweets or shares a post. A quick response yields a higher rate of converting a lead into a paying client. They also receive analytics on the engagement of the posts so they can measure the return on investment.
Scroll’s Blogging and Social Media Platform- Key Features:
About Scroll
Scroll provides attorneys with engaging, up-to-date content that automatically and consistently posts to their branded blog pages, Linked In®, Twitter® and the firm’s Facebook® page. Marlet Edwards practiced law in Raleigh, North Carolina for fourteen years before co-founding Scroll. She understands first-hand the difficulty of balancing existing client cases with business development to ensure a steady stream of work. Providing this subscription based model of outsourcing content marketing frees up a considerable amount of non-billable time for Scroll’s clients. Aiding the human editorial staff with machine learning tools keeps the price of the services affordable.
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If you would like more information about this topic, please contact Marlet Edwards at (919) 645-5713 or email at medwards@scrolldigital.com.
By Guest Blogger: Scroll
2016: A Record Year for Ipro Tech
Ipro Tech, LLC, a worldwide leader in litigation technology solutions for nearly three decades, announced today the conclusion of a banner year for growth and innovation. In 2016, Ipro revolutionized eDiscovery with its flagship Automated Digital Discovery (ADD) platform, and continued to release solutions to make the process more simple, affordable and automated.
“When a group of talented and industry-savvy veterans share a singular commitment, it produces some remarkable advancements.” said Ipro President & CEO Kim Taylor. “It’s the reason we come to work, and there’s no telling what we’ll accomplish next year.”
Ipro set the pace for 2016 with the release of the ADD platform, which uses data streaming and automation to get ESI from hard drive to review in minutes, tracking evidence with its Media Manager component. In May, Ipro released ADD Self Service, which enables end-users to easily upload ESI directly into review using predefined settings.
Throughout the year, Ipro continued to boost ADD’s enormous capability with features including forensic image processing support, foreign-language OCR, a simplified case-creation process via the web, and IproQ, the plug-in that enables direct data processing to the Relativity platform, as well as the ability to leverage Ipro processing workers from within Relativity. Ipro also completed development on the supercharged ingestion engine SE Streaming, launched a migration utility for Summation, opened the moderated user forum Ipro Community — and much more.
In attracting new clients, Ipro set record numbers. Today, more than ever, corporations, law firms, government agencies and service providers are empowered through Ipro technology. In addition, Ipro shattered records for total billings and revenue, and expanded its team with experienced resources to support this tremendous growth.
“Despite our record year, our teams will not slow down, but rather push forward with more intensity to deliver on our promise to simplify eDiscovery,” Taylor said. “We’re looking forward to having an even better 2017.”
About Ipro Tech, LLC
Founded in 1989, Ipro is a global leader in the development of advanced eDiscovery software solutions. Ipro’s ADD Automated Digital Discovery® workflow platform helps customers organize, review, process and produce litigation data of vast sizes and complexity — more efficiently and cost-effectively than ever before. To learn more visit www.iprotech.com. To schedule a private demonstration, email sales@iprotech.com or go online to find a Partner today.
By Guest Blogger: Ipro Tech
doeLEGAL Expands Globally By Adding a Data Center Site within the European Union
The company's new co-location site with dedicated cloud technology allows their global business clients reliable management of their European Union based (EU) legal matters.
January 18, 2017 | Wilmington, DE
As more clients are conducting complex business within the EU using its ASCENT™ enterprise legal management system, doeLEGAL's new European Union-based host facility ensures their data transmissions made across the border are in full compliance with EU's privacy regulations.
doeLEGAL is an early-adopter and active participant in the EU-US Privacy Shield certification program. As such, it enables clients to fulfill their critical and complex obligations using the unlimited virtual server capacity of this expanded site. Using the new data center’s advanced infrastructure, doeLEGAL's system will remain vigilantly compliant with all EU privacy laws and regulations, providing clients with the upmost confidence they need to conduct critical and secure operations.
“We chose to make this proactive move to best serve our growing client base in the European Union. Providing the same dedicated service and support our clients receive from our U.S.-based facility was important to maintain," said Zac Schindler, director of IT services for doeLEGAL.
This site has all the requirements to facilitate the private installation of their clients’ systems, using secure networks that they can then access from any secure device.
Schindler said this proactive expansion fits well with doeLEGAL's corporate mission to earn their clients’ business every day.
"We have every confidence that our clients will experience the same outstanding service and support doeLEGAL has become known for over these last 45 years,” he said.
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About doeLEGAL:
doeLEGAL is an innovative provider of legal management solutions that include Legal Enterprise Management Software (ASCENT) and eDiscovery Services. doeLEGAL is dedicated to earning every client’s business through our 5-part distinction model including predictable cost of ownership, superior technology & software, configured to your unique world, client-focused support, with solutions built on a foundation of collaboration. Our experience in providing innovation to the legal industry for over four decades has developed our hosting services into legal project management that enhances workflow with process automation. Our mission is to provide you with the outstanding software, service, and support that will enhance your ability to practice law in more effective and efficient ways. For more information, contact doeLEGAL at 302-798-7500 or email info@doelegal.com.
By Guest Blogger: doeLEGAL, Inc.
Texas Law Firm Reduced IT Spend by 50 Percent with Legal Workspace
Berry Odom LLP is a commercial litigation firm in Fort Worth stacked with Big Law experience. Their passion for litigation inspired its partners to start their own firm. However, they quickly realized how time consuming and expensive managing IT can be. Partner Lane Odom, responsible for the firm’s IT infrastructure and security needs, searched for a solution. Now, with Legal Workspace, Odom spends more time practicing law and less time and money dealing with IT.
The Story
Lane Odom and Steven J. Berry founded Berry Odom in 2004. Both lawyers had extensive experience on the Big Law side. “My partner and I both worked at large law firms for 15 years before starting Berry Odom in 2004,” Odom says. “Needless to say, the small firm IT environment requires a little more attention than what we were used to at the the big firm.”
As the managing and administrative partner, Odom tackles responsibilities such as IT in addition to handling his regular litigation law practice that includes contract and partnership cases. “My level of IT expertise is rudimentary,” Odom says. “I know enough to pick up the phone and ask for help.”
When the firm was founded in 2004, Odom oversaw the firm’s on-site IT setup and operations. They had an in-house server environment and hosted their website on a network maintained by a vendor. The upkeep for the server and updates was expensive.
“We paid a vendor a monthly monitoring fee plus extra to answer questions and come to the office. On top of that, we had to purchase expensive hardware and servers,” comments Odom. “Overall, that IT infrastructure was expensive to maintain and it took a while every time we wanted to add a user or update software. If you’re not an IT expert, then half the time you don’t know what you’re doing so you have to call – and pay for – the vendor. IT was not the task I wanted to spend my time on.”
The Legal Workspace Advantage
In 2014, the law firm decided to explore an alternative way to approach IT – through the cloud.
“In 2004, the cloud wasn’t an option,” notes Odom. “But by 2014, I began to learn more about the cloud and quickly understood that it offered numerous benefits over on-site IT.” Specifically, he explored Legal Workspace, a service that hosts all software applications needed by law firms in the cloud. “I realized I wouldn’t have to handle all of those IT negatives. With Legal Workspace, the firm could get rid of its server and its expenses and stop having outside vendors monitoring it. All the IT headaches, problems and excessive costs would end with Legal Workspace. We could just plug in and go,” shares Odom.
The idea of a cloud-based environment and its stable and all-inclusive monthly fee immediately appealed to Odom, but as a risk-adverse professional he did have some concerns. “We’re lawyers,” he explains. “We have to think about privacy and data security. Is an environment secure if I’m not maintaining the server? Where is my data hosted? What is that environment and how is it secured?
The team at Legal Workspace fully addressed each of his concerns. “They got into the details about how things were secured and backed-up,” says Odom. “After due diligence with Legal Workspace, I felt confident to move into the cloud with them.”
Another benefit offered by Legal Workspace immediately attracted Odom. “The pricing structure was very competitive. The cost of Legal Workspace was far less than what we paid for IT support and the maintenance of hardware,” he shares.
Moving to the Cloud with Legal Workspace
Transferring IT from on-site to the Legal Workspace cloud was a virtually painless operation. “The implementation process was relatively seamless,” says Odom. “We had a massive upload of data over a few days. When it was finished, we just sat down at computer, logged in and were ready to go.”
The professionals at Legal Workspace proved helpful at all times. “Everyone at Legal Workspace was knowledgeable and responsive. The customer service is great and I never have to wait long for answers,” comments Odom.
The Benefits of Legal Workspace
Since moving to the cloud-based environment provided by Legal Workspace, Berry Odom LLP has realized multiple benefits.
“Overall, Legal Workspace has cut my IT costs in half,” says Odom. “We’ve also significantly reduced the amount of time the whole office spends addressing IT issues. Updates are handled automatically with Legal Workspace. The time I’ve been on the phone with IT has been reduced by about 75 percent. I’m not wasting time trying to get my technology to work.”
When asked, Odom gives Legal Workspace high ratings.
“When you think about the time and money you save, Legal Workspace makes a lot of sense,” he notes.
By Guest Blogger: Legal Workspace
New White paper demonstrates that Enterprise Legal Management systems can quickly generate a positive return on investment. A Typical mid-sized corporate legal department can see a potential first-year savings upwards of $800,000 with a system that enables integrated e-billing and matte management.
By Guest Blogger: Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions
Passport Pro offers a package of best-practice Legal Matter and Spend Management features and workflow
functionality. Because it's built on the industry leading Passport platform, you have the flexibility to extend the
solution to support the evolving and unique needs of your business.
By Guest Blogger: Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions, Inc.
What's more secure? Storing your data on a server in your law firm? Or storing it in a military-grade data center in the cloud?
This video breaks down the questions you should ask to determine which approach provides the best security for lawyers and their clients.
By Guest Blogger: Legal Workspace
Ipro’s New Streaming Engine Supercharges Eclipse SE
TEMPE, Ariz. — Ipro Tech, LLC, a worldwide leader in eDiscovery solutions, announced today the widespread demand for its SE Streaming module. This new processing module for Eclipse SE supercharges data streaming directly into Ipro’s desktop review application. SE Streaming is developed using the processing engine also found in Ipro’s Automated Digital Discovery (ADD) platform.
“One of Ipro’s 2016 initiatives was to adapt solutions for a wider spectrum of eDiscovery technology users,” said Ipro CEO Kim Taylor. “With SE Streaming, we’ve delivered. It’s a perfect solution for users that are looking for fast, high-end technology in a desktop application that is easy to use.”
Released in late 2016, SE Streaming was immediately implemented by a number of firms, as the module offers some of the most sought-after features in eDiscovery. SE Streaming gives everyone the ability to use sophisticated, high-quality eDiscovery software without being burdened with hardware and technical staffing overhead. As with all things Ipro, SE Streaming is simple, affordable, and automated.
The new module uses ADD’s processing engine to stream data into review at double the speed of today’s best desktop applications, at a minimum. SE Streaming also provides the high-demand feature of de-duplication based on custodian and other global criteria. Many of these features were previously unavailable to smaller companies that did not have in-house capabilities to manage the infrastructure.
SE Streaming allows users to further streamline their workflows through features, including intelligent file-filtering options and support of multiple-document archives, embedded files, password protected files and more. SE Streaming produces data that is fully compatible with the ADD platform should users need to upgrade to a more powerful technology.
About Ipro Tech, LLC
Founded in 1989, Ipro is a global leader in the development of advanced eDiscovery software solutions. Ipro’s ADD Automated Digital Discovery® workflow platform helps customers organize, review, process and produce litigation data of vast sizes and complexity — more efficiently and cost-effectively than ever before. To learn more visit www.iprotech.com. To schedule a private demonstration, email sales@iprotech.com or go online to find a Partner today.
By Guest Blogger: Ipro Tech
Catalyst has named Daniel Au Yeung, a veteran business leader with more than 20 years in the e-discovery and litigation support industry, to be head of product management, where he will oversee the planning, direction, definition, and communication of all software products.
By Guest Blogger: Catalyst Repository Systems, Inc.
AirDesk Legal has thrown out a challenge to the "techies" at Legal Tech 2017 in New York. A smartly crafted Stereogram, also known as a Magic Eye, will be distributed at the AirDesk booth 526. For those attendees who like 3D high-tech and have a knack for the unusual this is for them. Attendees who crack the 3D hidden picture win a chance to be selected for a very techy Livescribe Smart Pen.
AirDesk Legal provides cloud services for law firms and describes their offering as Office 365 on steroids. How techy is that!
By Guest Blogger: AirDesk Legal
Legal Workspace Expands Technology and Business Process Consulting
Services for Law Firms
DALLAS – Jan. 26, 2017 – Legal Workspace, a leading provider of cloud-based work environments designed specifically for law firms, has expanded its consultative services for law firms to help eliminate common business challenges. The services, led by legal applications expert Lisa Zurcher, will help law firms simplify complex tasks around time, billing and accounting, document management and practice management to save time and money and introduce more efficiency. The offering will include strategic planning, technology selection, implementation and training.
The addition of these services complements Legal Workspace’s ongoing expansion as a company. In 2016, the company grew its revenue by 70% and doubled its legal consulting resources.
Zurcher has more than a decade of experience in legal operations and joined the company in November. Before Legal Workspace, she founded Systematized Office Solutions, LLC in 2004. The consulting firm worked hand-in-hand with law firms to identify business pain points and create process roadmaps to correct them. She has several legal technology certifications including Time Matters Advanced, PCLaw Advanced and Rocket Matter CCP.
Legal Workspace counts many leading legal technology companies as partners and provides hosting and certified support for Amicus Attorney, ProLaw, Needles, Time Matters, Worldox, QuickBooks, LawBase, Timeslips, PCLaw, ProLaw, Tabs3 and more.
“Over time, law firm processes and related technologies degrade and may not be able to accommodate growth, evolving client requests or changing business priorities,” said Zurcher. “While a firm may consider a process adequate, in reality it may be time-intensive, costly and a security risk. We provide the expert knowledge and personal touch to transform cumbersome, time-consuming tasks into quick and efficient endeavors. For example, imagine if your time and billing process relied on a combination of paper, spreadsheets and multiple, unintegrated systems. If that process could be streamlined to a matter of hours at the end of the month instead of days, that’s a valuable achievement.”
“Legal Workspace allows law firms to transfer burdensome IT to the cloud while still enabling attorneys to work with the legal-specific solutions they prefer. Expanding consultative services furthers our goal to help law firms create efficient and secure processes that align with strategic visions and business priorities,” said Joe Kelly, president and CEO of Legal Workspace. “We welcome Lisa to the company and look forward to her and her team’s contributions to law firm success.”
Zurcher joins a team of technology specialists have a depth of experience in legal and are certified in the leading legal-specific applications that law firms rely on to run a practice.
“The knowledge of the Legal Workspace team is formidable. Legal Workspace knew the software we work with. The engineers are certified in certain programs we use like Worldox. We don’t have to call the software maker for support,” commented Tanya R. Wood, SPHR, SHRM-SCP of Jermain, Dunnagan & Owens, PC.
Legal Workspace is exhibiting at Legaltech, January 31-February 2. Visit booth number 509 to learn more about the company.
About Legal Workspace
Founded in 2008, Legal Workspace offers law firms a legal-specific, cloud-based environment that hosts all the software applications needed to run a practice. The highly secure workspace eliminates the complexities of IT management for attorneys while giving them anytime, anywhere access from any device. In addition to providing Microsoft Office, Outlook and anti-virus and anti-spam protections, Legal Workspace hosts legal software applications from industry-leading providers of practice management, document management and time and billing software as well as legal document generation automation. To learn more or to request a demo, visit www.legal-workspace.com.
By Guest Blogger: Legal Workspace
Jan. 26, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ipro Announces Proprietary Analytics Engine
TEMPE, Ariz. — Ipro Tech, LLC, a worldwide leader in eDiscovery solutions, announced today the introduction of its new analytics engine. After an exhaustive search, Ipro purchased a source code license from Hot Neuron LLC, creator of the Clustify text-analytics tool. This purchase allows Ipro to independently develop and maintain the analytics engine, while working closely with Hot Neuron.
“Acquiring this code is pivotal for Ipro, because, without changing our business model, we now have granular control over the most crucial facets of our Automated Digital Discovery platform,” said Ipro President and CEO Kim Taylor. “Given our decades of industry experience, Ipro’s time-tested platform, and this new analytics technology, we’re able to deliver complex solutions that are simple to use.”
Ipro’s newly acquired Hot Neuron technology includes near de-duplication, clustering and concept searching. It leverages real-time learning to elevate Technology Assisted Review (TAR) to the next level. Both the new analytics technology as well as Ipro’s recently developed proprietary email threading technology will be fully integrated with Ipro’s ADD platform.
“We’re extremely proud that our software is being used by one of today’s leaders in eDiscovery technology,” said Bill Dimm, Hot Neuron founder and creator of Clustify, and author of the forthcoming book Predictive Coding: Theory & Practice. “We’re also excited to see what Ipro’s experience and expertise might add to the functionality of Clustify in future releases.”
About Hot Neuron LLC
Founded in 2000, Hot Neuron specializes in developing information retrieval technologies. Hot Neuron’s Clustify software was the first to offer real-time predictive coding and TAR 3.0. The company remains focused on creating innovative methods and algorithms that help people find and organize information that will make their companies more productive.
About Ipro Tech, LLC
Founded in 1989, Ipro is a global leader in the development of advanced eDiscovery software solutions. Ipro’s Automated Digital Discovery platform helps customers organize, review, process, and produce litigation data of vast sizes and complexity more efficiently and cost-effectively than ever before. To learn more visit iprotech.com. To schedule a private demonstration, email sales@iprotech.com or visit our website to find a Partner today.
By Guest Blogger: Ipro Tech
Jan. 26, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Search & Filtering Simplified with ADD Review (Eclipse)
TEMPE, Ariz. — Ipro Tech, LLC, a worldwide leader in eDiscovery solutions, announced today the introduction of a simple, yet powerful, searching and filtering feature for the Automated Digital Discovery (ADD) platform. This ability to visually search or perform early case assessment streamlines a typically complex and time-consuming process, as ADD users can now see the impact of search criteria to more easily evaluate results.
“Our latest update to Ipro’s ADD platform is in line with our enduring commitment to help case teams pinpoint the facts much faster,” said Ipro President & CEO Kim Taylor. “It enables ADD’s ECA & Review module Eclipse to be a true data portal for filtering and culling without having to utilize multiple systems or disparate applications.”
Historically, ECA and document review were two very different processes typically handled using multiple technologies and, often times, by entirely different groups. Combining these methodologies in one solution enables reviewers to easily see which documents bubble to the top and make decisions on next steps. The efficiencies gained by performing the processes in tandem are very powerful.
Visualizing results lets users more quickly inform case strategy teams and make any necessary adjustments to search terms, deadlines, budget and other important factors. The new functionality also includes the ability to easily identify conversations between parties, designate key custodians, and see a “heatmap” that registers keyword frequency against a variety of criteria, such as keyword by custodian. Search results also populate a timeline that displays historical occurrences of responsive terms.
The experience is now comparable to how one would buy merchandise from an online retailer, as a buyer would browse categories, use filters and send the desired products to the shopping cart. In this workflow, users will browse data fields as categories and then promote potentially responsive documents to review. Visual searching and filtering are additional enhancements, while traditional methods of working through these procedures are still available.
About Ipro Tech, LLC
Founded in 1989, Ipro is a global leader in the development of advanced eDiscovery software solutions. Ipro’s ADD Automated Digital Discovery® workflow platform helps customers organize, review, process and produce litigation data of vast sizes and complexity — more efficiently and cost-effectively than ever before. To learn more visit www.iprotech.com. To schedule a private demonstration, email sales@iprotech.com or go online to find a Partner today.
By Guest Blogger: Ipro Tech
Litera Adds High-Quality Native PDF Comparison to Change-Pro
MCLEANSVILLE, North Carolina – January 26, 2017 – Litera® Corp has released a major software update for the most powerful comparison technology available in the market today. Change-Pro® 10.1 features an additional “native” PDF comparison option for faster, easier to understand, more accurate and more reliable page-by-page PDF comparisons. This update also includes enhanced integration with 64-bit Microsoft Office 2016 and 64-bit iManage clients.
Chuck Henrich, Director of Product Management at Litéra commented, “Change-Pro® is the most accurate, complete, and customizable comparison solution in the market. The enhanced PDF comparison capability in Change-Pro® 10.1 gives users unparalleled flexibility when comparing PDFs. Change-Pro® has always delivered excellent PDF comparison results, whether comparing Word to PDF, PDF to Word, or PDF to PDF. The addition of Change-Pro® for PDF, built into Change-Pro® TDC, focuses on page-by-page PDF change markup, delivering enhanced readability and change detection for highly graphical PDFs. Also, we are seeing more and more clients move to 64-bit applications, not just 64-bit Windows. Change-Pro® 10.1 supports our clients’ upgrade paths by ensuring that we integrate with all current versions of Microsoft Office, and all versions of the major document management systems. ”
Further 64-bit DMS integrations will be announced later in 2017.
For more information about the features added in this update, current users can visit the Litera Help Desk and download a PDF copy of the Change-Pro® 10.1 Quick Reference Guide. Additionally, you can find detailed information from the Help panel within Change-Pro.
About Litera Corp
Litera provides content management solutions for professionals worldwide. Litera’s comprehensive productivity and risk management suite supplies organizations with patented document creation, collaboration, and control technologies to maximize information security and workflow efficiency. These solutions are available anywhere, on any device, to allow users simple access while ensuring secure collaboration between teams and organizations. Litera has won multiple legal technology awards and maintains a 99.9% client retention rate. Am Law 200 law firms, and professionals worldwide, choose Litéra for its commitment to supply only the highest quality solutions and services.
Media Contact:
Tom Teoli
tteoli@litera.com
+1 336-375-2991
By Guest Blogger: Litéra Corp
First and foremost, Rightside is a domain Registry. Not that long ago, businesses and individuals were limited to domains featuring a small handful of extensions like .COM, .NET, or .ORG. In recent years, the organization that governs domains, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) decided to allow Registries to propose and manage new extensions. Rightside was one of those Registries and after several years of intensive work we now own 40 extensions including .ATTORNEY, .LAWYER, .CONSULTING, .LIVE, and .NEWS.
Besides opening up new digital real estate, we’d like to think these new domain extensions make the internet a more exciting, creative space. We’re helping individuals and brands tell their story, their way. And we could not be more excited to be at the forefront of this new movement. But we can’t do it alone, which is why the Rightside family also includes our wholesaler, Enom, and our Registrar, name.com. Enom works with resellers to offer domains and domain related services to the public. Name.com directly sells domains and domain related services to the public. Rightside is pioneering a complementary domain strategy, recognizing that the modern brand can benefit from multiple domain names to promote their brand across social media platforms, websites, and microsites. Because every brand is unique there’s no one size fits all approach and we pride ourselves on helping brands and individuals find the right complementary domain strategy to meet their unique needs and personality.
By Guest Blogger: Rightside
AirDesk Legal is a leading cloud provider for law firms. With AirDesk, documents and applications can be securely accessed anytime and anywhere. In partnership with Microsoft, AirDesk extends Office to be fully cloud resident. AirDesk manages millions of legal documents for law firms of all sizes.
www.airdesklegal.com
By Guest Blogger: AirDesk Legal
Speech Processing Solutions, the market leader in professional Philips dictation systems, introduces the Philips SpeechMike Premium Touch, the latest model in the Philips SpeechMike dictation microphone line. The new device comes with a touch sensor and an optional barcode scanner for optimized navigation and an enhanced user experience.
Building on the Philips SpeechMike Premium’s precision recording quality, the SpeechMike Premium Touch offers users additional functionalities for workflow improvement. The durable touch sensor allows professionals to accurately control their cursor and easily navigate applications while recording, without having to switch between a mouse and the microphone. The SpeechMike Premium Touch can also read and scan more barcodes than its predecessor, allowing the user to have a larger categorization range for organizing dictation files.
Additionally, the SpeechMike Premium Touch easily integrates into IT and software infrastructures across numerous industry and large and small business settings. It is also equipped for a seamless transcription process, whether by an assistant, speech recognition software or Philips dictation workflow solutions including Philips SpeechLive and Philips SpeechExec.
By Guest Blogger: @speech_com
Speech Processing Solutions Launches the Latest Version of Philips SpeechLive
Innovative cloud-based dictation solution now features a speech recognition service, providing optimal voice technology efficiency
Speech Processing Solutions, the market leader in professional dictation systems, presents the newest release of Philips SpeechLive, which offers a full suite of cloud-based dictation and transcription benefits. The updates feature a fully integrated speech recognition service that turns dictation recordings into text, optimizing and streamlining professionals’ workflow efficiency with voice technology.
Philips SpeechLive users can take advantage of the new speech recognition feature, which allows them to have files transcribed almost immediately after they send them through the speech recognition engine. Users can also continue to distribute workload with the SpeechLive transcription service, where industry-specific and trained professionals type the recordings. It is compatible with any Philips voice recorder or the Philips dictation recorder smartphone app. Additional updates to the newest version include:
Philips SpeechLive is a full-suite, subscription-based cloud voice technology solution that safely, securely and efficiently manages and stores dictation and transcription files for users. As cloud-based solutions continue to be one of the strongest technology investments for businesses and individuals alike, SpeechLive users can have confidence their files are stored and transferred safely and securely with a backup option and double encryption for all accounts.
“The latest version of Philips SpeechLive offers optimal productivity and efficiency for professionals across several industries and numerous languages,” said Dr. Thomas Brauner, CEO of Speech Processing Solutions. “It’s important for our users to experience the new speech recognition feature, so they can see the kind of difference an innovative dictation service can have on their on-the-go daily activities. Our team strives to develop solutions to help users achieve success with the help of the most optimal voice technologies available.”
Learn more about Speech Processing Solutions and Philips products by visiting www.philips.com/dictation. As an introductory offer, Philips is offering customers 10 free speech recognition minutes with every free no obligation SpeechLive trial. To sign up for a 30-day free Philips SpeechLive trial, visit www.speechlive.com, or contact your local Philips SpeechLive reseller.
By Guest Blogger: @speech_com
