Author: Brian Balistreri
Latest posts:
Is the Billable Hour Holding Your Law Firm Back? Why You Should Get a Head Start on Value-Based Billing
From : Blog Entry >> Brian's Blog Entry Please enjoy this blog posted on behalf of the three co-authors, Kristin Rhodes, Senior Practice Manager, Paul Hastings LLP, Nikki Shaver, CEO, Co-Founder, Legaltech Hub and Harriet Joubert-Vaklyes, Senior Project Manager - Legal Operations, CBRE Group. In the first part of this blog series , we posited that a shift towards value-based billing for law firms would give rise to many benefits in the legal industry. We focused on external client demands and offered an alternative model from More
Introducing eDiscovery Concepts to Newbies (For Those New to the Area - Even if Experienced in Other Areas): Technical Side
From : Blog Entry >> Brian's Blog Entry Please enjoy this blog posted on behalf of the author, Ravi Sharma, Consultant, Sky Discovery. The eDiscovery industry is a fast-paced, dynamic area of legal technology. As a result, there are often a lot of concepts to navigate in a short space of time, particularly if you are from a non-legal background. Although understanding the lifecycle for an eDiscovery lifecycle ( the EDRM ) is a good starting point, I have listed 4 key concepts to be aware of for those with a technical More
Project Validation for TAR: Part 2
From : Blog Entry >> Brian's Blog Entry Please enjoy this blog posted on behalf of the author, Jonathan Kiang, Senior Electronic Discovery Consultant, Epiq. At the end of a long and tedious document review, the last thing any attorney wants to be told is that more documents need to be reviewed. Maybe the recent relevancy rates for documents selected based on the TAR model had reached near zero. And perhaps the number of documents marked relevant is close to the estimated total number of relevant documents. So why, after More
Law Firms in the Metaverse: What Do This Actually Mean and Why Do We Need It?
From : Blog Entry >> Brian's Blog Entry Please enjoy this ILTA Q&A Session posted on behalf of Ken Falcon, Managing Partner of Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP and Mike Ertel, Practice Innovation & Knowledge Attorney, Paul Hastings LLP. Mike Ertel What is the Metaverse? Ken Falcon Broadly speaking, the Metaverse is an immersive online environment where users can interact with that environment and with one another. While people frequently speak colloquially about “the Metaverse,” it is more accurate to refer More
Information Governance + Microsoft Teams: What to Know Before You Make the Leap
From : Blog Entry >> Brian's Blog Entry Please enjoy this blog post composed by Andrew Corridore, Information Governance Compliance Manager at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and Elizabeth Adkins, the Director of Information Governance at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP . Microsoft Teams has become a buzzword in legal industry as professionals speculate on its potential to transform the future of law. At an ILTACON session in 2022, a Knowledge Management Subject Matter Expert predicted that Teams could be the email killer of the 2020s, More
Coming to “Terms” with eDiscovery: What It Is and How it Works
From : Blog Entry >> Brian's Blog Entry Please enjoy this blog posted on behalf of the author, Doug Austin, Editor of eDiscovery Today. Providing legal services in an era involving the cloud, social media, remote work and collaboration and artificial intelligence is more challenging than ever. Most of the evidence we work with today is generated electronically using technology, so having a basic understanding of electronic discovery is a “must” for any legal professional today. This article is designed for “newbies” of “eDiscovery” More
Making the Jump to the Cloud
From : Blog Entry >> Brian's Blog Entry Please enjoy this blog posted on behalf of the co-authors, Bill Bice, CEO, nQ Zebraworks and Mike Ertel, Practice Innovation & Knowledge Attorney, Paul Hastings LLP. There are a number of considerations when moving law firm applications to the cloud: · The real technology jump comes from true software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications, not just software that has been moved to the cloud. · Customization can initially be more challenging because of the More
M365 Licensing Options for Maximizing Records Management Compliance for Law Firms
From : Blog Entry >> Brian's Blog Entry Please enjoy this blog posted on behalf of the author, Brian Tuemmler, Founder, Infotechtion. In today's digital age, law firms must be able to manage large volumes of information, including client files, case documents, and legal research more effectively. Like most law firms, you have probably made the important next steps, moving to M365, in being able to effectively manage information while you are conferring with a client on video, accessing client documents, saving a call recording, More
Is the Billable Hour Holding Your Law Firm Back? Rethink Value with a JTBD Framework
From : Blog Entry >> Brian's Blog Entry Ple ase enjoy this blog posted on behalf of the co-authors, Kristin Rhodes, Senior Practice Manager, Paul Hastings LLP and Nikki Shaver, CEO, Co-Founder, Legaltech Hub. This is a follow-up to a prior post by Kristin Rhodes and Harriet Joubert-Vaklyes in a series that aims to reexamine the cultural and structural norms at law firms. If you work at a law firm and have decided to read this post, you are likely starting with a healthy dose of skepticism: the billable More
Digital Transformation in Knowledge Management: Where Were We 5 years ago and Where Are We Now?
From : Blog Entry >> Brian's Blog Entry Please enjoy this blog posted on behalf of the author, Jack Shepherd, Legal Practice Lead, iManage. 2018 perhaps marked the peak of the first wave of interest in AI in the legal industry. Much of these efforts were focused around contract review and due diligence, but extensive discussion also took place around the relevance of these tools for knowledge management. That year marked a decision point for many law firms: what was their long-term knowledge strategy? At least three types of More
How Can We Move from Hourly Rates to Fixed Fees? The Law Firm Perspective
From : Blog Entry >> Brian's Blog Entry Please enjoy this blog posted on behalf of the author, Eduardo Flores, Partner, White & Case LLP (Mexico Office). The hourly rate is one of the pillars upon which modern law firms are built. It has served as the primary unit to measure productivity and budgeting legal work. In a way, the main inventory of law firms are lawyer’s hours, and the value of such inventory is measured by the hourly rate. While the use of the hourly rate has been a years-long tradition, we live a new era where More
Introducing eDiscovery Concepts to Newbies (For Those New to the Area - Even if Experienced in Other Areas): Corporate Side
From : Blog Entry >> Brian's Blog Entry Pleased enjoy this blog posted on behalf of the author, James MacGregor, Partner, FORCYD. In today's digital age, the use of electronic data has become ubiquitous in business transactions and legal disputes. As a result, eDiscovery has emerged as a critical process to find, preserve, and analy s e electronic data for use in legal proceedings. However , for those new to eDiscovery, it can be overwhelming, with complex legal and technical concepts that can be challenging to understand. More
Use KM to Drive Your BD and Marketing Success
From : Blog Entry >> Brian's Blog Entry ***Please enjoy this blog posted on behalf of the co-authors, Rachel Shields Williams, Director, Knowledge Management, Sidley Austin LLP and Erin Baxendale, Director of Business Development and Marketing, Clients and Industries, Sidley Austin LLP. Knowledge Management (KM) and Business Development (BD)/Marketing are the wonder powers of a law firm. KM helps organize and maintain systems that track the firm’s experience with Clients, Matters, and People. BD/Marketing packages this experience More
