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PUTTING DATA RETENTION AND DISPOSITION INTO PRACTICE
The key to resolving the challenge of excess data is for firms to establish a robust data retention and disposition policy. This means drafting and agreeing a policy, supporting it with appropriate processes, controls and procedures, and then ensuring it’s faithfully executed. Creating a data retention and disposition policy Policies don’t have to be elaborate, but they must be adequate, realistic, and signed off by all parties. A retention schedule sits at the core of your policy. This living [More]
Reynen Court, ‘App Store of Legal,’ Reduces Staff, Tells Vendors They Could See Service Delays
Reynen Court, the so-called app store of law, is reducing its headcount, cutting expenses, and telling vendors on its platform they might experience service delays. But Andrew D. Klein, the company’s founder and CEO, denied that the company is going out of business or discontinuing support for its platform, and he said he is seeking …
Budget: A New Approach to Work
We all know how much the word Budget gives us butterflies in our stomachs, normally the end of the year is the time when we have to stop everything we are doing to start understanding what we spend, list what we are not going to spend and with this information start spending planning for the following year. And the best, all for yesterday… A major barrier in developing an assertive Budget is controlling what we spent during the past few months, where we exceeded what was planned and where we have [More]
Simple Ways to Leverage Your People Power with Technology
Whenever there's a group swapping horror stories about work, I bring up that I was the schmuck supporting DocuSign at a law firm when Covid happened. If you work in KM, that joke will likely make you laugh and cry. In reality, I knew I was (and still am) one of the lucky ones. There are a couple of reasons I felt lucky during peak Covid . For one, I had a job, and many people I knew did not. More than that, though, I worked with a supportive and caring group of people. The moral of this lengthy [More]
As Companies Rein In Legal Spend, They Are Bullish on Leveraging Legal Tech, Survey Says
Not surprisingly given the economy, a survey of inhouse legal professionals finds that companies are slowing down or freezing hiring, reducing outside counsel spending, and conducting layoffs. To help counter these cuts and reduce their workloads, legal departments are increasingly bullish on leveraging legal technology, the survey finds. The survey by contract management company Lexion …
New LawNext Resource: The Ins and Outs of Choosing Legal Software for Your Solo or Small Law Firm
Choosing technology for your solo or small law firm can feel like a daunting task. Fortunately, it’s not as difficult as it might seem, as long as you have a plan that helps you choose the technology your firm needs and sufficiently vet the products and providers. So says Nicole Black, nationally recognized author, journalist …
From recording to text without typing
Speech-to-text solutions are the preferred choice for many organizations when considering their dictation requirements and organizational needs. According to a recent market report published by Grand View Research, Inc., the global speech-to-text API market size is expected to reach USD 8.56 billion by 2030 and grow at a CAGR of 15.2% from 2022 to 2030. With this growing need for speech-to-text solutions, it is common for organizations to put together a business case and weigh in the return-on-investment [More]
With Launch of StatePro, PacerPro Expands Its Court Data Automation to 32 States, with More to Come
PacerPro, a company that provides federal court data automation and experience capture for law firms, today launched a service focused on state court data, StatePro, offering access to 32 state courts initially and more to be added throughout this year and next. In addition, PacerPro has named Noah Aron, an expert in electronic court filings …
Relativity Names New CEO
The global e-discovery and compliance technology company Relativity today named a new chief executive officer, Phil Saunders, who was most recently CEO of Cornerstone OnDemand. He succeeds Mike Gamson, who departs after five years as a board member and three years as CEO. Saunders will become CEO effective Dec. 12, with Gamson staying through year-end …
Exclusive: Filevine to Publish Its .vine Spec and Open API By Year End; I Get A Demo of the Document Format
Earlier this month, the practice management company Filevine announced that, as part of a new document assembly feature, it had developed a proprietary document format, “.vine,” that it said would replace Microsoft Word and Google Docs in the legal industry. (See, Say What? Filevine Introduces Proprietary Document Format to ‘Become the New Standard in the Legal …
AffiniPay, Parent of LawPay and MyCase, Names Two Women to Executive Posts As GC and CMO
AffiniPay, the parent company of payments platform LawPay and practice management platform MyCase, today named Catherine Dawson, a lawyer with 20 years of experience in data privacy, cybersecurity and mergers and acquisitions, as its general counsel. The news comes a week after AffiniPay named another woman to its executive suite, marketing and software executive Ana …
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