I’m all about working smarter, not harder. And, if there’s one thing that’s accomplished with artificial intelligence and machine learning in particular, it’s that they produce smart output. Think about it. Technology assisted review platforms can parse millions of documents and save tons of time and money in document review; rather than have lawyers billing by the hour put eyes...
I’ve been working with people in legal operations for about 20 years. Of course, most of my career has been on the law firm side, so I don’t claim to have an insider’s view of all the trappings of Fortune 500 legal departments. But I have experience as part of the legal team at outside counsel working with GCs, AGCs...
Those who are unwilling or unable to adapt, like dinosaurs, will find it difficult to survive.
There’s been debate throughout the legal industry about which software product is the superior tool for conducting technology-assisted review (TAR). I’m no data scientist. In fact, I’m not a scientist at all. I’m not a programmer or a linguist. No PhD; no computer science degree; Heck, I’m not even a particularly highly qualified technical person. Nope. I’m just an operations...
It seems like everywhere you turn today people are asking who is going to lead innovation. People frequently ask me what’s the best way to drive the adoption of project management principles in the legal business, and my answer has invariably been that any real change must be driven by clients (i.e., the corporations shelling out $300 billion annually for...