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Ep 151: The State of the E-Discovery Industry, with Doug Austin

Two years into the pandemic, what has been its impact on e-discovery and what lies ahead for the industry? The takes a deep dive into these questions, surveying lawyers, consultants, software and service providers, and others to paint a picture of…

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Ep 150: Digitally Transforming the Legal Department: A Panel of Experts

At a time when corporations are demanding greater accountability, transparency and predictability from their legal departments, automation of manual processes is a critical strategic priority, offering the promise of greater efficiency and…

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Ep 149: Trellis Founder Nicole Clark Says Court Data is a Litigator’s Secret Weapon

As a litigator in Los Angeles, saw that state court data could be a secret weapon for winning, but she also saw how difficult it was for her and other lawyers to access that data. That inspired Clark to found in 2018, to collect and provide access…

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Ep 148: Exterro’s Bobby Balachandran, ‘LegalTech CEO of the Year’

, founder and CEO of governance, risk and compliance company , has just been named LegalTech CEO of the Year in the . In a year in which so many legal tech companies have seen significant growth, it is a notable honor. But Balachandran is hardly…

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Ep 147: How Courts Met the Pandemic Challenge, with Pew’s Qudsiya Naqui

When COVID-19 first swept across the United States in March 2020, it forced courts across the country to shut down, bringing trials and other legal proceedings to a screeching halt. A new study by The Pew Charitable Trusts examined how courts…

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Ep 146: CEO Kiwi Camara on DISCO’s Public Offering and the State of Legal Tech

In July, the e-discovery company became one of just a handful of legal technology companies ever to go public, listing on the New York Stock Exchange. That made it the third legal tech company this year to go public, after no U.S. legal tech company…

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Ep 145: Legal Tech’s Latest Unicorn: A Conversation with Everlaw Founder AJ Shankar

Earlier this month, e-discovery company became one of the few legal technology companies to join the elite ranks of unicorn status — companies valued at over $1 billion — with the announcement of a $202 million Series D funding at a valuation of…

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Ep 144: MyCase CEO Jim McGinnis Discusses Recent Acquisitions, Future Product Roadmap

It has been a year of notable developments for the practice management company . After starting the year with the arrival of a new CEO, , the company went on to make two significant acquisitions — of case management platform CASEpeer and document…

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Ep 143: Tech Edge J.D. Director Laura Norris On Giving Law Grads A Competitive Edge in Tech Careers

This week on LawNext: A look at the innovative program at . As law schools come under fire for failing to teach the practical skills students need to succeed in the real world, this program does the opposite. It aims to change the return on…

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Ep 142: Marking 20 Years, Nextpoint’s CEO Rakesh Madhava Discusses First-Ever Financing, First-Ever Acquisition, and This Week’s User Conference

This marks the 20th year in business for , and it is shaping up to be a momentous one for the Chicago-based e-discovery and case preparation company. Having been bootstrapped since its founding, Nextpoint recently closed its first round of outside…

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