ILTA Voices

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ILTA Voices episodes

October 19, 2023 What’s Up: The Retention of Work-Related Messages
In this podcast session, the speaker will discuss practical guidelines for the retention of informal means of (evidence collection) communications sent via text (such as, Short Message Service (SMS)) and messaging apps (such as, WhatsApp iMessage, and GroupMe).

Questions the moderator will ask the speaker:
-What are some considerations that need to be made when setting a retention policy or responding to a litigation hold from the technology side?
-What are some challenges that people might not expect from extracting text messages or messages from a source that isn’t their computer?
-What are some applications or places in a network or computer that people might not think about but would likely have a lot of that data that would be asked for?
-What’s a good way to handle privileged materials that may be in those formats or apps?
-What are just some simple best practices in communication data retention?
Moderator:
@ Andrea Shirey - eDiscovery Expert, Bayer US LLC
Speaker:
@George Socha - Senior Vice President of Brand Awareness at Reveal
Recorded on 10-19-2023.
14 min
October 19, 2023 How eDiscovery Can Support DSARs
In this session, the speaker discussed what are the differences between lit support and DSARs, the priorities for which DSAR work. In addition, they covered suggested processes, tips and tricks.

Questions the moderator asked the speaker:
•        What is it about DSARs that makes them so tricky to respond to?
•        What sort of approaches to the DSAR problem approaches have you seen organizations try to take? Do these work? (For example, printing and redacting hard copy, hiring dedicated teams)
•        Why is eDiscovery technology is good solution for DSAR responses? (for example, searching, redacting, auditing, collaboration across teams)
•        Is there a difference between using this technology for discovery and for DSARs? (For example, the way the review is structured, how the vendor needs to be instructed, use of different types of tools in the platform)
•        Can you share some case studies about using eDiscovery technology to complete a DSAR / specific tasks within a DSAR response which wouldn’t have been possible otherwise?

Moderator:
@Rachel McAdams - Senior Consultant, Sky Discovery

Speaker:
@Laura Herangi - Partner, Commercial Litigation, Mason Hayes & Curran LLP

Recorded on 10-19-2023
22 min
October 18, 2023 APIs: Hype or the Real Deal?
More and more vendors are making APIs available, but are they actually worth the investment? Is the data reliable? In this panel podcast, the speakers will explore the various APIs available, use cases, reliability of the content, and how law firms are leveraging external data to supplement or enhance their internal data.
Questions the moderator will ask the speakers:
-How did you determine what APIs were appropriate for your organization?
-How did you justify your firm’s investment to invest in APIs?
-What use cases did you identify, or how have you implemented the APIs in your organization?
-What challenges, if any, did you face, and how did you overcome those challenges?
-What advice would you give someone looking to leverage APIs in their organization? What were your lessons learned?
Moderator:
@Jennifer Mendez - Director of Knowledge Management Innovation, Fisher Phillips
Speakers:
@Stacy Rushing - Senior Knowledge Management and Data Analytics Counsel, Fisher Phillips
@Paul VanderMeer - CKO at Bilzin Sumberg, LLP
Recorded on 10-18-2023.
23 min
October 17, 2023 Performing Computer Forensics in the Cloud
In this podcast interview, the speaker will discuss the differences between doing forensics in the cloud and doing forensics on on-premises servers and hosts. In addition, the speaker will provide a key introduction to the overall tools and techniques utilized and lessons learned.

Questions the moderator will ask the speaker:
-What does it mean to perform computer forensics in the cloud? How does this differ from performing computer forensics on computers and servers that are physically located within your environment?
-What are the challenges of the data being volatile in a cloud environment? How do you address these challenges?
-How do you validate a Cloud based collection, to ensure it completed successfully and is forensically sound?
-What are some commercially available tools that are useful when performing forensics in a cloud environment?
-How do you perform cloud computer forensics so that the evidence has the best chance of overcoming challenges to it being admissible at trial?
Moderator:
@Corey Reitz - Distinguished Cyber Assurance Architect, Sandia National Laboratories
Speaker:
@David Greetham - Principal, PC Forensics - Level Legal
Recorded on 10-17-2023
23 min
October 12, 2023 Risks in the Use of ChatGPT
In this podcast interview, the speaker will highlight in-depth what are the risks in the use of ChatGPT for corporations.
Questions the moderator will ask the speaker:
-We are hearing a lot about Generative AI and AI assistants like ChatGPT. Is this another hype as Blockchain and Metaverse?
-If it is something that will stay. What is the probable impact on the legal world?
-A lot of people and companies are concerned about data privacy. What is true and what is false in this theme?
-How do we use that? I see that some lawyers in the US had issues using that in the wrong way.
-How do we get updated about this technology?

Moderator:
@Marcelo Cardoso - Legal Ops Supervisor, Mercado Livre
Speaker:
@Leonardo Toco - Founder and CEO at GPTLAW - a LegalTech focused on GenAI
Recorded on 10-12-2023
16 min
October 05, 2023 Unlocking the Power of LinkedIn for Legal Professionals
For many, the past few years since the pandemic brought lots of continual change in the legal marketplace. In order to stay relevant with like-minded individuals and keep up with emerging trends in industry, many paid more attention and time to social media to stay connected.

One social media platform which has remained very popular within Legal and other key industries is LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a very effective professional development tool if utilized correctly and one that can help people achieve and/or grow their leadership skills.

In this session, we will obtain important tips and tricks for unlocking the true potential of LinkedIn for legal professionals. Specifically, we will focus on how you can best share your own unique perspectives into the open for awareness, create a compelling profile, how you can easily identify networking and career opportunities and what you need to do to become a recognized 'thought leader' in the field and more.

Questions the moderator asked the speaker:
-What are 2-3 top tips for creating a compelling profile on LinkedIn? Any unique aspects to consider for legal
-Establishing yourself as a “thought leader” can feel daunting. What approaches do you recommend to someone wanting to leverage LinkedIn to enhance their persona as a thought leader? Any unique aspects to consider for legal?
-What advice do you have for a “newbie” wanting to start engaging or posting more regularly on LinkedIn? Any unique aspects to consider for legal?
-What are some proven strategies for successful networking on LinkedIn? What are the no-no’s to avoid in LinkedIn networking? Any unique aspects to consider for legal?

Moderator:
@Brendan Miller - Legal Innovation Consultant

Speaker:
@Stefanie Marrone - Fractional Marketing Director/Social Media, Marketing and Business Development Strategist, Stefanie Marrone Consulting/The Social Media Butterfly

Recorded on 10-5-2023
20 min
September 26, 2023 Stop the Robots! Has GenAI Eliminated the Need for Document Automation Tools?
The legal industry is ripe for automation. Growing developments in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) have made it easier for firms to generate certain content on-demand. However, has GenAI eliminated the need for traditional document automation tools?

Questions the moderator will ask the speakers:
-With so much hype around Generative AI, how do you continue to make a case for traditional document automation?
-What are the benefits of vetted, custom templates versus what GenAI can currently pull together?
-What’s the criteria for a document that is ripe for document automation?
-Let’s talk about adoption and change management. How can professionals overcome resistance to document automation as an effective strategy?
-How can firms measures the ROI of document automation?
-Any tips or tricks for getting started or ensuring a document automation project is successful?

Moderator:
@Jennifer Mendez - Director of Knowledge Management Innovation, Fisher Phillips
Speakers:
@Matthew Basile - Special Counsel at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP and Co-founder of Naya Software
@Catherine Bamford - CEO of BamLegal
Recorded on 09-25-2023
28 min
September 21, 2023 Fall 2023: Hopscast
The final, and last for 2023, Hopscast host and originator, Beth Anne Stuebe, sits down with Sean McGinty, for one more Hop, one more cast.
With a wide-ranging conversation, this episode covers ILTACON 2023, GenAI, a legal tech road map, and much more.
Sit back, grab a Hop, and enjoy!
26 min
September 21, 2023 ILTA CEO Podcast: Fall issue, Peer to Peer
Join us for another episode of the ILTA CEO podcast series. For the Fall issue of Peer to Peer, we sit down with ILTA CEO Joy Heath Rush and discuss ILTACON, what's new, innovative, and happening at ILTA!
14 min
August 17, 2023 Doing the Right IT Projects… Then Doing IT Projects Right
“Doing the Right IT Projects” sounds simple. It should be how you to start your project lifecycle and quality methodology: Setting criteria for how IT projects are selected, prioritized and planned, and how the appropriate level of project management, quality assurance and resources are assigned.
There are buckets/workstreams for large/complex IT projects and for simple projects that need only project and testing checklists. Once the right projects are in the queue, then you move on to “Doing IT Projects Right”, the initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, transition to operate and maintain, and of course, adoption.
IT is then supporting business service demands and strategic goals across all IT projects in the organization. This podcast session provides a takeaway in the form of a framework for anyone who is responsible for how technologies are implemented or has to manage IT projects, or really manage any projects in a legal organization.

Moderator:
@Mark Manoukian - IT Director, Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter
Speakers:
@TJ Johnson - AVP, Legal Sector Strategist · Qualitest
@Parita Kanevskiy - Leader of Project Management Office (PMO), Eversheds Sutherland
Recorded on 08-17-2023

22 min