Reinventing Professionals

I spoke with Howard Reissner, CEO of Planet Data and Mark Yacano, a shareholder at LeClairRyan about partnerships between vendors and lawyers, the launch of Exego, and the importance of collaboration for client service.

I spoke with Richard Newton, the vice president of Business Integrity, which launched ContractExpress.com at LegalTech NY Day 1.

I spoke with Richard Newton, the vice president of Business Integrity, which launched ContractExpress.com at LegalTech NY Day 1.

I spoke with Howard Reissner, CEO of Planet Data and Mark Yacano, a shareholder at LeClairRyan about partnerships between vendors and lawyers, the launch of Exego, and the importance of collaboration for client service.

I spoke with Nigel Murray, the managing director of Trilantic, an e-discovery vendor based in London providing services to U.S. corporations and law firms managing their U.S. collections, processing and hosting for European document projects. We discussed the distinctions between the U.S. and European markets, considerations for U.S. attorneys removing data from the E.U., his predictions for 2010 and an upcoming educational track on the topic at LegalTech New York.

I spoke with Nigel Murray, the managing director of Trilantic, an e-discovery vendor based in London providing services to U.S. corporations and law firms managing their U.S. collections, processing and hosting for European document projects. We discussed the distinctions between the U.S. and European markets, considerations for U.S. attorneys removing data from the E.U., his predictions for 2010 and an upcoming educational track on the topic at LegalTech New York.

I spoke with Robert Owen, a partner with Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. He is head of the New York location's litigation group, as well as co-head of the firm's E-Discovery and Information Management practice group. Owen is part of the core team that conceived of and has administered Fulbright's Annual Litigation Trends Survey since its inception in 2004. We discussed his New York Law Journal article, Seeking Ways to Set Limits on E-Discovery, in which he cites the factors that are leading numerous groups to initiate re-examinations of U.S. e-discovery rules, summarizes their progress and makes predictions for 2010. He noted that "we are alone among the nations of the world in having adopted a full pre-trial disclosure philosophy back in 1938" and "what we are seeing now is a confluence of efforts" by diverse groups to make litigation more manageable.

I spoke with Robert Owen, a partner with Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. He is head of the New York location's litigation group, as well as co-head of the firm's E-Discovery and Information Management practice group. Owen is part of the core team that conceived of and has administered Fulbright's Annual Litigation Trends Survey since its inception in 2004. We discussed his New York Law Journal article, Seeking Ways to Set Limits on E-Discovery, in which he cites the factors that are leading numerous groups to initiate re-examinations of U.S. e-discovery rules, summarizes their progress and makes predictions for 2010. He noted that "we are alone among the nations of the world in having adopted a full pre-trial disclosure philosophy back in 1938" and "what we are seeing now is a confluence of efforts" by diverse groups to make litigation more manageable.

I spoke with Ray Zwiefelhofer, the new president of World Software Corporation, the maker of Worldox, a legal document management product. We discussed the company's history and his new role, the greatest technology challenges lawyers and legal staff are facing today, and the 2010 outlook. He predicts the continued growth of mobile and cloud computing, as well as consolidation in the industry.