With a background as an academic law librarian, Sarah Glassmeyer has developed a deep appreciation for taxonomies and data management.  Now Senior Analyst at LegalTechnology Hub, Sarah joins this episode to delve into her nuanced view of Generative AI and its impact on legal and legal tech: 

• The preparatory work necessary to surmount challenges in implementing AI in legal contexts 

Derek Lazzaro has a diverse background as an attorney turned AmLaw 100 CIO and now CISO at Defensive Networks, where he's passionate about the importance of cybersecurity in today's world and how it should be integrated into the foundation of any system. In this episode, Derek joins Bill to discuss:

• Software as a Service (SaaS) applications and the challenges of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)

Tom Baldwin discusses the legal industry's transformative journey of data integration and AI adoption, the evolution from gut instinct to data-driven decisions, the critical role of data governance, and how law firms are maturing their data practices:

Firms want to break their data out of silos to see an integrated picture

Demand for data-driven insights and improved productivity is climbing

Firms are investing in data scientists, IT, and innovation groups as they realize the potential competitive pressures due to AI

KM programs are critical for the effective utilization of AI

Firms must strike the right balance between AI and traditional processes and technologies and acknowledge that AI adoption will take time and involve a gradual transition.

Featured Guest: Damien Riehl, VP, Litigation Workflow and Analytics Content at vLEX

As a lawyer and consumer of legal technology, Damien was frustrated by the lack of interoperability between vendors and their taxonomies. Damien is now part of the solution with the SALI Alliance.

• Data management is an under-appreciated prerequisite for leveraging generative AI.

Joy's done it all when it comes to legal - her beginnings working at a solo practitioners' office in Washington, D.C. transformed into working with attorneys and technology, and she's been that ever since. Now the CEO of the International Association Legal Technology (ILTA), Joy is the expert in all things ILTA, and joins Bill on this episode to discuss:

The excitement of record-breaking attendance numbers for this year

Exhibit Hall anticipation - what are well-established vendors doing and what will the 29 new startups do

Exceptional educational sessions covering trending topics in legal: AI, hybrid work and the pendulum swing of how and when we work

ILTA's growth in developing a dedicated Corporate Law segment to ILTACON, naming its first Board of Directors President from outside North America, and doing more for smaller law firms

The wonderfully collaborative and sharing environment that is ILTACON and the volunteers, attendees and vendors that make it the annual event everyone looks forward to

Damien's 15-year history as a ligation attorney in large law, combined with his love for coding, lends him a unique insight into:

👉 The implications of the acquisition in tandem with the sale of Elite and ProLaw: divesting themselves of the business of law and going back to the substance of law

• Leveraging the entire discipline of your document management system, which starts with top-down adoption

• Copyright - enterprise decision-makers have to determine the risk AI poses to their industry, and then access how this technology will be used and managed internally.

Former Managing Director for Innovation and Knowledge at Paul Hastings, Nikki Shaver, and Jeroen Plink, former CEO of Clifford Chance Applied Solutions discuss the inception of their platform, LegalTech Hub, and how their experiences shaped the solutions to particular problems they identified in searching and sourcing technology for law firms:

• Having a centralized place for law firms and corporate legal to perform searches on digital tools and knowledge management

Co-founder and CEO of Blue J, Benjamin Alaire joins host Bill Bice to discuss the ‘why’ behind Blue J, a predictive tax law software company, and what is driving the future of technology for law:  

• Law is fundamentally about predication; technology intersects at the point of prediction to allow for automation and machine learning