Document Disclosure FAQ How much notice do you require to prepare documents for disclosure? 24 – 48 hours. For example, if your deadline was 16:00 on Friday, we would expect to be given the green light by the close of business Wednesday.  This allows ample time to check for and…

Device Data Collection & What to Look Out For Collecting ESI (Electronically Stored Information) from its native source may seem like quite the daunting task in the first initial stages of e-Discovery. The matter isn’t helped with the increased use of physical devices and applications potentially holding a whole host…

Artificial Intelligence and Law – An Overview and History Guest Speaker: Harry Surden, Associate Professor of Law, University of Colorado; Affiliated Faculty, CodeX Location: Stansford Law School First up was discussing ‘What is AI?’, generally speaking. AI usually describes using computers to solve problems. The phrase is not universally agreed…

It is time to adapt to the new legal landscape Gone are the days when a legal professional could manage and review all their case data from within their own Outlook application. Digital technology has exploded over the last decade. And with that, so too has the number of channels…

“To support, not replace, the advice”: Demystifying Artificial Intelligence in the Legal Industry. On 4th March 2020, I attended a talk at the London School of Economics. This interactive discussion was taken by Damian Fleming, the Head of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner’s Manchester Office. His key focus is process efficiency…

Law & Order: Legal Tech’s Path to Disruption On Monday 24th February 2020, I attended a talk hosted by Finimize at Rise London in Shoreditch. This very interesting and wide-ranging conversation focused on the tech takeover including the eventual (?) automation of the delivery of legal services. The panel was:…

‘The Legal Tech Revolution: Assessing the impact of technology in the court room and in major legal firms As Altlaw’s Information Security Officer, I recently attended a talk titled ‘The Legal Tech Revolution: Assessing the impact of technology in the court room and in major legal firms’, organised by The…

What will the Corporate Legal Landscape look like post COVID-19 – Our Thoughts   COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown will undoubtedly have a huge knock-on effect throughout the legal world, but none more so than for ‘In House’ Legal Departments. In the wake of COVID-19, we expect the ‘blame-game’ to commence…