Emerging Technologies

#0097: (JIT) ILTA Just-In-Time: An Agentic AI Teaser

What if AI could think like a legal professional—breaking down complex tasks, making decisions, and even taking action autonomously? In this sneak peek of ILTA’s Just-In-Time Roundtable Encore to Evolve: Agentic AI and the Possibilities for Legal, industry expertsndive into the game-changing potential of Agentic AI—where AI evolves from a chatbot to a proactive teammate. 
Spoiler: The billable hour might never be the same.
Moderator:  Josh Lazar, Founder and CEO, TechThinkTank LLC 
Speakers: Reanna Martinez, Director of Innovation, Systems, and Data, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP Sara Miro, Director of Knowledge Solutions, Sullivan & Cromwell LLPRob Saccone, Chief Technology Officer, Lega Inc.

#0096: (CT) Law Firms and AI: Locking Down Security & Data Controls

In this session, the speakers explored how law firms and legal professionals can safeguard sensitive data and systems by implementing AI-specific security strategies and effective governance controls. It also builds on part one, diving deeper into practical approaches for mitigating risk in an AI-driven environment.Moderator:Elizabeth Suehr, Director of Legal Risk Systems & Strategy, Jenner & Block LLPSpeakers:Morgan Llewellyn, Director, AI Practice Hike2Chris Hockey, Manager, Information Risk and Governance Alvarez & Marsal

#0090: (JIT) Just-In-Time: ILTA's 2025 Tech Survey, Early insights

In this session, long standing members of the ILTA Annual Technology Survey Committee and the Survey Project Manager share best practices in using the survey results, and highlight how the survey has become a key budgeting and decision-making tool for law firms of all sizes around the world.
 
Moderator:
@Laura Murphy - Senior Project Manager, ILTA
 
Speakers:
@Todd Corham - Security and Compliance Administrator, Saul Ewing LLP
@TJ Johnson - Transformational Strategist & LeaderRecorded 
5-21-2025

#0084: (CCT) Byte-Sized Justice: Upskilling Legal Teams for an AI-Driven Future

In this podcast interview, the speaker will do a deep dive into what skills are needed for corporate legal departments to stay on top of all the various new technologies. 
 
Moderator:@Andrea Shirey - eDiscovery Expert, Bayer Corporation Legal Department
 
Speakers:@Reid Cram - Product Marketing Manager, NetDocuments@Paul Park - Director, BDO USA

#0065: (CCT/Gen Ed) Exploring the Partnership Between Buchanan Ingersoll and NetDocuments

In this podcast interview, the speakers will discuss and uncover the partnership between Buchanan Ingersoll and NetDocuments (PatternBuilder Max) and the implementation process. 
Moderator:  Nancy Griffing, President 3545 Consulting - Global  Speakers:  Scott M. Angelo, Chief Information Officer, BIPCJared L. Gullbergh, Director - Shared IT Services and Information Governance, BIPCMichael Hill - Director of Product Marketing, NetDocuments

#0064: (CCT) The Next Meeting Space

Zoom Rooms, Teams Rooms, Owl Cams, Smart Mics, what are the new emerging technologies to enable real time collaboration and what risks and caveats do they come with?    How do we make spaces that quickly (instantly?) flip from comfy team collaboration rooms to an extension of the court? 
Moderator:@Thomas Witherspoon - Senior Systems Support Engineer, Sidley Austin LLP 
Speakers:@Thomas Burns - Senior Account Manager AVI Systems-Transforming Business with Technology Solutions, AVI Systems @Jesse Dominguez - Sr. Design Engineer, Facility Solutions Group, FSG  @William Grady - Director of Information Technology, Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford LLP  
Recorded on 01-15-2025.

#0062: (CCT/ Gen Ed) GenAI in Legal: Transforming Your Practice

Discover how legal departments are leveraging Generative AI to streamline workflows and enhance efficiencies. This podcast will dive into the use cases and practical applications, compliance concerns, and risk management strategies for in-house legal departments deploying AI. Uncover what it takes to harness GenAI’s potential while navigating ethical and legal challenges.
 
Moderators: 
Matthew Kohel - Partner, Saul Ewing LLP 
Leah Leyendecker - Partner, Saul Ewing LLP
 
Speakers:
Mayura Iyer Noordyke - Trademark Counsel for Global IP, Medtronic 
Travis Zimbelman - Strategic Advisor and Freelance Consultant

#0052: (CCT) Embracing Innovation and New Technologies in Your Law Practice

The session aims to explore the transformative impact of technology on the legal industry. Listeners will gain insights into the latest legal tech trends, understand the benefits and challenges of integrating technology into law practice, and learn strategies for successful transformation. 
 
In addition, it will also highlight the importance of tech competency in enhancing client service and competitiveness in the legal market.
 
Co-Moderators:
@Leticia Naqvi - Data Analyst, Ogletree Deakins
@Aaron Barbee - Learning Systems Administrator, Husch Blackwell LLP
Speaker:
@James McKenna - Chief Information Officer, Fenwick & West LLP
 
Recorded 11-7-2024

#0051: (CCT) Driving Law Department Change with Technology

GenAI technology provides groundbreaking opportunities for corporate law departments to innovate the legal service delivery model, take the wheel on legal costs, and strategically implement use cases which can drive these opportunities for their companies.
Join us in this podcast panel interview to learn how in-house teams are using these tools to steer their organizations towards meaningful change in legal service delivery. Our panel will also discuss the environment in which we are making decisions, how to strategically insert GenAI in technology roadmaps, expectations on what tools can do, and how new technologies are changing the law firm/law department relationship. Additionally, we will explore how legal industry regulators are starting to govern AI use. 
 
Moderator:@Reid Cram - Product Marketing Manager, NetDocuments
 
Speakers:@Brad Blickstein - Principal, Blickstein Group, Inc.@Thomas Daemen - Associate General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation@Ed Sohn - Global Head of Insights and Innovation, Factor
Recorded 11-6-2024

#0029: (CCT) Takeaways from Groundbreakers Summit

A reflection on the first-of-its-kind summit with thought leaders gathered from 45 law firms focused on the new frontier in firm intelligence, emphasizing the transformative role of data in shaping the future of legal practice. 
This podcast will include speakers and attendees to discuss learnings on how data enhancement helps law firms move from mere information gathering to gaining valuable insights, thus revolutionizing legal knowledge management.
Moderator:@Carrie Remhof - Senior Firm Intelligence Manager 
Speakers:@Cindy Bare - Chief Data and Innovation Officer, Frost Brown Todd LLP @Kate Meltzer - Director of KM Technology, Ropes & Gray LLP@Max Polinski - Product Manager for Foundation at Litera 
Recorded 6-28-2024

#0025: (CCT) Are You Ready for Your Cyber Insurance Renewal? 2024 Updates

The cyber insurance market is ever-changing and firms continue to have a difficult time understanding what their underwriters want and how to communicate their current cyber programs and needs internally to financial stakeholders (among others). Join David and David as we talk about the top 5 issues cyber insurers are worried about with Law Firms this year from privileged account management to privacy and DLP, to the ever-present and evolving ransomware threats. Further, they will discuss what resources are available when working on your cyber insurance renewal. Often times, the economic buyer of cyber insurance isn’t in lock step on what the CISO and Security Team is doing and that can result in strengths and wins not being articulated to your insurer which can result in inferior coverage. 
Moderator: @David Forrestall - CEO, SecurIT360
 
Speaker: 
@David Anderson - Vice President, Cyber Liability, Woodruff Sawyer
 
Recorded 6-20-2024