Litigation Support

Get Empowered to Switch to a Litigation Support Career

In this podcast, we discuss the role of paralegals in litigation support and ediscovery, and examine opportunities for bringing more paralegals into litigation support.
You may also wish to read Boot Camp for Training Paralegals.
Speaker:Amy Bowser-Rollins - Legal Industry Educator
 Interviewer:Joan Washburn - Director of Litigation eDiscovery Services, Holland & Knight

Ediscovery Mergers and Acquisitions

Lately, legal tech news has been flooded with a number of ediscovery mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Just to name a few:
Epiq purchased by DTI investors
Clearwell acquired by Symantec
Equivio acquired by Microsoft
Content Analyst acquired by kCura
Recommind by OpenText
RAVN by iManage
Lighthouse and Discovia
In this ILTA Radio episode, we interview a panel of ILTA members from law firms and legal departments who share their insights, lessons learned and best practices for dealing with ediscovery M&A. We cover cases where one service provider is acquired by another provider and product acquisitions where a core application is acquired by another enterprise software provider, a product is acquired and remains available and when the product is abandoned.
Interviewer:Catherine McPherson - Litigation Management Consultant, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP
Panelists:Dera Nevin - Director of eDiscovery, Proskauer Rose LLPDuane Lites - Director, Litigation Support, Jackson Walker L.L.P.Bonnie Boudreaux - Practice Support Coordinator, Jones Walker LLPDeanna Blomquist - Senior Manager - IT/eDiscovery, Dish Network

Analytics & Predictive Coding in Asia: Changing the Landscape for Investigations & eDiscovery

From the Legaltech Asia Technology
Summit in Hong Kong, hear how Analytics and Predictive Coding are being used in
Hong Kong and China. Learn about how these technologies being viewed by Hong
Kong regulators and about some cultural challenges in China.

Social Media Poised To Be Huge E-Discovery Challenge

The use of social media at work is on the rise, and that has put social media discovery in the spotlight. Hear what Barry Murphy, founder of eDJ Group, has to say about this e-discovery challenge. You can also read his article on this topic.

RRMPG1 What Litigation Support Professionals need to know

Join Panel members from Session RRMPG1 What
Litigation Support Professionals need to know about Information Governance as
they talk briefly about their Monday, August 19th, 11:00 am session.

Emerging Tech Spotlight on Litigation & Practice Support

Listen to this monthly series of podcasts from the Emerging Technologies Peer Group.
Each month Lance Rea and Mark Manoukian have a conversation with the peer group of the month. This month's spotlight is on the Litigation & Practice Support Peer Group. Paige Hunt Wojcik, Director of E-Discovery Services at Perkins Coie and Stephen Dooley, Sr. Manager of Electronic Discovery and Litigation Support at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. talk about issues and initiatives in the Litigation & Practice Support space. Format is conversational and touches on a number of different topics.

ILTA - Law Firm 101 and How It Applies to You - Interview with Meredith Williams

The legal profession is a unique environment filled with high expectations, complex concepts and distinctive cultures that can make the learning curve for someone new a bit more like a learning canyon. In order to succeed, it’s important to understand the nuances that are ingrained in the business of law. Enter the “Law Firm 101” initiative –– a program that aims to educate and prepare law students/new lawyers and incoming legal IT professionals about the business of law … the business they’re in. ILTA held a “virtual roundtable” with three member thought leaders to get their insight into how the main points of this initiative are applicable to our members. Our interview with  Meredith Williams, Director of Knowledge Management at Baker Donelson, can be heard in its entirety on the accompanying podcast.
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ILTA - Law Firm 101 and How It Applies to You - Interview with Joy Heath Rush

The legal profession is a unique environment filled with high expectations, complex concepts and distinctive cultures that can make the learning curve for someone new a bit more like a learning canyon. In order to succeed, it’s important to understand the nuances that are ingrained in the business of law. Enter the “Law Firm 101” initiative –– a program that aims to educate and prepare law students/new lawyers and incoming legal IT professionals about the business of law … the business they’re in. ILTA held a “virtual roundtable” with three member thought leaders to get their insight into how the main points of this initiative are applicable to our members. Our interview with Joy Heath Rush, Director of Enterprise Multimedia Services at Sidley Austin LLP, can be heard in its entirety on the accompanying podcast.
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ILTA - Law Firm 101 and How It Applies to You - Interview with Marcy McGovern

The legal profession is a unique environment filled with high expectations, complex concepts and distinctive cultures that can make the learning curve for someone new a bit more like a learning canyon. In order to succeed, it’s important to understand the nuances that are ingrained in the business of law. Enter the “Law Firm 101” initiative –– a program that aims to educate and prepare law students/new lawyers and incoming legal IT professionals about the business of law … the business they’re in. ILTA held a “virtual roundtable” with three member thought leaders to get their insight into how the main points of this initiative are applicable to our members. Our interview with Marcy McGovern, Knowledge Management Counsel at Littler Mendelson, can be heard in its entirety on the accompanying podcast.
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Litigation Support Career Corner: Interview with Danny Thankachan, Litigation Support Manager

ILTA - Two Years and Counting: An Operation’s Status Check - Interview with Peter Campbell

As we advance another year with the Law2020® initiative, we can’t help but notice that things keep evolving. Some ideas we thought would take years to mature have reached fruition and others have gone by the wayside. This year gives us a great opportunity to do a status check on what has changed, what is moving forward as expected and what new ideas organizations should keep in mind. Several ILTA members from around the globe recently sat down at a virtual roundtable to discuss their insight in these areas. Our interview with Peter Campbell can be heard in its entirety on the accompanying podcast.
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