Ricci Dipshan, Legaltech News
What an e-discovery service provider, consulting firm,
and legal tech SaaS provider’s recent partnerships say about the focus and
beliefs of the modern day legal tech industry.
The legal technology world is one
of evolving challenges—as technology empowers attorneys to handle cases more
effectively, it also makes those cases much more complex and difficult to
manage.
To meet changing demands and the current technology landscape, many
legal tech firms find it necessary to leverage their expertise through
partnerships with their compatriots. Here’s a look at three most recent
partnerships, and what they say about the state of the industry:
Discovia and
Brainspace: It’s a TAR and Analytics World
For those
providing e-discovery services to law firms and legal departments, staying
ahead of industry advances and trends is not only wise planning, it’s a part of
survival. And for many, this means partnering with some of the most innovative
legal tech providers on the market today.
E-discovery
service provider Discovia, for example, recently partnered with Brainspace
Corporation to incorporate Brainspace’s Discovery 5 analytics platform into
their client offering. The technology will enable Discovia’s clients with an
array of e-discovery capabilities, including predictive coding (TAR),
communications analysis, email threading, and conceptual search.
Christian
Lawrence, Discovia’s CEO, previously told
Legaltech news that the company not only licenses
out Brainspace’s technology, but also “collaborates with the Brainspace team to
develop client relationships and share feedback on the product for future
development.”
The
partnership is an example of the growing need for legal e-discovery
practitioners to leverage visual analytics as their projects and cases involve
increasing volumes of data, including an array of disparate information, such
as unstructured data.
“It’s a
needle in the haystack problem–and the haystack just keeps getting bigger and
bigger. It is the growth of unstructured data, which increases the value on
smart processes for early case search, analysis and prioritization,” Lawrence
said.
Stroz Friedberg
and Zapproved: An EDRM for All
While many
legal technology professionals need to constantly stay ahead of the tech curve,
they also have to address the challenge of providing an integrated and
comprehensive toolset for their clients.
To meet this
head on, consulting firm Stroz Friedberg partnered with Zapproved to integrate
Zapproved’s Legal Hold Pro technology into its E-discovery Discovery and
Disclosure platform.
Stephen
Whetstone, managing director and leader of Stroz Friedberg's Data Discovery
practice, previously told
Legaltech News that the move was in response to
client demands for a platform that can operate across the entire EDRM cycle.
While legal
hold technology can manage and track holds across an office or project, he
explained the next step is to figure out “how do you collect that information,
how do you know that you collected everything that has been preserved? And then
from collection, how do you know once you begin to load it up in the
e-discovery tools and processes? How do you create audit process, all the way
back to original preservation?"
The demand
for comprehensive EDRM solutions was highlighted in ZL Technologies’ and the
International Legal Technology Association’s (ILTA) 2016 Information
Governance Survey, which found that when given the choice between a multi-step
solution, or a best-in-breed solution that focused on one EDRM step, or 70
percent of legal tech practitioners chose the former.
AdvoLogix and
Carahsoft: Secure in the Cloud
Deploying
legal technology to a diverse and ever-expanding client base can be an IT
nightmare, but with the advent of SaaS, legal technology providers have an
opportunity to provide their solutions on a scale once thought impossible.
Cloud-based
law practice and legal matter management solution provider AdvoLogix, for
example, partnered with Carahsoft Technology, a government IT solutions
provider, to deploy its solutions to local, city, state and federal government
agencies via the Salesforce App Cloud.
AdvoLogix CEO
and co-founder Jonathan Reed told Legatech News that the partnership is an expansion of the company’s
government client business, as AdvoLogix already provides their technology to
an array of public sector clients, from state teacher retirement systems to
governmental environmental monitoring agencies.
The move also
represents a growing consensus in the legal tech industry and beyond about the
safety of cloud services. Reed noted that "the question is no longer, 'Is
the cloud secure?' but has become, 'How does my organization take advantage of
the cloud?'"
Earlier this
year, at PricewaterhouseCoopers Law Firm Services Global Forum’s “Cyber Risk –
A Growing Threat” session, Douglas Bloom, director of cybersecurity and
forensics at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), explained that
apprehension over cloud security was misplaced.
“I think
there is a misconception about what cloud services mean and what it means to
give third party control,” he said, adding that many legal organizations have
approved cloud services for sensitive data storage.
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