CloudNine will have dynamic speaker lineup for its second annual NineForum Discovery Education Series, a unique presentation of 9 TED-style talks held during Legalweek New York on February 4-5.

NineForum features prominent eDiscovery thought leaders who will be presenting up-to-the-minute content on compelling topics impacting lawyers, discovery, and legal professionals. Presented in CloudNine’s booth 3000 in the Legalweek Americas Hall 2, NineForum sessions are free of charge to all Legalweek badge holders.

“Once again, NineForum will be a powerful, insightful and informative series of talks from influential eDiscovery thought leaders,” remarked CloudNine CEO Tony Caputo. “Speakers will deliver condensed, practical advice about pressing eDiscovery issues of the day. Featuring high-level speakers from prominent eDiscovery organizations like ACEDS and EDRM and law firms, corporations, and discovery service providers, NineForum offers a fusion of valuable discovery-related education not available anywhere else. See you in New York!”

2020 NineForum Speaker Schedule:

Tuesday, February 4
Session 1: 10:30-10:50am Speaker: Tom O’Connor, founder and Director of Gulf Coast Legal Technology Center.  Topic: Do’s and Don’ts of a 30(b)(6) Witness Deposition

Session 2: 11:00-11:20am Speaker: Philip Weldon, Manager, eDiscovery & Practice Technology at Fried Frank.  Topic: 5 Secrets to “Crushing” eDiscovery Processing in 2020

Session 3: 1:00-1:20pm Speaker: Mike Quartararo, President of ACEDS.  Topic: Skills that eDiscovery Professionals Need to Succeed in 2020

Session 4: 1:30-1:50pm Speaker: Mary Mack, Chief Legal Technologist at EDRM.  Topic: Bold eDiscovery Predictions for 2020: What to Expect and How to Prepare

Session 5: 3:30-3:50pm Speaker: Rick Weber, President of Elijah Ltd.  Topic: The Threat Within: Protecting Against Employee Data Theft

Wednesday, February 5

Session 6: 10:00-10:20am Speaker: Robert Conley, VP Forensics and Strategic Operations at Rational Enterprise.  Topic: A Day in the Life of Practical Information Governance

Session 7: 10:30-10:50am Speaker: Kelly Twigger, Founder of eDiscovery Assistant and Principal of ESI Attorneys.  Topic: Five Most Significant eDiscovery Cases of 2019: Their Impact on 2020 and Beyond

Session 8: 12:00-12:20pm Speaker: Joy Murao, Founder and CEO of Practice Aligned Resources.  Topic: Foresight is 2020: Why Legal Professionals Should Be More Proactive in Maximizing Technology Benefits

Session 9: 12:30-12:50pm Speakers: Bradette Groves, Director of Project Management and Neil McLean, Discovery Consultant of Complete Legal.  Topic: Transforming Your Plaintiffs Practice: Leveraging eDiscovery to Maximize the Value of Your Case

For more information about NineForum and CloudNine’s plans for Legalweek, visit https://cloudnine.com/events/legalweek-2020-ny-ltny2020/.

/by Tony Caputo

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Attending #Legalweek20? Visit our booth (Rhinelander Hall, #506) and connect with CoreView experts to learn how you can audit your company’s docs for #PII in seconds, and achieve #CCPA & #GDPR compliance in a few short clicks:

/by @CoreView_Inc

Leading UK Law Firm Stephenson Harwood Selects Litera to Streamline Their Transaction Management Processes

Litera announces that Stephenson Harwood, a top 50 UK law firm, has selected Litera as a core transaction management platform.

Litera’s platform enables legal teams to securely organize, track, and collaborate within every step of a deal. Stakeholders can create checklists, interact with and track all versions of documents needed for closing, and get real-time status updates on the deal progress.

The implementation of Litera’s solution shows Stephenson Harwood’s innovative approach towards its clients, using a consolidated approach of process, people and technology.

Tammy Samuel, partner and head of finance, Stephenson Harwood, said: “We pride ourselves on putting the evolving needs of our clients at the heart of our approach to providing legal services. Investing in Litera’s transaction management software is just one example of the ways in which we do this. The new technology will support a more efficient and smooth transaction process, allowing legal teams to collaborate in real-time while ensuring that all Conditions Precedents (CPs) are collated and tracked in a timely and cost-effective manner. It will also assist us in streamlining our post-contract process and production of transaction bibles.”

Haley Altman, Litera’s general manager of transaction management, said, “We’re excited to extend the reach of our global services by partnering with Stephenson Harwood, one of the largest and most innovative law firms in the UK. Our mission is to provide a simpler, more collaborative process for law firms and their clients at every step of the deal process.”

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The US Department of Justice once again selected ABC Legal to serve civil
documents that come into the United States from foreign countries.
This is the fourth consecutive time ABC Legal has won the contract since the DOJ first
outsourced the duty, performed by US Marshals until 2003.
/by Sean Lee-Siebels

Global law firm White & Case LLP has adopted LawGeex’s AI-powered platform. The firm will apply the award-winning technology within the London private equity group to streamline review of agreements and contracts.

/by Judi Crimmins

LawGeex announced today that their award-winning pre-signature Contract Review Automation platform now requires zero change management for customers. A first in the LegalTech industry, the platform provides rapid time-to-value and full redlining rather than simple issue spotting.

/by Judi Crimmins

This video “Neural Machine Translation in e-Discovery and Litigation Video” is part of the video series entitled ‘The Essential Guide to Neural Machine Translation‘. In this video Iconic’s Sales Director, Stephen Davis, shares some information about Neural Machine Translation in e-discovery and litigation without getting weighed down with technical details. Watch Now: https://iconictranslation.com/2019/10/the-essential-guide-to-neural-mt-4-neural-machine-translation-in-ediscovery-and-litigation/

/by Maurizio Pittau

The Essential Guide to Neural MT: Neural Machine Translation in e-Discovery and Litigation Podcast. Iconic’s Sales Director, Stephen Davis, shares some information about Neural Machine Translation in e-discovery and litigation without getting weighed down with technical details. Listen Now: https://iconictranslation.com/2019/10/the-essential-guide-to-neural-mt-4-neural-machine-translation-in-e-discovery-and-litigation-podcast/

/by Maurizio Pittau

X1® Announces New Mac® Client To Extend Remote, In-Place Data Discovery, Compliance, Collection and Remediation to Apple® Computers. @X1Discovery #Legaltech

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