Law and Candor

In the final episode of season three, co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell discuss the New York SHIELD Act and its impact on data and security requirements within the space in the Sightings of Radical Brilliance segment.

Bill and Rob shake things up a bit in the final guest speaker segment of the season by conducting an eDiscovery Shark Tank-style episode, where they bring on Chris Dahl of Lighthouse to share the most forward-thinking and innovative solutions to industry challenges that are worth folks’ 2020 investment. Chris covers the following key questions:

• What are some of the key innovations in the legal space today?
• What innovations around SaaS are worth investment?
• How is the SaaS paradigm impacted on a global perspective?
• What about big data analytics?
• When it comes to collaboration, chat, and social, what solutions are there?
• What about continuous program updates, what can folks be looking for?

The season ends with key takeaways from the guest speaker section. 

Connect with us Twitter, discover more about our speakers and the show here.

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About Law & Candor

Law & Candor is a podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution. Co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell explore the impacts and possibilities that new technology is creating by streamlining workflows for ediscovery, compliance, and information governance. To learn more about the show and our speakers, click here.

In the very first episode of season three, co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell, introduce themselves and welcome listeners back for another riveting season of Law & Candor, the podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution.

To kick things off, Bill and Rob begin with Sightings of Radical Brilliance, the part of the show where they discuss the latest news of noteworthy innovation and acts of sheer genius. In this first episode, they dive into a recent story around the Astros cheating scandal and their illegal use of technology to observe and relay the signs given by the opposing catcher to the pitcher known as sign-stealing.

Before our co-hosts jump directly into the guest speaker segment of today’s episode, they set the stage for the first three episodes of season 3, which are recordings from the first-ever live Law & Candor show during Legaltech this past January. All three live segments are trickled out over the next three episodes. 

The guest speaker segment for episode one highlights, Josh Kreamer of AstraZeneca. Josh, Bill, and Rob discuss ever-evolving technology and data sources, and how it is now more challenging than ever to combat the cost and complexities associated with legal data. They tackle these key questions and Josh provides answers to the following: 

• What are some of the biggest data challenges in the industry today?
• What are some key solutions to these challenges?
• How do you implement these solutions?
• How do you get buy in from your team/get them excited to move forward with implementation?

In conclusion, Rob shares top takeaways from episode one. If you enjoyed the show, join in the conversation on Twitter and discover more about our speakers and the show here.

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About Law & Candor

Law & Candor is a podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution. Co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell explore the impacts and possibilities that new technology is creating by streamlining workflows for ediscovery, compliance, and information governance. To learn more about the show and our speakers, click here.

In the fourth episode of season three, co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell converse around the innovation behind family tracking apps and how one app helped capture a criminal in this episode’s Sightings of Radical Brilliance segment. 

Bill and Rob then introduce their guest speaker, Nordo Nissi of Goulston & Storrs, and together they dive into new and uncovered efficiency gains around TAR 2.0 and CMML. They ask Nordo the following questions:

• What are TAR 2.0 and CMML?
• What are some efficiency gains you have seen around these workflows?
• What are some of the hidden efficiencies you have seen?
• What are some techniques to get to those?

In the end, our co-hosts wrap up the episode with a few key takeaways. Follow us on Twitter and discover more about our speakers and the show here.

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About Law & Candor

Law & Candor is a podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution. Co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell explore the impacts and possibilities that new technology is creating by streamlining workflows for ediscovery, compliance, and information governance. To learn more about the show and our speakers, click here.

In the final episode of season two, co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell discuss what a US approach to data protection and privacy would look like in the Sightings of Radical Brilliance segment of the show. In particular, they discuss how we are seeing these pop up on a state-by-state basis and whether we need a Federal law that applies to privacy. 

Bill and Rob are joined by Alison Shier, Client Development Manager at Lighthouse, to discuss the challenges and best practices around G-Suite data for their sixth and final episode of the season. The three cover the following questions: 

• Is leveraging G-suite a more common trend/theme in the space?
• How is Gmail data different than Outlook data? 
• What are some of the challenges around managing this data?
• What are some of the downstream issues and challenges around review of this data?
• How do we address these challenges?
• How do TAR and analytics impact G-suite data?

The season ends with key takeaways from the guest speaker section. 

Connect with us Twitter, discover more about our speakers and the show here, and, if you are interested in attending the live podcast show at Legaltech, email us for details.

About Law & Candor

Law & Candor is a podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution. Co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell explore the impacts and possibilities that new technology is creating by streamlining workflows for ediscovery, compliance, and information governance. To learn more about the show and our speakers, click here.

Law & Candor co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell kick things off with Sightings of Radical Brilliance, in which they discuss personalized and predictive medicine and how apple watches have been saving lives. In addition, they dive into what these trends mean for the legal field.

In this episode, Bill and Rob are joined Josh Yildirim, Executive Director of Service Delivery of Europe at Lighthouse. The three of them jump into the current status of Brexit and what the future of cross-border data collections could look like. Below are the questions they address: 

• Where we are at currently with Brexit and whether a no-deal is likely?
• How could this potentially impact data privacy?
• How could this impact cross-border collections?
• What are some practical tips when it comes to potential challenges?
• What are companies going to need to do to prepare?

In conclusion, our co-hosts end the episode with key takeaways. To join the conversation, connect with us Twitter and discover more about our speakers and the show here.

About Law & Candor

Law & Candor is a podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution. Co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell explore the impacts and possibilities that new technology is creating by streamlining workflows for ediscovery, compliance, and information governance. To learn more about the show and our speakers, click here.

In the fourth episode of season two, co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell begin with Sightings of Radical Brilliance and the recent trend of folks moving away from email and towards text and chat tools. They dive into the diverse challenges and risks associated with this shift.

Next, Bill and Rob introduce their guest speaker, David Kessler,Head of Data and Information Risk, United States, at Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, to discuss cybersecurity challenges across the various stages of the EDRM. In this episode they ask the following key questions to David:

• What does a high-level overview of data security look like today?
• Who does this affect?
• Where are vulnerabilities within the EDRM?
• What are some key solutions for overcoming top challenges?

In the end, our co-hosts wrap up with a few key takeaways. Follow us on Twitter and discover more about our speakers and the show here.

About Law & Candor

Law & Candor is a podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution. Co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell explore the impacts and possibilities that new technology is creating by streamlining workflows for ediscovery, compliance, and information governance. To learn more about the show and our speakers, click here.

Co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell share details around the five biggest data breaches of the year so far in Sightings of Radical Brilliance and what this means for the future of legal space.

Next, Bill and Rob bring on Jerry Bui, Executive Director of Digital Forensics at Lighthouse, to help uncover the answers to the following questions around data preservation when it comes to ephemeral and encrypted data: 

• What do ephemeral and encryption mean?
• What are the different types of enterprise communication platforms?
• Which platform gives you the most in terms of investments from a legal and compliance perspective?
• What about data privacy on these platforms?
• How is the personal data treated?
• What should IT and Legal departments keep in mind when it comes to platforms that are not encrypted?

The show concludes with key takeaways from the guest speaker segment. Join the conversation on Twitter and discover more about our speakers and the show here.

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About Law & Candor

Law & Candor is a podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution. Co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell explore the impacts and possibilities that new technology is creating by streamlining workflows for ediscovery, compliance, and information governance. To learn more about the show and our speakers, click here.

In the second episode of season two, co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell kick off the show with Sightings of Radical Brilliance. In this episode, they discuss AI and how this comes into play in the game of poker as well as what that means for the industry.

Next, they introduce their guest speaker for episode two, Joanna Harrison,Solutions Architect at Lighthouse, to discuss the privileges of using privilege review tools in ediscovery. Together, they uncover the answers to the questions below:

• Why is privilege a priority?
• Why are the current methods in which privilege gets identified for review inefficient?
• Why is privilege review so important for folks in the ediscovery space?
• What kind of tools are out there to assist with privilege review?
• What about privilege logs?
• What are some key tips or tricks for setting up privilege workflows?

Finally, our co-hosts wrap up the episode with a few key takeaways. Join in the conversation on Twitter and discover more about our speakers and the show here.

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About Law & Candor

Law & Candor is a podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution. Co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell explore the impacts and possibilities that new technology is creating by streamlining workflows for ediscovery, compliance, and information governance. To learn more about the show and our speakers, click here.

In the very first episode of season two, co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell, introduce themselves and welcome listeners back for another riveting season of Law & Candor, the podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution.

To kick things off, Bill and Rob begin with, Sightings of Radical Brilliance, the part of the show where they discuss the latest news of noteworthy innovation and acts of sheer genius. In this first episode, they dive into a recent story around how legal technology helped capture the BTK killer and recap the key legal mistakes of this notorious serial killer.

In the guest speaker segment of the show, our co-hosts were joined by Craig Shaver, Director, eDiscovery Program, Hilton Worldwide, who helped them uncover the answers to the following questions around cross-departmental collaboration:

• What are the current challenges in play when IT and Legal are out of sync?
• Why is it critical for these two groups to be in sync?
• What are some of the risks of these groups being out of alignment?
• Who is the best person to lead the effort of aligning Legal and IT?
• Are there other departments within an organization that need to be at the table as well?
• What are the greatest challenges you’ve seen in achieving better alignment?
• What are some new ways these two groups can ensure they are in alignment?
• What are the benefits to an organization of this alignment?

In conclusion, our speakers share top takeaways. If you enjoyed the show, join in the conversation on Twitter and discover more about our speakers and the show here.

About Law & Candor

Law & Candor is a podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution. Co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell explore the impacts and possibilities that new technology is creating by streamlining workflows for ediscovery, compliance, and information governance. To learn more about the show and our speakers, click here.

In the final episode of season one, co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell share their thoughts around AI-enabled deep fakes in SIGHTINGS OF RADICAL BRILLIANCE. In particular, they chat about the implications and dangers around this technology and what that means for the legal space and beyond.

Bill and Rob bring on David Arlington, Special Counsel at Baker Botts, to discuss the move to the Cloud from a law firm’s perspective. Bill and Rob cover the following questions with David in the season finale:

• Why did the firm decide to move to a cloud-based service?
• Did you get any pushback or fear around moving to the Cloud, and, if so, how did you handle it?
• How long did it take to get up on the Cloud, from the initial decision to getting up and running on the Cloud?
• What were some of the unanticipated surprises that popped up during this process?
• What kind of advantages have you seen so far?

The season ends with key takeaways from the guest speaker section and a reminder to watch for the release of season two in December. Connect with us Twitter and discover more about our speakers and the show here.

About Law & Candor

Law & Candor is a podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution. Co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell explore the impacts and possibilities that new technology is creating by streamlining workflows for ediscovery, compliance, and information governance. To learn more about the show and our speakers, click here.

Law & Candor co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell kick things off with SIGHTINGS OF RADICAL BRILLIANCE, in which they discuss Rob Robinons’s recent article around the eras of ediscovery and where the industry is going next.

In today’s episode, Bill and Rob are joined by Alex Shusterman, eDiscovery Manager at Accenture. The three discuss key components for corporate legal teams to keep in mind when considering the move to the Cloud as well as the benefits. Below are the questions they address:

• What are the key aspects corporate legal teams should keep in mind when considering the move to the Cloud?
• Why is it critical for Legal and IT to be in collaboration for these types of moves?
• What should corpprate legal teams avoid when moving to the Cloud?
• What are lessons learned from mocing to the Cloud?
• What are some of the benefits of moving to the Cloud?

In conclusion, our co-hosts end the episode with key takeaways. To join in on the conversation, connect with us Twitter and discover more about our speakers and the show here.

About Law & Candor

Law & Candor is a podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution. Co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell explore the impacts and possibilities that new technology is creating by streamlining workflows for ediscovery, compliance, and information governance. To learn more about the show and our speakers, click here.

In the fourth episode of season one, co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell begin with SIGHTINGS OF RADICAL BRILLIANCEaround the dawn of realistic face masks as well as retina scans and fingerprints for authentication, and the security and legal concerns that hide beneath.

Next, Bill and Rob introduce guest Chris Hurlebaus, eDiscovery Architect at Lighthouse, to discuss the tools that are available in Office 365 and how to leverage them. The speakers cover the following questions in this episode:

• What do I need to know around Office 365 licensing when having an ediscovery conversation?
• What Office 365 tools are currently available to users?
• What are the different options/subscription levels?
• What are the advanced features of Office 365?
• What about reporting of ediscovery activities in Office 365?
• What is Microsoft looking to do next around this technology?

In the end, our co-hosts wrap up with a few key takeaways. Follow us on Twitter and discover more about our speakers and the show here.

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About Law & Candor

Law & Candor is a podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution. Co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell explore the impacts and possibilities that new technology is creating by streamlining workflows for ediscovery, compliance, and information governance. To learn more about the show and our speakers, click here.

Co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell introduce the issues around ephemeral data in SIGHTINGS OF RADICAL BRILLIANCE. In particular, they look at the huge growth rates in Snapchat users and what the continued growth of ephemeral data means for the legal space.

Next, Bill and Rob bring on Mo Ramsey, General Manager of Global Advisory Services at Lighthouse, to help uncover the answers to the following questions around Office 365 in the ediscovery space:

• What does Microsoft’s evolution of ediscovery capabilities in Office 365 look like?
• What’s Microsoft doing within ediscovery and how do they want to differentiate?
• What specific actions are advanced users able to perform in Office 365?
• What should teams consider when evaluating Office 365?

The show concludes with key takeaways from the guest speaker segment. Join the conversation on Twitter and discover more about our speakers and the show here.

About Law & Candor

Law & Candor is a podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution. Co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell explore the impacts and possibilities that new technology is creating by streamlining workflows for ediscovery, compliance, and information governance. To learn more about the show and our speakers, click here.

In the second episode of season one, co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell kick off the show with SIGHTINGS OF RADICAL BRILLIANCE. In this episode, they discuss the company Big Moon Power and some of the exciting things they are doing to harness the power of ocean tides to generate electricity.

Next, they introduce their guest Erika Namnath, Executive Director of Advisory Services at Lighthouse, to discuss the truth behind data reuse. Together, they uncover the answers to the questions below:

• What is data reuse?
• What are the different types of data reuse?
• How would you reuse data around trade secrets and IP?
• What about privilege, PII, and PHI?
• What are some of the current limitations that companies are facing when trying to leverage data reuse?
• What about objectively non-responsive documents? How do you handle those types of work product for data reuse?
• What are the key benefits of data reuse?

Finally, our co-hosts wrap up the episode with a few key takeaways. Join in on the conversation on Twitter and discover more about our speakers and the show here.

About Law & Candor

Law & Candor is a podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution. Co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell explore the impacts and possibilities that new technology is creating by streamlining workflows for ediscovery, compliance, and information governance. To learn more about the show and our speakers, click here.

In the début episode, co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell introduce themselves and the premise of Law & Candor – a podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution.

To kick things off, Bill and Rob introduce the first segment of the podcast - SIGHTINGS OF RADICAL BRILLIANCE - which, as the name implies, is the part of the show where they discuss the latest news of noteworthy innovation and acts of sheer genius. In this episode, they dive into a recent story around Elon Musk’s brain-to-computer interface and what this means for the legal space.

In the next segment - the guest speaker segment - our co-hosts are joined by Karl Sobylak, Senior Product Manager at Lighthouse, to uncover the answers the following questions around AI and analytics:

• Why do data science and analytics seem to be making great progress in so many industries aside from the law?
• How will AI and analytics be incorporated in the day to day life of a lawyer?
• What about the fear that AI and analytics will replace lawyers, is this true?
• What about the potential for AI and machine learning to be more limited in the law than they are for other industries, is that true?
• What’s the hardest part about applying data science to the law and how would this work for a corporate legal department?

In conclusion, our speakers share three top takeaways and preview the next episode.

Enjoy the show? Join in on the conversation on Twitter and discover more about our speakers and the show here.

About Law & Candor

Law & Candor is a podcast wholly devoted to pursuing the legal technology revolution. Co-hosts Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell explore the impacts and possibilities that new technology is creating by streamlining workflows for ediscovery, compliance, and information governance. To learn more about the show and our speakers, click here.