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Join Amir Bormand in a captivating discussion with Anand Madhavan, VP of Engineering at Everlaw, as they explore innovative development models, the art of integrating into new company cultures, and why Everlaw prioritizes quality code over strict deadlines. Anand reveals how Everlaw's unconventional engineering practices cultivate a sustainable, high-quality development environment focused on long-term success.Key Takeaways:Embracing a Unique Development Model:Everlaw's "no deadlines" philosophy promotes quality and sustainable software.Prioritizing thoroughness over speed helps maintain high developer morale and lower burnout.Cultural Alignment for Engineering Leaders:Importance of assessing and understanding company culture in the initial 90 days.Utilizing frameworks (e.g., "The First 90 Days" book) to align leadership approaches effectively.Addressing Technical Debt Strategically:Technical debt is proactively managed through documentation, careful planning, and supporting engineers in tackling issues as they arise.Engineering managers at Everlaw play a critical role in protecting the team from unrealistic pressures, ensuring long-term code health.Balancing Customer Needs and Engineering Excellence:Everlaw commits to "shipping functionality with healthy urgency," ensuring customer satisfaction without compromising technical integrity.Clear communication and disciplined sales practices prevent the premature selling of undeveloped features.Timestamped Highlights:[00:01:00] Introduction to Everlaw and its role as a "truth-finding machine" in litigation.[00:02:30] Anand's perspective on assimilating into new engineering cultures using insights from "The First 90 Days."[00:05:00] Core concepts of Everlaw's unique engineering model.[00:09:00] Discussing the "no deadlines" model and its positive impact on developer happiness and productivity.[00:15:00] Strategic approach to managing and minimizing technical debt.[00:18:00] Importance of managerial support and autonomy for empowering engineering teams.Engaging Quote:"Developing software is like a long hike—take one step at a time, enjoy the view, leave no garbage, and trust the team to make the right decisions."Connect with Anand Madhavan:https://www.linkedin.com/in/madhavananandEnjoyed the episode? Don't forget to like, subscribe, and share your thoughts in the comments!

Everlaw for Good is a program run by the e-discovery company Everlaw, through which it makes its software available at no cost to legal aid organizations, nonprofit organizations, and investigative journalists.  One beneficiary of that program is the Center for Justice and Accountability, a human rights nonprofit that works to seek justice on behalf of victims of atrocity crimes, including torture, genocide, and war crimes. At the recent Everlaw Summit, the CJA's work using the Everlaw platform was honored with the Everlaw for Good award.  LawNext host Bob Ambrogi was at the summit, which was held in San Francisco in October, and he had the opportunity to sit down to record this conversation with two of the CJA's lawyers, along with the director of the Everlaw for Good program. Today's guests are: Claret Vargas, senior staff attorney at CJA.  Daniel McLaughlin, senior staff attorney at CJA. Joanne Sprague, director of Everlaw for Good.  They discuss the Everlaw for Good program and the specific impact it has had on CJA's work.    Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out. Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, MerusCase and LollyLaw; the e-payments platform Headnote; and the legal accounting software TrustBooks. Littler, local everywhere.  Steno, reliable court reporting with a revolutionary approach Sharefile, Securely send, store, and share files – plus discover document workflows designed to improve your client experience.   If you enjoy listening to LawNext, please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts.  

Recently, the Everlaw Summit, the annual customer conference of the e-discovery company Everlaw, convened in San Francisco. In his keynote address there, cofounder and CEO AJ Shankar announced the general availability, after a year of beta testing, of a suite of generative AI features for reviewing, coding and analyzing documents in discovery and litigation prep.  LawNext host Bob AmbrogiI was at the conference, and the next morning, he sat down with Shankar for this conversation about Everlaw's development of these AI tools and Shankar's views on how gen AI will impact legal professionals. As you'll hear him say, he makes no bones about calling it a game changer.  With a doctorate in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, Shankar founded Everlaw in 2011 as one of the earliest cloud-based e-discovery platforms. He has been on this podcast twice before: In April 2019, where he discussed the company's founding and early development. In November 2021, just after Everlaw became one of the first legal tech companies to achieve unicorn status, or a valuation of over $1 billion.    Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out. Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, MerusCase and LollyLaw; the e-payments platform Headnote; and the legal accounting software TrustBooks. Briefpoint, eliminating routine discovery response and request drafting tasks so you can focus on drafting what matters (or just make it home for dinner). Littler, local everywhere.  Steno, reliable court reporting with a revolutionary approach   If you enjoy listening to LawNext, please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts.  

Do you want to get promoted into leadership.  But you're not sure what to how to get there? In this episode with Shana Simmons (Chief Legal Officer of Zendesk and formerly of Everlaw), we discuss: What it means to grow up poor with very little access to resources and how it impacts the way you navigate the world.   What the spirit of community and generosity means despite being poor, and how that helps you have empathy and compassion as a leader.   How to get promoted into leadership, and be part of the C-suite. How having access to privilege can be a double edged sword giving us access to resources while making us feel othered and less than. The impact of laws and ordinances that prevented our families from building generational wealth, and the importance of changing that for future generations.   The significance of having a seat at the table and how to leverage your privilege to create more inclusion and belonging.   Why striving for perfection is a setup for failure, and how returning to base camp in your life and career can help accelerate your career growth.   Why mental health is important and what you can do to get support for depression.     How to connect with us: Follow Shana on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/shana-simmons/.   Follow Samorn on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/samornselim/. Get a copy of Samorn's book, “Belonging: Self Love Lessons From A Workaholic Depressed Insomniac Lawyer” at https://tinyurl.com/swpc578c. Get weekly career tips by signing up for our advice column at www.careerunicorns.com.  

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists.   This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 02:00 - Thoughts on the Netdocs user conference (Selected by Joe Patrice and Stephen Embry) 11:01 - Everlaw Summit: My thoughts on attending this conference in SF this week (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 19:22 - Thomson Reuters Launches Program To Provide CoCounsel AI to Legal Services and Legal Nonprofits (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 25:00 - Attorney vs. lawyer (Selected by Niki Black) 37:10 - Florida's Professional Conduct Rules Will Include AI—But Was It Needed? (Selected by Niki Black) 41:13 - Wolters Kluwer Future Ready Lawyer (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)

In today's episode of "AI Lawyer Talking Tech," we explore the rapidly evolving landscape of legal technology, driven by groundbreaking advancements in generative AI. From major players like Thomson Reuters and LexisNexis unveiling next-gen AI assistants to legal battles over AI-driven copyright infringement, the impact of AI on the legal industry is undeniable. We'll also dive into the exciting launch of new AI tools from Everlaw and UniCourt, which promise to transform litigation and legal data management. Join us as we discuss the opportunities and challenges these innovations present, and what they mean for the future of legal practice. Copyright infringement: Music labels sue AI music generators Suno, Inc. and Udio12 Aug 2024GenAI-LexologyVirtuous and vicious cycles: The potential paths of GenAI in law libraries12 Aug 2024Thomson Reuters InstituteThomson Reuters Launches ‘CoCounsel 2.0' As Legal GenAI War Grows12 Aug 2024Artificial LawyerEverlaw announces general availability of Gen AI assistant12 Aug 2024Legal IT InsiderLexisNexis unveils commercial preview of AI assistant Protégé12 Aug 2024Legal IT InsiderTraining AI to Mentor Like a Partner: Insights from Dr. Megan Ma12 Aug 2024The Geek In ReviewIs AI Putting Your Closely Held Business at Risk?13 Aug 2024Lathrop GPMNLRB Pushes Schools to Release Student Information to Unions: Navigating Privacy Considerations in Light of Recent Guidance12 Aug 2024Fisher & Phillips LLPIllinois Amends Biometric Information Privacy Act to Reign in Liquidated Damages and Permit Electronic Signatures12 Aug 2024BeneschNIST Releases Series of AI Guidelines & Software in Ongoing Response to AI Executive Order12 Aug 2024King & SpaldingDechert Obtains Landmark Win for AI Leader Prisma Labs12 Aug 2024DechertFCC Makes a Call on AI12 Aug 2024McCarter & EnglishIllinois BIPA Reform Takes Effect12 Aug 2024King & SpaldingAI in Workers' Compensation: Are We There Yet?12 Aug 2024Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman GogginRetention of corporate email metadata, news from the Italian Data Protection Authority12 Aug 2024Hogan LovellsA Little Rigour Can Go a Long Way… Reflecting on Research Methods in Access to Justice13 Aug 2024SlawSchrems guns for Musk over X ‘illegal' AI training data13 Aug 2024DecisionMarketingHave Your Policies Evolved at the Pace of AI?13 Aug 2024HR Daily AdvisorHow to regulate a Decentralised Autonomous Organisation (DAO)13 Aug 2024Chris Skinner's blogLegal drafting challenges, risks, and opportunities in a year of transformation12 Aug 2024Financial Thomson ReutersQARA Professionals Question a Future with Cybersecurity Issues, US Litigation, and the EU AI Act12 Aug 2024BioSpaceUniCourt's New Product Combines LLMs with APIs to Let You Go DEEP Into Customizing Court Docket Data and Delivering It Where You Need It12 Aug 2024LawSitesTraining AI to Mentor Like a Partner: Insights from Dr. Megan Ma12 Aug 20243 Geeks and a Law BlogUniCourt Unveils AI-Powered Litigation Data Platform at ILTACON 202412 Aug 2024Morningstar.comMary O'Carroll Joins Goodwin as Chief Operating Officer12 Aug 2024GoodwinAderant Introduces viAllocate, A Product Designed to Solve Work Allocation Issues for Law Firms12 Aug 2024LawSitesHow are law firms adapting to the new hybrid working opportunities?12 Aug 2024Legal FuturesArtificial General Intelligence, If Attained, Will Be the Greatest Invention of All Time12 Aug 2024e-Discovery TeamYou Ask, I Answer: Avoiding Generative AI, Part 1: Legal12 Aug 2024Christopher S. Penn – Marketing AI Keynote SpeakerCase Study: Mike Morse Law Firm Boosts Efficiency With Zoom12 Aug 2024CallCentreHelperWelcome To ILTACON 2024! A Day For Innovation, Insight, And Entertainment12 Aug 2024Above The LawCommunity Legal Aid launches 'Virtual Pro Bono Divorce Clinic'12 Aug 2024Alliance ReviewLegal Loopholes and Judicial Gymnastics: A Supreme Trifecta12 Aug 2024

Everlaw is a legal tech company started in 2011 that helps law firms and corporations run what's called “e-discovery”— essentially a process of investigating often massive piles of documents to find the key pieces of evidence, the smoking gun, and then to construct a narrative from it. Last valued at over $2B, Everlaw has over 1,000 customers over the world.   In this episode, Sandhya Hegde chats with AJ Shankar, CEO and founder of Everlaw. Join us as we discuss:  00:00: The vision for Everlaw  0:36 Introduction to Everlaw 1:45 AJ Shankar's Journey to Starting Everlaw 4:43 The Vision and Early Years of Everlaw 6:41 Challenges in Fundraising and Building the Early Team 9:56 Understanding Customer Needs and Building Authenticity 11:38 Product Development and Technical Skills 16:22 Impact of Everlaw on the Legal Industry 20:36 Fundraising Challenges and Success 23:59 Adoption of Generative AI and its Implications 29:30 The Future of Everlaw and the Legal Industry 35:51 AJ Shankar's Evolution as a Founder and CEO Sandhya Hegde is a General Partner at Unusual Ventures, leading investments in modern SaaS companies with a focus on AI. Previously an early executive at Amplitude, Sandhya is a product-led growth (PLG) coach and mentor. She can be reached at sandhya@unusual.vc. AJ Shankar is the CEO and founder of Everlaw. Unusual Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm designed from the ground up to give a distinct advantage to founders building the next generation of software companies. Unusual has invested in category-defining companies like Webflow, Arctic Wolf Networks, Carta, Robinhood, and Harness. Learn more about us at https://www.unusual.vc/.

Rich Liu is a biomedical engineer turned executive and investor with experience scaling multi-billion dollar unicorns. He is the CBO for Everlaw, an AI and e-discovery platform valued at more than $2 billion. He has been recognized as a Top 100 Global Sales Leader, shaping enterprise motions for companies across industries including SaaS, fintech, software, IT, media, internet, and financial services. In this episode… Marketing is a constant for businesses of different sizes, but the methodology changes as they scale. Strategies need to be tailored to existing needs and resources. However, a lot can be learned from implementing techniques from companies at different stages. Some experts have had the opportunity to see companies through that evolution. During each step, they can gain new insights on how to keep pushing the company to new heights. This means they have a wealth of knowledge to share with those marketing their own company. In this episode of the Revenue Engine Podcast, Alex Gluz interviews Rich Liu, the Chief Business Officer at Everlaw, to discuss marketing at different stages of growth. The two break down the current marketing landscape with AI, lessons learned from switching to digital marketing, and how to use funding at an early stage.

It's that time of year once again … LegalWeek!    ALM's LegalWeek is one week where thousands of legal professionals gather to network with their peers, dive deeper into their professional development, explore topics and strategies tailored specifically to their role, and gain the tools to get legal business done.  The LegalSpeak show has now become a regular staple at the conference as we talk to some of the leading legal minds across the industry.  In this episode, Zack and Alaina sit down with Joshua Schnoll, VP of Marketing at Everlaw.

Are you wondering when is the right time to make a career move? And what if the next role isn't exactly a promotion? What do you do? In this episode with Shana Simmosn (Chief Legal Officer of Everlaw, we discuss: - What it means to grow up poor with very little access to resources and how it impacts the way you navigate the world. - What the spirit of community and generosity means despite being poor, and how that helps you have empathy and compassion as a leader.  - How having access to privilege can be a double edged sword giving us access to resources while making us feel othered and less than. - The impact of laws and ordinances that prevented our families from building generational wealth, and the importance of changing that for future generations.  - The significance of having a seat at the table and how to leverage your privilege to create more inclusion and belonging. - Why striving for perfection is a setup for failure, and how returning to base camp in your life and career can help accelerate your career growth.  - Why mental health is important and what you can do to get support for depression. Follow Shana on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/shana-simmons/.   Follow Samorn on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/samornselim/. Get a copy of Samorn's book, “Belonging: Self Love Lessons From A Workaholic Depressed Insomniac Lawyer” at https://tinyurl.com/swpc578c. Get weekly career tips by signing up for our advice column at www.careerunicorns.com.

Today Laura and Kevin discuss Reveal's recent acquisition of Logikcull and IPRO. We breakdown the impact on the market for companies such as Relativity, Disco, Everlaw and iConect. We do some math and try to figure out exactly what the numbers from their press release mean. We also talk about layoffs and the WARN act. 

Join me for an insightful chat as we delve into the life and career journey of AJ Shankar. From his distinguished academic career in computer science and graduating magna cum laude from Harvard to pioneering Everlaw as a successful entrepreneur. Our conversation will cover: The significance of the Harvard Barnwell Award Insights into the Berkeley startup ecosystem  A glimpse into the future of eDiscovery software What sets Everlaw apart in the competitive landscape Valuable insights for for eDiscovery and legal operations enthusiasts AJ's perspective on the future landscape of the business of law. Insights into the Berkeley startup ecosystem  A glimpse into the future of eDiscovery software What sets Everlaw apart in the competitive landscape Valuable insights for for eDiscovery and legal operations enthusiasts AJ's perspective on the future landscape of the business of law. For more on Cowen Podcasts, Career Coaching, and Leadership Networking Events, please visit the Cowen Group on LinkedIn :https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-cowen-group/?viewAsMember=true

Today we speak with Shana Simmons, chief legal officer at Everlaw, an advanced eDiscovery platform helping legal organizations solve the challenges of discovery and investigations more efficiently. Shana began her professional journey as a middle school and high school teacher before pursuing her lifelong dream of becoming a lawyer. After working in a corporate practice at an international law firm, Shana took an in-house role with Google as a contracts manager, where she focused on enhancing the company's legal operations. While working at Google, she was a fellow at the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity. As chief legal officer at Everlaw, Shana leads a team responsible for the company's legal, commercial, privacy, regulatory, and governance, risk, and compliance matters. In our discussion, Shana talks about what she learned as a teacher, the importance of legal ops, finding a community at the LCLD, and her exciting work at Everlaw.

Andy Wilson: Founder & CEO of Logikcull Who are the top 6 eDiscovery software CEOs?  If I say Apple - you say Steve Jobs If I say Amazon, you say Jeff. If I say Tesla, Microsoft or GE you say Elon, Bill and Jack. But, what if I say, Logikcull, Relativity, Disco, Everlaw, Reveal or Casepoint? Join me this summer as I interview the top founders and CEO's in the Legal software space starting with the Big 6 of eDiscovery. In this episode- Andy Wilson founder and CEO of Logikcull. Andy and I discuss: Andy Wilson's Background and Education 9:24 Andy Wilson shares his childhood dream of being his own boss and his love for reading comic books and sci-fi. He also talks about his interest in art and how he eventually switched from English and psychology to computer science and then to management science, which combined his interests in both business and software. Market Velocity and Business Model Comparison 11:31 David Cowen and Andy Wilson discuss the varying rates of change in different market sections and the slow adoption of modern technology. They also compare their business model to their competitors, highlighting their democratization ethos and unique bimodal purchasing options. Wilson uses the analogy of selling water to a building on fire to describe their event-driven market. Business model compared to competitors14:37 Identifying Superpowers 17:30 David Cowen leads a discussion on identifying superpowers among the CEOs present. He asks Andy Wilson about his specific superpowers and Wilson shares that he excels in designing easy-to-use systems and making them accessible to customers. Cowen also asks Wilson for advice for law firms and corporate law departments starting their journey in exploring next-gen technology in the e-discovery space. Cybersecurity Threats to Law Firms and Disrupting Incentive Structures 20:06 David Cowen and Andy Wilson discuss the cybersecurity threats faced by law firms and the need to invest in secure modern technology to handle clients' data. They also talk about the impact of AI on the legal industry and the need to disrupt incentive structures to adapt to the changing landscape.   Commercial Break and Logical Advertisement 26:08 During a break in the meeting, David and Andy do a humorous commercial for Logikcull.   The Impact of Automation on Job Creation 28:40 David Cowen and Andy Wilson discuss the potential impact of automation on job creation, citing McKinsey's report that for every job destroyed during the internet boom, 2.6 jobs were created. They express optimism about the future and discuss the potential for automation in the legal space, including the creation of roles such as legal engineers and chief AI officers. They also discuss the potential for automation to make the law easier to understand and for non-technical attorneys to do good work.   The Future of Legal Services 32:37 David Cowen and Andy Wilson discuss how the mission of Logikcull, is to democratize legal services and make it more accessible to the general population. They predict that the demand for legal services will increase as the cost decreases and access becomes easier. They also discuss the possibility of a new breed of lawyers emerging, specializing in areas such as drone litigation.   The Market and Entrepreneurship 38:04 David and Andy discuss the changing landscape of entrepreneurship and the ability for startups to compete with fewer resources.    For more on Cowen Podcasts, Career Coaching, and Leadership Networking Events, please visit www.Cowengroup.com  

Did you know Chuck Kellner wanted to be an astronaut when he was seven years old? How did he become one of the consummate established leaders in the eDiscovery and legal technologies world? In this episode of Careers and the Business of Law, Chuck and I discuss his journey from aspiring astronaut to temp paralegal to Director of Strategic Innovation at one of the world's top five legal technology firms. We discuss 30 years of change, what matters most, how to achieve success, the past and future workforce, and finally, his favorite band and song. I could have called this episode lessons from an elder statesman.

Rich Liu is the CRO @ Everlaw and a unicorn GTM exec having scaled five multi-billion dollar tech unicorns across two IPOs, a successful acquisition, and numerous funding rounds. Prior to Everlaw, Rich architected the GTM motions for companies like Navan (TripActions), MuleSoft, and Meta (Facebook). As a result of his incredible success, Rich has been recognized as a 2021 Top 100 Global Sales Leader. In Today's Episode with Rich Liu We Discuss: 1. Entry into the World of Sales: How Rich made his way from biochemistry into the world of sales? What is 1 takeaway from his time at Navan, Meta and Mulesoft that has shaped how he thinks about sales today? What does Rich know now that he wishes he had known when he entered the world of sales? 2. Sales Today: What is Happening? What are the biggest sales leaders saying today about price sensitivity and deal cycles? What has changed in the way companies buy software with the macro downturn? What do companies need to do to get deals over the line today? How do startups need to change the way they message to enterprises in order to sell today? How has the renewals process changed? What does this mean for customer success teams today? 3. PLG vs Enterprise: When and How? Is it possible to do both PLG and enterprise at the same time? Is it easier to start with enterprise and move to PLG or visa versa? How does the type of sales leader you need change dependent on the motion? When is the right time to move from founder-led sales to sales team? How does one know whether to hire a junior jack of all trades or a senior sales leader? 4. How To Hire The Best in Sales: How does Rich structure the hiring process for all new reps today? Does he use case studies to determine their depth and ability? Is the case study of the company they are interviewing at or a fresh company? What questions does Rich ask every candidate for a new role? What are some of the biggest red and green flags in how candidates talk in interviews?

Introduction: Welcome to AI Lawyer Talking Tech, your daily review of the latest legal technology news. Today we will be discussing two important articles that shed light on the current state of legal marketing and the potential of text data mining in the legal industry. The first article from the Law Firm Marketing Blog Consultwebs highlights a key statistic showing the importance of timely responses to prospective clients. We will discuss ways to optimize your marketing efforts and stay up to date with the latest legal technology. The second article from Duke University explores the potential of text data mining for legal research and systematic reviews, while also addressing the legal barriers that hinder research in this area. Join us as we dive into these topics and how they can shape the future of law. The Seven Legal Marketing Stats You Need to KnowDate: 23 Mar 2023Source: Law Firm Marketing Blog - Consultwebs Why Do Lawyers Need to Keep Up with Legal Technology?Date: 23 Mar 2023Source: Law Technology Today Legal Issues in Text and Data Mining: Literature and Text-Based WorksDate: 23 Mar 2023Source: Duke University Understand Legal Documents with Contextualized Large Language Models. (arXiv:2303.12135v1 [cs.CL]) Date: 23 Mar 2023Source: arXiv.org Comparing Ethereum Smart Contracts With Traditional Contracts Date: 23 Mar 2023Source: Legaltech on Medium Free Webinar for Lawyers: Using ChatGPT and AI Solutions for Legal Marketing Content Date: 23 Mar 2023Source: Legal Marketing & Technology Blog Legalweek News Roundup Part 2: CASEpeer, Evisort, Everlaw, Hanzo, LawPay, LexCheck, LinkSquares, LegalEase, Logikcull, Milestones, MyCase Date: 23 Mar 2023Source: LawSites DISCO unveils large language model chatbot Date: 23 Mar 2023Source: Legal IT Insider Legalweek News Roundup Part 1: Reveal, Casepoint, DISCO, ContractPodAi, HaystackID, Repario Date: 23 Mar 2023Source: LawSites Putting Bard and ChatGPT to the test Date: 23 Mar 2023Source: TechnoLlama Why Do Lawyers Need to Keep Up with Legal Technology? Date: 23 Mar 2023Source: Law Technology Today Project Gigabit: Winter Update 2022 Date: 23 Mar 2023Source: Technology's Legal Edge Can Lawyers Ethically Use AI to Write a Brief? Date: 23 Mar 2023Source: Sensei Enterprises, Inc. Hello Web Crawler! Date: 23 Mar 2023Source: Legaltech on Medium How to protect SaaS applying Legal Design Thinking and Service Design? Date: 23 Mar 2023Source: Legaltech on Medium Robot Lawyers Ross and DoNotPay Date: 23 Mar 2023Source: Legaltech on Medium ChatGPT and Legal Texts Date: 23 Mar 2023Source: Legaltech on Medium

Manu Kumar, Founder and Chief Firestarter of K9 Ventures, talks about how he balances being an investor and a founder. He shares unique insights from his experience founding Carta, HiHello and his other startups, and lessons from his high-conviction type of investing.In this episode, you'll learn:[3:32] Why solo GPs prioritize deal quality over quantity, and best ways to catch their attention[9:08] Entrepreneurs need to have strong conviction in their idea and show that they will take the leap, leave everything else and start their company.[14:59] Carta's tough time raising capital; investors thought it was “essentially replacing spreadsheets”[19:07] Why recruiting a founder rarely worksAbout Guest SpeakerDr. Manu Kumar is the Founder and Chief Firestarter of K9 Ventures, Co-Founder and CEO at HiHello, and the Co-founder, Investor, and Board Observer at Carta. He's also a board member in several companies, including Everlaw, enuma, Nexkey, Bugsee, Traptic, Crave.io Inc., Avoma, Forethought Technologies, Workona Inc., HiHello, Invisible AI, and Daughters of Rosie. Manu is a self-confessed entrepreneur at heart. He started his first company (SneakerLabs, Inc.) at the age of 20 with $5,000 from a summer internship.About K9 VenturesK9 Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that invests in concept-stage and seed-stage technology startups in the San Francisco Bay Area. K9 Ventures has made more than 74 investments. More than 25% of them are diversity investments. The firm's most notable exits include Lyft, Twilio, and Osmo. Companies in its current portfolio include Teleo, Invisible AI, Avoma, Forethought, Nexkey, Everlaw among others.Subscribe to our podcast and stay tuned for our next episode. Follow Us:  Twitter | Linkedin | Instagram | Facebook

Returning guest Chuck Kellner, strategic discovery advisor for EDRM Trusted Partner, Everlaw, sits down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about his 2023 predictions, privacy, AI and dark data and the evolving notion of a document.

AJ Shankar, founder and CEO of EDRM Trusted Partner, Everlaw, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about their brand new vibrant partner program, the 76% increase in employees since their Series D range requiring a Chief People Officer for optimal onboarding and experiences, and the promotion of Shana Simmons from General Counsel to Chief Legal Officer and their new DC and NYC offices.

According to Everlaw Founder and CEO AJ Shankar, “We pledge to co-sell, collaborate and go-to-market with our partners – and not to compete against them. We are a software company delivering the world's most advanced ediscovery, looking to partner with world-class service providers to both scale our reach and help deliver the best customer outcomes for legal teams.” The post Choosing Dance Partners? Everlaw Launches New Global Strategic Partner Program appeared first on ComplexDiscovery.

On this episode, Shana Simmons, General Counsel at Everlaw, joins Mary to talk about Shana's career journey. From how Shana got a job as a law firm associate in London to why she left that job and moved to California to work as a contract manager at Google. Shana waxes lyrical about her deep love for Google and what it was like to work at a company that was growing so rapidly. She also shares the tools and skills Shana learned at Google and why she didn't learn them as a lawyer, such as building and managing a diverse team. She then goes through how she worked her way up at Google, and why she ultimately left. Lastly, Shana goes into detail about why it's so important to hire talent that is different from you and how to manage them effectively as well as how to use technology to modernize legal operations. If you enjoyed today's show, please leave a 5-star review. You can find more information, as well as the resources mentioned in this episode, at ironcladapp.com.   https://ironcladapp.com/    #LegalOps #LegalCareer

In this episode, Kathryn welcomes Shana Simmons, a General Counsel at Everlaw, to talk about how her career in the world of law started. Shana leads the legal department and is responsible for all legal, regulatory, privacy, risk and compliance, and governance issues around the company. She describes the transition from working as the Head of Google's Cloud Go-To-Market Legal team, to being a General Counsel. Additionally, Shana talks about how their own practice ensures that the culture at their workplace is inviting to people of all backgrounds and colors. Episode Resources https://www.lexisnexis.com/lexisplus https://www.linkedin.com/in/shana-simmons-02295498  Episode Highlights Why Shana Simmons decided to go to law school The differences that happened as her career evolved What helped Shana drive her career Her career transition The concept of culture How she makes sure that the culture of the workplace is truly inviting to a diversity of background What being a General Counsel (GC) at a legal tech company is about Subscribe, Share, and Review To get the next episode subscribe with your favorite podcast player. Subscribe with Apple Podcasts Follow on Spotify Leave a review on Apple Podcasts

AJ Shankar, founder and CEO of EDRM Trusted Partner, Everlaw, sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about Everlaw Clustering, just released and included in existing cloud native Everlaw instances. From ECA to Privilege quality control, the scale and ease of use were explored, as well as the ability to overlay predictive scores or other coding in the highly visual interactive interface.

Illumination Zone: Dr. Maura R. Grossman, research professor and special master and Chuck Kellner, strategic litigation consultant for EDRM Trusted Partner, Everlaw, sit down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about their three city roadshow, Everlaw Connect powered by EDRM. The half day events, in Chicago, New York and LA during the first three weeks of June, feature CLE sessions and networking lunch and cocktail hours. Listen to hear about the safety features included in the planning, like lanyards with buttons signify preferences for contact (red, yellow, green), the layout enabling distancing and masks being welcomed but not required** (**at time of recording). Register at EverlawConnect.com.

Chuck Kellner, strategic discovery advisor for EDRM Guardian Plus Partner, Everlaw, sits down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery, what attracted him to Everlaw and the upcoming events at Legalweek, including a cocktail hour at Bridges Bar at the Hilton Wednesday 5-7PM where all are welcome.

AJ Shankar, the founder and CEO of e-discovery platform Everlaw, likes to say his company's technology is designed to help clients find needles in a haystack. But he notes that the haystacks that law firms and corporate in-house teams have to confront have grown in size and complexity in recent years. This has prompted cloud-based Everlaw to enhance and broaden its e-discovery offerings. Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications and Smokeball.

AJ Shankar, the founder and CEO of e-discovery platform Everlaw, likes to say his company's technology is designed to help clients find needles in a haystack. But he notes that the haystacks that law firms and corporate in-house teams have to confront have grown in size and complexity in recent years. This has prompted cloud-based Everlaw to enhance and broaden its e-discovery offerings. Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications and Smokeball.

Earlier this month, e-discovery company Everlaw became one of the few legal technology companies to join the elite ranks of unicorn status — companies valued at over $1 billion — with the announcement of a $202 million Series D funding at a valuation of over $2 billion. It had already been a big year for the company, which saw 80% year-over-year growth, the launch of several new products, and its first-ever user conference.  To discuss these developments, host Bob Ambrogi is joined by AJ Shankar, Everlaw's founder and CEO, He brings us up to date on the company's latest developments and his plans for further expanding the product and its market, including expanding Everlaw's platform beyond e-discovery into broader areas of legal technology.  Shankar was previously on this podcast in April 2019, where he discussed the company's founding and early development. Those interested in learning more about Everlaw may want to listen to that episode as well. Shankar was a computer scientist with a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley, when he founded Everlaw in 2011 as one of the earliest cloud-based e-discovery platforms.  Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.  Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, and MerusCase, and e-payments platform Headnote. Woodpecker, legal document automation for solo and small firms.   A reminder that we are on Patreon. Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests.

Dr. AJ Shankar sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey to an over $2 billion valuation, the team that helped build it, his technical and client centered approach to growth, and Everlaw for Good, a program offering free access for pro bono, nonprofits, clinics, educational organizations and investigative journalists.

Imagine this: You're working on a jigsaw puzzle. It's 1,000 pieces and you're methodically going through them all, connecting what goes together, maybe categorizing the different types, colors, and patterns. And, while you're doing this, all of a sudden that 1,000-piece puzzle becomes a 1,500-piece puzzle. And, oh yeah, the picture has changed. And this keeps happening over, and over, and over again. It would drive you crazy. But unfortunately, for business owners and business professionals, this story is one that's all too familiar. In the legal profession the ever-expanding jigsaw puzzle is the hunt for evidence that can make or break a case.  But finding the smoking gun is like searching for a needle in a haystack and most of the time, you don't even know what the needle looks like. AJ Shanker is the Founder and CEO of Everlaw, a legal tech company that is taking these impossible tasks out of the hands of lawyers and is spinning the haystacks into gold. How does it do that? Find out on Business X factors.  Main Takeaways: Side Hustles As Main Hustles: Conventional wisdom says we should not be sidetracked by shiny objects and that we should laser focus on a single goal. But side hustles or projects don't need to be a distraction because some of the world's most successful companies have started out as side projects. Twitter, Houzz, and Craigslist fall in this category. The jobs we take on to make some extra cash, pursue a passion or take because it was available, could be an inspiration for a whole new career. Your skills could be exactly what an industry far out of your comfort zone needs. Side projects could be an incredible source of inspiration and it could be a better idea than the one you have been pursuing. Naivety as a Superpower: People are often labeled as naïve when they are inexperienced in a particular field or when they lack strict adherence to ideals or rules. But in the business world, naivety or cluelessness can sometimes be an asset because it gives you a perspective that others who are well-versed in the area often miss. Naivety should not be confused with stupidity or ignorance. Richard Branson has often been accused of making naïve or flaky decisions. Branson has tried many things for fun and worked like crazy to make them happen. The secret is to be intelligently naïve leaving room for curiosity, learning and experimentation, and observation that others closer to an industry may not see. Partner with an Engineer: When people of the same discipline get together to solve problems, particularly when they are big problems, it could be useful to borrow from other industries and bring systems engineering that is well-known in the space industry into the process.---Business X factors is produced by Mission.org and brought to you by Hyland. For over a decade, Hyland has been named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Content Services Platforms, leading the way to help people get the information they need when and where they need it. More than half of 2019 Fortune 100 companies rely on Hyland to help them create more meaningful connections with the people they serve. When your focus is on the people you serve, Hyland stands behind you. Hyland is your X factor for better performance. Go to Hyland.com/insights to learn more.

In a market expected to grow to $17 billion by 2023, Everlaw is an AI-powered e-discovery platform that helps teams uncover the needle-in-a-haystack pieces of information that can make or break a case. As the digital universe expands rapidly, litigators and internal investigators are tasked with mining through mountains of data and documents, most of which end up being irrelevant. Everlaw can process up to 500K documents per hour and is 5x faster than the nearest cloud competitor, with its largest case reaching 68M documents. Both data stored and the number of cases on the platform has more than doubled YoY. AJ Shankar, CEO, and Founder of legal tech company Everlaw joins me on the Tech Talks Daily Podcast. AJ offers an overview state of technology in the legal industry in the US and the complexities of investigations and discovery in the digital age, where unimaginable amounts of data are created each day. I learn how Everlaw is helping law firms, corporate legal departments, government agencies, and journalists to transform the way they handle the troves of data to uncover the truth in their investigations and cases. AJ also shares what the future holds for the legal industry for cloud-based e-discovery solutions.

There is broad agreement that if law schools are to adequately train students for careers in law, then technology is a critical part of the curriculum. Despite this, many law schools get a failing grade when it comes to teaching tech. So how, exactly, should law schools teach tech? And what topics should such teaching cover?  April G. Dawson has given a lot of thought to those questions.A former computer programmer and litigator, she is now associate dean of technology and innovation and professor of law at North Carolina Central University School of Law, where her research focuses on legal pedagogy, the use of technology in legal education, and law and technology.  Recipient of the 2021 Technology, Law and Legal Education Section Award.from the Association of American Law Schools, she has written and spoken about how to design legal technology courses and who should teach them, most recently at the American Bar Association’s 2021 Techshow. She also speaks on how law school faculty can use tech to better engage with students and enhance their own productivity.  In this episode of LawNext, Dawson shares her insights on why it is important for law schools to teach technology and how they should design and implement tech instruction.  Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.  Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, and MerusCase, and e-payments platform Headnote. Everlaw, the cloud-based ediscovery platform for law firms, corporations, and government agencies.  Law Insider, producer of the show Contract Teardown, where they analyze the contracts that others are talking about.  A reminder that we are on Patreon. Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests.

Last August, Arizona became the first state to eliminate the ban on non-lawyer ownership of law firms. In ordering that change, as well as a package of additional reforms, the Arizona Supreme Court acted on the recommendations of a task force that had called for fundamental changes in the regulation of legal services, all with the goal of enhancing access to justice,  On today’s episode of LawNext, we are joined by Arizona Supreme Court Vice Chief Justice Ann A. Scott Timmer, who was not only among the justices who approved the changes, but who chaired the task force that recommended them. Justice Timmer discusses why the task force recommended such sweeping changes, why the court adopted them, the status of their implementation, and the implications for access to justice.  Justice Timmer was appointed to the Arizona Supreme Court in 2012. Previously, she served on the Arizona Court of Appeals from 2000 to 2012, serving three years as its chief judge, and where she chaired the court’s Legal Services Task Force. She is chair of the Supreme Court’s Attorney Regulation Advisory Committee, a member of the National Conference of Bar Examiners board of trustees and has been elected as a member of The American Law Institute.  Among her many honors, Justice Timmer was named 2020 Woman of the Year by the Arizona Capitol Times and she was recognized as one of the Most Influential Business Women in Arizona in 2020.  Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.  Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, and MerusCase, and e-payments platform Headnote. Everlaw, the cloud-based ediscovery platform for law firms, corporations, and government agencies.  Law Insider, producer of the show Contract Teardown, where they analyze the contracts that others are talking about.  A reminder that we are on Patreon. Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests.

LexLab, the legal innovation hub at UC Hastings Law School, recently wrapped up the fourth cohort of its legal tech accelerator program with a demo day at which the seven startup participants got to pitch their products to potential investors.  But this demo day, in fact this entire cohort, was noticeably different than prior ones, in that it was the first to take place 100% virtually, without the benefit of having the startups come and work on site in LexLab’s offices on the Hastings campus in San Francisco.   In this episode of LawNext, we speak with LexLab’s director, Drew Amerson, and Tiyani Majoko, cofounder of Anü, one of the startups that participated in the program, about the accelerator program and about the good and bad of the experience of conducting it virtually.  Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.  Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, and MerusCase, and e-payments platform Headnote. Everlaw, the cloud-based ediscovery platform for law firms, corporations, and government agencies.  Law Insider, producer of the show Contract Teardown, where they analyze the contracts that others are talking about.  A reminder that we are on Patreon. Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests.

Possibly the hottest market in legal tech today is contract lifecycle management, and one of the most talked-about companies in that market is Ironclad, a six-year-old startup that recently raised a $100 million Series D – at a reported valuation of $1 billion – and that just made its first acquisition, of the clickwrap transaction platform PactSafe.  What makes Ironclad different than other CLM companies, says cofounder and CEO Jason Boehmig, is that it is not just building incrementally better workflows, but is creating a new standard of digital contracting that will drive the businesses of the future.  Boehmig is today’s guest on LawNext. In 2014, he left his job as a corporate at law firm Fenwick & West to co-found Ironclad with CTO Cai GoGwilt after realizing that contracting was still mired in the analog age. He built Ironclad one log at a time, he tells host Bob Ambrogi, and is now looking ahead to eventually taking the company public.   Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.  Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, and MerusCase, and e-payments platform Headnote. Everlaw, the cloud-based ediscovery platform for law firms, corporations, and government agencies.  Law Insider, producer of the show Contract Teardown, where they analyze the contracts that others are talking about.  A reminder that we are on Patreon. Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests.

Throughout Europe and Eastern Europe, Holger Zscheyge is widely regarded as a leading authority on legal technology and innovation. President of the European Legal Technology Association, he is also founder and managing director of Infotropic Media, a Moscow-based legal publisher and producer of legal technology conferences, and a cofounder of Moscow Legal Hackers.  Zscheyge was a guest on LawNext in 2018, when host Bob Ambrogi interviewed him live in Moscow at the Skolkovo LegalTech conference about the state of legal tech adoption in Russia. A lot has changed since then, so Zscheyge, who took office as ELTA president last November, returns to LawNext to share his perspectives on legal tech and innovation in Europe and Eastern Europe as they stand today.  In a wide-ranging conversation, Zscheyge and Ambrogi discuss legal tech use by law departments and law firms, the pandemic’s impact on legal tech adoption, regulatory-reform initiatives that parallel those in the U.S., and the need for law schools to better teach legal tech and innovation.  Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.  Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, and MerusCase, and e-payments platform Headnote. Everlaw, the cloud-based ediscovery platform for law firms, corporations, and government agencies.  Law Insider, producer of the show Contract Teardown, where they analyze the contracts that others are talking about.  A reminder that we are on Patreon. Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests.

It was recently announced that Andrew Ballheimer, who retired last October as global managing partner at Magic Circle law firm Allen & Overy, one of the largest law firms in the world, has joined the board of directors of the managed services company Factor, which spun off in 2019 from the alternative legal services provider Axiom.   Some are saying the move represents a bridge between traditional law firms and new forms of legal services delivery, and that it signals a future in which law firms and ALSPs more commonly work together to better serve their clients.  Andrew Ballheimer joins us on today’s LawNext to discuss this news, together with Chris DeConti, head of strategy at Factor and formerly executive vice president at Axiom. They discuss the significance of Ballheimer’s move and how they believe partnerships between law firms and ALSPs can benefit clients. They also share their thoughts on innovation in the legal industry, and on what the future holds for firms such as Allen & Overy and companies such as Factor. Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.  Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, and MerusCase, and e-payments platform Headnote. Everlaw, the cloud-based ediscovery platform for law firms, corporations, and government agencies.  Law Insider, producer of the show Contract Teardown, where they analyze the contracts that others are talking about.  A reminder that we are on Patreon. Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests.

Jeffrey Marple, who has gained a national reputation for law department innovation in his role as director of innovation for corporate legal at Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, has moved to Keesal Propulsion Labs, a company that assists Fortune 500 law departments in automating their business and legal processes, where has taken the position of director of digital transformation strategy. In an exclusive LawNext interview, Marple and Rudy DeFelice, cofounder and CEO of KP Labs, join host Bob Ambrogi to discuss Marple’s move to the company, which spun off in 2018 from the California law firm Keesal, Young & Logan. They also share their insights on the state of law department innovation, the challenges law departments face in innovating, and where the industry is heading. For Marple, his move to KP Labs comes after 21 years at Liberty Mutual, where, in his most recent role, he led the investigation, testing, and implementation of new technology, processes, and business models to improve how legal professionals work. In 2019, the Association of Corporate Counsel named Marple's department the "Legal Operations Team of the Year." DeFelice, the company's cofounder and CEO, is a lawyer and technology entrepreneur. After practicing law early in his career with the firms McDermott, Will & Emery and Kelley Drye & Warren, he went on to found three technology companies, including one venture-backed legal technology company, Realpractice, which was acquired in 2012. Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.  Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, and MerusCase, and e-payments platform Headnote. Everlaw, the cloud-based ediscovery platform for law firms, corporations, and government agencies.  Law Insider, producer of the show Contract Teardown, where they analyze the contracts that others are talking about.  A reminder that we are on Patreon. Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests.

Gordon Smith has just been appointed to a second five-year term as dean of the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University. Two years after becoming dean in 2016, he told an audience of law school advisors, “I want BYU to be known as, if not the most innovative law school in the country, then one of the most innovative law schools in the country.” As we recounted when Smith was first on LawNext in 2019, he has worked hard to make that vision a reality, launching the nationally recognized LawX legal design lab, developing courses to teach non-traditional skills such as leadership, storytelling, and business ethics, launching clinical programs around unique skills such as entrepreneurship and conflict resolution; and spearheading development of the Law and Corpus Linguistics project. But much has changed in law and legal education since 2019, due predominantly to the pandemic and its impact on how law is taught, how lawyers are licensed, and how legal services are delivered. So as Smith begins his second term as dean, we check in on how the pandemic has impacted the school’s teaching of innovation and entrepreneurship, and ask Smith about his plans for the next five years and his thoughts on the future of legal education and licensing.  Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.  Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, and MerusCase, and e-payments platform Headnote. XIRA.com, where clients find, book and meet with attorneys; and where attorneys get free, fully integrated practice management software. Everlaw, the cloud-based ediscovery platform for law firms, corporations, and government agencies.  TrustBooks, the only standalone accounting product designed 100 percent for attorneys and law firms.   Law Insider, producer of the show Contract Teardown, where they analyze the contracts that others are talking about.  A reminder that we are on Patreon. Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests.

No sector of the legal technology market is hotter right now than contract lifecycle management. And while that sector is crowded with companies that are relative newcomers, one of the companies making the biggest waves is 30 years old.  Over the past year, Agiloft, the no-code CLM company, raised $45 million in growth equity funding – its first outside funding ever – named a new CEO and management team, saw its sales increase 124%, and won several industry awards and recognitions, most recently the Business Intelligence Group product Innovation award for its AI Core contract management software.  Joining LawNext today is Eric Laughlin, who took over as Agiloft’s CEO last August. Agiloft’s former CEO for nearly 30 years, Colin Earl, hand-picked Laughlin – who spent many years at Thomson Reuters in a series of executive roles, leading TR’s legal managed services offerings and its corporate segment – to take the company to its next level of growth.  Laughlin and host Bob Ambrogi discuss the CLM market and why it has surged in recent years, and Laughlin shares his view on where his company fits into that market, now and into the future.  Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.  Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, and MerusCase, and e-payments platform Headnote. XIRA.com, where clients find, book and meet with attorneys; and where attorneys get free, fully integrated practice management software. Everlaw, the cloud-based ediscovery platform for law firms, corporations, and government agencies.  TrustBooks, the only standalone accounting product designed 100 percent for attorneys and law firms.   Law Insider, producer of the show Contract Teardown, where they analyze the contracts that others are talking about.  A reminder that we are on Patreon. Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests.

You have just been named global chief innovation officer for one of the world's largest law firms. Where and how do you start? That is one of the questions we put to Amol Bargaje, whom Mayer Brown named to that position on Feb. 9, 2021. Coming into this newly created role, Bargaje has plenty of experience on which to draw. He has been at Mayer Brown since 2018 as global director of IT Practice and Client Solutions, and was formerly chief innovation officer at Sullivan & Cromwell and chief information officer at Jenner & Block. Bargaje worked most of his career in IT leadership, but pivoted to focus on innovation in 2016 because he wanted to be in a role that put him shoulder to shoulder with the firm's clients. He joins host Bob Ambrogi to talk about what innovation means to him, why it matters for a firm and its clients, how he conceives and develops innovation initiatives, and what he sees as the most significant trends impacting his firm and the legal industry. Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out. Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, and MerusCase, and e-payments platform Headnote. XIRA.com, where clients find, book and meet with attorneys; and where attorneys get free, fully integrated practice management software. Everlaw, the cloud-based ediscovery platform for law firms, corporations, and government agencies. TrustBooks, the only standalone accounting product designed 100 percent for attorneys and law firms. Law Insider, producer of the show Contract Teardown, where they analyze the contracts that others are talking about. A reminder that we are on Patreon. Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests.

In January 2020, Axiom Managed Services, one of two companies spun off in 2019 from alternative legal services provider Axiom, rebranded as Factor, a move the company characterized as a relaunch, and named a new CEO, Varun Mehta, a veteran of the legal tech industry who had previously helped found the e-discovery managed services firm The Clutch Group. It has been a year of challenges and opportunities for Factor, an ALSP that describes itself as delivering complex legal work at scale. While Mehta could never have anticipated that he was taking the helm in a year that would be defined by a global pandemic, it was also a year in which the company received an investment it characterized as one of the largest in the global legal solutions market, built out a powerhouse management team, and partnered with major law firm Allen & Overy to provide LIBOR remediation. This week on LawNext, Mehta joins host Bob Ambrogi to reflect on his first year as CEO and the company's progress so far, as well as to share his vision for what lies ahead for Factor and for the managed services industry more broadly. Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out. Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, and MerusCase, and e-payments platform Headnote. XIRA.com, where clients find, book and meet with attorneys; and where attorneys get free, fully integrated practice management software. Everlaw, the cloud-based ediscovery platform for law firms, corporations, and government agencies. TrustBooks, the only standalone accounting product designed 100 percent for attorneys and law firms. Law Insider, producer of the show Contract Teardown, where they analyze the contracts that others are talking about. A reminder that we are on Patreon. Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests.

Have you ever wanted to found a tech company but needed the right idea? A California company called LaunchFactory has the ideas and is looking for founders to take them on – including in the legal tech space. The company takes a decidedly unique path to launching companies. Rather than invest in existing startups, it identifies and vets startup ideas and then recruits entrepreneurs to launch them. It provides these founders with $300,000 in seed capital, domain advisors, incubation tools and office space. For 2021, one of the companies for which LaunchFactory is seeking founders is in legal technology, a vertical the company’s founder and CEO Brad Chisum believes is ripe for disruption. A second company this year, involving data privacy, borders on legal tech. On today’s LawNext, we’re joined by Chisum, who founded LaunchFactory after selling his former company to Google for $85 million, and by Alessandro Rinaldi, who, as director of innovation, leads the ideation of new startups. Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.  Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, and MerusCase, and e-payments platform Headnote. XIRA.com, where clients find, book and meet with attorneys; and where attorneys get free, fully integrated practice management software. Everlaw, the cloud-based ediscovery platform for law firms, corporations, and government agencies.  TrustBooks, the only standalone accounting product designed 100 percent for attorneys and law firms.   Law Insider, producer of the show Contract Teardown, where they analyze the contracts that others are talking about.  A reminder that we are on Patreon. Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests.

Barely six months into his new position as senior vice president and general counsel for The Coca-Cola Company, Bradley M. Gayton has taken dramatic action to increase diversity and inclusion among the company’s outside counsel, telling firms that they must meet minimum diversity commitments or face consequences ranging from fee reductions to outright firing.  While even he describes this as a bold move, he is no stranger to bold moves. Before moving to Coca-Cola in September, he spent 29 years at the Ford Motor Company, where he rose from law student intern to become that company’s top lawyer, managing a team of over 600 people across more than 20 countries, and where he developed a track record of innovation, not only around diversity and inclusion, but also in the use of legal technology and in his advocacy for pro bono service and access to justice.  On this week’s LawNext, Gayton joins host Bob Ambrogi to discuss his latest diversity initiative as well as his career and his insights on technology and innovation.    Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.  Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, and MerusCase, and e-payments platform Headnote. XIRA.com, where clients find, book and meet with attorneys; and where attorneys get free, fully integrated practice management software. Everlaw, the cloud-based ediscovery platform for law firms, corporations, and government agencies.  TrustBooks, the only standalone accounting product designed 100 percent for attorneys and law firms.   Law Insider, producer of the show Contract Teardown, where they analyze the contracts that others are talking about.  A reminder that we are on Patreon. Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Kira Systems, the first company to develop AI-powered contract analysis, technology that is now becoming commonplace in the legal profession. To mark the anniversary, Kira’s cofounders are releasing a book, AI For Lawyers: How Artificial Intelligence is Adding Value, Amplifying Expertise, and Transforming Careers. When CEO Noah Waisberg, a former lawyer, and CTO Dr. Alexander Hudek, a computer scientist, launched Kira in 2011, they thought it would be easy to develop machine-learning software to review contracts. They quickly found out otherwise. It was two years before they had a product to sell and nearly three before they earned a penny of revenue.  This week on LawNext, Waisberg and Hudek join host Bob Ambrogi to share their story of founding and building Kira Systems into one of the world’s leading legal technology companies, used by law firms throughout the world.  They also discuss their new book, the topics it covers, and the “friends” from the legal tech industry who helped them write it.  Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.  ASG LegalTech, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, and MerusCase, and e-payments platform Headnote. XIRA.com, where clients find, book and meet with attorneys; and where attorneys get free, fully integrated practice management software. Everlaw, the cloud-based ediscovery platform for law firms, corporations, and government agencies.  Law Insider, producer of the show Contract Teardown, where they analyze the contracts that others are talking about.  A reminder that we are on Patreon. Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests.

As we begin to look ahead to a post-pandemic world, what will the legal market look like in 2021 and beyond? Has the pandemic’s impact on law firms resulted in a tipping point that will forever alter law firms and the business of law? A report by the Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession at the Georgetown University Law Center and Thomson Reuters Institute, 2021 Report on the State of the Legal Market, speculates that the combined effects of the pandemic may have so softened partner resistance to fundamental change as to create a tipping point in favor of a significant redesign of our legal delivery systems — including law firms. Joining LawNext this week is the lead author of that report, James W. Jones, senior fellow at Georgetown and director of its Program on Trends in Law Practice. Formerly a law firm managing partner, corporate general counsel, and management consultant to the legal industry, Jones specializes in strategy and trends in the legal profession.   In a conversation with host Bob Ambrogi, Jones details the financial and organization impacts of the pandemic on law firms and shares his thoughts on whether 2020 was indeed a tipping point for law.  Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.  ASG LegalTech, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, and MerusCase, and e-payments platform Headnote. XIRA.com, where clients find, book and meet with attorneys; and where attorneys get free, fully integrated practice management software. Everlaw, the cloud-based ediscovery platform for law firms, corporations, and government agencies.  Law Insider, producer of the show Contract Teardown, where they analyze the contracts that others are talking about.  A reminder that we are on Patreon. Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests.

On today's episode, Everlaw VP Security and Compliance Lisa Hawke joins us to share her insights on the hidden skills necessary to succeed as an infosec leader and her journey from working in environmental law to security and compliance. And a lot more! Note: the episode was recorded in the summer of 2020 so Lisa's birding recommendations are best taken in the warmer months. Follow Lisa on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ldhawke/  Read some of Lisa's writing: https://techcrunch.com/author/lisa-hawke/ https://abovethelaw.com/legal-innovation-center/2017/12/05/the-growing-risks-of-using-personal-data-gdpr-and-beyond/  https://www.ldhawke.com/articles  Read more about WISP (Women in Security and Privacy) https://www.wisporg.com/  Learn more about Everlaw at https://www.everlaw.com/  Nightfall is the industry's first cloud-native DLP platform that discovers, classifies, and protects data via machine learning. Nightfall is designed to work with popular SaaS applications like Slack & GitHub as well as IaaS platforms like AWS. Learn more about Nightfall AI on our website: https://nightfall.ai/about/  Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast player for free! And leave us a review if you're enjoying the show. This podcast is created and sponsored by Nightfall AI. Please share your questions and feedback with us at marketing@nightfall.ai. Follow us on social media:Facebook https://www.facebook.com/NightfallAI Twitter https://twitter.com/NightfallAI LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/nightfall-ai Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nightfall_ai/  Follow CISO Insider managing producer and host Chris Martinez on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-martinez-communications/  Special thanks to Wendel Topper for podcast production support. Follow Wendel's work at https://createk.us/  Thanks for listening!  

Legal technology company AltaClaro describes itself as “rocket fuel for legal skills training. It uses a unique experiential framework based on education science, with mock transactions and live feedback, all done online. Our guest this week on LawNext is AltaClaro’s founder and CEO Abdi Shayesteh, who says he first developed his entrepreneurial bent as an 11-year-old Iranian immigrant helping his father manage a small café in San Diego, and then as a 17-year-old founding a clothing company to support himself through college.   When, later in life, he became a lawyer and saw how poorly prepared new associates were to practice law, he began to research education science and came up with the concept for AltaClaro, a company that combines education science with technology to deliver practical skills training for lawyers. Today, its customers include law firms who use it to train associates and individual lawyers seeking to enhance their skills.  Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.  ASG LegalTech, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, and MerusCase, and e-payments platform Headnote. XIRA.com, where potential clients find, book and meet with attorneys; and where attorneys get free, fully integrated practice management software. Everlaw, the cloud-based ediscovery platform for law firms, corporations, and government agencies.  Law Insider, producer of the show Contract Teardown, where they analyze the contracts that others are talking about.  A reminder that we are on Patreon. Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests.

Just a few days into 2021 came news that could end up being one of the biggest legal technology stories of the year. On Jan. 5, two leading legal research companies, Casemaker and Fastcase – two companies that have been rivals for as long as they’ve been in business – announced their merger.  The combined company, which will operate under the Fastcase name, has a subscriber base estimated to be more than a million lawyers, or more than three quarters of the 1.3 million  lawyers in the United States. What does this mean for the companies, their customers, and the legal research landscape more broadly?  To discuss the merger and its implications, host Bob Ambrogi welcomes the three top executives of the two companies: Dr. Satish Sheth, president and CEO of Casemaker, and also a full-time emergency pediatrician for Kaiser Permenante in California. Ed Walters, cofounder and CEO of Fastcase. Phil Rosenthal, cofounder and president of Fastcase.  Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.  ASG LegalTech, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, and MerusCase, and e-payments platform Headnote. XIRA.com, where clients find, book and meet with attorneys; and where attorneys get free, fully integrated practice management software. Everlaw, the cloud-based ediscovery platform for law firms, corporations, and government agencies.  Law Insider, producer of the show Contract Teardown, where they analyze the contracts that others are talking about.  A reminder that we are on Patreon. Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests.

When the financial services organization TIAA faced a high-stakes regulatory matter that could have major implications for the company’s reputation and brand, it needed to quickly get to the core of the matter. While it is unusual for a large enterprise to take on a new partner in a bet-the-company matter, TIAA took a chance, deciding to work with “new law” legal company Novus Law, which specializes in rapidly and efficiently finding the story in complex legal matters.  In this episode of LawNext, we offer a case study. Two of the principals involved in the matter will share the story of how the two companies came to work together, how the matter turned out, and what lessons the experience offers for other enterprises facing complex legal matters. Our guests are: Brad Rogers, chief operations officer and chief of staff for law, government relations, regulatory affairs, and corporate secretary at TIAA.  Raymond Bayley, cofounder and CEO of global legal services firm Novus Law. Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.  ASG LegalTech, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, and MerusCase, and e-payments platform Headnote. XIRA.com, where clients find, book and meet with attorneys; and where attorneys get free, fully integrated practice management software. Everlaw, the cloud-based ediscovery platform for law firms, corporations, and government agencies.  Law Insider, producer of the show Contract Teardown, where they analyze the contracts that others are talking about.  A reminder that we are on Patreon. Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests.

Twenty-five years ago, in the still-fledgling days of the web, the husband-and-wife team of Tim Stanley and Stacy Stern founded FindLaw and quickly developed it into the most highly trafficked legal site on the internet. In 2001, they sold FindLaw to the West Group, and two years later, they founded Justia, repeating their earlier success and then some with what is now one of the most popular legal sites in the world.  Throughout, their mission has remained the same: to make law and legal resources free for all. Whereas FindLaw started as a modest collection of links to legal resources, Justia is now one of the largest databases of cases, codes, and other legal resources, all available for free to the site’s visitors. It also supports various public interest and pro bono projects, including the Stanford Copyright and Fair Use Center, the LGBTQ Legal Resource Center, and the Supreme Court Center. Justia supports all this by selling law firm marketing services, including a lawyer directory, SEO, websites and blogs.  In this episode of LawNext, Stanley, CEO, and Stern, president, both lawyers by education, discuss how they came to start FindLaw, the sale to West, starting again with Justia, their future plans, and their thoughts, after 25 years, on how far we’ve come and how far we still have to go towards providing free access to law.    Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.  ASG LegalTech, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, and MerusCase, and e-payments platform Headnote. XIRA.com, where potential clients find, book and meet with attorneys; and where attorneys get free, fully integrated practice management software. Everlaw, the cloud-based ediscovery platform for law firms, corporations, and government agencies.  Law Insider, producer of the show Contract Teardown, where they analyze the contracts that others are talking about.  A reminder that we are on Patreon. Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests.

Jules Miller knows what it is to be a legal tech entrepreneur. She is a three-time founder, twice of legal tech companies: Hire an Esquire in 2012 and Evolve Law in 2015. Now a partner in venture capital firm Mindset Ventures, she is leading her firm’s expansion into legal tech investing, most recently with the Series A financing of legal marketplace Priori Legal.  On this episode of LawNext, Miller joins host Bob Ambrogi for a conversation about venture investing – in technology generally and in legal technology specifically. She discusses what she looks for in a founder, the types of companies and technologies that excite her, and how a founder can get her ear. She also talks about what VCs can do to increase diversity among founders.  Prior to joining Mindset in June, Miller was an executive at IBM, where she co-founded IBM Blockchain Ventures, launched and ran the IBM Blockchain Accelerator, and led the IBM Blockchain Garage for North America. Earlier, she was a partner at LunaCap Ventures, a venture debt fund investing in diverse founders, and was COO of gender lens investing pioneer BRAVA Investments. She is co-author of the forthcoming book, Designing the Successful Corporate Accelerator. Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out: ASG LegalTech, XIRA.com, Everlaw, and Law Insider A reminder that we are on Patreon. Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests.

Dan Broderick believes businesses waste billions in repetitive work reviewing and negotiating semantically similar contracts. As a former lawyer, he saw the problem first-hand. It led him to found BlackBoiler, whose AI-based technology automates the review and mark-up of inbound contracts right in Word’s Track Changes.  This week, BlackBoiler announced two new U.S. patents for its contract review software, bringing its total to seven. This comes less than two weeks after the company secured $3.2 million in funding from a group of strategic investors that included agreement cloud company DocuSign.  In this episode of LawNext, Broderick joins host Bob Ambrogi to share the story of how BlackBoiler came to be and the problem it addresses. He also describes how BlackBoiler works to automatically mark-up contracts, and discusses his plans for the future development of the technology and the company.  Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.  ASG LegalTech is the company bringing innovation to the legal space with modern and affordable software solutions. ASG LegalTech’s suite of technology includes the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, and MerusCase, and e-payments platform Headnote. Everlaw is a cloud-based ediscovery platform that enables law firms, corporations, and government agencies to collaboratively discover information, illuminate critical insights, and act on key evidence.  TrustBooks is trust accounting made easy. The only standalone accounting product designed 100 percent for attorneys and law firms, it helps them easily manage client accounts and stay compliant with their state bar requirements.   A reminder that we are on Patreon. Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests. Thank you to our leading Patreon member Allen Rodriguez and ONE400 for your support!

Andrew Perlman is one of the nation’s leading forces helping to establish the future of legal education and legal practice.  As a professor and now dean at Suffolk University Law School in Boston, he has helped drive the creation and development of programs for teaching about legal innovation and technology. He was founding director of Suffolk’s Institute on Legal Innovation and Technology and its related legal technology and innovation concentration for law students. He also helped establish Suffolk’s Legal Innovation and Technology Lab, or LIT Lab, where law students are able to work directly on legal tech and data science projects.  Perlman has also been a leading force in national initiatives to shape the future of law practice and access to justice. He was chief reporter for the American Bar Association’s Commission on Ethics 20/20, which was responsible for updating the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct to reflect changes in technology and increased globalization. He also served as the vice chair of the ABA Commission on the Future of Legal Services, which produced projects and recommendations designed to improve how legal services are delivered and accessed, and he was the inaugural chair of the governing council of the ABA’s Center for Innovation. Perlman joins host Bob Ambrogi to share thoughts on the present and future of legal education, legal practice, and legal regulatory reform.  Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.  ASG LegalTech is the company bringing innovation to the legal space with modern and affordable software solutions. ASG LegalTech’s suite of technology includes the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, and MerusCase, and e-payments platform Headnote. Everlaw is a cloud-based ediscovery platform that enables law firms, corporations, and government agencies to collaboratively discover information, illuminate critical insights, and act on key evidence. XIRA.com is where potential clients find, book and meet with attorneys in one place. For attorneys, XIRA is abolishing the subscription model for tech tools, providing free, fully integrated practice management software, e-billing, online scheduling, document management and video conferencing.

After Catalyst, the pioneering cloud-based e-discovery company he founded and spent 19 years building, sold last year to OpenText for $75 million, John Tredennick was not ready to sit back and rest on his laurels. Instead, he launched two separate but related undertakings — Merlin Digital Magic, a company developing AI-powered software for investigations, discovery and regulatory compliance, and the Merlin Legal Open Source Foundation, a nonprofit devoted to the use of open source software to improve access to justice and make legal operations and regulatory compliance more efficient.  Now, Tredennick’s new company is about to release a product called Sherlock that he believes will revolutionize enterprise search. Tredennick calls it “the first AI-powered digital document bloodhound.” Start with a simple search query, then refine the results with increasing precision by telling Sherlock which results do or do not match the results you seek.  A litigator before founding Catalyst in 2000, Tredennick is a true pioneer in legal technology who continues to blaze new trails. His legal and technology acumen have earned him numerous awards, including having been named by The American Lawyer as one of the top six “E-Discovery Trailblazers,” named to the FastCase 50 as a legal visionary and named one of the “Top 100 Global Technology Leaders” by London CityTech magazine. In this episode, Tredennick joins host Bob Ambrogi to discuss his current projects as well as his former company, his interest in open source technology, his thoughts on the current state of legal technology, and his advice for legal technology entrepreneurs who are just starting out.  If you would like to share a comment on this show, you can record a voice comment on your mobile phone and send it to info@lawnext.com. We will play it in a future episode.  Thank You To Our Sponsors With this episode, we are thrilled to welcome a new sponsor: Everlaw, a cloud-based ediscovery platform that enables law firms, corporations, and government agencies to collaboratively discover information, illuminate critical insights, and act on key evidence.  Thanks also to our sponsor, ASG LegalTech, the company bringing innovation to the legal space with modern and affordable software solutions. ASG LegalTech’s suite of technology includes the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, and MerusCase, and e-payments platform Headnote. We appreciate their support.  A reminder that we are now on Patreon. Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests.

Today, we're joined by Shana Simmons. Shana is General Counsel at Everlaw, a cloud based e-discovery software company, where she leads the company’s global legal and regulatory affairs. In addition to her corporate role, Shana actively mentors early-in-career professionals and aspiring lawyers. Before Everlaw, Shana served as Head of Cloud Go-to-Market Legal at Google LLC, where she was responsible for managing a team supporting Google’s growing global Cloud business. Her ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace secured her as one of Google’s inaugural fellows for The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity. Shana was born and raised poor in the Bronx, New York, so she is very active in finding ways to help disenfranchised folks. Related Sites: Shana's Q&A: https://medium.com/women-of-silicon-valley/shana-simmons-aa43934d12d Follow us: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenofsiliconvalley/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/WomenofSV Website: https://www.womenofsiliconvalley.org/

Our guest is AJ Shankar, the chief executive officer of Everlaw. AJ covers variety of topics relevant to both in-house counsel and outside counsel using eDiscovery and litigation support software, including the essence of Everlaw’s vision; creating a virtual war room that facilitates collaboration even while remaining socially distant; and the company’s pro bono program, “Everlaw for Good.”Prior to founding Everlaw, AJ graduated from Harvard with an A.B. in Mathematics and Computer Science, and received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley in 2009.  AJ co-founded Everlaw in 2011, seeing eDiscovery as a “fascinating, rich, [and] interesting problem that needed solving.” He wrote more about his history and the founding of Everlaw in his own blog post from June 28, 2016, available here.AJ describes Everlaw as “a cloud-based, eDiscovery and litigation platform.” Founded over nine years ago, Everlaw handles everything within the eDiscovery lifecycle, from processing all the way through the discovery process to production. It also includes features that support the “story telling aspect of litigation.”If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at csanko@bakerdonelson.com. I would love to hear from you.LeanDiscovery: Sitting with the C-Suite is a series of interviews designed to provide in-house legal counsel with a birds-eye view of the eDiscovery marketplace, particularly its various technology and service providers. A key component of great eDiscovery management and execution is having a great supply chain. Sitting with the C-Suite is a forum to hear directly from the C-Suite of various eDiscovery providers about the marketplace history, current and future service offerings, and expectations of things to come. This is not an advertisement or endorsement of any of the speakers, or the companies, services and technology that they represent, by either the interviewer or Baker Donelson. The views expressed are those of the speaker. Baker Donelson’s eDiscovery team seeks to provide the best client value throughout the eDiscovery life cycle. If you have any companies or speakers that you would like to see featured, please feel free to reach out to us at LeanDiscovery@bakerdonelson.com.

Everlaw is bringing modern data management, visualization and machine learning to eDiscovery, the process in which legal entities review large amounts of evidence to build a case. Today, the company announced a $62 million Series C investment. CapitalG (Alphabet's growth equity investment fund) and Menlo Ventures led the round. Existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and K9 Ventures also participated. The startup has now raised $96 million, according to the company.

with @ldhawke and @stevesi The government wants to get onto the cloud! But how do they assess the levels of risk in adopting specific cloud products, and which "cloud service providers" (aka "CSPs") to work with? That's where FedRAMP -- the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program -- comes in. And enterprise SaaS companies need to pay attention, since it will be a requirement for selling to the U.S. government, which is one of the biggest buyers of tech. Not just that, but even state governments and private/public companies may seek FedRAMP certification because they either work with the federal government or are just seeking standards. How similar or different is FedRAMP to other types of certification, authorization, and compliance (such as ISO, SOC-2, GDPR, even HIPAA); and what does it mean for a startup to go through organizationally, culturally? Is it like a check-the-box policy thing, is it like getting a driver's license... or what? One thing's for sure: It's an opportunity for enterprise SaaS startups, and the government is trying to help companies through the process. What are the steps to certification? What are some acronyms and terms to be aware of? When and how should you bring a consultant, advisor, or third-party auditor into the process? How long does it take, really? And how does it affect your sales team? Most importantly, what is the best strategy for moving forward? (Hint: start with a customer). Lisa Hawke, VP of Security and Compliance at Everlaw, an a16z company, shares her expertise and their experience in navigating all this, as well as the resources below, in this episode of the a16z Podcast hosted by board partner Steven Sinofsky. (The two were also previously on another episode sharing everything startups need to know about GDPR.) For links mentioned in this episode and other resources, see: https://a16z.com/2019/08/28/fedramp-why-what-how-for-startups/

Everlaw is an e-discovery company that has attracted the interest of some big-name Silicon Valley venture capital firms, raising nearly $35 million in the last three years. It was the first legal technology company to receive an investment from Andreessen Horowitz, a firm known for backing a wide-ranging portfolio of successful companies such as Facebook Twitter, Airbnb, Box, Skype and Slack. Its $25 million Series B round last July was led by Menlo Ventures, one of the earliest Silicon Valley venture firms that also has a diverse portfolio that includes Uber, Roku, and Warby Parker. Our guest this week, Everlaw’s CEO AJ Shankar, was a computer scientist with a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley, when he founded Everlaw in 2011 as one of the earliest cloud-based e-discovery platforms. In a crowded e-discovery market, he believes that Everlaw stands out for its intuitive user interface, split-second speed, and range of features that span the e-discovery process from data uploads to trial preparation. While working towards his doctorate, Shankar spent time as a technical expert at a national plaintiffs class-action law firm. Seeing the difficulties lawyers faced in sifting through massive quantities of data, he saw an opportunity to develop a better approach. That experience gave rise to Everlaw. Shankar graduated from Harvard University magna cum laude in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics and computer science. He received his doctorate in computer science from U.C. Berkeley in 2009. Prior to founding Everlaw, he cofounded Modista, a company that made shopping for apparel more intuitive. NEW: We are now Patreon! Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests. Comment on this show: Record a voice comment on your mobile phone and send it to info@lawnext.com.

with Lisa Hawke (@ldhawke) and Steven Sinofsky (@stevesi) Given concern around data breaches, the EU Parliament finally passed GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) after four years of preparation and debate; it goes into enforcement on May 25, 2018. Though it originated in Europe, GDPR is a form of long-arm jurisdiction that affects many U.S. companies -- including most software startups, because data collection and user privacy touch so much of what they do. With EU regulators focusing most on transparency, GDPR affects everything from user interface design to engineering to legal contracts and more. That's why it's really about "privacy by design", argues former environmental scientist and lawyer Lisa Hawke, who spent most of her career in regulatory compliance in the oil industry and is now Vice President of Security and Compliance at a16z portfolio company Everlaw (she also serves as Vice Chair for Women in Security and Privacy). And it's also why, observes a16z board partner Steven Sinofsky, everyone -- from founders to product managers to engineers and others -- should think about privacy and data regulations (like GDPR, HIPAA, etc.) as a culture... not just as "compliance".  The two break down the basics all about GDPR in this episode of the a16z Podcast -- the why, the what, the how, the who -- including the easy things startups can immediately do, and on their own. In fact, GDPR may give startups an edge over bigger companies and open up opportunities, argue Hawke and Sinofsky; even with fewer resources, startups have more organizational flexibility, if they're willing to put in the work.  for links mentioned in this episode (and other resources), please go to: https://a16z.com/2018/04/12/gdpr-why-what-how-for-startups/

I spoke with Steven Sinofsky, a board partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, where he serves as an advisor to various companies, including as a board member of the e-discovery software provider, Everlaw. We discussed why law-related software is so attractive right now, whether a VC firm calculates the valuation of an e-discovery company differently from a prospect in any other industry, how long it takes to evaluate a company for an investment, ways that a board member supports the strategy of a portfolio company, and what the appeal of legal technology says about where the market is headed.

I spoke with Steven Sinofsky, a board partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, where he serves as an advisor to various companies, including as a board member of the e-discovery software provider, Everlaw. We discussed why law-related software is so attractive right now, whether a VC firm calculates the valuation of an e-discovery company differently from a prospect in any other industry, how long it takes to evaluate a company for an investment, ways that a board member supports the strategy of a portfolio company, and what the appeal of legal technology says about where the market is headed.

I spoke with Steven Sinofsky, a board partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, where he serves as an advisor to various companies, including as a board member of the e-discovery software provider, Everlaw. We discussed why law-related software is so attractive right now, whether a VC firm calculates the valuation of an e-discovery company differently from a prospect in any other industry, how long it takes to evaluate a company for an investment, ways that a board member supports the strategy of a portfolio company, and what the appeal of legal technology says about where the market is headed.

A lot of machine learning startups initially feel a bit of “impostor syndrome” around competing with big companies, because (the argument goes), those companies have all the data; surely we can't beat that! Yet there are many ways startups can, and do, successfully compete with big companies. You can actually achieve great results in a lot of areas even with a relatively small data set, argue the guests on this podcast, if you build the right product on top of it. So how do you go about building the right product (beyond machine-learning algorithms in academic papers)? It's about the whole system, the user experience, transparency, domain expertise, choosing the right tools. But what do you build, what do you buy, and do you bother to customize? Jensen Harris, CTO and co-founder of Textio, and AJ Shankar, CEO and co-founder of Everlaw, share their lessons learned here in this episode of the a16z Podcast — including what they wish they'd known early on. Because, observes moderator (and a16z board partner) Steven Sinofsky, “To achieve product market fit, there's a whole bunch of stuff beyond a giant corpus of data, and the latest deep learning algorithm.” Machine learning is an ingredient, part of a modern software-as-a-service company; going beyond the hype, it's really about figuring out the problem you're trying to solve… and then figuring out where machine learning fits in (as opposed to the other way around). Customers are paying you to help solve a problem for them, after all. The views expressed here are those of the individual AH Capital Management, L.L.C. (“a16z”) personnel quoted and are not the views of a16z or its affiliates. Certain information contained in here has been obtained from third-party sources, including from portfolio companies of funds managed by a16z. While taken from sources believed to be reliable, a16z has not independently verified such information and makes no representations about the enduring accuracy of the information or its appropriateness for a given situation. This content is provided for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as legal, business, investment, or tax advice. You should consult your own advisers as to those matters. References to any securities or digital assets are for illustrative purposes only, and do not constitute an investment recommendation or offer to provide investment advisory services. Furthermore, this content is not directed at nor intended for use by any investors or prospective investors, and may not under any circumstances be relied upon when making a decision to invest in any fund managed by a16z. (An offering to invest in an a16z fund will be made only by the private placement memorandum, subscription agreement, and other relevant documentation of any such fund and should be read in their entirety.) Any investments or portfolio companies mentioned, referred to, or described are not representative of all investments in vehicles managed by a16z, and there can be no assurance that the investments will be profitable or that other investments made in the future will have similar characteristics or results. A list of investments made by funds managed by Andreessen Horowitz (excluding investments and certain publicly traded cryptocurrencies/ digital assets for which the issuer has not provided permission for a16z to disclose publicly) is available at https://a16z.com/investments/. Charts and graphs provided within are for informational purposes solely and should not be relied upon when making any investment decision. Past performance is not indicative of future results. The content speaks only as of the date indicated. Any projections, estimates, forecasts, targets, prospects, and/or opinions expressed in these materials are subject to change without notice and may differ or be contrary to opinions expressed by others. Please see https://a16z.com/disclosures for additional important information.

I spoke with AJ Shankar, the founder and CEO of Everlaw, a cloud-based review platform for e-discovery. We discussed the genesis of Everlaw, which he says is “as fast as Google and as easy to use as an Apple product,” its popularity with law firms handling complex litigation and class actions, and the impact of design and usability on e-discovery software, among other topics.

I spoke with AJ Shankar, the founder and CEO of Everlaw, a cloud-based review platform for e-discovery. We discussed the genesis of Everlaw, which he says is “as fast as Google and as easy to use as an Apple product,” its popularity with law firms handling complex litigation and class actions, and the impact of design and usability on e-discovery software, among other topics.

I spoke with AJ Shankar, the founder and CEO of Everlaw, a cloud-based review platform for e-discovery. We discussed the genesis of Everlaw, which he says is “as fast as Google and as easy to use as an Apple product,” its popularity with law firms handling complex litigation and class actions, and the impact of design and usability on e-discovery software, among other topics.

I spoke with AJ Shankar, the founder and CEO of Everlaw, a cloud-based review platform for e-discovery. We discussed the genesis of Everlaw, which he says is “as fast as Google and as easy to use as an Apple product,” its popularity with law firms handling complex litigation and class actions, and the impact of design and usability on e-discovery software, among other topics.

I spoke with AJ Shankar, the founder and CEO of Everlaw, a cloud-based review platform for e-discovery. We discussed the genesis of Everlaw, which he says is “as fast as Google and as easy to use as an Apple product,” its popularity with law firms handling complex litigation and class actions, and the impact of design and usability on e-discovery software, among other topics.

Legal Eagle and the Coach Radio with Daivid Altenbern & Bryan Kiser with their guest Brittany Walters-Bearden & AJ Shankar: Brittany Walters-Bearden is a co-founder of At Large PR. She specializes in personal branding PR for entrepreneurs and non-fiction authors. Walters-Bearden is also a contributor to 'Entrepreneur'. AJ Shankar is Founder and CEO of legal technology startup Everlaw. It is used for ediscovery by state attorneys general and 8 of the top 10 class action law firms.