Privacy Shield and the UK: An Important and Time Sensitive Update
The United Kingdom (UK) has notified the European Union (EU) of its intention to withdraw from the European Union on March 29, 2019. In order to receive personal data from…
Explaining Elevate’s Recent Acquisitions (Liam Brown)
“Why did we start Elevate?” Back in 2011, we saw demand for legal services outstripping the growth of the economy, and that demand was being driven by trends such as…
Five Great Reads on Data Discovery and Legal Discovery for March 2019
A selection of five articles shared regularly to inform and update legal and information technology professionals on the art and science of data discovery and legal discovery.
Sonasoft Signs Definitive Purchase Agreement to Acquire AI Company Hotify
"With the acquisition of Hotify, Sonasoft is poised to be a disruptive competitor in the industry," said Andy Khanna, Vice Chairman of Sonasoft, who is in charge of mergers, acquisitions,…
Venture Capital Tempts Law Firms, But Ethical Concerns Surface
Law firms increasingly are turning toward high-risk, high-reward venture capital investing as a way to spur technology innovations to streamline functions like contract review and legal research. Yet the investments…
[Legal Tech Market Update] Two Billion Dollars and Counting – A SOLID West Talk
Knox Capital Operating Partner Mike Bryant presents a short, eight-minute TED-style talk on investments and investing in the legal tech market during SOLID West on February 28, 2019, in San…
Automating eDiscovery: A Strategic Framework
The Concise Framework for Discovery Automation takes the overall process of discovery, breaks it down into a data discovery component and a legal discovery component, aligns these components with insight…
Say Again? The HSR Act and the Premerger Notification Program
While the percentage of transactions in which a Second Request was issued by either the FTC or DOJ was only 2.7% in 2015, 3.0% in 2016, and 2.6% in 2017,…
Companies are Increasing Investment in Detecting “Bad Behaviors”
Contextual analysis technology is still in early adoption stages among many Fortune 500 companies. With this advanced technology, companies have the ability to pinpoint behavioral red flags and be empowered…
Cloud Security Alliance Debuts Internet of Things (IoT) Controls Framework and Accompanying Guide
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced the release of the CSA IoT Controls Framework, its first such framework for IoT which introduces the base-level security controls required to mitigate…