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Press Release | ILTA Announces 2026 Distinguished Peer Awards Nominees

By ILTA News posted 2 days ago
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Chicago, IL — 31 March 2026 — The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) proudly announces the nominees for the 2026 ILTA Distinguished Peer Awards , recognizing outstanding achievement, innovation, and leadership across the global legal technology community. The awards honor ILTA members, business partners, and organizations whose work exemplifies excellence in advancing the legal profession through technology, collaboration, and service. The 16th annual Distinguished Peer Awards will be presented on May 1, 2026 , during the ILTA EVOLVE Conference at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Denver, Colorado , ...
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ILTA Just-in-Time: When Data Becomes More Valuable Than Downtime, Law Firms Become a Prime Target

By Sarah Luiz posted 2 days ago
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Please enjoy this blog authored by Sarah Luiz, Assessment Lead, Conversant Group. Over the past decade, ransomware attacks have plagued organizations across the globe. The goal of these threat actors is typically similar, disrupting business operations to coerce victims into large ransom payments , as the loss of control over confidential data can result in long- term legal, financial, and reputational consequences. In response to these attacks, many organizations began focusing their security controls and budget on mitigating these disruptions. As organizations began to evolve their security posture and implement immutable, air-gapped ...
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How AI Is Turning the Legal Inbox into a Productivity Engine

By Helen Sheeba posted 5 days ago
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Email 2.0: How AI Is Turning the Legal Inbox into a Productivity Engine Email: The Invisible Engine behind Legal Work In every law firm, whether a boutique practice or a global enterprise; work is propelled by email. Client instructions arrive by email. Draft agreements circulate over email. Negotiations unfold across long, branching email threads. Approvals, clarifications, and decisions are often buried somewhere in the inbox before they ever hit a document management system. Email isn’t just communication. It is the workflow. Yet it is also where productivity slows down the most. Attorneys spend hours reading dense threads, scanning ...
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Press Release | ILTA Announces a Reimagined ILTACON Europe: New Location, Expanded Education, and an Enhanced Multi-day Experience

By ILTA News posted 6 days ago
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ILTA Announces a Reimagined ILTACON Europe: New Location, Expanded Education, and an Enhanced Multi-day Experience Chicago, IL (23 March 2026) The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) is pleased to announce a bold evolution of ILTACON Europe, delivering a refreshed, more immersive experience designed to meet the rapidly growing needs of legal technology professionals across Europe and beyond. The updated ILTACON Europe introduces a new host location, an additional day of programme content, more in-depth educational offerings, and a reimagined event format—all intentionally designed to foster deeper learning, stronger peer connections, and ...
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The Hidden Productivity Killer in Law Firms: The “Toggle Tax”

By Ragav Jagannathan posted 9 days ago
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The Hidden Productivity Killer in Law Firms: The “Toggle Tax” The modern legal workplace runs on multiple platforms where documents reside in NetDocuments, conversations unfold in Microsoft Teams, collaboration often takes place in SharePoint, and personal workspaces are managed through One Drive. While each platform plays a vital role in enabling secure document management and modern collaboration, operating them in isolation introduces a hidden productivity challenge. Professionals are forced to constantly switch between systems to complete simple tasks, creating friction that disrupts workflow and slows collaboration. This often-overlooked drain on productivity ...
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Press Release | ILTA Announces 2026 Influential Women in Legal Tech Honorees

By ILTA News posted 12 days ago
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Chicago, IL (19 March 2026) The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) announces the 2026 Influential Women in Legal Tech honorees, recognizing five outstanding leaders whose mentorship, innovation, and impact are shaping the global legal technology ecosystem. Since 2020, ILTA has marked Women’s History Month each March by celebrating women whose work advances the profession and empowers the next generation of legal technologists. Honorees are selected based on a demonstrable history of mentorship and a significant, sustained impact on legal technology. “These honorees reflect the ingenuity, courage, and community spirit that power ...
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Why More Law Firms Are Turning to IT Staff Augmentation

By Cassandra Griffin posted 21 days ago
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From cloud migrations and document management platforms to cybersecurity and compliance initiatives, the pace of change in legal technology has accelerated rapidly over the past few years. Law firms are under increasing pressure to modernize their technology environments while maintaining the seamless service their clients expect. The challenge many firms face isn’t just recognizing the need for change — it’s having the internal capacity and specialized expertise to execute these initiatives effectively. This is where IT staff augmentation through a professional services partner has become a valuable approach for many firms. Instead of internal ...
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Case strategy software guide

By Opus 2 Insights posted 21 days ago
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Litigation teams are under increasing pressure to do more with growing volumes of data, tighter timelines, and higher client expectations. While many firms have invested in case management solutions, legacy tools that only manage data are no longer enough to stay competitive. Lawyers and their litigation teams need to be more aligned, informed, and prepared than ever. This shift is driving the rise of case strategy technology—a new category of AI-enabled legal software that enhances how lawyers analyze evidence, test legal theories, and develop persuasive narratives. As disputes become more complex and courts, clients, and competitors grow more technologically ...
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Press Release | ILTA Announces Launch of the 2026 ILTACON Startup Hub

By ILTA News posted 23 days ago
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Chicago, IL) 5 February 2026 – The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) announces the ILTACON Startup Hub . The ILTACON 2026 Exhibit Hall will once again host the ILTACON Startup Hub. The Startup Hub will offer more than 25 opportunities for new startups to exhibit at ILTACON for a reduced rate to promote their organizations. Applications for the Startup Hub will open on February 9 and will close on March 16. This is a perfect opportunity for visionaries, industry disruptors, and those who challenge the status quo to participate in the premier Legal Technology Conference, ILTACON. Approved applicants will receive a 10 x 10 Booth ...
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Turn Critics into Champions During Change

By Brendan Miller posted 27 days ago
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Please enjoy this blog authored by Brendan Miller, Former AmLaw 100 Partner, Turned Legal Innovation Leader. You’ve seen it play out before: • a team member offers heavy—and vocal—resistance to a proposed new technology rollout, concerned that the team will see her future contributions as less valuable once it is implemented; • a senior law firm partner initially blocks rollout of an AI research assistant, citing concerns about accuracy and risks to her reputation (“too many hallucinations”); • a junior associate worries that drafting automation will reduce billable opportunities and the development of his skills. Critics ...
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ILTA Just-in-Time: Up-Skilling Lawyers in a Transforming Profession

By Elaine Dick posted 02-27-2026
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Please enjoy this blog post authored by Elaine Dick, Lead Practice Innovation Attorney, Baker & Hostetler LLP. I graduated from law school 10 years ago this May, a mere sliver of time in the long history of the profession. The Class of 2026, however, will be stepping into a legal profession that couldn't be more different than the one that those of us in the Class of 2016 joined. Where I had professors that still required us to only use physical books and handwrite our notes in class, the students I teach at Georgia State University School of Law are able to use Generative AI (GenAI) to create transcripts from their client interviews, paired with GenAI-enabled ...
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Summarize, Draft, and Query Right Inside iManage Work Web Using AI Agent

By Ragav Jagannathan posted 02-25-2026
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Law firms have invested significantly in knowledge management and document management platforms. Yet, despite these investments, a substantial portion of institutional intelligence remains dormant; stored, secured, and governed, but not actively leveraged. Your firm’s most valuable institutional intelligence resides inside your iManage Work DMS. While iManage is exceptional for secure storage, governance, and document lifecycle management, attorneys often spend hours searching for specific clauses, tracing key dates across document versions, or summarizing lengthy matter histories. What if you could query, summarize, and draft; without ever leaving iManage? ...
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Press Release | International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) Announces New Event in Buenos Aires

By ILTA News posted 02-13-2026
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Chicago, IL — 12 February 2026 — The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA), the premier global hub for legal technology professionals, is excited to announce its newest international event: ILTA Legal Tech On Tour - Buenos Aires , a dynamic gathering designed to bring world-class legal technology education, innovation, and community engagement to South America. Building on ILTA's long-standing commitment to empowering legal technologists worldwide, this program will bring together experts from law firms, corporate legal departments, government agencies, and legal tech providers to explore the technologies, trends, and strategies shaping the future ...
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Stop Losing Lawyers After Minute Three

By Toni Okimura posted 02-10-2026
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Please enjoy this blog coauthored by Toni Okimura, Sr. Project Manager, Operational Excellence, Jenner & Block and Elizabeth Suehr, Director of Legal Risk Systems & Strategy, Jenner & Block LLP. Stop Losing Lawyers After Minute 3 Your firm just rolled out a new document management system. Training was mandatory. Attendance was perfect. Three weeks later, the help desk is flooded with the same basic questions the training covered in minute seven. Sound familiar? Here's what actually happened: Your lawyers checked out at minute three. Not because they weren't paying attention—because a client emailed, a partner called, or they did the ...
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AI for legal case strategy: Winning cases and clients

By Opus 2 Insights posted 02-04-2026
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The growing complexity of legal cases and the surge in litigation data have made artificial intelligence (AI) a game-changing tool for legal professionals. As the use of AI for legal case strategy grows, litigation teams can automate manual processes, surface insight faster, and gain a competitive advantage. In this article, we’ll explore the role of AI in strengthening legal case strategy, from document analysis and pattern recognition to chronology creation and trial preparation. We’ll also share how to incorporate AI into case management workflows to enable legal teams to focus on high-level decision-making while accelerating time-consuming tasks. Using ...
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ILTA Just-In-Time: Designing Legal Workflows That Promote Efficiency and Accountability

By Kristin Burke posted 01-30-2026
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Please enjoy this blog authored by Kristin Burke, Lead Legal Operations Analyst, UKG Inc. If you are like most modern legal departments, you may be feeling the pressure to do more with less—including managing a higher demand for Legal’s input due to increasing compliance regulations. While it may seem like the logical answer to juggling higher demand is an increase in headcount, for most teams it is not an option. In reality, increased headcount doesn’t always solve the problem; in many situations, it can exacerbate them. The solution may be something much more within your budget and control – efficient processes and well-designed workflows that ...
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What is defensible AI in legal practice?

By Opus 2 Insights posted 01-29-2026
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For lawyers, defensible AI means more than simply providing an answer when asked about AI. It means being able to demonstrate that the process behind the use of AI was reliable, transparent, and compliant. A defensible decision is one that can withstand an audit and maintain clients’ trust. This way of working has required lawyers to be thorough for ages—even long before AI entered the picture. Legal practice has always depended on maintaining clear evidence structures, citing sources meticulously, and being prepared to verbally defend one’s reasoning and conclusions. AI has not changed these expectations; it has simply introduced new tools that must fit ...
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Contextual AI + MCP Servers: How Law Firms Turn Secure Data into Real Legal Intelligence

By Ragav Jagannathan posted 01-28-2026
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Contextual AI + MCP Servers: How Law Firms Turn Secure Data into Real Legal Intelligence AI in the legal sector is moving beyond generic chatbots and document search. The real shift is toward Contextual AI, AI that understands matter context, permissions, and legal workflows and this is where MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers and KLapper’s inbuilt skill development capabilities play a critical role. A Platform Built for the Next Era of Legal AI KLapper is built specifically for this evolution. As the legal sector’s first Private and Secure AI Agent Builder Platform, KLapper deploys entirely within a firm’s Microsoft Azure tenant. This ensures ...
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Why Law Firms Are Moving from Data Migration to Dynamic Content Streaming?

By Helen Sheeba posted 01-28-2026
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For years, one of the biggest challenges in NetDocuments SharePoint integration was the need for large-scale data migration. IT teams were often required to copy vast amounts of content from NetDocuments into SharePoint just to make documents available on intranets or collaboration sites. This approach introduced data duplication, version control issues, and increased security risk, while also creating ongoing maintenance overhead. The Shift to Dynamic Content Streaming with netDocShare Law firms are now shifting away from this model toward dynamic content streaming. With netDocShare , NetDocuments content is no longer copied or replicated into SharePoint. ...
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Strengthening DMS Business Continuity with netDocShare

By Veeresh Dharappanavar posted 01-20-2026
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For law firms and corporate legal teams, uninterrupted access to documents is critical. Even brief system disruptions can impact productivity, client service, and deadlines. netDocShare : Extending the Value of NetDocuments with Resilience and Trust netDocShare , has been helping law firms and corporate legal departments extend the value of their NetDocuments investment for over six years. Trusted by Am Law firms, Fortune 100 legal teams, and public institutions across North America and Europe, netDocShare focuses on resilience, collaboration, and continuity securely leveraging Microsoft ...
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