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Press Release | ILTA Celebrates 16th Annual Distinguished Peer Awards

By ILTA News posted 10 hours ago
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Industry Leaders Honored at ILTA EVOLVE 2026 in Denver, Colorado (CHICAGO, IL) 5 May 2026 - The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) proudly announces the winners of the 2026 ILTA Distinguished Peer Awards, presented on Friday, May 1, 2026, during the ILTA EVOLVE Conference at the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center in Denver, Colorado. Now in its 16th year, the Distinguished Peer Awards recognize individuals and organizations whose work exemplifies outstanding achievement, innovation, and leadership across the global legal technology community. The awards ceremony brought together legal technology professionals from around ...
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Aderant Momentum 2026: Bringing the Conference to the Community

By Jorge Fernandez posted 2 days ago
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Aderant Momentum 2026: Bringing the Conference Back to the Community Aderant Momentum Global 2026 is almost here, and based on the agenda, it is shaping up to be a meaningful week for firms focused on the business of law, financial operations, billing performance, AI, analytics, and the future of the Aderant ecosystem. For the ILTA Aderant Community, Momentum is more than a conference. It is an opportunity to listen closely, connect the dots, and bring practical takeaways back to the broader community; especially for those who may not be able to attend in person. A Week Built Around Practical Firm Priorities Momentum opens on Monday, May 11, just a ...
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How Law Librarians Are Taming the AI Landscape

By Leanna Simon posted 7 days ago
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Please enjoy this blog post co-authored by Ramon Barajas, Director of Research Services, Alston & Bird, Marcelo Rodríguez Escribano, Associate Librarian for Comparative and International Law and Professor, University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law, and Leanna R. Simon, MLIS, CKM, PMQ Director, Research and Intelligence, Honigman LLP. Every generation of law librarians and legal information professionals can point to a moment when the ground shifted—when a new tool arrived not as a minor upgrade, but as a change in posture. For many, the first jolt was the move from print digests and reporters to online databases. Then came the public Internet, ...
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ILTA Just-In-Time: Preparing for Cloud Outages

By Tara Saylor posted 7 days ago
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Please enjoy this blog post co-authored by Tara Saylor, Intranet and Web Tools Manager, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, Corey Thomas, Chief Technology Officer, Lightfoot, Franklin & White, L.L.C., and Thomas Witherspoon, Senior Systems Support Engineer, Sidley Austin LLP. Outages happen Even in the age of cloud-based solutions, outages are an unpleasant part of life in IT. While cloud architecture has improved stability and uptime, the inevitable outages seem broader-reaching when they do occur. While cloud outages aren’t something a team can repair directly, there are steps that can be taken to prepare before an outage happens. ...
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The AI Governance Risk Hiding in Plain Sight

By Elizabeth Suehr posted 8 days ago
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Please enjoy this blog post authored by Elizabeth Suehr, Director of Legal Risk Systems & Strategy, Jenner & Block LLP. ILTA's Security and Compliance Content Team spends time talking about the risks with managing AI programs — data security, vendor dependencies, and compliance. These are the right conversations. But there's a risk that keeps emerging that rarely makes the agenda, and it has nothing to do with the technology itself. Your AI Strategy May Have a Blind Spot — And It’s Not the Technology Most legal operations professionals know to guard against vendor lock-in: data portability risks, switching costs, integration dependencies. ...
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The Retention Game Plan for Microsoft Repositories

By LaToya Deese-Richardson posted 20 days ago
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Please enjoy this blog post authored by LaToya Deese-Richardson, Application Analyst, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. The Retention Game Plan for Microsoft Repositories highlights best practices for managing content lifecycles, enforcing retention rules, and maintaining compliance across Microsoft repositories, such as Outlook, OneDrive, and SharePoint. These best practices will help organizations remain organized, secure, and audit-ready. As law firms utilize Microsoft repositories more frequently for document storage, the big question is: What are the best practices for utilizing these repositories? Some individuals want to keep everything ...
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How AI Is Transforming Time Capture in Law Firms

By William Grady posted 20 days ago
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Please enjoy this blog post co-authored by Ryan Alshak, CEO and Founder, Laurel and William Grady, Director of Technology & Business Operations, Conn Kavanaugh. For decades, the billable hour has been the backbone of law firm economics. Yet despite its central role in how firms generate revenue, the process of actually capturing that time has remained stubbornly manual, inconsistently practiced, and surprisingly leaky. Many attorneys reconstruct their days from memory, often hours or even days after the work was done. Revenue quietly walks out the door. Human memory is fallible, administrative burdens are real, and the work of reconstructing ...
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The Smell of Success - Hard Conversations The Easy Way

By Natasha Tucker posted 20 days ago
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Please enjoy this infographic blog authored by Natasha Tucker, Director, Business Development Operations, Bennett Jones LLP. #Conflicts #Leadership #ProfessionalDevelopment #BlogPost #100Level #Just-in-Time
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ILTA Just-In-Time: Legal L&D Is Losing Its Seat at the Table - Here's How to Get It Back in 2026

By Ricci Masero posted 23 days ago
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Please enjoy this blog authored by Ricci Masero, Marketing Manager, Intellek. The TJ L&D Influence Report 2026 carries a blunt message: most L&D teams are stuck measuring activity when they should be measuring effectiveness and impact . Based on responses from industry practitioners, the report maps where the profession currently stands and where it needs to be heading. The fix isn't complex. Get closer to the business. Use evidence that the business already trusts. Stop producing content for its own sake and start enabling performance in the flow of real work. The headline finding? Only one person out of 32 respondents said they feel "very ...
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Navigating Roundabouts vs. Legal Tech: A Fun Spin Around the Circle

By Ceyda Tocsoy posted 26 days ago
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You might be wondering, "why roundabouts?" Because I used to hate them. Truly. The hesitation, the second-guessing, the person who just stops in the middle for no apparent reason… it drove me crazy. And now? I actually enjoy them. Once you get used to them, they are not stressful at all. They are efficient. Predictable. Even a little satisfying. And that is when it hit me… this is exactly like legal technology. Let me enlighten you… Roundabouts either make you feel like a traffic pro or leave you orbiting like a lost satellite. Legal tech has the same effect. When it works, it works beautifully. When it does not, it feels unnecessarily ...
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Press Release | ILTA Announces 2026 Distinguished Peer Awards Nominees

By ILTA News posted 03-31-2026
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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 03-30-2026
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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 03-27-2026
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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 03-26-2026
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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 03-23-2026
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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 03-20-2026
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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 03-11-2026
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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 03-11-2026
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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 03-09-2026
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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 03-05-2026
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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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