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Improving Home Connectivity

By Lauren Piper
In past months, most businesses have been forced into home working and generally, this has been incredibly successful. Now that companies are beginning to re-open their offices, a balance of working between the office and at home is likely to become the “new normal”. Many companies are looking at strategies for how to deliver the best working experience for their staff regardless of location, however, it is beginning to raise a number of questions specifically around security, performance and supporting both of those. THE TROUBLE WITH HOME WORKING Staff feedback is that the home office isn’t ideal and whilst users can work, the home network can cause ...
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UK Virtual Roadshow Series on Microsoft Teams in Law Firms_ Summary & Recordings

By Mercedes Brown
Thank you to our event partner Prosperoware and to our guest presenters for delivering an insightful three part series on Microsoft Teams. In case you missed it, you can catch up using the links to each session below. Session 1: Challenges & Best Practices of Provisioning & Governing Microsoft Teams . View the session here The rapid adoption of Microsoft Teams has facilitated the need to think of provisioning and managing Teams securely, with governance in mind. This session discusses how organisations can: Quickly deploy Teams with a comprehensive governance model​ Identify and locate Teams & Channels for Matters ...
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What is a Digital Mailroom Built for Law Firms?

By Michael Herzog
In the New Normal a law firm needs a digital mailroom, not an ad hoc scan-to-email workaround.  A digital mailroom built for a law firm needs to be integrated with the firm’s document management system (DMS) so that postal mail can be digitized and seamlessly delivered within the safe confines of the DMS. When the pandemic sent the workforce to home offices, most law firms quickly starting scanning to email to get the mail out. Facilities management or available clerical staff went into the office and cobbled together this new work process. Forced to use existing scan-to-email at copiers, they were jamming a critical mail delivery process through a scanning ...
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As workers return, we answer the hottest questions FMs and office managers are asking

By Roe Murphy
Everyone’s talking about the philosophy of getting back to the workplace – but for FMs and office managers at law firms and corporations, the hottest topics are all practical ones. They’re asking questions including: How do we manage the number of people coming into the office? How do we manage density of people in the space? How do we manage meetings efficiently now they are a mixture of live and virtual? How do we get visitors and contractors in and out securely? What about track and trace? The list of questions just goes on…NFS Technology tackles some answers as we contemplate returning to the office. Check out our special ...
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Join CoreTech Leasing and Support the James Beard Foundation Open for Good Campaign at ILTA>ON

By Scott McFetters
We are thrilled to be sponsors of the ILTA>ON virtual conference. CoreTech has been dedicated and loyal sponsors of ILTA and its event for over 25 years. We also support sponsorship of key educational events and business partnerships of major service providers in the legal space, from Thomson Reuters Elite to Aderant, Dell, Cisco, Chrome River, ALA, and more. This year, recognizing the impact of the current crisis on restauranteur, we are pleased to announce a donation drive in support of the James Beard Foundation Open for Good Campaign during ILTA>ON.   Open for Good is the James Beard Foundation’s campaign to help independent restaurants survive this ...
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Getting the Most out of Virtual Conferences

By Heather Morrow
Friday morning I had the great pleasure of joining Joy Heath Rush and Shy Alter to discuss how one could get the most out of Virtual Conferences .  We had a lively discussion around the following questions:  How can we make the most of a virtual experience? How is networking virtually different from networking in-person? What are some tips and tricks for networking virtually? Below recaps some of the notes from the chat and some thoughts I had shared with Joy when I volunteered to be a “non-expert” on the panel. If you have time, please check out the recording. You can find it here. You can control your Zoom Settings and these are a few that I have found ...
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Time After Time – Digital Jet Lag?

By Ceyda Tocsoy
By Ceyda Tocsoy & Gordon Moffat -  Lawyers have a perfectly reasonable expectation of being able to find the date and time on which an email was sent or on which a document was modified or created. This should be effortless and quick. And yet, in e-discovery, this determination can be anything but straightforward from a technical and workflow perspective.  The consequences of out-of-control time zone information can include improper display of time stamps on emails and documents when viewed or printed, metadata inconsistencies, interference with proper email threading and other analytic functions, mis-grouping of records during culling and a host of confusing ...
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Press Release |ILTA ANNOUNCES ILTA>ON Scholarship Recipients

By ILTA News
For Immediate Release: (Chicago, IL):  August 12, 2020: The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) announces the ILTA>ON 2020 Scholarship Recipients.      ILTA recognizes the nine individuals, below, who earned the 2020 ILTA>ON Scholarships. These individuals have made noticeable strides in their careers, organizations, and within the legal technology community.    The 2020 Scholarship Recipients:   Ann Halkett , Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP - Cheryl Disch Women in Technology     Cathleen Nuxoll , Gray, Ritter & Graham P.C. - Small Firm    Chris Cummings - Networking    Christopher Hockey ...
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Making the Most of ILTA>ON’s Knowledge Management Track

By Nicola Shaver
Turning ILTACON into ILTA>ON was always going to bring with it a raft of changes, some of them unwelcome (we all wish we weren’t missing out on the regular in-person networking and events, and I sure wish I was about to experience Nashville’s music scene for the first time) and some of them unexpectedly positive. Let’s face it, attending ILTACON during a regular year is expensive. Even large firms can only justify sending one or two people per department, which means that many are unable to experience it. And in spite of its international appeal, ILTACON takes place in the United States, which makes it truly cost (and time) prohibitive for members across ...
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How law firms can move their global telephony into the cloud with Microsoft Teams

By Mary Nolan
Remote working has been on the rise for some time, but the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated this trend. A recent poll of legal administrators found that 91% believe these changes in working practices will become permanent. Large national and international law firms like Husch Blackwell and Dentons have recently announced office closures, with staff working from home permanently. Great communication has always been at the heart of successful firms, and in the new normal, having the right technology to support effective collaboration has never been more important. The growth of Microsoft Teams as a cloud telephony solution In the last few months ...
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Managing Remote Technical Teams

By Nitza Medina-Garcia
Covid restrictions have forced many firms to pivot from in person to remote work. In the first phase, many firms were focused on the technical tools of making the remote work transition a reality. But now, as most of the critical needs and IT infrastructure is in place, the next question is: How do we transition to managing remote teams?                My name is Nitza Medina-Garcia, CRM and I have worked as a remote worker and have managed remote teams at my company InfoCompass for over 13 years. I would like to share some best practices for managing remote technical workers. Know who is on your team and what they should be doing Ok, this one ...
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Stories of Strength: Defining Your Personal Brand

By Kelley Kage
i.WILL & WWL Presents Your Personal Brand with the Inspiring Donna Payne About this Event Defining Your Personal Brand Time to focus on you! Join i.WILL and ILTA's Women Who Lead to learn from the amazing Donna Payne on Building Your Brand. Our inspiring speakers: Donna , Author, International Speaker and former CEO, PayneGroup, will share with us proven strategies and tips on building your brand that will help elevate your confidence and be your best. Joining Donna will be Carrie Caffrey and Samantha Surillo to share with us their journeys on building their personal brands. ...
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Change Management Tools for Success - Recap

By Rachel Shields Williams
ILTA recently hosted a session on “Change Management Tools for Success” with Brianna Leung, Director of Strategy and Marketing, Much Law and Katie Davis, Senior Staff Training and Development Specialist, Perkins Coie, LLP and moderated by Rachel Shields Williams, Senior Manager, Experience Management, Sidley Austin LLP. Although the program was not recorded, summarized below are some of the key tools for success that the speakers shared. Hardest part(s) about influencing change? Influencing change is hard because it boils down to knowing that people are messy and complicated. That shows up in a couple of ways: Power dynamics and office politics seriously ...
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ILTA>ON Session Spotlights: Get Engaged

By Samantha Sendrowski
If you've ever attended an ILTA virtual event before, whether it was a webinar, roundtable, or product briefing , you know that they regularly deliver insightful, engaging, and actionable content. With this year's virtual conference, ILTA>ON (August 24-28), you can expect the same high-quality content, but with even more dynamic, engaging content. Whether you are following a track, or interested in a variety of topics, there are sessions tailor-made for you. Here is just a sampling of some of the more unique session formats offered each day, from hands-on workshops, to real-world case studies, to peer-led real-time demonstrations, and more. Day One: Breakout ...
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Press Release |ILTA Announces Distinguished Peer Award Finalists

By ILTA News
For Immediate Release: (Chicago, IL):  August 4, 2020: The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) announces the finalists for the 2020 Distinguished Peer Awards program. ILTA's Distinguished Peer Awards program recognizes ILTA peers who have delivered great business value and transformational impact through their innovations and implementations or have been champions in specific areas of focus for their organizations. Winners will be announced throughout ILTA>ON (August 24 – 28, 2020). The 2020 finalists are: Lifetime Achievement Award Finalists: Judith Flournoy,  Chief Information Officer, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP ...
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Get a FREE taste of ILTA!

By Bárbara Gondim Da Rocha
Have you ever attended an educational session or shared insights with someone at ILTACON and thought how amazing it would be if other people at your firm could listen to it too? Maybe one of those lawyers that are particularly resistant to change or to adopt new technology… Well, with less than a month until ILTA>ON takes place, some people are still not aware of the possibilities of making this “dream” come true. The ILTACON experience. It was only a year ago that I traveled all the way from Fortaleza (Brazil) to Orlando (USA) to attend my first ILTACON and to be completely overwhelmed with the magnificence and magnitude of this amazing conference. ...
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Global Legal Innovators: Season 1!

By ILTA Publication
Over the last several months, dedicated ILTA volunteer Nicola Shaver has, as part of her CCT role, been working on an ILTA series of podcasts, "Global Legal Innovators".   This podcast series features speakers located across the globe... who are doing things differently. These guests offer unique perspectives on what the state of legal innovation looks like in different countries, towns, and cities. This all-new series, which has just wrapped Season 1, which contains 5 full-length episodes, can be listened to, below.  Look for Season 2 to begin in the coming weeks!  Season 1: Global Legal Innovators: Episode #1  Listen here .  Interviewer: ...
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The Challenges of the Home Network

By Lauren Piper
Recent events have witnessed the remarkable ability of UK businesses to adapt to a crisis. Within days of lockdown, millions of staff were able to connect and work from home over their existing home broadband connections. This substantial rise in traffic has exposed the limitations of using domestic broadband for business communication. With 5.1 million people working from home plus 9.1 million on furlough , and numerous others home from school/university, the home network was simply not designed to support this many people using it all at once. Sharing the network often results in slow and glitchy performance as households compete for Wi-Fi bandwidth within ...
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Data Loss Prevention: Survey Results and Peer Discussion BRIEF SUMMARY

By Marcos Marcal
Below are highlights from the July 16 th virtual round-table discussion entitled: “Data Loss Prevention: Survey Results and Peer Discussion”. Speakers: @Marcos Marcal (Information Security & Risk Manager at Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP) &  @Abraham Miller-Barbarow (Information Governance Risk Manager at Ropes & Gray LLP). The full survey can also be found attached. DLPSurvey.pdf SURVEY/PARTICIPANT SUMMARY: 74+ firms participated in the survey with around 60 attendants who were able to provide additional questions during the round-table. FUTURE PREDICTIONS: We predict that the COVID-19 crisis will bring result in firms increasing ...
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Mergers and Acquisitions: Integrating Processes While Minimizing Disruptions

By Kathy Brown
Mergers and Acquisitions: Integrating Processes While Minimizing Disruptions by Kathy Owen Brown [1] One company acquires another company.  Overnight there is new signage, coffee mugs and pens.  As the employees are getting used to the new logos and larger company, employees begin to think about what is going to change.  How will I do my job?  Will I even have my job?  Can we combine two different ways of doing things into one cohesive integrated set of processes? It is likely that the two companies have many disparate processes, including those relating to legal holds and eDiscovery.  Identifying what those processes are and developing integrated ...
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