Reinventing Professionals

I spoke with Brett Tarr, the General Counsel for eMag Solutions, who advised that the industry will see more proactive information management and a return to basics in 2009. Organizations are spending less on the next big thing and focusing more on proactive information management.

I spoke with John Correggio, the founder of New Wave Legal, which announced its formation to coincide with LegalTech. The company describes itself as "a single-source supplier of legal technology, discovery support, and court reporting services" through partnerships with various organizations. Listen to my interview on the floor of the show with Correggio and Matt Spievak of Sarnoff Court Reporters and Legal Technologies, part of the New Wave Legal consortium.

I spoke with Rob Feigenbaum & Jaime Florence at Microforensics.

I spoke with Michael Dalewitz of Peak Discovery.

I spoke with Paul Brabant of Epiq Systems.

I spoke with Nishith Desai and Vaibhav Parikh of Nishith Desai Associates, a prominent law firm based in Mumbai, with offices in Bangalore, Singapore, and Silicon Valley. It was the winner of the International Financial Law Review's 2001 Indian Law Firm of the Year award and its 2002 Asian Law Firm of the Year (Pro-bono) award. His firm follows the Ghandi/Hendy model of democratic management.

I spoke with Craig Carpenter, VP & General Counsel at Recommind. He mentioned the trend toward building more effective and intelligent infrastructure.

I spoke with Matt Blake, a partner and Chief Compliance Officer with HSNO about the state of e-discovery and his predictions for 2009. He commented that litigants will need to assess the risks of a legal action earlier and more thoroughly than ever this year.

I spoke with James L. Michalowicz, a director with ACT Litigation Services, who previously managed litigation programs at Tyco and DuPont. He suggested that IP litigation could drop in 2009 and that there will be more preliminary 'quick peek' and 'snapshot' efforts.

I spoke with Chris May, the CEO of IE Discovery and he suggested that in 2009, companies will need to use technology more effectively and efficiently to succeed. He also predicted a significant increase in wage and hour claims.

I spoke with Tom Tigh, the President of New York-based Superior Glacier, which provides traditional and electronic discovery support. He has testified in Federal Court as an expert in ESI and has been appointed to oversee the court-directed production of ESI. He made a number of interesting comments, including that "2009 is going to be filled with a lot of bad e-discovery."