Transformation in the legal industry is accelerating. Legal teams are facing the choice to leave behind the tools and processes of the past and embrace modern ones built for the challenges of today’s digital-first world. The shift is exciting on one hand – enabling in-house professionals to work faster, more strategically, and with greater confidence. But change can also be painful, especially for teams that are maxed out with ever-increasing responsibilities.  Everlaw Director of Legal Ops & Strategy Catherine Choe knows that to successfully ease cross-functional teams into new, more ..read more

Companies often put off creating an ediscovery policy until they’ve been burned by long, drawn out, costly litigation. The time to lay the foundations for effective ediscovery is before your organization gets hit by a regulatory investigation or headline-grabbing lawsuit.  Discovery is typically the most expensive part of litigation. A well thought-out corporate ediscovery policy helps a business successfully manage the ediscovery process by codifying the rules for the people, process, and technology involved.  To be effective, the creation and maintenance of an ediscovery policy req ..read more

In 2022, the ediscovery process, long the invisible infrastructure of justice, broke into the public sphere in ways not typically seen.  There were high-profile refusals to engage in document discovery, leading to default judgments that themselves led to nearly billion-dollar verdicts. Celebrity litigation saw testimony about ESI ending up on TikTok—presumably the first time “metadata expert” has trended among Gen Z. And for legal professionals, few guessed that they’d spend the holidays prepping special master discussion points before their Thanksgiving meals. But 2022 was not just a hea ..read more

A little under a year ago, the Everlaw Ediscovery Community was opened to all Everlaw users. The community offers a place for Everlaw users, whatever their role or background, to come together to enhance their skills, share insights, and connect with each other. With regular sharing of best practices, open discussion, and exclusive, members-only events, the Everlaw Ediscovery Community has become a place to build relationships and expertise for hundreds of legal professionals.  Today, Everlaw is excited to announce the launch of the new Government Space in the Everlaw Ediscovery Community ..read more

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the legal industry has been transforming: while America’s largest law firms are reporting billions in annual revenue, they’re also seeing significant staff turnover as employees increasingly pursue greener pastures. Remote work, which previously was limited to small segments of the technology sector, has now increasingly taken hold among legal professionals, with employees seeking greater autonomy in where and how they work. Finally, while the domestic and global economy is seeing a slowdown due to supply-chain disruptions and international conflict, the lega ..read more

It’s a new year and time for new talent at Everlaw! Today, we’re thrilled to welcome our first Chief Financial Officer, Scott Allen. Scott has decades of experience helping hyper-growth SaaS companies scale. Airship, Intermedia and Citrix Online are among his recent roles after spending 18 years at ADP. Scott joins Everlaw just over a year after the company secured a $202 million Series D funding round and more than $2 billion valuation. He shared with us how he’ll help the company scale by connecting the dots between his product and operational experience, his love of SaaS data, and his deep ..read more

Conducting legal work in 2023 has become more complex and challenging to navigate. Things are even trickier for the criminal defense community, particularly Criminal Justice Act (CJA) panel attorneys. The evolving data landscape is rapidly changing criminal ediscovery too. Electronically stored information (ESI) data types are growing rapidly, case sizes are ballooning, and new forms of digital evidence are showing up in criminal cases. Additionally, complex ESI cases generally require litigation support resources not typically found in criminal defense practices. New forms of communication, f ..read more

The new year brings with it new opportunities for organizations and employees to take a fresh look at how they operate and conduct business. The federal government is the nation’s single largest employer, and comprised of hundreds of agencies and departments whose activities touch every aspect of our lives. In recent years, federal agencies have been embracing technology to streamline their processes and operations and respond to their mandates more effectively. One agency in particular epitomizes this trend: The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI).  Since its establishment in 1849, the ..read more

Things have typically moved slowly within the legal industry, and that’s to be expected from a profession that is notoriously averse to change. However, the constant flux caused by the global pandemic and recent economic uncertainties has forced many, particularly those in the public sector, to adopt a more agile and tech-friendly approach to address the ever-growing requirements of their day-to-days. Whether it’s addressing FOIA and public records requests backlogs, collecting and delivering electronically stored information (ESI), or juggling multiple complex matters at once, those working i ..read more

Everlaw Summit is returning this fall for three days of education, connection, and inspiration. Clear your calendars for October 10-12, 2023, as Summit brings the best in the legal industry back together in San Francisco for a conference you can’t miss. Join Us October 10-12, 2023 Everlaw Summit is the conference for legal professionals looking to achieve richer outcomes, master today’s data, and learn directly from their peers who are transforming the way discovery and litigation is done. Summit ‘23 builds on the success of last November’s Summit, which saw hundreds of leaders in the professi ..read more