Comments on: Top 5 Legal IT technologies of 2010

By: Legal Technology in the UK: Q&A With Jason Plant « NetDocuments SaaS Blog

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:14:34 +0000

[...] I posted on my blog what I thought were the top 5 legal technologies in 2010 at the start of the year. I stand by them [...]

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:04:03 +0000

Some really good comments, thanks.

Few things jump out.

Richard, Bighand’s new product with 3.3 may change this.

Mike, until Apple drop their prices Mac will never infiltrate legal nor most businesses! I agree though a shift from Microsoft maybe a good thing.

Carrie, I’m not sure security is the big issue in cloud adoption in legal. I think it’s data location, your data in a different jurisdiction (more an issue in Europe).

Tom, hopefully things will change which in turn will lead to Jon’s point, that we turn to the client and see what they want!

By: Jon Busby

Jon Busby — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:56:03 +0000

Interesting list…not a lot of client facing or engagement tech mentioned.

By: Carrie Mallen

Carrie Mallen — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:26:33 +0000

I agree with Tom that the list is kind of same old story. MS created the glut of data they should do something with FAST to help clean it up.
I also agree with Gregory in that the only way the Law Firms will be able to provide the appropriately priced legal services given the growth of data in most corporations the model will have to be Culling tools, SaaS review applications combined with outsourced legal review. Clouds are here to stay and accordingly will also drive/force improved security for repositories.

By: Tom Philip

Tom Philip — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:39:51 +0000

So glad I got out of Legal IT after 8 years or so. The list reads like a list for everybody else from 5 years ago. IT and the trainees have there heads screwed on; it’s just the old folks, the ones with purse strings.

Kudos to Ford & Warren for going with Open Source. Legal are like sheep when it comes to software.

It’s a good list though, so I hope they get why it’s needed.

By: Hayes Legal Videos

Hayes Legal Videos — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:34:08 +0000

Very nice list, and a fun peek into what might be blooming on the horizon. I would add social media apps and sites. You have the big boys like Facebook and Twitter, but growing microcommunities as well. I think more and more firms will be trying to get involved with the big surge in e-word-of-mouth.

By: GregoryLelli

GregoryLelli — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:55:34 +0000

I think web 2.0 collaboration tools will be big, we are already seeing it. Taking wiki workspaces and adding social collaboration to the enterprise is just starting to take hold. With econonmics playing a bigger rle than ever in Law firms, Saas based solutions will be attractive to any IT budget.

By: Mike Kinder

Mike Kinder — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:16:53 +0000

I do agree with some of the “general statements” made here like mobile apps and search, but the rest. I don’t know?

My big concern is a focus on Microsoft Technologies. Don’t get me wrong, Microsoft does some good things, but to totally disregard open source and the Mac is short sighted. For example, there is already a highly secure IM that works on a platform with a collaboration suite that runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux clients. The collaboration software is Lotus Notes/Domino, and its IM product has been around forever – its called Sametime. The US government and many IP sensitive institutions like banks and the auto industry use this heavily. Then add to it all that there is a great legal (case analysis and ediscovery) software out there called MasterFile (www.masterfile.biz).

This just mentions a few – price wise this is cheaper than any MS solution, but there are others like Google Apps, OpenOffice, IBM Symphony, etc.

By: Richard Gadsden

Richard Gadsden — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:50:59 +0000

Not convinced about speech recognition; I think more and more fee earners can type for themselves, and typing is so much more efficient than speech recognition that I really doubt it.

Digital dictation is a different story anyway, as there are intelligent secretaries who are increasingly being turned into layout / house style experts.