Law and Candor Bill Mariano and Rob Hellewell

Bill and Rob bring on Moira Errick of Bausch Health to speak to Law & Candor listeners about common AI and analytics use cases, best practices for leveraging these tools, and key recommendations for corporations looking to implement new technologies.

Legal budgets were stretched thin over the last year, forcing legal departments to focus on innovation and automation to improve efficiency and decrease overhead costs. In this episode, Julie Johnson of Align joins Bill and Rob to talk about this recent shift and how legal operations can adopt technology to help legal departments be more efficient.

With every new administration comes new antitrust rules and regulations, leaving antitrust lawyers scrambling to quickly adapt. Join Bill and Rob as they bring on Kristin Sanford of Weil to discuss the changes she predicts are coming in the next four years and how to prepare.

Stacy Ybarra, vice president of Marketing and executive sponsor of women and diversity employee resource groups at Lighthouse, joins Bill and Rob for the very first episode of season 7 to discuss how diversity feeds innovation in ediscovery. Stacy was recently nominated for Relativity's Inclusion Breakthrough Award and spoke at Relativity Fest 2020 on a panel about diversity in the ediscovery space. Throughout her career, Stacy has championed diversity and representation by leading through curiosity, empathy, and inclusion. Together, Stacy, Bill, and Rob cover the common pitfalls of non-inclusive hiring practices and what the industry stands to gain by championing diversity.

Episode Summary: Microsoft 365 (M365) continues to roll out rapid software updates (often daily) to ensure its users receive continuous product improvements. However, keeping up with these constant changescan be challenging and failure to do so can lead to compliance risks. Tune into this episode of Law & Candor, where Bill and Rob bring on a special guest speaker to discuss the common challenges to be aware of when keeping track of M365 technology updates, as well as best practices and solutions for how to ensure your organization stays up to date.

The global and sudden shift to a more remote workforce has created a dramatic uptick in the use of collaboration tools like Microsoft Teams. This has left organizations struggling to find a healthy balance between encouraging collaboration amongst colleagues and the ediscovery impacts of that collaboration. Tune into this episode of Law & Candor to hear Lighthouse’s Royce Cohen divulge key tips for efficiently and defensibly handling Microsoft Teams data with Bill and Rob.