Online Workspaces Are Changing Litigation and Arbitration
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As litigation becomes more global and attorneys’ relationships with clients become more value-driven, technology becomes an increasingly important part of law firm strategy. Law firms have already been transformed by the adoption of technologies that automate repetitive tasks like document assembly and help legal teams respond to the new world of big data and electronic discovery. Little attention, however, has been paid to technology that helps attorneys “lawyer” better.
Just as doctors are leveraging new technologies to make faster, more accurate diagnoses, attorneys now have access to technology that offers a more dynamic view of everything that goes into crafting a promising legal argument and increasing the strategic value of their litigation and evidence-management practices. Likewise, law firms advocate effective collaboration among their top legal minds and co-counsel to solidify long-term partnerships with clients.
Cloud computing is rather ubiquitous for disciplines like time and billing, client management and electronic discovery, but cloud solutions are just now gaining momentum for the collaborative work of mastering the evidence, assessing the strengths and weakness of the case, building arguments that will best support the interests of the client and preparing for depositions, negotiations and trial.
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