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The story of one person’s wayfinding in the competitive, driven world of legal
Alex Su did everything right. He went to the right law school. Northwestern. He worked hard and became an editor of law review. He made sure he knew what was expected of him and kept at it to land his dream job, an associate position at a swanky firm like the ones he...
Bigger is Not Always Better
In businesses like ours, specialization matters. Competency matters. But the details are what really matter. So, when outside money comes in from private equity and elsewhere, there are often things that look great on paper (see "spreadsheet") but that don’t play out...
Navigating Second Requests in Cross-Border Antitrust Merger Reviews
Level Legal’s Daniel Bonner offers key questions to answer during cross-border second request reviews to ensure that workflows prevent critical mistakes, like providing information not requested, and privilege and privacy violations.
Seven Ways to Ease the Pain of Second Request Responses
According to a recent survey by PWC, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are expected to lead the post-pandemic economic recovery. As M&A activity accelerates in 2021, the survey suggests that there will be an increase in five-billion-dollar deals on the...
Podcast: Privacy, Antitrust, and the Changing Regulatory Landscape
Ari Kaplan, the host of Reinventing Professionals podcast, spoke with our CEO, Joey Seeber, about adapting to regulatory shifts, the skills necessary to thrive in the current environment, expected business challenges in 2022, and where the legal practice is...
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eDiscovery: The intersection of transactional and relational
eDiscovery providers became big targets in the M&A space. At the same time, legal technology played an important role in making legal human, or making the transactional relational.
Linking Data Privacy to Antitrust Regulations Will Drive Increased Workloads for Legal Practitioners in 2022
Author: Joey Seeber Original Publication: CPO Magazine Even before our most recent national election, candidate Joe Biden signaled a tougher regulatory climate on data privacy would be on the way should he prevail. But just as quickly as Biden was elected, hopes for a...
The pitfalls of commingling personal devices, corporate data, and private lives
Commingling business and personal data is a growing trend–and ticking time bomb–for U.S. corporations, law departments, and employees. Before the global pandemic, the use of personal mobile devices for work-related matters was commonplace–whether sanctioned by business organizations or not–and the exchange of information between personal and work accounts was likewise commonplace.
Nine tips for a successful review project training
Mistakes made in a rush often take more time and money to correct than if done right the first time. Level Legal Director of Client Solutions Daniel Bonner shares nine guidelines to ensure that your eDiscovery project launch is successful.