Legal Commentary

A dominant theme in many discussions at LegalTech New York was the emergence of compliance as a key concern to firms, law departments, and government organizations. To address this trend, Law Technology News presents our first-ever Compliance Showcase, in our February issue. 

Our cover story, "Conquer Records," by Nixon Peabody's Christian Rummelhoff, discusses the particular challenges of implementing a centralized records management program. Employees, says Rummelhoff, typically chafe at being forced to change work habits. "They see extra work -- learning a new application, system or process -- and may not see the value of records management, or understand the cost and risk of accumlulating inconsistently-managed information."