There are two kinds of glossaries in the world. The first lists every related term and acronym in existence, implying users have the leisure to sort through hundreds or even thousands of entries. The second covers a select list of key terms and acronyms, distilling everything into a digestible format. The Ultimate […]

Imagine that the hustle of New Year activities has gone, and you’re settling into your desk with excitement for the promise that 2023 will most assuredly bring. Then you open a letter to find your company or your client’s company is being sued. Sigh. From here, you face two paths: preparedness or panic. If you’ve […]

Culture. “You keep using that word, but I don’t think it means what you think it means,” Inigo Montoya from The Princess Bride. Culture goes beyond a company’s reviews on Glassdoor, and with the post-COVID, work-from-home life, employees are now defining what is important to them that creates a company culture. Tamara Buie spells out […]

Companies across the globe that use Microsoft cloud offerings took to Twitter on Wednesday morning, igniting frustrations. Understandably so, these outraged Tweetians had a full stop to accessing their Microsoft accounts. The reason: a failed network update. While outages of any kind are rare, there is a way to protect yourself. Legaltech News sites Level Legal’s […]

As the legal tech employment market turns into the unemployment market, it will pay to diversify with in-demand skills. So predicts Level Legal Director of Recruiting Sandy Ryan in the Legaltech News. Think cybersecurity. “Cybersecurity will remain a highly sought-after expertise and can be the next career path for doc reviewers looking to expand their […]

Editor-in-Chief of LegalTech News, Stephanie Wilkins, featured Level Legal CEO Joey Seeber in her recent article Legal Tech’s Predictions for the Business of Law in 2023. As we move into 2023, many experts predict that segmentation between law and business will cease. Success is no longer measured by mastering the law but instead relies on savviness […]

Cassandre Coyer, a D.C.-based legal technology reporter for ALM, recently reached out to Level Legal about a recent industry trend in Asking E-Discovery Vendors for Indemnification for Data Breaches: “Financial Cure” or Security Assurance? The latest trend? Legal professionals seeking indemnification clauses with their eDiscovery vendors due to the threat of data breaches. Coyer’s question: […]

By Greg Moreman Maybe you receive a whistleblower complaint. Perhaps you’re conducting a routine data audit when you discover evidence of a potential issue within your organization. Suddenly, you’re kicking off an internal investigation. Fifty-one percent of compliance and risk groups expect investigations at their companies to increase over the next two years, according to […]

eDiscovery is the most expensive part of litigation. The American Bar Association estimates that document review alone accounts for more than 80 percent of total litigation cost. And though the most frequent misstep in eDiscovery management is a lack of strategic planning, many law firms and legal departments still fail to plan in this area. […]

“Reprinted from Of Counsel by permission of the publisher, Wolters Kluwer.” The only constant in life is that nothing is. Legal services are no exception. Currently,mergers and acquisitions are all the rage. In fact, consolidation is having far-reaching effects across our industry—and not all to the good. Bigger isn’t always better. As we learned during […]

  If Halloween left you unfazed, law firms and legal departments should consider a few spooky statistics about Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) policies. Eighty-nine percent of compliance leaders surveyed said they feel responsible for ESG reporting, according to tech research and consulting firm Gartner’s 2022 Legal and Compliance Executive Priorities Poll. But just 39 […]

By Sandy Ryan “So,” a recent job applicant I’ve known for some time asked, “should I consider a career in cybersecurity?” My palms begin to sweat. As the senior director of recruiting at Level Legal, I should be persuading this document-review candidate to join our crack team. No, of course not! I thought. That’s a […]

Bargain-basement document review rates have fallen to surprising levels. But the true cost is higher. Much higher. In our industry, there seems to be a market reflex for commoditized services. Potential new customers of alternative legal services providers like Level Legal often say, “What are your hourly rates? Our clients are cost-conscious.”  Level Legal customers rarely ask about […]

There are steps companies can take now, merger and non-merger related, to address data privacy issues.

Several weeks ago, after ILTACon, I wrote a piece questioning what the maturing of the legal tech market could mean. I specifically wondered what the influx of venture capital and the acquisition mania whereby the big get bigger might mean long term.

With its July 2021 executive order, the Biden administration expanded the scrutiny of mergers and acquisitions to consider the potential impact of the accumulation of consumers’ personal information under one roof.

It is no surprise that in this environment many lawyers are prioritizing qualitative factors, such as work-life balance and feeling appreciated and recognized at work, rather than compensation alone when choosing where to work. Why is it no surprise?

No acquisitions have reportedly been scuttled because of a company’s digital practices, but agencies have been told to look at the competitive impact of the combined company’s user knowledge.

Infowars talk show host Alex Jones is well-known. But the reasons behind his attorney’s recent discovery misstep might not be. A jury in Texas required Jones to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of a Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim on August 5, which came one day after the jury awarded […]

The legal industry is grappling with unprecedented new dynamics. A rising demand for legal services of all kinds and a critical shortage of talent has corporations increasingly turning away from their traditional services providers. Instead, they are seeking smaller law firms and alternative legal services service providers (ALSPs) who can provide better value, lower costs, […]

Ryan Short, the host of the eDiscovery After Hours podcast, invited our CEO and co-founder Joey Seeber to join him this month. The two discuss Joey’s journey from practicing law to purchasing a business he knew nothing about to public service as the Mayor of Tyler, TX. Additionally, they touch on entrepreneurship as well as […]

Author: Joey SeeberOriginal Publication: Texas CEO Magazine May 2022. Hiring the right people is a tough challenge in today’s pandemic-influenced business environment. It’s been especially difficult for my organization, which has grown by triple digits since the first quarter of this year. As the CEO and last-mile interviewer, I’ve recently had the pleasure (and occasional […]

Our CEO, Joey Seeber, spoke on Legal Talk Network’s Un-Billable Hour podcast with Christopher T. Anderson. Joey discusses the importance of “looking beyond the resume” and how you can alleviate hiring frustrations. At Level Legal, we know that hiring the right people starts by asking critical questions that align with the organization’s values during the […]

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 read about growing up […]

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 so well in reality. Consolidation can make sense. That is until customers begin […]

Second requests—discovery demands from the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission in merger reviews—in cross-border deals require extreme collaboration to be successful. Level Legal’s Daniel Bonner offers key questions to answer to ensure that workflows prevent critical mistakes, like providing information not requested, and privilege and privacy violations.Second requests for information in antitrust reviews from […]

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 table. While this is good news for the economy, the legal community will be bracing for hard, […]

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 headed in 2022.

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.

About a year and a half ago, an undisclosed academic client of Holland & Knight LLP found itself in a bit of a pickle: it had to comply with and respond to a governmental agency's Title IX request for information.

Level Legal today announced some impressive new hires. Level Legal provides global legal services supporting law firms, in-house legal departments, and government agencies. It specializes in privacy, compliance, regulatory, antitrust, and eDiscovery issues.

Fast-Growing Legal Services Provider Attracts Proven Talent from Consilio, Deloitte, D4/Special Counsel, EY, WilmerHale, and XDD Dallas, Texas, Sept. 28, 2021 – Level Legal, a provider of legal services supporting law firms, in-house legal departments, and government agencies globally, today announced the addition of six hires with deep legal, government, marketing, and technology experience. Collectively, the incoming […]

Leigh Vickery, Level Legal's Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer is featured in this Legaltech News story about international eDiscovery. Check out the full piece to read more about the hurdles eDiscovery vendors face when it comes to international matters, which call for a deep understanding of data privacy laws, diplomacy, emerging technology, and for teams to be curious about testing new social media/apps.

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.

Project training should never be seen as optional. Mistakes made in a rush at this early stage often take more time and money to correct than if done right the first time. A thoughtful, thorough training session often means the difference between an efficient, successful project launch or suffering significant losses due to avoidable re-work. […]

With equity and inclusion moving to the forefront of the public agenda, individuals are now more confident in stepping forward with TitleIX complaints. Our Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer Leigh Vickery and Director of Client Solutions Daniel Bonner co-authored a contributed article on this topic for Legaltech News.

While a larger focus on M&A is welcomed by some eDiscovery providers and practitioners, it may strain staffing and client budgets. Our CEO Joey Seeber was interviewed for this brand new article from Victoria Hudgins of Legaltech News. It’s an excellent piece looking at how more stringent antitrust enforcement and increased focus on data privacy law will impact […]

While a larger focus on M&A is welcomed by some eDiscovery providers and practitioners, it may strain staffing and client budgets.

Given the high stakes for corporations developing, implementing, and monitoring their own effective compliance programs, it is essential that corporate leadership understand the extent of their responsibilities, roles, and options for succeeding at this critical objective.

A couple of weeks ago, I talked with Kevin Kiley, Chief Revenue Officer of OneTrust, on a session Level Legal sponsored with Buying Legal called “The Great Legal Shift of 2021: Procurement’s Role in Adding Value to the Business Bottom Line.” If you missed it, be sure to check it out online. For those of you who aren’t […]

Special Event is Part of “Buying Legal” Series Sponsored by Level Legal, Including Feb. 10 Roundtable with Global Legal Procurement Lead of GSK and VP of Law, Technology and Operations at Net App

Leading Legal Services Company Honored Alongside Litigation Department of the Year Texas Winner, Baker Botts, California-based Legal Services Innovation Winner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, and Corporate Services Winner, 3M

Joey Seeber named among Texas CEO Magazine's Exceptional Leadership in Texas 2020

Bleeding Edge is a podcast series from ILTA (International Legal Technology Association), tackling timely and interesting topics in legal technology. Kicking off season 2, our CEO Joey Seeber talks about the ever-shifting landscape of legaltech.The first episode for Season Two, “The Straw that Broke the Camel’s Back”, takes a hard look at the ever-changing world and legaltech marketplace. […]

Law company Level Legal is focused on giving legal and corporate customers the best possible solutions, simply, efficiently, and for the best value. As the Level Legal leader and CEO, Joey Seeber is focused on results and leading with optimism. Elevate Podcast In this Next Normal podcast episode, Elevate’s Chairman and CEO, Liam Brown, talks […]

An ILTA>ON panel examined the sometimes fraught relationship between legal departments, law firms and vendors, and how the attorneys involved can make for a smoother working experience.