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Balancing the Transactional and the Relational in a Data-Driven World
The Ultimate eDiscovery Glossary
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...
eDiscovery Industry Veteran Mike Mirabella Joins Level Legal
DALLAS, Feb. 23, 2023 – Level Legal, the Dallas-based eDiscovery, managed review, and consulting company – recently brought on eDiscovery industry veteran Mike Mirabella as chief operating officer. Mirabella brings more than 25 years of senior-level experience in...
Who’s Yo Data? Identifying Sources Is Only the Beginning of Litigation Preparedness
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...
Buzzword or Buzzkill? How Companies are Reframing Their Culture Post COVID
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...
Outage Outrage: How to See a Blackout as An Opportunity
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...
Culture Counts: How To Find and Create an Accommodating eDiscovery Environment
B.L.T. (Big Layoffs in Tech) Feed Opportunity
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...
Synthesizing Storylines: How Level Legal Helps American Airlines Succeed
Trusted Partnership: Why Gibson Dunn Counts on Level Legal
Think Win-Win: Proven Ways to Outsource eDiscovery
Making Legal Human: A Level Legal Manifesto
The Business of Law: How ALSPs Will Thrive in 2023
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....
Meet Level Legal: Delivering Delight in eDiscovery
Asking E-Discovery Vendors for Indemnification for Data Breaches: ‘Financial Cure’ or Security Assurance?
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...
Private Eyes (Clap Clap) Are Watching You: Preparing for the Rise of Internal Investigations
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...
December 7 Webinar: Why Culture Matters for Women in eDiscovery
If you’re a woman looking for a job in eDiscovery or already in an eDiscovery job – pretty comprehensive, right? – Level Legal has a new webinar for you. The details: Culture Counts: How Women Can Find and Create an Accommodating eDiscovery Environment 11:30 a.m. to...
Cut Four Hidden Costs With an eDiscovery ‘Dream Team’
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...
When Bigger Isn’t Better: The Downside to Constant Consolidation
“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...
Who’s Afraid of ESG?
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,...
Should Doc Reviewers Consider a Career in Cybersecurity? Short Answer: Yes
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...
The True Cost of Managed Review: It’s Not What You Think
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...
Moving past confusion to ensure corporate compliance with privacy restrictions
There are steps companies can take now, merger and non-merger related, to address data privacy issues. When it comes to evolving privacy restrictions, corporations should be careful what they wish for. Digital technology inherently develops fast; the federal...
The Maturing of LegalTech: Ominous Clouds for Customers?
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. I also questioned...
Four Ways to Reduce Risk as Data Privacy Concerns Turn Up the Volume
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. Until last year, regulators viewed anti-competitive...
Why Collaborate: The Future of Legal Services Is Human
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? Because many of...
Data concentration expected to be a focus of antitrust scrutiny
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. The amount of data your company stands to amass from an acquisition could be...
Level Legal Reports Nearly 200% Revenue Growth Through Q2 and Addition of Seasoned New Talent
Recent Milestones Demonstrate Accelerating Demand and Expanded Capabilities for Legal Services Provider DALLAS — Aug. 16, 2022 — Level Legal – the leading provider of concierge legal services supporting law firms, in-house legal departments, and government agencies –...
Twelve Timely eDiscovery Tips From the Alex Jones Case
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...
Creating a Collaborative Culture in Legal Services
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...
Podcast: eDiscovery After Hours
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,...
Podcast: eDiscovery After Hours
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,...
How to Interview for Integrity: 7 Telltale Signs of a Great Hire
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...
Hiring Done Right: “Look Beyond the Resume”
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...
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
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...
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 table....
Level Legal Reports 38% Revenue Growth for 2021, Adds Top-Tier Talent to Meet Accelerating Demand for Legal Services
Dallas, Texas — January 13, 2022 — Level Legal, a leading provider of legal services supporting law firms and in-house legal departments, and government agencies globally, today announced company expansion of two new strategic additions to its executive team, bringing...
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 headed in...
Level Legal and Freshfields Named Winner of The American Lawyer Industry Award for Best Provider Collaboration
DALLAS, TX-December 4,2021-Level Legal is honored to announce they are the winner of the 2021 American Lawyer Industry Award for Best Provider Collaboration, along with their co-collaborator for the award submission, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Freshfields is one...
eDiscovery: The intersection of transactional and relational
An odd thing happened in 2021. 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. According to our friends at Complex Discovery, the...
Law Firms Tap Tech Companies For Help Amid Title IX Uptick
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.Philip J. Catanzano, a senior counsel for Holland...
Level Legal Strengthens Leadership Team with Six New Client Service, Marketing Leaders
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...
Joey Seeber and Level Legal: Going Great Guns
September 28, 2021-(First appeared in Techlaw Crossroads)- 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...
Level Legal Strengthens Leadership Team with Six New Client Service, Marketing Leaders
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...
Legaltech News: With International Matters, E-Discovery Providers Have to Become ‘Data Management Ecosystems’
Over the past few years, e-discovery has had to contend more often with data from chat and collaboration platforms stored in various parts of the world. But while it’s becoming a common occurrence, vendors said regulatory restrictions and tech limitations are still...
Accelerating Government Subpoena Response With Am Law 10 Firm
Customer Profile Prestigious international Am Law 10 firm with offices in the US, Europe, and Asia. Thousands of public and private clients. Known for its world-class legal excellence, dedication to clients, and commitment to public service. Case Profile Multi-lingual...
Saving Time and Money on Internal Investigation at Semiconductor Giant
Customer Profile Multi-billion dollar semiconductor corporation. 10,000+ employees across 50+ offices worldwide. Pain Points An internal HR investigation involving 60,000 documents, mostly in Japanese. A two-week deadline to complete a complex task. A busy in-house...
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...
Nine tips for a successful review project training
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,...
Legaltech News: Rising Tide of Title IX Cases Puts Legal Data Skills in the Spotlight
Since its passing in 1972, Title IX has played a consistent and pivotal role in ensuring greater equality in federally funded educational establishments. Since 2011, the government has conducted 502 Title IX investigations of institutions charged with mishandling...
Stiffer Antitrust Enforcement Could Rain Riches on the eDiscovery Market. But Not for All
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...
Stiffer Antitrust Enforcement Could Rain Riches on the E-Discovery Market. But Not for All
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...
What Does an Ethical Culture of Compliance Look Like?
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...
Podcast: Making the Legal Industry More Human in a Post-COVID World
Leigh Vickery, our Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, speaks with Kathryn Rubino, Senior Editor at Above the Law, and host of The Jabot podcast. In this episode of The Jabot, Kathryn Rubino is joined by Leigh Vickery. Leigh is our Chief Strategy & Innovation...
Adding Value to the Bottom and Top Line: Legal Buyers Have an Important Role to Play in Compliance
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...
Level Legal Hosts Virtual Event on Feb. 16 Featuring Exclusive Insights from OneTrust CRO on The Changing Role of Procurement for Legal and Compliance
Level Legal, a leading legal services company, in association with Buying Legal, an international trade organization for legal procurement, will host a series of legal and compliance virtual events including an exclusive webinar on February 16 with Kevin Kiley, Chief...
6 Changes The Legal Industry Should Prepare For
CEO Joey Seeber writes, “Even before the COVID-19 crisis struck, clients were demanding improved efficiency, predictability and cost-effectiveness from their legal partners.”2020 — what a year! Attorneys and compliance pros have had to adapt rapidly to the many new...
Level Legal Wins American Lawyer ‘Best Law Company’ Award
Level Legal, a leading legal services company, today announced it has been named ‘Best Law Company’ in the American Lawyer Industry Awards 2021 lineup honoring outstanding achievements in the legal profession. The Best Law Company award honors an alternative legal...
Exceptional Leadership in Texas 2020
Texas CEO Magazine Joey Seeber is an experienced litigator, successful entrepreneur and CEO and cofounder of Level Legal—a legal services company based in Richardson, Texas, that works with AmLaw 200 and Fortune 1000 companies. Prior to founding Level Legal in 2009,...
ILTA Podcast: The Straw That Broke the Camel’s Back, Featuring Joey Seeber
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...
The Need for Innovation and Change Has Accelerated
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...
Tech Has Changed Power Dynamics in Legal, but Can Everyone Still Play Nice?
Corporate Counsel Daily Update As the title promises, the session dove headlong into how technology has helped change the power dynamics within legal, as well as some of the pitfalls that can occur when trying to build a healthy relationship among partners. Read the...
Law Firm Tech, eDiscovery, and Data Privacy
Lawsome Podcast We’re talking data security, privacy, and innovation in the law firm, first with an article from the JDL Group, and then we chat with Leigh Vickery from LevelLegal. Full Article:...
Level Legal partnership with Oasis strengthens arsenal of data discovery tools with comprehensive global solutions suite
Level Legal, a leading legal services company, today announced a partnership with Oasis, legal technology and IaaS provider, to extend Level Legal’s capacity to serve clients on a global level with customized managed services offerings without the burden of a...
Level Legal CEO Joey Seeber joins Ari Kaplan on a podcast to discuss how LL has adapted to the current environment, the opportunities for growth, leadership and advice for CEOs in the legal industry, and where the legal sector is headed.
Level Legal expands leadership team on heels of record growth and evolution to global presence
Level Legal, a leading legal services company, today announced three new additions to its leadership team as the company evolves its team structure to support its distributed workforce model amidst record growth in May measured by client engagements and revenue. The...
Level Legal uses 125-point checklist to vet technologies before recommending, all spearheaded by employee-led Technology Working Group
Team of In-House Attorneys and Subject-Matter Experts Deliver Innovative and Personalized Technology Recommendations to Fortune 1000 ClientsWorking Group Launches with Enterprise eDiscovery Technology Leader Casepoint as a Partner Dallas, Texas – Level Legal, a...
Innovation in compliance: Playing the long game
By Tom Fox, Compliance Podcast Network | May 12, 2020Leigh Vickery of Level Legal joins Tom Fox on this week’s show to discuss her company’s innovative managed services for the legal and compliance industry. She shares how they help clients get to the next level using...
COVID-19 has brought unprecedented upheaval to eDiscovery industry
By Zach Warren, Legaltech News | April 14, 2020Joey Seeber, CEO of law company Level Legal, told Legaltech News that at his company, the pandemic has instilled a greater sense of employee confidence, bolstered by the trust placed in them by both company leadership and...
DFW company helping law firms hiring people amid early move to remote workforce
A Dallas law company helping law firms is dealing with something more uncommon in the world of COVID-19: growth. By Brian Womack, Dallas Business Journal | April 3, 2020Level Legal has hired roughly 20 people in the last few weeks, bringing the total count to around...
DFW company helping law firms hiring people amid early move to remote workforce
Level Legal, a leading legal services company, today formalized its compliance and privacy service lines specifically geared towards law firm and corporate counsel needs. Long respected as for its elevated eDiscovery managed services, Level Legal has developed...
A Look Behind, A Look Ahead: Part Two – eDiscovery
By Steve Salkin, Law Journal Newsletters | February 2020 “The market is not about eDiscovery tools, just like Nike is not about tennis shoes. It’s about understanding the people.” Level Legal CEO Joey Seeber joins legal tech leaders in sharing thoughts on key industry...
SALI Alliance: Standard ‘Language’ for Legal Work Launched by Firms, Companies
Level Legal is honored to be a part of the SALI Alliance, and the public release of the Legal Matter Specification Standard. This is the result of a three-year quest by the SALI Alliance to create a shared language for describing legal matters, aimed at streamlining...
SALI Alliance: Standard ‘Language’ for Legal Work Launched by Firms, Companies
Level Legal is honored to be a part of the SALI Alliance, and the public release of the Legal Matter Specification Standard. This is the result of a three-year quest by the SALI Alliance to create a shared language for describing legal matters, aimed at...
A Look Behind, A Look Ahead: Part One – Cybersecurity
By Steve Salkin, Law Journal Newsletters | February 2020 “Right now, fear and chaos are driving a lot of the activity around cybersecurity and privacy.” Level Legal CEO Joey Seeber joins legal leaders in sharing thoughts on cybersecurity industry trends for 2019 and...
A Look Behind, A Look Ahead: Part One – Cybersecurity
By Steve Salkin, Law Journal Newsletters | February 2020 "Right now, fear and chaos are driving a lot of the activity around cybersecurity and privacy." Level Legal CEO Joey Seeber joins legal leaders in sharing thoughts on cybersecurity industry trends...
Level Legal’s Greg Moreman, Adam Paulson, Gary Armstrong, and Leigh Vickery earn Brainspace Analyst certifications; Armstrong Also Achieves Administrator Certification
Level Legal, a global legal services company, is pleased to announce that several of its team members have achieved the Brainspace Analyst Certification. In Client Services, Director of Legal Compliance Services Greg Moreman, Review Manager Adam Paulson, and Attorney...
Level Legal Attorneys Daniel Bonner and Scott Nelson Achieve Recognition as Certified Information Privacy Professionals/United States
Daniel Bonner, director of client solutions, and Scott Nelson, an attorney, both with Level Legal, have earned the ANSI-accredited Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US) credentials through the International Association of Privacy...
Level Legal to Host Technology Panel at 2019 EDTX Bench Bar Conference
Dallas, Texas – Level Legal is honored to present at the Eastern District of Texas Bar Association’s annual EDTX Bench Bar Conference, to be held at the Plano Marriott Legacy Town Center September 23 – September 25, 2019. Level Legal CEO Joey Seeber will moderate a...
Level Legal Review Managers Kevin Campbell and Adam Paulson Earn CEDS Certification
Level Legal, a global legal services company, is pleased to announce that review managers Kevin Campbell and Adam Paulson passed the rigorous CEDS certification examination, joining a select group of eDiscovery professionals to do so. Adam and Kevin have now earned...
Level Legal Selected to Join the Global Legal Blockchain Consortium
Dallas, Texas – Level Legal has been selected to join more than 60 large companies, law firms, and universities to become part of the Global Legal Blockchain Consortium (GLBC). The consortium is organizing and aligning global legal industry stakeholders to enhance the...
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