Legalweek NYC 2020 – The Down Under Perspective

Legalweek 2020 brought together thousands of legal professionals to discuss business, regulatory, technology and talent drivers impacting the industry. The week featured workshop boot camps, conferences, networking events and hundreds of technology exhibitors on the tradeshow floor.  There are three main conferences: Legaltech (the world’s longest running legal technology trade show), LegalCIO, and Legal Business Strategy.   Around the main conferences there are many other events, a few of these are highlighted below.  The following week The Sedona Conference’s International Working Group 6 annual program focusing on cross-border discovery and data privacy was held at the New York Law School. AI and Privacy This year’s Legalweek in New York City was dominated by the themes of AI, new and developing technologies and privacy.  The impact of privacy regulations, particularly the GDPR and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is driving up compliance costs and also the cost of discovery in legal […]