Is Big Law Falling Behind on Legal Tech?

As thousands flooded the Hilton New York Midtown hotel for ALM’s Legalweek: The Experience conference this week, they were greeted by over 200 vendors promising the latest in e-discovery, security and contract management software. As Big Law Business hit the exhibit floors, the word from many vendors was that Big Law is falling behind.

Driven by internal pressure to act more like business units, in-house legal departments are increasingly looking to technology to help them inexpensively take care of legal work they once had to outsource for higher fees, according to Chris Bright, co-founder of e-discovery company Zapproved. Bright said he skipped ...