After around 30 years of LTNY (LegalWeek now), pre-conference activities and social events can tell you a lot about the industry and where companies are allocating their event budgets. Thanks to Stephanie Clerkin and Maria Victoria Yuste for building the social event list this year (I thought that Stephanie Wilkins also did this, but LI search is terrible). Almost all the networking events are packed into Tuesday evening and invitation/registration only. Year’s past giant, open extravagant events with shuttle buses and crazy themes seem to have vanished. This aligns with recent interviews where CMOs expressed diminishing prospect generation from large events in favor of smaller, more intimate networking events.
That does not diminish the flurry of new product launches, embargoed press releases and briefing requests that have filled my feeds and inbox. AI innovation has driven a perceptible spike in the eDiscovery market. I am excited to walk the floor and take in 2025’s booth messaging, placement and adjacent gatherings. My Tuesday-Wednesday briefing slots are all gone and I noted that many executives were only available on these days. That will make a busy 48 hours for most attendees.
The session panels seem to be packed with eDiscovery luminaries (aka talking heads such as mwah) and actual firm/corporate practitioners. The topics/CLE summaries seem content rather than product driven, which is a welcome change.
Maybe all of these trends are signs of industry maturity. For a couple of years I worried that the provider consolidation from all the investor capital would kill competition. New launches like Altorney’s MARC and dozens of new AI driven products have alleviated my concerns. Instead, I see a market pivoting from raw data hosting and contract review services to embrace this technology wave. Innovation is alive and well in legal technology. I hope to visit with friends new and old in New York.
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