2019 – Page 2 – Fastcase

Anette Aav

Estonia has long been known for its oversized contribution to global technology, and the work Anette Aav is doing certainly contributes to that reputation. As Director of the University of Tartu’s IT Law Programme, Anette is writing the book on bringing a technology focus to law schools. It’s a necessity in a country that is…

Mike Maschke

Understanding and navigating digital forensics and cybersecurity can be confusing and overwhelming. That’s why Mike Maschke created the Digital Forensics Dispatch, a blog with real-life scenarios and narratives that explores and teaches about the role of digital forensics while also providing readers with interesting stories for water cooler conversations. Mike is a Certified Ethical Hacker…

Shawn Tuma

Cybersecurity is a massive challenge for businesses, and especially law firms, where the stakes could not be higher. Despite the risks, many firms struggle to maintain basic security of their private data. Shawn Tuma comes at cybersecurity from a lawyer’s perspective, because he is a lawyer. Tackling cyber risk management, incident response, and security for…

Ian Nelson

With new generations of lawyers raised on YouTube throughout their education, former Practical Law Company executive Ian Nelson anticipated that long CLE seminars and one-way lectures were not going to stand the test of time. Firms, with their own proprietary training materials for new associate training, wanted their materials to match the way a firm…

Tiffany Li

Online platforms have become an essential part of American life, and in the last few years, a major part of civil conflict. From election interference to content moderation and questions of free speech, online platforms have global reach and introduce new, transnational challenges to law and norms. Tiffany Li has become a leading expert on…

Erika Rickard

Access to Justice is one of the most trying challenges of our time, with a legal system that is still impenetrable for the average American. Erika Rickard is certainly making a dent in the problem, and then some. As the leader of The Pew Charitable Trusts’ pilot project focused on modernizing the civil legal system,…

Catherine Krow

Spending at large firms can often get out of hand, but after the 2009 financial crisis consumers began to expect a new kind of efficiency and accountability, with fixed budgets and predictive results. That’s why Catherine Krow created Digitory Legal. Digitory is a cloud-based legal budgeting and resource management product that helps in-house departments find…

James Lee

Much has been made of how AI will ultimately impact the practice of law, but perhaps one of the most concrete examples of just how much there is to gain from the technology is LegalMation, a company co-founded by business litigator James Lee. LegalMation uses software powered by IBM Watson to scan and digitize complaints;…

Seamus Hughes

As a national expert on terrorism and violent extremism, Seamus Hughes is also a major resource to the public and journalism community. Seamus roots through court filings to find useful filings and trends that professional journalists and lawyers miss. He even accidentally discovered the federal government’s confidential case against WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange, just from…

Michael Dreeben

Michael Dreeban is a 30-year veteran of the Department of Justice, long serving as the Deputy Solicitor General of the United States, focusing on criminal law cases. Michael is one of only seven people in history to try more than 100 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. Orin Kerr has praised him as the “biggest…