Another LegalTech New York has passed and as it seems this year saw a much greater response than the previous year, I look forward to a prosperous 2011.

With the increased prevalence of Facebook, Twitter, blogs and the like in both homes and offices, it’s not surprising that numerous sessions at LegalTech 2011 covered social media. I had the privilege of attending Buzz Branding Tools to Manage Reputation with speakers Bradley Shear, Michael Lackey and William Belt and Cloud, SharePoint and Social Media: Discovery on the Next Data Frontier with speakers Larry Briggi, Barry Murphy, Leigh Isaacs and James Zucker. Both sessions focused on the need to change e-Discovery practices to meet the demands of the ever-evolving face of technology.

Although it appeared there were fewer service providers at LegalTech New York this year, attendance seemed to be up and responses to Liquid Lit Manager^TM version 6.0 were amazing. The numbers of sessions focusing social media remind legal professionals of the importance of finding the right vendor who can keep up with changes in e-Discovery. New clustering, concept search and native file review features now available in Liquid Lit Manager^TM have the capacity to meet these needs—and attendees noticed.