Extract from Georgia Foster’s article “Streamlining Legal Processes in an Era of Data Abundance”
Editor’s Note: This article was first published by the Singapore Law Gazette.
In July 2024, Relativity hosted a webinar featuring regional legal experts to delve into how the rapid increase and broad range of data has prompted the industry to re-evaluate traditional processes, creating a timely demand for AI-driven solutions. The panel included:
- Gino Bello, Head of Southeast Asia Technology at FTI Consulting Singapore
- Jayant Saran, Partner at Deloitte India
- Loong Tse Chuan, Partner at Allen & Gledhill
- Benjamin Ng, Senior Account Executive at Relativity (moderator)
The discussion provided valuable insights into evolving data dynamics, regulatory impacts on technology adoption, and the pivotal role of human-AI collaboration in enhancing legal processes.
Over the past decade, the legal industry has witnessed a massive transformation driven by the surge in data volume, complexity, and diversity. As a result of this data explosion, the legal industry’s approaches to traditional processes have been redefined and the need for both technology and AI-driven solutions has been significantly underscored. From this conversation among experts in the legal industry, one thing was clear: the legal profession stands at a pivotal moment of exciting opportunity and evolution.
The four main topics and takeaways from the webinar, Streamlining Legal Processes in an Era of Data Abundance, are summarised below.
