Five great industry news stories from this week you may have missed.

Managing Change and Preparing for New Technology

Via Law Technology Today

Adopting and implementing new technology is never easy work. According to Law Technology Today, 53 per cent of 700 legal professionals said the biggest barrier to change for law firms is the difficulty of change management and leadership resistance. This resistance, they explain, can have consequences, causing firms to miss out on the benefits of new technology. Find out how assembling an implementation team, providing quality training and building a culture of efficiency can all drive user adoption here.

We're not going back to business as usual

Via CBA/ABC National

The coronavirus has demonstrated the shocking fragility of the justice system. John-Paul Boyd, Q.C., explains, "Who would’ve thought that we’d wake up one day to find that months of hearings, conferences and trials, some of which had been scheduled years ago, had been administratively adjourned sine die?" As Alberta's courts have only partially reopened, he fears that the "butcher's final toll has yet to be delivered." Read Boyd's full opinion piece to learn why he believes mediation and arbitration are more effective when conducted in-person, the technology required to participate in the remote resolution of disputes creates an impediment to accessing justice and, simply put, why "we're not going back to business as usual" anytime soon. 

How to investigate a firm with 60 million documents

Via BBC

Yousr Khalil, forensic accountant, had to ferret out proof of wrongdoing of the aerospace giant Airbus after it admitted paying bribes via middlemen. Khalil and a team of 70 faced an ocean of files, transaction data and emails spanning worldwide activities — most of which were entirely innocuous. Find out how the team leveraged Technology Assisted Review (TAR) to conduct the investigation which resulted in an agreement to pay €3.6bn ($6.2B CAD) in BBC's recent article.

What 2021 will see in litigation trends: Canadian Law Awards winner Linda Plumpton of Torys LLP

Via Canadian Lawyer

Litigation has already arisen from COVID-19-related deaths in nursing homes, aborted mergers and against airlines and ticketing agencies for refund claims. Canadian Law Awards Litigator of the Year for 2020, Linda Plumpton, recently shared her predictions for 2021 about class action litigation, competition litigation and director oversight claims with Canadian Lawyer. Read the full article here. 

Data security as a company culture

Via IT Pro Portal

When companies place a huge dependency on technology and security, it can be easy to overlook the human aspects of business operations. A recent IT Pro Portal article explains that while data security is at the top of many organizations’ priority list, many tend to forget the human element of security. They recommend following four steps to keep security top of mind: taking a top-to-bottom approach, developing a training program, documenting security policies and embracing a data security culture. Read the full list here.