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On LawNext: Exterro’s Bobby Balachandran, ‘LegalTech CEO of the Year,’ On Leadership, Growth and Plans for an IPO

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Bobby Balachandran , founder and CEO of governance, risk and compliance company Exterro , has just been named LegalTech CEO of the Year in the Legaltech Breakthrough Awards. A computer scientist by training, Balachandran founded Exterro in 2008, quickly convincing a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company to sign on as his first customer.

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What If I Don’t Want to Litigate? Law Degree Alternatives: Exploring Unconventional Career Paths

The Barrister

compliance, risk management, or consulting) but do not mandate the formal qualifications necessary to practice law (like bar passage). 5 Human Resources and Employee Relations : Legal expertise is invaluable for navigating workplace disputes, drafting employee contracts, and ensuring compliance with labor laws. In 2022, 84.6%

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Major E-Discovery News, As Exterro, Eyeing IPO, Acquires Zapproved for Undisclosed Amount

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Among the things the two e-discovery companies Exterro and Zapproved have in common is that they were both founded in the same year, 2008, and in the same city, Portland, Ore. Now they have something else in common, as they announce today that Exterro has acquired Zapproved. She and her entire team will join Exterro. .”

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Comment on France’s Prosecution of Telegram Founder Pavel Durov

Eric Goldman

Also, though not individual liability, in 2008-09, the USDOJ prosecuted the search engines for publishing illegal gambling ads and Google for publishing illegal pharmaceutical ads in 2011. Brazil and Musk are locked in a test of wills right now Diego Dzodan ( Facebook/Brazil ) Yes, Internet executive prosecutions occur in the US too.

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KM Time Capsule

Above and Beyond KM

What can a time capsule from 2008 tells us about progress in law firm knowledge management? In this case, I’m referring to a wiki page created by attendees of the 2008 predecessor to the SKILLS conference. Analysis of SKILLS 2023 Survey But how does this compare to our 2008 time capsule? What do we do?

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Strategic Recapitalization of ‘Several Hundred Million’ Values Exterro at Over $1 Billion

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Since our last funding with Leeds Equity, global demand for Exterro’s Legal GRC platform has grown exponentially, fueling our product innovation as we’ve continued building best-in-class e-discovery, data privacy, forensics, risk, and compliance technologies,” said Bobby Balachandran , founder and CEO of Exterro. “As

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Navigating Legal Factors for U.S. Companies Entering the E-commerce Market in Africa

Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

9] Conversely, countries like Kenya, Algeria, Senegal, and Ivory Coast appear to have weaker consumer protection laws, which can create legal ambiguities and compliance challenges. [10] This is because complying with the legal requirements of one country in the group ensures compliance with all others. 15] Ultimately, U.S. at 15–16. [5]