Jason Baron has been quoted as saying that there is a race between growing data volumes and improvements in smart data analytics. He says that the volumes are winning despite the rate at which computer science is generating ever smarter analytical tools.

The subject is obviously of great significance to any company with large volumes of data (which, in practice, means any company) and particularly those who face eDiscovery and regulatory demands for information.

Huron Legal is sponsoring the Day 2 track at LegalTech called Cost control and using analytics to proactively manage. There are three sessions, Analytics and information governance, Analytics to enhance litigation and discovery strategy, and Analytics for progressive law department management.

Laurie Fischer, Nathalie Hofman and Jim Michalowicz are the speakers. There is more information about this track here.