David Perla

David Perla is a co-founder and managing director of 1991 Group. He most recently served as president of Bloomberg BNA Legal Division/Bloomberg Law, where he oversaw all of Bloomberg BNA’s legal and related products, including its flagship Bloomberg Law platform. He was previously the co-founder and co-CEO of Pangea3, a leading legal process outsourcing (LPO) provider that was acquired by Thompson Reuters. You can follow David on Twitter at @davidperla.

Posts by David Perla

Technology
Legal Frames Of Reference

Law can mean many things depending on your certain point of view.

By David Perla and Sanjay Kamlani
Technology
The Bleeding Edge Of Law

The long aversion to leveraging capital in law is changing fast.

By David Perla and Sanjay Kamlani
Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace

How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.

From LexisNexis
Technology
Back From Blockchain Week: Crypto Kitties, Truck Platoons And More

If you don't think blockchain is here to stay, you don't fully understand blockchain.

By David Perla and Sanjay Kamlani

Technology
When It Comes To Legal Tech Solutions, Say What, Not How

Providers seem to forget that a precondition to even considering how a tool works, is about what it can do to help.

By David Perla and Sanjay Kamlani
Technology
Obsessed With Data: Catching Wild Butterflies

Data has always existed within law firms but, like a wild butterfly, was unreachable. Now, law firms have harnessed the ability to capture the data.

By David Perla and Sanjay Kamlani

Technology
Taste The Soup! Innovation Is Hiding In Plain Sight In The Legal Profession

A great deal of innovation is being overlooked because it isn't associated with buzzwords like artificial intelligence, blockchain, and analytics.

By David Perla and Sanjay Kamlani
Technology
Blockchain, Millennials, And The Law – The Times They Are A-Changin’

You may not yet understand the blockchain or the notion of smart contracts, but they are facilitating the world of fairness and transparency that Millennials hold dear.

By David Perla and Sanjay Kamlani
Technology
That's A Wrap

An exploration of our choices for our column, reactions to them, and what we’re hoping to explore and discuss next year.

By David Perla and Sanjay Kamlani

Sponsored

Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve

The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…

From The Team at Scale LLP

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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance

In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm.

From Pilot and Above The Law

Sponsored

Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now

If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…

From LexisNexis

Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm

ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.

From THOMSON REUTERS
Biglaw
Rainmaker.AI

Why are associates not spending time learning to develop clients at their firms, and why are most law firm partners not focused on teaching and mentoring associates to become rainmakers?

By David Perla and Sanjay Kamlani
Biglaw, Lateral Moves
Take This Job And Shove It!

The risks (and costs) of lateral hiring failure is high, so take this advice before you proceed any further.

By Sanjay Kamlani and David Perla
Technology
Irma, Waze, And Watson

Today's technology is truly transformational, but lawyers must use it correctly and appropriately.

By Sanjay Kamlani and David Perla
Technology
Appetite For Destruction?

Of everything happening in the legal industry today, what will have enduring and sustained influence decades from now?

By David Perla and Sanjay Kamlani
Biglaw, Technology
Biglaw's Summer of Love?

Will it pass quickly, or does it represent the beginning of a major change?

By David Perla and Sanjay Kamlani