You Can’t Protect What You Don’t Understand: Examining Legal’s Dark Data Problem

09 Apr 2025
Track 4

Unstructured data is the legal industry’s silent crisis—growing unchecked, exposing firms to risk, and straining compliance efforts.

In this fireside chat at Legal Tech Fest, ActiveNav CEO, Peter Baumann, and National Australia Bank’s Executive, Digital & Tech, Legal & Operations, Matt Zaba will explore the hidden dangers of unstructured client matter data and the increasing expectations from corporate clients.

Learn why compliance on paper isn’t enough, how firms can close governance gaps, and what steps legal teams must take today to future-proof their data strategies in an AI-driven world.

3 Key Learnings

  1. The Hidden Data Crisis – Most law firms are sitting on vast, unstructured, and unmanaged data, leading to compliance failures, security risks, and inefficiencies.
  2. Beyond Compliance: Real Governance – Having policies isn’t enough. Firms need proactive data strategies to secure client data, prevent breaches, and meet rising client expectations.
  3. The Future of Legal Data – AI and automation will reshape legal data governance, but only firms with structured, well-managed data will be able to take advantage.