NEW YORK LEGALTECH CONFERENCE AND TRADE SHOW, OPENING MONDAY, TO FEATURE DISCUSSIONS WITH FUTURIST MALCOLM GLADWELL, NOBEL LAUREATE MOHAMED ELBARADEI

NEW YORK (January 27, 2010) – ALM’s LegalTech New York conference, the world’s largest and most prestigious legal technology conference and trade show, opens next Monday with a keynote address by Russell Stalters, information technology and services (IT&S) head, information and record architecture, BPAmerica Inc. on building successful e-discovery programs and managing digital information overflow. Day One will also include a general session featuring Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, co-winner of the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize and former director general of the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency and Peter Warwick, Thomson Reuters, Legal chief executive officer, discussing the rule of law in emerging nations. The event, which takes place February 1-3 at the Hilton Hotel in New York City, is expected to attract a record number of exhibitors and attendees. Complete conference information is available at www.legaltechshow.com.

Additional conference program highlights include:

• A February 3 keynote panel that includes futurist and best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell (Blink, The Tipping Point), New York Times medical columnist Dr. Lisa Sanders and Thomson Reuters Chief Strategy Officer David Craig on “The New Convergence of Intelligence, Intuition and Information.”

• Mark S. Howitson, deputy general counsel of Facebook, discussing the emergence of Facebook, Twitter and other social media as viable sources of news and the impact of this trend on e-discovery in the February 2 keynote. This session is CLE eligible.

• A special panel session on “Amending The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure” featuring Hon. John Koeltl, Southern District of New York, Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. This session is CLE eligible.

• General sessions, open to all attendees, on “Taking Compliance and E-Discovery to the Cloud” (February 2) and “Let’s Have a Debate Presentation: The Hottest ‘Behind the Scenes’ Topics in Search and Retrieval Today” (February 3). Both sessions are CLE eligible.

• A February 1 reception honoring the winners of the seventh annual Law Technology News Awards, including this year’s inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award recipients.

LegalTech New York 2009 attracted nearly 13,000 attendees and featured almost 300 exhibiting companies. The 2010 conference will offer more than 60 educational sessions for attendees on topics ranging from electronic discovery and knowledge management to emerging technologies. For a conference agenda, exhibitor list and other details, visit www.legaltechshow.com.

LegalTech is presented by ALM Events, a leading producer of educational and networking events for business leaders and professionals. Other ALM events include ALM Legal Conferences, Insight Information Conferences and the RealShare Conference series for commercial real estate professionals.

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Phone: (203) 341-8922

E-mail: lfeldman@alm.com

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