The adoption of enterprise legal management is on the rise as legal departments seek to streamline legal processes, analyze risks and reduce legal spend. In this roundtable conversation, Marcus Hartmann, general counsel for RB (formerly known as Reckitt Benckiser) and Jason Parkman, CEO of Mitratech, discuss trends in enterprise legal management, the tools it provides users and the increased controls brought to legal departments using this technology.

Q. Enterprise legal management (ELM) is defined as integrated matter management and e-billing systems. How critical is an ELM solution to the effective management of a legal department?