Vicars Participates in Relativity Fest Panel Discussion

Lynne Vicars, Heuristica’s Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer and Senior Counsel, will participate in a Relativity Fest Panel discussion entitled “Emerging Leadership Roles in Law Firms“.

The roles of law firm leadership are moving towards technology. We’re seeing new and divergent roles that blend the boundary between law and technology and often merge them into the same person.

The wave that brought us the chief innovation officers several years ago has morphed to bring us data science attorneys, chief transformation officers, and chief disruption officers.

Lynne will participate alongside several other lawyers with similarly new titles and roles and will describe how they got where they are and where they see these new roles going.… Read More

Heuristica Sponsors the CBA 2019 Competition Law Fall Conference

We are pleased to sponsor the annual CBA Competition Law Fall Conference in Ottawa October 17th and 18th.

This is the leading Canadian event for competition law and policy professionals. The conference brings together all segments of the competition law community, including Canadian and international enforcement officials, in-house counsel, plaintiffs’ lawyers, defense lawyers, economists and academics in order to share knowledge, experience and advice regarding all areas of competition law and policy, including mergers, unilateral conduct, cartel and class action proceedings and deceptive marketing practices.

Participants will benefit from thoughtful and practical insights from distinguished panels of Canadian and international competition law experts, and they will leave the conference with a sound understanding of current and emerging issues in the area of competition law and policy.… Read More

O’Donnell Speaks at OBA Momentum Summit

Crystal O’Donnell, Heuristica’s CEO and Senior Counsel, will speak at the Ontario Bar Association’s (OBA) Momentum Summit, in a session entitled “Insights from a Trailblazer in Legal Innovation”.

The Momentum Summit is the culmination of a year of dedicated efforts by the OBA to advance gender equality in the legal profession. The Summit will focus on practical solutions that the legal profession can implement. Speakers will discuss what is being done in the Ontario legal profession as well as in other professions and jurisdictions. Attendees will leave with an understanding of what they can do to achieve greater equality in their workplaces.… Read More

Lynne Vicars joins Heuristica Discovery Counsel LLP

We are pleased to announce that Lynne Vicars has joined the firm as Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer and Senior Counsel and will be based in the firm’s downtown Toronto office.

Lynne is a banker turned lawyer whose extensive experience in both business and complex litigation has fostered a passion for bringing technology to the legal profession. Regarded as a leading eDiscovery lawyer in Canada, Lynne will help ensure Heuristica remains Canada’s leading eDiscovery law firm by employing the latest and most powerful eDiscovery technology and review methodologies.

Crystal O’Donnell, Heuristica’s Founder and CEO, says she is “very pleased to have Lynne join the team at Heuristica. … Read More