FRONTEO Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President: Masahiro Morimoto, hereafter FRONTEO) is pleased to announce that "Digital Forensic Discovery AI White Paper 2020-Legal Tech for Emergency Response and Preventive Measures" We have summarized the current state of the industry and the results of a questionnaire survey of legal personnel regarding the use of AI.

Following the favorable reception of the "Legal Tech AI White Paper 2019" compiled last year, this year, which is the second year, introduces the current state of AI utilization in the U.S. discovery industry, and also introduces the current state of AI utilization in the U.S. large-scale enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises. We conducted a questionnaire survey on AI utilization among senior counselors, corporate legal departments, law firms, legal professionals involved in legal affairs at government agencies, and legal service providers, and summarized the results in a white paper.In addition, in the United States, lawyers and legal counsel of major law firms who are already in the stage of questioning the quality of results, not just using AI to achieve results, said, "What is happening at the discovery site now?" We will also introduce the content of the interviews conducted on "the proceedings and attitudes that Japanese companies operating globally should know" and "the perspectives that legal professionals should have" and the insights gained from them. I am.

The table of contents of this white paper and the contents covered in each article are as follows.

Intro Feature "AIUtilizationNew Normal'

From an era when using AI itself was a challenge, to an era where the magnitude of AI results is being challenged. A partner lawyer of a major US law firm, who has a wealth of experience in using AI in finding evidence, talks about the reality of the new normal of AI utilization.

スペシャルTalk "Disclosure of evidence in international proceedingsAI-readyTowards

We invited two legal staff members from Japanese companies engaged in business in overseas markets to discuss issues related to global legal affairs and daily challenges. The navigator will be a partner lawyer from a major US law firm who is familiar with the disclosure of evidence in international proceedings using AI.

Special interview"AITalking about the legend of utilization, history and future "

We asked a historic court judge (at that time), who first approved the use of TAR (Technology Assisted Review) by the court, to talk about how TAR has been used in the US legal profession, its transition, and what it should be. It was.

Interview "Beyond the dialogue of different experts"

What is important for the use of AI to become a truly new daily life for an associate professor at a university who explains that dialogue between different experts is very important in the process of permeating the use of technology such as AI. I will ask you to talk about.

Case Study "AIIn the daily life of utilization "

Talk to a lawyer who is familiar with the benefits of AI technology and is the general counsel of companies that use AI normally to live a "new life" about collaborations with different types of professionals, lawyers' offices and technology vendors. I got it.

Literature search "Legal Tech in the United States-AIOverview of utilization status ~ "

We will explain the current state of legal tech in the United States in three chapters: 1. Automation and artificial intelligence (AI) in the legal sector, 2. e-discovery utilizing AI, and 3. Legal AI utilization in the United States.

questionnaire "AIAbout the utilization situation of "(11 questions in total)

[Questionnaire survey outline]

• Survey method: Internet survey
• Survey target: Those who engage in legal affairs at a company
• Survey period: June 2020
• Number of samples: 101

Comment from Masahiro Morimoto, President and CEO of FRONTEO Inc.

"It has been 17 years since I started my business with the desire to save a Japanese company that is struggling because I am unfamiliar with it in international proceedings. We have accumulated a track record of supporting evidence disclosure procedures (discovery) in each country as well.

FRONTEO is pleased to carry out such a survey this year as well as last year and to inform you of the results.We will continue to strive to disseminate the latest legal tech technology, including AI, to Japanese companies. "

For more information on "Digital Forensics Discovery AI White Paper 2020-Legal Tech for Emergency Response and Preventive Measures," please see this URL.

https://legal.fronteo.com/fllp/aiwp2020

• FRONTEOabout　URL: https://www.fronteo.com/

FRONTEO is an in-house developed AI engine "KIBIT" that specializes in natural language processing.^®"And" concept encoder^®Is a data analysis company that supports the business of a company by extracting meaningful and important information from a huge amount of text data using. Since its establishment in August 2003, it has been expanding globally to Japan, the United States, South Korea, and Taiwan, focusing on legal tech businesses such as "e-discovery (electronic evidence disclosure)" and "digital forensic investigation" that support international litigation of companies. Has been deployed.Based on the AI ​​technology cultivated in the legal tech business, we will expand the business field to the life science field and business intelligence field from 8, and use AI to "turn text data into knowledge" to support drug discovery. , Dementia diagnosis support, financial, personnel, sales support, etc., contributing to solving various corporate issues. Listed on TSE Mothers on June 2014, 2007.The capital is 6 thousand yen (as of March 26, 2,568,651).