ILTA Master Class: Data Provenance & Traceability: Building Trust in High-Velocity Data Environments

Law firms increasingly rely on analytics, AI-assisted drafting, collaborative platforms, and cross-border data flows. As information moves across systems and jurisdictions, questions of origin, transformation, and access become central to both compliance and client confidence. This session examines how CIOs can embed data provenance and traceability into governance frameworks to create verifiable trust.

We will cover:

• Establishing and maintaining reliable data lineage
• Capturing transformation history across systems
• Strengthening audit trails and access transparency
• Managing third-party and cross-platform data exchange
• Supporting regulatory, litigation, and client audit demands
• Using metadata strategically to demonstrate control

Traceability is no longer a technical afterthought. It is a strategic requirement that supports defensibility, regulatory confidence, and the firm’s reputation for data integrity.

Speaker:

Peter Lamb, Canadian Business Development Manager, iCompli, by LegalRM