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As the tech industry evolves — enterprise systems moving into the cloud, entire workforces performing their duties from home, stricter privacy regulations — so does the array of threats facing businesses and their users.

More than six months into the work-from-home (WFH) revolution, more people are jumping on calls — both audio and video — than ever before, and the dramatic uptick in collaboration tools and virtual meetings has had a significant impact on legal teams.

What if there were technologies to help get hours back in the day? What if there were processes and technologies that could profoundly increase productivity? These questions and more were addressed by Inc. and Lenovo at the Inc. 5000 Vision Conference.

2020 has been a sea-change year for workplaces as COVID-19 sent businesses scrambling to adjust to remote work. Some offices that had offered flexible policies were prepared for this transition.

It’s a confusing time for brick-and-mortar retailers as they navigate when and how to go about their daily operations under the looming specter of coronavirus.

“Everlaw is changing the way legal teams uncover the truth buried in mountains of data and documents,” said Steven Sinofsky, board partner at Andreessen Horowitz. “Everlaw has already established itself as a leader in the $11 billion ediscovery market, and promises to make a lasting impact defining modern work solutions for litigators.”

Everlaw’s new funding round, which includes participation from the private equity fund of Google parent company Alphabet, is yet another sign of growing investor interest for end-to-end legal technology and services companies.

Everlaw, an Oakland-based cloud e-discovery and litigation platform, raised $62 million in Series C funding. CapitalG led, and was joined by return backers Menlo Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, and K9 Ventures. https://axios.link/pJXD

Everlaw has received authority to operate at moderate impact level under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its cloud-based litigation and ediscovery platform.