There is a lot of talk about what the future holds for legal data analytics. That’s expected; it’s fun to prognosticate. But Ed Walters, CEO of Fastcase, says the future of legal data analytics isn’t a cool new start-up or a big feature from Thomson Reuters or LexisNexis. It’s Facebook.

“I’ll be the first to say that has really good connotations and really bad connotations. … It’s really nothing more than a big analytics platform. Litigation status: It’s complicated.”