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Category Archives: Cross-border eDiscovery
Spotlight: Asia – virtual event from Relativity on 7 April
On 7 April, Relativity is running a virtual event called Spotlight: Asia which brings together legal and technology experts, and their clients, for a half-day of discussions aimed at the wide and diverse area implied by the event title. The event … Continue reading
Relativity Fest 2021 – the pervasive effect of privacy and data protection
Relativity Fest 2021 runs from 4-6 October. The decision to make it a virtual event was made many months ago, not just because of the continuing uncertainty about lockdowns and travel restrictions, but because last year’s Relativity Fest was a … Continue reading
Relativity Fest panel – legal and technical perspectives on data privacy and data protection
Panel discussions about international discovery, privacy, and data protection serve as a good way of encapsulating the issues of the moment in a short space. Having a range of speakers and a short time-frame forces a focus on those things … Continue reading
Interview: Relativity’s APAC managing director, Georgia Foster
After writing about two RelativityOne initiatives in Asia, one in Singapore and one in Korea, I thought it would be good to speak to Relativity’s APAC managing director, Georgia Foster, for a more general view of developments in the broader … Continue reading
Behrens v Arconic: US proceedings, the Grenfell fire and the Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad
There is a short version and a longer story to be told about the Grenfell Tower litigation in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in a case called Behrens v Arconic. The short version is that Judge … Continue reading
Back from Relativity Fest with good impressions and 1.5TB of videos
I am told that we recorded 23 video interviews over the three days of Relativity Fest – I lost count, but the indefatigable Taylor Laabs of Relativity, who ran the schedule, says that that was the final total. My son … Continue reading
Sedona Conference webinar on 6 November: US/UK EU cross-border data transfers after Brexit
The Sedona Conference is organising a webinar on 6 November called US – UK – EU cross-border data transfers after Brexit. As I write, it is far from clear what will happen on or before 31 October. Will there be … Continue reading
FTI Consulting expands Relativity support in Australia
The eDiscovery software and services market has developed in ways which few of us predicted. Three broad lines were, however, discernible a while back – that consolidation would reduce the number of players in the market, that the market would … Continue reading
Interview: James MacGregor of Consilio on the expansion of Consilio’s business
At Relativity Fest in London, I spoke to James MacGregor, Managing Director at Consilio in London, about Consilio’s ambitions in the worldwide market for eDiscovery and related services. There seems to be no end to Consilio’s global ambitions and every year … Continue reading
Interview: Thomas Sely of FTI Consulting on the growing need for FTI’s eDiscovery services in France
Thomas Sely is Senior Director – eDiscovery and Forensic Technologies at FTI Consulting in Paris. I interviewed him in London recently, interested to know more about the demand for forensic technology in France, where FTI has been expanding its technology … Continue reading
Sedona Conference cross-border and data protection programme in Hong Kong in June 2019
The 11th Annual Sedona Conference International Programme on cross-border transfers and data protection laws will take place in Hong Kong between Monday 17 June and Thursday 22 June, with the main programme on Tuesday and Wednesday. In addition to the … Continue reading
FTI Consulting expands its technology capabilities in the Middle East, UK and India
FTI Consulting has significantly expanded its services in forensic technology, data and analytics by appointing five senior managing directors in the Middle East, the UK and India. The five (pictured below) are Paul Walker, Amit Jaju, Andrew Pimlott, Muthmainur Rahman … Continue reading
Consilio recorded webinar: investigation and litigation in China – eDiscovery challenges
Cross-border discovery, and collection in foreign jurisdictions is rarely easy. Those who think it is difficult to collect data in the EU, where privacy restraints conflict with US discovery requirements, may care to think how much harder it is to … Continue reading
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Craig Earnshaw of FTI on the role of a technology consulting practice
Part of what I try to do is to encourage new entrants into a business which continues to expand both in importance and in global revenue, offering opportunities to people with a range of qualifications, skills and attitudes. I was … Continue reading
ACEDS Summer Symposium: the GDPR, US v Microsoft, and the CLOUD Act from an eDiscovery perspective
The collection of data held abroad has long been a difficult (and interesting) subject for the US courts, state authorities and lawyers. 2018 has brought us the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the culmination of the battle between the US … Continue reading
Sedona Conference programme on cross-border data transfers and data protection – Budapest 18-19 June
The Sedona Conference Working Group 6 is concerned with international electronic information management, discovery and disclosure. Its primary concern is organisations which are subject to litigation and regulation in multiple jurisdictions with potentially conflicting international laws. WG6 is a global … Continue reading
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Relativity webinar today: Corporate cloud legal update
Relativity is presenting a webinar today, 30 May, in conjunction with Bloomberg. The title is Corporate cloud legal update: 2018 law, legislation, and regulation and, unsurprisingly, the principal subject is the Clarifying Lawful Uses of Overseas Data (CLOUD) Act, 2018. … Continue reading
Interview: David Horrigan of Relativity on cross-border discovery, the US CLOUD Act and the GDPR
At Relativity Fest in London, I interviewed David Horrigan, Relativity’s Discovery Counsel and Legal Education Director, on two subjects which had been well covered at the event. The first of those was the US government’s CLOUD Act which at a … Continue reading
Honouring Judge Peck and Judge Francis as they retire from the bench
On 27 February, Benjamin N Cardozo School of Law is the host for an evening in honour of retired US Magistrate Judge James Francis and about-to-retire US Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck. You will deduce from its title From Da Silva … Continue reading
Legalweek New York: Corporate Counsel Roundtable 2018
Legaltech 2018, taking place next week in New York, is now part of a wider set of events called Legalweek. I have for some years taken part in a Corporate Counsel Roundtable organised by William Belt, now at CDS, as … Continue reading
Challenges and opportunities for FTI’s new Managing Director for Asia
FTI Technology has appointed Sandeep Jadav as its new managing director for Asia. He will be based in Hong Kong with responsibility for FTI teams in Shanghai, Tokyo, Singapore, and elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region. Any thought that I might … Continue reading
Interview: David Horrigan of Relativity talks about Relativity Fest and RelativityOne
Relativity Fest is Relativity’s big conference, held this year in Chicago between 22 and 25 October. David Horrigan is eDiscovery counsel and Legal Content Director for Relativity, which gives him an important role in the preparation for Relativity Fest. I … Continue reading
Post-Brexit data flows between the UK and the EU
An article in The Register headed Another Brexit cliff edge: UK.gov warned over data flows to EU draws attention to a report by the House of Lords EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee called Brexit: the EU Data Protection package. Just one … Continue reading
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Interview: David Wallack of NightOwl Discovery on the GDPR and the use of analytics beyond disputes discovery
David Wallack is eDiscovery Counsel and Director of Legal Operations at NightOwl Discovery. NightOwl is particularly well placed to help its corporate clients with the implications of keeping and managing data in the EU because, in addition to its long-standing … Continue reading
Cross-border discovery and data protection in Dublin with the Sedona Conference
I am back from the Ninth Annual Sedona Conference International Programme on Cross-Border Discovery and Data Protection Laws organised by The Sedona Conference Working Group 6 (Sedona Working Groups are explained here). It took place in County Kildare, just outside … Continue reading
A few days in Ireland – cliffs, Brexit, cross-border discovery and the GDPR
The absence of new posts here sometimes leads to the assumption that I have died or retired. Nothing so exciting – I was in Ireland, mainly for the Sedona Conference Programme on Cross-Border Discovery and Data Protection Laws, held outside … Continue reading
A wide range of topics at the AccessData User Summit
I went last month to the AccessData User Summit at an attractive resort in San Diego. I moderated or took part in four panels, learnt a lot, met up with old acquaintances and made new ones. It was an extremely … Continue reading
David Horrigan of kCura interviews Judge Peck on points of International eDiscovery
Among the people on my list for video interviews at Relativity Fest London (I wrote about that here) were US Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck and David Horrigan of kCura. It occurred to me that I could save some time by … Continue reading
Relativity Fest London – a rounded eDisclosure conference not just a trade show
As I noted when I wrote about it in advance, kCura’s Relativity Fest London has been moving over the years to become a full-blown eDiscovery / eDisclosure event and not just a platform for launching kCura initiatives and for networking. There … Continue reading
Posted in Analytics, Brexit, CPR, Cross-border eDiscovery, Data privacy, Data Protection, Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, FRCP, KCura, Relativity, Relativity Fest, Technology Assisted Review
Tagged Andrew Sieja, David Horrigan, Jonathan Maas, Judge Peck, Meribeth Banaschik, Nick Robertson, Steven Whitaker
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Sedona Conference WG6 event in London on 3 May: the challenges of cross-border data transfers
The Sedona Conference Working Group 6 covers international electronic information management, discovery and disclosure, including data protection issues. WG6 has three membership-building events coming up, one in Chicago on 24 April, one in London on 3 May and one in … Continue reading
Video of our ACEDS panel on the GDPR – a hypothetical case study
In early March, I took part in a panel about the GDPR organised by the ACEDS London chapter. I moderated, and the participants were Daniel Cooper of Covington, Susan Knox of Mayer Brown and Will Wilkinson of Yerra Solutions. Mayer … Continue reading
Data protection, TAR and data security dominate my corner of Legaltech
I have already written short holding post about Legaltech (Not yet my Legaltech report) which includes links to posts by others. This article focuses on my own small corner of this vast event. Oh, and yes, I know it was … Continue reading
Posted in Alvarez & Marsal, Brainspace, Brexit, Conduent, Consilio, Cross-border eDiscovery, Cyber security, Data privacy, Data Protection, Data Security, Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Everlaw, GDPR, Information Governance, KCura, LegalTech, Neota Logic, NightOwl Discovery, Nuix, OpenText, Predictive Coding, Recommind, Technology Assisted Review
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Information Commissioner’s Office update: GDPR Guidance in 2017
The Information Commissioner’s Office is the UK member of the Article 29 Working Party, the EU body charged with implementing and enforcing data protection across the EU. The ICO gave significant input into the development of the General Data Protection … Continue reading
From pillar to post – the eDiscovery conferences at the end of 2016
If I did not write up each of the conferences and events of the closing months of 2016 as they happened, that is only partly because the end of each one seemed merely to herald the preparations for the next. Aggregating … Continue reading
Posted in ACEDS, Brexit, Cross-border eDiscovery, Data privacy, Data Protection, Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, Epiq, GDPR, KCura, Predictive Coding, QuisLex, Relativity, Relativity Fest, Technology Assisted Review
Tagged Adi Elliott, Dan Wyatt, David Horrigan, Ed Spencer, Judge Laporte, Judge Peck, Karyn Harty, Steven Whitaker, Vince Neicho
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Doing a keynote with Judge Peck at the AccessData 2017 User Summit in San Diego
There is of course much more to the AccessData 2017 User Summit than the keynote referred to in my heading, but that is what I am chiefly going there for, so I will put it at the top. The AccessData … Continue reading
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Tagged Judge Peck
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FTI webinar today: International data privacy – litigation and investigations in 2017 and beyond
I must have missed earlier announcements about this webinar, but it looks interesting and it is today, so I hasten to direct your attention. FTI Consulting has joined forces with Bloomberg to produce a webinar called The changing international data … Continue reading
The Sedona Conference International Programme on Cross-Border Discovery and Data Protection – 20-21 June 2017 in Dublin
One of the most useful events which I attend every year is The Sedona Conference International Programme on Cross-Border Discovery and Data Protection Laws. Last year Sedona Working Group 6 met in Berlin, an appropriate setting partly because of Germany’s … Continue reading
Interview: David Horrigan of kCura on predictive coding, GDPR and other Relativity Fest attractions
I caught up with David Horrigan at ILTA. He is eDiscovery Counsel and Legal Content Director at kCura and gets involved in that capacity in planning for the legal practice sessions at Relativity Fest. This interview is about those sessions. … Continue reading
CGOC in London on 4 October: Understanding critical assets in a shifting global economy
CGOC is the Compliance, Governance and Oversight Council, a forum of over 3000 legal, IT, records, and information management professionals from corporations and government agencies. Last year, I took part in its London meeting and am doing so again at … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Cross-border eDiscovery, Data privacy, Data Protection, Discovery, eDiscovery
Tagged CGOC
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Reviewing the year so far: May: Relativity Roadshow and IICE in London and Enfuse in Las Vegas
This is the second in a short series summarising the events which I have attended so far in 2016. The first is here. The travelogue is just a peg for the real purpose of the series, which is to show … Continue reading
Panama Papers and cross-border data flows at the Nuix User Exchange
Everyone has their own reasons for going to the Nuix User Exchange – there is something for everyone on the Agenda, whether they are engaged in eDiscovery, law enforcement, forensics or security and whether as corporate client, lawyer, hands-on user, … Continue reading
Consilio paper: How technology can support data protection compliance
Today, the European Commission launched the EU–US Privacy Shield with the headline “Stronger protection for transatlantic data flows”. The European Commission press release is here and the reciprocal Remarks by the US Secretary of Commerce are here. This seems a … Continue reading
Posted in Consilio, Cross-border eDiscovery, Data privacy, Data Protection, Discovery, eDiscovery, EU Safe Harbor
Tagged Michael Becker
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eDiscovery opportunities in the Brexit difficulty
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty”. Winston Churchill I spent last week doing a mini-tour of European cities, organised (and excellently) by AccessData. The theme was the collision between data … Continue reading
From Himmler to Theresa May to Trump to Microsoft + LinkedIn: why we need data protection
The condemnation in Godwin’s Law, the “Reductio ad Hitlerum”, does not apply to an article which legitimately begins with a record of Nazi atrocities in Berlin. The implied comparison between Heinrich Himmler and Chris Grayling is justified by their parallel … Continue reading
The Sedona Conference: Practical in-house approaches for cross-border discovery and data protection
The Sedona Conference has published Practical in-house approaches to cross-border discovery and data protection after several months of public comment on an earlier version. This is a disorientating area to practice in, particularly at the moment: We now have a … Continue reading
EU in-depth analysis: the data protection regime in China
The European Parliament’s Directorate-General for Internal Policies, Policy Department C: Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs has produced an In-depth analysis of the data protection regime in China. Those who consider that the present privacy regime in the EU is complex … Continue reading
In London, Amsterdam and Frankfurt in June with AccessData and Judge Peck
AccessData has organised a short speaking tour in June when US Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck and I will speak in London, Amsterdam and Frankfurt over the week beginning 20 June. In each city, we will be joined by a panel … Continue reading
Navigant expands its Global Legal Technology Solutions offering to Asia
As I have noted elsewhere, Navigant has grouped a comprehensive range of functions relating to information management into its Global Legal Technology Solutions practice to address the data management challenges of its worldwide clients. Increasingly (and rightly) large corporations are … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-border eDiscovery, Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, Hong Kong, Navigant
Tagged Tanya Gross
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Sedona Conference Programme on Cross-Border Discovery and Data Protection in Berlin 7 to 8 June
The 8th Annual Sedona Conference International Programme on Cross-Border Discovery and Data Protection Laws will take place in Berlin on 7 to 8 June 2016. Applications are now being accepted for attendance at this event which has even more relevance … Continue reading
Jonathan Marshall of Navigant talks about cross-border discovery after the end of Safe Harbour
Last year, I interviewed Navigant Managing Director Jonathan Marshall about how Navigant dealt with the problems encountered when dealing with cross-border discovery on behalf of clients. The Schrems decision and the invalidation of Safe Harbour, the pending Data Protection Regulation, … Continue reading
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Tagged Jonathan Marshall
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Interview: US Magistrate Judge Peck on cross-border discovery after Schrems
Shortly after the Schrems judgment was published, I moderated a panel on cross-border discovery at Lawtech Europe Congress in Brussels. One of the panellists was US Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck, and I took the opportunity to interview him about one … Continue reading
Moving from the tactical to the strategic as Consilio buys Huron Legal
“In small operations, everyone is doing something tactical every day. Now we can think strategically, with account managers focusing on the objectives of corporations and law firms, not just pushing data from the left to the right” This seemed to … Continue reading
ILTA Teleforum today – no Safe Harbour: what’s new in the European data protection laws?
I am taking part in an ILTA teleforum today at 4:00pm GMT / 11:00am EST with the title No safe harbour: what’s new in European data protection laws? Our focus will inevitably be the consequences of the Schrems Safe Harbour … Continue reading
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Interview: Patrick Burke of Seyfarth Shaw on cross-border data transfers for eDiscovery
It is many years since Patrick Burke and I started talking together about cross-border data transfers for eDiscovery. We had an annual slot at Guidance Software’s CEIC (now Enfuse) events and I recall a slide set from about 2009 which … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-border eDiscovery, Data privacy, Data Protection, Discovery, eDiscovery
Tagged Patrick Burke
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CGOC Europe 2015: Privacy, Security and Compliance in London on 11 December
CGOC is the Compliance, Governance and Oversight Council which brings together more than 3,300 legal, IT, records and information management professionals from corporations and government agencies around the world. On 11 December, it is running an event in London with … Continue reading
Recommind webinar on 20 October: No Safe Harbor – 5 strategies for cross-border eDiscovery
Recommind is presenting a webinar on 20 October (that is, TODAY) with the name No Safe Harbor – 5 strategies for cross-border eDiscovery. The subject, of course, is the transfer of data from the EU to the US following the … Continue reading
Speaking about Schrems and EU data privacy in Nashville with Cicayda
Tomorrow I am speaking at the offices of Butler Snow in Nashville at the invitation of Cicayda. I was already booked to speak about cross-border discovery before the timely arrival of the Schrems decision. That will certainly feature prominently in … Continue reading
Silence from me for now on Schrems and Safe Harbour
If you have any interest in cross-border discovery or any form of data transfer to the US, you will be aware that the EU Court of Justice has delivered a judgment in Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner the effect of which … Continue reading
The Sedona Conference publishes Practical in-house approaches for cross-border discovery and data protection
The Sedona Conference has published the public comment version of its Practical in-house approaches for cross-border discovery and data protection. I have not yet had the opportunity of reading this version, but I read, and was impressed by an earlier … Continue reading
Judge Peck and former Senior Master Whitaker discuss eDiscovery vs eDisclosure in the US and UK
So far as I am aware, there is no competition to find the most regular participant in panels and webinars devoted to cross-border discovery and the comparative requirements of the US and UK. If there was such a contest, I would … Continue reading
Wide range of subjects and speakers at InSig2 Lawtech Europe Congress in Brussels in October
Lawtech Europe Congress, rebranded as InSig2 Lawtech 2015, has hitherto taken place in Prague. This year it moves to Brussels, taking place at the Management Centre Europe on 26-27 October 2015. There are two keynote speakers. The first is by … Continue reading
Crossing borders back from Hong Kong
In case you wonder why this blog has fallen silent, it is because I am in Hong Kong for the 7th Sedona Conference Working Group 6 Cross-Border and Data Protection Programme. That is a fairly intensive programme – a packed … Continue reading
ZyLAB webinar today: dealing with the complexity of multinational litigation
ZyLAB is presenting a webinar today, 27 May, at 1:00pm ET with the title Dealing with the complexity of multinational litigation. These speakers are Gregory Bufithis, managing director of eTERA Consulting Europe, and Mary Mack, Enterprise Technology Counsel at ZyLAB, … Continue reading
Technology Law Conference 2015 in Singapore: the Future of Money and Data
The Singapore Academy of Law is organising a conference to take place in Singapore on 29 and 30 June. It is called Technology Law Conference 2015: the Future of Money and Data. Its theme is that technology offers both utopian … Continue reading
More on accessibility of data – judicial imperialism, the right to be forgotten, and spies
There is more to data accessibility than eDiscovery / eDisclosure which is my main subject. The use of data in one jurisdiction which exists in another is of growing concern, and not just to lawyers. The subject comes up again only … Continue reading
UK court orders disclosure against French party despite Blocking Statute
Those who have read my occasional fulminations about US courts ordering discovery in breach of French blocking statutes will recall that much of the argument turns on whether the French will actually enforce the statute by imposing penalties on those … Continue reading
Germany moves to restrict US data transfers as PRISM concerns grow
Buried deep in my article Cross-border discovery and privacy gaps widen thanks to PRISM and trolls was a reference to an article by Hunton & Williams called German DPAs Halt Data Transfer Approvals and Consider Suspending Transfers Based on Safe … Continue reading
Cross-border discovery and privacy gaps widen thanks to PRISM and trolls
The eDiscovery world was not gracious enough to take a break while I was travelling recently, and I come back to a mass of things to write about. Having cleared out the things with deadlines – webinar notices and the … Continue reading
Welcome to UBIC as new sponsor of the eDisclosure Information Project
It is a pleasure to welcome UBIC as a new sponsor of the eDisclosure Information Project. Theirs is a name which I have known about for some time, but it was only at LegalTech that I had the opportunity of … Continue reading
Americans abroad: US begins to understand foreign attitudes to eDiscovery
Part of my reasoning in deciding not to go last year to the Georgetown Advanced eDiscovery Institute was the knowledge that others would write comprehensively about what was said there – Georgetown brings out the likes of LTN’s Monica Bay … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-border eDiscovery, Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure
Tagged Amor Esteban, Nigel Murray
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