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Relativity expands its Justice for Change program to EMEA and its philanthropic initiatives with Microsoft
In two separate but related initiatives, Relativity is expanding its Justice for Change program, already running in the US and elsewhere, to EMEA. It is also expanding its work with Microsoft in bringing education and technology to people and organisations … Continue reading
Relativity Predictions Webinar – Q1 2023
The end of February may seem a little late to point you to Relativity’s predictions webinar for Q1 2023, but there are extenuating circumstances. You can find the webinar itself here, advertised as The Seventh Annual Recap of the Year’s … Continue reading
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AI and Data Management lead the story at Relativity Fest
Years ago, every player in the eDiscovery market would try and launch something new at big events, drowning out the announcements of rivals with new product releases just as we were all unpacking and getting over our jetlag. Those of … Continue reading
Relativity acquires Heretik for contract review and intelligence
In the before times, I used to travel to events with quantities of video equipment and at least one son to help me, in order to interview people involved in eDiscovery and its related disciplines. It was hard work, but … Continue reading
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Everlaw Clustering: making eDiscovery enjoyable
Contrary, perhaps, to expectations, I have not devoted much of this blog over the years to actual descriptions of the technology used in eDiscovery. My subject was commentary on rules and practice around the world, and I cheerfully surrendered hours … Continue reading
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Ethical AI and productivity enhancements announced at Relativity Fest London
I was unfortunately not able to go to Relativity Fest London, which opened on Tuesday. The photographs from the Keynote show a room as packed as it was in 2019 when the last in-person event took place. Relativity has always … Continue reading
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
Wide-ranging agenda for Relativity at Legalweek 2022
Legalweek 2022 is taking place as I write. I used to go every year, to take part in panels and to do interviews, but mainly to meet up with people. I had hoped to go back this year, with no … Continue reading
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Relativity brings cloud security to Australian government agencies
Regulators face particular issues in connection with the security of data. They collect vast volumes of it, much of which is by its nature confidential. Their own management of the data, including the legal input and decision-making based on it, … Continue reading
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Relativity publishes list of AI visionaries
Relativity has published a celebration of people it calls “AI visionaries”, a list of individuals who have contributed to the development of artificial intelligence and its application to every day business processes. Relativity describes these people as “earlier adopters in … Continue reading
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Relativity and FTI report – risk, culture and technology challenges for general counsel
I wrote at the end of last year about a report from FTI Consulting and Relativity on the ever-widening role of general counsel. I summarised the theme of that report thus: You would not [when I qualified] have expected to … Continue reading
A helpful recap of Relativity Fest 2021
The nature of a big event like Relativity Fest is that a mass of interesting views and comments pours out at once. We all report the bits that interest us, but the waters close over it all very quickly as … Continue reading
Report from FTI Consulting and Relativity on the ever-widening role of general counsel
When I qualified, the role of the in-house lawyer was not a particularly significant one. They handled matters of formal corporate compliance and gave preliminary advice on matters with a legal element, but they mainly acted as the interface between … Continue reading
Chris Dale interviews AJ Shankar, CEO of Everlaw
I recently had the opportunity to interview AJ Shankar, CEO of eDiscovery software company Everlaw. One can read any amount about an industry and its players, but there is no substitute for talking to the people who get the work … Continue reading
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RelativityOne to support Ireland’s growing disputes and investigations role
Earlier this year, Relativity said that they intended to make RelativityOne available in 14 different geographical areas by the end of 2021. I have not noted all of them as they have been rolled out, in part because the story … Continue reading
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Ari Kaplan and Relativity on maximising data collections
You would not think that the apparently routine job of collecting data for discovery could be a career opportunity. It happened to me, some decades ago, when a client pointed to several feet of shelved boxes and suggested that there … Continue reading
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The main points from the International Panel at Relativity Fest
Relativity Fest always generates a mass of material, from company and product announcements to sessions on law and legal practice. I can’t write about it all, and you wouldn’t thank me if I did. If I focus now on the … Continue reading
Relativity Trace gets new data cleansing capabilities
A false positive is a result which appears to show that a particular condition or attribute is present when it is not. We have just passed the anniversary of what was potentially the worst false positive in history when, on … 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
Interview: Lucas Clair of Control Risks in Germany on cloud adoption and RelativityOne
One of the advantages of the pandemic is that the normalisation of remote interviews has broadened the range of people I get the chance to talk to – not just those who happen to be at the events which I … 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
Relativity’s acquisition of Text IQ brings AI to eDiscovery, compliance and privacy
I recall, years ago, sitting at a hotel bar with Relativity’s founder, Andrew Sieja. It may have been in Dallas, but frankly all those events at similar-looking convention centres blur into one after a decade or so. The conversations similarly … Continue reading
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Relativity highlights EMEA growth and unveils product updates
The usual task when looking at a press release is to disinter the key facts from beneath the marketing gobbledegook and translate them into something comprehensible to the lay user. That doesn’t arise with Relativity’s PRs, which are models of … Continue reading
FTI webinar on 27 May: International Women’s Day 2021 – 3 months on
FTI Consulting is presenting a webinar on 27 May called International Women’s Day 2021 – 3 months on: Keeping the conversation alive with senior leaders in legal technology. The webinar’s starting point is that technology consulting is still an area … Continue reading
Relativity Trace teams up with Proofpoint for seamless archiving and communication surveillance
Relativity Trace is Relativity’s solution for communication surveillance. Its tagline “Detect misconduct before it escalates” is a good summary of its primary function – to identify communications which trigger alerts and concern about one or more individuals. Proofpoint’s function is … Continue reading
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Relativity Fest London – virtual event on 18 and 19 May
The virtual Relativity Fest London takes place on 18 and 19 May. The event is free and virtual, and registration is here. You can see the Agenda here starting on Tuesday with a Keynote by CEO Mike Gamson and Chief Product Officer … 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
RelativityOne Asia expansion continues with South Korea hosting
I wrote recently about the expansion of Relatvity’s SaaS solution, RelativityOne, in Singapore. That news was followed almost immediately by an announcement about RelativityOne expansion into South Korea through an e-discovery service provider called Intellectual Data. The press release is here. … Continue reading
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KPMG brings RelativityOne to Singapore
In my recent post about Relativity’s investment from Silver Lake, I mentioned that the investment would support Relativity’s planned expansion into new regions. It was not hard to guess that one of those would be the Asia Pacific region, and … Continue reading
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Relativity investment to support cloud-based eDiscovery and AI
Relativity has reached an agreement with Silver Lake for an investment to support and accelerate Relativity’s growth in cloud-based eDiscovery, AI, and communication surveillance. The press release is here. It emphasises Relativity’s dominating position in the market, with 300,000 annual … Continue reading
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Relativity turns its AI skills to Pandemic analytics
Relativity has published a film called Pandemic. It subject is the application of analytics and artificial intelligence to the very large volumes of information which exist about the Coronavirus. It is delivered mainly in the words of those involved in … Continue reading
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Rather more than a week’s eDiscovery notes
I don’t publish these round-up posts to a particular pattern – they go up when there is enough to say. The absence of a timetable means that I do not have to apologise if there is a longer-than-usual interval between … Continue reading
New integration between RelativityOne and X1 accelerates preservation and collection
Relativity and X1 have announced a new integrated solution which combines the strengths of RelativityOne Collect and X1’s Enterprise Platform. The aim is to remove the barriers to seamless preservation and collection of data, both as a technology matter and … Continue reading
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Redaction – good news from Relativity but less good for some others
Redaction is one of those functions of which, mercifully, we hear little these days – or so I thought till this week. I wrote about it in 2008 after a calamitous .PDF redaction failure in the US. Redaction was then … Continue reading
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A roundup from my desk when we should all be in New York for Legalweek
Every year between 2007 and 2019 I went to Legaltech (later Legalweek) in New York at the end of January. I missed 2020 because I had a hip replacement on 30 January, and consoled myself with the knowledge that I … Continue reading
Relativity acquires VerQu to capture communication data
Relativity has acquired VerQu, a company which specialises in the migration and capture of communication data for record retention and compliance purposes. The press release is here. Relativity itself has been constantly evolving to keep up (and enable its clients … Continue reading
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Relativity in Australia – investment, new functionality, and support for racial justice
I have the luxury of writing about what interests me and what is important rather than about the things which seem urgent or time-sensitive, and Relativity’s late November news about its Australia expansion seemed worth leaving on one side until … Continue reading
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Interview: Wendy King of FTI Consulting on working with teams and clients during the pandemic
I have interviewed Wendy King of FTI Consulting several times. That has always been face to face, usually at conferences, but lockdown brings the need to do the interview remotely. The interview, then, was a model for our subject, which … Continue reading
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Relativity adds security recognition with FedRAMP authorisation and Microsoft Intelligent Security Association membership
To most of its users, Relativity is a review tool for use in litigation or regulatory investigations. It is robust, does its job well, is well supported and, with the launch of its new interface, Aero UI, is user-friendly and … Continue reading
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Eddie Sheehy and the disappearing Nuix share options
Here’s a conundrum for someone who writes about eDiscovery, its players, people and market. A company with whom you have had a long relationship falls out with its former CEO who was the original cause of that relationship and with … Continue reading
Interview: Craig Carpenter of X1 on social media collection and the integration between X1 and Relativity
Craig Carpenter is CEO of X1, a software company specialising in collecting and searching data from social networks and the internet. I interviewed him recently about X1, about social media and internet discovery, about X1’s work with Relativity, and about … Continue reading
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Interview: Jordan Domash of Relativity talks about Relativity Trace
Once a year or so, I catch up with Jordan Domash, General Manager for Relativity Trace, Relativity’s communication surveillance solution. This year’s interview was necessarily a virtual one. Jordan Domash said that Relativity had big ambitions for Relativity Trace – … Continue reading
Looking back at the International Panel at Relativity Fest
It was my pleasure to moderate again the International Panel at Relativity Fest. That usually involves an enjoyable trip to Chicago for most of a week, doing my own panel, attending others, doing several video interviews, and meeting up with … Continue reading
Interview – Jamie Berry of Integreon on the enhancements to handling conversations in Relativity
A long time has passed since Relativity Fest 2019 in Chicago, and the big Relativity development news has shifted to its new user interface, Aero. All the changes are cumulative, however, and the latest developments should not obscure the importance … Continue reading
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Steve Couling of Relativity talks about Relativity’s Aero UI
Relativity’s long-awaited new user interface, Aero UI, has officially launched. The press release is here. I spoke last week with Steve Couling, Managing Director and Vice President Sales, EMEA at Relativity, about the release and why it is exciting for … Continue reading
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Preparing for a virtual panel and recording a remote interview
If this week has been short on visible output, it has been a busy one for the preparation of things to come. On Tuesday, we had the prep call for the International Panel at Relativity Fest. Relativity Fest is a … Continue reading
ACEDS webinar on 9 September – arbitrations and UK eDiscovery
The ACEDS UK Chapter has a record of producing interesting and timely webinars. I moderated one for them earlier this year and we got a good audience for a discussion about the implications of Covid for the future of eDiscovery. … Continue reading
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Self-collection of discovery / disclosure documents on both sides of the Atlantic
My headline illustrates one of the difficulties of writing about the same subject as it relates to both the Civil Procedure Rules of England and Wales and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Thanks to a pointless rule change in … Continue reading
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Recording and reviewing online meetings – a webinar by Panoram, Nuix and Integreon
I wrote recently about something easily overlooked in the rush to hold meetings by Zoom or its rival video platforms – how do you decide what to capture for posterity? “Posterity” in this case means either that the recording has … Continue reading
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NightOwl Global merger with HaystackID
My summer staycation involved dismantling my office for decoration, so I have not got much work done in the last few days. The main eDiscovery event during my absence was the merger between HaystackID and NightOwl Global to produce what … Continue reading
Interview: Jamie Berry of Integreon on encouraging lawyers to use technology
This is the second of my interviews with Jamie Berry, Executive Vice President, Litigation Services at Integreon, which we recorded at Relativity Fest 2019 in Chicago. The first one is here. The theme of this interview is the question how … Continue reading
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All change as Relativity Fest 2020 goes virtual and as video becomes the norm
Relativity’s big annual event usually takes place in Chicago in the autumn. Thousands of people with shared interests gather for a few days of talks and panel sessions, training and certification, meetings with developers and customers, parties and drinks. It … Continue reading
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Zooming from video meetings to discovery requests about video meetings
An article by Vince Neicho of Integreon and Martin Bonney of Panoram draws attention to the sudden potential demand for retrieval and review of video data, not least the business, legal, regulatory, and privacy implications of video meetings. In retrospect, … Continue reading
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Interview: Jamie Berry of Integreon on how Relativity supports large document reviews
At Relativity Fest 2019 in Chicago, I interviewed Jamie Berry, Executive Vice President, Litigation Services at Integreon. Jamie Berry has been in eDiscovery for a long time, and had so much to say that was interesting that I have split … Continue reading
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Disclosure obligations and self-selection of disclosure documents – the Square Global case
An article called A timely reminder for clients not to “self-select” disclosable documents by Rhys Novak of Charles Russell Speechlys draws attention to the judgment in Square Global Ltd v Leonard [2020] EWHC 1008 (QB) (28 April 2020). It is an … Continue reading
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Interview: Gráinne Bryan of FTI Consulting on the use of technology in Irish dispute resolution and compliance monitoring
I recently interviewed Gráinne Bryan of FTI Consulting in Ireland about FTI’s technology role in helping law firms, financial institutions and other businesses with anything to do with the use of data in business. In the second part of our … Continue reading
Recorded ACEDS webinar: a better way of doing webinars about better ways of doing discovery
At the beginning of May, I moderated a webinar for the ACEDS UK Chapter called Will the COVID Crisis Cure Outdated Approaches to eDiscovery? Although it was UK-based, the ground we covered is relevant everywhere where discovery is required. We … Continue reading
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Interview: Gráinne Bryan on FTI Consulting’s technology role in Ireland
Gráinne Bryan has recently been appointed as Managing Director, Technology, at FTI Consulting in Ireland. I know her from her previous role as CEO, Legal Technology Solutions at leading law firm McCann FitzGerald, where she promoted the use of technology … Continue reading
Relativity Fest London – eDisclosure and global eDiscovery panel today
Relativity Fest London reaches its third and final day today. The usual one-day event has been spread across three part-days, a format which allows people from different time zones to join in. At 13:00 BST today, David Horrigan of Relativity … Continue reading
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Vince Neicho of Integreon: managing the cyclical nature of litigation
Vince Neicho is Vice President, Legal Services at Integreon. Before that he was for many years responsible for litigation support and eDisclosure at Allen & Overy. He has written a timely article on the Integreon blog called Law firms and … Continue reading
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Interview: David Horrigan of Relativity on the virtual Relativity Fest London 2020
This year’s Relativity Fest London runs from 12-14 May. Inevitably, it is a virtual event, but that does at least enable many more people to attend. The Agenda and other details can be found here. My interviews have also gone … Continue reading
Moderating an ACEDS UK webinar on 7 May: Will the COVID Crisis Cure Outdated Approaches to eDiscovery?
I am the moderator of a webinar to be run by the ACEDS UK Chapter on 7 May at 12:00 BST. Its title is Will the COVID Crisis Cure Outdated Approaches to eDiscovery? When the lockdown was new, webinars (including … Continue reading
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Interview: Siobhan Reilly of FRONTEO on AI in eDiscovery and message review in RelativityOne
FRONTEO is an AI tech company with software and service offerings for law for lawyers. At Relativity Fest in Chicago, I interviewed Siobhan Reilly of FRONTEO about FRONTEO’s legal software and specifically about its use of RelativityOne. The main legal … Continue reading
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Interview: Jordan Domash of Relativity on developments in Relativity Trace
At Relativity Fest 2018, I interviewed Relativity’s Jordan Domash about the then-nascent product Relativity Trace. Twelve months later, I interviewed him again at Relativity Fest 2019, asking him what had changed since we last met. Jordan Domash said that much had … Continue reading
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Interview: Megan Rowland of Legility on the attributes of project managers, clients and eDiscovery industry recruits
At Relativity Fest in Chicago, I interviewed Megan Rowland of Inventus. Since the interview, Legility and Inventus have come together under the name Legility. Megan Rowland is Team Lead, Project Management at Legility. I asked her what makes a good … Continue reading
EDRM webinar on 18 March: G2K Remote working hacks from the pros
Since it was taken over by Mary Mack and Kaylee Walstad last year, EDRM has become a really useful source of information and guidance on a range of subjects. Most of those are necessarily about the subject implied by EDRM’s … Continue reading
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Nuix articles on the use of photographs as evidence
I write and speak quite often about photographs as evidence. This is perhaps partly because I take a lot of pictures and use their EXIF data (Exchangeable Image File Format – a specific type of extended metadata) to find and … Continue reading
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Interview: Stephanie Clerkin of Korein Tillery on winning the Stellar Women in eDiscovery Award at Relativity Fest
At Relativity Fest in Chicago, I interviewed Stephanie Clerkin of Korein Tillery who had just won the Stellar Women in eDiscovery award. Stephanie Clerkin was particularly pleased that the award was based on the votes of the eDiscovery community and … Continue reading
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Nuix on cybersecurity breaches – the fines are just the beginning of the costs consequences
It is worth mentioning, again, that fines from regulators are not the only cost consequence of a cybersecurity breach. The point is well made in an article on the Nuix blog called Insider threat: not just a cybersecurity issue. Its … Continue reading
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Interview: Tony Chan of iCourts on winning Best Innovation Provider Award at Relativity Fest
At Relativity Fest every year, I get the opportunity to interview the winners of the Relativity Innovation Awards, whose purpose is to “recognize organizations and individuals who build innovative solutions, break down barriers for technology in the practice of law, … Continue reading
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NightOwl Global and the business value of being likeable
As a customer or client, does it matter if you like the companies you work with? If they get the job done and the price is right, do you care very much if you like the people? Looked at from … Continue reading
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Interview: Andrew Szwez of FTI Consulting on the value of using RelativityOne
I recall being invited to a meeting at a US conference, I suppose about three years ago. In the room were senior marketing people from Relativity and FTI Consulting. As always on these occasions, I tried to guess what announcement … Continue reading
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Interview: Marc Zamsky of Compliance on the benefits of RelativityOne
At RelativityFest in Chicago, I interviewed Marc Zamsky of Compliance Discovery Solutions. I asked him why Compliance had moved to RelativityOne and about the benefits which RelativityOne brings to Compliance and its clients. Marc Zamsky said that Relativity’s future lay … Continue reading
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Story Development for legal teams from FTI Technology
The assembly of detail needed for a complex film scene is similar to that required for running litigation. FTI Technology has Story Development services to help get all the elements into place. I recently watched the film 1917, notable for … Continue reading
What does it cost and what does it look like? Relativity improves its UI and pricing
Many factors influence software buying decisions. You hear of organisations buying a particular product for the sake of one feature which it considers important. People buy software after long and detailed comparison or on the strength of what someone said … Continue reading
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Interview: Craig Carpenter of X1 on the X1 partnership with Relativity
I have known Craig Carpenter, CEO of data collection company X1, for almost as long as I have been in eDiscovery. At Relativity Fest in Chicago, I at last had the opportunity to interview him. The context was a newly-announced … Continue reading
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Sunday Brunch at Legalweek with Consilio, Nuix and APT Search
As you may have seen in my recent article, I am not going to Legalweek in New York this year, missing it for the first time since 2007. One of the many things I will most regret is the brunch … Continue reading
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Interview: Antonia Karlan of Control Risks on the benefits of using RelativityOne
At Relativity Fest, I interviewed Antonia Karlan, Head of Project Management at Control Risks. I asked her why Control Risks had committed to RelativityOne. The aim of Control Risks, Antonia Karlan said, was to provide the best solutions for its … Continue reading
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Interview: Kelly Atherton of NightOwl Global on using Relativity’s Active Learning
I have interviewed Kelly Atherton, Director of Analytics and Managed Review at NightOwl Global, several times over the years, mainly about the use of Relativity’s analytics tools. She speaks with the authority of one who uses these tools every day, … Continue reading
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Consilio webinar: using magic and dragons to validate analytics
Technologists and lawyers are two groups of people who have their own arcane terminology, and it is perhaps unsurprising that they often miss each other in the dark. I am fond of analogies and examples drawn from elsewhere – one … Continue reading
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Interview: Jo Sherman of EDT on EDT’s work with artificial intelligence
At a Legaltech of long ago, I was given a demonstration of the discovery software of the company then called eDiscovery Tools. I asked if the software included a particular feature, and the demonstrator thought for a while and said … Continue reading
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DSARs and data breaches – advice on data governance from Integreon
A new article from Integreon brings us a new year reminder of the importance of looking after personal data. Called Sound governance for personal data, it is written by Clare Chalkley and Claire Frazer of Integreon’s London office. The article’s … Continue reading
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FTI Consulting enhances its eDiscovery services with a partnership with Brainspace
FTI Consulting has marked the new year by entering into a partnership with analytics software company Brainspace. The start of the new decade offers an opportunity to look back at the progress made in the past 10 years. You will … Continue reading
Interview: Cristin Traylor of McGuire Woods, Attorney Tech Evangelist of the Year at Relativity Fest
Cristin Traylor is Discovery Counsel at McGuireWoods. She was the winner of the Relativity Fest 2019 award for Attorney Tech Evangelist of the Year, and I interviewed her shortly after the awards ceremony. Cristin Traylor said that her interests lie … Continue reading
Interview: Scott Gillard of FTI Consulting on eDiscovery developments in Australia
I have known Scott Gillard of FTI Consulting for many years, mainly from brief annual conversations at Legaltech in New York. At Relativity Fest in Chicago, I had the opportunity to talk to him properly about electronic discovery in Australia … Continue reading
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David Horrigan of Relativity and Chris Dale talk about their panels at Relativity Fest
It has become a habit at Relativity Fest that my last interview is reserved for David Horrigan, Discovery Counsel & Legal Education Director at Relativity. One of the reasons for leaving it until the end is that David Horrigan is … Continue reading
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Interview: Cameron Tschannen of NightOwl Discovery on the use of analytics tools to cut the time and cost of review
At Relativity Fest I interviewed Cameron Tschannen of NightOwl Discovery about the use of email threading and textual near-duplicate identification in eDiscovery. These tools, Cameron Tschannen said, are always used by default at NightOwl. They group documents together for organisational … Continue reading
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Tagged Cameron Tschannen
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Consilio is recruiting in London, Hong Kong and elsewhere
When I interviewed Andy Macdonald, CEO of Consilio, after one of Consilio’s acquisitions, he was keen to emphasise that buying successful companies was not the only way to expand a business. Certainly, buying the right company will usually bring a … Continue reading
Posted in Consilio, Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure
Tagged Andy Macdonald, James MacGregor
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Interview: Pavan Kotha of Deloitte on winning the Lit Support All-Star Award at Relativity Fest
Pavan Kotha is a manager at Deloitte. I met him at Relativity Fest in Chicago where he won Relativity’s Lit Support All-Star Award. Pavan Kotha is clearly a man who loves his job. He says that he likes to share … Continue reading
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Interview: Wendy King of FTI Consulting on RelativityOne and on the changing role of GCs
Wendy King of FTI Consulting is an interviewer’s delight, giving crisp answers which tell us all we need to know in as few words as possible. I took the opportunity to talk to her at Relativity Fest in Chicago. I … Continue reading
Posted in Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, FTI Consulting, FTI Technology, Relativity
Tagged Wendy King
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Sharing knowledge and ideas with Nuix Community
Like many people, I constantly need to improve my knowledge of the software I use. I am teaching myself video editing at the moment, and frequently need help either on very specific things (“Where is the menu option for this … Continue reading
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Interview: Ben Sexton of JND on how RelativityOne encourages new ideas to help clients
At Relativity Fest, I interviewed Ben Sexton of JND about JND’s use of Relativity One. What led to that decision, I asked, and what were the perceived benefits? Ben Sexton said that JND’s primary focus was on serving clients. … Continue reading
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Moderating a discovery pilot panel at ILTACON Europe on 13-14 November in London
For some years, ILTA (the International Legal Technology Association) has had an event in London every November. Previously a one-day event called INSIGHT, it has been renamed ILTACON Europe and extended to two days. The website is here and the … Continue reading
Posted in CPR, Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, Integreon
Tagged Andrew Haslam, Clare Chalkley, Jeffrey Shapiro, Vince Neicho
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Interview: Justin Tebbe of Inventus on managing eDiscovery projects on a global basis
At Legaltech in New York, I interviewed Justin Tebbe who is Senior Director, Technical Solutions at Inventus. I was interested to know how he and his colleagues in other parts of Inventus work together for the benefit of the clients. … Continue reading
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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
EDiscovery and Legal Technology Conference in Dublin on 29 November
I am often asked which conferences are worth attending on this side of the Atlantic. There used to be several to choose from, but they have been supplanted by the events like Relativity Fest London and the Nuix Insider Conference … Continue reading
Posted in Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, Ireland, NightOwl Discovery, Nuix
Tagged Mary Mack, Susanna Blancke
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eDisclosure Information Project 