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Category Archives: Consilio
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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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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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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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
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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: Roger Miller of Consilio on investigations and the new imperatives in global eDiscovery
At Legaltech in New York, I interviewed Roger Miller, Senior Vice President leading the compliance and investigations group at Consilio. Our subject was the use of technology in investigations and about the growing and changing imperatives in global eDiscovery. The … Continue reading
Consilio survey: increasing corporate investment in detecting bad behaviour
Consilio’s business was founded on electronic discovery, the (usually retrospective) collection, analysis and production of documents and data required for litigation or for regulatory investigations. Discovery remains important, of course, but it has become increasingly important also to identify behaviour … Continue reading
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Interview: Xavier Diokno of Consilio talks about helping clients with the use of analytics in eDiscovery
It is still true to say that many lawyers do not understand the value of analytics nor the value which an external consultant can bring to their use. Xavier Diokno is Senior Director, Data Analytics at Consilio. In this interview, … Continue reading
Brunch in Central Park on Sunday 27th January before Legaltech
For many years, the late Nigel Murray organised a brunch on the Sunday before Legaltech in New York. Consilio, Nuix and APT Search are continuing the tradition. The brunch will take place at the Tavern on the Green (Nigel Murray’s usual … Continue reading
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Consilio webinar on 6 December: Riskcovery: Early investigation and ECA insights
Consilio is producing a webinar tomorrow, 6 December, in conjunction with DiscoverReady which it recently acquired (I wrote about that here). The webinar is called Riskcovery: Early investigation and ECA insights. It is about effective investigations and compliance workflows with … Continue reading
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Consilio’s search for differentiated solutions takes it to DiscoverReady
A little over half a year has passed since Consilio acquired Advanced Discovery. Now it has acquired DiscoverReady, bringing its presence to more than 70 offices, review centres and data centres in 11 countries. In the Consilio press release, Consilio … Continue reading
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James MacGregor joins Consilio as managing director in charge of the UK sales team
The now-completed merger between Consilio and Advanced Discovery makes the London office of the combined business a very significant player in the eDiscovery / eDisclosure market. Consilio has appointed James MacGregor as managing director in charge of its sales team in … Continue reading
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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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Consilio webinar on 13 June: mobile devices and the changing landscape of eDiscovery
The merger between Consilio and Advanced Discovery, which I wrote about here, has now taken place. The combined company is presenting a webinar on 13 June with the title Mobile devices and the changing landscape of eDiscovery. The amount of … Continue reading
Consilio webinar on 6 June: Sightline – All-in-one next generation eDiscovery platform
Consilio is giving a webinar on 6 June about its new eDiscovery platform called Sightline. Sightline has its own (rather good) section on the Consilio website which describes how Sightline was built from the ground up to manage eDiscovery, data exploration … Continue reading
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Stats for the Consilio and Advanced Discovery merger and the launch of a Dublin office
I reported here on the merger between two already large players in the worldwide eDiscovery market, Consilio and Advanced Discovery including an interview with CEO Andy Macdonald. That merger has now completed its formal stages and there is an infographic here … Continue reading
Consilio and Advanced Discovery to merge as clients say “grow with us”
Consilio and Advanced Discovery, each of them already a major player in the global eDiscovery market, are to merge, with investment company GI partners taking a majority stake in the merged business. The Consilio press release says that the combined … Continue reading
Interview: Ben Rusch of Consilio on the practical problems of collecting data in the EU
Ben Rusch is a solicitor and Vice President of Document Review Services at Consilio in London. He took part in a panel discussion on privacy, data protection and cross-border discovery which I moderated at ILTA 2017 in Las Vegas, where … Continue reading
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Interview: Doug Ventola of Consilio on law firm diversity and other criteria which matter to clients
I recently moderated a panel in Toronto whose theme was the continuing importance of the human element in the provision of legal services. One of the examples I drew on was the fact that, for all their focus on cost … Continue reading
Off to ILTA in Las Vegas to talk about EU data and to do some interviews
ILTA is the International Legal Technology Association. ILTA works hard all year encouraging the sharing of ideas between those whose business involves (or should involve) the application of technology to a wide range of legal functions and issues. For many, … Continue reading
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Consilio: can you trust law firms with your data?
I remember as a young solicitor being at a meeting with a partner who was asked about the security of information held in the offices. The security, he said, lay in the fact that it was all too boring and … 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
The Sedona Conference: discussing cross-border eDiscovery and data protection in London and Ireland
On 3 May, I took part in a panel organised by the Sedona Conference Working Group 6 on cross-border discovery and data protection laws. The event, sponsored by Swiss Re and Consilio, was moderated by Monika Kuschewsky of Squire Patton … Continue reading
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
Consilio offers External Spend Optimisation for corporate law departments
Part of the rationale behind Consilio’s acquisition of Huron Legal was to expand its involvement in helping corporations understand and measure their external spending on legal services. It is trite to say that legal departments want to reduce their budgets and … Continue reading
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Interview: Robin Snasdell of Consilio talks about the value of contract management
Robin Snasdell is Managing Director at Consilio. I interviewed him recently, and asked him to explain what contract management is and why companies would go to Consilio for help with it. Robin Snasdell says that companies which are engaged in … Continue reading
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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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Consilio acquires EQD to extend geographic coverage and sector expertise
In recent months, global eDiscovery provider Consilio has acquired Huron Legal and Proven, acquisitions which brought Consilio new areas of activity as well as strengthening existing expertise and reach. Now Consilio has acquired eDiscovery services provider EQD, a Houston-based eDiscovery, … Continue reading
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Nuix and Consilio seminar on 24 and 25 August: eDiscovery and information governance in Office 365
Nuix and Consilio join forces on 24 August in San Francisco and on 25 August in Cupertino to lead a half-day seminar on eDiscovery and information governance challenges for Office 365 data. Those who attend will come away with strategies, … Continue reading
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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
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Consilio Law Department Benchmarking Performance Series – closes 15 July
Consilio and The General Counsel Forum have launched the 2016 Law Department Benchmarking Performance Series with their Survey No 1: Foundational Metrics. The aim is to and gain insight into metrics and trends driving law department operations with metrics such … Continue reading
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Pyrrho, GDPR, banking compliance and US-UK differences at the Relativity Spring Roadshow
I have written about the Relativity Spring Roadshow and linked to the products announced at it. I turn now to the four sessions which preceded CEO Andrew Sieja’s keynote. I will not try and summarise each of the panels, not … Continue reading
Consilio: 11.5 million reasons for law firms to take data security seriously
Even before its acquisition of Huron Legal, Consilio was extending its range from international eDiscovery services into consultancy and pre-emptive advice to organisations about the management and control of information. Huron Legal’s range of services included a strong specialisation in … Continue reading
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Consilio webinar with Exterro on 27 April: working with IT and Legal effectively
Consilio is producing a webinar in conjunction with Exterro for broadcast on 27 April with the title Working with IT / Legal effectively. It covers a long-standing issue within many organisations – communication between IT and legal departments. Legal and … Continue reading
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Relativity Spring Roadshow in London on 3 May
Last year’s London Relativity Spring Roadshow was probably the largest single gathering of eDiscovery providers and users seen in the UK. This year’s Roadshow, taking place on 3 May at the Grange St Paul’s Hotel, will probably be even larger. Along … Continue reading
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Tagged David Horrigan, Gayle McFarlane, Jonathan Maas, Sean Pike
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Consilio survey: inadvertent disclosure of sensitive data of cloud-based applications
Consilio has long been known as a global expert in eDiscovery and document review services. Increasingly, and not least since its acquisition of Huron Legal last year, it is extending its reach into the wider field of law firm and … Continue reading
Legaltech interviews by Doug Austin
If there is anything better than conducting interviews oneself, it is the opportunity to pass on first-rate interviews conducted by somebody else. Doug Austin, Professional Services Manager for CloudNine Discovery and the editor of eDiscovery Daily, made use of LegalTech … Continue reading
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Huron Legal + Consilio publish Law Department Benchmarking Report
Among the good things which Consilio took on when it acquired Huron Legal was the annual Law Department Benchmarking Report which is now in its sixth year. Data was taken from 119 companies about how they run their internal operations, … 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
Video: Matthew Davis of Consilio talks about his move from a law firm to Consilio
Matthew Davis has long been that rare thing, a litigation support lawyer in a law firm. Hogan Lovells has had the benefit of his expertise in this area for many years, but now he has moved out of private practice … Continue reading
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The Chronicle of eDiscovery for Financial Services
A new resource called the Chronicle of eDiscovery for Financial Services has begun publication with the ambition to bring together experts in the fields of eDiscovery, data forensics and information management and governance with a particular focus on financial services. Its … Continue reading
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Consilio acquires predictive coding company Backstop
Consilio provides eDiscovery and document review services based on its own proprietary eDiscovery review platform Global RPM. Since 2013, Consilio has integrated ‘s technology-assisted review and predictive coding technology from Backstop into global rpm. This has been so successful that Consilio … Continue reading
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Consilio extends its document review services in Asia-Pacific
Consilio’s recent partnership with Shamrock Capital Advisors brought with it the promise of yet further expansion for an eDiscovery company whose reach extends year by year. Consilio already has review centres in Hong Kong and Tokyo amongst the nine such … Continue reading
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Contrasting “that whole truth and justice approach that us Yanks have” with the rest of the world. Really?
Those who skim articles rather than read them might conclude that this post is anti-US in tone. It is not – half my audience comes from the US and I am interested in balanced views not competing claims for purity. … Continue reading
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Tagged Craig Ball, Ralph Losey
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Information Governance and eDiscovery Summit in London on 12-14 May
This year sees the 10th anniversary of the Information Governance and eDiscovery Summit, to be held at the Waldorf Hilton in London between 12 and 14 May. This event is, by a wide margin, the biggest event in the UK … Continue reading
Asia Technology Summit in Hong Kong in March 2014
As part of my record of the year 2014, I am publishing belatedly the photograph sets from some of the events which I attended in 2014. Among them was the Asia Technology Summit in Hong Kong in March 2014. We have had the … Continue reading
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InnoXcell conference in Hong Kong in April 2014 – Part 2
I have made my excuses in an earlier article for waiting so long to publish these photographs of an event which took place so many months ago. By this stage, their significance, if any, is historic, part of the record of … Continue reading
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Why I go to LegalTech
This is personal – it is about what I go to LegalTech for. As I make clear below, if you are a potential buyer of software, then LegalTech is the perfect place to see demos of everything relevant under one … Continue reading
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Career variety: energy risk, litigation budgets and Irish eDiscovery in three days
The scene: a dark cobbled lane, with dim lamps redolent of Dickens’ London, by an arch leading to a small alley. I am on the phone to my wife. Todd Horst, the US-based marketing director of eDiscovery / eDisclosure provider Consilio … Continue reading
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Identifying opportunities at the second ALM – ILTA Legal Technology Summit in Hong Kong
ALM and ILTA brought their second Asia Legal Technology Summit to Hong Kong in March. I make no apology for reporting on this event several weeks after it took place. I went on a long trip to the US almost immediately … Continue reading
Reducing the number of documents to be reviewed
Charles Christian’s Legal IT Insider has published a very good article by Drew Macaulay, Managing Director of Consilio in London. Its title is Establishing effective cost controls in litigation and regulatory investigations, and gives the same emphasis to budgets as … Continue reading
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Hong Kong (again) with Epiq and pending events with iCONECT, Cicayda and kCura
I have just been back to Hong Kong, this time to moderate a panel of litigation lawyers brought together by Thomson Reuters’ Asian Legal Business and by Epiq Systems. Epiq’s Celeste Kemper was in the chair. Our agenda was cut … Continue reading
Consilio team to take Tough Mudder challenge for Help for Heroes
There is something about wounded soldiers which incites people to do extraordinary things to raise money in their support. Soldiers face hard physical challenges just to do their job, and those who come home terribly wounded inspire ordinary people to … Continue reading
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Breaking the dam: barristers moving in to eDisclosure
There are over 3,800 words here, in a detailed report on Legal IQ’s Information Governance and eDisclosure Summit, so bring coffee and a comfortable chair. If you don’t have time for that, the message can be reduced to a few … Continue reading
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A representative selection of sessions at the IQPC London Information Governance and eDisclosure Summit
I avoid lists, on the whole. Apart from the fact that one can sense the readers bleeding away, there is always the risk of omitting somebody or something, or of appearing to give an unintended priority to one thing rather … Continue reading
CPR, CMC, WTF …. and OCD: eDiscovery stories keep rolling in
I have a stream of short articles coming. This is just some background noise. I observed in a tweet last week that I had overlooked the Twitter presence of an interesting legal software development company, Neota Logic. “Might be because … Continue reading
Jackson events next week with Epiq and Consilio and guides from Judge Brown, Dominic Regan and Kerry Underwood
A tweet last week compared the first few days of the new case and costs management regime with 1939 – the reference was not intended to evoke anything belligerent but that period of uneasy calm known as the Phoney War … Continue reading
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