Category Archives: H5

Interview: Erika Namnath of H5 on how H5 uses Relativity for its clients

I get the opportunity from time to time to talk to people from Relativity partners to find out how they use Relativity to help their clients. H5 is a Relativity Premium Hosting Partner which has long had a very good … Continue reading

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Interview: Erika Namnath of H5 talks about the advantages of using Nuix for fast and accurate search

Erika Namnath is Associate Director, eDiscovery Technical Services, at H5. Nuix invited me to interview her at Legaltech about the contribution which Nuix makes to H5’s long-standing reputation in eDiscovery search. Erika Namnath said that the special feature of H5’s … Continue reading

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Use of technology-assisted review and costs-shifting in US patent case has UK parallels

One of the main differences between the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Civil Procedure Rules of England and Wales is that England and Wales is a costs-shifting jurisdiction by default. That means that the winner can expect to … Continue reading

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Short eDiscovery updates to 15 September 2012

This continues my new practice of summarising posts, mainly about eDiscovery, which have appeared on my Google Plus page recently. There are 26 of them in this summary, which points to a busy week (now two weeks ago) of announcements … Continue reading

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Predictive Coding Wars: Recommind Contra Mundum

It is a novel experience to spend a whole Saturday writing a 4,330-word article whose conclusion is that none of its subject-matter is really very important to one’s readers, however much it means to the participants in the story. If … Continue reading

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Getting back to the e-Disclosure day job

Although it may seem that I spend most of my time in the departure lounges of the world, travel is a relatively small element of a typical month’s work. I am back to the meetings, the platform and media opportunities … Continue reading

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H5 webinar – The State of Search in 2010

I cannot realistically give notice of every webinar  given on the subject of ediscovery / edisclosure, but there are two coming up which are well worth mentioning. One is by Recommind, next Wednesday, on the UK Electronic Documents Questionnaire, and … Continue reading

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Search technology: an intelligent adjunct to the lawyer’s skills, not a black box

An article by H5 on the professionalization of search ties in with my recent suggestion that lawyers and search experts have parallel roles in e-Discovery and that clients, rather than the lawyers, will manage the process. The UK courts have … Continue reading

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Welcome to H5 as a sponsor of the e-Disclosure Information Project

It is a great pleasure to be able to put up the logo of information retrieval company H5 as a new sponsor of the e-Disclosure Information Project. I described H5 in a recent article as “a cross between a commercial … Continue reading

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H5 EDGE Classifier brings intelligence to ediscovery search

Information retrieval experts H5 has always come across as a cross between a commercial information consulting business and a research university, talking as much about its people – “with professional expertise in linguistics, statistics, computer science, law, information technology, process … Continue reading

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How can we do this differently?

I am sent a fair number of press releases, although many of those who know I am interested in them seem to think that I acquire my information by some kind of intuition. Many of the PRs I do get … Continue reading

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How TREC can help you evaluate e-discovery investments

H5 and Clearwell Systems are giving a webinar on 19 March about TREC Legal Track’s practical application in evaluating and assessing search and review methods. Why should we in the UK pay attention? There is a danger in talking to … Continue reading

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Getting expert search evidence in front of the court

Yet another important new UK case on electronic disclosure, Abela v Hammonds, reaches me whilst I am listening to a US webinar about searching. The theme of both is knowledge, understanding and expertise – and co-operation to arrive at a … Continue reading

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H5 gets safe harbor certification

H5, the high-end provider of automated document analysis and information risk management services for the legal industry, has obtained safe harbor certification from the US Federal Trade Commission. Most US companies whose business involves handling EU-derived data now have such … Continue reading

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The Portability of H5’s Process

Contrary to my assumptions, H5’s very different approach to document review can be made available in the UK on data hosted here. Those with bigger cases should consider adding H5 to their list of possible solutions I had breakfast with … Continue reading

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Heavyweight appointments by H5

H5, the San Franciso-based provider of automated document analysis and information risk management services for the legal industry, has made two top-flight appointments in the last few days. Raymond L Ocampo Jr, former senior vice president, general counsel and secretary … Continue reading

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IT goes a lot faster than people for discovery

My heading comes from an article called The Data Explosion at Forbes.com (you need to sign up as a member, or more easily found here) about H5, the San Francisco company specialising in large-scale document analysis and the management of … Continue reading

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E-Disclosure, Needles and Haystacks 3 – Keywords

This is the third article which looks at issues raised by Alex Charlton and Matthew Lavy in an article in the April / May 2007 edition of the SCL’s Computers & Law Magazine. The opening article is here. This section … Continue reading

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