Categories
-
Recent Posts
- Relativity Predictions Webinar – Q1 2023
- Revisiting useful old judgments: deleted messages and adverse inferences
- Ireland’s Legal Tech Conference 2022 on 29 November in Dublin
- AI and Data Management lead the story at Relativity Fest
- A full agenda at Relativity Fest from 26-28 October in Chicago and online
- Wrapping up two UK disclosure cases which caught the public eye
- Farewell to Charles Christian, who brought legal technology to lawyers
- Interlocutory orders and contempt – the “burn it” judgment
- Relativity acquires Heretik for contract review and intelligence
- Cabo Concepts v MGA – lack of disclosure supervision brings indemnity costs order
- A glut of disclosure stories just as I turn my back
- Disclosure duties and audit – not as easy as some may think
- Everlaw Clustering: making eDiscovery enjoyable
- In discovery as in life – explosive reactions when social media posts come to light
- Johnson and Arcuri and the missing documents
About this site
-
Category Archives: OpenText
OpenText: lawyers and cybersecurity risk
The practice of law and the practice of information technology have at least two things in common: both use terminology which is meaningful to insiders and incomprehensible to others; both have experts constantly reiterating concerns which audiences ought to deal … Continue reading
A big eDiscovery component at OpenText Enfuse 2019
OpenText’s Enfuse 2019 takes place in Las Vegas between 11 and 14 November. Adam Kuhn, Director of Product Marketing at OpenText Discovery, has written a preview of Enfuse called Chart your eDiscovery path at Enfuse 2019 which makes it clear that … Continue reading
Posted in Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, Guidance Software, OpenText, Recommind
Tagged Adam Kuhn
Leave a comment
Picking the best of recent OpenText announcements and articles
It has been quite difficult to keep up with the spate of announcements and other output from OpenText. It is a big company, which reaches into almost every corner of Enterprise Information Management (a subtle but important change from the … Continue reading
OpenText on-demand webinar: Is TAR 1.0 Dead?
Technology-assisted review is by now established as an appropriate way to meet discovery requirements for litigation and regulatory purposes in most jurisdictions. As with predecessor technologies, TAR has incited debate, filled conference schedules, and appeared in court judgments and opinions. … Continue reading
Interview: Matt Brunnquell of OpenText on the growing importance of document security
eDiscovery, originally the main focus of this blog, has properly become seen as a subset of wider document management functions. OpenText’s roots lie in document management, and it has met the changing market by acquiring eDiscovery and forensics companies (notably … Continue reading
Interview: David Lapresi of Phillips Lytle on the need for lawyers to adopt technology
David Lapresi is eDiscovery and Litigation Support Manager at Phillips Lytle. I interviewed him at Legaltech in New York at the suggestion of OpenText and asked him if he was optimistic about lawyers’ use of technology like OpenText’s Axcelerate. David … Continue reading
Posted in Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, OpenText
Tagged David Lapresi
Leave a comment
OpenText recorded webinar: Data Subject Access Requests
OpenText has published a webinar which I moderated for them recently on Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs). The speakers were Catrina Smith and David Wilkins of Norton Rose Fulbright. Catrina Smith is a partner in the employment department at Norton … Continue reading
Interview: Adam Kuhn of OpenText on new technologies and their practical applications
Adam Kuhn is Director, Product Marketing, at OpenText Discovery. I interviewed him at Legaltech in New York, where we talked first about the wide range of technologies which OpenText has collected for the legal market, and then about how they … Continue reading
Webinar: OpenText corporate legal ops survey with Ari Kaplan
Ari Kaplan’s reputation lies principally in the surveys which he conducts among corporate legal professionals. These are not tick-box affairs but extensive interviews from which comprehensive results are extracted, with a real value to those interested in the business of … Continue reading
Posted in Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, OpenText
Tagged Adam Kuhn, Ari Kaplan
Leave a comment
Links to articles on technology-assisted review and on court acceptance of technology
Conference season is here, and by mid-October I will have spent 15 out 30 days at, or travelling to and from, foreign conferences. That inevitably reduces the number of articles I can write. It may be helpful, however, if I … Continue reading
Topics of interest at UK and EU eDiscovery / eDisclosure events so far in 2018
As the world pushes off for the summer, it is perhaps worth summarising the subjects which have proved of interest to those attending eDiscovery events so far this year. The attention in this article is on those I have attended, … Continue reading
Interview: Anthony Di Bello of OpenText on the positive effects of the GDPR on corporate IG
Anthony Di Bello is Senior Director, Market Development, at OpenText. I knew him at Guidance Software before that, and OpenText’s acquisition of Guidance Software is the first topic covered in this interview, recorded at Legaltech in New York in February … Continue reading
OpenText webinar on 26 June: Prevent GDPR breaches with 360° security for every endpoint
OpenText is giving a webinar on Tuesday 26 June at 15:00 BST with the title Prevent GDPR breaches with 360° security for every endpoint. Its theme is that data security does not stop at the perimeter and that compliance, privacy … Continue reading
Posted in Cyber security, Data Protection, Data Security, OpenText
Tagged Anthony Di Bello
Leave a comment
Growing awareness of the importance of social media in civil and criminal courts
The importance of social media, including pictures, video, audio and and the increasing volume of potential evidence created on phones and tablets, has been properly receiving much attention recently. It brings with it questions of costs, cuts, and proportionality as … Continue reading
Chairing the IICE eDiscovery Forum in London on 26 and 27 June
The IICE eDiscovery Forum takes place at Lord’s Cricket Ground on 26 to 27 June 2018. IICE stands for Information Governance, Investigations, Compliance and eDiscovery. This is the event which has for years been known to most of us as … Continue reading
OpenText provides Canada with real-time G7 theme analytics
Canada holds the G7 presidency from 1 January to 31 December 2018 and is the host for the G7 summit in Québec on 8 to 9 June. The G7 is obviously concerned with overarching political and economic political, economic and … Continue reading
Posted in Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, OpenText
Leave a comment
The UK Serious Fraud Office takes OpenText Axcelerate
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has an investigative role which is rather different from that of most regulators or law firms. It is investigator and prosecutor, taking on only seven to ten new cases each year, each of which … Continue reading
Interviewed by Doug Austin of CloudNine, I rant about GDPR marketing
Among the out-takes on the virtual floor of our virtual video editing room are several clips of me interrupting interviews when people talk about the GDPR fines of up to 4% of global turnover. They are, I have to say, … Continue reading
Posted in Data privacy, Data Protection, GDPR, OpenText
Leave a comment
Interview: Hal Marcus of OpenText on managing risk and uncovering value in data
I have been interviewing Hal Marcus since his Recommind days, always getting useful insights into current topics on eDiscovery and analytics. Recommind is now owned by OpenText and, more recently, OpenText has acquired Guidance Software. Catching up with Hal Marcus … Continue reading
BLP claims a win for predictive coding after the BCA Trading trial
I use the term “predictive coding” in this article because that is the term used a) in the relevant judgment, b) by BLP whose successful use of the technology is the subject of the article, and c) by FTI Consulting, … Continue reading
James Comey is keynote speaker at OpenText Enfuse 2018
With its acquisition of Guidance Software, OpenText has inherited the annual Enfuse conference which Guidance Software ran successfully for many years, originally with the name CEIC. I was a speaker there for many years and always learnt something and always … Continue reading
Opentext: Brexit – how do you prepare for the unknown?
The most helpful articles and blog posts by providers and suppliers are those which convey useful information or suggestions without overtly ramming product down your throat. Those who, like OpenText, are confident about their products and their place in the … Continue reading
OpenText article on challenges to TAR process in SDNY
Adam Kuhn of OpenText reports in an article headed SDNY Rejects Challenges to TAR Process Despite Missteps, Upholds Reasonableness Standard on a case in the Southern District of New York whose focus is on the transparency required from a party using … Continue reading
Eversheds Sutherland sees revenues increase from its investment in litigation technology
An article in LegalWeek tells of the tangible benefits which Eversheds Sutherland is deriving from its investment in OpenText eDiscovery software, in skilled people and in training. I published an article in August called Thinking through the management of eDisclosure … Continue reading
Posted in Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, OpenText
Leave a comment
Recommind | OpenText webinar on 28 September: 3 Key dashboards for eDiscovery success
OpenText Discovery, the new guise of Recommind and its flagship eDiscovery product Axcelerate, are presenting a webinar on 28 September called 3 key dashboards for eDiscovery success. The webinar’s aim is to go beyond the mechanics of eDiscovery and to … Continue reading
Posted in Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, OpenText, Predictive Coding, Recommind, Technology Assisted Review
Tagged Adam Kuhn, Hal Marcus
Leave a comment
Thinking through the management of eDisclosure services – Eversheds Sutherland and OpenText
Back in June, I wrote about the agreement by Eversheds Sutherland to take OpenText’s Axcelerate to enable the firm to take control of its eDisclosure management without having to be responsible for the software and infrastructure. An opportunity arose shortly … Continue reading
Posted in Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, OpenText, Recommind
Tagged Eversheds Sutherland
Leave a comment
OpenText extends its reach again with the acquisition of Guidance Software
The once-straitforward business of eDiscovery has extended its reach, its software and its skills into related areas, embracing ever-wider concepts of information management. As it has done so, the market has seen increasing consolidation as bigger companies buy smaller ones … Continue reading
Hear OpenText and Eversheds Sutherland on bringing eDiscovery in-house in London on 6 July
I wrote recently about Eversheds Sutherland’s decision to take OpenText’s hosted Axcelerate Cloud solution to manage eDisclosure in-house There is an opportunity this week to hear more about this from OpenText and Eversheds Sutherlands themselves at a discussion on Thursday … Continue reading
Posted in Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, OpenText, Recommind
Tagged Simon Price
Leave a comment
Eversheds Sutherland take OpenText Discovery in the cloud
The story underlying this article is that OpenText Discovery, has sold cloud licences to Eversheds Sutherland in London, enabling the firm to take control of the management of eDisclosure without having to be responsible for the software and infrastructure. There … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud, Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, OpenText, Predictive Coding, Recommind
Tagged Simon Price
Leave a comment
OpenText Discovery webinar on 1 June: Predictive coding is for every matter
The title of OpenText’s webinar, Predictive coding is for every matter, is almost enough on its own to tell you what it is about. Its main theme is that machine learning is not just for discovery but as an extension … Continue reading
ACEDS webinar with OpenText on 17 May: Day in the Life: Discovery Professional Services
ACEDS and OpenText are organising a webinar on 17 May called Day in the Life: Discovery Professional Services. Brian Shaw, Walker Hartz and Adam Kuhn of OpenText Discovery will talk about their own experiences, including their most memorable product projects, … Continue reading
Posted in ACEDS, Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, OpenText
Leave a comment
Hal Marcus of OpenText on AI and the increasing take-up of predictive coding by lawyers
Hal Marcus is Director of Product Marketing at Recommind, an OpenText company. He is one of the more eloquent proponents of the use of predictive coding, not just as a technical matter, but as a significant advance on the way … Continue reading
In government as in business, having no institutional memory means waste and lost opportunity
A Twitter thread from George Peretz QC draws attention to an article from the Institute for Government called Policy reinvention leads to huge waste and little progress. In a series of tweets, Peretz laments the lack of institutional memory in … Continue reading
Posted in Analytics, Discovery, eDiscovery, Information Governance, OpenText
Leave a comment
OpenText on using discovery analytics to solve GDPR challenges
In talking about the pending General Data Protection Regulation, I always take the opportunity to suggest that GDPR requirements might be the spur to the amorphous concept of information governance, providing the return on investment which companies have hitherto sought … Continue reading
Posted in Data privacy, Data Protection, Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, GDPR, Information Governance, OpenText
Tagged Adam Kuhn
Leave a comment
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
Leave a comment
Interview: Hal Marcus talks about the benefits of OpenText’s acquisition of Recommind
Towards the end of last year, I interviewed Hal Marcus, Director of Product Marketing at Recommind, an OpenText company, and asked him to explain the benefits of OpenText’s acquisition of Recommind earlier last year. Hal Marcus said that the acquisition … Continue reading
Recommind webinar today: analysing emails in three easy steps
Recommind (now OpenText) is presenting a 30 minute webinar today, 18 January, at 10am PST / 1:00pm EST to show the use of its Axcelerate discovery programme to analyse emails in three key steps. The speakers are Alexis Mitchell, Principal Data … Continue reading
Posted in Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, OpenText, Recommind
Leave a comment
Interview: Hal Marcus of Recommind on predictive coding after Pyrrho
Hal Marcus is Discovery Attorney and Director of Product Marketing at Recommind (now OpenText). I caught up with him in London in May, after the publication of the judgment in Pyrrho by which the English court approved the use of … Continue reading
A disputed predictive coding case from the UK – BCA Trading
We were a long time waiting for the publication of the judgment in Brown v BCA Trading and others, the first occasion, publicly at least, where the use of predictive coding was ordered by the court in the face of … Continue reading
Posted in Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, OpenText, Recommind
Tagged Adam Kuhn
Leave a comment
Recommind is now OpenText
An article by Mark Barrenechea, CEO and CTO of OpenText, with the heading OpenText Expands eDiscovery, Content Analytics, and Cloud with Recommind Acquisition marks the completion of OpenText’s acquisition of Recommind. OpenText is already a leading provider of Enterprise Information Management … Continue reading
eDisclosure Information Project 