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Missing my Dragon
Jonathan Maas of Ernst & Young says that I missed a trick in my account of the laptop which died en route to Las Vegas and which I had to replace and set up in order to do a webinar … Continue reading
Party with a purpose at the poolside
I am told that there is record attendance at CEIC 2010 here in Las Vegas. Putting it like that implies no doubt on my part that the claim is correct, but this place is so vast that you could lose … Continue reading
Keeping at work in the Cloud from Las Vegas
I have been here in Las Vegas a little over 24 hours. So far I have been asked by a cop if I have been arrested before, and been blatantly short-changed in Starbucks; I have been to one tourist attraction … Continue reading
IQPC the best London e-disclosure conference again
The three-day IQPC Information Retention and eDisclosure Management Summit is over for another year. It is the biggest and best conference in the London calendar and one which genuinely aspires to do better each year. Everyone I spoke to seemed … Continue reading
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IQPC: I heard your judges’ panel blew the doors off the joint
The quotation in my heading just came in from Gregory Bufithis of The Posse List. The reference is to the judicial panel yesterday at IQPC in London comprising (alphabetically) His Honour Judge Simon Brown QC, US Magistrate Judge John Facciola, … Continue reading
Nigel Murray cycles to Trilantic’s new Dubai office
There is a photograph on Nigel Murray’s blog which appears to show that he has been cycling to work. Given the present state of air travel, this may be the most sensible method, even if you live in England and … Continue reading
FTI Consulting partnership makes Late Shift possible for National Portrait Gallery
It is not just e-Disclosure which needs to find wider audiences. Institutions like the National Portrait Gallery also have to make their displays more accessible. The word “accessible” acquired politically correct connotations in the New Labour years, with public funds … Continue reading
Video illustration of forensic collections tool
I am always looking out for new ways of getting to wider audiences. Although you cannot beat actually talking to people, the Internet offers other ways conveying information. Forensics collection experts 7Safe have produced a video about their data collection … Continue reading
Imminent reform in prospect for Australian discovery process
Reform of the discovery process in Australia is said to be “imminent”, according to an article in the New Lawyer. The article says that the Attorney General has asked the Australian Law Reform Commission to explore options to promote the … Continue reading
Recommind webinar: Technology is Changing the Economics of e-Disclosure, Are You Prepared?
My title is the name of a webinar which I am doing with Jason Robman of Recommind on 25 May. Its description reads as follows: The enormous costs and time associated with the e-Disclosure process are staggering, with the document … Continue reading
E-Disclosure law, practice and technology in one educational package
The first of the E-disclosure seminars organised jointly by Professor Dominic Regan and me took place yesterday at Ely Place Chambers. Dominic and I were joined by Senior Master Whitaker and by speakers from three technology providers, 7Safe, Legal Inc … Continue reading
Reminder: Dominic Regan and Chris Dale on e-Disclosure at Ely Place Chambers on 12 May
Professor Dominic Regan and I will be leading a seminar from 2.00 until 5.15 on Wednesday 12th May at Ely Place Chambers on the subject of electronic disclosure of documents. Lord Justice Jackson’s only recommendation in relation to e-disclosure was … Continue reading
Women in eDiscovery at IQPC on 18 May
It is not too late to sign up for the women in e-Discovery session at IQPC’s Information Retention and e-Disclosure Summit on Wednesday 18 May. The conference itself runs from Monday 17 May and the Women in eDiscovery session takes … Continue reading
The 2010 Duke Conference on US Civil Litigation
No one with any interest in the US Federal Rules of Civil Procedure could be unaware of the debates which have been going on about the costs of civil litigation and, in particular, of discovery. A conference is being held … Continue reading
Recommind research shows UK companies not ready for e-Disclosure
I spent much of today digging out quotations from judgments whose theme was inexcusable e-Disclosure failures, which I need for a paper which I am writing. We have had a run of cases in the UK where significant costs have … Continue reading
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
You have an urgent e-Disclosure requirement NOW. How do you get started NOW?
Although I have long had an interest in disclosure and specifically in electronic disclosure, the sense that there was a mission and a message to promote dates from the IQPC conference in London in May 2007. It was the first … Continue reading
Structured data is neither as easy nor as difficult as it sounds
Lawyers tend to overlook structured data. If they think of it at all when giving disclosure, it goes into the box marked “too difficult to deal with”. A decision that it is disproportionate to handle it may be right, but … Continue reading
Chris Dale and Dominic Regan on e-Disclosure at Ely Place Chambers on 12 May
Professor Dominic Regan and I will lead a session on electronic disclosure at Ely Place Chambers, 30 Ely Place, London EC1N 6TD on Wednesday 12th May 2010. The event starts at 2.00pm and will run until 5:15pm The Chambers notice … Continue reading
451 Group e-Discovery and e-Disclosure report points up the pain of purchasing decisions
The 451 Group, Rob Robinson of Applied Discovery, and I each have different roles in the business of spreading information about e-Discovery and e-Disclosure. The 451 Group is a technology analyst company whose business involves in-depth knowledge of enterprise IT … Continue reading
Plenty to do in an ever busier eDiscovery market
It is very flattering when people write in to ask if I am all right because they have noted that the number of blog posts is down in a particular week, suggesting as it does that people do not merely … Continue reading
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Peer-to-peer networking at the IQPC Corporate Counsel Exchange in Brussels
The night before I left for IQPC’s Corporate Counsel Exchange in Brussels, I gave a short talk at an event organised by 7Safe in London. I will write about that separately, but its theme was that we are seeing a … Continue reading
Marketing political parties is like marketing anything else
No one interested in marketing could fail to appreciate a British general election. I do not disguise my own political affiliation (broadly described as “anything but Labour”) but I will both try to be even-handed in my observations on the … Continue reading
IQPC Corporate Counsel Exchange in Brussels 18 – 20 April
I am off to Brussels at the weekend for IQPC’s Corporate Counsel Exchange. The format for this conference is rather different from the conventional series of panel discussions and platform speeches – there are plenty of these, but the primary … Continue reading
LSB OK for BSB’s ABSs and LDPs under the LSA – what does it all mean?
I don’t really do cutting edge when it comes to reporting legal developments. Sometimes there is a story worth running on the day – one software supplier buys another, or an important judgment comes out. Occasionally I get a tip-off … Continue reading
Substantial e-Disclosure figures exercise for charity
Andrew Haslam of Allvision and Nigel Murray of Trilantic have one or two things in common: they are both long-time and well-known figures in the UK e-Disclosure scene, and are both figures of substance in more ways than one, usually … Continue reading
Ofsted has shown us WHY we should collect data properly and now lawyers must find out HOW
We do not yet know if Ofsted’s failure to give proper disclosure in the Shoesmith litigation was the result of cock-up or conspiracy – I am hedging my bets and assuming both that Ofsted fouled it up and that the … Continue reading
Jonathan Maas joins Ernst & Young
Jonathan Maas has joined Ernst & Young as an Assistant Director in its Forensic Technology & Discovery Services team in London. This is good news for both of them. It is also good news for the development of electronic Disclosure … Continue reading
eDiscovery April Fools
I have already written about Applied Discovery’s Reviewitter. CaseCentral came up with the first eco-embedded, carbon-neutral, green platform for environmentally efficient eDiscovery. Good stuff, albeit slightly undermined by the fact that so much verbal effluent is tossed out into the … Continue reading
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Applied Discovery launches Reviewitter – a new review tool for e-Discovery
Today, 1 April, Applied Discovery announces the launch of a new review tool. Called Reviewitter, it is designed to allow the truncation and review of unstructured data into 140 character reviewable documents. The press release carriers an endorsement from Greg … Continue reading
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A flying visit to Edinburgh
The spate of blog posts last week-end was a clearing of the decks in the knowledge that I would not have much writing time for a bit. The Edinburgh trip which is the subject of this post is being followed … Continue reading
7Safe eDiscovery networking event on 15 April
7Safe is holding an eDiscovery networking event on Thursday 15 April at The Hoxton Hotel, 81 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3HU at 6.30pm. It is to mark the official launch of their hosting of Anacomp’s CaseLogistix, one of the … Continue reading
Vector Investments: successful claimant made to pay for unhelpful disclosure
Is quite rare to come across UK cases where the quality and costs of disclosure become the subject of a reported judgment. In rare cases such as Digicel, Earles or Goodale, disclosure is either the primary subject-matter of the judgment … Continue reading
Stratify and CaseLogistix manage e-Discovery for the Valukas report on Lehman collapse
I am reasonably sure that I will not find time to read the 2,200 page Valukas Report on the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Fortunately, Gregory Bufithis of The Posse List has extracted from it the description of the electronic discovery … Continue reading
Welcome to Recommind as a sponsor of the e-Disclosure Information Project
It is very good to be able to extend a warm welcome to Recommind as a new sponsor of the e-Disclosure Information Project. As the focus for e-Discovery / e-Disclosure turns increasingly on to the way companies collect and manage … Continue reading
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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Free use of Equivio Early Case Assessment Software for up to one million documents
Equivio is offering to make its early case assessment application Equivio>Relevance available to a limited number of participants in what they call the Equivio>Relevance Challenge – see the press release and sign-up page for details. Most lawyers can understand the … Continue reading
EDiscovery leads in March issue of American Legal Technology Insider
The March issue of Charles Christian’s American Legal Technology Insider is available here. It leads with the headline Shake-up time for e-Discovery sector, with Iron Mountain’s acquisition of Mimosa Systems and the report that Marsh & McLennan Companies are putting … Continue reading
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Cloud Computing: Privacy, Disclosure and Discovery Considerations
There is a free webinar on 11 March callled Privacy, Disclosure and Discovery Considerations stemming from Cloud Computing. It is put on by Wave University and CT Summation and the speakers are Dan Regard of iDiscovery Solutions, Inc., eDiscovery Specialist … Continue reading
Georgetown Law: who provides eDiscovery education?
Georgetown Law E-Discovery Law Blog carries an article by George Rudoy of Shearman & Sterling which moves away from the certification argument (see my post Rudoy on eDiscovery certification – reality or myth) and on to the question about who … Continue reading
New web site for e.law Asia-Pacific
I can see why it has taken e.law some time to assemble their new website following the acquisition of CCH Workflow Solutions in November 2009. The integrated business now covers a very broad range of activities across a wide geographical … Continue reading
EnCase Portable brings data collection to your desktop
The idea that a law firm might keep a copy of Guidance Software’s EnCase Portable in a drawer for on-the-spot collections leads into a discussion about how much a firm needs to know. I will let Guidance Software speak for … Continue reading
Spring Offensive in the eDisclosure War
It feels suddenly as if a new phase is opening up in the war to tackle the wasted costs of e-disclosure. If the Rule Committee’s recent failure to grasp the nettle seemed a rebuff, there is a new Spring Offensive … Continue reading
Revolutionary video pillory for PR consultants
The humour for the week was provided by Charles Christian, whose Orange Rag included a piece about PR consultants called So that’s why the editor is grumpy and aptly illustrated by a video. I should make clear in passing this … Continue reading
Capturing web pages with iCyte now for the Enterprise
The latest addition to my collection of tools for gathering and storing information is a product called iCyte. I cannot improve on the maker’s own description as follows: iCyte is a browser add-on and web service that lets users save … Continue reading
Nuix joins the e-Disclosure Information Project
I am delighted to welcome eDiscovery and electronic investigation software company Nuix as the latest sponsor of the e-Disclosure Information Project. The connection began at the Ark Group eDiscovery conference in Sydney last year when I found myself sitting next … Continue reading
E-Discovery and Judicial Involvement in Australia
Project Counsel is the sister site to The Posse List, both run by the ubiquitous Gregory Bufithis. Project Counsel’s web site carried an article on 25th February with the title In Australia, e-Discovery and enhanced judicial involvement come of age … Continue reading
LegalTech 2010: Andrew Haslam reports for the Orange Rag and the 451 Group delivers market analysis
My unspoken deal with Andrew Haslam of Allvision after LegalTech each year is that I will write a heavyweight report on the business trends for the ensuing year, and will also write an anecdotal local colour story designed to convey … Continue reading
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There is more to FTI Technology than Attenex and Ringtail
My self-imposed job description involves flitting between all the players in the electronic disclosure / electronic discovery world, picking up information and ideas from one place and dropping them in another. I talk to judges, lawyers and technology suppliers, read … Continue reading
Posted in Attenex, Case Management, CPR, Discovery, Early Case Assessment, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, Forensic data collections, FRCP, FTI Technology, Judges, Litigation, Litigation costs, Litigation Support, Lord Justice Jackson, Part 31 CPR, Regulatory investigation, RingTail
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Millnet offer £10,000 of e-Discovery services for free
Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes is, as you doubtless know, Latin for “there must be a catch somewhere”. It seems unlikely, of course, that the Greeks are going to be bearing gifts for anybody just now, but Millnet seem to … Continue reading
Defensible document review – Epiq Systems panel at LegalTech
As is increasingly the case, The Posse List is getting out its reports of events and developments so quickly and comprehensively that it is folly on my part to cover them as well. This suits me well, since I am … Continue reading
A short video could win you free tickets and accommodation at CEIC
The use of video turns up in these pages either where a supplier has used the medium to educate or to promote a product, or in a slightly embarrassed reference to my own reluctant appearances in front of the camera. … Continue reading
Legal Inc case study explains an e-Disclosure project
Statements of functions and benefits and descriptions of litigation support services obviously form the backbone of the marketing material of any company engaged in the handling of electronic documents. It is difficult, however, to convey in the abstract any sense … Continue reading
Distinguishing discussion from lecture at LegalTech
I go back over my recent posts a day or two after publishing them, partly to pick up typos to which one is blind when they are newly typed, but mainly to check that what I said is what I … Continue reading
Mixing eDiscovery business with pleasure at LegalTech 2010
I write each February after LegalTech in New York to try and convey how this event is simultaneously hard work and good fun. Certain times and cultures are inherently suspicious of the idea that you can enjoy yourself whilst working, … Continue reading
CaseCentral CARtoon – what drives Toyota’s eDiscovery purchasing strategy
CaseCentral’s Case in Point cartoon series maintains its quality with this week’s one in which Toyota explains what drives its eDiscovery purchasing strategy. I spotted a judge at LegalTech wearing a No Processing badge which emanated (anonymously) from CaseCentral. Full … Continue reading
Some statistics from Equivio>Relevance
I have recently written a white paper about Equivio>Relevance and was subsequently interviewed about it by Metropolitan Corporate Counsel – both if these can be found on Equivio’s publications page. A recent article by Marisa Peacock on CMSWire called Equivio … Continue reading
7Safe launches UK Security Breach Investigations Report 2010
Mysterious messages have been appearing on Twitter all week like “In 85% of data breach cases, payment card information was stolen”. They all lead back to an analysis of data compromise cases over an 18 month period which 7Safe have … Continue reading
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
FTI Technology 2009 IDC Survey defines the eDiscovery challenges
FTI Technology will be out in force at LegalTech, as you would expect from a company whose range of products and services cover the full range of eDiscovery problems and solutions. They commissioned an IDC survey which was published in … Continue reading
Anacomp e-Discovery panel at LegalTech – emerging technology and a defensible process
Anacomp are running a panel in the New York suite at the Hilton on Tuesday 2 February at 10:30 AM. I will not, unfortunately, be there, because I am on another platform at the same time. The title is What’s … Continue reading
Epiq Systems e-Discovery Super Sessions at LegalTech
Epiq Systems are running three panels on Tuesday, 2 February at LegalTech. They take place in Concourse G at the Hilton New York as follows: 9:00 Achieving a Cost Efficient, Defensible Document Review 10:00 Best Practices for Successful Multinational E-Discovery … Continue reading
Posse List interview with e.law Asia Pacific: the spike in e-discovery work in Asia
I was speaking in Singapore when news broke of e.law’s acquisition of CCH Workflow Solutions. It added to my general impression (which I was bold enough to turn into a prediction) that the Asia-Pacific region was the place to watch … Continue reading
Autonomy eDiscovery Appliance – chaining law firms and clients together
A series of announcements from Autonomy coincide with what I see as the coming developments in the UK and elsewhere, enabling the lawyers to work collaboratively with clients. As one would expect, Autonomy has come up with a series of … Continue reading
Georgetown Law: Rudoy on eDiscovery certification – reality or myth?
An article by George Rudoy on the Georgetown Law site, which includes some input from me, reawakens the debate about certification of those who work in eDiscovery. Education on this subject was a key recommendation of the recent UK Jackson … Continue reading
Seeing Nuix at LegalTech
I try to avoid spending too much time at LegalTech looking at applications. I am much more interested in talking and listening to people, and three days is just not long enough to fit everything in. I generally limit my … Continue reading
Alcohol and amphetamines as an e-Discovery solution for Edna
Almost everybody who tweets about eDiscovery offered links to Craig Ball’s article called E-Discovery for Everybody: the Edna Challenge. In it, Craig sought the input of several influential players in the market on behalf of Edna who needed to undertake … Continue reading
US claims Global Power to Access Data despite EU data protection laws
Another decision of a US court shows the supremacy of the US courts over EU laws, at least as seen from the US. It doubtless plays well in Utah, but is probably bad news for US evidence-collection in the long … Continue reading
Outsourcing reaches the business press – so the clients will read all about it
The UK’s appetite for stories and comment about outsourcing remains undimmed. A a long article in The Times on 15 January carried the title Brief for India’s outsourcing lawyers: keep it cheap. Ron Friedmann of outsourcers Integreon, an astute observer … Continue reading
US District Judge to Speak on Women in eDiscovery Panel at LegalTech
One of the best panels at the Masters Conference in Washington last year was the Women Thought Leader Panel: The Art of Negotiating E-Discovery moderated by Caitlin Murphy of CT Summation and including Shawnna Childress of LECG, co-founder of Women … Continue reading
Guidance Software launches EnCase eDiscovery 4 with help from Twitter and YouTube
Guidance Software has released EnCase E-Discovery 4, which offers a pre-collection analytics capability as well as the ability to analyse and review ESI throughout the key discovery processes – during a legal hold, during forensic data collection, post- collection, during … Continue reading
Posse List interviews with eDiscovery leaders
The Posse List is running a new series called “Data! Data! Data!” — Cures for a General Counsel’s ESI nightmares. The commentary, as always, is to the point. Of yet more interest is the series of interviews in which they … Continue reading
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Between the rock of Jackson and the hard place of LegalTech
Once a decade, we get a large and influential report on Civil Procedure in the Courts of England & Wales. Once a year, the largest and most important e-discovery conference takes place in New York. Did they have to take … Continue reading
Anacomp ECA Webinar 20 January – measuring and managing eDiscovery
A reminder that Anacomp, owners of review platform CaseLogistix, have a live webinar today, Wednesday 20 January, called Beyond the Buzz: Measuring and Managing eDiscovery with Early Case Assessment. Tom O’Connor and Chuck Kellner, along with Chris Smith, Senior Product … Continue reading
Applied Discovery gets new marketing wind behind it
Good eDiscovery marketing must give would-be clients useful information and help, not just shout “buy me” with a list of functions and benefits. All forms of media must be pressed into service, and value lies more in helpful content than … Continue reading
First thoughts on the eDisclosure implications of the Jackson Report
The sections relating to disclosure and e-disclosure in the Jackson Report are a call to action for lawyers and judges without waiting for any actual amendment to the Rules. The key element which Jackson identifies is education, and we can … Continue reading
Trilantic assembles experts for International eDiscovery Track at LegalTech
UK-based legal support provider Trilantic has put together a double panel session on EU data privacy and related subjects which takes place on the first day at LegalTech, Monday, 1 February. Subjects covered will include privacy considerations and EU data … Continue reading
Interview with Metropolitan Corporate Counsel about Equivio>Relevance
Metropolitan Corporate Counsel has published an interview based on a long conversation which I had with them before Christmas. The title is Trainable E-Discovery Software Offers Cost Savings and the subject is Equivio>Relevance. The main theme of the interview was … Continue reading
Twitter data feeds as a potential source of income for them and discovery material for us
A new survey relies on the ability to analyse Twitter usage, and Twitter has begun a drive to make money from its data feeds. Both point towards the use of Twitter data as discoverable information. I wrote an article last … Continue reading
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Getting past the hold music
Every writer aspires to have his work described as “interesting and funny”, particularly if it is simultaneously accepted as dealing seriously with weighty matters. The aim is to get the ediscovery messages past the hold music and encourage people to … Continue reading
Outsourcer Integreon adds to Insource v Outsource discussion
I drew attention recently to an article on outsourcing from a law firm perspective, written by George Rudoy on 1 December on the Georgetown Law site and called To Insource or to Outsource. I suggested that it was worth reading, … Continue reading
Tweeting weights and weighing Tweets
I am a relatively recent convert to Twitter and am hooked on a number of levels. These are primarily business-driven, in the hard-nosed sense that I acquire information from others and disseminate things of my own – the publication of … Continue reading
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Anacomp divests to focus on CaseLogistix, eDiscovery and litigation
Anacomp has sold its MVS Division to DecisionOne in order to focus on eDiscovery with its document review application CaseLogistix and the services which go with it. 2010 should be the right year to concentrate on eDiscovery You would probably … Continue reading
The e-Disclosure Information Project in 2009 and 2010
My e-Disclosure predictions for 2010 are up on the website of the Society for Computers and Law. I have not checked back to my previous years’ SCL predictions, but I think that this batch have much more, and much better-grounded, … Continue reading
Gartner, Hong Kong and civil servants inspire reader comments
Recent comments from readers cover the Gartner report on the litigation software market, the state of play in Hong Kong, and the bright light which has suddenly been shone on the need for government departments to approach electronic disclosure in … Continue reading
Times E-Disclosure article leads with Baby P photocopier excuse
The article on E-Disclosure in today’s Times E-disclosure: how good is your filing system? by Grania Langdon-Down leads with the extraordinary “lost in the photocopier” excuse given by Ofsted as they gave late disclosure of 2,000 pages of documents in … Continue reading
Gartner points to non-US E-Discovery market growth
Gartner predicts an eDiscovery software market worth $1.2 billion in 2010. More than 10% of that will be outside the US. Software suppliers may be ready to run with this, but where are the skilled people? Gartner’s report of 16 … Continue reading
Legal Technology Awards 2009
The Legal Technology Awards list is out. The number of categories, providers and products may seem bewildering, but their web sites give a good idea of what they do. Follow some links and see what maps to the problems which … Continue reading
451 Group reports on IQPC in New York
I was not at IQPC’s E-discovery conference in New York last week (see IQPC New York – minimizing risks, costs and challenges). Fortunately the 451 Group’s Katey Wood was there and her report is here. Two of the points which … Continue reading
Legal Inc publishes 5th podcast and Earles article
Litigation support provider Legal Inc has now published the fifth in the series of podcasts which I recorded with Lisa Burton. This one covers the software and systems available in the market. The series can be found here. Legal Inc … Continue reading
UK interest in outsourcing on the rise
A Tweet earlier this week asks “Weekly LPO articles in the UK?” which, extended from its native (and necessarily abbreviated) Tweet-speak, means “Are we seeing at least one article a week about legal process outsourcing in the UK?” The question … Continue reading
Orange Rag: Scottish Civil Costs Review – a missed opportunity
John Craske, Head of Business IT at Dundas & Wilson LLP has contributed a guest article to the Orange Rag which hints at disappointment in the Scottish Civil Courts Review. I wrote briefly about the Report of the Scottish Civil … Continue reading
IQPC New York – minimizing risks, costs and challenges
Minimizing risks, costs and challenges is the title of the IQPC eDiscovery conference taking place in New York from 7 to 9 December 2009. I will not be there, but the agenda offers more opportunities than its title suggests. I … Continue reading
e-Disclosure conference thoughts from the 451 Group
Although I do my own summaries of the conferences I take part in, it is more interesting in some ways to see what other people take away from them. A succinct summary from an interested party who was present as … Continue reading
Strategic alliance allows 7Safe to host Anacomp’s CaseLogistix
What is the seating etiquette if you go to a wedding knowing both parties? Do you have to make an invidious choice between one side of the church and the other? Perhaps you sit in the aisle or hang from … Continue reading
Planning the IQPC E-Disclosure Conference for London in May 2010
Planning is in hand for IQPC’s May 2010 E-Disclosure conference. Good conferences like this provide elements which other forms of information delivery lack, not least the opportunity to interact with those whose data we write and talk about. Having got … Continue reading
KPMG survey: Is the legal department ready?
Read KPMG’s new survey on corporate readiness for litigation and then read the judgment in Earles v Barclays Bank. You may spot a connection. KPMG have published the results of the survey which Alex Dunstan-Lee previewed for us at IQPC’s … Continue reading
e.law completes acquisition of CCH Workflow Solutions
On 20 November 2009, Australia’s e.law completed its acquisition of the business assets of CCH Workflow Solutions from Wolters Kluwer. The news of the acquisition broke whilst I was between conferences and although I heard from both Allison Stanfield at … Continue reading
Georgetown: Privilege, Ignorance and Certification
The PosseList has a report of the main points discussed at the judicial panel which closed the recent proceedings of the Georgetown Law CLE Advanced E-Discovery Institute. Of the three points which the article picks out, I will leave on … Continue reading
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