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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: 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
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: 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
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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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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
Moderating the international panel and recording interviews at Relativity Fest 2019
A year rolls by very quickly, and it is time for Relativity Fest in Chicago once more. It runs from 20 to 23 October and the agenda, as always, is packed with sessions, panels, workshops and social events. It grows … Continue reading
FTI Technology and Relativity: corporate legal departments in 2020
FTI Technology and Relativity have joined forces with Ari Kaplan Advisors to ask chief legal officers about the future of the legal industry and about what skills and expertise will be needed by the next generation of lawyers. Ari Kaplan … Continue reading
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FTI Consulting expands Relativity support in Australia
The eDiscovery software and services market has developed in ways which few of us predicted. Three broad lines were, however, discernible a while back – that consolidation would reduce the number of players in the market, that the market would … Continue reading
RelativityOne data migration services from FTI Consulting
FTI Consulting has been one of the Relativity’s most active partners in the use of Relativity’s SaaS platform RelativityOne. Some of the benefits of that are described in my most recent interview with Wendy King of FTI on the subject. … Continue reading
Interview: Christina Zachariasen of Allen & Overy on A&O’s uses for RelativityOne
At Relativity Fest in London I interviewed Christina Zachariasen of Allen & Overy. What benefits, I asked, do A&O and its clients and get from using Relativity and RelativityOne? Christina Zachariasen said that Relativity was a leading review platform. The … Continue reading
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Interview: Wendy King of FTI Consulting on managing international eDiscovery with RelativityOne
At Relativity Fest in London, I spoke to Wendy King of FTI Consulting’s Technology segment about FTI’s use of RelativityOne. FTI is a global consultancy, offering Relativity across four continents. Most of its matters span multiple jurisdictions, Wendy King said, and … Continue reading
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Interview: Jon Chan of Anexsys on “cloud-first” strategy and the use of RelativityOne
Jon Chan is Director of Technical Services at Anexsys. I spoke to him at Relativity Fest in London about Anexsys’s partnership with Relativity and specifically in relation to its use of Relativity’s SaaS product, RelativityOne. Jon Chan said that Anexsys … Continue reading
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Interview: David Horrigan of Relativity reviews Relativity Fest London 2019
As Relativity Fest in London drew to a close, I interviewed David Horrigan, eDiscovery Counsel and Legal Education Director at Relativity, about the event. Writing up that interview gives me an excuse to summarise some of the points which seemed … Continue reading
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Interview: Ed Crosse of Simmons & Simmons on the Disclosure Review Document and the importance of issues in disclosure
Ed Crosse of Simmons & Simmons is one of the members of the working party which drafted the draft eDisclosure rule now being piloted. At Relativity Fest in London in May, he gave a lively interview on stage with David Horrigan … Continue reading
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Interview: Dera Nevin on helping lawyers to choose and use legal technology
I am very lucky in the panels I am asked to moderate. The speakers are either people I know already, or are experts whose reputation has gone before them so that I know to expect interesting things from them. Dera … Continue reading
Interview: Al Park of Control Risks on the use of Relativity and RelativityOne for investigations
At Legaltech in New York, I interviewed Al Park, Global Technology Consulting Leader at Control Risks. Control Risks is a major Relativity partner and, Al Park said, often has several investigations running concurrently. It needs the stability and security which … Continue reading
Appointment of new CEO at Relativity allows Andrew Sieja to go back to his roots
I was away speaking at a discovery event when the news broke that Relativity has appointed a new CEO and that Andrew Sieja is moving up to be executive chairman. Since I have no aspirations to be a first-with-the-news journalist, … Continue reading
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Interview: Rishi Khullar of Heretik on Heretik Forge and its use with RelativityOne
Rishi Khullar is Director of Product Management at Heretik. I interviewed him at Relativity Fest in London about Heretik’s new product, Heretik Forge, because Heretik Forge uses RelativityOne. Rishi Khullar said that Heretik Forge is the first solution for … Continue reading
Relativity Fest London: data privacy and DSARs – the GDPR’s slow-burning threat
When I wrote recently about the agenda for Relativity Fest London, taking place on 21 May, I neglected to mention that I am taking part in one of its panels. It is called Whose data is it anyway? Data Privacy … Continue reading
Interview: Kris Wasserman of D4 / Special Counsel on adding high-value services to RelativityOne
Kris Wasserman is Regional Vice President at D4 / Special Counsel. I interviewed him at Relativity Fest in Chicago and asked him first about D4’s use of RelativityOne. D4 was an early adopter of RelativityOne and, Kris Wasserman said, had … Continue reading
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Relativity Fest London is on 21 May and the agenda has been published
Relativity Fest London takes place on 21 May, and the agenda has been published. As always, it offers a wide range of subjects, covering both Relativity’s technology and the context in which it is used. Registration is free and the … Continue reading
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Interview: Matt Lan of icourts on the advance of analytics and technology-assisted review in Australia
icourts is an Australian company offering forensic investigations, data processing, eDiscovery, and related services. It has long been a Relativity partner. At Relativity Fest, I interviewed Matt Lan of icourts and asked him first about the uptake of analytics in … Continue reading
Interview: James Neath on Morae Global’s eDiscovery consulting practice and its use of RelativityOne
At Relativity Fest, I interviewed James Neath, president of the Information Management and Discovery market team at Morae Global. Morae Global has been using Relativity for a long time – Relativity is its platform of choice and it has many … Continue reading
Interview: Grant Whiteley of KordaMentha on the take-up of technology-assisted review in Australia
At Relativity Fest in Chicago, I interviewed Grant Whiteley of Australian advisory and forensics provider KordaMentha. Shortly after that interview, Relativity and KordaMentha announced that KordaMentha had become Australia’s first RelativityOne certified partner. My interview was not about that yet-to-be-announced … Continue reading
Interview: Andrew Peck of DLA Piper on cross-border discovery and technology-assisted review
I have been interviewing former Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck for several years now, and doing panels with him for even longer. Now retired from the bench, he is senior counsel with DLA Piper. I took the opportunity to interview him … Continue reading
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Interview: Danny Chan of Ricoh on a case study involving Relativity Analytics
At Relativity Fest in Chicago, I interviewed Danny Chan of Ricoh to ask him about a matter he had worked on involving the use of Relativity Analytics. Danny Chan said that the client was already out of time in dealing … Continue reading
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Interview: Tessa Jacob of Husch Blackwell, Relativity Attorney Tech Evangelist of the Year
At Relativity’s big annual event, Relativity Fest, Relativity gave awards to various people whose contribution is making a difference to the take-up and use of technology in law. The award for Attorney Tech Evangelist of the Year went to Tessa … Continue reading
Interview: Bill Hamilton of University of Florida Levin College of Law on links with China
At Relativity Fest, I interviewed Bill Hamilton of the University of Florida Levin College of Law and heard from him about a new relationship between his university and Southeast University College School of Law in China. Bill Hamilton was just … Continue reading
Interview: Brian Stuart of FTI Consulting on the opportunities to add value and new services with Relativity
It is noticeable that eDiscovery and the subjects which are grouped around it are becoming more interesting to those who work in it. I don’t mean merely that there is more work around, but that the participants are finding it … Continue reading
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Relativity webinar today: 2018 Data Discovery Legal Year in Review
Relativity is presenting a webinar today, 13 December, with the title 2018 Data Discovery Legal Year in Review. 2018 has been an interesting year. The webinar will cover major cases like United States v. Microsoft and Carpenter v. United States. … Continue reading
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Interview: Jordan Domash of Relativity on Relativity Trace
I wrote recently about Relativity Trace, an application built on Relativity whose purpose is to help organisations facing (as who does not) compliance and security risks. At Relativity Fest in Chicago, I interviewed Jordan Domash who has been largely responsible … Continue reading
ACEDS webinar with Ricoh today: Activating Active Learning
There is a webinar today, 5 December, at 1:00pm to 2:00pm ET given by ACEDS in conjunction with Ricoh and with the title Activating Active Learning. The speakers are Roland von Borstel, Danny Chan and Vincent Liu, all from Ricoh. … Continue reading
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Interview: Bryon Bratcher of Gravity Stack on the strategy and vision behind Gravity Stack
At Relativity Fest in Chicago, I interviewed Bryon Bratcher, Managing Director of Gravity Stack. The tagline on Gravity Stack’s website is “Delivering collective intelligence in law”; I knew there were connections with Reed Smith and with Relativity, but I knew … Continue reading
Interview: Charlie Connor of Heretik on contract review and uncovering value in data beyond ediscovery
One of the most successful recent uses of technology is contract review software. At Relativity Fest I spoke to Charlie Connor of Heretik. Heretik makes contract review software based on Relativity, a good example of eDiscovery skills and tools finding … Continue reading
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Interview: Craig Ball on how mobile data increases lawyers’ ability to uncover the truth
I wrote recently about an article by Craig Ball called Mobile to the Mainstream, part of Craig’s mission to make lawyers more aware of the prevalence and value of mobile data. At Relativity Fest, I had the opportunity to interview … Continue reading
Interview: Geoffrey Sherman of RVM Enterprises on RVM developments which add value to Relativity
RVM Enterprises has been a partner with Relativity for about 10 years, one of the longest-serving Relativity partners. At Relativity Fest, I spoke to Geoffrey Sherman, Chief Technology Officer of RVM, and asked him how RVM adds value to Relativity. … Continue reading
Practical compliance with Relativity Trace
Five years or so it began to be obvious that eDiscovery tools and skills would be applied to wider purposes. There were several reasons for this. The ability to handle ever-larger volumes of data and to present it usefully in … Continue reading
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Interview: Paul Rome of NightOwl Discovery on helping with eDiscovery decision-making
Paul Rome is Director of Technology Development at NightOwl Discovery, responsible for the development of NightOwl’s own technology for supporting client needs. At the time of our interview (at Relativity Fest in 2017) NightOwl’s product DecisionCenter was a contender for … Continue reading
Interview: Owen Bourke of Clayton Utz on growing awareness of legal technology in Australia
Owen Bourke is Director, Forensics & Technology at Clayton Utz, one of Australia’s largest law firms. My interview with him took place more than a year ago, at Relativity Fest 2017, but the points which he makes in it are … Continue reading
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AccessData announces AD eDiscovery for Relativity
AccessData has announced the launch of AD eDiscovery for Relativity, integrating AD’s data collection, preservation and forensic tools with Relativity’s review capabilities. The integration involves a new direct export option. AccessData users can manage collection, search, preservation, legal hold and … Continue reading
Ricoh eDiscovery webinar on 18 October: Activating Active Learning
At Relativity Fest in Chicago, Ricoh eDiscovery ran a session called Activating Active Learning in which they showed how the incorporation of technology like Active Learning can help lawyers perform more timely, cost-effective and streamlined document reviews. The session was … Continue reading
Rushing from pillar to post interrupts the writing of blog posts
Those who see only my blog output and do not follow me on Twitter may be forgiven for thinking that I have taken a few weeks off. The truth, sadly for me, is otherwise. Instead, I have spent 18 of … Continue reading
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ILTACON 2018 – how the press became the story and looking to the future
The ILTA Conference, #ILTACON18, is well under way, and all the tweets and other messages suggest that it is going as well as ever with, apparently, 4,100 people attending. It may seem otiose to come back to my post Going … Continue reading
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Positions available at Relativity in support of its international expansion
While I have no plans to become a general advertising board for eDiscovery recruitment, I do think it helpful from time to time to show what types of positions are available, whether for those already involved in eDiscovery or for … Continue reading
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Brainspace integrates with RelativityOne
Cyxtera’s augmented intelligence platform, Brainspace, is now fully compatible with RelativityOne, the cloud version of Relativity’s widely-used eDiscovery platform. Brainspace uses analytics and visualisations to help users make faster and more informed data decisions. Integrating Brainspace with RelativityOne brings the … 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: David Greetham of Ricoh – a London data centre and an active learning case study
David Greetham is Vice President of eDiscovery Sales and Operations at Ricoh Legal in the US. I caught up with him at Relativity Fest in London and asked him about Ricoh’s plans for discovery and related subjects beyond North America. … Continue reading
Interview: Ben Shellie of Intelligent Voice on searching and reviewing audio in eDiscovery
At Relativity Fest in London, I spoke to Ben Shellie, CEO of Intelligent Voice. Intelligent Voice, Ben Shellie said, makes software designed to make audio review as simple as any other document review. It takes voice recordings, turns them into … Continue reading
Interview: Judge Francis on US v Microsoft and the CLOUD Act
One of the big attractions at Relativity Fest in London was a panel discussion about the right of US authorities to access data held abroad. The specific context was the case originally known as “Microsoft Dublin”, “the Dublin Warrant” or … Continue reading
ACEDS Summer Symposium: the GDPR, US v Microsoft, and the CLOUD Act from an eDiscovery perspective
The collection of data held abroad has long been a difficult (and interesting) subject for the US courts, state authorities and lawyers. 2018 has brought us the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the culmination of the battle between the US … Continue reading
Two Canada-based events on 13 and 14 June: Using Active Learning for accelerated review
Relativity, Ricoh eDiscovery and Commonwealth Legal are between them presenting two events this week with the title Using Active Learning for accelerated document review. The first is a discussion / presentation on 13 June at 4.00pm in Toronto. The subjects … Continue reading
Relativity webinar today: Corporate cloud legal update
Relativity is presenting a webinar today, 30 May, in conjunction with Bloomberg. The title is Corporate cloud legal update: 2018 law, legislation, and regulation and, unsurprisingly, the principal subject is the Clarifying Lawful Uses of Overseas Data (CLOUD) Act, 2018. … Continue reading
Interview: David Horrigan of Relativity on cross-border discovery, the US CLOUD Act and the GDPR
At Relativity Fest in London, I interviewed David Horrigan, Relativity’s Discovery Counsel and Legal Education Director, on two subjects which had been well covered at the event. The first of those was the US government’s CLOUD Act which at a … Continue reading
Interview: Karyn Harty of McCann FitzGerald on the need for eDiscovery training for judges and litigators
I take every opportunity to interview Karyn Harty of McCann FitzGerald. Over the years we have discussed her involvement in the leading TAR case Irish Bank Resolution v Quinn, the use of eDiscovery tools and skills for non-disputes purposes, the … Continue reading
Revisiting our panel in Canada as a model for straightforward explanation of technology-assisted review
If I come back now to a panel I moderated on technology-assisted review last November, it is partly because I think we are about to see a new focus on the use of TAR to achieve proportionate eDiscovery beyond the … Continue reading
Interviews: Daryl Teshima and Wendy King of FTI talk about FTI’s use of RelativityOne
At Relativity Fest in London last week we heard positive things about FTI’s relationship with Relativity under which FTI is able to offer RelativityOne alongside its own Ringtail. The messages were much the same as those which I got from … Continue reading
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Events in London and Milan, a Gothic Cathedral and a sorbetto
You are probably secretly relieved when this happens, but I always feel I should explain when there is an interruption in the flow of blog posts. Gratifyingly, if slightly disconcertingly, the number of page views on my blog were higher … Continue reading
Panel session in Milan on 3 May with Accuracy and Relativity
On Thursday 3 May I will be in Milan to take part in a discussion with Accuracy Italia about the use of Relativity. Accuracy is a business advisory company with offices around the world. Its work includes transactions, disputes, turnarounds … Continue reading
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Interview: Nick Robertson of Relativity gives a summary of Relativity Fest 2017
With Relativity Fest London nearly upon us (it is on 1 May) it is timely to publish an interview which I did with Nick Robertson, Chief Operating Officer at Relativity at the end of last October’s Relativity Fest in Chicago … Continue reading
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Interview: David Horrigan of Relativity on the GDPR, mobile data and AI
A good interview does not have to be formal and structured to be effective and informative. By the time I came to interview David Horrigan, Relativity’s eDiscovery Counsel and Legal Education Director, at Legaltech, I had done 16 interviews over … Continue reading
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FTI launches Relativity and RelativityOne in Hong Kong
As I have observed before, one of last year’s most interesting eDiscovery developments was the new partnership between FTI Consulting and Relativity, enabling FTI to supplement its own widely respected Ringtail with the ubiquitous Relativity and with Relativity’s cloud offering … Continue reading
Looking forward to Relativity Fest in London on 1 May
Relativity Fest London takes place at 155 Bishopsgate on 1 May. That and the Nuix event which I attended recently (I wrote about it here) have effectively displaced most of the more generalised eDiscovery / eDisclosure events in the London … Continue reading
Commonwealth Legal: Five reasons for using Relativity Active Learning
The latest iteration of Relativity’s analytic tools is called Active Learning. Roland von Borstel has written about it on the Ricoh / Commonwealth Legal blog Technology in Practice under the title Five reasons Active Learning is better than TAR. The … Continue reading
Interview: Chris Haley of Troutman Sanders talks about Relativity customisation
At Relativity Fest in Chicago last October, I spoke to Chris Haley, the Director of Legal Technology at Troutman Sanders. I asked him what led his firm to choose Relativity for eDiscovery. Chris Haley said that when the firm reviewed … Continue reading
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FTI Consulting adds Relativity and RelativityOne to its Europe offerings
One of the more interesting partnerships to emerge last year was the one between FTI and Relativity, with FTI now offering Relativity solutions alongside its own Ringtail. I wrote about that here and mentioned it in my report on Relativity … Continue reading
Interview: Karyn Harty of McCann FitzGerald on technology, culture and rules in Irish discovery
When I first saw the length of my interview with Karyn Harty of McCann FitzGerald, filmed at Relativity Fest in Chicago, I wondered if I ought to pare it down a little. Having listened to it, I find the whole … Continue reading
Honouring Judge Peck and Judge Francis as they retire from the bench
On 27 February, Benjamin N Cardozo School of Law is the host for an evening in honour of retired US Magistrate Judge James Francis and about-to-retire US Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck. You will deduce from its title From Da Silva … Continue reading
Interview: Patrick Burke talks about growing corporate awareness of GDPR implications
There is a lot in here – preparations for the GDPR, the growing realisation of the implications of holding the data of other organisations, contractual certifications of GDPR compliance, unwitting indemnification of other parties, WP249 and its assertion that discovery … Continue reading
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Interview: Kelly Atherton of NightOwl Discovery talks about the increasing use of analytics in eDiscovery
Kelly Atherton is Senior Analytics and Review Manager at NightOwl Discovery. I have interviewed her before and was glad to have the chance to do so again at Relativity Fest in Chicago. As subject, as before, was the growing use … Continue reading
Interview: Nick Robertson of Relativity talks about Relativity Fest London and the Relativity roadmap
We are part-way between Relativity Fest in Chicago last October and the next Relativity Fest London on 1 May. I looked back at the interview I did with Nick Robertson of Relativity after the London version of Relativity Fest in … Continue reading
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Relativity webinar on 14 December: celebrity lessons on litigation, legal ethics, and eDiscovery
Relativity is presenting a webinar today, 14 December, called 2017 data discovery: celebrity lessons on litigation, legal ethics, and eDiscovery. 2017 has brought us some eDiscovery cases which have made the news as much for the involvement of some celebrity … Continue reading
Technology, learning and fun at Relativity Fest 2017 in Chicago
Relativity Fest again managed to retain the sense of being a family affair while actually being one of the largest eDiscovery events in the calendar. When the “family” for a CEO keynote is 1,560 users, partners and others, it is … Continue reading
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On my way to Technology in Practice in Canada
I don’t need to promote Technology in Practice 2017, due to start on Thursday in Toronto, because it has already sold out. I am moderating three panels at it, and preparation for them has taken a good chunk of the … Continue reading
Posted in Commonwealth Legal, Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, Relativity, Ricoh
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Interview: Judge Peck on the sharing of ideas and practice between jurisdictions
I recently interviewed US Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck, one of a series of interviews at ILTA in Las Vegas. We covered two subjects, one of which is an example of the other. The narrower topic was the international spread of … Continue reading
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Interview: David Horrigan of Relativity talks about Relativity Fest and RelativityOne
Relativity Fest is Relativity’s big conference, held this year in Chicago between 22 and 25 October. David Horrigan is eDiscovery counsel and Legal Content Director for Relativity, which gives him an important role in the preparation for Relativity Fest. I … Continue reading
Standing by early ambitions as kCura changes its name to Relativity
kCura, developer of Relativity, has changed its corporate name to Relativity and its website name to http://www.relativity.com. There are several articles about the rebranding here, and CEO Andrew Sieja’s blog post explaining the change is here. You don’t need me … Continue reading
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FTI Consulting partnership with kCura offers Relativity alongside Ringtail
“Consolidation” in the eDiscovery software and services markets does not have to imply a merger or acquisition. It can also imply a partnership between two companies under which either can offer a broader range of solutions to their respective clients … Continue reading
Interview: Max Cockerill of Blackdot Solutions talks about Blackdot’s integration with Relativity
One of the strengths of kCura’s Relativity is the flexible home it offers to other companies whose products involve the collection and use of data. An increasing number of niche products are extending their uses, and their user bases, by … Continue reading
Interview: Jeff Schmidt of Park IP Translations talks about language management and its use with Relativity
One of the benefits of kCura’s Relativity is the ability it gives to specialist software companies to incorporate their own applications into it in a way which allows them to tap into Relativity’s core strengths. One such speciality is the … Continue reading
Interview: Colin Shepheard of Lineal on the use of analytics in Relativity
One of the dominant themes at Relativity Fest in London (my report on that is here) was the increasing use of Relativity Analytics for solving electronic disclosure problems. While there, I interviewed Colin Shepheard, Director of Project Management at Lineal, … Continue reading
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David Horrigan of kCura interviews Judge Peck on points of International eDiscovery
Among the people on my list for video interviews at Relativity Fest London (I wrote about that here) were US Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck and David Horrigan of kCura. It occurred to me that I could save some time by … Continue reading
Relativity Fest London – a rounded eDisclosure conference not just a trade show
As I noted when I wrote about it in advance, kCura’s Relativity Fest London has been moving over the years to become a full-blown eDiscovery / eDisclosure event and not just a platform for launching kCura initiatives and for networking. There … Continue reading
Posted in Analytics, Brexit, CPR, Cross-border eDiscovery, Data privacy, Data Protection, Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, FRCP, KCura, Relativity, Relativity Fest, Technology Assisted Review
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Relativity webinar on 17 May: negotiating TAR Protocols
kCura is hosting a webinar on 17 May called Negotiating TAR protocols: 7 questions in-house counsel must ask. The speakers are Phil Favro of the Coalition of Technology Resources for Lawyers (CTRL), Dean Gonsowski of kCura, John Lavinder of DTI, and Amy … Continue reading
Posted in Discovery, DTI, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, KCura, Relativity
Tagged Dean Gonsowski, Jon Lavinder, Phil Favro
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Relativity webinar on 27 April: putting a leash on the Internet of Things
One of the recurring themes in this blog is the need to be aware of the increasing amount of personal data collected about us every day by our own devices. This, whether we like it or not, is used by … Continue reading
Posted in Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, KCura, Relativity
Tagged Bennett Borden, Jeff Gilles, Judy Selby
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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
kCura’s London Relativity Fest on 25 April
kCura has organised a London event since 2013. It has had various names since then, most recently the “Relativity Spring Roadshow”, but I was not the only one who always thought of it as Relativity Fest London in line with kCura’s … Continue reading
Interview: Richard Dilgren of FRONTEO talks about RelativityOne
Richard Dilgren is International Director, Data Science and Strategy, at eDiscovery and analytics company FRONTEO. On the day I interviewed him at Legaltech, FRONTEO and kCura announced that FRONTEO had become a RelativityOne Certified Partner – the press release is here … Continue reading
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Interview: Nick Robertson of kCura about user input into Relativity design and about the use of analytics
Nick Robertson is Chief Operating Officer at kCura. In this interview, I ask him about the input of users into the design of Relativity and about the increased use of analytics. Nick Robertson identified some of the things which … Continue reading
Posted in Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, KCura, Litigation, Regulatory investigation, Relativity
Tagged Nick Robertson
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Interview: Jeffrey Seymour of Morae Legal talks about RelativityOne and corporate cloud adoption
While I was at Relativity Fest, kCura introduced me to Jeffrey Seymour of Morae Legal, and I talked to him about Morae Legal’s work with corporate legal departments and about kCura’s RelativityOne and corporate cloud adoption. Jeffrey Seymour says that … Continue reading
From pillar to post – the eDiscovery conferences at the end of 2016
If I did not write up each of the conferences and events of the closing months of 2016 as they happened, that is only partly because the end of each one seemed merely to herald the preparations for the next. Aggregating … Continue reading
Posted in ACEDS, Brexit, Cross-border eDiscovery, Data privacy, Data Protection, Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, Epiq, GDPR, KCura, Predictive Coding, QuisLex, Relativity, Relativity Fest, Technology Assisted Review
Tagged Adi Elliott, Dan Wyatt, David Horrigan, Ed Spencer, Judge Laporte, Judge Peck, Karyn Harty, Steven Whitaker, Vince Neicho
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Interview: Meribeth Banaschik of Noerr talks about setting up an in-house legal team
Meribeth Banaschik is a US attorney at Noerr LLP in Düsseldorf, Germany. She is also qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales, so she has a wider range of qualifications than most. I interviewed her at kCura’s Relativity Fest in … Continue reading
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Tagged Meribeth Banaschik, Noerr
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Interview: Kelly Atherton of NightOwl Discovery talks about increasing client interest in analytics for eDiscovery
Kelly Atherton is Senior Analytics Review Manager at NightOwl Discovery. I interviewed her at Relativity Fest about her work and about the trends which she is seeing. The interview appears below. Kelly Atherton’s role includes helping to integrate workflows and … Continue reading
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Tagged Kelly Atherton
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Interview: Karyn Harty of McCann FitzGerald on the differing tests for discovery completeness
Karyn Harty is the partner at McCann FitzGerald in Dublin who fought successfully for the use of predicting coding in Irish Bank Resolution v Quinn. She was one of the participants in a panel which I moderated at kCura’s Relativity … Continue reading
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Tagged Karyn Harty, McCann Fitzgerald
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Technology-assisted review and cross-border discovery at Relativity Fest
There is, of course, much more happening at kCura’s Relativity Fest than technology-assisted review and cross-border discovery, the two things referred to in my heading. That’s just what I am participating in – there are more than 85 sessions in all … Continue reading
