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AI and Data Management lead the story at Relativity Fest
Years ago, every player in the eDiscovery market would try and launch something new at big events, drowning out the announcements of rivals with new product releases just as we were all unpacking and getting over our jetlag. Those of … Continue reading
Ethical AI and productivity enhancements announced at Relativity Fest London
I was unfortunately not able to go to Relativity Fest London, which opened on Tuesday. The photographs from the Keynote show a room as packed as it was in 2019 when the last in-person event took place. Relativity has always … Continue reading
Wide-ranging agenda for Relativity at Legalweek 2022
Legalweek 2022 is taking place as I write. I used to go every year, to take part in panels and to do interviews, but mainly to meet up with people. I had hoped to go back this year, with no … Continue reading
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A helpful recap of Relativity Fest 2021
The nature of a big event like Relativity Fest is that a mass of interesting views and comments pours out at once. We all report the bits that interest us, but the waters close over it all very quickly as … Continue reading
The main points from the International Panel at Relativity Fest
Relativity Fest always generates a mass of material, from company and product announcements to sessions on law and legal practice. I can’t write about it all, and you wouldn’t thank me if I did. If I focus now on the … Continue reading
Relativity Fest 2021 – the pervasive effect of privacy and data protection
Relativity Fest 2021 runs from 4-6 October. The decision to make it a virtual event was made many months ago, not just because of the continuing uncertainty about lockdowns and travel restrictions, but because last year’s Relativity Fest was a … Continue reading
Relativity Fest panel – legal and technical perspectives on data privacy and data protection
Panel discussions about international discovery, privacy, and data protection serve as a good way of encapsulating the issues of the moment in a short space. Having a range of speakers and a short time-frame forces a focus on those things … Continue reading
Relativity Fest London – virtual event on 18 and 19 May
The virtual Relativity Fest London takes place on 18 and 19 May. The event is free and virtual, and registration is here. You can see the Agenda here starting on Tuesday with a Keynote by CEO Mike Gamson and Chief Product Officer … Continue reading
Farewell to Robert Childress, the eDiscovery events organiser who knew everybody
I am very sorry to learn of the death of Robert Childress. I knew him as the founder of the Masters Conference, which introduced many people not merely to eDiscovery but to each other. Robert was wonderful at keeping in … Continue reading
Looking back at the International Panel at Relativity Fest
It was my pleasure to moderate again the International Panel at Relativity Fest. That usually involves an enjoyable trip to Chicago for most of a week, doing my own panel, attending others, doing several video interviews, and meeting up with … Continue reading
Preparing for a virtual panel and recording a remote interview
If this week has been short on visible output, it has been a busy one for the preparation of things to come. On Tuesday, we had the prep call for the International Panel at Relativity Fest. Relativity Fest is a … Continue reading
ILTA>ON – a virtual event for the global digital technology community 24-28 August
For many years, ILTA’s big annual event took me to one of those vast resorts in the US, often in Las Vegas. I participated in and attended sessions, did interviews, and took the opportunity to set up formal meetings. Mainly, … Continue reading
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Relativity Fest London – eDisclosure and global eDiscovery panel today
Relativity Fest London reaches its third and final day today. The usual one-day event has been spread across three part-days, a format which allows people from different time zones to join in. At 13:00 BST today, David Horrigan of Relativity … Continue reading
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Interview: David Horrigan of Relativity on the virtual Relativity Fest London 2020
This year’s Relativity Fest London runs from 12-14 May. Inevitably, it is a virtual event, but that does at least enable many more people to attend. The Agenda and other details can be found here. My interviews have also gone … Continue reading
Interview: Megan Rowland of Legility on the attributes of project managers, clients and eDiscovery industry recruits
At Relativity Fest in Chicago, I interviewed Megan Rowland of Inventus. Since the interview, Legility and Inventus have come together under the name Legility. Megan Rowland is Team Lead, Project Management at Legility. https://vimeo.com/373579877 I asked her what makes a … Continue reading
Interview: Tony Chan of iCourts on winning Best Innovation Provider Award at Relativity Fest
At Relativity Fest every year, I get the opportunity to interview the winners of the Relativity Innovation Awards, whose purpose is to “recognize organizations and individuals who build innovative solutions, break down barriers for technology in the practice of law, … Continue reading
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Interview: Craig Carpenter of X1 on the X1 partnership with Relativity
I have known Craig Carpenter, CEO of data collection company X1, for almost as long as I have been in eDiscovery. At Relativity Fest in Chicago, I at last had the opportunity to interview him. The context was a newly-announced … Continue reading
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Discovering the value of rest
In which I belatedly (after 42 years of work) consider the value of just switching off occasionally and, as a side-note, observe that while you won’t necessarily get opportunities by being there, you certainly won’t get them if you are … Continue reading
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EDRM webinar on 29 January: What to do at Legalweek
EDRM is hosting a webinar tomorrow, 29 January, at 12:00pm CT / 6:00pm GMT called What to do at Legalweek. The speakers are Mary Mack and Kaylee Walstad of EDRM, Ian Campbell of iCONECT and me. Although I will not … Continue reading
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Missing Legalweek for the first time since 2007
I have been going to Legalweek in New York every year since 2007. I am finally forced to accept that I will not make it there this year. The short version is that I was due to have a hip … Continue reading
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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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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
A roundup of the Nuix User Exchange: discovery is more than just…discovery
I was not at the Nuix User Exchange this year, the first one I have missed for some time. I am therefore dependent on a blog post by Corey Tomlinson of Nuix who summarised the event for us. I will … Continue reading
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
Some pictures from Relativity Fest London 2019
Here are some pictures from Relativity Fest London which occupied large premises in Houndsditch, and (pleasurably) a large amount of my time, earlier this week. Bigger and better than ever, was the general view. Relativity CEO Andrew Sieja opens the … Continue reading
The Nuix Insider Conference 2019 – showing what a conference is for
What is the right format for discovery and legal technology conferences? The fashion is to criticise them, with their purpose, speakers, agendas, venue, room layout, and food all sneeringly dismissed because they don’t match some notional ideal – an ideal … Continue reading
Formal launch of the ILTA Litigation Support and Data Exchange Protocol on 30 April in London
I wrote in February about the work of the ILTA UK’s Special Interest Group to help lawyers devise and agree the “appropriate methodology” section of the new Disclosure Review Document. Its output is a best practice data exchange protocol 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
Previewing the Nuix 2019 Insider Conference in London
As I have reported earlier, the 2019 Nuix Insider Conference takes place at County Hall, Westminster Bridge in London, on 4 April. There is also a Ringtail Nuix User Group meeting and a Partner Summit on 3 April. Jonathan Rees, … Continue reading
A broad agenda at the Nuix Insider Conference in London on 4 April
The Nuix Insider Conference is a one-day event in London covering all aspects of working with data, including forensic investigations, eDiscovery, incident response, and governance. This year it takes place on 4 April at County Hall by Westminster Bridge. The … 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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Data exchange protocol from the UK ILTA Litigation Support Special Interest Group
The disclosure pilot set out in Practice Direction 51U, now in force in many UK civil courts, requires completion of a Disclosure Review Document. Among other things, the DRD requires parties to agree how they will transfer information between them … 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
Back from holiday and ready for Legaltech
You may have noticed that my blog has fallen more or less silent since before Christmas. It seems rather odd, perhaps, particularly to American eyes, that I take my main annual holiday immediately after the inordinately long Christmas and New … Continue reading
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UK ILTA eDisclosure Special Interest Group seeks feedback on draft data exchange protocol
This is a guest post, written by Andrew Haslam of the UK ILTA’s Special Interest Group for eDisclosure, seeking feedback on a draft data exchange protocol developed by UK ILTA. It seeks views by 19 January 2019. The overall objective of ILTA … 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
Ringtail and much more at the Nuix User Exchange 2018
If the Nuix User Exchange at Huntington Beach in California last week was dominated by Nuix’s acquisition of Ringtail (I wrote about that here), that is hardly surprising. It was not, I think, the original plan – there was plenty … Continue reading
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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Going to ILTACON? For the first time in 10 years, I won’t see you there
Tom O’Connor has been working in eDiscovery since before eDiscovery became a thing. He has written two articles this week, both eloquent and both sad in tone. One was about the late Browning Marean who, four years after his death, … Continue reading
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Approval of technology-assisted review in courts around the world
At Ricoh’s Technology in Practice in Toronto last November, I moderated a panel called TAR Trends around the World. The panellists were US Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck (now retired from the bench and a Senior Counsel at DLA Piper), Maura … Continue reading
The Sedona Conference Primer on Social Media – Second Edition
Working Group 1 of The Sedona Conference has published the public comment version of the Sedona Conference Primer on Social Media, Second Edition. The first edition was published in 2012, setting out a practical approach for addressing the corporate use … 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
Interview: Ed Crosse of Simmons & Simmons on the proposed new disclosure rule
Ed Crosse is a partner at Simmons & Simmons and a member of the Disclosure Working Group headed by Lady Justice Gloster. At Relativity Fest in London I took part in a panel with him and with Sir Colin Birrs … Continue reading
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Sedona Conference programme on cross-border data transfers and data protection – Budapest 18-19 June
The Sedona Conference Working Group 6 is concerned with international electronic information management, discovery and disclosure. Its primary concern is organisations which are subject to litigation and regulation in multiple jurisdictions with potentially conflicting international laws. WG6 is a global … Continue reading
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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
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
ILTA scholarships covering the cost of ILTACON 2018
ILTA is the International Legal Technology Association whose function is to spread understanding about legal technology by organising events and by encouraging the sharing of information between people facing similar problems. Although ILTA itself is a year-round educational resource, its … 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
Leadership and risk on the agenda at the Nuix Insider Conference 2018 in London
We do not have many good events in London dealing with eDiscovery and its surrounding subjects. The annual Nuix Insider Conference is an exception, one of the few events I go to whether or not I am participating in it. … 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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Nuix Insider Conference 2018 on 22 March in London
The Nuix Insider Conference 2018 takes place at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London on 22 March 2018. As always, the agenda has a set of parallel tracks which between them cover compliance, investigations eDiscovery, cyber threat and the detection of … Continue reading
Ricoh launches Remlox data collection service with clear appeal to users
“…users can collect request a collection in the morning… and be reviewing their data that same evening, utilising one of Ricoh’s’s several document review tools. There is no technological knowledge required by the end user, nor hardware requirement…” This description … Continue reading
The Sedona Conference publishes Data Privacy Primer and BYOD Principles and Guidance
The Sedona Conference remains the most thoughtful of the organisations producing guidance for those involved in electronic discovery in all its forms. Two recent publications are of particular interest, one about privacy and one on BYOD – Bring Your Own … Continue reading
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Legalweek New York: Corporate Counsel Roundtable 2018
Legaltech 2018, taking place next week in New York, is now part of a wider set of events called Legalweek. I have for some years taken part in a Corporate Counsel Roundtable organised by William Belt, now at CDS, as … 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
Posted in Court Rules, CPR, Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, Relativity, Relativity Fest
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Commonwealth Brunch on the Sunday before Legaltech New York
Many years ago, Nigel Murray began a tradition of organising a Commonwealth Brunch on the Sunday before Legaltech (now part of Legalweek) in New York. The Commonwealth “qualification” effectively brings in anyone except those from the US (and they are … Continue reading
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Epiq to host GDPR Roundtables at Managing Risk and Litigation Conference
The General Data Protection Regulation will take effect in just under six months. Martin Bonney and Deborah Blaxell of Epiq will be leading a roundtable called GDPR applies in the next six months: it’s time to benchmark your progress towards … Continue reading
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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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ILTA Insight in London on 16 November
ILTA is the International Legal Technology Association and, although US led, has a strong commitment to the word “International” in its name. ILTA Insight is a one day conference which brings to London the spirit and ideas of ILTA’s main … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Haslam, Emily Wyllie-Ballard, Vince Neicho
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Twitter Takeover on 18 October for Technology in Practice in Toronto
Technology in Practice is a large event dedicated to eDiscovery and related topics. It is run by Ricoh and by Commonwealth Legal, and takes place in Toronto between 8 and 10 November. Tomorrow, 18 October, I will be taking over … Continue reading
Welcome to Ricoh as new sponsor of the eDisclosure Information Project
There is more than one reason why I am very pleased to announce that Ricoh has become a sponsor of the eDisclosure Information Project. The most obvious reason is that Ricoh is a major force to be reckoned with in … 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
Cross-border discovery and data protection in Dublin with the Sedona Conference
I am back from the Ninth Annual Sedona Conference International Programme on Cross-Border Discovery and Data Protection Laws organised by The Sedona Conference Working Group 6 (Sedona Working Groups are explained here). It took place in County Kildare, just outside … Continue reading
A few days in Ireland – cliffs, Brexit, cross-border discovery and the GDPR
The absence of new posts here sometimes leads to the assumption that I have died or retired. Nothing so exciting – I was in Ireland, mainly for the Sedona Conference Programme on Cross-Border Discovery and Data Protection Laws, held outside … 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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The Sedona Principles: public comment deadline and webinar
The Sedona Conference recently published the public comment version of the third edition of the highly-regarded Sedona Principles. The deadline for making comments is 30 June. The public comment version of the Sedona Principles can be downloaded from the Sedona … Continue reading
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The Sedona Conference: discussing cross-border eDiscovery and data protection in London and Ireland
On 3 May, I took part in a panel organised by the Sedona Conference Working Group 6 on cross-border discovery and data protection laws. The event, sponsored by Swiss Re and Consilio, was moderated by Monika Kuschewsky of Squire Patton … Continue reading
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
Tagged Andrew Sieja, David Horrigan, Jonathan Maas, Judge Peck, Meribeth Banaschik, Nick Robertson, Steven Whitaker
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ILTA scholarships in honour of Browning Marean
ILTA, the International Legal Technology Association, is again offering two scholarships for attendance at ILTACON 2017 which runs from 13 to 17 August in Las Vegas. The scholarships are in memory of my dear friend Browning Marean, a partner at … Continue reading
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Reminder: Sedona WG6 London event on 3 May on cross-border data transfers
This is a reminder that there is an interesting and important panel discussion next week in London when a panel organised by Sedona Conference Working Group 6 discusses the challenges of cross-border data transfers. I wrote about it here. The … Continue reading
The Sedona Principles transcend jurisdictional differences
There are those among you, I know, who glance at the heading and opening paragraph of these posts and decide not to read those which do not relate to your own jurisdiction. That is understandable in many cases, but the … Continue reading
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Two kCura summaries from Legaltech
kCura is very good at producing summaries of discussions and events both as they occur (usually by tweets from David Horrigan) and by collecting and publishing that instant output in summary form. If I pick two of kCura’s summaries from Legaltech, it … Continue reading
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
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A personal note as Eddie Sheehy leaves Nuix
The earliest picture I have of Eddie Sheehy, taken at an eDiscovery conference in Singapore in 2010 on a panel which I moderated. It’s an odd beast the eDiscovery world. Now a multibillion-dollar industry and growing, it somehow retains a … Continue reading
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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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Guidance Software’s Enfuse 2017 – Early Bird Discount closes on 6 January
Guidance Software’s Enfuse Conference takes place in Las Vegas from 22 to 25 May 2017. Enfuse covers all aspects of security and digital investigations across three days. I have been going for many years (I did three panels there last … Continue reading
The Sedona Conference International Programme on Cross-Border Discovery and Data Protection – 20-21 June 2017 in Dublin
One of the most useful events which I attend every year is The Sedona Conference International Programme on Cross-Border Discovery and Data Protection Laws. Last year Sedona Working Group 6 met in Berlin, an appropriate setting partly because of Germany’s … Continue reading
Interview: Ed Spencer of Taylor Wessing on choosing and getting approval for the use of technology
Ed Spencer is the associate at Taylor Wessing who took the initiative in proposing the use of predictive coding in the Pyrrho case. He took part in a panel which I moderated at Relativity Fest in Chicago, and I took the … Continue reading
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Interview: Dan Wyatt of RPC on cooperation in the Pyrrho predictive coding case
At Relativity Fest, I moderated a panel on predictive coding whose members included two of the lawyers on opposite sides in the Pyrrho litigation. The parties to Pyrrho had first debated whether or not to use predictive coding and, then, … Continue reading
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ILTA Insight in London on 17 November
ILTA is the International Legal Technology Association whose role is to encourage the understanding and take-up of technology solutions in the business of running a law firm or a legal Department. ILTA does this by a mixture of written resources, … Continue reading
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INsig2 LawTech Europe Congress in Brussels on 7-8 November
I am looking forward to taking part once again in the INsig2 LawTech Europe Congress on 7-8 November 2016. This event, originally set up in Prague by the engaging Frederick Gyebi-Ababio, is taking place in Brussels for the second year … Continue reading
Interview: Judge Peck on the potential increase in the take-up of technology-assisted review
ILTA at the beginning of September gave me a good opportunity to interview US Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck about the growing use of technology-assisted review in litigation. Judge Peck had recently given his opinion in the Hyles case to the … Continue reading
Coming in to land at my desk shortly
Tired after a series of long flights for short events, I recently suggested to my wife that I might not attend one of the big annual US eDiscovery events. “But they’ll all think you’re dead or retired”, she said. She … Continue reading
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Interview: David Horrigan of kCura on predictive coding, GDPR and other Relativity Fest attractions
I caught up with David Horrigan at ILTA. He is eDiscovery Counsel and Legal Content Director at kCura and gets involved in that capacity in planning for the legal practice sessions at Relativity Fest. This interview is about those sessions. … Continue reading
Sedona Conference programme on cross-border discovery and data protection in Hong Kong on 21 September
The Sedona Conference Working Group 6 is concerned with cross-border discovery and data protection laws. Its main annual event is usually held in the US or Europe (this year’s was in Berlin) but last year it took place in Hong … Continue reading
ILTA 2016 – pooling proficiency in a plate-glass palace by the Potomac
If I lighted on the words “pooling proficiency” in my title mainly for their alliterative quality, they are actually quite a good description of what ILTA (the organisation as well as this big annual event) is for. I nearly didn’t go … Continue reading
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Reviewing the year so far: June – into Europe with Sedona and AccessData
This is my third consecutive post about the eDiscovery events which I have attended so far in 2016 (you can find the earlier ones here and here). The point, to reiterate, is not to suggest that my travels are of … Continue reading
Posted in AccessData, Data privacy, Data Protection, Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, EU, EU Safe Harbor, GDPR, Sedona Conference
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The Sedona Conference publishes public comment version of TAR Case Law Primer
The Sedona Conference has published the public comment version of The Sedona Conference TAR Case Law Primer, a comprehensive review of court decisions addressing the use of technology-assisted review (TAR) and civil discovery. Although the primary focus is inevitably on … Continue reading
ILTA Conference 2016 coming up
ILTA is the International Legal Technology Association. Its biggest event, ILTACON 2016, takes place at National Harbour, just outside Washington DC, from 28 August to 1 September. ILTA is one of the few events which I am happy to attend … Continue reading
Posted in Data Protection, ILTA, ILTA Insight, Litigation Support
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Judge Peck declines to order a party to use TAR. What would an English judge have done?
US Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck has just declined to order an unwilling party to use technology-assisted review in a case called Hyles v New York City. I think that an English court would have made the order in analogous circumstances. I … Continue reading
Browning Marean scholarships to attend ILTA in Washington – closing date 19 June
ILTA, the International Legal Technology Association, is sponsoring two scholarships for this year’s ILTA Conference in Washington DC between 28 August and 1 September. The scholarships are in honour of Browning Marean of DLA Piper US. One scholarship is to … Continue reading
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The Sedona Conference: Practical in-house approaches for cross-border discovery and data protection
The Sedona Conference has published Practical in-house approaches to cross-border discovery and data protection after several months of public comment on an earlier version. This is a disorientating area to practice in, particularly at the moment: We now have a … Continue reading
What makes for a good eDiscovery conference from a speaker’s point of view?
For the avoidance of doubt, the last few events which I have done have been models of efficient planning, with the bare minimum of input needed to achieve the result and venue arrangements which could not be faulted. kCura has been inviting … Continue reading
Sedona Conference Programme on Cross-Border Discovery and Data Protection in Berlin 7 to 8 June
The 8th Annual Sedona Conference International Programme on Cross-Border Discovery and Data Protection Laws will take place in Berlin on 7 to 8 June 2016. Applications are now being accepted for attendance at this event which has even more relevance … Continue reading
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