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Category Archives: eDiscovery
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
AccessData introduces Quin-C for forensic investigations
AccessData has been in the business of producing forensic investigation software for decades. Its latest development in digital investigation technology is called Quin-C which is designed to speed up data access, processing and analysis and to offer a customisable user … Continue reading
Integreon launches an Allegory dashboard for collaboration on evidence management
It is only a little over two months since I wrote about Integreon’s acquisition of litigation management software company Allegory. Already, the resulting combination of technology and human inventiveness have produced Allegory dashboard, an evidence management tool designed to help … Continue reading
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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. https://vimeo.com/249296531 Chris Haley said that when the firm … Continue reading
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Opening new eDiscovery opportunities in South Africa and New Zealand
eDiscovery blogs in South Africa and New Zealand were recognised in Feedspot’s recent list of Top 60 Global eDiscovery Blogs. The South African one is by Terry Harrison who wrote about the recognition here; the New Zealand one comes from … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew King, Terry Harrison
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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
Nuix London Insider Conference agenda now published
I wrote recently about the Nuix Insider Conference 2018, due to take place in London on 22 March. The full agenda has now been published and it is here. As always, it is a mixture of pure technology sessions and sessions designed … Continue reading
The crossover between Triumph Controls and other disclosure developments
Judgment in Triumph Controls UK Ltd & Anor v Primus International Holding Co & Ors [2018] EWHC 176 (TCC) was delivered by Coulson J on 7 February 2018, the same day as the very good session explaining the new disclosure … Continue reading
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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
Headlining on the subject of disclosure rule reform
An article on the JD Supra site manages somehow to convey the idea that I am positively agitating for eDisclosure rule reform. The article is headed After panel sponsored by UK ACEDS, Chris Dale calls for rules reform. This exaggerates … Continue reading
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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
Posted in Data privacy, Data Protection, Data Security, Discovery, eDiscovery, EU, Relativity, Relativity Fest
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Epiq launches TMX for collaborative preparation of electronic bundles
The management of electronic documents does not end with the completion of discovery. Between then and trial, documents must be collated and reviewed for the trial itself and for intermediate purposes such as witness statements and, in the US for … 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
Down with the kids as we arrive in New York for Legaltech
Although this post is about our arrival in New York for Legaltech, it is not really about Legaltech. What you hope for after a long flight is a hushed hotel lobby and a friendly receptionist welcoming you to the rooms you booked … Continue reading
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Bringing clarity to the implications of the proposed new disclosure rule
I went last week to a panel discussion called Have your say on the proposed disclosure rule changes. It was held under the auspices of the UK Chapter of ACEDS (the Association of Certified eDiscovery Specialists), organised largely by the … Continue reading
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Reminders that there are rivals to London’s courts
By “London” in my title, I mean “the courts of England and Wales”. Probably, in fact, I mean “disputes business”. This is not one of those “we’re all doomed” articles, just some pointers to the possibility that other jurisdictions may … Continue reading
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eDisclosure Information Project blog ranked at No 6 of the Top 60 eDiscovery Blogs and Websites
I am surprised, and very pleased, that this blog should have been ranked at number 6 in a list of Top 60 eDiscovery Blogs and Websites for eDiscovery Professionals assembled by Feedspot Inevitably, the list has a strong US flavour, … Continue reading
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Hardwicke seminar: eDisclosure – preparing for the new pilot program
Hardwicke is running a series of seminars about electronic disclosure. The next one is on 13 February it is called eDisclosure – preparing for the new pilot program. The speakers are Charles Raffin, co-author of Electronic Disclosure Law and Practice, and … Continue reading
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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
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
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
Nuix webinar on 25 January: insider threat lessons from Waymo v Uber
Nuix is presenting a webinar on 25th January with the title Theory to practice: insider threat lessons from Waymo v Uber. Nuix’s description of its webinar begins thus: Well-placed insiders, comfort media meetings, secret world changing technology, and huge sums … Continue reading
Posted in Cyber security, Data Security, Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, Nuix
Tagged Stephen Stewart
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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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Tagged Judge Peck, Nick Robertson, Steven Whitaker
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Lady Justice Gloster to take part in disclosure rule discussion on 7 February
ACEDS, the Association of Certified eDiscovery Specialists, has organised some well-attended evening events since its launch in London last year. The next one, on 7 February, may be the most interesting yet. It is about the proposed disclosure rule changes, … Continue reading
Posted in Court Rules, CPR, Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, Integreon, Inventus
Tagged James MacGregor, Vince Neicho
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AccessData: a webinar, a conference, ACEDS affiliation and more
I generally stick to single subjects in these blog posts, but AccessData has been busy announcing things and it is convenient to combine them in a single post. Webinar on 17 January I have written before about the current series … Continue reading
Away for a few days before 2018 gets going
It may seem rather odd to go away for a week at the beginning of January. The British, after all, take their Christmas and New Year break rather more seriously than they do in the US, and you might think … Continue reading
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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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Challenges and opportunities for FTI’s new Managing Director for Asia
FTI Technology has appointed Sandeep Jadav as its new managing director for Asia. He will be based in Hong Kong with responsibility for FTI teams in Shanghai, Tokyo, Singapore, and elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region. Any thought that I might … Continue reading
Interview: Ben Rusch of Consilio on the practical problems of collecting data in the EU
Ben Rusch is a solicitor and Vice President of Document Review Services at Consilio in London. He took part in a panel discussion on privacy, data protection and cross-border discovery which I moderated at ILTA 2017 in Las Vegas, where … Continue reading
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My 2018 predictions as published by Computers & Law – a “warped crystal ball”
Each December, Computers & Law editor Laurence Eastham asks for predictions for the year ahead. I used to be very serious about this, straining to think about how eDiscovery / eDisclosure law, technology and practice would develop in the next … Continue reading
Interview: Eric Mandel of Ricoh talks about the services Ricoh brings to law firms and other businesses
I took the opportunity at ILTA 2017 to talk to people who are influencers or commentators on eDiscovery, or who get their hands dirty actually delivering eDiscovery services. Eric Mandel, an expert in information governance and risk compliance at Ricoh, … Continue reading
Vince Neicho of Integreon on the proposed new disclosure rule. Let’s practice by enforcing the existing rules
Vince Neicho and I served together on Senior Master Whitaker’s working party which produced Practice Direction 31B and the Electronic Documents Questionnaire. Vince was then the long-serving Litigation Support Manager at Allen & Overy and is now Vice President, Legal … Continue reading
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Evidence on smartphones, in photographs and on social media
Today brings us news of a criminal prosecution, for rape, which was withdrawn at trial when a newly-instructed prosecuting barrister first uncovered data on a phone which destroyed the prosecution case. The police knew of the information, indeed had it … Continue reading
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
OpenText article on challenges to TAR process in SDNY
Adam Kuhn of OpenText reports in an article headed SDNY Rejects Challenges to TAR Process Despite Missteps, Upholds Reasonableness Standard on a case in the Southern District of New York whose focus is on the transparency required from a party using … Continue reading
Epiq opens document review services centre in India
Epiq has opened a new document review services centre in Hyderabad, India. When added to Epiq / DTI’s existing review centres around the world, this provides global clients with continuous access to Epiq’s document review services. There is a press … Continue reading
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Integreon acquires Allegory to extend its litigation management services
When Alma Asay was a lawyer at Gibson Dunn, she developed spreadsheets to enable the firm to manage complex cases. She founded Allegory in 2012 to develop a much more sophisticated way of handling all the information acquired or developed … Continue reading
Nuix webinar today: intelligence, collaboration and analytics for digital investigations
Investigations rarely involve simple analysis of a single data source. The key facts are usually spread across multiple sources and connected to multiple people, organisations and countries. Nuix specialises in this, which is why its software was used as part … Continue reading
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Hardwicke hosts launch of eDisclosure Law and Practice
OUP has published Electronic Disclosure Law and Practice by Michael Wheater and Charles Raffin of Hardwicke. Although I suggested (in my article here) that the authors might be “miffed” by the coincidence that the book should reach the shelves at … Continue reading
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SCL seeking technology and law predictions for 2018
Computers & Law is seeking your predictions for 2018, as it does every year about this time. The twist this year is a request for regular contributors to look back at previous predictions (2008 is suggested as a benchmark year) … Continue reading
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The Paradise Papers, Nuix and the repurposing of discovery tools and skills
One of my best moments of last year was interviewing Gerard Ryle of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists about the Panama Papers. Nuix was one of the software tools used to analyse that data and it was easy to … Continue reading
An eDiscovery / eDisclosure roundup to clear the ToDo list
Every so often, the rate at which things happen outstrips my ability to keep up with writing about it. At such times I can either leave the to-do list stretching off into the far distance or, as I am about … 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
Posted in Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, ILTA Insight, Integreon
Tagged Andrew Haslam, Emily Wyllie-Ballard, Vince Neicho
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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
Tagged Judge Peck, Maura Grossman
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A proposed new disclosure rule for England and Wales
I recently spent several days rewriting my slides on eDisclosure in England and Wales, covering the rules, practice directions and the cases. The timing was occasioned by a request to give a three hour talk on the subject, and the … Continue reading
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Interview: Matthew Geaghan of Nuix on collecting data from mobile devices
One of the main enhancements to Nuix 7.4 is improved ability to collect data from mobile devices, including call histories, email, messaging and communication patterns across multiple sources. At ILTA in Las Vegas I spoke to Matthew Geaghan of Nuix … Continue reading
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Eversheds Sutherland sees revenues increase from its investment in litigation technology
An article in LegalWeek tells of the tangible benefits which Eversheds Sutherland is deriving from its investment in OpenText eDiscovery software, in skilled people and in training. I published an article in August called Thinking through the management of eDisclosure … Continue reading
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Investigative journalism as an eDiscovery exercise
An excellent article by Greg Bufithis called the Panama Papers, eDiscovery… and a murder in the afternoon sun is primarily about the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta. She led the Panama Papers investigation into corruption in Malta, and … Continue reading
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Exploring computer forensics and employment law – FTI in London on 16 November
A number of those who follow me on Twitter are employment lawyers and they are often the ones who react when I post or tweet something about data arising from forensic investigations. There are others (or perhaps the same people) … Continue reading
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
Putting the spotlight back on disclosure in England and Wales
A couple of articles, both published today, deserve attention from those interested in disclosure in England and Wales and, specifically, in the courts’ approach to it. One, by Kerry Underwood, is headed Disclosure cut by 90% by Commercial Court. The … Continue reading
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
Posted in Commonwealth Legal, Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, Relativity, Ricoh
Tagged Judge Peck, Maura Grossman
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Fighting the good fight at the Nuix User Exchange 2017
You take your optimism where you can find it these days. Few of us can feel very cheery about the political or economic future on either side of the Atlantic. At times like this, optimism lies in hoping that your … Continue reading
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
Epiq-DTI webinar on 3 October: the Office 365 expert
Epiq and DTI are running a series of webinars for those responsible for eDiscovery and information governance in Office 365. Called The Office 365 Expert, the series kicks off on 3 October with a webinar called Office 365 Fundamentals for … Continue reading
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Recommind | OpenText webinar on 28 September: 3 Key dashboards for eDiscovery success
OpenText Discovery, the new guise of Recommind and its flagship eDiscovery product Axcelerate, are presenting a webinar on 28 September called 3 key dashboards for eDiscovery success. The webinar’s aim is to go beyond the mechanics of eDiscovery and to … Continue reading
Posted in Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, OpenText, Predictive Coding, Recommind, Technology Assisted Review
Tagged Adam Kuhn, Hal Marcus
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New and enhanced machine learning and visual analytics in Brainspace 6
Brainspace has announced a major new release of its flagship investigative analytics solution. Formerly called Brainspace Discovery, the new version is called Brainspace 6. The press release about Brainspace 6 is here and there is a webinar about the new … Continue reading
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LawFest 2018 on 8 March in New Zealand and the NZ steps towards electronic courts
To my regret, I have never made it to LawFest, the legal technology and innovation conference founded in New Zealand by Andrew King of eDiscovery Consulting. With five successful events under his belt, Andrew King can claim to be the … Continue reading
Posted in Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic courts, Electronic disclosure, New Zealand
Tagged Andrew King, David Harvey
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The Nuix User Exchange 2017 is nearly upon us
My next foreign trip is to the Nuix User Exchange running from 17 to 20 September at Huntington Beach California. I very much enjoyed last year’s event and look forward to taking part in this one. 300 participants are expected … Continue reading
Technology in Practice in Toronto from 8 to 10 November
In my article about Ricoh’s sponsorship of the eDisclosure Information Project I mentioned in passing that I will be at the Technology in Practice event organised by Commonwealth Legal and Ricoh running from 8 to 10 November in Toronto. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Eric Mandel, Mary Mack
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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
Thinking through the management of eDisclosure services – Eversheds Sutherland and OpenText
Back in June, I wrote about the agreement by Eversheds Sutherland to take OpenText’s Axcelerate to enable the firm to take control of its eDisclosure management without having to be responsible for the software and infrastructure. An opportunity arose shortly … Continue reading
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Technology the dominant theme in the Lawyer Litigation 50 2017
It is not surprising to find that The Lawyer’s Global Litigation 50 2017 (registration required) has a strong emphasis on the use of technology in the management of litigation and other disputes. The introduction by Craig Earnshaw, Senior Managing Director at … Continue reading
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Tagged Craig Earnshaw, Tess Blair
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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
OpenText extends its reach again with the acquisition of Guidance Software
The once-straitforward business of eDiscovery has extended its reach, its software and its skills into related areas, embracing ever-wider concepts of information management. As it has done so, the market has seen increasing consolidation as bigger companies buy smaller ones … Continue reading
Webinar on 8 August from EDRM and NightOwl Discovery: practical tips for a successful first TAR project
EDRM / Duke Law is running a series of webinars designed to help lawyers and judges on various aspects of technology-assisted review. It is part of preparation for the Duke Conference on TAR to be held in Arlington on 7 … Continue reading
FTI Consulting: how the general counsel can shape information governance
Ethical Boardroom carries an article called How the general counsel can shape information governance by Jake Frazier and Sonia Cheng of FTI Consulting. It focuses less on the IT, data security and regulatory aspects of IG and more on that … Continue reading
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Off to ILTA in Las Vegas to talk about EU data and to do some interviews
ILTA is the International Legal Technology Association. ILTA works hard all year encouraging the sharing of ideas between those whose business involves (or should involve) the application of technology to a wide range of legal functions and issues. For many, … Continue reading
Posted in Consilio, Data privacy, Data Protection, Discovery, eDiscovery, GDPR
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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
Heart pacemaker data admissible in arson trial
I have made reference recently to various sources of data which potentially provide information for use in civil and criminal proceedings and which go well beyond conventional sources such as email. One of those was the data created by a … Continue reading
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ACEDS webinar with Ricoh on 26 July on eDiscovery hiring and careers
ACEDS, the Association of Certified eDiscovery Specialists, works to encourage and train people to acquire skills and certifications in eDiscovery. On 26 July, Mary Mack, Executive Director of ACEDS, joins David Greetham, VP, eDiscovery Sales and Operations at Ricoh USA, … Continue reading
Managing data with Nuix Insight
Nuix brings together the disciplines of investigations, eDiscovery, cyber security and information governance, all of which involve extracting and managing useful information from data. An article called Nuix Insight: a natural progression, traces the development of successive Nuix products to … Continue reading
Consilio: can you trust law firms with your data?
I remember as a young solicitor being at a meeting with a partner who was asked about the security of information held in the offices. The security, he said, lay in the fact that it was all too boring and … Continue reading
Interview: David Wallack of NightOwl Discovery on the GDPR and the use of analytics beyond disputes discovery
David Wallack is eDiscovery Counsel and Director of Legal Operations at NightOwl Discovery. NightOwl is particularly well placed to help its corporate clients with the implications of keeping and managing data in the EU because, in addition to its long-standing … Continue reading
What will your disclosure conduct look like under the judicial spotlight?
Sometimes you look at a judgment and marvel that any human has got his or her head round the complexity of the subject matter, the law and the procedure involved in it. One such is Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd v … Continue reading
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Vince Neicho brings decades of law firm experience to Integreon
Vince Neicho, long-time Litigation Support Senior Manager at Allen & Overy in London, has joined Integreon as VP and Expert Legal Solutions Consultant. A day or two after the announcement, LinkedIn served up the information that Vince had been at … Continue reading
Posted in Court Rules, CPR, Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, Integreon, Lord Justice Jackson
Tagged Steven Whitaker, Vince Neicho
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Disclosure obligations include the form and substance of list as well as its completeness
Barrister Gordon Exall has just reached the fourth anniversary of his first publishing his Civil Litigation Brief, now an indispensable guide to civil procedure. In one of his most recent reports (never say “the most recent” with Gordon, because he … Continue reading
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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
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
FTI Consulting: issues and best practices for dealing with structured data
An article by David Turner, a Senior Managing Director in FTI’s Consulting’s Data and Analytics practice, summarises the things organisations ought to have in mind when preserving structured data for potential production in future litigation or investigations. Called Structured data: … Continue reading
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Interview: Melinda Kunjasich of Epiq on the use of predictive coding
I recently interviewed Melinda Kunjasich, Senior Director, Document Review Services at Epiq in London. I was interested to find out about the support which Epiq gives to clients using predictive coding and about how this fits into their analytics strategy … Continue reading
Hear OpenText and Eversheds Sutherland on bringing eDiscovery in-house in London on 6 July
I wrote recently about Eversheds Sutherland’s decision to take OpenText’s hosted Axcelerate Cloud solution to manage eDisclosure in-house There is an opportunity this week to hear more about this from OpenText and Eversheds Sutherlands themselves at a discussion on Thursday … Continue reading
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Tagged Simon Price
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Interview: Damon Goduto of ThreadKM talks about ThreadKM’s integration with Relativity
ThreadKM is a Relativity partner, and I talked to Damon Goduto, VP of Sales at ThreadKM, at Relativity Fest in London. https://vimeo.com/215246662 ThreadKM, he said, is a collaboration platform. Its purpose is to get lawyers out of email and into … Continue reading
Eversheds Sutherland take OpenText Discovery in the cloud
The story underlying this article is that OpenText Discovery, has sold cloud licences to Eversheds Sutherland in London, enabling the firm to take control of the management of eDisclosure without having to be responsible for the software and infrastructure. There … Continue reading
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