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Relativity expands its Justice for Change program to EMEA and its philanthropic initiatives with Microsoft
In two separate but related initiatives, Relativity is expanding its Justice for Change program, already running in the US and elsewhere, to EMEA. It is also expanding its work with Microsoft in bringing education and technology to people and organisations … Continue reading
The conflict between eDiscovery and GDPR – Norra Stockholm Bygg AB
I am catching up with things I have missed while I have been catching up with other things. One of those “other things” has been reviewing, and then archiving or binning, old working materials. I seem to have been too … Continue reading
Revisiting useful old judgments: deleted messages and adverse inferences
Barrister Gordon Exall, author of the ever-useful Civil Litigation Brief, occasionally tweets links to his older articles, giving us the opportunity to remember the things which remain important. He recently put up a link to his post from January 2022 When … Continue reading
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Ireland’s Legal Tech Conference 2022 on 29 November in Dublin
I have good memories of the eDiscovery / legal technology events which I attended in Dublin over the years. This was partly because the host jurisdiction was so interesting – law firms who used technology properly, discovery rules which provoked … Continue reading
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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
Wrapping up two UK disclosure cases which caught the public eye
I always appreciate cases about disclosure which attract the attention of the mainstream press. They remind us all, including those with no present thought of litigation, of the duties which arise in relation to the preservation of documents and data. … Continue reading
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Interlocutory orders and contempt – the “burn it” judgment
I will readily admit that I have not read closely the 278 paragraphs in the judgment of Mr Justice Adam Johnson in Ocado Group Plc & Anor v McKeeve [2022] EWHC 2079 (Ch) (03 August 2022) – the “burn it” … Continue reading
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Relativity acquires Heretik for contract review and intelligence
In the before times, I used to travel to events with quantities of video equipment and at least one son to help me, in order to interview people involved in eDiscovery and its related disciplines. It was hard work, but … Continue reading
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Cabo Concepts v MGA – lack of disclosure supervision brings indemnity costs order
What is a sensible approach to commenting on a judgment? You have to read it first, obviously, then try and distil two or three points from it which may have some value for the reader. I like to include a … Continue reading
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Disclosure duties and audit – not as easy as some may think
We are a bit short of useful or interesting judgments about disclosure in England and Wales at the moment. We have the sound of distant battles (a phone dropped into the sea, a solicitor urging clients to “Burn it” when … Continue reading
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Everlaw Clustering: making eDiscovery enjoyable
Contrary, perhaps, to expectations, I have not devoted much of this blog over the years to actual descriptions of the technology used in eDiscovery. My subject was commentary on rules and practice around the world, and I cheerfully surrendered hours … Continue reading
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In discovery as in life – explosive reactions when social media posts come to light
I have written a fair amount over the years about the use which may be made of one’s social media posts. I am interested partly as a user, but mainly as a commentator on discovery / disclosure. Social media posts … Continue reading
Johnson and Arcuri and the missing documents
The Greater London Authority’s oversight committee is soon due to publish a report into whether Boris Johnson abused his position as London mayor to “benefit and reward” Jennifer Arcuri’s companies, over-ruling official advice in relation both to sponsorship and to … Continue reading
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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
Disclosure fun expected from the Wagatha Christie trial
Unless there is a late outbreak of common sense, the libel action brought by Coleen Rooney against the other one (or is it the other way round?) begins today. If you are interested in the story, the BBC has an … Continue reading
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Reminders from Ukraine about evidence-gathering from electronic devices
The subjects loosely grouped under the heading “eDiscovery” come and go or, rather, they fill the airwaves for a while and then become absorbed into the mainstream to be replaced by the next hot topic. There was a time when … Continue reading
Adverse inferences filling the gaps when the evidence is incomplete
We recently saw a case where a phone bearing WhatsApp messages went yachting and ended up in the North Sea (my article is here). Next up is WeChat messages allegedly deleted by a two-year-old. I don’t really need to write … Continue reading
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Relativity and FTI report – risk, culture and technology challenges for general counsel
I wrote at the end of last year about a report from FTI Consulting and Relativity on the ever-widening role of general counsel. I summarised the theme of that report thus: You would not [when I qualified] have expected to … Continue reading
Various disclosure points arising from the Vardy v Rooney judgment
I wrote last week about the pre-trial hearing in the libel action between Rebecca Vardy and Coleen Rooney. My only source was a news report in the Times, from which the points of passing interest for disclosure enthusiasts concerned a … Continue reading
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The North Sea ate my evidence – a tale which dogs the WAGs preparing for trial
Even its enthusiasts have to admit that most stories of electronic discovery / disclosure lack popular appeal. Every so often, however, a story comes along which puts eDiscovery into the headlines. We grab them, thankful for something which pushes our … 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
Craig Ball’s eDiscovery tips for 2022 apply beyond the US
Opening his turn of the year article A dozen nips and tucks for E-Discovery, US eDiscovery expert Craig Ball notes this of the lawyers who attend his presentations: Ironically, predictably, the more successful the lawyers in attendance, the less moved … Continue reading
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Relief from sanctions denied after non-compliance with disclosure unless order
I am spared having to do a detailed analysis of the judgment in Vitrition UK Ltd v Caine & Ors [2022] EWHC 51 (Comm) (13 January 2022) because, as so often, Gordon Exall has distilled the main points in a … Continue reading
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Report from FTI Consulting and Relativity on the ever-widening role of general counsel
When I qualified, the role of the in-house lawyer was not a particularly significant one. They handled matters of formal corporate compliance and gave preliminary advice on matters with a legal element, but they mainly acted as the interface between … Continue reading
Chris Dale interviews AJ Shankar, CEO of Everlaw
I recently had the opportunity to interview AJ Shankar, CEO of eDiscovery software company Everlaw. One can read any amount about an industry and its players, but there is no substitute for talking to the people who get the work … Continue reading
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RelativityOne to support Ireland’s growing disputes and investigations role
Earlier this year, Relativity said that they intended to make RelativityOne available in 14 different geographical areas by the end of 2021. I have not noted all of them as they have been rolled out, in part because the story … Continue reading
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Ari Kaplan and Relativity on maximising data collections
You would not think that the apparently routine job of collecting data for discovery could be a career opportunity. It happened to me, some decades ago, when a client pointed to several feet of shelved boxes and suggested that there … Continue reading
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Solicitor advises client to delete social media posts. An indemnity costs order seems a light punishment
Disclosure judgments fall into a limited range of categories. Sometimes new-ish rules are not as clear as they might be or are challenged by a set of circumstances not foreseen by the drafters. Sometimes the conduct of one party (occasionally … Continue reading
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Hard copy documents destroyed after notification of a claim
Barrister Gordon Exall is once again my source for a judgment about disclosure in the High Court of England and Wales. The case is Ayannuga & Ors v One Shot Products Ltd and the judgment was delivered on 1 November … Continue reading
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The text of the Disclosure Pilot amendments from 1 November
I wrote last week about an ACEDS webinar on 15 November called Navigating the turbulence caused by the Disclosure Pilot. I can now supplement that with a link to the amendments themselves: the 136th Update – Practice Direction Amendments are … Continue reading
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Navigating the Disclosure Pilot – ACEDS webinar on 15 November
It was always ambitious to try creating a set of civil procedure rules which worked effectively in every court and for every kind of case. I wonder what proportion of the CPR consists of exceptions, derogations and special cases inserted … Continue reading
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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
Emoji eDiscovery – coming to a case near you shortly
A US case was struck out, and the plaintiff and his lawyers suffered financial sanctions, after clever experts spotted that the emoji on a screenshot of a text was not the one in use on the date of the alleged … Continue reading
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Would you want to go back to the old rules? Further thoughts on the changes to the Disclosure Pilot Scheme
In a recent post, I linked to an update on the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary website about changes to the Disclosure Pilot Scheme. Now Simmons & Simmons (whose disputes partner Ed Crosse is a member of the disclosure working group) has … Continue reading
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Disclosure Pilot update includes simplification and extension to December 2022
The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary website has published an Update on the operation of the Disclosure Pilot Scheme. Proposed changes reflect an “excellent response” to an invitation for comment, and the result is revised versions of Practice Direction PD51U, of … Continue reading
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Private emails, private videos and public compliance – Matt Hancock and disclosure
I am sorry, for more than one reason, to have to come back to Her Majesty’s Government as a source of discovery / disclosure stories, but they keep serving up incidents which are relevant to wider corporate disclosure. This time, … Continue reading
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Curtiss v Zurich Insurance – a close focus on Issues for Disclosure
This is an aside from the main point of this article, but disclosure / discovery enthusiasts are not necessarily much interested in the final outcome of the cases which they read about. Their focus is usually on an application decided … Continue reading
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Another UK government IT glitch wipes inconvenient Treasury text messages
I wrote recently about an unfortunate “IT glitch” which wiped text messages passing between a senior police officer and the Home Secretary, Priti Patel. It was difficult to cover this story – I did not particularly want to call the … Continue reading
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My eDiscovery interview with Tom O’Connor and Rachi Messing
I was recently interviewed by Tom O’Connor and Rachi Messing, names which will be familiar to most people involved in Discovery, in the US at least. It was fun to do – Tom and Rachi made it feel like a … Continue reading
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Interview: Lucas Clair of Control Risks in Germany on cloud adoption and RelativityOne
One of the advantages of the pandemic is that the normalisation of remote interviews has broadened the range of people I get the chance to talk to – not just those who happen to be at the events which I … Continue reading
Eight years of CPR blogging from Gordon Exall and the Civil Litigation Brief
For many years, when people asked my children what their father did for a living, they would say “He’s a blogger”. This was perhaps puzzling, particularly for those who knew that I spent much of my time flying all over … Continue reading
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Senior police officer mislays text messages from the Home Secretary. Were they really lost?
eDiscovery people were lightly amused when a court was told last week that text messages from the Home Secretary to two senior police officers had disappeared when their phones were reset. This article comprises a recital of the reported facts, … 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’s acquisition of Text IQ brings AI to eDiscovery, compliance and privacy
I recall, years ago, sitting at a hotel bar with Relativity’s founder, Andrew Sieja. It may have been in Dallas, but frankly all those events at similar-looking convention centres blur into one after a decade or so. The conversations similarly … Continue reading
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The different purposes of Twitter and LinkedIn – a personal view
If you are interested in a specialist subject – eDiscovery / eDisclosure in my case – which social media platform would you spend time on? Ignoring the Facebook empire and its creepy data-vampire, and ignoring those which are effectively closed … Continue reading
Relativity highlights EMEA growth and unveils product updates
The usual task when looking at a press release is to disinter the key facts from beneath the marketing gobbledegook and translate them into something comprehensible to the lay user. That doesn’t arise with Relativity’s PRs, which are models of … Continue reading
Andrew Haslam’s eDisclosure Systems Buyers Guide 2021
One should, strictly, read a book before reviewing it, but when I sat down to write about Andrew Haslam’s eDisclosure Systems Buyers Guide 2021, I had no aspirations to read it first. It has 496 pages, and is not, in … Continue reading
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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
Interview: Relativity’s APAC managing director, Georgia Foster
After writing about two RelativityOne initiatives in Asia, one in Singapore and one in Korea, I thought it would be good to speak to Relativity’s APAC managing director, Georgia Foster, for a more general view of developments in the broader … Continue reading
RelativityOne Asia expansion continues with South Korea hosting
I wrote recently about the expansion of Relatvity’s SaaS solution, RelativityOne, in Singapore. That news was followed almost immediately by an announcement about RelativityOne expansion into South Korea through an e-discovery service provider called Intellectual Data. The press release is here. … Continue reading
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Legal Futures webinar: Dominic Regan on the extension of the Disclosure Pilot Scheme
Legal Futures is giving a webinar called Extension of the Disclosure Pilot Scheme, available from 13 April. The presenter is Professor Dominic Regan, so we know it’s going to be good. Two things are clear about the Disclosure Pilot. One … Continue reading
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Relativity investment to support cloud-based eDiscovery and AI
Relativity has reached an agreement with Silver Lake for an investment to support and accelerate Relativity’s growth in cloud-based eDiscovery, AI, and communication surveillance. The press release is here. It emphasises Relativity’s dominating position in the market, with 300,000 annual … Continue reading
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Legal Tech Conference 2021 from Dublin on 25 March
One of the most enjoyable conferences over the years has been the annual La Touche Legal Tech conference in Dublin. Part of the pleasure, of course, has been the opportunity to see something of Ireland while there, and we will … Continue reading
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Rather more than a week’s eDiscovery notes
I don’t publish these round-up posts to a particular pattern – they go up when there is enough to say. The absence of a timetable means that I do not have to apologise if there is a longer-than-usual interval between … Continue reading
New integration between RelativityOne and X1 accelerates preservation and collection
Relativity and X1 have announced a new integrated solution which combines the strengths of RelativityOne Collect and X1’s Enterprise Platform. The aim is to remove the barriers to seamless preservation and collection of data, both as a technology matter and … Continue reading
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Two document destruction judgments in England and Wales
A casual observer of US discovery would conclude that the destruction of documents and data is a national pastime, with immense effort devoted both to deleting documents and to trying to prove that someone else has done so. To an … Continue reading
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Phones 4U – a proportionate way to deal with documents of third-party custodians
In Phones4U Ltd (In Administration) v EE Ltd and others, the Court of Appeal had to consider (as Sir Geoffrey Vos MR put it in opening): questions as to the jurisdiction and the discretion of the court in relation to … Continue reading
Redaction – good news from Relativity but less good for some others
Redaction is one of those functions of which, mercifully, we hear little these days – or so I thought till this week. I wrote about it in 2008 after a calamitous .PDF redaction failure in the US. Redaction was then … Continue reading
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A roundup from my desk when we should all be in New York for Legalweek
Every year between 2007 and 2019 I went to Legaltech (later Legalweek) in New York at the end of January. I missed 2020 because I had a hip replacement on 30 January, and consoled myself with the knowledge that I … Continue reading
Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal on emailed attachments and privilege
The Law Society Gazette carries a brief report headed Email attachments not covered by legal privilege, court clarifies. The parties were Frasers Group Pls (formerly Sports Direct International plc) v The Financial Reporting Council Ltd, and the court was the … Continue reading
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Some turn-of-the-year eDiscovery and eDisclosure updates
This is a collection of some eDiscovery-related things which have come up recently and which deserve to be captured. By chance rather than design, my side of the Atlantic features heavily. Update your website contact details Although I have no … Continue reading
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Relativity acquires VerQu to capture communication data
Relativity has acquired VerQu, a company which specialises in the migration and capture of communication data for record retention and compliance purposes. The press release is here. Relativity itself has been constantly evolving to keep up (and enable its clients … Continue reading
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Relativity in Australia – investment, new functionality, and support for racial justice
I have the luxury of writing about what interests me and what is important rather than about the things which seem urgent or time-sensitive, and Relativity’s late November news about its Australia expansion seemed worth leaving on one side until … Continue reading
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12 Days of eDiscovery sung in memory of Gayle O’Connor
Some of us involved in eDiscovery were asked to take part in a rendition of The 12 Days of Christmas repurposed as 12 Days of eDiscovery. The production was in memory of Gayle O’Connor who died in October, and was … Continue reading
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An eDiscovery and eDisclosure round-up post with some compliance thoughts on Boris Johnson
It is sometimes helpful to do a round-up post, pulling together a number of different eDiscovery / eDisclosure stories in small nuggets, rather than a big single post on one subject. The week in which my wife has a knee … Continue reading
More updates on proposed changes to the Disclosure Pilot
It is only a few days since I last wrote about the Disclosure Pilot (see Collecting together some articles on updating the Disclosure Pilot). That article, as its title implies, had the primary aim of pointing to resources written by others, … Continue reading
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Interview: Wendy King of FTI Consulting on working with teams and clients during the pandemic
I have interviewed Wendy King of FTI Consulting several times. That has always been face to face, usually at conferences, but lockdown brings the need to do the interview remotely. The interview, then, was a model for our subject, which … Continue reading
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Relativity adds security recognition with FedRAMP authorisation and Microsoft Intelligent Security Association membership
To most of its users, Relativity is a review tool for use in litigation or regulatory investigations. It is robust, does its job well, is well supported and, with the launch of its new interface, Aero UI, is user-friendly and … Continue reading
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Collecting together some articles on updating the Disclosure Pilot
Ten years ago, I was one of those involved in drafting what became Disclosure Practice Direction 31B. At one level it was quite fun to have the opportunity to improve the practice of managing electronic documents for litigation. At another … Continue reading
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Interview: Craig Carpenter of X1 on social media collection and the integration between X1 and Relativity
Craig Carpenter is CEO of X1, a software company specialising in collecting and searching data from social networks and the internet. I interviewed him recently about X1, about social media and internet discovery, about X1’s work with Relativity, and about … Continue reading
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Considering the context before commenting on the content
We live in a world where it is necessary to advise people not to drink the hand sanitiser, and where cautious lawyers make you put up notices warning that the water coming from a hot tap may be hot. In … Continue reading
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Interview: Jordan Domash of Relativity talks about Relativity Trace
Once a year or so, I catch up with Jordan Domash, General Manager for Relativity Trace, Relativity’s communication surveillance solution. This year’s interview was necessarily a virtual one. Jordan Domash said that Relativity had big ambitions for Relativity Trace – … Continue reading
Irritating interjections from LinkedIn commentators with nothing worth adding to the subject
This and its accompanying article are about the probability that the Trump hospital pictures were taken on the date and at the time appearing from the published screenshots of the EXIF viewer. This shouldn’t need saying. but they are not … Continue reading
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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
Interview – Jamie Berry of Integreon on the enhancements to handling conversations in Relativity
A long time has passed since Relativity Fest 2019 in Chicago, and the big Relativity development news has shifted to its new user interface, Aero. All the changes are cumulative, however, and the latest developments should not obscure the importance … Continue reading
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Steve Couling of Relativity talks about Relativity’s Aero UI
Relativity’s long-awaited new user interface, Aero UI, has officially launched. The press release is here. I spoke last week with Steve Couling, Managing Director and Vice President Sales, EMEA at Relativity, about the release and why it is exciting for … Continue reading
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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
Looking at the lies of the land: Fake Law, political lying and activist lawyers
The Secret Barrister’s second book Fake Law has as its subtitle “The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies“. Publication was held over from the spring, and the book arrives at a time of public dishonesty such as we … 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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ACEDS webinar on 9 September – arbitrations and UK eDiscovery
The ACEDS UK Chapter has a record of producing interesting and timely webinars. I moderated one for them earlier this year and we got a good audience for a discussion about the implications of Covid for the future of eDiscovery. … Continue reading
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Self-collection of discovery / disclosure documents on both sides of the Atlantic
My headline illustrates one of the difficulties of writing about the same subject as it relates to both the Civil Procedure Rules of England and Wales and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Thanks to a pointless rule change in … Continue reading
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Recording and reviewing online meetings – a webinar by Panoram, Nuix and Integreon
I wrote recently about something easily overlooked in the rush to hold meetings by Zoom or its rival video platforms – how do you decide what to capture for posterity? “Posterity” in this case means either that the recording has … Continue reading
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NightOwl Global merger with HaystackID
My summer staycation involved dismantling my office for decoration, so I have not got much work done in the last few days. The main eDiscovery event during my absence was the merger between HaystackID and NightOwl Global to produce what … Continue reading
Staycation – decluttering, destruction and decoration
The word “staycation” is much abused. It is a portmanteau word invented by travel journalists which has no real place in English (we have holidays, not vacations, so the apparent premise that you are stay[ing at home for your va]cation … Continue reading
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Interview: Jamie Berry of Integreon on encouraging lawyers to use technology
This is the second of my interviews with Jamie Berry, Executive Vice President, Litigation Services at Integreon, which we recorded at Relativity Fest 2019 in Chicago. The first one is here. The theme of this interview is the question how … Continue reading
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All change as Relativity Fest 2020 goes virtual and as video becomes the norm
Relativity’s big annual event usually takes place in Chicago in the autumn. Thousands of people with shared interests gather for a few days of talks and panel sessions, training and certification, meetings with developers and customers, parties and drinks. It … Continue reading
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Zooming from video meetings to discovery requests about video meetings
An article by Vince Neicho of Integreon and Martin Bonney of Panoram draws attention to the sudden potential demand for retrieval and review of video data, not least the business, legal, regulatory, and privacy implications of video meetings. In retrospect, … Continue reading
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Interview: Jamie Berry of Integreon on how Relativity supports large document reviews
At Relativity Fest 2019 in Chicago, I interviewed Jamie Berry, Executive Vice President, Litigation Services at Integreon. Jamie Berry has been in eDiscovery for a long time, and had so much to say that was interesting that I have split … Continue reading
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Disclosure obligations and self-selection of disclosure documents – the Square Global case
An article called A timely reminder for clients not to “self-select” disclosable documents by Rhys Novak of Charles Russell Speechlys draws attention to the judgment in Square Global Ltd v Leonard [2020] EWHC 1008 (QB) (28 April 2020). It is an … Continue reading
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Tagged Vince Neicho
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Interview: Gráinne Bryan of FTI Consulting on the use of technology in Irish dispute resolution and compliance monitoring
I recently interviewed Gráinne Bryan of FTI Consulting in Ireland about FTI’s technology role in helping law firms, financial institutions and other businesses with anything to do with the use of data in business. In the second part of our … Continue reading
Recorded ACEDS webinar: a better way of doing webinars about better ways of doing discovery
At the beginning of May, I moderated a webinar for the ACEDS UK Chapter called Will the COVID Crisis Cure Outdated Approaches to eDiscovery? Although it was UK-based, the ground we covered is relevant everywhere where discovery is required. We … Continue reading
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The whitey stuff meets the White Book – Depp struck out for non-compliance with a disclosure order
In Depp v News Group Newspapers Ltd & Anor [2020] EWHC 1689 (QB) (29 June 2020) the defendants’ counsel submitted that Johnny Depp’s mentions in texts to “whitey stuff” were references to cocaine. The Civil Procedure Rules of England and Wales … Continue reading
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Taking care about time and place data in eDiscovery – things may not be as simple as they seem
Electronic communication makes discovery all so easy, doesn’t it? After all, no less a person than Neil Gorsuch, a justice of the US Supreme Court, was recently mentioned in a Legaltech News article here in these terms: “And it can’t be … Continue reading
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Tagged Craig Ball
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A new website and a different way of working – new opportunities for us and our clients
The eDisclosure Information Project has a new website. It introduces a new way of offering our video and other services to a wider range of clients in a way which makes opportunities, for them and for us, out of the … Continue reading
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Boris Johnson and his friends remind us of the link between political dishonesty and eDiscovery
When an investigation was announced into the grant made to Boris Johnson’s friend Jennifer Arcuri, I rather assumed that we would shortly hear of missing documents. And so we did. As everyone mocked the elaborate stories told by Boris Johnson’s … Continue reading
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Interview: Gráinne Bryan on FTI Consulting’s technology role in Ireland
Gráinne Bryan has recently been appointed as Managing Director, Technology, at FTI Consulting in Ireland. I know her from her previous role as CEO, Legal Technology Solutions at leading law firm McCann FitzGerald, where she promoted the use of technology … Continue reading
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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Tagged David Horrigan, Ed Crosse
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