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Category Archives: Electronic disclosure
Getting to know you: the importance of personal relationships in choosing eDisclosure providers
An eDiscovery software event in London gives me the excuse to revisit a point which I made when I first met kCura’s CEO Andrew Sieja, one which applies beyond any one provider and to the whole business of choosing eDisclosure … Continue reading
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Every angle covered at CEIC 2013 in Orlando
I am at CEIC 2013, the big annual conference covering forensics, cybersecurity and eDiscovery run each year by Guidance Software. The event has outgrown its previous venue here in Orlando, and is at the vast Rosen Shingle Creek. The view … Continue reading
A representative selection of sessions at the IQPC London Information Governance and eDisclosure Summit
I avoid lists, on the whole. Apart from the fact that one can sense the readers bleeding away, there is always the risk of omitting somebody or something, or of appearing to give an unintended priority to one thing rather … Continue reading
DOJ eDiscovery Director speaking in London this week
Amongst the many interesting contributors to the IQPC Information Governance and eDisclosure Summit taking place in London from 14 to 16 May is Allison Stanton, Director of eDiscovery, FOIA and Records for the Civil Division of the US Department of … Continue reading
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A packed agenda at the Information Governance and eDiscovery Strategy Exchange in San Diego
I wrote last September about the Information Governance and eDiscovery Strategy Exchange in Washington, commenting on the fact that an all-British team based in London had managed to run an extremely successful eDiscovery conference in the home of eDiscovery. The … Continue reading
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Huron Legal’s Nigel Murray rides again for Help for Heroes
I was in a US airport earlier this week (don’t ask me which – they all look the same after a while) and heard an announcement about facilities available for US service people – somewhere to sit and eat, with … Continue reading
New Law Journal – Jackson articles by HHJ Simon Brown QC and Dominic Regan
The NLJ is publishing an excellent series of articles about the Jackson reforms. They now have another in the series of Costs Budgeting articles by HHJ Simon Brown QC, this one called Costs budgeting: Proportionality is trumps. The index to … Continue reading
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US eDiscovery articles in brief
Consistent with my condensing approach to current events, I give a brief summary of some of the US articles which have ended up in my Evernote store while my attention has been on the roll-out of the Jackson reforms. Rule … Continue reading
An optimistic article about eDisclosure post-Jackson – and a less sanguine one
Georgina Squire of the London Litigation Solicitors Association has written a concise and practical guide to eDisclosure under the new rules, which has been published in the New Law Journal. It is called A brighter future? (not the first, I … Continue reading
UK judges and predictive coding – open to any proportionate suggestion
Charles Christian’s Legal IT Insider has been hosting a discussion about the likely reaction of case managing judges to the proposed use of technology like predictive coding. The starting point is a thoughtful article by Drew Lewis, eDiscovery Counsel of … Continue reading
Cost budget revisions unlikely
I have already referred (in my article on Epiq’s costs seminar) to Murray & Anor v Neil Dowlman Architecture. There is a good commentary on that on Outlaw.com called Cost budget revisions to fix mistakes unlikely to be allowed, says … Continue reading
Good Practice Guide to eDiscovery in Ireland
Irish civil litigation requires discovery and therefore electronic discovery. An informal group called The eDiscovery Group of Ireland has been working for some time on a Good Practice Guide to Electronic Discovery in Ireland, and Version 1.0 was published recently. … Continue reading
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CPR, CMC, WTF …. and OCD: eDiscovery stories keep rolling in
I have a stream of short articles coming. This is just some background noise. I observed in a tweet last week that I had overlooked the Twitter presence of an interesting legal software development company, Neota Logic. “Might be because … Continue reading
Epiq Systems seminar focuses on the new Costs Management rules
Epiq Systems held an extremely informative seminar on the new costs regime earlier this week. You will find at the end of this post a link to the video made on the day with the strong recommendation that you watch … Continue reading
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Discussing eDisclosure round the table at the Brewery
The fact that we enjoyed ourselves at the TGCI eDisclosure event in London did not make it any less of a serious forum for discussion. The round-table format, the complete absence of PowerPoint slides, and the invitation to delegates to … Continue reading
Jackson events next week with Epiq and Consilio and guides from Judge Brown, Dominic Regan and Kerry Underwood
A tweet last week compared the first few days of the new case and costs management regime with 1939 – the reference was not intended to evoke anything belligerent but that period of uneasy calm known as the Phoney War … Continue reading
Nuix and the Global Offshore Money Maze – tools and skills go beyond conventional eDiscovery
Whilst this story has Nuix software as its inspiration, the point is a wider one – where do you start when you don’t know where to start on a large collection of data? A combination of software and shoe leather … Continue reading
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The Ghost of Legal Services Yet to Come – a Futurist tells of things that may be
LegalTech Asia Technology Summit opened in Hong Kong with a thought-provoking keynote from futurist Rohit Talwar. Don’t be put off by that “futurist`” label – UK solicitors (and even barristers) get something to think about from talks like this. I … Continue reading
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Send three and fourpence, going to a dance – muddled messages from the MoJ
It is fitting that an article about confused messages should have to start with an explanation of its title. Only those who are old and British will know that pre-decimalisation currency consisted of pounds, shillings and pence, written as £. … Continue reading
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A clear message from the Master of the Rolls about CPR enforcement
You might perhaps be forgiven for thinking that the case management parts of the Civil Procedure amendments won’t really affect you. It is not just that their launch has been confused, to use a charitable term; those who came through … Continue reading
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Comfortable apathy for anyone? Some Jackson case management and costs management commentary
I am working on some material to add to the Resources section of my web site about the case management and costs management aspects of Jackson. There is, as you would expect, a great deal of comment flying around at … Continue reading
Another legislative shambles as Britain steps towards state control of the press – and the web
I have been leafing through my copy of Roget’s Thesaurus in search of a synonym for “shambles” – I have used that word rather a lot recently in connection with the publication (and immediate amendment) of the Civil Procedure (Amendment) … Continue reading
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Challenges to meet and not just threats in the Jackson reforms
A senior clinical negligence barrister suggests that we think positively about the Jackson reforms. Shortly after the UK Bribery Act passed into law, I took part in a London panel about its implications. At the Q&A session at the end, … Continue reading
The definitive version of the CPR amendments – definitive for this week anyway
The launch of the Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules has been a shambles, and court users can be forgiven for confusion. We needed decisive leadership at this point, something consistent with the attitude which case managing judges are now … Continue reading
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General Counsel Institute eDisclosure Conference in London 17-18 April
I am one of four chairmen at a conference run by Today’s General Counsel Institute and called eDisclosure for the Corporate Market “The Exchange”. The others are Browning Marean of DLA Piper US, George Socha of EDRM fame and David … Continue reading
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My interview with Richard Susskind – Tomorrow’s Lawyers and eDisclosure
Professor Richard Susskind is the keynote speaker at the Information Governance and eDisclosure Summit taking place in London on 14-16 May 2013. His new book, Tomorrow’s Lawyers, has just been published, summarising in 160 very readable pages Richard Susskind’s picture … Continue reading
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Links to eDiscovery content in the Legal IQ Resource Library
I wrote recently about Legal IQ’s Information Governance and eDiscovery Strategy Exchange taking place in San Diego between 5 and 7 May 2013. I referred in that article to the expanding and useful Resource Library which Legal IQ is building … Continue reading
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Jackson-empowered judges ready for the new regime – and its benefits as well as its burdens
An article by Rachel Rothwell in The Law Society Gazette shows that there are some judges who will be making good use of the case management powers given to them by Jackson, and reminds us that there are potential benefits … Continue reading
Use of technology-assisted review and costs-shifting in US patent case has UK parallels
One of the main differences between the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Civil Procedure Rules of England and Wales is that England and Wales is a costs-shifting jurisdiction by default. That means that the winner can expect to … Continue reading
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Free registration at LegalTech Asia Technology Summit
Anyone at a law firm can apply for a free delegate ticket to the LegalTech Asia Technology Summit, taking place in Hong Kong on March 4–5. If you work in legal technology anywhere in the Asia-Pacific then you will want … Continue reading
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Information Governance and eDiscovery Strategy Exchange – San Diego in May
I have just booked my flight for Legal IQ’s 2013 Information Governance and eDiscovery Strategy Exchange, to be held in San Diego between 5 and 7 May 2013. This is produced by the same UK-based team as ran the Washington … Continue reading
Costs management shambles defies parody but case management still has teeth
So, what is the overall effect of the implementation of the new Civil Procedure Rules in so far as they relate to case management, eDisclosure and budgets? Oh, I was hoping that you would tell me. During last week, I … Continue reading
Huron Legal hosts post-LegalTech discussion in London
Nigel Murray, managing director of Huron Legal in London, was the host this week of a discussion and dinner at the Cavalry and Guards club whose purpose was a roundup of LegalTech from a UK perspective. This has become a … Continue reading
Preservation and proportionality on the agenda for US litigation
There is a lot going on in the eDiscovery / eDisclosure world at the moment, what with new Civil Procedure Rules in England and Wales, and with products, appointments and webinars to write about and conferences to plan for. There … Continue reading
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The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2013 relating to disclosure and case management
This post has been amended to take account of the alterations announced AFTER the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules had been approved by Parliament. If that part of this post which relates to costs management has lost some clarity as a … Continue reading
Welcome to UBIC as new sponsor of the eDisclosure Information Project
It is a pleasure to welcome UBIC as a new sponsor of the eDisclosure Information Project. Theirs is a name which I have known about for some time, but it was only at LegalTech that I had the opportunity of … Continue reading
FTI Report – Advice from Counsel by Ari Kaplan: Trends that will change E-Discovery
As it did last year, FTI Technology has commissioned a study by Ari Kaplan called Advice from Counsel Trends that Will Change E-Discovery (and What to Do About Them Now). This is based on interviews with 30 inside counsel with … Continue reading
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Epiq Systems survey points to a rise in UK and European eDisclosure
A new survey by Epiq Systems throws light on the recurring (and generally unanswerable) question as to the amount of eDiscovery work in the UK and Europe. One cannot assess the actual volumes, but it is helpful to know what … Continue reading
Post-LegalTech interim post
Yes, I know I have published nothing for days until yesterday, and only one post then. I was at LegalTech in New York last week, and those who might expect me to write about it, about them and about their … Continue reading
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The end of an era: law firms, eDiscovery, Susskind, the year 1599, dinosaurs, and a yellow scooter
Sometimes one gets the sense of being tangibly at the end of an era – the door is closing and, perhaps, others are opening. I felt like that, quite suddenly, on my way to LegalTech in New York a few … Continue reading
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The Jackson Reforms encourage proportionate eDisclosure / eDiscovery in any jurisdiction
I am taking part in a panel discussion at LegalTech next week with Integreon and kCura on the subject of the Jackson Reforms. We will emphasise that the rule changes generally reflect duties to which lawyers are subject anyway, and … Continue reading
Global Aerospace predictive coding results approved by judge
Step-by-step, predictive coding is gaining the acceptance in US litigation which was anticipated for it during last year. The latest advance is that the judge in Global Aerospace Inc. et al., v. Landow Aviation, L.P. dba Dulles Jet Center, et … Continue reading
Mr Justice Ramsey: Costs Budgets will induce “sweaty palms” but lawyers will adapt
The Law Society Gazette carries a report of a speech made yesterday by Mr Justice Ramsey on the forthcoming cost management rules. He anticipated that lawyers will adapt to the idea that they must present a costs budget but that … Continue reading
Reed Smith: 6 reasons to Insource Litigation Support
A lot of what I write suggests to law firms that their clients’ interests and, indeed, their own, may lie in delegating much of their eDiscovery / eDisclosure function to others. I usually link this to Professor Richard Susskind’s observation … Continue reading
Uncertainty means expense as we wait for the Jackson rules
An article by Neil Rose on the litigationfutures site is headed 10 weeks until Jackson and still no rules: LSLA chief warns of chaos. The reference is obviously to the wide-ranging reforms to the Civil Procedure Rules due to take … Continue reading
Some predictive coding resources useful for UK lawyers
I am increasingly being asked to talk about predictive coding in the UK, and the subject warrants an article of its own. I will come to that shortly, but meanwhile point you to two articles published in the last few … Continue reading
CBS broadcast highlights winners and losers from technological advances
eDiscovery software provider iCONECT featured in a US television broadcast about the effect of technology advances on business and employment. As Richard Susskind publishes his new book on legal business and well-known shops disappear from the High Street, we have … Continue reading
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Symantec data retention survey highlights gap between retention beliefs and practices
All surveys, in any industry, have the aim of promoting the company which commissions them – why else would they bother? A new survey about document retention beliefs and practices – and the gulf between them – is, however, valuable … Continue reading
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Where are we now on legal hold and self collection?
Commentators in other jurisdictions, me included, have expressed wonder at the procedural hurdles which US case law developments in the past six years have placed in the way of parties preparing to give discovery. We don’t criticise the need to … Continue reading
Americans abroad: US begins to understand foreign attitudes to eDiscovery
Part of my reasoning in deciding not to go last year to the Georgetown Advanced eDiscovery Institute was the knowledge that others would write comprehensively about what was said there – Georgetown brings out the likes of LTN’s Monica Bay … Continue reading
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A new definition of relevance in US eDiscovery?
The US may be about to see a change to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure which brings their rules about the scope of discovery / disclosure closer to those which have obtained in England and Wales since 1999. If … Continue reading
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Why don’t we just use Google for eDiscovery?
Connie Crosby, writing on Canada’s SLAW Online, has written a valuable pair of articles called Why Can’t You Just Make It Work Like Google? Part 2 of which has the sub-heading (and the answer) Good Enough Is Not Good Enough. … Continue reading
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Taking Predictive Discovery out of the black box
Part of my role is to help those responsible for eDiscovery / eDisclosure to identify the products and services which they might consider when deciding on the “tools and techniques” (as the UK Practice Direction 31B puts it) to be … Continue reading
Milberg sets out comprehensive arguments in favour of technology assisted review
I do not often look at an article and wish that I had written it, but that was my reaction to a comprehensive piece written by a team from law firm Milberg. Called Technology Assisted Review from the Plaintiffs’ Side … Continue reading
Applying science to the validation of technology-assisted review
Dr David Grossman is Associate Director of the Georgetown Information Retrieval Library and an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He has recently written a paper called Measuring and Validating the Effectiveness of Relativity Assisted … Continue reading
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Ralph Losey on the Georgetown TAR / CAR / Predictive Coding panels
How can we make Predictive Coding / Technology Assisted Review / Computer Assisted Review, accessible to potential users when we cannot even agree on a name for it? I favour predictive coding because it refers unambiguously to a specific class … Continue reading
Impatient US judges push lawyers to be more proactive in early stages of litigation – what about the UK?
Two articles in succession came under my eye at the same time, one a report of a US judicial panel, the other a summary of pending rules changes in England and Wales. I was going to write separate articles about … Continue reading
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Catching up, looking back and moving on
Mike Taylor of i-Lit Paralegals ends his SCL predictions by saying of 2053 that “Chris Dale will have found a way of being in two places at once”. That is not in fact one of my aspirations, and one day … Continue reading
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Standing back from the Delaware predictive coding case
The Delaware Hooters case promotes not just predictive coding specifically but the idea that lawyers must consider all appropriate tools and techniques to reduce the burden of eDiscovery / eDisclosure. That approach will be required in Engalnd and Wales by … Continue reading
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Around the eDiscovery world in 35 days
You may have noticed a certain sporadic element in my written output recently, with patches of silence interspersed with blocks of posts. That pattern will continue through the rest of November, thanks to a conjunction of events in the UK … Continue reading
The main messages from eDiscovery Ireland 2012 in Dublin
I have written an introductory piece which gave a context to the excellent eDiscovery Ireland 2012 conference which took place last week in Dublin – see eDiscovery in Ireland – coming from behind gives opportunities to get it right. The overall … Continue reading
Judicial activism: Delaware judge orders both sides to use predictive coding
I am all for judicial activism, and certainly for judicial endorsement of the informed (and preferably consensual) use by litigation parties of a range of technology tools which have been developed to manage the time and costs of litigation discovery. … Continue reading
The use of technology in regulatory investigations
Hobs Legal Docs was the sponsor of an interesting article in The Lawyer recently which emphasised the need to use technology to respond quickly to regulatory demands. Those who find themselves overwhelmed by the timetables for eDisclosure / eDiscovery in … Continue reading
Short eDiscovery updates to 20 October
Here is a summary of the (relatively few) eDiscovery updates posted on my Google Plus page between 14 and 20 October. ______________________________ Xerox adds streamlined redaction to its upgraded Omnix 5.4 discovery platform The headline feature in the new release … Continue reading
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7th eDisclosure Forum in London on 15 November. Are you ready to benefit from the new eDisclosure rules?
The reforms consequent on Lord Justice Jackson’s recommendations will take effect in April 2013. A conference taking place in London on 15 November will focus on those which relate to eDisclosure, stressing the benefits which will flow to lawyers and … Continue reading
eDiscovery in Ireland – coming from behind gives opportunities to get it right
There is a long-running quiz in the Sunday Times called Where Was I? Geographical, historical and literary information is given and two questions are asked, one of which is usually “Where was I?”. Let’s try the same with the conference … Continue reading
What is legal when collecting and processing personal data?
As with so many subjects, cross-border discovery has many aspects to cover, and it is sometimes helpful to pull out a sub-set and look at it on its own. A helpful page on the European Commission Justice website called Collecting … Continue reading
What exactly is defensible deletion?
Philip Favro of Symantec, in an article called Defensible Deletion: The Cornerstone of Intelligent Information Governance on the eDiscovery 2.0 blog, defines defensible deletion as “a comprehensive approach that companies implement to reduce the storage costs and legal risks associated with the … Continue reading
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Regional and personal data privacy controls in the local cloud from Bloomberg Vault
Compliance with data privacy controls is much more than an eDiscovery / eDisclosure problem. Those whose primary focus is eDiscovery tend to see data privacy compliance as an obstacle which stands in the way and complicates data collection for litigation … Continue reading
Hobs Legal Docs and Relativity maximise the value of the clients’ own eDisclosure review
How much work should the clients put into their own eDisclosure / eDiscovery? We express caution at the idea that the clients should collect their own data, largely because of the risk that they will damage its integrity in the … Continue reading
Guidance Software webinar today: Five best practices in eDiscovery readiness
There is a webinar today at 2:00pm EDT given by Patrick Burke, Assistant General Counsel at Guidance Software, and me, with the title Five Best Practices in eDiscovery Readiness. Corporations of any size face litigation, regulatory requests, or the need to … Continue reading
Short eDiscovery updates to 13 October
Most of these updates on my Google Plus site are from the week ending 6 October. After that, I was at the Masters Conference in Washington and at an event given by Symantec-Clearwell at Tower Bridge, with no time to write. … Continue reading
Video promotion for Prague eDiscovery conference on 12 November
I have already expressed my respect for the way in which Fred Gyebi-Ababio has brought his new LawTech Europe Congress from a standing start to an impressive-looking program. The conference home page now sports a video which reinforces my impression … Continue reading
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UK-based Legal IQ makes a success of their Washington eDiscovery Exchange
There is much more to organising a conference than the mechanics of bookings, venues and other practical things. It requires a good understanding of the industry to which the conference is addressed, a wide range of connections in that industry, … Continue reading
TransPerfect acquires Digital Reef for fast processing and ECA tools
In my recent article ILTA 2012 Part 3 – Some market observations I said this: There are rumours of at least one significant acquisition – by “significant”, I mean that a major player will buy a strong but smaller niche … Continue reading
ILTA 2012 Part 5 – Future ILTA events
This is the last of my series of articles about the ILTA conference in Washington in August. What else is ILTA doing around the world? ILTA has recently partnered with ALM, the owners of LegalTech. Apart from LegalTech itself, the next of … Continue reading
Short eDiscovery updates to 29 September
I was at a Washington conference for much of the week ending 22 September and the updates for that week are correspondingly reduced in number. This selection covers two weeks’ of my Google+ updates. Some of them relate to webinars … Continue reading
New data sources drive innovative eDiscovery forensics at Millnet
The appointment of Stuart Clarke to head a new forensics function at Millnet gives me an opportunity to set out here something which I cover in some of my eDisclosure / eDiscovery talks. The general theme there is that, important … Continue reading
Changes coming in the litigation and eDisclosure landscape
Justice requires full disclosure of all potentially relevant electronic documents. Lawyers will always take the lead in managing electronic disclosure / eDiscovery. It is impossible to budget for the costs of litigation. Judges making disclosure orders just tick default boxes … Continue reading
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Short eDiscovery Updates to 9 September 2012
This adopts my experimental new format which bundles my Google Plus posts for a period (not necessarily a fixed period) and makes their text available here, together with links to the G+ posts, to the source and to some of … Continue reading
ILTA 2012 Part 4 – The end of the show: the ILTA awards dinner
This is the fourth of five articles about ILTA 2012. Whatever may happen at other awards dinners, this one celebrates the people who lead by an example in an industry which needs them. ILTA ends with a big dinner, with … Continue reading
ILTA 2012 Part 3 – Some market observations
This is the third of five posts about ILTA 2013. The preceding one ended with the observation that there was much to gain from just talking with people. That may include application-specific tips, ideas about department organisation or training, and … Continue reading
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ILTA 2012 Part 2 – My own ILTA Conference
This is the second of five posts about ILTA 2012. In other posts I talk generally about the benefits of going to ILTA’s big conference, about some of the themes which emerged and about the ILTA Peer awards. This one … Continue reading
No disclosure in New South Wales Equity Division without exceptional circumstances
I have referred before to Practice Note SC EQ 11 in the Equity Division of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. Its key paragraph reads as follows: The Court will not make an order for disclosure of documents (disclosure) … Continue reading
ILTA 2012 Part 1 – Why you might want to go to ILTA next year
This is the first of five articles about ILTA 2012 in Washington D.C. Why do we go, what is it like, what conclusions can one draw about the market? The main aim is to encourage you to go next year, … Continue reading
Short eDiscovery updates to 28 August 2012
I am increasingly using Google Plus to supplement the main articles in this blog. This allows me to cover a wider range of topics, mainly links to articles by others, to webinar announcements and to other things which would otherwise … Continue reading
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LawTech Europe Congress in Prague on 12 November
My series of articles on future eDisclosure/eDiscovery conferences keeps being interrupted by my attendance at current conferences, most recently by a week at ILTA 2012 in Washington D.C. The conference season now seems to last all year, at least for … Continue reading
Proportionality and a choice of technology from Hobs Legal Docs
Recent posts by Hobs Legal Docs remind us that the problems raised by e-Disclosure are resolved by adherence to principles like proportionality as well as by the selection of appropriate technology. You don’t need scientific proof (though it exists, apparently) … Continue reading
The Masters Conference for Legal Professionals – Washington 8-10 October
I usually come only once to Washington in a year, with the Masters Conference as an annual fixture. This year, I will be in Washington three times within a few weeks, but that does nothing to diminish my appreciation of … Continue reading
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London conference: Information Governance and eDiscovery for Financial Services on 10-12 September
IQPC is running an event called Information Governance and eDiscovery for Financial Services at Canary Wharf between 10 and 12 September 2012. Recent events in the banking industry suggest that those who work in financial services, and those who advise them, … Continue reading
IQPC Washington Information Governance and eDiscovery Strategy Exchange
My next trip to Washington DC (I am there as I write, at ILTA) is for IQPC’s Information Governance and eDiscovery Strategy Exchange which runs from 19 to 21 September at the Marriot Fairview Park. This event is organised by … Continue reading
Taking time to think about Proportionality and Preservation in eDiscovery
The demos, the cases and the formal meetings are an important part of gathering information, but it is good, occasionally, to lift one’s head from the hard-edged material which flows around you and just kick ideas around without an agenda. … Continue reading
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eDisclosure Information Project 