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Category Archives: Electronic disclosure
Interview: Cliff Dutton of Epiq on innovation and disruption in eDiscovery
Cliff Dutton is Chief Innovation Officer at Epiq. I took part in a US panel discussion with him years ago and was glad to catch up with him at Legaltech in New York in February. The word “innovation” is used … Continue reading
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Growing awareness of the importance of social media in civil and criminal courts
The importance of social media, including pictures, video, audio and and the increasing volume of potential evidence created on phones and tablets, has been properly receiving much attention recently. It brings with it questions of costs, cuts, and proportionality as … Continue reading
Proposed new disclosure rule gets approval in principle from CPRC
The Civil Procedure Rule Committee has given approval in principle to the proposed new disclosure rule for England and Wales. A LinkedIn post by Ed Crosse of Simmons & Simmons reports that the CPRC gave its approval on 15 June … Continue reading
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Interview: Ben Shellie of Intelligent Voice on searching and reviewing audio in eDiscovery
At Relativity Fest in London, I spoke to Ben Shellie, CEO of Intelligent Voice. Intelligent Voice, Ben Shellie said, makes software designed to make audio review as simple as any other document review. It takes voice recordings, turns them into … Continue reading
Chairing the IICE eDiscovery Forum in London on 26 and 27 June
The IICE eDiscovery Forum takes place at Lord’s Cricket Ground on 26 to 27 June 2018. IICE stands for Information Governance, Investigations, Compliance and eDiscovery. This is the event which has for years been known to most of us as … Continue reading
Non-compliance with peremptory disclosure orders – Powell v Watford Borough Council and the limits on judicial discretion
There is no substitute for reading the rules relating to disclosure, whether those expressly so – Rule 31 and its practice directions – or those with wider effect elsewhere in the rules. What happens, though, when something in the rules … Continue reading
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ACEDS Summer Symposium: the GDPR, US v Microsoft, and the CLOUD Act from an eDiscovery perspective
The collection of data held abroad has long been a difficult (and interesting) subject for the US courts, state authorities and lawyers. 2018 has brought us the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the culmination of the battle between the US … Continue reading
Consilio webinar on 13 June: mobile devices and the changing landscape of eDiscovery
The merger between Consilio and Advanced Discovery, which I wrote about here, has now taken place. The combined company is presenting a webinar on 13 June with the title Mobile devices and the changing landscape of eDiscovery. The amount of … Continue reading
Two Canada-based events on 13 and 14 June: Using Active Learning for accelerated review
Relativity, Ricoh eDiscovery and Commonwealth Legal are between them presenting two events this week with the title Using Active Learning for accelerated document review. The first is a discussion / presentation on 13 June at 4.00pm in Toronto. The subjects … Continue reading
Interview: Brad Scott of Epiq on rebranding and client service
At Legaltech in New York in February, I spoke to Brad Scott, President and Chief Operating Officer at Epiq. More than a year had passed since Epiq and DTI were brought together as a single and very large global eDiscovery … Continue reading
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Cyxtera announces Brainspace 6.1 to accelerate data analysis, reduce costs and improve investigation accuracy
One of the most interesting interviews which I have conducted this year was with Dean Kuhlmann, VP of Business Development at Brainspace. I took the opportunity then to write about the Cyxtera group of companies, including Brainspace, whose Continuous Multimodal … Continue reading
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Interview: Ed Crosse of Simmons & Simmons on the proposed new disclosure rule
Ed Crosse is a partner at Simmons & Simmons and a member of the Disclosure Working Group headed by Lady Justice Gloster. At Relativity Fest in London I took part in a panel with him and with Sir Colin Birrs … Continue reading
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Consilio webinar on 6 June: Sightline – All-in-one next generation eDiscovery platform
Consilio is giving a webinar on 6 June about its new eDiscovery platform called Sightline. Sightline has its own (rather good) section on the Consilio website which describes how Sightline was built from the ground up to manage eDiscovery, data exploration … Continue reading
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OpenText provides Canada with real-time G7 theme analytics
Canada holds the G7 presidency from 1 January to 31 December 2018 and is the host for the G7 summit in Québec on 8 to 9 June. The G7 is obviously concerned with overarching political and economic political, economic and … Continue reading
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GDPR compliance – the “always on” approach from Nuix
The implementation date for the General Data Protection Regulation has come and gone with little obvious adverse effect except for those who gratuitously destroyed their own marketing lists after misunderstanding the new regulations about consent. Companies have discovered that the … Continue reading
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Relativity webinar today: Corporate cloud legal update
Relativity is presenting a webinar today, 30 May, in conjunction with Bloomberg. The title is Corporate cloud legal update: 2018 law, legislation, and regulation and, unsurprisingly, the principal subject is the Clarifying Lawful Uses of Overseas Data (CLOUD) Act, 2018. … Continue reading
Hardwicke eDisclosure seminars – electronic documents in international arbitration on 19 June
Since the publication of Electronic Disclosure Law and Practice by Michael Wheater and Charles Raffin of Hardwicke (I reviewed it here), Hardwicke has been delivering a series of seminars on various aspects of using electronic documents in disputes. The sixth … Continue reading
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Dishonesty in politics and law and “useless guff from social media”
Every so often I write a post whose main purpose is to be a reminder that social media (including many non-conventional data forms) is both disclosable as a formal matter and potentially vital as a generally incontrovertible source of contemporaneous … Continue reading
Interview: David Horrigan of Relativity on cross-border discovery, the US CLOUD Act and the GDPR
At Relativity Fest in London, I interviewed David Horrigan, Relativity’s Discovery Counsel and Legal Education Director, on two subjects which had been well covered at the event. The first of those was the US government’s CLOUD Act which at a … Continue reading
Stats for the Consilio and Advanced Discovery merger and the launch of a Dublin office
I reported here on the merger between two already large players in the worldwide eDiscovery market, Consilio and Advanced Discovery including an interview with CEO Andy Macdonald. That merger has now completed its formal stages and there is an infographic here … Continue reading
Interview: Karyn Harty of McCann FitzGerald on the need for eDiscovery training for judges and litigators
I take every opportunity to interview Karyn Harty of McCann FitzGerald. Over the years we have discussed her involvement in the leading TAR case Irish Bank Resolution v Quinn, the use of eDiscovery tools and skills for non-disputes purposes, the … Continue reading
Revisiting our panel in Canada as a model for straightforward explanation of technology-assisted review
If I come back now to a panel I moderated on technology-assisted review last November, it is partly because I think we are about to see a new focus on the use of TAR to achieve proportionate eDiscovery beyond the … Continue reading
Integreon and Venio webinar on 16 May: the power and future of automated eDiscovery
Integreon is a global provider of legal, document, business and research support solutions for law firms, corporate legal departments, financial institutions and professional services firms. That function includes identifying software and services which Integreon can deploy on behalf of its clients. … Continue reading
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Seeking judgments on abusive use of disclosure in England and Wales
Note the point towards the end – I am not seeking mere anecdotes about bad disclosure conduct but judgments in which aggressive or abusive disclosure – not just cock-up or incompetence – was punished An interesting question came my way … Continue reading
The UK Serious Fraud Office takes OpenText Axcelerate
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has an investigative role which is rather different from that of most regulators or law firms. It is investigator and prosecutor, taking on only seven to ten new cases each year, each of which … Continue reading
Interviews: Daryl Teshima and Wendy King of FTI talk about FTI’s use of RelativityOne
At Relativity Fest in London last week we heard positive things about FTI’s relationship with Relativity under which FTI is able to offer RelativityOne alongside its own Ringtail. The messages were much the same as those which I got from … Continue reading
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Events in London and Milan, a Gothic Cathedral and a sorbetto
You are probably secretly relieved when this happens, but I always feel I should explain when there is an interruption in the flow of blog posts. Gratifyingly, if slightly disconcertingly, the number of page views on my blog were higher … Continue reading
Book review: Electronic Disclosure Law and Practice by Michael Wheater and Charles Raffin
Electronic Disclosure Law & Practice by Michael Wheater and Charles Raffin. Oxford University Press | £175 I don’t think I betray any secrets by saying that I was asked to review the outline, the table of contents and the structure … Continue reading
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Interview: Jonathan Armstrong of Cordery on the implications of the GDPR for eDiscovery
There are many people who know a little bit about the General Data Protection Regulation, in some cases, just enough to be dangerous. Jonathan Armstrong of Cordery in London is an acknowledged expert on the subject of the GDPR and … Continue reading
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ACEDS UK discussion on 16 May: demystifying blockchain
Since its establishment in 2016, the UK chapter of ACEDS (the Association of Certified eDiscovery Specialists) has been organising panel discussions in London which have rightly attracted large audiences. The next one, on 16 May, is called Demystifying Blockchain – What … Continue reading
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Hardwicke eDisclosure seminar on 24 April: Processing and filtering electronic documents
As I have mentioned before, Hardwicke has been organising a series of eDisclosure seminars following the publication of the OUP book Electronic Disclosure Law and Practice written by Michael Wheater and Charles Raffin of Hardwicke. The next seminar in the series … Continue reading
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Interview: Nick Robertson of Relativity gives a summary of Relativity Fest 2017
With Relativity Fest London nearly upon us (it is on 1 May) it is timely to publish an interview which I did with Nick Robertson, Chief Operating Officer at Relativity at the end of last October’s Relativity Fest in Chicago … Continue reading
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Interview: Dean Kuhlmann of Brainspace on how analytics is changing review
Dean Kuhlmann is VP of Business Development at Brainspace. I interviewed him at Legaltech about the way technology is changing search for eDiscovery and and for wider business purposes. The “story” in Dean Kuhlmann’s interview ends with a senior lawyer … Continue reading
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Interview: David Horrigan of Relativity on the GDPR, mobile data and AI
A good interview does not have to be formal and structured to be effective and informative. By the time I came to interview David Horrigan, Relativity’s eDiscovery Counsel and Legal Education Director, at Legaltech, I had done 16 interviews over … Continue reading
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FTI launches Relativity and RelativityOne in Hong Kong
As I have observed before, one of last year’s most interesting eDiscovery developments was the new partnership between FTI Consulting and Relativity, enabling FTI to supplement its own widely respected Ringtail with the ubiquitous Relativity and with Relativity’s cloud offering … Continue reading
Interview: Brandon Mack of Epiq on advanced eDiscovery technology
Brandon Mack is Director, Analytics and Advanced Technologies at Epiq. I have interviewed him before, and jumped at the chance to do so again at this year’s Legaltech because of his succinct and positive descriptions of the way technology can … Continue reading
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Looking forward to Relativity Fest in London on 1 May
Relativity Fest London takes place at 155 Bishopsgate on 1 May. That and the Nuix event which I attended recently (I wrote about it here) have effectively displaced most of the more generalised eDiscovery / eDisclosure events in the London … Continue reading
Leadership and risk on the agenda at the Nuix Insider Conference 2018 in London
We do not have many good events in London dealing with eDiscovery and its surrounding subjects. The annual Nuix Insider Conference is an exception, one of the few events I go to whether or not I am participating in it. … Continue reading
ACEDS and AccessData webinar on 11 April: ensuring defensible preservation and collection
The US Federal Rule of Evidence 902 (14) allows a forensic investigator to confirm that electronic evidence is authentic without having to appear in person to testify to that effect. AccessData, makers of AD eDiscovery and other forensic tools, is … Continue reading
Interview: Hal Marcus of OpenText on managing risk and uncovering value in data
I have been interviewing Hal Marcus since his Recommind days, always getting useful insights into current topics on eDiscovery and analytics. Recommind is now owned by OpenText and, more recently, OpenText has acquired Guidance Software. Catching up with Hal Marcus … Continue reading
Interview: David Perla of The 1991 Group and Integreon on the problems facing the legal market
At Legaltech, I had the opportunity to interview David Perla who is Co-Founder and Managing Director of of The 1991 Group and a member of the Board of Directors of Integreon. David Perla has worked in a law firm, and as … Continue reading
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Partnership between FTI and Evolver brings Excel redaction to Ringtail
FTI and its long established eDiscovery platform Ringtail get more interesting all the time. Ringtail 9.4 brings a Software Development Kit, social networking enhancements, Mac compatible document review, customisable browse panels and a range of other developments which, when added … Continue reading
Consilio and Advanced Discovery to merge as clients say “grow with us”
Consilio and Advanced Discovery, each of them already a major player in the global eDiscovery market, are to merge, with investment company GI partners taking a majority stake in the merged business. The Consilio press release says that the combined … Continue reading
Interview: Stephen Stewart of Nuix on the changing corporate uses of data analytics
Stephen Stewart is Chief Technology Officer at investigations and cyber security software company Nuix. I talked to him at Legaltech New York about the ever-wider uses for eDiscovery skills and tools, about the uses for artificial intelligence, and about our … Continue reading
A roundup of reactions to the proposed new disclosure rule
I wrote here about a helpful presentation, under the auspices of ACEDS and moderated by Vince Neicho of Integreon, about the proposed new disclosure rule. Since then, the date has passed for representations to the working party and it is … Continue reading
BLP claims a win for predictive coding after the BCA Trading trial
I use the term “predictive coding” in this article because that is the term used a) in the relevant judgment, b) by BLP whose successful use of the technology is the subject of the article, and c) by FTI Consulting, … Continue reading
Interview: Matthew Geaghan of Nuix on using eDiscovery tools and skills for security, privacy and IG
One of my recurring themes in my occasional interviews with Matthew Geaghan of Nuix is the ever-wider application of eDiscovery skills and tools to tasks and functions beyond eDiscovery. As he says in this interview, it is “all about the … Continue reading
Commonwealth Legal: Five reasons for using Relativity Active Learning
The latest iteration of Relativity’s analytic tools is called Active Learning. Roland von Borstel has written about it on the Ricoh / Commonwealth Legal blog Technology in Practice under the title Five reasons Active Learning is better than TAR. The … Continue reading
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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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
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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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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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
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
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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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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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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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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
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
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
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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New disclosure rules – links and commentary from Gordon Exall
Barrister Gordon Exall, the author of the invaluable Civil Litigation Brief, has now put more than 2,000 posts on the blog. He has done more than provide an essential service for all those who grapple with civil procedure. He has … 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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ILTA Insight in London on 16 November
ILTA is the International Legal Technology Association and, although US led, has a strong commitment to the word “International” in its name. ILTA Insight is a one day conference which brings to London the spirit and ideas of ILTA’s main … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Haslam, Emily Wyllie-Ballard, Vince Neicho
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On my way to Technology in Practice in Canada
I don’t need to promote Technology in Practice 2017, due to start on Thursday in Toronto, because it has already sold out. I am moderating three panels at it, and preparation for them has taken a good chunk of the … Continue reading
Posted in Commonwealth Legal, Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, Relativity, Ricoh
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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
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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
