Category Archives: Litigation

E-Disclosure – What does the court expect?

His Honour Judge Simon Brown QC told a London conference audience what the UK courts expect from those who appear before them when electronic disclosure is a big element in a case. I have written separately about the conference organised … Continue reading

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Marcus Evans conference – E-Discovery Strategies

A good e-Disclosure conference will make you want to know more or, at least, will ring an alarm bell in due course. There are pitfalls to know about and practice development opportunities being missed. I am just back from a … Continue reading

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Victor Limongelli now CEO of Guidance Software

Guidance Software announced last week that Victor Limongelli has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. I met Victor at a conference in London earlier this year. He is easy to spot – an American executive who speaks knowledgeably about the English … Continue reading

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T3 – Trial Tactics and Technology in London

A mock eDiscovery hearing yesterday in front of real judges would have put UK litigation lawyers on notice of rough rides ahead if they are less than fully prepared to justify what has been done or not done to control … Continue reading

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Throw it over the wall Discovery

Both the legal and IT worlds have technical expressions and terms of art which tend to exclude outsiders. Litigation support and e-Disclosure have feet in both these camps and a reasonable share of terms which do not mean much to … Continue reading

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Richard Susskind and the End of Lawyers

Richard Susskind’s long-term prediction that the work of lawyers will break up into “identifiable and discrete pieces” applies here and now to electronic Disclosure. The discrete stages of first identifying and culling, and only then analysing, document populations do not … Continue reading

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Electronic evidence and e-discovery forum 2007

The skills and tools developed for urgent regulatory compliance and forensic analysis have benefits for cost-effective electronic Disclosure in litigation. I am just back from the Electronic Evidence and e-Discovery forum run by AKJ Associates, a two-day conference at which … Continue reading

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US courts’ hard line on Discovery failures

The US courts are coming down heavily on inadequate Discovery of e-mail and other electronic sources of information, and accepting few excuses for non-compliance with the Rules. Events in a far away country of which we know little (as Chamberlain … Continue reading

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TRILANTIC cited as a top eDiscovery provider

A coup for Nigel Murray and TRILANTIC as ILTA opens in Orlando. Trilantic was named as a Top 20 eDiscovery provider based on Law Firm recognition. In addition, they were cited as a Top 10 provider in the (trial) presentation … Continue reading

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In Orlando, now that ILTA’s there

I pack my bag, and in it I put a Marriott hotel in Orlando, ILTA, the Practice Direction to Part 31 CPR, a document retention policy, a litigation support training course, an e-Disclosure conference, some needles and haystacks, All Souls … Continue reading

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The e-Discovery of Document Retention

The IQPC Conference on Information Retention and E-Disclosure Management, London 22 and 23 May 2007 A load of self-imposed rules and habits were cast aside this week. I usually sit at my desk until the early hours, and dawn is … Continue reading

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