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- Redaction – good news from Relativity but less good for some others
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- Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal on emailed attachments and privilege
- Some turn-of-the-year eDiscovery and eDisclosure updates
- Relativity acquires VerQu to capture communication data
- Relativity in Australia – investment, new functionality, and support for racial justice
- 12 Days of eDiscovery sung in memory of Gayle O’Connor
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Category Archives: Social Media
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
Hammering the point home – the importance of social media in eDiscovery / eDisclosure
It is only a couple of weeks since I last wrote about the importance of social media in eDiscovery / eDisclosure (When the car sneaks on you and your social media betrays you). I come back to it so quickly, … Continue reading
Fish in a barrel – evidence on social media sends claimant to prison
Last week saw yet another case where evidence on social media contradicted a claim made by a party to litigation. You have to wonder when people will catch on to the public nature of such posts and their implications when … Continue reading
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The Sedona Conference Primer on Social Media – Second Edition
Working Group 1 of The Sedona Conference has published the public comment version of the Sedona Conference Primer on Social Media, Second Edition. The first edition was published in 2012, setting out a practical approach for addressing the corporate use … Continue reading
Emily tries but misunderstands social media ah ooh
You have choices when starting articles. You might have an obscure but dramatic opening to get attention, but I’ve used “It was a dark and stormy night”, and I’ve only just done one beginning “The scene: a dark cobbled lane with … Continue reading
Social media analytics give encouragement to eDiscovery / eDisclosure lawyers
One of the difficulties in trying to persuade lawyers to adopt (or even consider) the use of technology is that they are chary of anything new. Another is that they think that their work is somehow “special”, depending on those … Continue reading
Time spent telling judges about their use of social media could be better spent on eDisclosure
Recent guidance from the UK’s Senior Presiding Judge and the Senior President of Tribunals fired a warning shot over the bows of judges who blog, a term which they helpfully define as being “derived from the term ‘web log’”. The … Continue reading
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Make another firm’s risk your competitive opportunity – a paper for CY4OR
CY4OR have published a paper written by me called Make another firm’s risk your competitive opportunity. CY4OR’s main business is electronic disclosure and litigation support, forensic data collection, and digital forensics for civil and criminal proceedings. It has wider interests, … Continue reading
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Metrics, Social Media, Magistrates, Monkeys and Mitigating Risk at CEIC 2012 in Las Vegas
I am not above inventing a headline whose connection with the subject-matter is less important than its potential for attracting readers curious to know what the article has got to do with eDiscovery. In this case, the headline is an … Continue reading
Something for everyone at IQPC’s Information Governance and eDisclosure Summit
If you want a rounded account of IQPC’s successful Information Governance and eDisclosure Summit in London this week, this is not the place to find it. I was involved in five events over the three days and spent most of … Continue reading
Traps for the unwary – the cross-over between social media and eDisclosure
Social media and electronic disclosure are two important subjects which many companies and their lawyers would rather ignore – their very names are enough to strike apathy into many hearts. eDisclosure provider CY4OR has joined forces with others to promote … Continue reading
Posted in CY4OR, Discovery, eDisclosure, eDiscovery, Electronic disclosure, Social Media, Twitter
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CY4OR takes social media advice to HR and the workplace
Much of the proactive advice which companies need about eDisclosure and data security is aimed at IT departments who have the job of managing data, and at legal departments who have responsibility for the company’s potential eDisclosure obligations. HR departments … Continue reading
Social Media Opportunities and Risks in the Workplace
A White Paper and webinar from ZyLAB draw attention to the marketing and network advantages, and to the corresponding discovery/disclosure risks, which come with the massive growth in social media use. I am fairly sparing with both adjectives and adverbs … Continue reading
Posted in Litigation Support, Social Media, Symantec, ZyLAB
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Should Corporate Counsel Use Social Media? Serious Entertainment at the Corporate Counsel Forum Europe
The most enjoyable session at the Legal Week Corporate Counsel Forum Europe at Luton Hoo last week had the title Should Corporate Counsel Use Social Media? – Lessons Learnt and Opportunities Found. It came between the information management session in … Continue reading
