eDiscovery Daily Blog

• January 31, 2013

As noted Tuesday and yesterday, LegalTech® New York 2013 (LTNY) is happening this week and eDiscoveryDaily is here to report about the latest eDiscovery trends being discussed at the show.  Today is the last day to check out the show if you’re in the New York area with a number of sessions (both paid and free) available and over 225 exhibitors providing information on their products and services, including (shameless plug warning!) CloudNine Discovery™ at booth 2006.

While at the show, we will also be interviewing several industry thought leaders to see what they think are the significant trends for 2013 and, which of those are evident at LTNY.  After the show, we will announce the series of thought leader interviews and identify when each will be published.  Mark your calendars!

Perform a “find” on today’s LTNY conference schedule for “discovery” or “information governance” and you’ll get 36 hits.  More eDiscovery sessions happening!  Here are some of the sessions in the main conference tracks:

10:30 – 11:45 AM:

The Beginners Guide to Technology Assisted Review

This session is aimed at lawyers or smaller firms who are aware of this innovative trend which is sweeping the legal technology industry. This session is designed to assist you in understanding when to use it. How you can implement it. How to manage the pitfalls and lessons learnt. The pros will be provided in real life examples to ensure attendees can action the learning from this session.

Speakers are: Hon. Ron Hedges, Former US Magistrate Judge; Sarah Jane Gillett, Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C.

The ROI of Predictive Coding

The rapid increase in the volume and sources of Electronically Stored Information (ESI) has changed how corporate legal departments plan for and react to litigation and eDiscovery. In the past, traditional electronic discovery processes relied on “linear review”, a manual, expensive, time consuming and error-prone process in which teams of contract attorneys reviewed hundreds of thousands or millions of documents one page at a time to determine responsiveness. This traditional linear review process has driven the cost of eDiscovery up dramatically.

To address this spiraling cost, corporate legal departments and their external counsel have begun to embrace Predictive Coding, a disruptive technology that is changing the way legal review is conducted.

In this session industry experts will discuss:

• What Predictive Coding is and what differentiates it from traditional linear review
• How the Predictive Coding process improves time to respond as well as accuracy and consistency of results to provide an extremely high return on investment (ROI)
• How Predictive Coding is forcing the eDiscovery industry to have a discussion of review quality that has not occurred before
• ROI comparisons between traditional linear review and Predictive Coding for small, medium and large cases

Panelists are: Woods Abbott, Director of Legal Operations, Raytheon; Pam Davis, Senior Discovery Counsel, Google; Steve Berrent, Managing Director, WilmerHale Discovery Solutions, WilmerHale; Scott Milner, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.  Moderator: Drew Lewis, eDiscovery Counsel, Recommind.

LegalTech Boot Camp I

In the first session of the three hour intensive LegalTech Boot Camp, Craig Ball and Michael Arkfeld will rapidly take you through the ins and outs of e-Discovery today. This 90 minute session will be an intense look at today’s most essential information, decision making considerations and technology.

Attendees may join either or both sessions. They will receive materials from both Boot Camp I and II and specific time will be set aside for Q&A with session leaders.

Speakers are: Craig Ball, President, Craig D. Ball, P.C.; Michael Arkfeld, Principal, Arkfeld & Associates

Big Data – Big Hype or Big Opportunity?

• What is Big Data and where did big data come from?
• Value proposition of Big Data?
• Market ready or still maturing?
• Major players and how they are shaping Big Data

Panelists are: Galina Datskovsky, CRM, Ph.D, Senior Vice President, Information Governance, Autonomy, an HP Company; Julie Colgan, CRM, IBM; Eric Hunter, Director of Knowledge, Innovation & Technology Strategies, Bradford & Barthel, LLP; Jason R. Baron, Director of Litigation, National Archives and Records Administration.  Moderator: Barry Murphy, Co-founder and Senior Analyst, eDJ Group, Inc.

12:15 – 1:45 PM:

Big Data in Practice

• How do you implement Big Data?
• Does Big Data mean All Data?
• How is big data being used? (case studies/use cases)
• Will in-stream analytics lead to knee-jerk management?

Panelists are: Galina Datskovsky, CRM, Ph.D, Senior Vice President, Information Governance, Autonomy, an HP Company; Julie Colgan, CRM, IBM; Eric Hunter, Director of Knowledge, Innovation & Technology Strategies, Bradford & Barthel, LLP; Rich Vestuto, Esq., Director, Deloitte.  Moderator: Barry Murphy, Co-founder and Senior Analyst, eDJ Group, Inc.

1:45 – 3:00 PM:

TAR, Contract Review and Efficiency: Are they Intrinsically Linked?

Many firms are looking to make their clients’ spend go further. The combination of using TAR with an outsourced or managed review can incrementally increase efficiency and deliver time and cost savings. This session will examine the cost, process and structure needed to run a successful managed review – taking advantage of the latest industry learning.

Speakers are: Pallab Chakraborty, Director of eDiscovery, Oracle; Patrick Oot, Co-Founder, Electronic Discovery Institute; Special Counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Defensible Disposal; If it doesn’t exist I don’t have to review it

Most corporate legal departments are still looking for ways to reduce, or at least stop the growth, of their annual legal budgets. One of the most obvious targets for cost reduction in any legal department is the cost of responding to eDiscovery, including the cost of finding all potentially responsive ESI (electronically stored information), culling it down and then having in-house or external attorneys review it for relevance and privilege.

Many cost reduction strategies have been implemented over the years but those strategies don’t address the real problem; the huge and growing amount of unmanaged and potentially valueless electronic information floating around companies. The straight forward and common sense way to reduce eDiscovery cost (and risk) is to better manage ESI, including disposing of unneeded data that could be subject to an eDiscovery inquiry in the future.

In this session, we will discuss:

• The cause and effect associated with uncontrolled electronic information growth especially in relation to the eDiscovery process
• The current state of the art of Information Management technologies, again in relation to eDiscovery requirements
• How categorization techniques can be used to defensibly and effectively manage and dispose of unneeded data

Panelists are: Cliff Dutton, Senior Vice President, Director of E-Discovery and Vendor Management, AIG; John Rosenthal, Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP; Bennett Borden, Chair, Electronic Discovery & Information Governance Section, Williams Mullen; Dean Gonsowski, AGC / Sr. Director of Business Development, Recommind.  Moderator: Bill Tolson, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Recommind.

LegalTech Boot Camp II

In the second session of the three hour intensive LegalTech Boot Camp, Craig Ball and Michael Arkfeld will continue their rapid take on the ins and outs of e-Discovery today. This 90 minute session will be an intense look at today’s most essential information, decision making considerations and technology. Attendees may join either or both sessions. They will receive materials from both Boot Camp I and II and specific time will be set aside for Q&A with session leaders.

Speakers are: Craig Ball, President, Craig D. Ball, P.C.; Michael Arkfeld, Principal, Arkfeld & Associates

Does Big Data = Big Risk?

• What are the governance implications of Big Data?
• Is this the end of records management?
• What affect will Big Data implementations have on litigation readiness?

Panelists are: Galina Datskovsky, CRM, Ph.D, Senior Vice President, Information Governance, Autonomy, an HP Company; Julie Colgan, CRM, IBM; Jason R. Baron, Director of Litigation, National Archives and Records Administration; Rich Vestuto, Esq., Director, Deloitte.  Moderator: Barry Murphy, Co-founder and Senior Analyst, eDJ Group, Inc.

In addition to these, there are other eDiscovery-related sessions today.  For a complete description for all sessions today, click here.

So, what do you think?  Have you attended LTNY this year?  Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.