Our Insights on eDiscovery

On the very first day we launched this blog nearly six years ago, one of our first blog posts was called “Don’t Get ‘Wild’ with Wildcards” where we showed how a poorly constructed wildcard of “min*” to retrieve variations like “mine”, “mines” and “mining” actually retrieved over 300,000 files with hits because there are 269 words in the English language that begin with the letters “min” (such as words like “mink”, “mind”, “mint” and “minion”). Sometimes, though, you have the opposite problem – your wildcard isn’t “wild” enough.

The Sedona Conference® has had a busy summer. Last month, they finalized their guide for “possession, custody, or control” as it’s used in Federal Rules 34 and 45 and also issued a Public Comment Version of a new TAR Case Law Primer. Now, they have also issued a Public Comment Version of a new Principles and Guidelines for Developing and Implementing a Sound E-Discovery Process, which is a project of its Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production (WG1).

I missed this earlier, but, last month, Gartner published the 2016 edition of its Hype Cycle chart. Machine Learning is only one of several “smart machine technologies” that will be “the most disruptive class of technologies over the next 10 years”. But, if you look at the chart closely, you will find that Machine Learning is at the “Peak of Inflated Expectations”.

Earlier this week, we covered results from the ACEDS and Complex Discovery Summer 2016 eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey, which was conducted last month with the results published on Rob Robinson’s terrific Complex Discovery site. Now, you can hear experts comment on the results of the survey and their thoughts about the state of eDiscovery business in general!

The results are in from the ACEDS and Complex Discovery Summer 2016 eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey, which was conducted last month and (as was the case for the Winter and Spring surveys) the results are published on Rob Robinson’s terrific Complex Discovery site. Are individuals working in the eDiscovery ecosystem still as confident in the business as they were in the first and second quarters? Let’s see.

We wrap up our week covering the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) annual educational conference of 2016 (otherwise known as ILTACON 2016) by discussing some of the observations from this year’s show. Here are a few observations that I have put together, based on my own experiences and discussions with fellow attendees at the show.

As noted yesterday, Monday and Tuesday, the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) annual educational conference of 2016 (otherwise known as ILTACON) is happening this week and eDiscovery Daily will be reporting this week about the latest eDiscovery trends being discussed at the show. If you’re in the Washington/Baltimore area, come check out the last day of the show at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center. Here are some of today’s sessions.

As noted yesterday and Monday, the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) annual educational conference of 2016 (otherwise known as ILTACON) is happening this week and eDiscovery Daily will be reporting this week about the latest eDiscovery trends being discussed at the show. If you’re in the Washington/Baltimore area, come check out the show at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center. Here are some of today’s sessions.