It didn’t take long for EDRM to deliver on its promise of an advanced data set. Back in August, EDRM announced the release of the first of its “Micro Datasets”, designed for eDiscovery data testing and process validation. The first one was small, this new data set is MUCH bigger.
read moreLet’s face it, data analytics are everywhere. It’s no longer just Netflix suggesting movie choices based on previously watched movies or Amazon suggesting your next purchase, all companies are using data analytics to drive their business processes in various departments, including their legal departments. But how are in-house legal departments actually using data analytics capabilities? Here’s a new study that offers some answers.
read moreIn You v. Japan, California District Judge William Alsup granted the defendant’s motion to limit preservation of articles to those that contain one of several relevant search terms, as long as the defendant’s proposal was amended to include one additional term requested by the plaintiffs.
read moreIt’s that time of year, time for “Irish Jack” (you know, from the “O’Lantern” family) to make his annual appearance for Halloween. Every year at this time, we try to “scare” you with tales of eDiscovery (and now, cybersecurity) horrors (because, after all, we’re an eDiscovery blog). Let’s see how we do this year. Do you have anything to fear, this year?
read moreA newly proposed adjustment to ethics rules in New Jersey would restrict attorneys from accessing metadata in documents if the metadata was inadvertently sent.
read moreI love Rob Robinson’s Complex Discovery site. Whether it’s information on eDiscovery provider mergers and acquisitions, a software and services mashup of the eDiscovery market, or links to many other useful resources, his is a site I check out pretty much daily. His latest post discusses some questions that you might not think to ask your technology provider, because they might be “uncomfortable”.
read moreIn United States ex rel Guardiola v. Renown Health, Nevada Magistrate Judge Valerie P. Cooke agreed with the relator’s contention that the data used to finalize the relator’s proposed statistical sampling plan was incomplete due to how data was identified within one of two billing systems used by the defendant. As a result, she ordered the defendant to “EXPEDITIOUSLY PRODUCE” the additional data (and, yes, she used all caps).
read moreAccording to a new cybersecurity study, despite improvement in several areas, one in three companies still lacks policies for information security, data encryption and data classification.
read moreIn U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Commonwealth Advisors, Inc. et al., Louisiana Magistrate Judge Stephen C. Riedlinger ordered the defendants to produce additional documents that were identified on the defendants’ privilege log, but for which the defendants had waived attorney-client privilege.
read moreAccording to the second annual Inside E-Discovery Survey by BDO Consulting, corporate organizations have made relatively little improvement in their eDiscovery technology capabilities over the past year, with the middle market falling the furthest behind.
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