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Jason R. Baron of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP: eDiscovery Trends
 Jason R. Baron of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP: eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

Today’s thought leader is Jason R. Baron. An internationally recognized speaker and author on the preservation of electronic documents, Jason is a member of Drinker Biddle’s Information Governance and eDiscovery practice and also a member of the leadership team for the Information Governance Initiative. Jason previously served as Director of Litigation for the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and as trial lawyer and senior counsel at the Department of Justice. He was a founding co-coordinator of the National Institute of Standards and Technology TREC Legal Track, a multi-year international information retrieval project devoted to evaluating search issues in a legal context. He also founded the international DESI (Discovery of Electronically Stored Information) workshop series, bringing together lawyers and academics to discuss cutting-edge issues in eDiscovery.

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Why is Jason R. Baron’s Interview Delayed until Tomorrow? Blame Hillary Clinton (sort of): eDiscovery Headlines
 Why is Jason R. Baron’s Interview Delayed until Tomorrow? Blame Hillary Clinton (sort of): eDiscovery Headlines 150 150 CloudNine

When we announced our fifth annual thought leader interview series, we announced that we would be publishing our interview with Jason R. Baron of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, today. Well, he’s been a bit busy recently, so his interview will be delayed until tomorrow.

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eDiscovery Daily is Now an Education Partner of EDRM!
 eDiscovery Daily is Now an Education Partner of EDRM! 150 150 CloudNine

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that we have frequently covered announcements by EDRM that range from announcements about new practical tools (such as those here, here and here) to announcements about new partnerships (such as this one here). We love EDRM because they regularly have something interesting to announce which gives us plenty of topic ideas for this blog. Now, EDRM’s latest announcement includes eDiscovery Daily as we are now an Education partner of EDRM!

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Tom O’Connor of Advanced Discovery: eDiscovery Trends
 Tom O’Connor of Advanced Discovery: eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

Today’s thought leader is Tom O’Connor. Tom is a nationally known consultant, speaker and writer in the area of computerized litigation support systems. A frequent lecturer on the subject of legal technology, Tom has been on the faculty of numerous national CLE providers and has taught college level courses on legal technology. Tom’s involvement with large cases led him to become familiar with dozens of various software applications for litigation support and he has both designed databases and trained legal staffs in their use on many of the cases mentioned above. This work has involved both public and private law firms of all sizes across the nation. Tom is the Director of the Gulf Coast Legal Technology Center in New Orleans and he just joined Advanced Discovery as a Senior ESI Consultant in January.

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Alon Israely, Esq., CISSP of BIA: eDiscovery Trends
 Alon Israely, Esq., CISSP of BIA: eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

Today’s thought leader is Alon Israely. Alon is the Manager of Strategic Partnerships at Business Intelligence Associates, Inc. (BIA) and currently leads the Strategic Partner Program at BIA. Alon has over eighteen years of experience in a variety of advanced computing-related technologies and has consulted with law firms and corporations on a variety of technology issues, including expert witness services related to computer forensics, digital evidence management and data security. Alon is an attorney and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

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Don’t Get Judge Peck Started on Rule 502(d) Orders: eDiscovery Best Practices
 Don’t Get Judge Peck Started on Rule 502(d) Orders: eDiscovery Best Practices 150 150 CloudNine

As I noted a couple of weeks ago on this blog, LegalTech® New York 2015 (LTNY) earlier this month had three free judges panel sessions that were CLE or Ethics credit eligible, that included several notable judges, including Judge Andrew J. Peck. These sessions covered the judges’ review of top preservation decisions for 2014, their thoughts on the proposed FRCP amendments and their opinions of what’s wrong with discovery today. In each of those sessions, you heard these questions from Judge Peck at one point during the session.

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James D. Zinn, Managing Director of Huron Consulting Group: eDiscovery Trends
 James D. Zinn, Managing Director of Huron Consulting Group: eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

Today’s thought leader is James D. Zinn. James is Managing Director of Huron Consulting Group. James is responsible for leading Huron Legal’s technology vision and strategy globally. He directs the practice’s software engineering, information technology, and product management teams. James is responsible for driving innovation by identifying and incubating emerging technologies and technology-driven solutions with relevance to Huron Legal. He has more than twenty years of experience developing and delivering services and solutions to clients.

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EDRM Publishes Updated Statistical Sampling Guide with Public Comments: eDiscovery Trends
 EDRM Publishes Updated Statistical Sampling Guide with Public Comments: eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

In 2012, we covered EDRM’s initial announcement of a new guide called Statistical Sampling Applied to Electronic Discovery and we covered the release of the updated guide (Release 2) back in December. That version of the guide has now been updated with feedback from the comment period.

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Brad Jenkins of CloudNine: eDiscovery Trends
 Brad Jenkins of CloudNine: eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

Today’s thought leader is Brad Jenkins of CloudNine™. Brad has over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur, as well as 15 years leading customer focused companies in the litigation support arena. Brad has authored several articles on document management and litigation support issues, and has appeared as a speaker before national audiences on document management practices and solutions. He’s also my boss!

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Court Rules on Dispute about Search Terms and Organization of Produced Documents: eDiscovery Case Law
 Court Rules on Dispute about Search Terms and Organization of Produced Documents: eDiscovery Case Law 150 150 CloudNine

In Lutzeier v. Citigroup Inc., Missouri District Judge Ronnie I. White ruled on two motions to compel discovery by the plaintiff, addressing (among other things) disagreement on search terms to be used by the defendant and lack of organization and labeling of the defendant’s production to date.

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