Our Insights on eDiscovery

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Craig Ball of Craig D. Ball, P.C. – eDiscovery Trends, Part 1
Craig Ball of Craig D. Ball, P.C. – eDiscovery Trends, Part 1 150 150 CloudNine

Today’s thought leader is Craig Ball. A frequent court appointed special master in electronic evidence, Craig is a prolific contributor to continuing legal and professional education programs throughout the United States, having delivered over 1,000 presentations and papers. Craig’s articles on forensic technology and electronic discovery frequently appear in the national media, and he writes a monthly column on computer forensics and eDiscovery for Law Technology News called Ball in your Court, as well as blogs on those topics at ballinyourcourt.com.

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Ralph Losey of Jackson Lewis, LLP – eDiscovery Trends, Part 2
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Today’s thought leader is Ralph Losey. Ralph is an attorney in private practice with the law firm of Jackson Lewis, LLP, where he is a Partner and the firm’s National e-Discovery Counsel. Ralph is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida College of Law teaching eDiscovery and advanced eDiscovery. Ralph is also a prolific author of eDiscovery books and articles, the principal author and publisher of the popular e-Discovery Team® Blog, founder and owner of an intensive online training program, e-Discovery Team Training, with attorney and technical students all over the world and founder of the new Electronic Discovery Best Practices (EDBP) lawyer-centric work flow model.

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Craig Ball Interview Postponed Until Wednesday
Craig Ball Interview Postponed Until Wednesday 150 150 CloudNine

To accommodate our two-part interview with Ralph Losey, we have postponed publishing our interview with Craig Ball until Wednesday. Fear not! Craig’s interview delayed is not Craig’s interview denied. 🙂

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Ralph Losey of Jackson Lewis, LLP – eDiscovery Trends, Part 1
Ralph Losey of Jackson Lewis, LLP – eDiscovery Trends, Part 1 150 150 CloudNine

Today’s thought leader is Ralph Losey. Ralph is an attorney in private practice with the law firm of Jackson Lewis, LLP, where he is a Partner and the firm’s National e-Discovery Counsel. Ralph is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida College of Law teaching eDiscovery and advanced eDiscovery. Ralph is also a prolific author of eDiscovery books and articles, the principal author and publisher of the popular e-Discovery Team® Blog, founder and owner of an intensive online training program, e-Discovery Team Training, with attorney and technical students all over the world and founder of the new Electronic Discovery Best Practices (EDBP) lawyer-centric work flow model.

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Nigel Murray of Huron Legal – eDiscovery Trends
Nigel Murray of Huron Legal – eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

Today’s thought leader is Nigel Murray. Nigel is Managing Director at Huron Legal. Nigel has been at the forefront of the litigation support and e-Disclosure industry in the UK since 1991. He managed the first e-disclosure project to go before a U.K. court in the early 2000s and has since advised and worked with many clients in the U.K., mainland Europe and the Middle East in a range of industry sectors. Prior to joining Huron, Nigel was the founder and managing director of TRILANTIC, the first U.K.-based e-disclosure company, and a litigation support manager in a major international law firm. Nigel has been a speaker at engagements throughout the U.S., Europe and the Middle East, and he has published multiple articles.

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Must Losing Plaintiff Pay Defendant $2.8 Million for Predictive Coding of One Million Documents? Court Says Yes – eDiscovery Case Law
Must Losing Plaintiff Pay Defendant $2.8 Million for Predictive Coding of One Million Documents? Court Says Yes – eDiscovery Case Law 150 150 CloudNine

In Gabriel Technologies Corp. v. Qualcomm Inc., District Judge Anthony J. Battaglia awarded the defendant over $12.4 million in attorneys’ fees to be paid by the losing plaintiff in the case. The amount included over $2.8 million for “computer-assisted, algorithm-driven document review” and nearly $392,000 for contract attorneys to review documents identified by the algorithm as responsive.

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George Socha of Socha Consulting LLC – eDiscovery Trends
George Socha of Socha Consulting LLC – eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

Today’s thought leader is George Socha. A litigator for 16 years, George is President of Socha Consulting LLC, offering services as an electronic discovery expert witness, special master and advisor to corporations, law firms and their clients, and legal vertical market software and service providers in the areas of electronic discovery and automated litigation support. George has also been co-author of the leading survey on the electronic discovery market, The Socha-Gelbmann Electronic Discovery Survey; in 2011, he and Tom Gelbmann converted the Survey into Apersee, an online system for selecting eDiscovery providers and their offerings. In 2005, he and Tom Gelbmann launched the Electronic Discovery Reference Model project to establish standards within the eDiscovery industry – today, the EDRM model has become a standard in the industry for the eDiscovery life cycle and there are nine active projects with over 300 members from 81 participating organizations. George has a J.D. for Cornell Law School and a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

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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 a Manager of Strategic Partnerships at Business Intelligence Associates (BIA) and currently leads the Strategic Partner Program at BIA. Alon has over seventeen years of experience in a variety of advanced computing-related technologies and has consulted with law firms and their clients 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 Certified Information Security Specialist (CISSP).

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Laura Zubulake, Author of “Zubulake's e-Discovery” – eDiscovery Trends
Laura Zubulake, Author of “Zubulake's e-Discovery” – eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

Today’s thought leader is Laura Zubulake. Laura worked on Wall Street for 20 years in institutional equity departments and, in 1991, authored the book The Complete Guide to Convertible Securities Worldwide. She was the plaintiff in the Zubulake vs. UBS Warburg case, which resulted in several landmark opinions related to eDiscovery and counsel’s obligations for the preservation of electronically stored information. The December 2006 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were influenced, in part, by the Zubulake case. Last year, Laura published a book titled Zubulake’s e-Discovery: The Untold Story of my Quest for Justice, previously discussed on this blog and she speaks professionally about eDiscovery topics and her experiences related to the case.

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10 Tips for LegalTech Vendors – eDiscovery Best Practices
10 Tips for LegalTech Vendors – eDiscovery Best Practices 150 150 CloudNine

We’ve mentioned Ralph Losey from Jackson Lewis several times on this blog, including last year’s thought leader interview at LegalTech New York and our interview with him again this year, which will be published on March 1. We’re discussing another interesting article from Losey, but this time it’s Adam Losey. His article 10 Tips for LegalTech Vendors, that appeared in Law Technology News has some interesting tips that all vendors (especially those exhibiting at trade shows) should bear in mind. Here are his tips, along with some of my comments.

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