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eDiscovery Best Practices: Perspective on the Amount of Data Contained in 1 Gigabyte
 eDiscovery Best Practices: Perspective on the Amount of Data Contained in 1 Gigabyte 150 150 CloudNine

Often, the picture used to introduce the blog post is a whimsical (but public domain!) representation of the topic at hand. However, today’s picture is intended to be a bit instructional. As we work with more data daily and we keep buying larger hard drives to store that data, one gigabyte (GB) of data seems smaller and smaller. Today, you can buy a portable 1 terabyte (TB) drive for less than $100 in some places. Is the GB smaller than it used to be?

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eDiscovery Case Law: Computer Assisted Review Approved by Judge Peck in New York Case
 eDiscovery Case Law: Computer Assisted Review Approved by Judge Peck in New York Case 150 150 CloudNine

In Da Silva Moore v. Publicis Groupe & MSL Group, Magistrate Judge Andrew J. Peck of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued an opinion on last Friday (February 24), approving of the use of computer-assisted review of electronically stored information (“ESI”) for this case, making it likely the first case to recognize that “computer-assisted review is an acceptable way to search for relevant ESI in appropriate cases.” As noted in our previous blog post about the case, the parties had been instructed to submit their draft protocols by February 16th.

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eDiscovery Trends: Craig Ball of Craig D. Ball, P.C., Part Two
 eDiscovery Trends: Craig Ball of Craig D. Ball, P.C., Part Two 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 750 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. Our interview with Craig had so much good information in it, we couldn’t fit it all into a single post. Yesterday, we published part one. Enjoy the rest of the interview!

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eDiscovery Trends: Craig Ball of Craig D. Ball, P.C.
 eDiscovery Trends: Craig Ball of Craig D. Ball, P.C. 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 750 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. Our interview with Craig had so much good information in it, we couldn’t fit it all into a single post. So, today is part one. Part two will be published in the blog tomorrow!

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eDiscovery Trends: Ralph Losey of Jackson Lewis, LLP, Part Two
 eDiscovery Trends: Ralph Losey of Jackson Lewis, LLP, Part Two 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 principle author and publisher of the popular e-Discovery Team® Blog and founder and owner of an intensive online training program, e-Discovery Team Training, with attorney and technical students all over the world. Our interview with Ralph had so much good information in it, we couldn’t fit it all into a single post. Yesterday was part 1. Here’s the rest of the interview!

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eDiscovery Trends: Ralph Losey of Jackson Lewis, LLP
 eDiscovery Trends: Ralph Losey of Jackson Lewis, LLP 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 principle author and publisher of the popular e-Discovery Team® Blog and founder and owner of an intensive online training program, e-Discovery Team Training, with attorney and technical students all over the world. Our interview with Ralph had so much good information in it, we couldn’t fit it all into a single post. So, today is part one. Part two will be published in the blog tomorrow!

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eDiscovery Trends: Brian Schrader of Business Intelligence Associates (BIA)
 eDiscovery Trends: Brian Schrader of Business Intelligence Associates (BIA) 150 150 CloudNine

Today’s thought leader is Brian Schrader. Brian is Co-Founder and President of Business Intelligence Associates, Inc. (BIA). Brian is an expert and frequent writer and speaker on eDiscovery and computer forensics topics, particularly those addressing the collection, preservation and processing functions of the eDiscovery process.

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eDiscovery Trends: DOJ Criminal Attorneys Now Have Their Own eDiscovery Protocols
 eDiscovery Trends: DOJ Criminal Attorneys Now Have Their Own eDiscovery Protocols 150 150 CloudNine

Criminal attorneys, are you discouraged that there is a lack of eDiscovery rules and guidelines for criminal cases? If you work for the Department of Justice or other related law enforcement agencies, cheer up! As noted in the Law Technology News article, DOJ Lays Down the Law on Criminal E-Discovery Protocols, written by Evan Koblentz, the government’s Joint Electronic Technology Working Group (JETWG), led by the DOJ, unveiled its best practices guide for eDiscovery at a federal software summit in Washington on February 10. The 21 page document is “intended for cases where the volume and/or nature of the ESI produced as discovery significantly increases the complexity of the case”.

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eDiscovery Trends: Tom Gelbmann of Gelbmann & Associates, LLC
 eDiscovery Trends: Tom Gelbmann of Gelbmann & Associates, LLC 150 150 CloudNine

Today’s thought leader is Tom Gelbmann. Tom is Principal of Gelbmann & Associates, LLC. Since 1993, Gelbmann & Associates, LLC has advised law firms and Corporate Law Departments to realize the full benefit of their investments in Information Technology. Tom has also been co-author of the leading survey on the electronic discovery market, The Socha-Gelbmann Electronic Discovery Survey; last year he and George Socha converted the Survey into Apersee, an online system for selecting eDiscovery providers and their offerings. In 2005, he and George Socha 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.

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eDiscovery Best Practices: Google’s Blunder Keeps Them Under the (Smoking) Gun
 eDiscovery Best Practices: Google’s Blunder Keeps Them Under the (Smoking) Gun 150 150 CloudNine

As we noted back in November, a mistake made by Google during discovery in its lawsuit with Oracle could cost the company dearly, perhaps billions. Despite the use of search technology to cull down a typically large ESI population, a key email was produced that could prove damaging to their case. The latest court ruling denies Google’s attempts to exclude the email at trial.

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