Our Insights on eDiscovery

I lied. OK, I didn’t REALLY lie. I told you on Monday that eDiscoveryDaily would be tweeting throughout LegalTech New York this week. Which is what I intended to do; but, I forgot how crazy it can be at the show with so many meetings, sessions and exhibit hall time. So, I only managed one tweet per day. One of the reasons for this is that, during that time, eDiscoveryDaily was conducting interviews with several eDiscovery industry thought leaders and we’re pleased to introduce the schedule for the series.

Before starting a review project, prepare a plan that will be your map for moving forward and that you’ll use to monitor progress throughout the project. The components of the plan should include…

As noted Monday and yesterday, LegalTech New York 2011 (LTNY) is happening this week and eDiscoveryDaily is here to report about the latest eDiscovery trends being discussed at the show. The show wraps up today and, by most accounts, the attitude at the show is considerably more upbeat over last year’s show. Last chance to check out the show if you’re in the New York area! If you can brave the weather, which hasn’t been THAT bad so far, there are still several sessions (both paid and free) available and over 240 exhibitors providing information on their products and services.

As noted yesterday, LegalTech New York 2011 (LTNY) is happening this week and eDiscoveryDaily is here to report about the latest eDiscovery trends being discussed at the show. There’s still time to check out the show if you’re in the New York area with a number of sessions (both paid and free) available and over 240 exhibitors providing information on their products and services.

Today is the start of LegalTech New York 2011 (LTNY) and eDiscoveryDaily is here to report about the latest eDiscovery trends being discussed at the show. Over the next three days, we will provide a description each day of some of the sessions related to eDiscovery to give you a sense of the topics being covered. If you’re in the New York area, I encourage you to check out the show – there are a number of sessions (both paid and free) available and over 240 exhibitors providing information on their products and services.

Yesterday, we talked about applying topic codes to the documents to identify helpful or harmful documents. Today, we will talk about identifying a project manager for the review. A good, experienced project manager is critical to the success of your review project. In fact, the project manager is the most important part of the equation.

So far we’ve covered drafting criteria for responsiveness and for privilege. You may, however, be asking the review team to do more than that in the document review. You might, for example, ask them to apply topic codes to the documents or to identify helpful or harmful documents. At this point in the case, you will be better off keeping this very simple. There are several reasons for this.