Jim McGann is Vice President of Information Discovery for Index Engines. Jim has extensive experience with the eDiscovery and Information Management. He is currently contributing to the Sedona working group addressing electronic document retention and production. Jim is also a frequent speaker for industry organizations such as ARMA and ILTA, and has authored multiple articles for legal technology and information management publications.
read moreChristine Musil is Director of Marketing for Informative Graphics Corporation, a viewing, annotation and content management software company based in Arizona. Informative Graphics makes several products including Redact-It, an electronic redaction solution used by law firms, corporate legal departments, government agencies and a variety of other professional service companies.
read moreWe’ve already covered the first step of the data gathering plan: preparing a list of data sources of potentially relevant materials and identifying custodians. Now let’s fill out the plan. Here’s a step-by-step approach.
read moreOne of the first electronic discovery tasks you’ll do for a case is to collect potentially responsive electronic documents from your client. Before you start that collection effort, you should prepare a data-gathering plan to ensure that you are covering all the bases. That plan should identify the locations from which data will be collected, who will collect the data, and a schedule for the collection effort.
read moreeDiscovery Daily is excited to announce a new blog series of Q&A interviews with various eDiscovery thought leaders. Over the next three weeks, we will publish interviews conducted with six individuals with unique and informative perspectives on various eDiscovery topics. Mark your calendars for these industry experts!
read more“We thought we were going to have a month to review this data, but because of a judge’s ruling in the case, we now have to start depo prep for two key custodians on Monday for depositions now scheduled next week”, said Megan Moore, attorney with Steele Sturm, PLLC, in Houston. “We have to complete our review of their files this weekend.” So, what do you do when you have to conduct both a first pass and final review of the data in a weekend?
read moreTuesday, we talked about putting together a “big picture plan” for your project. And, yesterday, we provided step-by-step instructions for preparing a schedule for a specific task and identifying the resources you’ll need. Now let’s talk about preparing a budget. Depending on the task, there may be a lot of cost components in your budget. For many projects — for example, a document review project — the biggest cost component will be people.
read moreYesterday, we talked about putting together a “big picture plan” for your electronic discovery project. Now let’s move on to the nitty-gritty and get into resource, schedule, and budget details. You need to do detailed planning for each task that you listed in your big picture plan. This means calculating a schedule and a budget and determining the resources you will need.
read moreIt is unlikely that any project will be successful without good planning – both “big picture” planning and the planning of specific tasks. First you need to look at the 10,000 foot view and identify all the pieces and how they fit together. Then you need to look at the specific pieces and prepare a plan for accomplishing each..
read moreAll too often, electronic discovery projects fall apart. Deadlines are missed, costs exceed estimates, work product is flawed, and there aren’t good records of what was done. These problems can result in costs and hours that can’t be billed, dissatisfied clients, and in really bad situations, sanctions imposed by the court. In so many cases, the problems can be avoided – or at least minimized – if basic, “common sense” project management techniques are applied.
read moreOn-premise processing and review continue to offer unique advantages that the cloud alone can’t replicate. Before racing toward “cloud-only” strategies, it’s worth recognizing the critical needs driving organizations to maintain robust on-prem infrastructure.
