Our Insights on eDiscovery

In yesterday’s post detailing the discussion of industry experts regarding the adoption of cloud technology within the legal industry, several points of discussion were discussed, including the differentiation between “public cloud” and “private cloud”. It’s important to know the difference between the two implementations and why you might consider selecting one over the other (and what you need regardless of which one you select). But, public or private cloud isn’t the only question you should be asking about a cloud solution.

How fast is the legal industry moving to the cloud? And, what is holding some law firms back from migrating to the cloud? These and other questions were discussed in a recent online discussion among industry experts.

Did you ever wonder what happens if a company falsely claims that they are certified compliant with either the EU-U.S. or Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield framework? Or falsely claims that they are in the process of being certified compliant? Apparently, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) gets on their case about it.

The topic of Alternative Legal Services Providers (ALSPs) is always an interesting one, with considerable discussion at this year’s Legaltech® New York conference and my colleague, Tom O’Connor, recently wrote a white paper on the topic for our blog. They can also be somewhat controversial. Looks like one existing ALSP is shutting down, while another one (coming soon) is promoting itself to be “Uber for lawyers”. Hmmm…

2018 is certainly on its way to becoming the year of data privacy rights for the individual. Barely over a month after the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect in the European Union, California has passed a new data privacy law which will give consumers the right to obtain data collected about them, the right to request deletion of the data, and the right to direct a business not to sell the information to third parties.

As Tom O’Connor and I discussed in our webcast last month, handling social media in discovery can be challenging. Now, The Sedona Conference® (TSC) has updated a primer to help with social media issues.