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Training Snapshot: Fuzzy Searching from CloudNine
 Training Snapshot: Fuzzy Searching from CloudNine 150 150 CloudNine

A snapshot demonstration of the process and syntax required to perform fuzzy searches within CloudNine to locate variations in spelling of terms to catch additional potentially responsive hits that may be otherwise missed due to spelling errors or Optical Character Recognition (OCR) inaccuracies.

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Tending Your Garden: Why Information Governance Should be an Ongoing Process in Your Organization: eDiscovery Best Practices
 Tending Your Garden: Why Information Governance Should be an Ongoing Process in Your Organization: eDiscovery Best Practices 696 517 CloudNine

Just as a garden needs tending regularly to make sure that the plant and flowers are current and vibrant, an information governance program also needs tending regularly to make sure that the information managed is current and useful to an organization. Here are some factors to consider when tending your information governance “garden”.

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93 Percent of Legal Professionals Surveyed by Consilio Think AI Will Be Helpful to Legal: eDiscovery Trends
 93 Percent of Legal Professionals Surveyed by Consilio Think AI Will Be Helpful to Legal: eDiscovery Trends 452 337 CloudNine

While the ultimate impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the business of law remains to be seen, legal professionals are largely positive about how it will affect the industry and their day-to-day jobs, according to a survey conducted by Consilio.

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Germany Finds that Facebook’s Privacy Settings and Terms of Service Violate Their Privacy Rules: Data Privacy Trends
 Germany Finds that Facebook’s Privacy Settings and Terms of Service Violate Their Privacy Rules: Data Privacy Trends 275 247 CloudNine

One of the things that Tom O’Connor and I discussed in last week’s webcast about the upcoming Europe General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was how consent will be interpreted for use of data for its data subjects.  Last month, a German court may have given an early indication of how consent will be enforced.

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Court Rules on Scope of Plaintiff Discovery Requests: eDiscovery Case Law
 Court Rules on Scope of Plaintiff Discovery Requests: eDiscovery Case Law 479 270 CloudNine

In Performance Pulsation Control, Inc. v. Sigma Drilling Techs., LLC, et al., Texas District Judge Amos L. Mazzant granted the plaintiff’s motion to compel in part, ordering the defendants to produce documents related to four specific categories, but within certain parameters.

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Once Again, Florida is the Place to Be for eDiscovery Education in March: eDiscovery Best Practices
 Once Again, Florida is the Place to Be for eDiscovery Education in March: eDiscovery Best Practices 183 185 CloudNine

I alluded to it last week, now I’ll discuss it in more depth. Next month, the University of Florida E-Discovery Conference will be held on Thursday, March 29 – believe it or not, this is the sixth annual conference. And, for the first time, I’m going to be there! If you’re going to be in Gainesville then too, great! If not, you can still attend from the comfort of your desk at work or at home.

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Training Snapshot: Proximity Searching from CloudNine
 Training Snapshot: Proximity Searching from CloudNine 150 150 CloudNine

A snapshot demonstration of the process and syntax required to perform proximity searches within CloudNine to locate responsive terms that are not only in the same document, but close to each other without having to be in an exact phrase.

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No Sanctions for Failing to Preserve Cell Phone Records and Call Logs: eDiscovery Case Law
 No Sanctions for Failing to Preserve Cell Phone Records and Call Logs: eDiscovery Case Law 479 270 CloudNine

In Dotson, et al. v. Edmonson, et. al., Louisiana District Judge Susie Morgan denied the plaintiff’s motion in limine seeking sanctions for spoliation of evidence, finding that the plaintiff had “not met his burden of establishing that the Trooper Defendants had a duty to preserve” cell phone records and call logs from the evening of October 7, 2015 from Louisiana State Police (LSP) issued cell phones that were used that night by LSP officers during an undercover operation, or that their destruction of the evidence was intentional.

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Don’t Panic, but the Countdown is on and GDPR is Coming!: Data Privacy Trends
 Don’t Panic, but the Countdown is on and GDPR is Coming!: Data Privacy Trends 779 433 CloudNine

I have a “panic button” on my desk. Are you panicking about the upcoming Europe General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) yet? If so, read this post.

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Webcast: Understanding eDiscovery in Criminal Cases (March 21, 2018)
 Webcast: Understanding eDiscovery in Criminal Cases (March 21, 2018) 150 150 CloudNine

Criminal cases have long been thought of as an arena devoid of electronic discovery issues. But attorneys who regularly handle criminal cases know that’s not the case. So, are there any guidelines and best practices for handling eDiscovery in criminal cases? This CLE-approved* webcast session will take a look at the history of the development of standards and highlight specific issues of importance regarding eDiscovery in criminal matters.

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