Our Insights on eDiscovery

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

February 20, 2018

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.

Only 53 Percent of Surveyed Security Officers Are Confident in Security of Data by Third Parties: Cybersecurity Trends

February 20, 2018

A recently issued report provides an interesting look at how Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and others responsible for security are addressing the challenges in today’s cybersecurity climate.

No Sanctions for Failing to Preserve Videos and Photos of Prisoner Accident: eDiscovery Case Law

February 19, 2018

In Hernandez v. Tulare Cnty. Correction Center, et al., the California Magistrate Judge denied the plaintiff’s motion for sanctions, ruling that the defendants did not act with the intent to deprive there was no prejudice to the plaintiff from loss of videos and photos of an accident suffered by the plaintiff, a state prisoner at the defendant’s correctional facility.

For a More Complete and Accurate Review, Be Persistent: eDiscovery Best Practices

February 16, 2018

Manual document review can be prone to error. It’s easy to miss highly relevant documents or privileged documents if you fail to spot the terms that cause them to be identified as highly relevant documents or privileged. To help spot those terms, you have to be “persistent”. And, there’s a new review of CloudNine that you might want to check out!

Training Snapshot: Persistent Highlighting from CloudNine

February 15, 2018

A snapshot demonstration of the process required to set up and view persistent highlight terms within CloudNine to ensure important terms are always highlighted during review, regardless of search criteria.

“Master” the Love – Today and on February 28th: eDiscovery Trends

February 14, 2018

Happy Valentine’s Day! Hope you’re all feeling the love today! Speaking of feeling the love, we’re only two weeks away from the first event of the year at The Master’s Conference in Dallas!

Are Cloud Companies Moving Away from Pricing Transparency?: eDiscovery Trends

February 13, 2018

Last May, I wrote a post asking if pricing transparency is finally happening in eDiscovery. Here’s an article where the trend seems to be reversing – at least for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS, aka cloud) companies in general. And, what the heck is a SaaS “unicorn”?

Befuddled by BYOD? The Sedona Conference Has a New Set of Principles to Guide You: eDiscovery Best Practices

February 12, 2018

Many organizations are permitting (or even encouraging) their employees to use their own personal devices to access, create, and manage company related information – a practice commonly referred to as Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). But, how can those organizations effectively manage those BYOD devices to meet their discovery obligations? To help with that issue, The Sedona Conference® (TSC) has published an initial Public Comment Version of a Commentary to help.

Glitch in the Matrix – The Vital Role of Communication Between All Stakeholders in eDiscovery: eDiscovery Best Practices

February 9, 2018

The recent failure by the FBI to preserve text messages due to misconfiguration issues related to software upgrades illustrates unique challenges with regard to communication with stakeholders in eDiscovery processes.

Training Snapshot: Filtering Your Document Collection from CloudNine

February 8, 2018

A snapshot demonstration of the process required to filter your document collection within CloudNine to exclude documents from search and view.