Our Insights on eDiscovery

Welcome to Legaltech New York 2018!: eDiscovery Trends

January 30, 2018

Today is the start of Legaltech® New York (LTNY), and, for the eighth(!) year in a row, eDiscovery Daily 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 available and over 200 exhibitors providing information on their products and services, including our company, CloudNine at booth #533. Here are some of the interesting sessions to check out today.

This Year’s Legaltech is (Word) Cloudy: eDiscovery Trends

January 29, 2018

It’s the annual travel day before Legaltech New York (LTNY) – unless you’re attending LegalWeek events today. So, what’s being discussed at this year’s LTNY conference? The topics are cloudy – in other words, they’re displayed in a word cloud here.

ESI, ROT, and LBJ – Thoughts on Data Management While Visiting the Lyndon Johnson Presidential Library: eDiscovery Trends

January 26, 2018

A recent trip to the LBJ Library in Austin got me thinking about how organizations manage and reduce Redundant, Obsolete, or Trivial (ROT) ESI. And, here’s an eDiscovery Tech Tip of the Week regarding Legal Hold!

Training Snapshot: Litigation Hold Notifications from CloudNine

January 25, 2018

A snapshot demonstration of the process required to generate a Legal Hold Notification to potential custodians from within the CloudNine eDiscovery Platform as well as to send a reminder, send follow-up notices to those custodians, and to generate tracking reports.

Training Snapshot: Preservation and Collection from CloudNine

January 25, 2018

A snapshot demonstration of the process required to quickly initiate and complete the preservation and collection of electronically-stored information (ESI) with the CloudNine eDiscovery Platform.

Court Orders Plaintiff to Reproduce ESI and Produce Search Term List As Agreed: eDiscovery Case Law

January 25, 2018

In Youngevity Int’l Corp., et al. v. Smith, et al., California Magistrate Judge Jill L. Burkhardt, granted the defendants’ motion to compel proper productions against the plaintiffs and ordered the plaintiffs to either provide its search hit list to the plaintiffs, meet and confer on the results and screen the results for responsiveness and privilege OR produce 700,000 additional responsive documents and pay for the defendants to conduct Technology Assisted Review (TAR) on the results. Judge Burkhardt also ordered the plaintiffs to designate “only qualifying documents” as confidential or Attorney’s Eyes Only (AEO) and to pay for the reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees, of bringing the motion.

LegalTech 2018 Starts in a Week!: eDiscovery Trends

January 23, 2018

While “Legalweek”, starts next Monday, LegalTech New York 2018, starts next Tuesday, January 30 and concludes on Thursday, February 1. For us at eDiscovery Daily, it’s our eighth year in a row covering the show and we’ll be conducting thought leader interviews again this year! Let’s take a look at some of the sessions and events worth particular note for eDiscovery professionals.

Training Snapshot: Early Data Assessment from CloudNine

January 18, 2018

A snapshot demonstration of the process required to quickly generate an Early Data Assessment (EDA) report from within the CloudNine eDiscovery Platform and to review the information provided in the report.

Size Does Matter When it Comes to eDiscovery Business Confidence this Winter: eDiscovery Trends

January 18, 2018

The Complex Discovery eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey is starting its third year and the results are in! As was the case for the 2016 and 2017 surveys, the results for the Winter 2018 eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey are published on Rob Robinson’s terrific Complex Discovery site. How confident are individuals working in the eDiscovery ecosystem in the business of eDiscovery? Let’s see.

Understanding eDiscovery in Criminal Cases, Part Two: eDiscovery Best Practices

January 17, 2018

Because more than 90 percent of documents today are generated in electronic format, ESI is becoming more and more prominent in criminal matters, especially white collar criminal cases. But many attorneys who take on a criminal representation for the first time are surprised to find that there are a different set of rules than those that they are used to working within civil matters.