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It’s Not the Size That Matters, It’s What You Do With It: eDiscovery Best Practices
 It’s Not the Size That Matters, It’s What You Do With It: eDiscovery Best Practices 339 258 CloudNine

Get your minds out of the gutter – I’m talking about the size of your data collection. We certainly have talked a lot about the impact of Big Data and the Internet of Things on this blog as new challenges presented to today’s attorneys, and they are, but challenges have always existed for attorneys in managing data and documents in litigation. An article from last week reminds us that, regardless of how much data we’re dealing with or where it comes from, discovery is still about strategy.

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Webcast: Data, Discovery, and Decisions (ACEDS CloudNine Software Showcase)
 Webcast: Data, Discovery, and Decisions (ACEDS CloudNine Software Showcase) 150 150 CloudNine

This on-demand webcast provides an overview and demonstration of three CloudNine software offerings designed to extend and enhance legal discovery efforts of law firms and legal departments.

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Sedona Conference Commentary on Proportionality, Third Edition: eDiscovery Trends
 Sedona Conference Commentary on Proportionality, Third Edition: eDiscovery Trends 428 600 CloudNine

Within the first two months of this blog, way back in 2010, we posted a blog post about the original Commentary on Proportionality in Electronic Discovery from The Sedona Conference® (TSC), which is a project of The Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention & Production (WG1). Now, the third iteration of the Commentary has just been published.

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Law Firm Sues Insurer Over $700K in Lost Billings Due to Ransomware Attack: eDiscovery Trends
 Law Firm Sues Insurer Over $700K in Lost Billings Due to Ransomware Attack: eDiscovery Trends 340 342 CloudNine

A small Rhode Island law firm has filed a lawsuit against its insurance company after the insurer refused to pay $700,000 in lost billings following a ransomware attack on the firm that locked down the firm’s computer files for three months.

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Here’s an Opportunity to Learn More About Data Discovery, Legal Discovery and Where CloudNine Fits in Both: eDiscovery Trends
 Here’s an Opportunity to Learn More About Data Discovery, Legal Discovery and Where CloudNine Fits in Both: eDiscovery Trends 300 300 CloudNine

Let’s face it, in this era of Big Data, more data is being created than ever before, from more sources than ever before, for organizations to manage and potentially use in litigation, investigations and audits. Thanks to our friends at ACEDS, you can learn more about these Data Discovery and Legal Discovery challenges today and how CloudNine addresses those challenges.

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Here’s a Chance to Learn What You Need to Know About Cybersecurity and Data Privacy in 2017: eDiscovery Best Practices
 Here’s a Chance to Learn What You Need to Know About Cybersecurity and Data Privacy in 2017: eDiscovery Best Practices 371 211 CloudNine

You’ve heard the horror stories. Maybe even experienced them yourselves. Data breaches are happening within organizations at an alarming rate, and sensitive data is being compromised regularly. As an attorney, what can you do to protect yourself, your firm and your client from becoming a victim? And, what do you need to do to keep up with ever-changing requirements for data security, both within the US and internationally?

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Court Denies Defendant’s Motion to Overrule Plaintiff’s Objections to Discovery Requests
Court Determines TAR Without Keyword Search Culling First is Preferable: eDiscovery Case Law
 Court Determines TAR Without Keyword Search Culling First is Preferable: eDiscovery Case Law 479 270 CloudNine

In FCA US, LLC v. Cummins, Inc., Michigan District Judge Avern Cohn “rather reluctantly” decided a dispute between the plaintiff and defendant on whether the universe of electronic material subject to Technology Assisted Review (TAR) review should first be culled by the use of search terms by agreeing with the plaintiff that “[a]pplying TAR to the universe of electronic material before any keyword search reduces the universe of electronic material is the preferred method.”

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Court Denies Defendant’s Motion to Overrule Plaintiff’s Objections to Discovery Requests
Court Approves Defendant’s Proposed Random Sampling Production Plan: eDiscovery Case Law
 Court Approves Defendant’s Proposed Random Sampling Production Plan: eDiscovery Case Law 479 270 CloudNine

In Duffy v. Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Kansas Magistrate Judge Teresa J. James granted the Motion to Modify Discovery Order from the defendant (and counterclaimant), where it asked the Court to enter a protective order directing it to produce a random sampling of 252 patient records, along with five spares, in order to respond to the plaintiff/relator’s document requests.

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Do We Have a Confidence “Spring” in Our Step in 2017?: eDiscovery Trends
 Do We Have a Confidence “Spring” in Our Step in 2017?: eDiscovery Trends 318 339 CloudNine

The results are in from the Complex Discovery Spring 2017 eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey, which has just concluded and (as was the case for the 2016 Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall surveys and the 2017 Winter survey) the results 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.

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Corporate Counsel Best of 2017 Survey Results: eDiscovery Trends
 Corporate Counsel Best of 2017 Survey Results: eDiscovery Trends 334 328 CloudNine

Last year, we covered the inaugural Best of Corporate Counsel Survey of the top providers to the in-house corporate legal marketplace in July. This year, Corporate Counsel apparently decided to move it up a bit as, on Monday, it released its Corporate Counsel Best of 2017 results, which (once again) include rankings in a few litigation support and eDiscovery categories.

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