Our Insights on eDiscovery

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Your “Mashup” of eDiscovery Market Estimates is Even Earlier This Year: eDiscovery Trends
Your “Mashup” of eDiscovery Market Estimates is Even Earlier This Year: eDiscovery Trends 342 342 CloudNine

We look forward to the eDiscovery Market Size Mashup that Rob Robinson compiles and presents on his Complex Discovery site each year. Each of the first three years that we covered it, the Mashup was released in July – with estimates for 2012 to 2017, for 2013 to 2018 and 2014-2019 (in two parts). Last year, the Mashup was released early, at the end of April for 2015 to 2020. This year, the Mashup is even earlier: Rob has released his worldwide eDiscovery services and software overview for 2016 to 2021 now!

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New Survey Says 75 Percent of Respondents Unfamiliar with China’s New Cybersecurity Law: eDiscovery Trends
New Survey Says 75 Percent of Respondents Unfamiliar with China’s New Cybersecurity Law: eDiscovery Trends 339 331 CloudNine

According to a survey conducted by Consilio and released earlier this week, 75 percent of legal technology professionals responding to the survey indicated that they are not familiar with China’s new Cybersecurity Law, which was passed by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature, in November 2016. The new law is set to go into effect on June 1.

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Craig Ball of Craig D. Ball, P.C., Part 2: eDiscovery Trends
Craig Ball of Craig D. Ball, P.C., Part 2: eDiscovery Trends 373 393 CloudNine

Today’s thought leader is Craig Ball. A frequent court appointed special master in electronic evidence, Craig is a prolific contributor to continuing legal and professional education programs throughout the United States, having delivered almost 2,000 presentations and papers. Craig’s articles on forensic technology and electronic discovery frequently appear in the national media and he teaches E-Discovery and Digital Evidence at the University of Texas School of Law. He currently blogs on eDiscovery topics at ballinyourcourt.com.

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Today’s the Day for the Best Practices in Keyword Searching Webcast!: eDiscovery Best Practices
Today’s the Day for the Best Practices in Keyword Searching Webcast!: eDiscovery Best Practices 331 221 CloudNine

Today at 12:00pm CT (1:00pm ET, 10:00 am PT), CloudNine will be conducting a webcast titled Best Practices for eDiscovery Searching via the BrightTALK network. There’s still time to register for it, if you haven’t already!

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Webcast: Key eDiscovery Trends and Case Law for 2017
Webcast: Key eDiscovery Trends and Case Law for 2017 150 150 CloudNine

This webcast will cover key events, trends, and developments that occurred over the course of last year and how they impact those in the eDiscovery community.

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Jason R. Baron of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Part 2: eDiscovery Trends
Jason R. Baron of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Part 2: eDiscovery Trends 373 393 CloudNine

Today’s thought leader is Jason R. Baron of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP. Jason is a member of Drinker Biddle’s Information Governance and eDiscovery practice and co-chair of the Information Governance Initiative. An internationally recognized speaker and author on the preservation of electronic documents, Jason previously served as the first Director of Litigation for the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, and as trial lawyer and senior counsel at the Department of Justice. He also was a founding co-coordinator of the National Institute of Standards and Technology TREC Legal Track, a multi-year international information retrieval project devoted to evaluating search issues in a legal context. He served as lead editor of the recently published ABA book, Perspectives on Predictive Coding and Other Advanced Search Methods for the Legal Practitioner. Today is Part 2, the final part, of the interview.

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Webcast: eDiscovery and CloudNine – A Complete Demonstration
Webcast: eDiscovery and CloudNine – A Complete Demonstration 150 150 CloudNine

A complete demonstration of CloudNine’s SaaS-delivered eDiscovery automation software by industry expert and author Doug Austin. Used extensively by corporations and law firms to simplify legal discovery in litigation, investigations, and audits, CloudNine provides eDiscovery practitioners with a secure platform that enables the upload, review, and production of documents from a fully integrated and automated fourth-generation eDiscovery platform.For a free trial, visit cloudnine.com.

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Jason R. Baron of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Part 1: eDiscovery Trends
Jason R. Baron of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Part 1: eDiscovery Trends 288 390 CloudNine

Today’s thought leader is Jason R. Baron of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP. Jason is a member of Drinker Biddle’s Information Governance and eDiscovery practice and co-chair of the Information Governance Initiative. An internationally recognized speaker and author on the preservation of electronic documents, Jason previously served as the first Director of Litigation for the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, and as trial lawyer and senior counsel at the Department of Justice. He also was a founding co-coordinator of the National Institute of Standards and Technology TREC Legal Track, a multi-year international information retrieval project devoted to evaluating search issues in a legal context. He served as lead editor of the recently published ABA book, Perspectives on Predictive Coding and Other Advanced Search Methods for the Legal Practitioner. Today is Part 1, the first part, of the interview.

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Google Required to Hand Over Foreign Stored Emails to Justice Department: eDiscovery Case Law
Google Required to Hand Over Foreign Stored Emails to Justice Department: eDiscovery Case Law 339 331 CloudNine

In the ruling In re Search Warrant No. 16-960-M-01 to Google, Pennsylvania Magistrate Judge Thomas J. Rueter ordered Google to comply with a search warrant to produce foreign-stored emails, disagreeing with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit’s ruling in the Microsoft Ireland warrant case, where Microsoft was not ordered to provide access to emails in that ruling.

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George Socha of BDO: eDiscovery Trends
George Socha of BDO: eDiscovery Trends 258 396 CloudNine

Today’s thought leader is George Socha of BDO. Co-founder of EDRM, George is a Managing Director in BDO Consulting’s Forensic Technology Services practice. Named an “E-Discovery Trailblazer” by The American Lawyer, he assists corporate, law firm, and government clients with all facets of electronic discovery, including information governance, domestically and globally. Prior to joining BDO, George spent 16 years as a litigation attorney in private practice before starting his own consulting firm focused on e-discovery issues in 2003. He received his law degree from Cornell Law School and his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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