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How SaaS Automation Has Revolutionized eDiscovery for Solo and Small Firms: eDiscovery Trends
 How SaaS Automation Has Revolutionized eDiscovery for Solo and Small Firms: eDiscovery Trends 346 351 CloudNine

I’m in Austin today, speaking at the Texas Bar CLE program eDiscovery in Your Case. I’m excited to be included in the program, participating in the luncheon presentation eDiscovery Software for Solo and Small Firms with Kathy Owen Brown of DLA Piper and Gene Albert of Lexbe! I wrote an article titled How SaaS Automation Has Revolutionized eDiscovery for Solo and Small Firms for the session. Find out how you can get a copy of the article here!

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Join Us for Today’s Webinar – Simplified eDiscovery Automation: From Evolution to Revolution!
 Join Us for Today’s Webinar – Simplified eDiscovery Automation: From Evolution to Revolution! 258 140 CloudNine

As we mentioned last week, we’re presenting a webinar today at 1pm ET. Come join us!

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The Cowen Group 2016 eDiscovery and Litigation Support Salary Report: eDiscovery Trends
 The Cowen Group 2016 eDiscovery and Litigation Support Salary Report: eDiscovery Trends 219 284 CloudNine

A couple of weeks ago, we covered the Robert Half 2017 Legal Salary Guide with a specific focus on litigation support and eDiscovery salaries. This week, we’re covering results from the Tenth Annual Salary Survey from The Cowen Group. Let’s take a look at this latest opportunity to push for that raise you’ve been wanting.

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This is a Non-Political Post: eDiscovery Trends
 This is a Non-Political Post: eDiscovery Trends 315 338 CloudNine

At the outset, I feel that I should state that, given that this post is about the Hilary Clinton emails and the FBI handling of them.

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Don’t Be Afraid, It’s Only – eDiscovery Horrors!
 Don’t Be Afraid, It’s Only – eDiscovery Horrors! 600 392 CloudNine

Today is Halloween! For the seventh time on this blog, it’s time to try to “scare” you with tales of eDiscovery (and now, cybersecurity) horrors (because, after all, we’re an eDiscovery blog). Let’s see how we do this year. Are you afraid?

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Florida Judges Say State Needs More eDiscovery Mediators: eDiscovery Trends
 Florida Judges Say State Needs More eDiscovery Mediators: eDiscovery Trends 336 323 CloudNine

You’d think I lived in Florida as much as we’ve covered it lately, both good and not so good. This story, for the first state to require technology CLE for attorneys, could be true in many other states as well.

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Court Denies Defendant’s Motion to Overrule Plaintiff’s Objections to Discovery Requests
Plaintiff Must Cooperate on Search Terms, Says Court: eDiscovery Case Law
 Plaintiff Must Cooperate on Search Terms, Says Court: eDiscovery Case Law 479 270 CloudNine

In Pyle v. Selective Insurance Company of America, Pennsylvania Senior District Judge Terrence F. McVerry granted the defendant’s Motion to Compel Plaintiff to Provide ESI Search Terms “insofar as it seeks to compel Plaintiff to confer and come to an agreement on the search terms Defendant will use to cull through the additional email archives that Defendant has identified as having been retrieved.”

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What Can Big Data Analytics Do? Rewrite History: eDiscovery Trends
 What Can Big Data Analytics Do? Rewrite History: eDiscovery Trends 448 382 CloudNine

One amusing plotline in the 1998 movie “Shakespeare in Love” was the rivalry between young Will Shakespeare and fellow playwright Christopher Marlowe. Shakespeare has become world renowned for centuries, while Marlowe has become largely forgotten (at least by the general public). But now, Marlowe is being credited as a co-author in all three “Henry VI” plays (Parts 1, 2 and 3). Says who? Big Data Analytics.

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A New Partnership to Span Data and Legal Discovery: eDiscovery Trends
 A New Partnership to Span Data and Legal Discovery: eDiscovery Trends 258 140 CloudNine

We usually preface any mention of our parent company CloudNine with a “shameless plug warning” note. So, consider yourself warned. However, our latest announcement – an exciting new partnership – bears mention here in this blog. Oh, and there’s a webinar you should check out too.

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Court Denies Defendant’s Motion to Overrule Plaintiff’s Objections to Discovery Requests
Searching Only File Names is Not the “Safe Way” to Avoid Sanctions: eDiscovery Case Law
 Searching Only File Names is Not the “Safe Way” to Avoid Sanctions: eDiscovery Case Law 479 270 CloudNine

In Rodman v. Safeway, California District Judge Jon S. Tigar ordered the defendant to pay plaintiff’s Class Counsel $688,646 as a discovery sanction under Rule 26(g), ruling that “failure to search within the contents of the legacy drive constituted an unreasonable inquiry”, but denied without prejudice the plaintiff’s request for a negative jury instruction.

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