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A Half Salary Guide is a Whole Salary Guide: eDiscovery Trends
A Half Salary Guide is a Whole Salary Guide: eDiscovery Trends 219 284 CloudNine

Robert Half’s 2017 Legal Salary Guide once again features salary ranges for more than 100 positions in the legal field and provides some other interesting statistics, as well. Here are a few highlights.

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A Framework for Discovery Automation: eDiscovery Trends
A Framework for Discovery Automation: eDiscovery Trends 598 193 CloudNine

Automation has been a recurring theme this year on this blog. At the beginning of the year, I declared that the age of eDiscovery automation is upon us. I’ve also spoken about discovery automation on numerous occasions, including just two days ago! Now, a recent post on the Complex Discovery blog takes an interesting look at a framework for discovery automation.

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Masters Conference DC, Day Two: eDiscovery Trends
Masters Conference DC, Day Two: eDiscovery Trends 268 119 CloudNine

As we indicated yesterday and Monday, The Masters Conference has been going on in Washington DC! Today’s the last day! Let’s take a look at today’s events!

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Masters Conference DC, Day One: eDiscovery Trends
Masters Conference DC, Day One: eDiscovery Trends 268 119 CloudNine

As we indicated yesterday, The Masters Conference is going on today and tomorrow in Washington DC! Let’s take a look at today’s events!

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This Week is The Time to “Master” Your Knowledge of eDiscovery In Our Nation’s Capital!: eDiscovery Trends
This Week is The Time to “Master” Your Knowledge of eDiscovery In Our Nation’s Capital!: eDiscovery Trends 268 119 CloudNine

This week is the week! If you’re in the Washington DC area tomorrow and Wednesday, join us at The Masters Conference!

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How to Avoid Getting “Burned” by Redactions: eDiscovery Best Practices
How to Avoid Getting “Burned” by Redactions: eDiscovery Best Practices 360 353 CloudNine

On the surface, it may seem easy enough to redact a document during eDiscovery review to obscure confidential or privileged information. All you need to do is draw a black box over the affected text, right? Not necessarily. There’s a lot more to consider in order to ensure that you don’t inadvertently produce information that was intended to be redacted. Here are a few things to consider to avoid getting “burned by redaction failures.

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Time for the Fall eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey!: eDiscovery Trends
Time for the Fall eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey!: eDiscovery Trends 334 328 CloudNine

We’ve covered three rounds of the quarterly eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey created by Rob Robinson and conducted on his terrific Complex Discovery site. Last time, sponsorship from ACEDS and promotion from EDRM, LTPI, Masters Conference, and Women in eDiscovery helped increase the number of respondents dramatically (more than the first two surveys combined). Now, it’s time for the Fall 2016 Survey to complete the cycle!

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Court Denies Defendant’s Motion to Overrule Plaintiff’s Objections to Discovery Requests
Dropped Cell Phone Does Not Lead to Spoliation Sanctions Under Amended Rule 37(e): eDiscovery Case Law
Dropped Cell Phone Does Not Lead to Spoliation Sanctions Under Amended Rule 37(e): eDiscovery Case Law 479 270 CloudNine

In Shaffer v. Gaither, North Carolina District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. ruled that the sanction of dismissal requested by the defendant for the plaintiff’s lost text messages was disproportionate and denied the defendant’s Motion for Sanctions.

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Recommind Challenges CAL Patent: eDiscovery Trends
Recommind Challenges CAL Patent: eDiscovery Trends 341 341 CloudNine

How do you like them apples? After they were the subject of much scrutiny five years ago regarding their attempt to trademark “predictive coding” (only to eventually abandon it), Recommind (now OpenText after they were acquired) is now challenging the trademark of “continuous active learning” and its acronym, “CAL”.

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Mary Mack of ACEDS: eDiscovery Trends
Mary Mack of ACEDS: eDiscovery Trends 373 393 CloudNine

Today’s thought leader is Mary Mack. Mary is ACEDS’ executive director and an eDiscovery pioneer. She is known for her skills in relationship and community building as well as for the depth of her eDiscovery knowledge. Mary is the author of A Process of Illumination: The Practical Guide to Electronic Discovery, considered by many to be the first popular book on eDiscovery. She is the co-editor of the Thomson Reuters West treatise, eDiscovery for Corporate Counsel.

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