In Davis v. Crescent Electric Company et. al., South Dakota District Judge Lawrence L. Piersol ruled that a non-disclosure agreement would sufficiently protect any and all confidential and/or privileged information of the defendant that may be uncovered during the forensic examination for key custodians and that the information being requested by the plaintiff was relevant and not overly broad.
read moreAccording to a new market research report, the eDiscovery market is estimated to grow from $7.89 Billion (US) in 2016 to $22.62 Billion by 2021, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 23.4% from 2016 to 2021.
read moreRegardless how the election turned out last night, eDiscovery case law marches on. In the case In re Viagra Products Liability Litigation, California Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim, noting that other courts had declined to force a party to use predictive coding, denied the plaintiff’s motion to force the defendant to use predictive coding instead of its preferred approach using search terms.
read moreIf you’re in Houston, you have a big decision to make today. No, not that decision! I’m talking about whether or not to have drinks with me! I’m buying!
read moreLast week, I participated in a presentation, conducted by ACEDS and sponsored by CloudNine, which provided an overview of the evolution of electronic discovery technologies and also included a short demonstration of two tools within this growing category of offerings: Heureka and CloudNine. If you missed the webinar, here is where you can still check it out. You can also check out my article and my upcoming podcast too.
read moreI’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!
read moreAs we mentioned last week, we’re presenting a webinar today at 1pm ET. Come join us!
read moreA 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.
read moreAt 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.
read moreToday 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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