eDJ Contributor: Jason Velasco
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- April 13th
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eDiscoveryJournal Expands with New Contributors
The eDiscoveryJournal team is excited about our expanded coverage of the eDiscovery and Information Governance areas. The feedback from our readers has been extremely positive about our posts and articles, and we are determined to continue providing quality content. We are excited to announce the addition of three new contributors to the eDiscoveryJournal site. Brian Flatley is a Litigation Support Specialist at the law firm of Ellis & Winters and has worked in the field of Litigation Support for over five years. Brian has worked for both large and medium-sized law firms and served in roles that cover the full EDRM spectrum, from e-Discovery consulting with clients; to managing document reviews; to processing data and to sitting in the hot seat at trial. He is a former English major in a technology environment that fully believes that this background serves [...]
posted at 4:58pm on Apr 13th
- March 27th
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In Memoriam of Jim Burns
I found out this morning that an old friend, Jim Burns, passed away over the weekend. For those that knew Jim, he was warm and friendly to everyone he met with a smile that made you immediately comfortable. Jim and I were the original “tape guys” in the early days of the EDRM‘s evolution and we always enjoyed the coopertition which only helped the industry learn more about the complexities of legacy media. Jim always shared precise and impartial information with his colleagues and clients which always impressed me. Jim, you will be missed!! Here is the information from Jim’s obituary. Please feel free to share your thoughts and memories of Jim below in the comment section. Our condolences to Jim’s family during this very difficult time. In Memory of James Wayne Burns September 10, 1962 – March 25, 2012 [...]
posted at 12:26pm on Mar 27th
- February 28th
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Download Your Facebook Info for eDiscovery or Curiosity
The other day I happened to be poking around Facebook to see if I could modify some setting. I had not been to the Admin section of my Facebook account for some time and it was eye opening to see the different ways to involve Facebook into more aspects of my life. Pretty soon I’ll be watching my own life like a movie on Facebook, but enough of the philosophical waxings for one day and back to the techie stuff. As I was moving onward from the account settings, I happened to see the words “Download a copy of your Facebook data” on the screen and immediately clicked back. I thought this might be interesting, so naturally I clicked the button to see what I would get back after being a Facebook user for close to five years (I remember [...]
posted at 9:00am on Feb 28th
- February 17th
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Does Anyone Still Think About Pricing in eDiscovery
Most of the conversation these days in the eDiscovery arena has been around Predictive Coding, the Cloud, and Big Data topics, so I wanted to bring us back to one of the basic issues in the eDiscovery marketplace…pricing. The Predictive Coding/Technology Assisted Review (PC-TAR) makes the world a bit fuzzier as it blends the processing and review components closer together. I’m sure many vendors long for the days when the going price to process (extract the meta-data and text) and create a TIFF was $2500 per GB (uncompressed). The process was simple back then…process and TIFF the data…load it up into a review platform and let the attorneys review to their hearts content (Excel files notwithstanding). Even when we developed the technology to apply search terms to the data set, the price was based on how much data went into [...]
posted at 9:08am on Feb 17th
- February 13th
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The eDiscoveryJournal Continues to Add Contributors
The eDiscoveryJournal has been growing in both readership and content over the past few months (thank you to all of our wonderful readers). Our goal is to provide as much possible insight on the issues and trends related to the eDiscovery and Information Governance spaces. In order to expand that insight, we have three more independent contributors to the eDiscoveryJournal family that I’m proud to announce. Chuck Rothman is the Director of eDiscovery Services at Wortzman Nickle in Toronto where he provides technical oriented advice related to litigation and records management, with a premium on identifying risks and solutions related to the storage and retrieval of electronic information. Chuck is a recognized expert in both electronic discovery and computer forensics in Canada and the U.S., and a frequent lecturer at Canadian e-discovery conferences. He has authored numerous articles, co-authored “Electronic [...]
posted at 6:06pm on Feb 13th
- February 1st
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IT’S A WRAP!!! LTNY 2012 is in the books.
Whew!! I’m sitting down for the first time in hours…I have a glass of cabernet sitting in front of me next to a significant stack of business cards and marketing materials. The whirlwind known as LegalTech NY is over and it’s time to decompress and absorb all of the information that I’ve taken in over the past 72 hours. I tried to get a post out last night (Tuesday), but someone forgot to wash their hands and I caught something that wiped me out for most of night (I think next year, I’m going to wear a surgical mask and rubber gloves or bring a case of Purell). The sad thing is that I missed some great Tuesday evening events, but our readers can fill in the gap in the comments section. Let’s first talk about the show itself. It [...]
posted at 7:54pm on Feb 1st
- January 30th
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LegalTech NY Week Kicks Off
The LegalTech NY is gearing up for an excellent week of networking and education. I already grabbed my lamb and rice dish from the street vendor around the corner and am ready for a full week of eDiscovery fun. My week kicked off with a great chat with Chris Dale before heading out to an impressive event put on by Nuix and The Cowen Group (TCG) at Del Posto. The Nuix/TCG dinner was one of the best organized LTNY events I’ve been to in awhile. They loaded us in the bus at the Hilton for a ride to the restaurant where we were served delicious wine and hors d’oeuvres. There were many eDiscovery luminaries at the event (way too many to name and I don’t want to leave anyone out so I won’t try to list them) and there were [...]
posted at 6:32am on Jan 30th
- January 23rd
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Welcome the Newest eDiscoveryJournal Contributors
I have spoken to many of our readers over the past several months and have received a great deal of feedback about the eDiscoveryJournal. The readers appreciate the perspectives of Greg, Barry, Mikki and I…and they want more. Because eDJ analysts are working analysts – out in the field experiencing the real thing, we thought the best way to keep the content coming is to add some other independent perspectives. With that in mind, I started a campaign to find new contributors to the eDiscoveryJournal site. Today I’m proud to announce our newest group of contributors. Greg Harris has worked in eDiscovery and Computer Forensics for over four years and in the Information Security field for more than eight years. In his current role, Greg works in the eDiscovery and Investigations department for a large corporation in Alpharetta, Georgia. His duties span [...]
posted at 10:30am on Jan 23rd
- January 6th
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Dreams of LegalTech NY
The entire eDiscoveryJournal / eDJ Group team will all be in attendance at LTNY this year. Our schedules are getting pretty booked up, but we will make every attempt to coordinate time for business meetings, panels and analyst debriefings. If you haven’t had a chance to schedule a time with someone from our team or if you would like someone from the team to speak on a panel, please email us to get something on the calendar.
posted at 10:00am on Jan 6th
- December 21st
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Announcing the winners of the eDiscoveryJournal Holiday Drawings
The team at the eDiscoveryJournal is excited to announce the winners for our annual eDiscoveryJournal holiday drawing a $250 gift card. We had many entries, but only a few can win. Here is our list of the 2011 winners: Jonathan O. Steen – Redding, Steen, & Staton Juli Sauer – Best Buy David Meadows – Kroll Ontrack Mari Coppinger – Carle, Mackie, Power & Ross Peter Mojica – Biovigil Systems Congratulations to our winners and keep an eye out for future opportunities to win prizes just by reading the eDiscoveryJournal.com. Here’s a what a few of the winners had to say… “An excellent prize from an excellent source of eDiscovery news!”- David Meadows “Your newsletter is providing valuable information in a newly developing area of the law” – Mari Coppinger Happy Holidays to everyone and we look forward to exciting [...]
posted at 3:04pm on Dec 21st