Migrated from eDJGroupInc.com. Author: Karl Schieneman. Published: 2012-08-27 11:17:29 As I read some of the commentary I have seen posted on Kleen Products, I felt compelled to weigh in as an industry participant closely involved with predictive coding. Kleen Products was a useful case for a number of reasons.First the case showed us that a party which educated themselves on information retrieval was willing [...]
The last week of summer was more hectic than usual because I spent Monday and Tuesday at the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) conference. Unlike other eDiscovery conferences, this had a more casual feel, with lots of attendees in shorts, tee shirts, and flip flops. I had a chance to meet with several vendors and colleagues and three themes kept coming up: technology-assisted review (TAR); the role of managed services in the eDiscovery market; and pricing models.
Migrated from eDJGroupInc.com. Author: Lynn Frances Jae. Published: 2012-09-05 09:00:29 When I went to the demo for Nytrix, I thought that I would be reviewing a new review tool. So, I was surprised when the demo was as much about the delivery system as it was about the tool itself. Complete Discovery Source is a seven-year-old eDiscovery service provider that has made their name in [...]
Migrated from eDJGroupInc.com. Author: Mikki Tomlinson. Published: 2012-09-06 09:00:31 Legal strategy and the underlying and outlying circumstances and emotional drivers that go to strategic positioning are the elements we are not privy to in reviewing case law. As a 20-plus year professional working in the field of litigation, those are exactly the elements I am curious about when I study opinions. In her book, [...]
Migrated from eDJGroupInc.com. Author: Greg Buckles. Published: 2012-09-07 11:24:59 This year’s International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) conference was laid back and casual compared to the hectic buzz of Legal Tech New York. I heard good things about the session speakers and content that included lively debate and hard questions from the audience when panelists gave vague or fluff answers. I will build in more [...]
It was a packed house at The Cowen Group’s semi-annual in-person New New Leaders Breakfast at ILTA last week with 50 eDiscovery and litigation support professionals gathered from across the country. David Cowen kicked off the week with many inquisitive looks from his audience when he walked up to a white board and scrawled the letters WHAWHN. The acronym stands for “what happens after what happens next” and David believes asking this question is essential for anyone who strives to be a leader in this space. Wayne Gretzky, arguably the greatest hockey player to ever play the game, is famously quoted as saying, “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” For those in the legal technology industry, it is time to think about where the puck is going, and David believes the puck is moving toward managed services.
The inFusion 12 conference next week has me thinking about the differences between the platform and point product approaches to in house corporate eDiscovery. Preparing slides and panelist questions for my sessions brought one challenge of the traditional eDiscovery relay race into focus for me. The obvious performance and strategic advantages to a centralized corporate platform include early direct access to ESI in the wild, single instance collection storage, shared indexes, cross matter designations and universal chain of custody. Recouping these advantages usually requires a significant investment in the classic maturity triad; people, process and technology. ILTA booth displays clearly demonstrated that providers are investing in workflow and collaboration features in the attempt to be the primary eDiscovery interface for their customers. So what pain point are customers feeling? The ubiquitous EDRM diagram answered that question for me. Created in 20XX, this model gave the nascent eDiscovery market a common vocabulary and lifecycle explanation when most counsel were still printing email and office documents for hard copy review. I missed that first year’s project, but gladly contributed to the expanding body of projects as the scope and scale of eDiscovery challenges exploded. The connectors between EDRM phases clearly demonstrate the traditional eDiscovery ‘telephone game’ where ESI was collected, processed and transferred between distinct teams. We all know the danger of passing a simple message around the camp fire, now imagine how that natural distortion is amplified through transformation of formats, load files and verbal instructions. So are you still playing this game?
Migrated from eDJGroupInc.com. Author: Lynn Frances Jae. Published: 2012-09-13 08:55:08 FrameWorkPM, Inc. demoed their new project management software, FrameWork at ILTA. Though the software won’t be available for use until Q1 of 2013, there was a lot to see already. First, let me mention that there seems to be a need in the eDiscovery market for a stand-alone project management tool that will integrate [...]
Now that eDiscovery and information governance (IG) are fairly mainstream topics, it is important to look for signs of maturity in practice. Are organizations creating best practices? Are out-of-control eDiscovery costs actually becoming manageable? There is anecdotal evidence of moving up the maturity curve, but what does the broader data say? While analyzing the data from an IG survey eDJ Group conducted in association with ViaLumina, Ltd, there is evidence of maturity, but that evidence may actually be a red herring.
Migrated from eDJGroupInc.com. Author: Mikki Tomlinson. Published: 2012-09-18 09:00:25 I had the pleasure to attend The Cowen Group’s (TCG) Leadership Breakfast Series meeting in Atlanta last week. I was expecting the conversation to focus on the impact that Technology Assisted Review (TAR) is having on the legal industry, as the other Q3 breakfasts in the series did. However, the discussion quickly turned its focus [...]