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Does Fiduciary Duty in Adversarial System Engender Confirmation Bias in eDiscovery?

Charles Chaffin’s Numb: How the Information Age Dulls Our Senses and How We Can Get them Back on confirmation bias got me thinking about our new generation A.I. review systems. Legal practitioners have long known about the dangers of confirmation bias blinding them to key facts adverse to their client’s positions. I am not an attorney and will not opine on counsel’s duties or [...]

By |2021-08-10T12:45:32-05:00August 3rd, 2021|Analytics, Essay, Research, Analysis, Review|0 Comments

Spammer Stop Manual Protocol

Thanks to my Veritas alum Gregg Karas for putting together this detailed protocol to extract the key information needed to actually force spammers to stop filling your Inbox. You will need a free Spam Cop account and to get used to finding the sender's IP in your email header. Gregg's protocol covers all the details. Spam Reporting Protocol - Word .DOCX  

By |2020-12-22T14:01:00-06:00December 22nd, 2020|Research|0 Comments

Separation of Employment: Risk Assessment Workflow

Session workflow or check list to review separation of employment policies and protocols from a discovery readiness perspective. This is not actual policies or protocols. Instead, it is an extended bullet list of separation scenarios to consider and decision elements that your policies/protocols should cover. Every work environment has unique data systems, business models, risks and corporate cultures that must be considered when developing [...]

2019 Corporate eDiscovery Platform RFP Tool

Excel tool for corporate legal departments considering adding an on-premise or cloud based eDiscovery platform that covers legal holds through review and production.  This tool is derived from the eDiscovery Matrix and is a fairly narrowly focused version of broader RFP tools used for eDJ Group clients over the last decade. eDiscovery Journal members are welcome to use and modify this tool with attribution [...]

2010 EDRM Metrics ECA Estimation Tool

Volume, cost and time estimation Excel spreadsheet tool originally developed by the EDRM Metrics IV group. Made available since this tool is no longer available as source material on the EDRM Duke site. It was the principal work product of Greg Buckles, Eric Derk and Jack Halprin. Although some of the assumptions are dated, the UTMBS codes are still valid and the formulas are [...]

By |2020-07-22T10:51:53-05:00July 22nd, 2020|Research, Matter Management, Analysis|0 Comments
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