E-Discovery, Google’s Cloud Computing, and Computational v. Linguistic Limits
Just how far can concept searching and semantic analysis go in automating document review in discovery? No one knows yet. The answer depends in part on another question: Is the…
General Counsel – IT Gap
Holiday toast overheard tonight: “Long live e-discovery confusion”. EDD confusion is good for service providers, vendors and law firms. Not so for General Counsels, who should do more to reduce…
Seagate Acquires MetaLINCS E-Discovery Software
Are you surprised that disk drive maker Seagate Technologies acquired e-discovery software developer MetaLINCS last week? According to the press release, this and prior acquisitions allow Seagate to “offer corporations,…
Conflicts Checking for Contract Lawyers
Does your firm have a clear policy to check and clear conflicts for temp or contract lawyers? A lawyer / e-discovery expert asked me this yesterday. With all the articles…
Contract vs. Offshore Lawyers (Part II)
Who would you rather have review litigation documents: contract (temp) lawyers or full-time lawyers in India? In Document Review in the US versus India (8/07) I suggested that Indian lawyers…
Should Law Firms Do E-Discovery Inhouse?
Should law firms do e-discovery data collection and processing inhouse? Most large firms have – and should have – the capacity to process and collect some amount of data. The…
Staff Attorney Redux – McDermott Will’s Move
“McDermott, Will & Emery plans to create a new tier of attorneys — think of them as permanent contract associates — to handle lower-end tasks at lower billing rates.” So…
Another EDD Acquisition: Iron Mountain Acquires Stratify
More consolidation in the e-discovery (EDD) market. Iron Mountain today announced it will acquire Stratify. Between acquisitions and start-ups, it’s hard to track exactly, but I think the number of…
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