Category: eDiscovery and Litigation Support

Legal Tech is beginning. The Hilton in NYC is already buzzing with attendees on Sunday night. Even before the show, the elevators tell a story.  For the last few years, a Legal Tech vendor has an ad running on continuous loop on the closed circuit...

Earlier today I wrote that legal offshoring is no big threat according to a new report. But that does not mean the legal outsourcing market is standing still. An Indian company has just acquired electronic evidence processing assets from Bowne.  Integron (already featured in my...

The e-discovery market is booming. A boom does not, however, guarantee success. According to a press release, big player Daticon has declared bankruptcy and been acquired.  In the release dated Jan 17, 2006, acquiror Xiotech writes that “today it has reached agreement with Daticon Incorporated...

EDDix provides objective, in-depth research about the e-discovery market. Its latest study, Corporate Litigation Readiness, presents several interesting findings.  EDDix reports are typically based on research conceived, executed, and analyzed by EDDix. Here, an e-discovery vendor commissioned a detailed survey of in-house counsel and turned...

Can law firms rely on software rather than lawyers to review huge volumes of documents in discovery? In Concept Searching in Discovery I wrote that this is an empirical question.  Now, a well-known litigator has gone on record saying the answer is yes. Fred Bartlit...

Merger activity continues in the US electronic evidence market.  EPIQ Systems, “a national leader in the market for fiduciary management and claims administration systems and provides an advanced offering of integrated technology-based products and services,” has acquired nMatrix, a “a leading provider of case management...

David Snow, legal technology editor for law.com/tech, assembled a panel to discuss “Experts’ EDD Trend Watch and Product Picks.” The recorded conversation was excellent. (Easy registration required; sound takes about 30 seconds to start once controls display.)  The action in e-discovery is unprecedented. The last...

ALM’s law.com published today (on the web) a collection of stories on E-Discovery Trends of 2006.  A recorded webinar, “Experts’ EDD Trend Watch and Product Picks,” will soon be available. I was one of five panelists for this interesting discussion. Once it’s live, I will...