Category: eDiscovery and Litigation Support

With the explosion of digital data in litigation, lawyers may need to re-consider the application of full-text technology to manage discovery. New technology and new thinking may converge to help tame discovery.   In previous blog postings, I have mentioned Attenex, H5 Technologies, and Cataphora...

Perhaps the “hottest” area in legal technology right now is discovery, which is increasingly shifting from paper to digital. There seems to be activity on many fronts.   At the Legal Tech show last week, there were many vendors offering a range of solutions. Almost...

Last month I met with a technical team at a US government organization that has investigative and enforcement authority. The topic of our meeting was to discuss current developments in electronic discovery. This team is guiding the organization’s strategy and tactics for dealing with electronic...

At some point, perhaps soon, it may be malpractice if litigators do not ask for and obtain digital data from opposing counsel. An article by Patrick F. Dorrian, Jurists Offer Perspective, TIps on Electronic Discovery in the November 2003 issue of Metropolitan Corporate Counsel examines...

In New Rule on Discovery of Computerized Data the New Jersey Law Journal (October 23, 2003) reports on what may be an important new rule concerning discovery of digital data in federal cases brought in New Jersey. This rule does not yet seem to appear...

I spent two days and spoke at Legal Tech NYC September. A couple of my legal technology friends observed that there was nothing new and asked if I agreed or not. Drawing on my training as a lawyer, I said “yes and no.” My first...

Very few documents these days begin as paper; most are created on computers. In the discovery process of litigation therefore, dealing with digital data is of growing importance. As litigants increasingly seek computer files, issues concerning who bears the cost of the production have arisen....

Most knowledge managers say that KM is 80% process/culture and 20% technology. I agree and usually focus on the 80%. One of the interesting 20% issues is the appropriate role for and expectations of full-text retrieval systems in KM. (This issue also applies to managing...