With the continuing growth of eDiscovery, rapidly developing case law, and new technologies, the complexities associated with eDiscovery are daunting. The risk of mis-steps during the eDiscovery process weighs on the minds of Corporate Counsel, as well as IT professionals.  What do legal and IT professionals need most? Advice and education from trusted experts and professionals [...]

Find out what happens when litigants go head-to-head in a Web 2.0 world. Join us as we tell the tragic story of two companies locked in a bitter court battle, in a no-holds-barred race to protect their products, their market, and their businesses. How will they combat issues involving social media information leaks, rogue blogging [...]

EMC and the Masters Conference presents: IT for Lawyers: What is in our corporate datacenter…and why you need to know! Speaker: Janet Heins, Director, Collaboration & Information Governance  Biogen Idec. Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 9:30 PT / 12:30 ET The datacenter in your company houses a vast amount of information and across all business functions. To [...]

An Inevitable Reality: Machine-based eDiscovery Review with Jason R. Baron, Esq., Director of Litigation, National Archives and Records Administration and Jim Shook, Esq. Director eDiscovery and Compliance Group, EMC Corporation. As the amount of electronically stored information (ESI) explodes in the enterprise, the eDiscovery process is at a critical point. The document review process is [...]

By James D. Shook, Esq. Published in DIGITAL DISCOVERY & E-EVIDENCE Among lawyers, the word metadata is likely to conjure confusion, looks of disbelief, fear and–in rarer cases–a knowing smile. Metadata issues present some of the more vexing technical issues for litigation and e-discovery personnel. With metadata back squarely in the news from Judge Scheindlin’s opinion in National Day Laborer Organizing [...]

By William J. O’Neil, Jr., Esq. Part II Faster, better, cheaper was the mantra at NASA as it set goals to improve quality, efficiency and better manage costs after several setbacks…it was a way to set goals and measure success from a “top down” approach of looking at it from all perspectives and seeking to [...]

By William J. O’Neil, Jr., Esq. Part I Faster, better, cheaper was the mantra at NASA as it set goals to improve quality, efficiency and better manage costs after several setbacks…it was a way to set goals and measure success from a “top down” approach of looking at it from all perspectives and seeking to [...]

With the shift from paper to electronic documents and records, electronically stored information (ESI) has increased at an alarming rate. With date stamps, owner, and other auditable metadata, ESI has become a rich evidentiary source in litigation proceedings. Subsequently , the average volume for an eDiscovery collection today is over 4 million documents per event. [...]

New York Law Journal eDiscovery Webinar Series Thursday, June 9, 2011 – 11:00 AM EST In this webinar you will learn: •   What is a technical witness? What is the personal and professional liability?  •   How to answer questions? •   How to prepare for eDiscovery Deposition    Speaker: James D. Shook, Esq., CIPP Director, E-Discovery and Compliance Practice EMC [...]

New York Law Journal eDiscovery Webinar Series Thursday, May 12, 2011 – 11:00 AM EST eDiscovery and the Bench: In this webinar a panel with a former judge will address: •   The issue and scope of the “reasonableness” standard in preservation and proportionality  •   Key steps to avoid misfeasance in eDiscovery •   The important of bringing sides together [...]