By Heidi Maher, Esq. Just when you thought the idea of a government investigation couldn’t get any worse, here comes the new Supreme Court ruling in FCC v. AT&T, Inc., 562 U.S. ____(2011). The case began in 2004, when AT&T realized that it may have been collecting too much government cash as part of the [...]

EMC LegalTech 2011 CLE Session It takes a Village…A cross-functional approach to eDiscovery (CLE Credit ) Time 10:30 – 11:30 am ET Room: Concourse Level Room F With eDiscovery, there isn’t an “Easy Button”.  The practical realities of eDiscovery deployment, management, and litigation have had a significant impact on corporations, as well as expanded the general [...]

By Heidi Maher, Esq. To those of us in the eDiscovery field, the EDRM diagram appears straightforward.  However, to the legal practitioners who are getting acquainted with it for the first time, the “Information Management” node seems so overwhelming that they go no further.  The explanation of that node on EDRM.net[1] is good but gives [...]

Inadvertent disclosure of privileged information is a pressing concern for litigators and some would argue is one of the main reasons for the high cost of eDiscovery.  Vendors and outside counsel make good money helping corporations sift through massive amounts of data to separate out privileged information.  When Federal Rule of Evidence 502 was amended [...]

Circles of Sanctions In customer meetings and speaking engagements, I sometimes relate eDiscovery sanctions to Dante’s “Inferno” and its nine circles of hell.  The idea is that those who have poor eDiscovery processes and cannot meet their obligations to preserve relevant ESI have a good chance of facing sanctions.  At that point, the only question [...]

Karthik Kannan, Sr. Marketing Director of SourceOne eDiscovery – Kazeon presents at EMC World Momentum. Presentation One Title: eDiscovery: Why the IT and Legal Departments Are Strategic Partners In Managing eDiscovery When: 2:00 PM, Wednesday, May 12th Abstract: Gaps exist between IT and Legal in most corporations today. This hinders the efficiency and accuracy with which legal [...]

Top 5 Considerations For ECA Investments By James Shook, Esq., EMC SourceOne eDiscovery Expert Having an Early Case Assessment (ECA) capability is absolutely imperative for corporations to deliver rapid insight into a potential or pending litigation, so that the corporation can determine risk and exposure quickly and accurately.   What are the top five considerations corporate [...]

by Lora Bentley, IT Business Edge Lora Bentley spoke with Andrew Cohen, Vice President and General Manager of EMC SourceOne eDiscovery in the  Content Management and Archiving Division of EMC Corporation, on why companies should care about e-discovery requirements and how to best approach improving their e-discovery system and efforts. Bentley: How much do businesses focus on [...]

Special to Legal Technology Excerpt from Law.com’s Legal Technology Blog By Matthew Nelson, Esq. Fresh off the heels of yet another LegalTech New York event in early February, it remains clear that the promise to make a fortune from e-discovery continues to lure more and more companies to the table to claim their fair share [...]

The much anticipated session, The Ten eDiscovery Commandments: The Judges Speak is only two hours away.  The Honorable Andrew J. Peck and The Honorable Frank Maas join moderator, Andrew M. Cohen, Esq. to discuss eDiscovery do’s and don’ts. “This session is one of the jewels of LegalTech.  The Judges frankness on the subject, I believe, [...]