Weekly Top Story Digest – May 4, 2011

Compiled by ComplexDiscovery from online public domain resources, provided for your review/use is this week’s update of key industry news, views, and events highlighting key electronic discovery related stories, developments, and announcements.

eDiscovery News
Content and Considerations

• 9th Circuit Ruling Hinges on ‘Exceeds Authorized Access’ in CFAA - http://tinyurl.com/3tu5qja (Ginny LaRoe)
• Big Data and Tolkien’s Seeing Stone - http://tinyurl.com/42xr82v (Jon Neiditz, John Martin)
• Biglaw Litigators, Rejoice! A Circuit Court Opinion on a Discovery Dispute - http://tinyurl.com/3ehlbf9 (David Lat)
• California Subpoenas: Invitation to Comment on ESI – http://tinyurl.com/3tqnh7h (Josh Gilliland)
• Can Technology ‘De-Commoditize’ Document Review? http://tinyurl.com/6jorr5u (Robert Trenchard, Steven Berrent)
• Cease-and-Desist Letter Alone Ruled No Basis for Jurisdiction – http://tinyurl.com/3jufwqt (Sheri Qualters)
• Court Declines to Compel Government to Contribute to Creation of Database to Ease Defendant’s Discovery Burden, Recommends Application for Assistance Pursuant to Criminal Justice Act – http://tinyurl.com/4xnvo7h (K&L Gates)
• Courts Struggle With Police Searches of Smartphones – http://tinyurl.com/44db5qb (Joshua Engel)
• Defense Challenges Enhanced Audio in Foreign Bribery Case – http://tinyurl.com/42gpvhb (Mike Scarcella)
• Diamonds in the Rough: Finding Gems in a Well-Executed Document Review - http://tinyurl.com/4y9rwe3 (Cathleen Peterson, Benita Sumey, Jennifer Fiorentino)
• E-Discovery, My How You’ve Grown! http://tinyurl.com/3mduqhr (John Tredennick)
• E-Discovery Traffic Control – Merging on the Litigation Superhighway - http://tinyurl.com/3nvgvvj (Dennis Kiker)
• Employer Restrictions on Social Media Use May Be Subject to Lawsuits - http://tinyurl.com/426dlft (PR Web)
• Facebook’s Impact on Compliance Codes – http://tinyurl.com/43tr8tm (Ryan McConnell, Katharine Southard)
• Facebook Must Produce — Not Merely “Provide Access” — to ESI in Native Formats - http://tinyurl.com/3vmpn3f (Ben Kerschberg)
• “Friends Of E-Discovery” Encourage Discussion And Collegiality – http://tinyurl.com/3e8rp5o (Tami Kamin-Meyer)
• Get the Most out of Your Expert Witness - http://tinyurl.com/44squlp (Gay Grunfeld, Leslie Thornton)
• Here’s What Happens When the Police Subpoena your Facebook – http://tinyurl.com/3uxjtct (Matthew Panzarino)
• Internal Investigations And The Data Explosion – http://tinyurl.com/3vut4nz (Howard Sklar)
• Judge Grimm on Ignorance of eDiscovery Rules and Lack of Consistency from Courts - http://tinyurl.com/3ardzt6 (Chris Dale)
• Mitigating FCPA Risk And Issues To Consider In Conducting Investigations - http://tinyurl.com/44yjn6h (Thomas Engelhart)
• More on Craig Ball’s EDna Challege - http://tinyurl.com/3ggxdmk (Sharon Nelson)
• OMG: Tweets, Facebook Welcome in Mass. Courtroom – http://tinyurl.com/3rncbzs (Denise Lavoie)
• Online Advertising Techniques Evolve as Federal Scrutiny Increases - http://tinyurl.com/6chnndc (Alan Friel)
• Prosecuting Internet Bad Acts Using Nuisance Law – http://tinyurl.com/6h76ojb (Jonathan Bick)
• Q&A: Howie and Martin: Experts Discuss Overlooked Aspects of Bringing eDiscovery In-House - http://tinyurl.com/3cq2fo8 (Kayleigh Roberts)
• Return on Investment (ROI) of In-House Electronic Discovery – http://tinyurl.com/3qaens2 (Alan Brooks)
• Reuniting Scattered Documents For More Efficient Review: An Evidence Exchange Case Study - http://tinyurl.com/3lrlkex (Michael Prounis)
• States Take Practical Steps to Respond to Data Breaches – http://tinyurl.com/3fafz4p (Nick Akerman, Melissa Krasnow)
• The FCPA And UK Bribery Act: Compliance Programs Essential – http://tinyurl.com/3okx2ur (Anthony Pacheco)
• The Five Hottest Topics in eDiscovery Today – http://lnkd.in/6925mh (Ben Kerschberg)
• The Increasing Complexity Of Privacy and Security Law -http://tinyurl.com/3dtksyc (Kirk Nahra)
• The Latest from the NLRB on Social Media – http://tinyurl.com/3lx26k6 (Philip Gordon)
• The Processing Mountain Was Blocking The View – New Mountains To Climb In E-Discovery - http://tinyurl.com/3ka7z6a (Warwick Sharp)
• The State of BigLaw: What the AmLaw 100 2011 and Two Other Reports Today Tell Us - http://tinyurl.com/5w3blx2 (Ron Friedmann)
• UK Bribery Act To Come Into Force On July 1, 2011; Final Guidance Issued - http://tinyurl.com/445vpdo (Justin Williams, Wynn Segall)
• Unified Cloud-Based Legal Repositories And Process Innovation Driving eDiscovery Efficiencies -  http://tinyurl.com/3uldmd4 (David Bayer, Sanjeev Srivastav)
• Unless Your Data Capacity is Unlimited, You Don’t Have Enough – http://tinyurl.com/43arxqk (Victor Limongelli)
• Until Rules Change, 2010 Cases Set Preservation Standard – http://tinyurl.com/3ltmqky (Brad Harris, Ron Hedges)
• Yammer, Chatter, Hot Water – Corporate Social Networks Have Advantages—and Perils - http://tinyurl.com/3lbz4vz (Ashlee Vance)

Reports and Resources

• Bytes in Brief – May 2011 Edition - http://tinyurl.com/4xbyvgb (Sharon Nelson, John Simek, Jason Foltin)
• eDiscovery Institute Announces Legal Technology Leadership Summit - http://tinyurl.com/44g9u29 (PR Web)
• Freedom of the Press 2011 Survey: Greatest Threats to Independent Media - http://tinyurl.com/6g8s7cd (Freedom House)
• It’s Not a Royal Wedding, It’s an Adventure – My New Book on eDiscovery is Now Available - http://tinyurl.com/3px2ggc (Ralph Losey)
• Major Study Finds Rapid Adoption of Hosted Email Compliance – http://tinyurl.com/3vqyl6z (Business Wire)
• OLP Launches New Concept in eDiscovery Training – Presents Comprehensive Learning Experience Using EDRM – http://tinyurl.com/3gqxrxz (OLP)
• Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update – April 2011 (PDF) http://tinyurl.com/3hbp7sf (Morrison Foerster)
• The Am Law 100 2011 – The Complete Report – http://tinyurl.com/4yrxpls (American Lawyer)
• The FBI’s Ability to Address the National Security Cyber Intrusion Threat (Redacted Version) (PDF) http://tinyurl.com/3e6v5bk (USDOJ)
• Users’ Rights In Copyright Law - http://tinyurl.com/45xow27 (Guy Pessach)

Technology and Tactics

• A Look at Various Exchange-Compatible Email Servers – http://tinyurl.com/3wzv29b (Paul Mah)
• Apple’s ‘iCloud’ Possible Harbinger of New Services – http://tinyurl.com/63ewkyu (Alan Reiter)
• Apple Responds to the iPhone/iPad Location Controversy - http://tinyurl.com/44bezbc (Doug Austin)
• Arrington Disclosure Sparks Ethics Outrage – http://tinyurl.com/3uqfzxu (Ron Miller)
• Behold The New User - http://tinyurl.com/6y3l5ly (Chuck Hollis)
• Can you Save Money with Cloud Computing? http://tinyurl.com/3m3ufls (Larry Dignan)
• Cloud! Cloud! Cloud! A Not so Authoritative Look at What “Cloud” Terms Mean - http://tinyurl.com/3hn834g (Jerome Wendt)
• Cloud Computing Market Predicted To Hit $240 Billion By 2020 – http://tinyurl.com/3vaob7k (Michael Ide)
• Cloud Computing Poised to Escalate – http://bit.ly/kqEeX4 (Dilip Tinnelvelly)
• Email Marketing and the Email Administrator – http://tinyurl.com/3nf23dv (Jeff Orloff)
• Exchange Server and Unified Messaging – http://tinyurl.com/3khrc5m (Mike Rede)
• Google Gmail Gets Shared Inboxes - http://tinyurl.com/3h2xbw9 (David Carr)
• GSA to Boost Cloud Computing with new RFP – http://tinyurl.com/44hzd5d (Jason Miller)
• How Google Deals With Trademark Infringement – http://tinyurl.com/3u8zpca (Johanna Sistek)
• How Might I Recognize the Need for ESI Evidence? http://tinyurl.com/2e82fnb (Orange Legal Technologies)
• HP Exec Spills Huge Company Secret On LinkedIn Profile – http://tinyurl.com/3dcrndv (Matt Rosoff)
• ILTA London Reviewed - http://tinyurl.com/3vdztue (Joanna Goodman)
• IT Pros Cross-Examine Digital Evidence – http://tinyurl.com/3npm69z (Kim Davis)
• It’s Time Users Demand Better Data Handling – http://tinyurl.com/3hflkfv (Scott Koegler)
• Lifecycle Management: Fixed v Dynamic Content – http://tinyurl.com/3pnj44s (James Watson)
• Myths, Realities And Strategies Of Fixed Fees – Part II: Strategies – http://tinyurl.com/42rl72b (Ashish Prasad)
• Oh, Canada: Capturing Social Media and Online Communications in the Cloud - http://tinyurl.com/3hlu8rx (Tom Steinert-Threlkeld)
• Protecting Mailboxes with Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) http://tinyurl.com/3k2hga6 (Mike Rede)
• Secret Storage Hides Encrypted Data In Plain Sight – http://tinyurl.com/3d43xtm (Mathew Schwartz)
• Social Media ≠ Social Business - http://tinyurl.com/3f3alhl (Chad Bockius)
• Sony Declines to Testify at Congressional Hearing – http://tinyurl.com/3hugx3l (Nick Bilton)
• Sparks Fly as D.C. and Utility Tussle Over Sensitive Outage Data – http://tinyurl.com/3zgyh9q (Zoe Tillman)
• Takeaways from the Amazon Outage - http://tinyurl.com/3nvqq4p (Gordan Haff)
• The Legal Side of the Cloud: Worrisome? http://bit.ly/jBpIBo (Gary Audin)
• Using Multiple Mailboxes In One Profile - http://tinyurl.com/3z4ljwp (Mike Wheatley)

Twitter Hashtags of the Week

• #CEIC2011
• #eDiscovery
• #LegalTech
• #SymVision

Vendor Views
Industry Landscape

• AccessData Announces Additional Hosting Facility in Canada – http://tinyurl.com/3fke7lq (Business Wire)
• Brocade Develops a Cloud Complex - http://tinyurl.com/3ksxzlw (Craig Matsumato)
• CA Technologies Enables Logicalis UK to Deliver Cloud Computing Services - http://tinyurl.com/3ckakm3 (PR Newswire)
• Cisco Introduces Portable Data Centers - http://tinyurl.com/3bbeft7 (Chandler Harris)
• D4, LLC, Partners with RiverGlass Enabling Progressive Enhancements to D4’s eDiscovery Offerings – http://tinyurl.com/432omnc (PRWeb)
• Deduplication and Efficient Data Storage - http://tinyurl.com/4ygm8jk (PRNewswire)
• Developing A Value-For-Services “Litmus Test”: Applied Discovery And The ACC Value Challenge – http://tinyurl.com/3fvnnrx (Jon Resnick, Joshua Kubicki)
• Digital Strata; 10 Years of Managed Discovery Services for Cisco – http://tinyurl.com/3d79sxu (PR Web)
• DOAR Litigation Consulting and Julie Blackman & Associates Announce Merger - http://tinyurl.com/6594xku (PR Newswire)
• Epiq Systems Announces 2011 First Quarter Results Led by 25% E-Discovery Operating Revenue Growth – http://tinyurl.com/3mrg8cz (NASDAQ)
• kCura Announces Dates for Relativity Fest 2011 – http://tinyurl.com/5vg8fhe (Marketwire)
• kCura Releases Method 1.9 – http://tinyurl.com/3syz6oq (kCura)
• Kroll Ontrack Continues to Expand U.S. Network of Document Review Facilities in New York - http://tinyurl.com/3cp9juo (Business Wire)
• In-Depth Computer Forensics: Belkasoft Releases Version 2 of Their Flagship Evidence Center Tool - http://tinyurl.com/3qgwn24 (PR Web)
• Iron Mountain Q1 Profit Surges – Quick Facts – http://tinyurl.com/3s3gvoy (NASDAQ)
• Linklaters Selects Autonomy’s IDOL for Enterprise Search – http://tinyurl.com/43tps9o (PR Newswire)
• Litigation Field Gets Boost as Two Top eDiscovery Organizations Partner Up – ACEDS and LSC - http://tinyurl.com/3fryvtg (Press Release)
• Navigant Tops EPS, Revenue Misses - http://tinyurl.com/3sjsojy (Zacks Equity Research)
• Nuxeo and the Google Search Appliance - http://tinyurl.com/3jr8zfg (Stephen Arnold)
• Open Text Q3 Revenue Up 23.6 Percent, Beats Analyst Estimates - http://tinyurl.com/44monm7 (Canadian Press)
• OrcaTec’s Predictive Coding Lowers Cost of Litigation – Companies Save 93% on First-Pass Review - http://tinyurl.com/6xm4wxq (PRWeb)
• Quest Software Continues to Ease Microsoft Cloud Deployments with Office 365 Migration Support - http://tinyurl.com/43zcprh (Business Wire)
• Rackspace Shutting Down Slicehost - http://tinyurl.com/3mu88xj (Klint Finley)
• Reed Smith Hires David R. Cohen, Forms New Practice Group – http://tinyurl.com/3atpezn (Patty Tascarella)
• Seagate Introduces 1TB Per Platter HDD – http://tinyurl.com/62ox5h4 (Chandler Harris)
• Shawn Huston Brings 18 Years Experience as New Litigation Support Expert for MerlinOne - http://tinyurl.com/3k3uys5 (Business Wire)
• SocialLogix Releases New Governance, Risk, and Compliance Solution for Social Networking - http://tinyurl.com/3hdz9ty (Business Wire)
• Symantec Vision: CEO Salem Sees Growth In Mobility, Cloud, Virtualization - http://tinyurl.com/3vmblnb (Stefanie Hoffman)
• TechLaw Solutions Welcomes Joe Grespin as Regional Director – http://tinyurl.com/3vpgmmj (Marketwire)
• The OneO® Discovery Platform from Orange Legal Technologies – http://tinyurl.com/44hqopm (Orange Legal Technologies)

eDiscovery Events

May

DoDIIS Worldwide Conference
May 1-5, 2011
Phoenix, AZ
Click here for more information.

2011 World Technology Law Conference & Annual Meeting
May 12-13, 2011
San Francisco, CA
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CEIC 2011 Computer Investigations Conference
May 15-18, 2011
Orlando, FL
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LegalTech West
May 17-18, 2011
Los Angeles, CA
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11th Annual Inside Counsel Super Conference
May 23-24, 2011
Chicago, IL
Click here for more information.

ACC Europe – Annual Conference
May 29-31, 2011
Berlin, Germany
Click here for more information.

June

Techno Security & Digital Investigations Conference
June 5-8, 2011
Myrtle Beach, SC
Click here for more information.

eDiscovery Readiness for Government
June 6-7, 2011
Arlington, VA
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Annual Discovery & E-Discovery Conference (Law Bulletin Seminars)
June 8, 2011
Chicago, IL
Click here for more information.

 

For Complete Events Calendar Visit – http://tinyurl.com/24cbckg

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