Weekly Top Story Digest – June 15, 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.

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eDiscovery News
Content and Considerations

• A Failure to Make Initial Disclosures - http://tinyurl.com/3e46j5b (Josh Gilliland)
• Australian Discovery Report stresses Case Management, Consistency and Understanding - http://t.co/iknFqLR (Chris Dale)
• Broker-Dealers Beware: Banning Facebook Is Bad Policy - http://tinyurl.com/3bufphp (Janet Laveaux)
• Court Grants Motion to Compel, Orders Forensic Imaging of Defendants’ Computers - http://tinyurl.com/3eu9kzw (K&L Gates)
• Court Restrictions on Digital Devices are Inconsistent – http://tinyurl.com/3ltagmp (Ashley Trent)
• Does Your Law Firm Have an eDiscovery Practice? http://t.co/qMFHgMI (Gina Passarella)
• eDiscovery Sanctions Awarded after Case Is Closed – http://t.co/B5cg361 (Derek Harris)
• Employer Concerns About NLRB Rulings on Facebook Speech – http://t.co/uUOQURm (Jeffrey Gordon)
• From the Experts: Bankruptcy and E-Discovery – http://tinyurl.com/3n8sf5c (Sarah Brown)
• Georgetown Academy Wrap Up – http://tinyurl.com/3gds2ww (Tom O’Connor)
• Going “Gaga” Over Big Deals and Malpractice in eDiscovery – http://t.co/YnfTycC (Ralph Losey)
• How Early Does the Duty to Preserve Arise in Litigation? http://tinyurl.com/3wh7rcs (Christopher Boerhing, Daniel Toal)
• Indiana Court Hands Down a Harsh Punishment for Shady eDiscovery Practices - http://t.co/LvsIjyQ (MJR)
• Is That Conversation Really Privileged? http://tinyurl.com/3hf6s5k (Victoria Kummer)
• Keeping Company Trade Secrets Confidential – http://tinyurl.com/3jslzar (Ray Raysman, Peter Brown)
• Mapping the New Era of the Discovery Process – http://tinyurl.com/67vu25d (Michael Black)
• New FBI Manual Gives Agents More Leeway for Database and Trash Searches - http://tinyurl.com/3hxyvcu (Debra Cassens Weiss)
• Non-English Language Search Design - http://tinyurl.com/62vk78k (Alan Brooks)
• No Sanctions for Failure to Preserve Disaster Recovery Back-up Tapes where Other Preservation Efforts were Reasonable “In the Context of This Case” - http://tinyurl.com/3f6ev7z (K&L Gates)
• Open Source Could Change the Future of eDiscovery – http://tinyurl.com/3nhovsx (Evan Koblentz)
• “Predictive Coding” is Not a Recommind Trademark – http://tinyurl.com/4332ho9 (Evan Koblentz)
• Predictive Coding War Breaks Out in US eDiscovery Sector – http://tinyurl.com/3oh5gn6 (Charles Christian)
• Roitblat on Predictive Coding - http://tinyurl.com/44tos4y (Herb Roitblat)
• Tennessee Bans ‘Emotionally Distressing’ Images on Social Networks? http://t.co/XKd5idJ (Lora Bentley)
• The Legal Implications of Social Networking: The Basics – http://t.co/AZhclQv (David Navetta)
• The Social Media/First Amendment Face Off – http://tinyurl.com/3np7v5w (Joshua Engel)
• The Recommind Patent and the Need to Better Define ‘Predictive Coding’ http://tinyurl.com/43r6vwn (Jeremy Pickens)
• The Role of Lawyers in the Age of Electronic Discovery — Don’t Hit Delete - http://tinyurl.com/434eavs (Mara Zazzali-Hogan)
• U.S. Faces Legal Challenge to Internet-Domain Seizures – http://tinyurl.com/6ad4kmj (David Kravets)
• Why Automated Review Testing is Like an Audit, not an Election Poll - http://t.co/TWittv5 (G.J. Britton)

Reports and Resources

• Case Law Update and Trends – June 2011 – http://tinyurl.com/3zexjzm (Kroll Ontrack)
• Critical Review of the Market and Search Systems by Search Expert Stephen E. Arnold - http://tinyurl.com/3tc48t9 (PR Web)
• eDiscovery Basics: Preservation of ESI, Part 1 (Vol. 1, No. 5) http://tinyurl.com/3k6cd8w (Gibson Dunn)
• Gartner Publishes First Magic Quadrant for eDiscovery Software – http://tinyurl.com/4yefekq (Aaref Hilaly)
• Inconsistent Assessment of Responsiveness in eDiscovery:  Difference of Opinion or Human Error? (PDF)  http://tinyurl.com/3vtyy9k (Maura Grossman, Gordan Cormack)
• Internet Access as a Human Right – http://tinyurl.com/3j9vdg3 (Shaunna Mireau)
• Legal Project Management Quick Reference Guide – http://t.co/2gQZm2K (Ted Tjaden)
• Pew Internet Twitter Update 2011 – 13% Of Online Adults Use Twitter - http://tinyurl.com/3ra8ble (Aaron Smith)
• Survey Shows 3 of 4 Companies Suffer Data Loss – http://bit.ly/iKqnGs (Robert Mullins)
• Symantec Report Highlights Virtualization and Cloud Migration Challenges - http://tinyurl.com/43elkp7 (Justin Lee)
• The British Pharmaceutical Industry Issues Social Media Guidance for Adverse Event Reporting - http://t.co/iIpIwES (John Mack)
• The Duty to Preserve: Initiating Preservation - http://t.co/UmeoiaH (Orange Legal Technologies)
• The French Revolution 2.0: Copyright and the Three Strikes Policy – http://tinyurl.com/3unqxaz (Eldar Haber)
• The Information Needs of Communities (Report/PDF) – http://t.co/bWOXc6r (Steve Waldman)
• The State of Data Security – http://tinyurl.com/3naapz5 (Jackie Groves)

Technology and Tactics

• 5 Simple Mistakes When it Comes to Email Security – http://t.co/nCBXEyH (Jeff Orloff)
• Canada Sets a New Standard in the Fight Against Spam – http://t.co/sXc97ku (Nick Pavlidis)
• Cernam Analysis: Apple iCloud – Cloud Computing For Your Grandparents - http://tinyurl.com/3phr985 (Karen Reilly)
• CIOs Dive Into Semantic Web - http://t.co/GAkqybP (Michael Singer)
• Inside Exchange 2010: Enabling POP3 and IMAP Access – http://t.co/IP8QCVL (Ed Fisher)
• Facebook’s Facial Recognition Feature Riles Privacy Pros – http://t.co/M2vRPpm (Lora Bentley)
• Gap between Expected and Realized Benefits of Virtualization and the Cloud Persists - http://t.co/fg99Clu (David Lee Cummings)
• Google Search By Image: Use A Snapshot As Your Search Query – http://t.co/lGQvB9G (Jason Kincaid)
• How to Handle a Software Audit – http://tinyurl.com/44f6p44 (Paul Beik, Jonathan Day)
• How to Mount Dirty EXT4 File Systems – http://bit.ly/mao42K (Hal Pomeranz)
• LinkedIn Best Practices - http://tinyurl.com/3no66s4 (Lindsay Griffiths)
• Metadata Management Key to Complex Information Architectures – http://tinyurl.com/3njkg76 (Loraine Lawson)
• NATO’s Newest Bombing Tool: Twitter - http://tinyurl.com/3zn8c2s (Spencer Ackerman)
• Preparing Your Company for Social Media Attacks – http://tinyurl.com/3z9a4f3 (Brian Glaser)
• Security That Never Sleeps - http://t.co/u6JyD79 (John Sankovich)
• Still Have Questions about Cloud Security? You’re Not Alone – http://t.co/eRG9hkM (B&L Blog)
• The Future of Computing Looks Flexible - http://tinyurl.com/3joev4v (Michael Roach)
• The Social Business Activity Cycle - http://tinyurl.com/3h8pm8b (Mike Langford)
• Troubleshooting Access to Mailboxes - http://t.co/kG4gnWK (Mike Rede)
• Twitter is the new Facebook - http://tinyurl.com/3d9j3d2 (Adam Ostrow)

Twitter Hashtags of the Week

• #eDiscovery
• #eDisclosure
• #ILTA11
• #LegalTech

Vendor Views
Industry Landscape

• AccessData Opens New Office, Training Lab and eDiscovery Hosting Facility in London - http://tinyurl.com/42zt27w (Business Wire)
• Acuity Outsourced Document Review Answers Market Need: Cost Predictability for eDiscovery - http://tinyurl.com/3bpblk3 (PR Newswire)
• Cernam: Capturing and Preserving Online Data – http://tinyurl.com/644s3yg (Conor Harrington)
• Clearwell Platform to Search Third-Party Indexes With Keyword Filter - http://tinyurl.com/3zk2x3g (Sean Doherty)
• CompuLaw Further Expands Court Rules Databases with EEOC and FEHA-specific Rule Set - http://tinyurl.com/3tbb3cp (Press Release)
• Dawn of the Predictive Coding Wars? http://tinyurl.com/3vnaazv (Barry Murphy)
• Early Termination Notices under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act: Symantec-Clearwell - http://tinyurl.com/4y2u68b (Federal Trade Commission)
• Evolve Discovery Bolsters Its eDiscovery Capabilities with Equivio Technology - http://tinyurl.com/3eg57gy (PR Newswire)
• Fortune 500 Software Company Selects Provider eDiscovery Services - http://t.co/pEeYtln (Business Wire)
• Guidance Software’s CEIC Wins Forensic 4cast Award for Contribution to Digital Forensics - http://tinyurl.com/3u7fmf2 (Business Wire)
• iBridge Announces Strategic Litigation Support Partnership with Nuix - http://tinyurl.com/3nymdww (PR Web)
• Iron Mountain Incorporated Announces 33% Increase to Quarterly Dividend – http://tinyurl.com/3tz8ao2 (Press Release)
• JurInnov Adds Viewpoint™ to Provide Its Clients All-In-One eDiscovery Service Option - http://tinyurl.com/4xxhsa3 (PR Newswire)
• Leading Analyst Firm Expects E-Discovery Market is Entering Phase of High Growth - http://tinyurl.com/3ujlvz4 (PR Newswire)
• Leading Analyst Firm Positions Catalyst as a ‘Visionary’ in Magic Quadrant for eDiscovery - http://tinyurl.com/3daso79 (Press Release)
• McCann Investigations Announces Acquisition of McCann Forensics, Inc. - http://tinyurl.com/3novwyc (PR Web)
• Message Thread Review Saves Costs and Improves Consistency - http://t.co/gEzq1Qh (Doug Austin)
• Microsoft Acquires Risk Management Specialist Prodiance – http://tinyurl.com/3veqnxt (Evan Koblenz)
• New Evaluation Tools Help Law Departments Assess, Measure, and Optimize Operational Maturity - http://tinyurl.com/3snn5ln (Business Wire)
• Orange Legal Technologies Announces Complete Managed Review Service for eDiscovery - http://t.co/i4j1VW0 (Business Wire)
• Reveal Data Announces InControl™ 3.1 Installation at BlueStar Case Solutions - http://tinyurl.com/3j49h73 (PR Web)
• The Global Recession Didn’t Hamper Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Efforts, According to Protiviti Survey - http://tinyurl.com/3qrc2k4 (PR Newswire)
• UnitedLex Achieves Rare Milestones with Relativity – http://tinyurl.com/3vxpo47 (Business Wire)
• X1 Technologies Announces New Release of X1 Mobile Search Enhanced for iPad and iPad 2 - http://tinyurl.com/3ct99n9 (Business Wire)
• ZL Technologies Uses Enterprise Cloud Platform from SunGard Availability Services - http://tinyurl.com/3zgdudy (PR Newswire)

eDiscovery Events

JUNE

Virtual Legal Tech
June 16, 2011
Online
Click here for more information.

JULY

Carmel Valley eDiscovery Retreat
July 17-21, 2011
Carmel, California
Click here for more information.

Organization of Legal Professionals – Annual Conference
July 17-21, 2011
Carmel, California
Click here for more information.

AUGUST

ILTA 2011 Annual Conference
August 21-25, 2011
Nashville, TN
Click here for more information.

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

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