eDiscovery Vendor Viability: Comparisons Beyond Technology and Talent
eDiscovery is rife with risk. Multiple parties, multiple jurisdictions, multiple ESI formats, multiple technologies and multiple vendors are all elements that can contribute to potential risk in an eDiscovery matter. With the prevalence of risk in eDiscovery, it is important that eDiscovery decision makers fully consider vendor viability during the vendor selection process.
Technology-Assisted Review and Biomet: From Multimodal Approaches To Mathematical Critiques
Providing new impetus for ongoing discussions regarding technology-assisted review and statistics, recent court documents from the matter of In Re: Biomet M2a Magnum Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation are spawning new considerations and critiques in the area of eDiscovery ranging from multimodal assisted review approaches to mathematical analysis of expert briefs.
80 From 2: A Listing of Vendors from Two Recent eDisclosure/eDiscovery Industry Reports
Provided as a listing of key eDisclosure and eDiscovery providers as noted in two recent research reports, the following “aggregated list” highlights 80 providers that are listed in the vendor directory of at least one of the recent reports by either Allvision or 451 Research.
Predicting Discovery? Initial Results of 120-Second Provider Predictive Coding Survey
Provided for your consideration and use are the in-progress results of the Predictive Coding and Provider Survey launched by ComplexDiscovery on 2/10/13. The in-progress results consist of survey answers harvested directly from the online survey form as completed by provider representatives.
Predictive Coding and Providers: A 120-Second Survey
With the growing awareness and use of the technology-assisted review feature of predictive coding in the legal arena today, it is increasingly difficult to determine the origin and approach of the actual predictive coding technologies used by leading eDiscovery providers in their offerings.
11 Years of eDiscovery – A Quick Merger, Acquisition and Investment Update
Updated 4/4/13: Provided as a non-comprehensive overview of over 100 key and publicly announced eDiscovery related mergers, acquisitions and investments since 2002, the following listing highlights key industry activities through the lens of announcement date, acquired company, acquiring or investing company and acquisition amount (if known).
Got Technology-Assisted Review? A Short List of Providers and Terms
Based on a website review of leading providers in the electronic discovery arena, the following list provides a quick, non-all inclusive reference of firms that appear to have developed “technology assisted review” technology (one form of this being “predictive coding”) for their own and/or partner offerings.
A Basic eDiscovery Framework: One Way To Align Three Differing Approaches
The Basic eDiscovery Offering Framework is designed to help eDiscovery professionals cohesively consider how to share and compare service and product information as it relates to the conduct of eDiscovery regardless of the steps, model or best practices used by practitioners.
Update: Peck, Parties and Predictive Coding
Updated 04/11/2013: From descriptions to discussions to diatribes, many individuals and organizations have attempted to inform and influence opinion in regard to the recent predictive coding related transcripts, objections, declarations, opinions and orders in the matter of Da Silva Moore v. Publicis Groupe & MSL Group, No. 11 Civ. 1279 (ALC) (AJP) (S.D.N.Y).
Contribution, Conceit and Crying: Considering the Perceived Value of Tweets
“Conventional wisdom exists around these questions [of what content do Twitter users value and why are some tweets valued more than others], but to our knowledge this is the first work to rigorously examine whether the commonly held truths are accurate.” Authors – Paul Andre (Carnegie Mellon University), Michael Bernstein (MIT) and Kurt Luther (Georgia Institute of Technology).
Social Media: Growth, Risk, and Tactics
While the benefits of social media use in the workplace can be great, the risks associated with social media usage by organizational employees can also be great. These risks, many times grouped according to their origin as a data risk, a behavior risk, and/or a technology risk, can have a significant impact on key organizational areas.
Too Many eDiscovery Features?
As one considers the growing number of electronic discovery products and services and the corresponding features available in each of these offerings, it is increasingly important for product developers/manufacturers and service providers to understand the balance between providing clients the right amount of functionality choice and providing clients too much functionality choice.
What Might eDiscovery Cost?
Designed to help legal professionals in “rule of thumb” electronic discovery data reduction and pricing planning, the Electronic Discovery Pricing Estimator uses a combination of generally accepted industry assumptions and user determined pricing entries to provide users with a quick reference planning tool.
How many MBs in that Box?
Designed to help legal professionals in “rule of thumb” data volume planning for electronic discovery, the Electronically Stored Information (ESI) Planning Calculator uses a combination of generally accepted industry assumptions to provide users with a quick reference planning tool that can help in the estimation of print-to-digital and digital-to-print data volume.
Communications 101
By answering eight key communication questions, this insightful presentation provides communications considerations that can make a difference for those seeking to effectively close “the last three feet” with their audience.
New Communications?
Based on transformation and technology, current principles of marketing communications require considerable rethinking in light of the available “conduits” to communicate with others. With a relook at past marketing communications principles in mind – the following new marketing communications principles are provided for your consideration, review, and use.
Time for Unplanning?
“Unplanning” is the brainchild of Mason Zimbler Creative Director David Sloly and business advisor and author Ian Sanders. The pair unveiled their new outlook on business planning at the prestigious South by South West (SXSW) Interactive festival, held this March in Austin, Texas. The theory acknowledges the unpredictable nature of business today, and advocates agility and action over unnecessary research and planning. Here’s a bite of the apple.
