The Georgetown Advanced eDiscovery Institute

The Advanced eDiscovery Institute A continuing education program by Georgetown Law School This year the program was held December 6 & 7 The agenda and roster of speakers can be found here. This conference is considered one of the most highly regarded e-discovery learning events of the year.  Learn something new about e-discovery today by …

Introduction to E-Discovery: Technology (Part 3 of 5)

It’s pretty easy to execute a Google search on “e-discovery” and immediately become overwhelmed by the amazing volume of information available. Where should you begin reading? What’s fluff? What’s not? What’s educational? What’s marketing jargon? Over the next few weeks, we’re going to dedicate MONDAY mornings to reading about electronic discovery basics. Each week, look …

Learning About Data Maps

Most data maps or content maps or "who-knows-where-the-data-is" diagrams are anywhere from 9 to 18 months out of date.  Any IT network manager will tell you that creating a diagram of everything on the company network is not a fun or easy activity. Add to that the litigator's need to know who has/had access to …

The 7th Circuit E-Discovery Pilot Program

Learning about e-discovery requires both a practical and theoretical approach. We need the practical knowledge to complete our everyday tasks. We need someone to think through the theoretical knowledge in order to improve our everyday practices. There are a few electronic discovery "think tanks" around the country the most notable is The Sedona Conference.  Recently, the …

Introduction to E-Discovery: Technology (Part 1 of 5)

Last week, we introduced electronic discovery with a few resources to begin your educational journey. This week, we will begin a 5-week series on e-discovery technology. This is technology used in support of electronic discovery projects.  Following the phases or stages laid out in the EDRM (Electronic Discovery Reference Model found at http://www.edrm.net) we will …

LTNY 2012 in Review

Learning about electronic discovery includes keeping up to date with the latest technology and practice trends in our field. Legal Tech New York 2012 was this year's first major trade show and conference. Here are a few of the top blog posts & articles covering the event: Apersee E-Discovery Journal E- Discovery Daily E-discovery Beat …

Review Guide « The Electronic Discovery Reference Model

EDRM Document Review Workflow Chart Aim: To gain an understanding of document content while organizing them into logical sub-sets in an efficient and cost effective manner. Goal: Develop facts, reduce risk, reduce cost, leverage technology, facilitate collaboration and communication. via Review Guide « The Electronic Discovery Reference Model. This is a pretty in-depth overview of …

Failure to Test Keywords by Sampling a Prominent Consideration in Court’s Finding of Waiver : Electronic Discovery Law

Keyword searching is a task which requires using technology. As a best practice you should make sure you allow enough time in your project management plan to test and perform quality control measures on your search results. You must have a methodology in place to which you apply the technology you have available. Not the …

Use dtSearch Publish for EDD Production

Use dtSearch Publish for EDD Production. This educational value of this article is to present a technology option for document productions.

Understanding How E-Mail Works

PART 1 This month's column begins a series on understanding e-mail that's geared to the not-too-technical reader. My goal is to instill the "e-mail is a database" mindset that will help you meet the challenges of collecting, searching, reviewing and producing e-mail in electronic discovery. via Traffic Jam. This is an article by Craig Ball …