How to Manage an ESI Review Team

The following links point to a series of posts from the E-Discovery Daily Blog. The focus of the content walks you step by step in best practices for managing an e-discovery document review team. 1.       Introduction 2.       Clearly Define Objectives 3.       Get a Handle on the Document Collection 4.       First Steps in Drafting Criteria 5.       …

Attorney-Client Privilege and ESI

2011dltr001.pdf (application/pdf Object). THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE AND DISCOVERY OF ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION ABSTRACT The attorney-client privilege is the most sacred and important privilege in our legal system. Despite being at the center of daily practice, the privilege still remains a mystery for many lawyers. This is primarily because the privilege is not absolute, and there …

Managing Lawyers for your Document Review – 10 Tips

Here are 10 tips for managing contract attorneys. via Managing Lawyers. Privilege law Choose wisely/ do your homework Quality control Conferences/ getting started Review software Share knowledge Provide managerial and technical support Provide the proper office equipment Treat contract professionals with respect Build teams

Employment Alert: New Jersey Supreme Court Finds Privacy Rights in Employee E-Mails

Employment Alert: New Jersey Supreme Court Finds Privacy Rights in Employee E-Mails. Earlier this year in the Quon case, we learned that if you're sending personal messages via your company-issued PDA or cell phone, you do not have any right to privacy. It's their phone. Interestingly,  this case from March 2010 (decided prior to Quon) …

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 …

e-discovery 2.0 » Searching… TREC Legal Track

e-discovery 2.0 » Blog Archive » Electronic Discovery, EDiscovery, E-Discovery, Legal Discovery. Clearwell Systems has been keeping up with the latest discussion and trends in searching thanks to its participation in the TREC Legal Track. Here they discuss and link to the latest white paper which analyzes "the task of producing specific records in response …

e-Discovery Case Law Update – Summer 2010 Part II | Fios, Inc.

e-Discovery Case Law Update – Summer 2010 Part II | Fios, Inc.. Vendor sponsored educational webinar highlighting current trends, issues and cases in e-discovery including: Sanctions Social Networking Collection Text Messaging (registration for the Aug. 4th event is required. Fios usually offers their webinars on-demand for those who miss the event so don't worry if …

Gibson Dunn – 2010 Mid-Year Electronic Discovery and Information Law Update

Gibson Dunn - 2010 Mid-Year Electronic Discovery and Information Law Update. Law firm report reviews e-discovery trends for the first half of 2010. Topics addressed include: Sanctions the application of FRE 502 Privilege Search Methodology Proportionality Preservation Cooperation Social Networking Government EDD Responsibilities International EDD Update: Whenever a major report like this one is published, …

Early Case Assessment, Cost Savings & Privilege Problems | Legal Talk Network

Early Case Assessment, Cost Savings & Privilege Problems | Legal Talk Network. The ESI Report on Legal Talk Network explores early case assessment in this podcast. ECA is something that attorneys have always done but because of today's technology, they are able to utilize tools to manage the cost and quality of early review of …