Jeffrey Bealls
Control risk and manage expenses associated with employee documents and email
Jim McGann, InsideCounsel
Are you a data hoarder? Does your Outlook inbox remind you of a cluttered attic filled with items of questionable use and unknown origin? If you’re like most in-house counsel, you keep as many emails and documents as your IT department will allow. It may well be time for some prudent spring cleaning. (
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What Causes Lawyers to Over-Preserve?
Craig Ball, Law Technology News
It’s hard to persuade attorneys to accept leaner, less costly preservation protocols. Irrational fear of sanctions and spotty familiarity with information technology have so conditioned lawyers to over-preserve that when advised there’s no need to keep something, they reply, “Let’s keep it anyway — just to be safe.” (read the article)
Evan Koblentz, Law Technology News
Does the ‘e’ in e-discovery have to stand for expensive? Unfortunately, vendors being vague about pricing is the norm, not the exception. The majority of times when I interview companies about their legal technology products, and ask what about costs, they answer, “It depends,” followed by numerous reasons why — some valid, in my opinion, some not. But at least half of the time they do tell me the approximate typical cost, lest customers (and reporters) assume that non-answers mean it’s very expensive. (read the article)
EDD Blog Online
In their 8th Annual Litigation Trends Survey, Fulbright noted that 92% of U.S. respondents predict that litigation will either increase or stay the same in the upcoming year. (read the post)
Corporations and Their Lawyers Look to the Cloud for DIY E-discovery
Shannon Green, Corporate Counsel
When it comes to e-discovery, corporations and law firms are constantly seeking new ways to drive up efficiency while keeping their costs low. A new survey released by legal technology firm Kroll Ontrack reveals that many are looking to do-it-yourself (DIY) discovery platforms to achieve that balance. (read the article)
Evan Koblentz, Law Technology News
Applied Discovery, the e-discovery services arm of LexisNexis, is expanding its document review consulting to a full service. (read the post)
