FILTERING SERIES / PART THREE Ediscovery processing is an often overlooked phase of litigation because it is considered a technical, not a legal practice. However, lawyers who understand processing and advanced ediscovery data filtering techniques are in a position to control the costs and scope of any matter. Advanced Ediscovery Data Filtering In Three Parts…
read moreDATA FILTERING SERIES / PART TWO Ediscovery is automated in many important ways, but attorney judgment is still vital to the process. Legal teams need to make smart decisions up front about how to filter by keyword, what to cull, and what to keep. If you are too cautious about processing, you will have too…
read moreDATA FILTERING AND CULLING SERIES / PART ONE Every lawyer wants a smoking gun email, text, or Facebook post that will decidedly win a case or force a settlement. Given the mind-boggling volume of electronic data flooding our world, finding relevant, discoverable information is a more difficult and expensive endeavor. But, if you are strategic…
read moreThe adversarial nature of the system of law in the United States is not about cooperation and playing nice. Law schools train lawyers to crush their opposition. But in ediscovery, the updated Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and emerging case law not only make it possible for discovery to be a cooperative process, but if…
read moreAn efficient ediscovery process starts with getting potentially relevant ediscovery files collected quickly. Nextpoint just made getting ediscovery data from clients, IT staff, litigation support managers, opposing counsel – or whomever you need data from – as simple as sending an email. Nextpoint users can now securely request files from anyone by providing timely access to a dedicated…
read moreAre you directing your ediscovery collections with maximum efficiency and speed? Data collection can be the most complex and technically rigorous of all ediscovery phases. It involves the extraction of potentially relevant electronically stored information (ESI) from its native source into a separate, secure repository for review. The collection process should be comprehensive without being over-inclusive. It…
read moreHere are some statistics that will make most employers want to ban social media: According to survey by DLA Piper, 31 percent of employers have taken disciplinary action against an employee for improper social media usage, but only 14 percent of employers have a social media policy. That means many of those companies taking disciplinary action have no protection…
read moreFacebook for law firms is a no-brainer. The stats alone make it impossible to ignore: over a billion users, with 128 million people logging on every day in the U.S. It’s got an incredibly broad user base, but delivers highly targeted and direct results that no other platform can match. But finding clients and making connections…
read moreSocial media marketing is an essential part of any law office’s advertising and marketing efforts. But we understand that social media is a little more complicated for law firms than it is for other businesses. Social media disclosure rules and lawyer advertising rules are going to complicate Facebook and Twitter efforts for any law firm.…
read moreThink social media case law is only for special cases? Are you still wondering if it applies to your practice? In the past couple of years, social media evidence has become central to more and more matters, including all kinds of civil and criminal cases. We’ve seen more clients using our products to collect social…
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