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The latest in ediscovery software news, product updates, and best practices.
  • Jason Krause

Failure to Preserve Facebook for Litigation is Sanctionable. ‘Nuff Said.
Failure to Preserve Facebook for Litigation is Sanctionable. ‘Nuff Said. 150 150 Jason Krause

We’ve been saying this for years, but not everyone was ready to listen — social media is now an essential part of litigation. In case you still have some doubts, the courts have now made it abundantly clear that a failure to preserve Facebook and other social media content is a sanctionable offense. It will…

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  • Jason Krause

eDiscovery Case Law: A Little More Wiggle Room
eDiscovery Case Law: A Little More Wiggle Room 150 150 Jason Krause

If companies have one complaint about eDiscovery, it’s that they are forced to preserve too much data for litigation. In 2011, Microsoft estimated that the ratio of the data it preserves to the data it actually uses in litigation is 340,000 to one. That’s why defining the duty to preserve documents in litigation is a…

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  • Jason Krause

eDiscovery and the Law of the Cloud
eDiscovery and the Law of the Cloud 150 150 Jason Krause

Since Nextpoint introduced Trial Cloud in 2007 and Discovery Cloud in 2009, one of the main questions we get from law firms regarding our cloud-based litigation software is about security. We’ve pointed out as often as possible that cloud applications like ours offer inherent security advantages over traditional, locally installed litigation software. That’s because cloud providers like Amazon, Microsoft,…

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  • Jason Krause

ABA TechShow: Not Just The Usual Suspects
ABA TechShow: Not Just The Usual Suspects 150 150 Jason Krause

Nextpoint is proud to once again be part of the ABA Techshow, the best industry event for small and mid-sized law firms to get with the cutting edge of litigation technology. I was a little surprised to find out that the Techshow is now more than 25 years old. Seen at Techshow Even at this…

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  • Jason Krause

Social Media eDiscovery Gets Serious
Social Media eDiscovery Gets Serious 150 150 Jason Krause

It’s official—failure to produce social media evidence in eDiscovery is a serious and punishable sin. In the ongoing case EEOC v. The Original Honeybaked Ham Co. of Georgia, Inc., the court has hammered a federal agency for failure to produce social media in a timely manner. Or as the opinion has it, for engaging in…

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  • Jason Krause

Meet With Nextpoint at the ABA TechShow
Meet With Nextpoint at the ABA TechShow 150 150 Jason Krause

Nextpoint will once again be part of the annual ABA Techshow. The American Bar Association TECHSHOW (http://www.techshow.com) conference will take place at the Chicago Hilton & Towers on April 4-6, 2013. Nextpoint is a fan of the Techshow and its mission to help small and mid-sized law firms understand the technology available to help solve legal challenges.…

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  • Jason Krause

Do-It-Yourself, Affordable eDiscovery is Possible
Do-It-Yourself, Affordable eDiscovery is Possible 1000 563 Jason Krause

<h4 “>Can you find affordable eDiscovery? The American Bar Association published a couple of useful guides on affordable eDiscovery recently, one by Bruce Olson and another by Tom O’Connor, both well-known litigation and eDiscovery experts. The general thrust of these articles is that lawyers can and should take advantage of the reasonably priced or free software tools…

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  • Jason Krause

Social Media in the Law – Facebook Now Serving Subpoenas
Social Media in the Law – Facebook Now Serving Subpoenas 150 150 Jason Krause

As we’ve noted before, being Facebook friends with lawyers and judges can have all kinds of unexpected ethical implications. Now, it could get you served with legal summons. Social media is becoming increasingly important to the practice of law. A proposed bill in Texas would allow defendants to be served notice of a lawsuit through social…

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  • Michael Beumer

Nextpoint Introduces Discovery Cloud Enhanced Review Metrics
Nextpoint Introduces Discovery Cloud Enhanced Review Metrics 150 150 Michael Beumer

Responding to Customer Requests, Nextpoint Deploys Enhanced Review Metrics to the Discovery Cloud™ Platform, Giving Reviewers New Tools to Track Progress and Control Costs in eDiscovery. March 19, 2013 – Nextpoint, Inc., the nation’s leading provider of cloud-based regulatory, compliance, and litigation software, has introduced Enhanced Review Metrics in the Discovery Cloud ™ review platform.…

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  • Nextpoint

Introducing Enhanced Review Metrics
Introducing Enhanced Review Metrics 150 150 Nextpoint

We’re excited to bring a significant refresh to the Discovery Cloud experience, as we introduce Enhanced Review Metrics this week. These updates add more clarity to your review at the Reviewer and Subreview levels and provide visibility into the advancing progress of reviews. Further, the ability to more clearly differentiate between documents that are not…

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