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

Avoiding Damage From Patent Trolls

Avoiding Damage From Patent Trolls 150 150 Rakesh Madhava

” A recent study completed at Boston University School of Law concluded that the cost of defending against patent trolls in 2011 totaled $29 billion in the U.S. According to the participants of the Article One’s Napa Summit, a single NPE (N.B. this is a euphemism for patent trolls) lawsuit can cost a company an average of $1.1 million.”…

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Robots Are Not Replacing eDiscovery Lawyers

Robots Are Not Replacing eDiscovery Lawyers 150 150 Jason Krause

Somehow, editors across the country have gotten the idea that computers will replace lawyers in litigation. The Wall Street Journal asked, Why Hire a Lawyer? Computers Are Cheaper, and The New York Times promised a world of Armies of Lawyers, Replaced by Cheaper Software. Columnist Paul Krugman even picked up the theme to discuss the economy. Most recently, the New…

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Sensationalism and Cloud Computing

Sensationalism and Cloud Computing 150 150 Nextpoint

By this point, I’m sure you’ve seen a lot of sensationalist news about cloud computing. That’s to be expected, as cloud computing represents a huge technological shift and will continue to demand a lot of attention. Yesterday, the Washington Post published this gem of an article based on a power outage that impacted one of…

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Apps that Supercharge Cloud Computing

Apps that Supercharge Cloud Computing 150 150 Nextpoint

Cloud computing has clearly changed the technology landscape. Most users are familiar with the decreased storage costs and productivity gains found in cloud solutions, but there are other, more subtle ways cloud platforms take advantage of the efficiencies of the Internet. One of the most liberating aspects of adopting a cloud solution for hosting your…

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Value vs. Savings in Legal Cloud Computing

Value vs. Savings in Legal Cloud Computing 150 150 Jason Krause

Nextpoint is not a private jet kind of company. That didn’t stop a boutique private jet firm from trying to pitch us on the value of buying time on one, promising to cut, “hourly rates, outrageous fuel surcharges, expiring prepaid hours and annoying peak day restrictions.”                  …

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Sharing eDiscovery Cost

Sharing eDiscovery Cost 150 150 Jason Krause

Cost is still the most challenging problem in eDiscovery. The volume and complexity of discoverable evidence in litigation is such that law firms are struggling to manage it in-house. As we’ve discussed before, the battle to control litigation support IT costs is being fought on two fronts – one, the overall firm technology infrastructure, and…

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EXPERT WITNESS: iPad Guru Tom Mighell Shares Tips and Tricks

EXPERT WITNESS: iPad Guru Tom Mighell Shares Tips and Tricks 150 150 Jason Krause

  EXPERT WITNESS: Tom Mighell Nextpoint’s Expert Witness is a new feature here on the Frank blog, offering insights from lawyers, technologists, law enforcement, entrepreneurs, and other interesting people influencing our industry and world. Check back regularly for thought-provoking and in-depth conversations. Lawyer Tom Mighell is probably best known for his blog inter-alia, which he…

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Cloud Computing Guidelines Gloss Over eDiscovery

Cloud Computing Guidelines Gloss Over eDiscovery 150 150 Jason Krause

Law Technology News noted that the National Institute of Standards and Technology has released the long-awaited “Cloud Computing Synopsis and Recommendations.” The document is meant to provide guidelines for using cloud computing platforms so that organizations and government agencies can feel comfortable migrating data to these platforms. Most of the recommendations are common sense and…

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5 Steps to Forensically Sound Social Media Archives

5 Steps to Forensically Sound Social Media Archives 150 150 Jason Krause

Last week, Michelle Sherman outlined the legal obligations and emerging case law regarding social media and eDiscovery. Once an organization has internalized and put these considerations into policy, there is then the practical issues involved in actually preserving social media content and archiving the material. No matter which vendor performs this role, there are a…

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The Four Corners of Social Media and eDiscovery

The Four Corners of Social Media and eDiscovery 150 150 nextpointguest

GUEST POST BY: Michelle Sherman Companies are on social media. They are interacting and connecting with customers through Facebook, Twitter and blogs. In a 2010 study, numbers on the conservative side show that 65 percent of Fortune Global 100 companies have active Twitter accounts, and 54 percent have Facebook fan pages. One third of these companies have a…

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