Disclosure failures played a major part in a case called Powell v Watford Borough Council. Parties are often pilloried for shortcomings in the content of their lists through inadequate or incomplete searches. The rules also cover the form and substance of the list, and (among other defects) a letter simply reciting that someone had made... Continue Reading →
Sedona Conference WG6 in Dublin
Working Group 6 of the Sedona Conference met in Dublin for its Ninth Annual Sedona Conference International Programme on Cross-Border Discovery and Data Protection Laws. It is a deep immersion in cross-border discovery and data protection which is unmatched anywhere else. It serves both as a top-up and a stimulus, with a skilled faculty pointing the... Continue Reading →
BYOD – a paper from the UK ICO
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office has published a short, readable guide on Bring Your Own Device or BYOD - the use by employees of their own phones, tablets etc for their employer's work. Read more
Park IP Translations, language management and Relativity
Interview with Jeff Schmidt of Park IP Translations on the importance of language management in eDiscovery and on Park IP's integration with kCura's Relativity. Read more
iCONECT wins praise and prizes
iCONECT has been in the eDiscovery news with praises and awards for its eDiscovery review software iCONECT-XERA. They are summarised here. Read more
Nuix Black Report – webinar and 2018 survey
An article about a Nuix webinar on its Black Report on cyber security and about its 2018 survey. Read more
FTI Consulting on structured data
An article by David Turner of FTI’s Consulting’s Data and Analytics practice,summarises the things organisations ought to have in mind when preserving structured data for potential production in future litigation or investigations. Read more
OpenText and Eversheds Sutherland discussion
Preview of a discussion to be hosted by Recommind in the Crypt of St Paul's Cathedral at which Eversheds Sutherland will talk about their selection of OpenText for discovery. Read more
ThreadKM and Relativity
kCura's Relativity attracts a growing number of developers who value its market and its flexibility. In this interview, Damon Goduto of ThreadKM talks about ThreadKM's integration with Relativity.
Sonia Cheng of FTI on the GDPR
Sonia Cheng is FTI Consulting’s European Information Governance Leader. I write about a video in which Sonia introduces some ideas for companies to consider when first tackling compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation. Read more Home eDiscovery Other
AccessData webinar series
AccessData is running a series of webinars under the umbrella title Information Overload: Navigating information risk, investigations and privacy in today’s regulatory environment. Read more
A few days in Ireland
A data protection conference near Dublin, preceded by a few days in County Clare, with added reflections on the first anniversary of the Brexit referendum. By me. Read more
Eversheds Sutherland and OpenText Discovery
The story underlying this article is that OpenText Discovery, has sold cloud licences to Eversheds Sutherland in London, enabling the firm to take control of the management of eDisclosure without having to be responsible for the software and infrastructure. Read more
AccessData User Summit
I went last month to the AccessData User Summit at an attractive resort in San Diego. I moderated or took part in four panels, learnt a lot, met up with old acquaintances and made new ones. It was an extremely useful and enjoyable event. Read more
Colin Shepheard of Lineal – using analytics in Relativity
One of the dominant themes at Relativity Fest in London was the increasing use of Relativity Analytics for solving electronic disclosure problems. I interviewed Colin Shepheard of Lineal, asking him to tell me about Lineal’s use of Relativity Analytics. Read more
Netflix as a model for explaining technology assisted review
Technologists have always tried to use parallels from their users’ experience either as an illustration of concepts which might otherwise be obscure. An article on the iCONECT blog draws a parallel between the Netflix and technology-assisted review. Read more