August 9th, 2012 
posselist 9 August 2012 - The ability to efficiently find and retrieve knowledge has always been important, whether it is a physical process of manually sifting through filing cabinets or, more commonly now, a machine based process.
According to IDC, companies will on average double the amount of data they create every two years. For law firms – and other knowledge-based businesses – this figure could be even higher. While more than two thirds of the top 200…
July 17th, 2012 posselist 17 July 2012 - Inside Counsel has been running a series on e-discovery issues and areas that offer inside counsel the greatest opportunities to reduce risks and save costs. The fourth part considers review, the most expensive part of the litigation process, and most of that cost involves paying lawyers who review documents. While we may hear a lot about so-called “predictive coding”— the ability to train computers to easily find the right documents—at least for now, humans still make…
April 27th, 2012 posselist 27 April 2012 – In a recent article in the New York Law Journal, Robert W. Trenchard and Steven Berrent examine an important question facing litigants in discovery: If the litigant decides to rely on “novel” methods of document review involving advanced analytics or predictive coding technologies, must they disclose those methods to the opposing party? The authors present several compelling arguments in favor of candid, transparent disclosures around document review methodology, including:
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March 27th, 2012 posselist 27 March 2012 – Greg Buckles writes: “Last week I was a panelist at the 2012 Masters Series event in Houston and enjoyed the lively and frank discussions about purchasing trends, privacy issues and more that continued into the social gathering afterward. As you might expect, predictive coding and the latest Da Silva filing were a hot topic, especially amongst providers of managed review. One remark by Jim Wagner, CEO of DiscoverReady, resonated with me and I…
Posted in Document review: some basics 
Tags: document review, e-discovery, ediscovery, Greg Buckles, linear review 
No Comments » February 8th, 2012 posselist 8 February 2012 - In his recent article “Right-Thinking E-Discovery Project Management”, Brett Burney asserted that lawyers are not project managers. In fact, lawyers would find project management alien to their legal education and experience, which begs the question: What does an e-discovery project look like from the practical, logistical point of view?
Brett says “the Electronic Discovery Reference Model is a good place to frame a picture and develop the structure of an e-discovery project.…
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