Rob compiles the information from online public domain resources and highlights key electronic discovery related stories, developments, and announcements.  This is supplemented by the editorial staff of The Electronic Discovery Reading Room:

eDiscovery News: Content and Considerations

• An Update: eDiscovery Technical Standard at Crossroads - http://bit.ly/spBMFV (Evan Koblentz)
• Being Prepared for Social Media E-discovery - http://bit.ly/stBTpV (Rakesh Madhava)
• Cell Phone Data and Expectations of Privacy - http://bit.ly/s2sfvs (Peter Crusco)
• Controversial Issues in eDiscovery (Podcast) http://bit.ly/uqEM9a (Legal Talk Network)
• Could eDiscovery Taxation Alter Discovery Paradigm? http://bit.ly/w3herH (Philip Yannella)
• Data Transfer Risk: The Rule for Compounding Probabilities -http://bit.ly/syvqlq (OrangeLT)
• Drawing The Line – How Much Data Access Is Too Much? http://bit.ly/uHfIUt (Alan Cohen)
• E-Discovery: When Your eDiscovery Consultant Becomes A Testifying Witness – http://bit.ly/uB9mUd (Matthew Prewitt)
• ESI Data Processing: Why Should Attorneys Care? http://bit.ly/skWCZD (Daryl Shetterly)
• Incriminate Myself? Fine… But Don’t Make Me Pay For It! http://bit.ly/tpKOuz (Gina Barbieri)
• Insurance Companies May Be Following Your Tweets - http://bit.ly/uxvEEO (Bradley Shear)
• Iowa Ethics Committee On Lawyers Using Cloud Computing - http://bit.ly/tTvxzC (Niki Black)
• New Tools to Manage Patent Litigation eDiscovery Cost - http://bit.ly/uqKtUN (Mark Michels)
• One Thing You Don’t Learn in College - http://bit.ly/sCVk5l (Drew Manary)
• Personal Data Blaggers Should Go To Jail, MPs Say - http://bit.ly/sHCB4Y (Pinsent Masons)
• Preparing for E-Discovery in Outsourcing Contracts - http://bit.ly/tYlAjo (Mayer Brown)
• Privacy 101 at ACC’s Annual Meeting of In-House Counsel - http://bit.ly/tnMA31 (Catherine Dunn)
• Ready or Not, It’s Time for Corporate America to Address Social Media – http://bit.ly/tfqDWY (Rob Jones)
• The Intersection of eDiscovery, Technology and Common Sense Exchange 2010 – http://bit.ly/uv1357 (Bill Tolson)
• The Truth About Processing Speed - http://bit.ly/tlQC3C (Albert Barsocchini)
• That’s the Verdict on Pa. Judges on Facebook? http://bit.ly/v7yAvh (Brooke McDonald)
• Twelve Applications To Consider For Early Case Assessment - http://bit.ly/tKn2Pk (@ComplexD)
• Yelp Class Action Dismissal Bolsters Web Publisher Immunity – http://bit.ly/tzecb2 (Amy Miller)
• When a Party Requests Native Files…. http://bit.ly/tIQ9H9 (Josh Gilliland)
• Why Law Firms Should Lock Down Their Mobile Devices - http://bit.ly/uHNrXs (John Jablonski)

Reports and Resources

• By the Numbers: Am Law Tech Survey 2011 - http://bit.ly/uHc1ul (David Snow)
• Bytes in Brief – Issue 174 – November 2011 - http://bit.ly/saIgBb (Sharon Nelson, John Simek, Jason Foltin)
• Electronic Discovery Update: November 2011 (PDF) http://bit.ly/t9Y9Zj (Kramer Levin)
• ForeSee Study Highlights Social Media Best Practices for the Federal Government – http://bit.ly/scbMy4 (Press Release)
• Law Firm Technology Survey 2011: All About the Connections - http://bit.ly/tlaZiZ (The American Lawyer)
• Law Firm Technology Survey 2011: Head for the #Cloud? http://bit.ly/u2sFT0 (The American Lawyer)
• Law Firm Technology Survey 2011: Spending and Saving - http://bit.ly/uIR35m (The American Lawyer)
• Privacy and Security in Implementation of Health Information Technology: US/EU Compared (PDF) http://bit.ly/sIFy4Y (B.U. J. SCI. & TECH)
• New York State Bar Association Releases Practitioner’s Guide to E-Discovery – http://bit.ly/rxua3G (New York State Bar Association)
• Source Consulting Group LLC Releases Results of 2011 Finance Operations Survey of Law Firms – http://bit.ly/tq7BOb (Business Wire)

Technology and Tactics

• 5 Cloud Lessons Learned From Finance Industry Gurus – http://bit.ly/vcnln6 (Charles Babcock)
• A Review of Cloud Lessons Learned - http://bit.ly/vnocCZ (Mary Jander)
• Are Your IT Pros Sharing or Abusing Passwords? http://bit.ly/rDYUEv (Sharon Nelson)
• Beyond Capability: A Simplistic Approach to Strategically Considering eDiscovery Vendors – http://bit.ly/sds2JN (@ComplexD)
• Don’t Let a Data Breach Kill Your Corporate Reputation - http://bit.ly/ujmgYG (B&L Blog)
• Don’t Let Your Vendors Limit Too Much Breach Liability - http://bit.ly/uCSAiA (Ericka Chickowski)
• Enterprise Search Europe 2011 – Conference Report - http://bit.ly/rrbCOb (Martin White)
• Google Reports Surge in Government Requests for User Data - http://on.wsj.com/rSLqDv (Tom Loftus)
• Hospital CIOs Turn To Social Media - http://bit.ly/tnlzyz (Neil Versel)
• How Email Can Be More Productive - http://bit.ly/uBEM5y (Jeff Orloff)
• How Google Was Tripped up by a Bad Search - http://bit.ly/vgcF6t (James Niccolai)
• Inaugural InsideLegal Thought Leaders Digest Spotlights College of Law Practice Management - http://bit.ly/sVKQMb (Inside Legal)
• Infographic: What Your Admin Should Know About Cloud Management - http://rww.to/srYdYg (David Strom)
• Inside Exchange: Ethical Walls - http://bit.ly/sw4jkN (Casper Manes)
• iPhone’s Siri Could Pose Threat to Email Security - http://bit.ly/tiKBM2 (John Mello)
• Looks Like Congress has Declared War on the Internet - http://bit.ly/rMjVAp (Matthew Ingram)
• Manufacturing Moneyball:  Using Big Data and Business Intelligence To Spur Operational Excellence - http://onforb.es/tSoGQ2 (Ben Kerschberg)
• Multi-Functional and Networked Printer Security Issues - http://bit.ly/rZWVb5 (Quocirca)
• Research Firm Revises Stance, Encourages Mac Adoption for Enterprises – http://bit.ly/u9rLHi (Proformative)
• Report Highlights Unlikely Internet Speed Winners - http://bit.ly/tDILJs (Ron Miller)
• Seagate Streamlines Hard Drive Offerings With 1TB Per Disk Technology - http://tcrn.ch/t9xvkx (Jordan Crook)
• Social Malice: One In 60 Facebook Posts Are Malicious – http://bit.ly/uszcZ4 (Kelly Jackson Higgins)
• Social Media Preferable to Knowledge Management for Law Firms - http://bit.ly/uXdBXW (Kevin O’Keefe)
• Spectra Logic Answers Tough Questions Regarding Tape’s Relevancy Going Forward – http://bit.ly/tmrnxS (Jerome Wendt)
• SSL Servers No Match For Laptop-Based Hack - http://bit.ly/tJwxN4 (Kelly Jackson Higgins)

Vendor Views; the Industry Landscape

• Australian First: Mallesons Signs Legal Outsourcing Agreement With Leading Global Provider, Integreon - http://bit.ly/uTInGR (Press Release)
• Australia’s First Relativity Certified Reseller: Law In Order - http://bit.ly/vuDcst (Press Release)
• C2C Simplifies the Management of eMail Archiving and eDiscovery With New ArchiveOne Release - http://mwne.ws/s8PlJq (Marketwire)
• Druva Puts Endpoint Data in the Spotlight with inSync Advanced Data Insights for E-Discovery – http://bit.ly/tl8bJh (PR Web)
• EMC Releases Next Version of EMC SourceOne eDiscovery – Kazeon - http://prn.to/sBYThL (PR Newswire)
• Epiq Systems Announces Third Quarter 2011 Results Led by 84% Growth in eDiscovery Operating Revenue - http://bit.ly/rKsiQM (Press Release)
• Eversheds Renews IT Managed Services Deal with Computacenter - http://bit.ly/ttWYsB (Charles Christian)
• Flex Discovery Expands Operations in Southern California with Acquisition of e-DOCUPLUS – http://bit.ly/tTvmgd (Marketwire)
• Global Relay Ranks Among Top 100 on the Deloitte 2011 Technology Fast 500 - http://bit.ly/sBP1sg (PR Web)
• Guidance Software Reports Q3 2011 Financial Results - http://bit.ly/t74j5K (Business Wire)
• Index Engines Initiates Program To Expose Liabilities Hidden IN Mystery Tapes – http://bit.ly/ruPxFa (Press Release)
• Infogov Launches Website for iGRC™ – Cyber Protection of Critical National Infrastructure - http://bit.ly/vI7PLI (PR Web)
• InterLegis Enhances Discovery360 Desktop - http://bit.ly/rTxxpE (Press Release)
• KeyMark and HAYSTACK Information Discovery Announce Partnership - http://bit.ly/vO4miw(Press Release)
• Kroll Ontrack Evolves E-Discovery with the Launch of Verve Do It Yourself Software – http://bit.ly/vPSTof (FinanzNachrichten)
• Long Page LLP Selects AccessData’s Summation CaseVantage to Address Electronic Discovery Needs - http://bit.ly/swxN3x (Marketwire)
• McCann E-Investigations Computer Forensics Announces Addition of Bill McGregor to Houston Team - http://bit.ly/s3lNER (PR Web)
• Nextpoint to Preserve New York City’s Social Media Efforts - http://bit.ly/rFzu8D (Press Release)
• Obermayer Rebmann Creates E-Discovery Practice Group - http://bit.ly/rDS0OR (Gina Passarella)
• Orange Legal Technologies:  Exception Reports for Unrecognized File Types? http://bit.ly/rB7C0D (OrangeLT)
• Recommind Again Named One Of NA’s Fastest Growing Companies (Deloitte 2011 Technology Fast 500) http://bit.ly/uLCuJo (Press Release)
• SFL Data Named One of Bay Area’s Top 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies - http://bit.ly/tzFeii (PR Web)
• Spectra Logic Launches Big Tape For Big Data – http://bit.ly/smp0iC (Deni Connor)
• Symantec Reports Record Second Quarter Fiscal 2012 Results - http://yhoo.it/rscoxI (Marketwire)
• Top Accountancy Firm BDO LLP selects Digital Reef’s eDiscovery Solution from eOrigin – http://bit.ly/trHmll (Business Wire)
• Top Ten eDiscovery Cartoons from CaseCentral - http://bit.ly/uMP7dK (Ralph Losey)
• Viewpoint™ Chosen as e-Discovery Platform at Kramer Levin - http://prn.to/tsKCzP (PR Newswire)
• Vista Equity Partners Announces Acquisition of Mitratech - http://mwne.ws/tL5Ekv (Marketwire)
• Waterford Technologies Delivers Low Cost, Cloud Archive at Only 2 Cents/GB Per Month – http://bit.ly/sOM9Lq (PR Web)
• ZyLAB Earns Distinction by KMWorld Magazine as “Promise Award” Finalist - http://bit.ly/vC4EXT (Press Release)

eDiscovery Events

NOVEMBER

Text Analytics Summit West
November 10-11, 2011
San Jose, CA
Click here for more information.

Gartner Symposium/ITxpo
November 14-17, 2011
Gold Coast, Australia
Click here for more information.

The 9th Annual General Counsel Conference – West Coast
November 15-16, 2011
San Francisco, CA
Click here for more information.

The Litigation Summit and Exposition
November 15-16, 2011
Washington, DC
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The 8th Annual Advanced eDiscovery Institute
November 17-18, 2011
Arlington, VA
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eDiscovery Readiness for Government
November 29 – December 01, 2011
Arlington, VA
Click here for more information.

For Complete Events Calendar Visit – http://tinyurl.com/24cbckg

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