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.

This week’s spotlight:  Vivian Tero of IDC looks at RSA Conference 2012 through a GRC lens

One of our favorite blogs … one we do not read enough … is by Vivian Tero of IDC.  She is the Program Director for IDC’s Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Infrastructure service. Her primary focus is research, analysis, and strategic advisory on information and system infrastructure technologies that facilitate legal discovery, data privacy, and IT GRC (governance, risk management and compliance).

She recently attended the RSA Conference in San Francisco. And while the majority of the discussions and sessions at RSA centered on cybersecurity and state-sponsored attacks, hacktivism and advanced socially engineered attacks, her review is through the GRC lens.  It makes an excellent read (click here). 

Now onto the past week’s news and views … 

eDiscovery News: Content and Considerations

• 3rd Circuit Issues Decision on Taxation of EDD Costs in ‘Race Tires’ bit.ly/GBHykx (Mark Michels)
• 3rd Circuit: Winners Still Have to Shoulder Most eDiscovery Costs - on.wsj.com/xez2Y3 (Joe Palazzolo)
• A Closer Look at Judicial Codes and Social Media - bit.ly/wY48mq (Samuel Stretton)
• A Golden Opportunity for Predictive Coding - bit.ly/GCtfxC (BLLAWG)
• A Search Terms Gam - bit.ly/w9aZq8 (Josh Gilliland)
• An Ounce of Retention Can Avoid a Pound of Pain in eDiscovery – bit.ly/GDj7Ha (John Mello)
• Central District of California Hammers Merz for Failure to Timely Produce Documents and Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Halts Rollout of Xeomin - bit.ly/ytcCNm (John Marsh)
• Court Recognizes Computer-Assisted Review as Acceptable Way to Search for Relevant Electronic Documents (PDF) bit.ly/yGre0c (Patton Boggs)
• Data Classification and Data Loss Prevention: Indispensable Building Blocks of Information Governance - bit.ly/yvAqXo (Allison Walton)
• Deactivate Document Destruction Policies… Or Else - bit.ly/z1a5Kd (Jennifer Connelly)
• Dealing with Disclosure | The Global Lawyer - bit.ly/FOkek0 (Drew Macauley)
• Defining the eDiscovery Platform – Autodesk Interview – bit.ly/GBI4yZ (Greg Buckles)
• Deleted Emails: Privacy Suit Against CDC Thrown Out A Second Time - bit.ly/Ac4dOK (Robin McDonald)
• Disclosing Novel Document Review Methods - bit.ly/y1Q5Pp (Robert Trenchard, Steven Berrent)
• District Court Judge to Have Last Word on Computer-Assisted Review, Grants Plaintiffs’ Motion - bit.ly/xzAXN8 (K&L Gates)
• eDiscovery Case Law: Not So Fast on Computer Assisted Review - bit.ly/y32iGA (Doug Austin)
• eDiscovery Costs and 28 U.S.C. § 1920 | Manhattan Institute for Legal Policy - bit.ly/y7H9q2 (Ted Frank)
• eDiscovery History: A Look Back at Zubulake - bit.ly/xuSlOr (Doug Austin)
• Exploring the Status of Legal Filings in Westlaw, Lexis Copyright Suit - bit.ly/zf1r1w (Lewis Clayton)
• Finding the Messages to Employers in $1.5M HIPAA Settlement | Littler - bit.ly/zloxWi (Philip Gordon)
• Flaming Can Be Defaming: Ga. Bloggers Lose Trio of Libel Cases - bit.ly/yIZObt (Katheryn Kayes Tucker)
• Florida Supreme Court Considers eDiscovery Amendments - bit.ly/wvPioL (BLLAWG)
• Hardcopy Discovery – Marginalia – bit.ly/GEbf82 (Amy Bowser-Rollins)
• Judge Peck Provides a Primer on Computer-Assisted Review – http://bit.ly/xeyRfR (John Tredennick)
• Keyword Search Terms: How to Adequately Argue for Alternative Search Parameters – bit.ly/AvFC5S (Mike Hamilton)
• Machine Learning For Document Review: The Numbers Don’t Lie - http://bit.ly/w2ee6I (James Shook)
• Merger Sabotage Ruled Not a Damage Element Under Computer Fraud Law - bit.ly/yJXMzB (Saranac Hale Spencer)
• Much Ado About eDisclosure Defects – The West African Gas Pipeline Judgment - bit.ly/ArWCJv (Chris Dale)
• New Methods for Legal Search and Review - bit.ly/AkdolS (Ralph Losey)
• NY State Spoliation Law — Negligence Suffices for Case-Ending Sanction If Prejudice Is Severe Enough -  bit.ly/yg6D1L (Gregory Joseph)
• Personal Emails on Work Computers – Are They Fair Game For Employers? http://lexne.ws/9ct (James Boutrous)
• Plaintiffs File Scathing Reply Brief in Ongoing Da Silva Moore Predictive Coding Battle – http://bit.ly/GE6wmM (Matthew Nelson)
• Play Nice or Pay the Price:  Failing to Cooperate in Creating Preservation Protocols Can Result in Significant Consequences - bit.ly/GCBIo1 (Gibbons)
• Predictive Coding Defensibility: the Devil in the Details - bit.ly/y21vAr (Katey Wood)
• Predictive Coding Is a New Tool in the eDiscovery Toolbox - bit.ly/FPXWS5 (Philip Cohen, Lauren Harrison)
• Proactive Data Management for eDiscovery: Become Your Company’s Hero - bit.ly/weIFyg (B.K. Winstead)
• Random Sample Generation and eDiscovery - http://bit.ly/xP29aL – (@OrangeLT)
• Recovery of eDiscovery Costs - bit.ly/GBUJXw (Miller Canfield)
• Shedding Light on the Predictive Coding Black Box - bit.ly/ABz8Aw (James Hanft)
• Simple Mistakes Lead to Discovery Sanctions Against Delta Air Lines | Cozen O’Connor - bit.ly/FOPU8A (Kevin Kelly)
• The CPR Standard Disclosure Test is a Strict One Says the Court of Appeal - bit.ly/xyA77N (Chris Dale)
• The Future of the Review Attorney - bit.ly/AyfzSZ (Albert Barsocchini)
• The Link Between eDiscovery Software and Improving Healthcare Outcomes - bit.ly/FOQ7Zl (Gary MacFadden)
• The Role of Social Media in Workplace Disputes - bit.ly/GCzilE (Elise Bloom, John Barry)
• Time to Revisit the Ethics of Metadata - bit.ly/FQhQZa (Michael de Leeuw, Eric Hirsch)
• Tips for Handling eDiscovery When Representing a CJA Defendant - bit.ly/yVs5Z4 (Brooke Oppenheimer)
• Unnecessary eDiscovery Roughness in the NFL - bit.ly/AzOt9F (Jon Resnick)
• Update: Peck, Parties and Predictive Coding - http://bit.ly/xAztDv (@ComplexD)
• What Happens At The Exchange, Stays At The Exchange - bit.ly/x6kWum (Cary Calderone)
• Will Approval of Computer-Assisted Document Review Spur Acceptance in Antitrust Investigations? bit.ly/zWGXy6 (Jones Day)
• You Cannot Unring A Bell – Judge Peck’s Da Silva Moore Opinion Will Continue To Be Influential Despite Objection - bit.ly/AxirNA (Brendon Hollinder)

Reports and Resources

• An Overview of State eDiscovery Rules - bit.ly/yJWT5V (David Canfield)
• Breach Fatigue? Cost Of A Data Breach Declines For The First Time - http://bit.ly/GDeIUB (Kelly Higgins)
• Calculating an E-Court Return on Investment (ROI) - bit.ly/GCfq5z (James McMillan, Carole Pettijohn, Chips Shore, Jennifer Berg)
• Organization of Legal Professionals’ eJournal – Spring 2012 - bit.ly/yGfrke (Chere Estrin)
• Pew Internet: Presentation – The State of Mobile America – bit.ly/zg55jo (Lee Rainie)
• Pew Research Center | State of the Media - bit.ly/GCxxFc (Amy Mitchell, Tom Rosentiel)
• The Cases: Research By Case Of 689 Social Media Cases from 2010 – 2011 - bit.ly/Ado06n (X1 Discovery)
• The Glassmeyer Legal Research Flowchart - bit.ly/zSTV3v (Simon Fodden)
• The Rear View Mirror on Google+: Top 5 Stories From Last Week’s Unfiltered Orange - http://bit.ly/zmcAmG (@OrangeLT)
• UPDATE: From Ontrack to ISYS Search: 10 Years of eDiscovery Acquisitions (List) bit.ly/y9FMKO (@ComplexD)

Sight and Sound

• Ethical Obligations within eDiscovery (Podcast) bit.ly/wN2ALs (Elliot Westman)
• Jennifer Hamilton on John Deere’s Innovations in Vetting Vendors - bit.ly/GCzH7R (Monica Bay)
• Proactive eDiscovery Management | Legal Talk Network – bit.ly/GC5fJv (Charles Volkert, Joel Wuesthoff)
• Social Media’s Role in the Dharun Ravi Case, and What We Can Learn from It – bit.ly/GCjca7 (Travis Crabtree, Colin O’Keefe)

Technology and Tactics

• $1.5M HHS Data Breach Settlement is First Under HITECH Law – bit.ly/GCvAsU (Shannon Green)
• Bypassing the Password: Seeking Ways to Make Computer Passwords Unnecessary - nyti.ms/FRxELw (Randall Stross)
• Competing Interests: Enforcing Cybersecurity and Protecting Privacy | Law Practice Today - bit.ly/AlztD5 (Ulka Ghanta)
• CIOs Must Face These Facts to Go Social - bit.ly/A6NMVd (Jim Lee)
• Cool Tool: The Mashup App - http://bit.ly/z3ST5a (Zaid Al-Timimi)
• Court Analyzes and Enforces Facebook’s Terms of Service - bit.ly/zLhH8B (Stephen Kramarsky)
• Data Privacy Regulation for Websites in China Takes Effect, National Standards Forthcoming - bit.ly/Gzm6MB (Scott Livingston)
• Data Protection Plans Can Curb Data Breaches - bit.ly/xVDXpI (John Mello)
• Domestic Cybersecurity Requires Clearer Federal Roles and Responsibilities - bit.ly/zo2vJx (Peter Fox)
• Employers Requesting Facebook Access - bit.ly/yAjYmk (Tom Crane)
• Five Email Myths Debunked - http://bit.ly/xABMUo (Jeff Orloff)
• Five Signs Cloud Services May Not Work for You - bit.ly/FRKbhk (Mary Jander)
• FTC Looks to Link Do-Not-Track, BigData Privacy Concerns; Seeks Solutions - bit.ly/AjYc1N (Boris Segalis, Nihar Shah)
• Getting Rid of Data: Why it’s So Hard - bit.ly/z0pIwE (Harry Pugh)
• Google Strongly Positioned to Battle Facebook in Social Mobile Applications Wars – bit.ly/GDi8Xl (Press Release)
• How Social is Enterprise Search? bit.ly/ACIAhD (Jed Cawthorne)
• Juror Held in Contempt for Internet Research Leading to Mistrial - bit.ly/xfm7V3 (Mary Pat Gallagher)
• Jury Verdict Against Virginia Tech Proves Schools Should Not Create A Duty To Social Media Monitor - bit.ly/yCmySc (Bradley Shear)
• Native or HTML5? bit.ly/FWtm4w (OpenText)
• New Interest in Hacking as Threat to Security – http://nyti.ms/x7UbZ4 (Micheal Schmidt)
• Non-Facebook Timelines For The Ages | @Forbes - http://onforb.es/GCUc5d (Ben Kerschberg)
• Records and Information Management and Retention | Venable LLP - http://bit.ly/xTTR9t (Warren Hamel, Victoria Danta)
• States Pursue Legislation to Make Facebook Accounts Part of ‘Digital Estate’ - bit.ly/whX69O (Bruce Carton)
• Social-Mobile Strategies: The Legal and Regulatory Impact – bit.ly/GBIuFk (David White)
• Tech-Privacy Expert: Embed Privacy Before Systems Are Built - bit.ly/FRMOQ6 (Teresa Leung)
• Tension Between Privacy Law and Other Interests Highlighted in Recent German Episode - bit.ly/xdI5uF (Hogan Lovells)
• The Implication of Market Trends for Legal-Project Management in the United Kingdom – bit.ly/GBHEuD (Paul Easton)
• The Microsoft Outlook Configuration Analyzer Tool - bit.ly/GCwODX (Casper Manes)
• The Risks and Rewards of ‘Big Data’ for In-House Counsel – bit.ly/GE96sL (Kevin Pomfret, Leslie Spasser)
• Thoughts From RSA Conference 2012: From BigData to Privacy - bit.ly/GBYSKZ (Vivian Tero)
• Turning Data Into Business Value | Forbes - onforb.es/wMVF0h (Holger Kisker)
• ‘Unworkable’ Data Protection Reforms May Place Businesses At Competitive Disadvantage, CBI Says - bit.ly/GCv8KF (Pinsent Masons)
• What’s Coming in Microsoft Outlook 15 – bit.ly/GBI2t7 (Paul Thurrott)
• What Would You Pay for Privacy? nyti.ms/ypJYX5 (Somini Sengupta)

Vendor Views: the Industry Landscape

• 1/2 The Time, 1/2 The Cost, Lower Risk.  The OneO Discovery Platform for ECA, Processing and Review – http://bit.ly/bxdClw  (@OrangeLT)
• 3 De-duplication Options: How Do You Choose? bit.ly/FWt5hY (Kroll Ontrack)
• AccessData Chosen as Legal Evidence Review Platform for All U.S. Federal Public Defender Offices - bit.ly/GAEDdF (Business Wire)
• AccessData Users Conference Update – Conference Agenda - http://bit.ly/tR2NfW (AccessData)
• Advanced Discovery Continues Expansion With New East Coast Data Center - bit.ly/GCgiYa (PR Web)
• Altep, Inc. Expands Computer Forensics Services, Names Warren Kruse VP of Data Forensics - bit.ly/yjmmQX (Press Release)
• Clutch Group Recognized as 2012 Top Business in the Nation by -bit.ly/zRFLP0 (PR Web)
• Cognito Announces Partnership with Sonian - bit.ly/FRM9y4 (Press Release)
• Comply with Information Governance Policies for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 with AvePoint’s DocAve Content Shield – bit.ly/GCBrOv (PR Web)
• D4 Expands Operations in Michigan With the Acquisition of Litigation Support Services Leader, Detroit Legal Imaging - http://mwne.ws/zjrAeX (Marketwire)
• Dell and AccessData Release New Forensics Toolkit At Abu Dhabi Security Event - bit.ly/GCAZQ4 (Mark Sutton)
• Digital WarRoom WorkGroup: Exclusive Report | TechnoLawyer -  bit.ly/FO6iM0 (Neil Squillante)
• eDiscovery Solutions Group (eDSG) Evolves into eDiscovery and Information Governance Industry Analyst Firm – bit.ly/FRHxrQ (Press Release)
• Epiq Systems Shifts Focus from Bankruptcy to eDiscovery Services - bit.ly/yF0OF6 (Alyson Raletz)
• Envision Discovery Now Offering Relativity to the Raleigh and Charlotte, N.C. Legal Markets - bit.ly/yPKyF3 (PR Web)
• EVault Cloud Backup Seeks to Disrupt Symantec Backup Exec - bit.ly/FRMAZp (Joe Panettieri)
• Evolve Discovery Opens New York Office - mwne.ws/yT03hD (Marketwire)
• Forensics Leader AccessData Cites Industry Report Underscoring Rise in Forensics Service Demand - http://yhoo.it/yYX11C (Business Wire)
• French Software Company EntropySoft Opens New US Headquarters in San Francisco - bit.ly/GBWzYv (PR Web)
• Huron Legal Selects PureDiscovery for eDiscovery Semantics - bit.ly/yDlj0C (PR Web)
• iCONECT Brings Legal Review and Litigation Support to Tablet Devices - bit.ly/GAEMxE (PR Web)
• iCONECT Global Summit on Litigation Technology - bit.ly/zj1tTD (PR Web)
• Irish Digital Evidence Firm Enables Forensic Collection of Online Evidence for E-Discovery - bit.ly/xYEO6A (Press Release)
• LexisNexis Acquires Law360 – http://bit.ly/GAGboY (Press Release)
• Lexis Updates Law PreDiscovery, Early Data Analyzer - bit.ly/ws6Vhr (Evan Koblentz)
• Lexmark Acquires ISYS to Boost Its Global Enterprise Software Capabilities - bit.ly/zIEOBO (Business Wire)
• Linguamatics Releases New Cloud Based Text Mining Solution - bit.ly/xS4IkC (Jasmine Ashton)
• M-Files Cloud Vault 2.0 Lifts ECM off the Ground and into the Cloud - bit.ly/FWsuNt (PR Web)
• Merrill Corporation Adds Legal Process Outsourcing Services in India - bit.ly/FWtFMR (Business Wire)
• Metalogix Announces General Release of Archive Manager 5.1 - bit.ly/yWUk1A (PR Web)
• Navigant Buys Caselawg eDiscovery Project Management Application - bit.ly/FOPEpX (Evan Koblentz)
• Perceptive Software Absorbs Two More Technology Companies (ISYS Search | Nolij ) bit.ly/GCCoX1 (Alyson Raletz)
• State AGs in Vt. and Wash. Choose Bridgeway’s LawManager Web - bit.ly/GCyHAB (Sean Doherty)
• TechLaw Solutions Achieves Top Level Information Security ISO 27001 Certification - http://bit.ly/xpQN2l (Marketwire)
• TEMIS Chooses ISYS to Power Its Next Generation Luxid® Semantic Content Enrichment Platform - http://bit.ly/y9zWsB (Business Wire)
• Thomson Reuters Launches Accelus Compliance Manager - bit.ly/Ay02th (Sean Doherty)
• Venio Adds Production Capabilities to its Integrated eDiscovery Platform - bit.ly/GCucWC (PR Web)
• Xerox Litigation Services – Can Technology-Assisted Review Co-Exist With Strategic Search?  bit.ly/GCryQL (Amanda Jones)

2012 eDiscovery Events

MARCH

ABA TECHSHOW 2012
March 29-31, 2012
Chicago, IL
Click here for more information.

APRIL

ACEDS 2012 Conference
April 2 – 4, 2012
Hollywood, FL
Click here for more information.

Hosting and Cloud Transformation Summit – Europe
April 2-3, 2012
London, UK
Click here for more information.

12th Annual Super Conference
April 23 – 24, 2012
Chicago, IL
Click here for more information.

MAY

2012 World Technology Law Conference & Annual Meeting
May 3 – 4, 2012
Washington, DC
Click here for more information.

INSIGHT 2012 Law Firm IT – Conference and Exposition
May 8 – 9, 2012
London, UK
Click here for more information.

EDRM 2012 – 2013 Kickoff Meeting
May 16 – 17, 2012
St. Paul, MN
Click here for more information.

CEIC 2012
May 21 – 24, 2012
Summerlin, NV
Click here for more information.

LegalTech West Coast 2012
May 22-23, 2012
Los Angeles, CA
Click here for more information.

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

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