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TERIS would like to welcome the American Association of Law Libraries as it holds its annual meeting in our home city of Seattle. The conference began on Saturday and concludes on Tuesday.  Ninety exhibitors are presenting their products and services to the law library community at the Washington State Convention Center. Read more: http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202610873233&American_Association_of_Law_Libraries_Meets_in_Seattle#ixzz2Z8h9DCNF

by Greg Behan, Esq. A 2013 report by cybersecurity company Mandiant stated that a Chinese military unit was responsible for hacking into 141 organizations since as early as 2006; law firms comprised 4 of these entities.  Unfortunately, law firms make prime hacking targets.  Hackers are able to steal confidential valuable data on multiple companies by…

by Julia Romero Peter, Esq. Companies and counsel engaging in litigation in the U.K. should be aware that the U.K. revised their Rules of Civil Procedure (CPR), including ediscovery (known as edisclosure in the U.K.) provisions, effective April 1, 2013.  One of the objectives of the revised CPR includes proportionality with respect to costs.  To…

Portland-based Exterro hosted a one-hour webinar this week, “E-Discovery Sanctions, Legal Holds & Social Media Trends,” featuring Ronald Hedges , a retired U.S. magistrate court judge for the district of New Jersey, and Ropes & Gray senior e-discovery attorney Sara Meyers.  The program was one of a series of seven regional webcasts offered this spring and summer,…

by Alex Lubarsky, LL.M., Esq. | Director, TERIS Two major concerns with e-Discovery are the costs and time involved.  Since there’s often a staggering amount of electronic information to sort through, it can be cumbersome to determine what’s relevant and what isn’t.  Predictive coding is a cutting-edge, time-saving — and best of all, cost-effective method for narrowing…

TERIS Senior Forensic Consultant Tim Weaver, attended the Saratoga High School Career Day on April 1st. Tim presented to two groups of 25 students.  Throughout the day, the students heard presentations from a variety of guest speakers covering various careers. Tim provided a discussion on the career “Computer Forensic Scientist/Crime Lab.” Tim talked about his…

by Julia Romero Peter, Esq. In EEOC v. Spitzer Management, Inc., et al., Northern District of Ohio Case No. 1:06-cv-02337, the court declared a mistrial and levied sanctions against Defendants when at trial it became known that Defendants failed to produce a large amount of responsive material during the six years prior to trial commencement…

By Julia Romero Peter, Esq. The Department of Justice approved the use of predictive coding for a review involving over one million documents in the recent proposed merger between Anheuser-Busch InBev and Grupo Modelo.  The DOJ arrived at a settlement with Anheuser-Busch InBev and Grupo Modelo in April 2013. The DOJ requested documents from Constellation…

by Alexander Lubarsky, Esq. I thought I must have been hearing things. “Who is this… did you say Supreme Court? As in ‘The’ Supreme Court, sir?” “Nah,” said the stranger on the other line, “just the California Supreme Court – and all of their research attorneys as well as the District Court judges and their research…

by Julia Romero Peter, Esq. In Gordon v. Kaleida Health, No. 08-CV-378S(F), 2013 WL 2250579 (W.D.N.Y. May 21, 2013), the court dismissed without prejudice Plaintiffs’ motion to compel Defendants to meet and confer to set up a protocol for using predictive coding (also known as technology assisted review or TAR); or in the alternative, have…