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More and more tech companies are getting into and promoting their eDiscovery solutions… Here is a link to a press release from CA, Inc. claiming that the company is: “seeing an increasing demand from government agencies for its Information Governance Suite related to anticipated inquiries and reform measures expected after the US presidential elections in…

 Leading E-Discovery and Digital Forensics Industry VeteranTerry Tao Joins ALC Legal Technologies Appointment of industry veteran solidifies firm’s expertise in the practices of computer forensics, electronically stored information discovery, document production and management Seattle, WA – September 2, 2008 – ALC Legal Technologies (ALC) announced today that leading E-Discovery and Digital Forensics industry veteran Terry…

ALC Legal Technologies Named Top 20 Electronic Discovery Service Providers in the prestigious 2008 Socha-Gelbmann Electronic Discovery Survey Report Ranking validates ALC’s reputation as topelectronic discovery service provider to the legal industry Seattle, WA – August 5, 2008 – ALC Legal Technologies (ALC) announced today that it has been named one of the top 20…

Good post here about how corporations can lean on partners to identify and implement the best and most appropriate solution when (not if) the need arises for e-discovery. The writer discusses what he had to do when approached by corporate counsel to pull together documents relating to a specific subject (3 times in one year).…

The Daily Report just launched a new online legal crossword puzzle. The site will post a new crossword puzzle every Friday. This is a fun way to test your legal (and crossword) skills and knowledge.

  From EnterpriseStorageForum.com comes an article about Virtual Machines and the impact they may have on e-discovery. First things first. What are Virtual Machines? EnterpriseStorageForum.com defines them this way: A self-contained operating environment that behaves as if it is a separate computer. For example, Java applets run in a Java virtual machine (VM) that has…

Interesting article in the most recent Economist that asserts “A deluge of electronic information may overwhelm American civil justice” The article’s author points out that it was not long ago when “In the rare event that electronic evidence was requested, 100 gigabytes (GB) was considered a large amount.” Today, “almost every case involves e-discovery and…

  Today’s online version of Computerworld includes some good insight for IT managers and executives regarding the growing role of E-Discovery in their roles. Author Benjamin Barnett describes a “call to arms in an electronic discovery battle” for IT professionals. His top 3 rules: Rule 1: Managing e-discovery is now part of your job. Rule…

  In case you missed it, last Friday the Wall Street Journal published a great article about the rise of technology solutions being created and pitched to companies who are feeling overwhelmed by the growing demands of e-discovery. It is interesting to see how law firms are positioning themselves in this development. It seems to…

  If you’re reading this post, it means that you have found the new Litigation Support Sentinel Blog – published by the ALC Legal Technologies family of companies and professionals. We plan to use this space to help keep our partners, clients and employees apprised of new developments within the litigation support industry as well…