Four Steps to Maximizing Your Outsourced eDiscovery Dollar – Part 1

For both in-house counsel and outside counsel, external litigation support vendors can act as an extension of their own legal department, creating extra value and a competitive edge for clients. Much has been made of the argument as to whether to outsource eDiscovery (see Ralph Losey’s excellent article “Five Reasons to Outsource Litigation Support”, Law…

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Expert eDiscovery Development Consultant Joins TERIS a National Leader in eDiscovery, Information Governance, Computer Forensics and Relativity

TERIS a leading provider of eDiscovery Solutions and Information Governance Consulting to corporations and law firms across the US, announced the addition of Jennifer Hudson as an eDiscovery Development Consultant in the Houston, Texas office. Austin, Texas (PRWEB) May 31, 2014 John Hartman, Principal/TERIS, recently announced that Jennifer Hudson joined TERIS as an eDiscovery Development Consultant. According…

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eDiscovery Processes – Part 3

Electronic Discovery for Legal Evidence   eDiscovery has validity because almost all examples of EFD are recorded permanently by digital sources and can be accessed if necessary as legal evidence.  To this extent it is true that absolute privacy in communications — personal, enterprise, social, governmental, etc. — no longer really exists, and can become…

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eDiscovery Processes – Part 2

eDiscovery processes may be painstakingly complex, searching among the frequently exceptional quantity of data to locate materials germane to the specific legal context. However, the character of digital data renders it particularly compatible to investigation, so information can be readily accessed once it has been correctly identified. In addition, EFD are difficult to destroy: Networked…

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eDiscovery Processes – Part 1

As people rely more consistently on computers and digital devices for communicating and storing information, Electronic Discovery (eDiscovery) assumes greater importance for legal proceedings.  In this context, eDiscovery is the specifically electronic process of isolating, classifying, and generating for litigation electronically formatted data (EFD). Its proliferation reflects the increasingly plugged-in world of enterprise, social media, email and…

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Electronic Discovery: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Part 2

Electronic discovery places a heavy burden on counsel.  Not only is the practitioner, as always, required to comply with procedural rules, but he/she must thoroughly educate the client about the intricacies of electronic discovery. Because the client may not necessarily think of discovery in electronic or digital terms, the learning curve may be steep.  At the…

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Electronic Discovery: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Part 1

Discovery is arguably one of the few things that can be described as an art and a science.  Art, because effective discovery requires intelligence, intuition, and creativity; science because theories need to be explored, tested, and, if necessary, discarded and replaced.  In addition, just as there are scientific laws that need to be obeyed, there are…

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eDiscovery Primer: Hosting Agreements – Part 2

There are many issues that need to be considered when it comes to hosting agreements. Known most popularly as the “terms and conditions” website page that users must click through before joining or logging in, this simple agreement defines the terms by which two parties elect to do business together. It’s important to have a…

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eDiscovery Primer: Hosting Agreements – Part 1

There are many issues that need to be considered when it comes to hosting agreements. Known most popularly as the “terms and conditions” website page that users must click through before joining or logging in, this simple agreement defines the terms by which two parties elect to do business together. It’s important to have a…

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Key Ways Social Media Affects eDiscovery – Part 2

Social media discovery is becoming an increasingly core component for much of today’s litigation. And, whether in use by clients or counsel, obtaining evidence from social media also carries the potential for making cases much more complicated than expected. Here’s Part 2 of a closer look at some of the key ways in which social…

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