Discovery Resources

While most people in the e-discovery industry have heard of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), many think it is simply a chart that describes the stages of the e-discovery process. However, the EDRM is more than a bunch of boxes; it is an organization that drafts and makes available practical information to help everyone who works within the e-discovery space. Members of EDRM represent a diversity of professions that touch discovery in a variety of ways. There are services providers, software companies, IT professionals, litigation support professionals, law firm attorneys and corporate counsel who all bring their breadth of experience to the table. Having a diversecontinue…

Date: Wednesday December 12, 2012
Time: 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT (60 minutes)

Tom Allman, the leading expert on state e-discovery rules, provides an update on what’s new in e-discovery at the federal level and how those developments are impacting state-level activities.

This informative session will also include:

• The status of state e-discovery rule-making, identifying the 10 states that still have not acted
• Wisconsin’s efforts in cost-shifting and Florida’s new Sunshine Act
• Highlights from Allman’s recent paper, “Preservation and Discovery of ESI in Federal and State Courts after the 2006 FRCP Amendments”
• A look forward to key e-discovery issues in 2013

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by Wendy Butler Curtis, eDiscovery of Counsel, Orrick and Jeffrey W. McKenna, eDiscovery and Privacy Attorney, Orrick

On October 15, 2012, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery ordered the parties in EORHB, Inc., et al. v. HOA Holdings, Inc., et al., Case No. 7409-VCL (Del. Ch. Ct. Oct. 15, 2012) to utilize predictive coding technology for their document review and productions or else show cause why the use of predictive coding was not appropriate. (See 10/15/2012 Tr. at pp. 66-67.)

The court ordered the parties to locate a single eDiscovery provider that had the capability to separatelycontinue…

2012 Homestretch and 2013: An Early Look

Ralph Losey, one of the leading experts on e-discovery, is a partner and e-discovery chair at Jackson Lewis. His practice has been limited to e-discovery since 2006. Losey is a writer and an educator; he publishes books, articles and the e-Discovery Team Training blog; he teaches at the University of Florida; and he speaks at Sedona Conferences and many other events.

Rebecca James regularly writes industry blogs and articles on a broad array of
e-discovery issues and holds degrees in law and organizational development and curriculum design for adult education.

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kCura’s Relativity Fest 2012 was held this year at the historic Palmer House Hotel in Chicago, featuring education tracks, experience sharing and valuable networking time. CEO Andrew Sieja kicked off the sold-out event that attracted 525 attendees, initially focusing his keynote address on Relativity growth in both users and data under management. kCura has increased the number of Relativity end users to over 71,000 per month, representing 52% year-over-year growth. Even more impressive, the volume of data in the top 100 workspaces has grown over 500% in the last two years, and now averages over 15 million docs.

Another keynote theme was the growing Relativity ecosystem. Fios was pleased tocontinue…