Discovery Resources

By Joe Aakre, Product Manager, Fios, Inc.

The following are some hints and tips that I am borrowing from “Chapter 8: Data Review: Fast and Thorough Methods” of Mary Mack’s book, A Process of Illumination: The Practical Guide to Electronic Discovery. This chapter offers practical advice that can help you and your legal team prepare for and achieve optimal results (and lowered costs) in your e-discovery reviews.

During the discovery phase of large or complex cases, there can be significant time and resource burdens associated with document review. Reviewing printed versions of electronic materials can be a time-consuming process. It is also subject to risks of omission due to “reviewer’s fatigue,” resulting continue…

By Laura Webster, Solution Design Architect, Fios, Inc.

Data processing for e-discovery requires expertise in various technologies. Electronically stored information (ESI) populations generally contain large volumes of disparate file types. For an e-discovery project to be successful, this data must be processed and aggregated quickly and reliably.

Your e-discovery partner should be able to help you:

• Fully inventory and uniquely identify each file in the data population for file accountability.
• Collaborate with the response team to address security and encryption methods used in email, container and other file types to ensure all appropriate decryption methods are attempted.
• Extract file content and metadata from the files, such as e-mail routing data, file property data continue…

by Joe Aakre, Product Manager, Fios, Inc.

Earlier this month, at LegalTech New York 2010, Fios announced its partnership with kCura and debuted our newest offering: Relativity® powered by Fios.

As you may already know from numerous blogs, tweets and articles (or from your personal experience at the show), attendance and excitement were very high. Over the course of the three days, I provided many product tours for people who stopped by our booth to demonstrate how Fios’ implementation (and 10 years of e-discovery expertise) takes all of the advanced search and workflow features in Relativity to the next level. What became most apparent from conversations and feedback with our customers and prospects continue…

As part of our their new series “’Data! Data! Data!’ — Cures for a General Counsel’s ESI Nightmares,” The Posse List interviewed Mary Mack and Dennis Kiker. They discuss collaboration and documentation for defensibility among inside and outside counsel, between IT and legal, among joint defense groups and during productions… how to get control of the discovery process. Here’s the interview on the Posse List site: An interview with Mary Mack and Dennis Kiker of Fios: collaborative e-discovery technology and services, and putting it all in perspective.

by Dennis Kiker, Director of Professional Services, Fios, Inc.

I am fortunate in that I work out of my home, which has decided advantages at times, particularly at this time of year when I can look out my window on the neighborhood and enjoy the autumn colors.  In Virginia, as in much of the Southeastern United States, we have a tree we call the “gumball” tree.  Properly, it is the American Sweetgum tree, and it is a beautiful hardwood with glossy, deep green foliage in the summer that turns brilliant shades of yellow, red and even purple in the fall.  These absolutely gorgeous trees have only one flaw (assuming you have continue…