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Mitigating risk is important to legal professionals regardless of their role or area of expertise. Many investigations involve sensitive data and serious allegations, all of which have the potential for additional complications if the information is mishandled. Today, we’re discussing one of the primary risks associated with ediscovery: data security. What is Data Security for […]

Eighteen different Technology Assisted Review (TAR) platforms were named in the seventh semi-annual Predictive Coding Technologies and Protocols Survey conducted by ComplexDiscovery. EDRM was proud to support Rob Robinson’s survey and is very grateful to the EDRM community who took their time to answer. Active Learning and the Continuous Active Learning variety was the hands down […]

There is no shortage of coverage of the upcoming ILTACON (22-26 Aug 2021) in Las Vegas, Nevada. EDRM has long participated in the conference, and hosted many a festive event. Last and this year, however, we send our good wishes from afar in accordance with our virtual events only policy for 2021. We look forward […]

Frank Ready of Legaltech news analyzed the technical and operational challenge of ingesting terrabytes of electronic evidence, distributed all over the country and on every platform, for the trials of the January 6th defendants. While the United States Department of Justice (US-DOJ) is continuing to collect the evidence, it has a timebound obligation to provide […]

Doug Austin of eDiscoveryToday covered Tom O’Connor’s provocative posts on Artificial Intelligence. Given many chances to reframe, Tom O’Connor dug deeper and wrote more. Nah. I was being nice. Tom O’Connor A few weeks ago, Tom’s post on his Techno Gumbo blog (Is the New NIST Standard for AI Looking at the Wrong End of the Horse?) […]

Editor’s Note: EDRM is proud to support the seventh semi-annual Predictive Coding Technologies and Protocols Survey conducted by ComplexDiscovery. Legal, information technology, and business professionals involved in organizational activities involving the use of predictive coding are encouraged to complete the short five-question survey. The initial six surveys provided detailed feedback from approximately 384* legal, business, […]

Canopy Software, Inc., a leader in data privacy and breach response software, has been granted its first U.S. patent, titled “Systems and Methods for Identifying Compliance-Related Information Associated with Data Breach Events.” Canopy Software released the following statement: “We’re honored by this achievement, and our work is not done. This foundational patent will serve as […]

The workshop, The Balancing Act: How to Optimize your Energy and Effectively Prioritize Your Day, will focus on tips and tricks for balancing the many facets of life. The speakers—FTI’s Inés Rubio (EDRM Global Advisory Council leader), JND’s Heidi Girod, and Relativity’s Lourdes Akande, will share their definitions of balance and ways they’ve worked to […]

Craig Ball’s “workbook” has become the de facto course on electronic discovery. A labor of love that Craig offers freely to the public on his website, the workbook is a reliable and entertaining foundation for anyone who wants to learn about the electronic part of discovery. [Disclosure: Craig Ball is EDRM’s general counsel.] This week, […]

Both Law.com and Above the Law are tracking the reopening plans of the larger law firms. While past reopening announcements have stressed flexibility in vaxxed and nonvaxxed status, this week’s trend is toward requiring vaccines, with attestations, coupled with delays in reopenings. Consequences for not attesting to vaccination include not being welcome in the office, […]