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Spare a Thought for the Emotional First Responders
By Darius Bennett “ always sing on the interest, never on the principal.” –Leontyne Price Most people have at least one person who is their lifeline when transiting through periods of emotional straits....
The (Perhaps) Unintended Fable of the Alabama Black Racer Snake
By Darius Bennett The EDRM is committed to our entire community, and each whole person within it. A story for the times. “Since I survived that year…I shall survive anything.” — Things Fall Apart, Chinua...
eDiscovery Today debuts at #60 with Advice for those Displaced by COVID-19
Doug Austin, founder and editor of eDiscovery Today and EDRM Global Advisory Council leader, is back writing, making up for lost time with multiple posts per day. Addressing the elephant in the room, Doug talked...
On: The tsunami of legal work and e-discovery work to come
By Mary Mack Greg Bufithis, founder and semi-retired Chairman of the Board of the Posse List, Project Counsel Media and a couple of other ventures, focused his laser eye on our eDiscovery market conditions in...
Now Is the Time to Shift
by Darius E. Bennett “Without the mud we cannot grow lotus flowers. So the mud is useful somehow.” -Thich Naht Han In the wake of the current pandemic, there have been seemingly-endless predicatory...
Doug Austin of “eDiscovery Today” Interviewed by Frank Ready of Legaltech News
Doug Austin Thinks E-Discovery Won’t Look the Same Following COVID-19 Doug Austin, formerly of CloudNine’s blog E-Discovery Daily, believes that a COVID-19 battered e-discovery industry will continue to see job losses. But he’s optimistic that...
Legaltech News Survey for eDiscovery Fun
Zach Warren, editor-in-chief of Legaltech News, reached out to crowdsource some story ideas that will support us in the COVID-19 influenced way in which we work today. So I’ve created a quick questionnaire that I...
Blown Away? eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey Results – Spring 2020
The results of the Spring Business Confidence Survey are in. The concern in spring 2020 is regarding budgetary constraints, although there is still optimism and...
E-Discovery’s Loss Is Court Tech’s Gain Amid Court’s COVID-19 Slowdown
Due to the Covid-19 slowdown, some legal tech spending is shifting from the mainstays of the EDRM to the previously neglected extreme right side: the presentation phase, as well as depositions and court technology. Frank...
After DISCO, Are More COVID-19 Layoffs Ahead for E-Discovery?
Frank Ready of LegalTech News reports on layoffs in the eDiscovery community. COVID-19 related layoffs have started trickling into the e-discovery industry. Last Friday, Austin Inno reported that DISCO had made cutbacks to its workforce. A DISCO...
OpenText’s commitment to customers and partners during COVID-19
OpenText, an EDRM Defender level partner, posted the following update regarding business continuity and other support: Together, we are facing an unprecedented situation. The global coronavirus pandemic is affecting all our families, our businesses and...
Warren: KLDiscovery and Consilio Collaborate on Collection
As the eDiscovery community faces the COVID-19 challenge, two competitors have started collaborating, using each other’s collection resources in geographies formerly requiring travel. Zach Warren, editor in chief of LegalTech News reports that KLDiscovery CEO Chris...