tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79239695563361571092024-02-18T23:16:11.328-06:00ABC's of E-DiscoveryA blog for paralegals about the role of technology in e-Discovery and Document Managment.
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<li><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><u>e-Discovery - </u>The collection, preparation, review and production of electronic documents in litigation discovery. This includes e-mail, attachments, and other data stored on a computer, network, backup or other storage media. e-Discovery includes metadata.</span></span></li>
<li><u>Concept Search - </u> 'Concept search' in litigation refers to the search of electronic documents on the basis of ideas they contain, rather than just specific keywords. Concept searching is usually implemented by broadening a keyword-based search to include synonyms or using a thesaurus to include results related to the ideas in the search keywords, even though not directly derived from the keyword search term. </li>
<li><u>De-duplication (or deduplication) - </u> The identification and segregation of exact or nearly-exact files. De-duplication can substantially reduce the cost of working with electronic document, as multiple copies of the same file need not be reviewed.</li>
<li><u>Document Management System - </u>. A computer system that tracks and stores electronic documents or image representations of paper documents.</li>
<li><u>Deleted Files</u>. When a file is deleted from an operating system (e.g. Windows), the contents of the file may still remain intact. Specialized computer utilities can be used to reconstruct deleted files, sometimes bypassing the operating system and directly reading the raw drive sectors.</li>
<li><u>Electronic Data Discovery or EDD</u> - The process of gathering, reviewing and producing of documents in electronic format. Electronic documents include e-mail, memos, letters, spreadsheets, databases, office documents, presentations and other electronic formats commonly found on computer, network hard drives, back-up tapes and off-line storage such as CDs, DVDs, ZIP drives, etc. </li>
<li><u>Email string - </u> A series of e-mails linked together by e-mail responses and forwarding. Email string are often treated as a single document. <br />
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There's more! Additional terms and definitions will be posted. Meanwhile, let's analyze and research these terms for additional information and enhancements. Please share your findings and thoughts.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923969556336157109.post-89798123274502935912015-07-29T13:06:00.001-05:002015-07-29T13:06:54.548-05:00Doug Austin has excellent advice for paralegals at eDiscovery Dailey...this column is a #MustFollowDoug Austin's "<strong>Pitfalls Associated with Self-Collection of Data by Custodians: eDiscovery Best Practices</strong>" will save you, and therefore your client, time and money when you "self-collect" documents and files for discovery. Take a look at his article here and save a copy for your eDiscovery File: <a href="http://www.cloudninediscovery.com/ediscoverydaily/pitfalls-associated-with-self-collection-of-data-by-custodians-ediscovery-best-practices/" target="_blank">eDiscovery Pitfalls - Don't Fall!</a> <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923969556336157109.post-79980333376456450332012-02-22T10:00:00.000-06:002016-09-26T23:24:57.495-05:00DOJ Lays Down the Law on Criminal E-Discovery ProtocolsCriminal e-discovery? I've never thought about that! Here's a good place to start, with great thanks to <a href="http://www.law.com/">www.law.com</a>: <a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202542777740">DOJ Lays Down the Law on Criminal E-Discovery Protocols</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923969556336157109.post-3586358179160340882011-11-29T11:00:00.001-06:002011-11-29T11:03:29.848-06:00Obtaining Disclosure of ESI From Non-PartiesWhat are disclosures? Texas Rule 194 - Request for Disclosure - 194.1 states a party may obtain disclosure from another party of the information or material listed in Rule 194.2 by serving the other party - no later than 30 days before the end of any applicable discovery period - the following request: "Pursuant to Rule 194, you are requested to disclose, within 30 days of service of this request, the information or material described in Rule [state rule, e.g., 194.2, or 194.2(a), (c), and (f), or 194.2(d) to (g)]. <br />
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See Rule 194.2 for disclosure contents.<br />
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Typical requests for Request for Disclosures are commonly stated as follows when served with an Original Petition (notice the deadline is 50 days when served with a petition per Rule 194.3): <br />
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<em>Pursuant to Rule 194 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, </em><em>Plaintiff requests that each Defendant disclose, </em><em>within 50 days of service of this request,</em><em>t he information and material described in Rule 192.4(a) through (l).</em><br />
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The following is an excellent article regarding disclosure of electronic storage information (ESI).<br />
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<a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202533687671&Obtaining_Disclosure_of_ESI_From_NonParties&slreturn=1">Obtaining Disclosure of ESI From Non-Parties</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923969556336157109.post-65313178733512707892011-11-16T09:38:00.000-06:002011-11-16T09:38:07.092-06:00The Future of E-Discovery | Legal Talk Network<a href="http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/digital-detectives/2011/11/the-future-of-e-discovery/">The Future of E-Discovery Legal Talk Network</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923969556336157109.post-74879231248105064352011-11-14T15:29:00.000-06:002011-11-14T15:29:12.603-06:00Bill Hamilton's Seven Deadly Sins of the Rule 26(f) 'Meet-and-Confer' Conference : E-Discovery BytesConference of the Parties - Planning for discovery. In a nutshell, the parties must consider the nature and basis of their claims and defenses and the possibliities for promptly settling or resolving the case; make or arrange for the disclosures required by Rule 26(a)(1); disucss any issues about preserving discoverable information; and develop a proposed discovery plan. Wendy Akbar's article will tell you what NOT to do as it relates to e-discovery. This is a must read article in the world of e-discovery.<br /><br /><a href="http://ediscovery.quarles.com/2011/03/articles/bill-hamiltons-seven-deadly-sins-of-the-rule-26f-meetandconfer-conference/">Bill Hamilton's Seven Deadly Sins of the Rule 26(f) 'Meet-and-Confer' Conference : E-Discovery Bytes</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923969556336157109.post-18785073400521109632011-07-27T10:53:00.000-05:002011-07-27T10:53:56.268-05:00eDiscovery Lessons From Casey Anthony Trial<a href="http://myemail.constantcontact.com/eDiscovery-Lessons-From-Casey-Anthony-Trial.html?soid=1103402182339&aid=PYMn-QT9uPY">eDiscovery Lessons From Casey Anthony Trial</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923969556336157109.post-88987990204773363422011-06-29T16:21:00.000-05:002011-06-29T16:21:33.397-05:00Technologist - FindLaw Legal Technology BlogHave you committed e-discovery malpractice? How not to produce privileged documents! - <a href="http://blogs.findlaw.com/technologist/">Technologist - FindLaw Legal Technology Blog</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923969556336157109.post-35901225818536478132011-06-27T09:14:00.000-05:002011-06-27T09:14:53.416-05:00New Fios Webcast: e-Discovery Case Law Update – Summer 2011 | E-Discovery Resources & Information - DiscoveryResources.orgA must listen from Discovery Resources: <a href="http://www.discoveryresources.org/uncategorized/new-fios-webcast-e-discovery-case-law-update-%e2%80%93-summer-2011/">New Fios Webcast: e-Discovery Case Law Update – Summer 2011 E-Discovery Resources & Information - DiscoveryResources.org</a> - "<em>This quarterly case law update from Fios explores recent court decisions related to -discovery, the impact these cases may have and are already having, and tactics and strategies organizations should consider to help their control their e-discovery costs and risks</em>."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923969556336157109.post-69228678411926668922011-05-09T13:17:00.001-05:002016-09-26T23:24:15.602-05:00Predictive Coding Demystified | eDiscovery NewsParalegals with ten or more years experience will remember the days when we sat in conference rooms along side contract lawyers reviewing hundreds of boxes of documents, reading page by page looking for specific information. Later, we begin to sit at computers staring at those pages of documents which had been scanned into a database - still looking for specific information while entering keywords, names, and other such information for each document and summarizing the documents. These two exercises were called "document review" and required a "thinking" person with knowledge about the case to read and comprehend the documents, while defining privilige, issue, and relevance.<br />
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Then there was "coding". These are the rooms full of "coders", possessing only basic reading skills, and with little understanding of what they were looking at and why or if it was important. These data entry workers captured objective data by entering key words and dates, addresses and names mentioned. Indeed, they are warned not to waste time reading, but to quickly scan a page, looking for specific words only. Their performance was measured by number of keystrokes and documents completed per minute. This was necessary before OCR (optical scanning recognition) became reliable.<br />
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Now, there's predictive coding. What is it? Have we all been replaced by artificial intelligence? eDiscovery News describes it best at this link - <a href="http://www.ediscovery-news.com/predictive-coding-demystified/">Predictive Coding Demystified eDiscovery News</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923969556336157109.post-64734806298863126872011-05-09T12:54:00.001-05:002011-05-09T12:54:44.510-05:00Extra, Extra: Get Your E-Discovery News Here! | Exterro e-Discovery Beat Blog<a href="http://www.exterro.com/e-discovery-beat/e-discovery-beat/2011/05/09/extra-extra-get-your-e-discovery-news-here-10/">Extra, Extra: Get Your E-Discovery News Here! Exterro e-Discovery Beat Blog</a>; and another must read is Explaining e-Discovery - A Look at Some Common Misconceptions - from <a href="http://www.pillsburylaw.com/">http://www.pillsburylaw.com/</a> - <a href="http://www.pillsburylaw.com/siteFiles/Publications/LJNs_LegalTech_April2011_AR.pdf">http://www.pillsburylaw.com/siteFiles/Publications/LJNs_LegalTech_April2011_AR.pdf</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923969556336157109.post-20463072714739610052011-05-03T12:31:00.000-05:002011-05-03T12:31:17.985-05:00Reed Smith Hires K&L Gates Partner to Create E-Discovery Practice<a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202492735435&Reed_Smith_Hires_KL_Gates_Partner_to_Create_EDiscovery_Practice&slreturn=1&hbxlogin=1">Reed Smith Hires K&L Gates Partner to Create E-Discovery Practice</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923969556336157109.post-49952459464512327042011-04-05T19:04:00.004-05:002011-05-03T12:19:06.083-05:00How To Be Sure There Is No Failure to Communicate Preservation!<a href="http://blogs.findlaw.com/in_house/2010/09/monitoring-preservation-of-e-evidence-why-its-important.html">Monitoring Preservation of E-Evidence: Why It's Important - eDiscovery & Legal Tech - In House</a> <strong>Jason Beahm at FindLaw for Legal Professionals wrote on September 21, 2010 "<em>A hot area in the in house world right now: preservation of electronic evidence or "e-evidence." These days, more and more evidence exists only electronically. However, the fact that a piece of evidence is never printed on a piece of paper does not absolve in house counsel of the obligation to safeguard it</em>." </strong><br />
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<strong>To avoid clear misconduct it is imperative that lawyers (and thus their paralegals) take steps to assure clients do not unknowingly destroy e-evidence (electronic evidence). As a paralegal you should assure you have executed file copies of "client preservation of evidence letters" as prepared by the attorney. Copies should be sent to clients, opposing counsel and third parties. The "preservation of evidence letter" should make crystal clear as to what constitutes spoilation and what the possible consequences may be. For example, the following is sample language: </strong><br />
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<strong>"This lawsuit requires preservation of all information from ABC Company's computer systems, and removable electronic media. This includes, but is not limited to, email and other electronic communication, word processing documents, spreadsheets, databases, calendars, telephone logs, contact manager information, Internet usage files, and network access information. Employees must take every reasonable step to preserve this information until further notice. Failure to do so could result in extreme penalties against ABC Company."</strong> <br />
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<strong>Now that you have your client covered, what about the opposing party "preservation of evidence" letter? Check in later for my next post and I'll address that question!</strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923969556336157109.post-51713716199998932192011-04-04T11:18:00.000-05:002011-04-04T11:18:08.511-05:00School of e-Discovery: Online Course Aims to Help Lawyers Bone Up - Magazine - ABA Journal<a href="http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/school_of_e-discovery_online_course_aims_to_help_lawyers_bone_up/">School of e-Discovery: Online Course Aims to Help Lawyers Bone Up - Magazine - ABA Journal</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923969556336157109.post-10835100782840670882011-03-21T17:25:00.000-05:002011-03-21T17:25:36.469-05:00The Ultimate Metadata Guide - Metadata is more than data about data!Are you still wondering what metadata is or why it's so important? Then follow this link and read all about it! Craig Ball will explain how metadata is "<em>both information and evidence"</em>. craigball.com/metadataguide2011.pdfUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923969556336157109.post-83611069618522158042011-03-15T07:56:00.000-05:002011-03-15T07:56:59.806-05:00Knowledge Discovery Resources 2011 - An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation | LLRX.com<a href="http://www.llrx.com/features/knowledgediscovery2011.htm">Knowledge Discovery Resources 2011 - An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation LLRX.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923969556336157109.post-8709324923999036172011-02-25T12:36:00.000-06:002011-02-25T12:36:31.859-06:00Discovering Electronic Discovery<a href="http://discoveringediscovery.blogspot.com/">Discovering Electronic Discovery</a> by Christoph Roggenkamp is a very good blog by an attorney who is also an electronic discovery expert. The blog hasn't been updated currently, however the information posted is very relevant and very well written; most of all it's easily understoody by those new to e-discovery.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923969556336157109.post-35954195960730193602011-02-14T19:39:00.002-06:002011-03-04T13:41:01.244-06:00Understanding e-Discovery Data Types and Collection Costs - eDiscovery & Records Management - Technologist<a href="http://blogs.findlaw.com/technologist/2009/04/understanding-e-discovery-data-types-and-collection-costs.html">Understanding e-Discovery Data Types and Collection Costs - eDiscovery & Records Management - Technologist</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923969556336157109.post-51838848161837272142011-02-14T19:00:00.002-06:002011-02-14T19:07:53.732-06:00The Organization of Legal Professionals - EDiscovery 101A: The Fundamentals<a href="http://www.theolp.org/Default.aspx?pageId=779417"><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=absoedi-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0972554203&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>The Organization of Legal Professionals - EDiscovery 101A: The Fundamentals</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923969556336157109.post-1463171093029140872011-02-14T18:02:00.000-06:002011-02-14T18:02:06.837-06:00Free E-Discovery App For Smartphones Launched — EnterpriseStorageForum.com<a href="http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/daily_news/article.php/421962/Free-E-Discovery-App-For-Smartphones-Launched.htm">Free E-Discovery App For Smartphones Launched — EnterpriseStorageForum.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923969556336157109.post-80620130297149837842011-02-05T21:12:00.001-06:002011-02-05T21:13:36.395-06:00Electronic Discovery Law Firm : K&L Gates : Electronic Discovery Law<span><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=absoedi-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=1438994079&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe></span>"<em>A blog on legal issues, news and best practices relating to the discovery of electronically stored information published by the e-Discovery Analysis & Technology Group at K&L Gates</em>" - <a href="http://www.ediscoverylaw.com/">Electronic Discovery Law Firm : K&L Gates : Electronic Discovery Law</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923969556336157109.post-20706814351502759132011-02-05T21:06:00.003-06:002011-02-05T21:09:26.142-06:00Electronic Discovery (e-Discovery) Law - Resources & Information | DiscoveryResources.org<span><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=absoedi-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0470510129&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe></span>A perfect starting place where you will find "<em>the most up-to-date information, resources and news available about electronic discovery. DiscoveryResources.org offers...resources for legal professionals who seek to understand the many new technological and legal challenges associated with electronic discovery"</em>. <a href="http://www.discoveryresources.org/">Electronic Discovery (e-Discovery) Law - Resources & Information DiscoveryResources.org</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923969556336157109.post-82612533915295344392011-02-05T20:40:00.000-06:002011-02-05T20:40:39.359-06:00Paralegal uses e-discovery certification to open doors | ACEDS.orgWhy you want to learn as much as possible about e-discovery. In particular, as a paralegal, you need to know the technical and practical (as in the practice of such) parts of e-discovery - <a href="http://aceds.org/news/paralegal-uses-certification-open-doors">Paralegal uses e-discovery certification to open doors ACEDS.org</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923969556336157109.post-12612436092002150922011-01-21T16:00:00.000-06:002011-01-21T16:00:42.231-06:00EDRM Diagram Elements « The Electronic Discovery Reference Model<a href="http://edrm.net/resources/diagram-elements">EDRM Diagram Elements « The Electronic Discovery Reference Model</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923969556336157109.post-22681531047631192222011-01-05T15:13:00.000-06:002011-01-05T15:13:47.234-06:00EDD Blog Online: Removing Common Files in E-Discovery Processing: De-NISTing Explained<a href="http://eddblogonline.blogspot.com/2010/06/removing-common-files-in-e-discovery.html">EDD Blog Online: Removing Common Files in E-Discovery Processing: De-NISTing Explained</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0