A Catalyst for Reinventing the Cloud

May 21st, 2013 → 9:05 am @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with Larry Barela, the Chief Technology Officer for Catalyst Repository Systems, the developer of Insight, a cloud-based e-discovery platform.

We discussed how Insight differs from other available tools, including the advantages of a single dynamic XML back-end, the benefits of cloud-based software, addressing security concerns, and his predictions for the continued operation of e-discovery functions in the cloud.

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The Evolution of Information Governance

May 16th, 2013 → 9:38 am @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with Garth Landers, the Director of Product Marketing at EMC, a global information management provider, who is responsible for the company’s pervasive governance portfolio.

We discussed the evolution of information governance, its trajectory, and key trends that are impacting that direction. He noted that organizations are increasingly focused on litigation readiness, realizing a measurable return on their e-discovery investments, and drafting practical data policies.

The key challenges are aligning the various custodians of the organization’s most important information and bridging the disconnect between legal and IT.  He highlighted that many companies lack the ecosystem for optimal information governance because ownership and accountability are often muddled.

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Document Review – There is an App for That

May 13th, 2013 → 1:11 pm @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with Michael do Rozario and Brian Borskjaer, Special Counsel and Director of the firm’s Legal Technology Solutions team, respectively, at Corrs Chambers Westgarth, a prominent Australian law firm with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth.

We discussed Casefolio, the firm’s new award-winning document review app, its development, and the user experience, among many other topics.  When it received the Lawtech Award For Innovation in Legal IT at the 7th Annual Chilli IQ Lawtech Summit & Awards in 2012, one judge noted: “This iPad app is simply clever, innovative and delivers a truly ingenious and effective solution to the vexed litigation practitioner.”

Casefolio is available for free trial download in the US, UK, Canadian, and Australian iTunes stores. Corrs has also developed a converter that allows documents and metadata to be exported and imported from a range of litigation support databases, including Ringtail, Relativity, and Summation.

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The Rising Adoption of Law Enforcement Technology in E-Discovery

April 16th, 2013 → 7:51 am @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with Peter Mercer, the founder and managing director of Vound, an Australia-based software development company focusing on forensics and e-discovery, which is the maker or Intella, the company’s signature tool for processing, searching, and analyzing electronically stored information.

We discussed the growth in user-created data, the trend of law enforcement technologies being adapted to e-discovery, and the increased focus on productivity, which Mercer noted is driving the adoption of this technology. He predicts that the rise in cloud adoption and the interest in reviewing data more simply will help to transform the forensic and e-discovery industry in 2013.

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Angry Birds for E-Discovery

March 14th, 2013 → 5:25 am @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with Roe Frazer, the founder of Cicayda, a Nashville-based software company providing cloud-based e-discovery tools; Case Logistix, now owned by Thomson Reuters; and, Digome, a digital marketing firm.

Frazer noted that the name of his new venture, Cicayda, comes from the quest to find a rare blue-eyed cicayda and compared it to a legal team’s search for documents in the era of big data.  Calling it “Angry Birds for e-discovery,” he highlighted that Cicayda offers an app-like look and feel for all of the company’s offerings.

Frazer’s goal is make software that lawyers can use while bringing “transparent pricing and price sanity” to the marketplace through a pay-per-use model.  He considers this new offering “iteration 0.0″ because he expects that customers will drive future development through social media channels.

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The Dynamics of Multi-lingual E-Discovery and Predictive Coding

February 14th, 2013 → 6:47 am @ Ari Kaplan

During this year’s Legal Tech New York conference, I had the opportunity to interview Naritomo Ikeue and Sunil Mudunuri, President & COO and Senior Manager of Marketing & Business Development, respectively, for UBIC North America, Inc., the maker of Lit i View, an e-discovery tool that evaluates English and Asian-language characters, encoding schemes, and native file systems.

We discussed the global landscape for electronic discovery and multi-lingual predictive coding, among other topics.

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Winning the Defensibility Debate

January 29th, 2013 → 12:12 pm @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with Warwick Sharp, the Vice President of marketing and business development for Equivio, about being a predictive coding and analytics pioneer, and where that technology is headed in 2013.  “The market’s relationship with predictive coding has evolved,” he said noting that concerns over defensibility have been dispelled over the last year.  In fact, Sharp highlighted that users are less focused on defensibility and more interested in predictive coding education than ever before.  “We see a massive catch up among professionals in the industry,” Sharp added.

He predicts that the judiciary will take a more discerning approach to predictive coding and begin defining the appropriate processes, as well as project management techniques.

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Defensible Deletion Will Be a High Priority in the New Year

January 29th, 2013 → 5:57 am @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with Allison Walton, the e-discovery counsel for Symantec, the maker of Enterprise Vault, Clearwell, and other data loss prevention solutions. We discussed trends for 2013 and her expectations for Legal Tech New York.

Walton predicts the emergency of a new level of information strategist that helps corporations understand how they are managing information. She also noted that defensible deletion will be a key focus because organizations are developing data control strategies. Walton and her team will be discussing “E-discovery in 3-D,” among other topics at Legal Tech New York.

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Complexity, Cost, and Risk Are the Biggest Challenges of 2013

January 28th, 2013 → 12:25 pm @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with Steve Ashbacher, vice president of Concordance, which is part of the Litigation Solutions team at LexisNexis. We discussed the focus of the litigation solutions team this year, the issues that are driving these changes, and how his group is addressing them.

Ashbacher noted those who understand data volumes and build better infrastructure will most effectively address the complexity, cost, and risk challenges of 2013.

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E-Discovery for Everyone and the Generational Shift in Technology

January 28th, 2013 → 6:31 am @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with Megan Miller, the vice president of marketing for GGO, a legal services provider and the developer of Digital WarRoom about 2013 trends and ways that professionals can address them.

She noted, among other items, that law firms want to enhance the quality of the counsel they are providing to their clients and are increasingly leveraging technology to build efficiency. This effort gives law firms and corporate counsel more control while aligning their interests.

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