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E-Discovery Trends for 2022

BEST PRACTICES NAVIGATING THE DYNAMIC ESI LANDSCAPE, EDISCOVERY TECHNOLOGIES AND STRATEGIES FOR YOUR PRACTICE.

Preventing the inadvertent disclosure of privileged information in litigation is an increasing challenge. Technological advancements have ushered in varying mediums of information storage and exchange that thoroughly document privileged communications.  This requires additional review resources to protect confidentiality and privilege. The consequence for litigation professionals is more privileged documents and data, residing in increasingly disparate formats and locations, with an increased risk of inadvertent disclosure. Fortunately, innovation in e-Discovery technology combined with process and workflow improvements can help you meet the challenge of protecting privilege.

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LEP Adds Custom Display & Coding Layout Option!

LEP has expanded its functionality in display and coding layouts which are now fully customizable. Account Administrators can create and manage case defaults for the fields that are displayed on the Browse and Search pages, as well as which custom sections are visible in the Doc Viewer for specific user types. Default display layouts provide Account Administrators the ability to choose which fields are shown by default on the Browse and Search screens when users sign into the case. Additionally, default coding layouts provide Account Administrators with the ability to choose which custom sections are displayed in the Doc Viewer for Account Administrators, as well as Standard, Review, and Limited user types with case access. This can be particularly helpful when a limited review is required. See here for more information.

Practical Applications and Pitfalls of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in eDiscovery: TAR & Beyond

A Guide for the Boutique Firm Handling Document Intensive Matters

The promise of high utility applications in the eDiscovery space, particularly AI, has opened up new possibilities and fueled expectations about the speed, accuracy and efficiency of performing evidentiary review. Firms already using AI are perceived as the innovators, leading the charge but is the hype real? In short, there are absolutely benefits to bringing AI applications into your practice but doing so requires understanding the technology’s potential as well as its limitations. When real-world data sets are introduced, things can quickly go awry without oversight and quality control. With the right implementation, however, the boutique firm can utilize AI to leverage resources and, even with a small staff, outperform larger adversaries.

Agenda

  • The AI Landscape
  • Pitfalls of AI
  • Effective Applications of AI in eDiscovery
  • Entity Detection
  • PII Detection
  • Machine Language Detection
  • Machine Transcription
  • Sentiment Analysis
  • TAR
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Mobile Device Forensic Collections

Mobile devices are everywhere. Within the last decade or so, smart phones have become not only a staple in our society, but arguably a necessity. There are two major players in the smartphone game, Android and Apple. Android devices make up the majority share of the smartphone market followed by Apple. There are others out there, like Windows OS phones and Blackberry, but they make up an incredibly small amount of the total smartphones.

Forensic Tools used for mobile device collections include Cellebrite, Encase, Axiom, and Oxygen. Preserving data from a mobile device can be much different than from a computer, and forensic software and hardware companies, like Cellebrite, specialize in creating tools for mobile device forensic collections and analysis.

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Negotiating a State-of-the-art eDiscovery Protocol

The continued growth in ESI volume, new communication methods, and new eDiscovery technologies makes having a modern ESI protocol, agreed order or agreement more critical than ever for success in your cases. A properly negotiated agreement can speed collection, review, search, and production, reduce unnecessary eDiscovery expenses, and reduce the risk of eDiscovery sanctions for mistakes. But most importantly it can help make sure you are marshaling the evidence you need to competently and optimally prove and defend your case issues. Learn the best practices available in today’s quickly changing legal landscape.

Agenda

  • What are ESI Agreements, etc.
  • Increasingly Important Legal Requirements
  • Particular Points for Inclusion
  • ESI collection activities
  • Review procedures: linear, search, TAR
  • Production Format
  • Privileged information
  • Miscellaneous items
  • Reference Guide for Examples of Protocols, Requirements, etc.
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