Article by Jessie Seyfer posted on Law.com, October 4, 2007:

In the fallout from a high-stakes discovery meltdown involving Qualcomm Inc., Day Casebeer Madrid & Batchelder partner Lee Patch has emerged highly contaminated.

According to fresh declarations filed Wednesday, Patch signed off on a junior Day Casebeer partner’s decision to withhold 21 potentially damaging e-mails from Qualcomm’s litigation opponent, Broadcom Corp….

Article by Mark Reichenbach posted on Law Technology Today, September 2007: Concept search and content analysis could be the ideal electronic document review technology if executed properly. While trepidation and misconception have kept the legal community from adopting these discovery strategies, now this technology has the opportunity to become standard practice, that is, once we clear away the miasma of ambiguity.

In a recent United States District Court decision by Magistrate Judge Facciola, his honor touched upon the use of concept searching by referencing recent scholarship that argues concept searching is “more efficient and more likely to produce comprehensive results” than its counterpart - keyword Boolean searches. While the security and efficacy of concept searching is understood and accepted by some members of the judiciary and bar, it is unknown to or misunderstood by many others. Trepidation by those with little or no experience with concept searching, content analysis, and the underlying technology is understandable. After all, the downside of a poorly executed eDiscovery effort is enormous and can result in the loss of a case, sanctions, and large penalties and monetary awards….

Press release:  A LITE version of NatiVIEW Analytics makes e-evidence intelligence that much faster

WASHINGTON, D.C./EWORLDWIRE/Sep. 14, 2007 — ACCESS Litigation Support Services, the leader in native file hosting and innovative discovery solutions for the legal industry, today announced the public release of their NatiVIEW(TM) Analytics LITE, a fully customizable desktop search application that enhances e-evidence intelligence for the legal community. Read the rest of this entry »

Press release:  InterLegis Accelerates Discovery and Review by Providing Comprehensive Analytics in a Single Application

DALLAS, TX — May 16, 2007 — InterLegis, Inc., an innovator of web-based digital document management services, announces the release of Discovery360. The new application offers unparalleled metadata and concept analysis technologies in order to identify unique document relationships resulting in faster review and effective coding.

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Blog entry by Ira P. Rothken on Moredata, May 13, 2007:

During the course of an electronic investigation you may be called upon to plan the forensic analysis of a target’s computer system and hard drive.The target hard drive may contain a range of data relevant to an investigation from emails making overt admissions to trace evidence of files that were “attempted” to be deleted that when “undeleted” may prove to be incriminating.

The general flow chart for a computer forensic investigation can be summarized with an acronym ISUPR and is as follows….

Article by Christy Burke posted on Law.com, April 19, 2007:  “The electronic-discovery phenomenon is here to stay — and the industry is still exploding.

“The percentage of electronically-stored-information evidence in the standard case has increased exponentially, and all signs on the information superhighway and on roads leading to court indicate that ESI in litigation will escalate as time goes by. Along with e-discovery, the field of computer forensics is becoming evermore central to the discovery process. The need for computer forensics analysis is appearing frequently at the state and federal level, and the field’s influence and demands are permeating civil and criminal cases, both large and small….”

Press release:  Showcasing One Source Litigation Support Including eView and DXR Services for eReview, First Line Analysis Service for eForensics, E3 Technology for eDiscovery, and a New Consulting Practice Group

Alexandria, VA (January 24, 2007) – ONSITE3, a leading global provider of eForensics, eDiscovery, eReview  and consulting services offering one source litigation support for law firms and corporations, is pleased to announce its upcoming participation in LegalTech New York.  LegalTech is the nation’s #1 event for law firms and legal departments to get hands-on practical information for improving their law practice management. The trade show is held January 29–31 at the Hilton New York Hotel. ONSITE3 will have three booths (2125, 2401 and 2403) in the exhibit hall where it will demonstrate new services including eView, DXR, First Line Analysis and new technology including the Electronic Evidence Enterprise (E3) platform for eDiscovery. ONSITE3 will also showcase their new Consulting Practice Group. ONSITE3 is one of the few vendors in the legal industry that offers quality end-to-end litigation support services, from consulting through review and data hosting. ONSITE³ is positioned to meet the complete litigation support needs of law firms, corporations and government entities. Read the rest of this entry »

Article by Jennifer M. Moore and Gregory S. Kaufman posted on Law.com, Dec. 21, 2006: “Attorneys nationwide are preparing to practice under the new electronic discovery amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which became effective on Dec. 1. The amended rules require parties in civil litigation to confer about e-discovery issues at the earliest time practicable. See Amended Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f). One of the matters that parties should be prepared to address during this initial discussion is the assertion of privilege claims as to e-mails that are part of larger “strings” comprising both privileged and nonprivileged e-mails. Focusing on this issue before discovery begins may enable attorneys to decrease the costs of discovery and reduce the risk of court-ordered sanctions….”

Article by Beryl A. Howell and Samuel Rubin, Nov. 2006: “The management of a small regional company was concerned. They had just learned that their most important government contract had been lost to an out-of-nowhere startup. Management’s concern grew to alarm, however, when they discovered the startup was staffed by former employees. They faced a scenario confronted too often by many businesses: Their company was a victim of intellectual property theft. The former employees had stolen proprietary business information, including inside knowledge of bidding prices, business methodologies and customer lists, and had used the information to ’steal the deal.’ They decided to fight back.”

Press release, Oct. 25, 2006: “The significant rise in market demand for intelligent, scalable and cost-effective eDiscovery solutions is now being accelerated not just by existing and forthcoming legislation such as the new U.S. Federal Laws of Civil Procedure which takes effect on December 1, 2006, but also by an increasing need to overcome the costly effects and risks of disparate information silos that reside within the global enterprise. Autonomy’s Aungate division specializes in providing leading solutions to resolve these fundamental challenges.”

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