Press release, August 10, 2007:  Fifth Annual 2007 Socha-Gelbmann Survey Reveals Corporations Increasingly Drive Market — Shelf Registration Provides Future Flexibility

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Epiq Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:EPIQ), a leading provider of technology solutions for the legal profession, today announced it placed in the top five service providers for corporations in the 2007 Socha-Gelbmann 5th Annual Electronic Discovery Survey. Read the rest of this entry »

Electronic discovery webinar recording: Recorded Aug. 2, 2007.  ALM Properties, Inc.

Panelist Information:

• Craig Ball, litigator and EDD consultant, Austin
• Thomas Gelbmann, principal, Gelbmann & Associates, Roseville, Mn.
• Tom O’Connor, director, Legal Electronic Document Institute/consultant, Seattle

Moderator: Monica Bay, Editor-in-Chief, Law Technology News Read the rest of this entry »

If you have wondered why I have posted nothing recently, it has been because Tom Gelbmann and I have been working furiously to complete the 2007 Socha-Gelbmann Electronic Discovery Survey.

We finished!

The report is now available for purchase.  I will be out of the country for the next month with limited email and phone access, so Tom is the best one to contact.  He can be reached at tom@gelbmann.biz or 651-483-0022.

The public version of the report will be published in the August issue of Law Technology News.

News article by Mary Shedden posted on The Tampa Tribune, Feb. 9, 2007:  File cabinets are going high-tech.

“Electronic data have become such a staple in the American workplace that old-school paper documents are being pushed aside in a popular and contentious business arena - the courtroom.

“It’s been years since civil and criminal lawyers started using e-mail and computer hard drives to prove their cases. Multimillion-, even billion-dollar lawsuits have been decided in part because of the presence or absence of electronic evidence.

“But the U.S. Supreme Court recently made the importance of this evidence official. U.S. companies now are required to show that they formally store electronic data in case a lawsuit emerges. The result: a boom for the skyrocketing electronic discovery industry….”

Press release:  Full Purchase Price of Feature-Rich E-Trail Digital Archive Lite Can Be Applied to Enterprise License Upgrade

STAMFORD, Conn., Sept. 13/PRNewswire/ — Lighthouse Global Technologies is pleased to present E-Trail Digital Archive Lite, a feature-rich version of its electronic communication retention, retrieval, and supervision system that is affordable for small companies seeking better control over their electronic communications. E-Trail Digital Archive Lite, a special version of Lighthouse Global Technologies’ flagship product (E-Trail Digital Archive), is available to companies with 50 or fewer employees who require email archiving capabilities for regulatory and/or litigation support. E-Trail Digital Archive Lite, which has all of E-Trail Digital Archive’s features for capturing, archiving, and retrieving electronic communications, is available at an attractive introductory price of just $1,800. Companies purchasing the Lite version of the solution can painlessly upgrade at any future time, applying the full purchase price towards an enterprise license. Included in the enterprise license are additional modules for advanced reporting/data-mining, Outlook integration, and mailbox management. Read the rest of this entry »

Press release, Nov. 27, 2006:   (Winter Haven, FL) DocuLex, a leading provider of electronic discovery software and developer of Discovery Cracker has been recognized as top provider of Electronic Data Discovery software and support. Discovery Cracker’s recognition and accolade comes from the 2006 Socha Gelbmann Electronic Discovery Survey. The selection process in this survey is voted on by a large body of industry peers, clients and parties of interest. The Socha Gelbmann Survey is regarded as a high honor and a very strong endorsement of a company’s contribution to the burgeoning EDD market. Read the rest of this entry »

Article by Adolfo Pesquera posted on MySanAntonio.com, Oct. 7, 2006: “ The pre-trial discovery phase and case management processes have grown so complex in corporate legal cases that lawyers increasingly rely on technology experts to help them gather and wade through the evidence.”The need for what is known as litigation support is growing quickly, and San Antonio companies such as Liquid Litigation Management and Scarab Digital Imaging are a byproduct of that growth.”

Mentions: Scarab Digital Imaging - web site | Socha Consulting listing

Press release: “ALEXANDRIA, Va. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Sept. 20, 2006 — OnSite E-Discovery, a global e-discovery and forensics firm serving law firms and corporations, recently received notable recognition as a Top 10 electronic discovery service provider in the 2006 Socha-Gelbmann E-Discovery Survey. The survey, published by independent technology consultants George Socha and Tom Gelbmann, focuses on the state of electronic discovery in 2005 and gives out rankings for excellence in the field of e-discovery. Their top ranking in the Socha-Gelbmann Survey comes just months after OnSite E-Discovery was voted #1 for Litigation Support Services by the AMLAW 200.”

Mentions: ONSITE3 - web site | Socha Consulting listing

Press release: “FALLS CHURCH, Va., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ — Techbooks, Inc., a global leader in integrated content transformation solutions, has signed an agreement to acquire Whitmont Legal Technologies, Inc. (Whitmont), a leading litigation support and eDiscovery services company. This purchase places Techbooks squarely in the rapidly growing market for electronic data discovery (EDD) services driven by the move toward outsourced legal services. The EDD market alone is estimated to be growing at a compounded annual rate of 50% and is expected to reach $2.9B in 2007, according to the 2005 Socha-Gelbmann Electronic Discovery Survey.”

Mentions:

• Techbooks, Inc. - web site
• Whitmont Legal Technologies - web site | Socha Consulting listing

Press release, Aug. 28, 2006: “Computer Forensic Services is ranked in the ‘Top 10 Electronic Discovery Service Providers’ for experience and reputation–defined as the ‘length and depth of the providers’ experience in the EDD industry, the breadth and depth of the organizations’ offerings and their reputations’ and for capacity–defined as the ‘level of resources that providers dedicated to the EDD market.’”

Mentions: Computer Forensic Services - web site | Socha Consulting listing