Join KPMG's James Arnold for LegalTech NY panel "Information Governance in the Now" #LTNY

Join KPMG's James Arnold For LegalTech NY Panel "Information Governance in the Now"

James Arnold, managing director in KPMG LLP's U.S. Forensic Technology Services, will be speaking on the LegalTech panel "Information Governance in the Now" on Feb. 5 from 10:30 am to 11:45 am ET. This session will explore where Information Governance stands today as a concept, as a practice and as a market; uncovering the projects that are getting funding, the technologies that are enabling action and the governance structures that are getting the most attention.

Also speaking on the panel will be:

• Lauren Barnes VP Records and Information Management Credit Suisse
• Jay Brudz Partner Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
• Fred Pulzello President ARMA International

 

If you are interested in meeting with James at LegalTech New York or at some other point in the future, please contact:

 

Michael Rudnick

Associate Director, Risk Consulting Communications

KPMG LLP

Office:   201-307-7398 / Cell: 845-548-1193

Email:   mrudnick@kpmg.com

By Guest Blogger: KPMG LLP

KPMG's Lucie Miller leads discussion at LegalTech about global consistency across eDiscovery #LTNY

KPMG LLP's Lucie Miller Leads Discussion on LegalTech NY Panel "Achieving Global Consistency Across your eDiscovery Processes"

Lucie Miller, director in KPMG LLP’s U.S. Forensic Technology Services, is leading a panel discussion "Achieving Global Consistency Across your eDiscovery Processes" at LegalTech New York on Feb. 3 from 3:45 to 5 pm ET. The discusion will detail how to achieve global consistency and ideas on areas of focus including use of discovery playbooks, standard operating procedures, checklists, using a consistent technology workflow, and the role of outside service providers.

Lucie will be joined by

• Denise Backhouse Shareholder Littler Mendelson
• Kelly Clay Senior Counsel and Director of Information Management GlaxoSmithKline
• Michelle Mattei Associate Director, Healthcare Compliance Medivation, Inc.
• Jeff Sharer Partner Sidley Austin LLP

 

If you'd like to meet with Lucie while at LegalTech NY or would like to schedule a meeting at some point in the future, please contact:

 

Michael Rudnick

Associate Director, Risk Consulting Communications

KPMG LLP

Office:   201-307-7398 / Cell: 845-548-1193

Email:   mrudnick@kpmg.com

By Guest Blogger: KPMG LLP

Zapproved Announces CLE Super Session at LegalTech New York on February 3, 2015

Zapproved, Inc., will present two continuing education (CLE) courses during the Super Session held at LegalTech New York on February 3, at the Hilton Midtown New York, 1335 Ave of the Americas, New York, New York.  Times and locations for these sessions are 10am and 2pm on Concourse level, Room D.

These 75-minute sessions are a continuation of Zapproved’s popular Conference on Preservation Excellence (PREX) held each Fall in Portland, Ore. The comprehensive panel sessions offer great opportunities for peer-to-peer learning and engaging discussions.

Session One:  Judges Evaluate the Top 5 Opinions of 2014

Judges and other e-discovery experts will review five key opinions of 2014 and discuss what these mean for corporations and how to use these opinions to avoid pitfalls for 2015.

 Panel Participants:

• Hon. James Francis – U.S. Magistrate Judge, United States Southern District of New York
• Hon. Frank Maas - U.S. Magistrate Judge, United States Southern District of New York
• Hon. Ron Hedges - Principal in Ronald J. Hedges, LLC and former United States Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
• Michael Arkfeld - Principal of Arkfeld and Associates
• Maura Grossman -Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz – Moderator

 Session Two: Eight Keys to Data Preservation and Ways to Reduce Spoliation

Too many organizations still overlook data preservation and only deal with it after a trigger event. Join this panel discussion of highly regarded e-discovery experts as they discuss action items that corporations must take to reduce risks of spoliation and learn actionable techniques to improve ESI preservation.

Panel Participants:

• Craig Ball - Board Certified trial lawyer, certified computer forensic examiner, electronic evidence expert, and award-winning columnist.
• Bill Butterfield - Hausfeld
• Robert Owen - Sutherland
• Dave Walton – Cozen O’Connor
• Ariana Tadler - managing Partner at Milberg LLP – Moderator

 Brought to you by Zapproved, Inc. Booth 1400

There’s still time to save your seat.  Visit http://www.z-discovery.com/

 

By Guest Blogger: Zapproved, Inc

KPMG's Keegan and Predescu on LegalTech panel to discuss D&A for eDiscovery and investigations #LTNY

KPMG LLP's Wendy Predescu and Thomas Keegan to Speak on LegalTechNY Panel "Data Analytics for eDiscovery and Investigations - A Practical Approach"

Thomas Keegan and Wendy Predscu, both Principals in KPMG LLP’s U.S. Forensic Technology Services, will be among the speakers in the panel discussion, "Data Analytics for eDiscovery and Investigations – A Practical Approach" on Tuesday, Feb. 3 from 10:30 am to 11:45 am ET at LegalTech New York. Thomas will be leading the discussion and will be joined by Wendy as well as Elizabeth Asali, Litigation Counsel forGlaxoSmithKline and Jeffrey Greene, Shareholder at Greenberg Traurig

Please join this discussion to learn about the processes related to the analysis of structured data for eDiscovery and investigations.

If you are interested in meeting with Thomas and Wendy at LegalTech NY or scheduling a conversation at a later date, please contact:

Michael Rudnick,

Associate Director, Risk Consulting Communications

KPMG LLP

Office:   201-307-7398 / Cell: 845-548-1193

Email:   mrudnick@kpmg.com

 

By Guest Blogger: KPMG LLP

Join KPMG's Darren Pauling and Torsten Duwenhorst for panel on global risk and compliance #LTNY

KPMG's Darren Pauling and Torsten Duwenhorst Speak on LegalTech New York Panel "Global Risk and Compliance Issues – Proactive Practices and Processes"

Darren Pauling, managing director and leader of KPMG’s Forensic Technology Investigation practice in the UK, and Torsten Duwenhorst, Partner and head of the Forensic Technology Network for KPMG in Asia Pacific, will be participating in the LegalTech New York panel "Global Risk and Compliance Issues – Proactive Practices and Processes" on Feb. 3 from 2 pm ET to 3:15 pm ET. Darren will be leading the discussion and will be joined by Torsten as well as Joel Cohen, Partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Eric Lieber, Director of Legal Technology at Toyota Motor Sales, and Renato Opice Blum, CEO and Partner at Opice Blum, Bruno, Abrusio e Vainzof.

 The discussion will include:

1. Changing global legal and regulatory landscape;
2. Challenges for companies and their board of directors;
3. The impact of overseas regulatory violations;
4. Data privacy regulations;
5. Data sources and technology that can provide compliance and legal teams with the means to proactively respond to everyday challenges

If you are interested in meeting with Torsten and Darren during LegalTech New York or at some point in the near future, please contact:

Michael Rudnick

Associate Director, Risk Consulting Communications

KPMG LLP

Office:   201-307-7398 / Cell: 845-548-1193

Email:   mrudnick@kpmg.com

 

By Guest Blogger: KPMG

Information technology security and data preservation are both practical and ethical requirements

Technology has fundamentally transformed the business landscape: highly sensitive and privileged client data is routinely located on computers or networked servers; e-mail has all but replaced the postal service and the paper memorandum; e-filing has become normative and e-discovery has become a regular part of life. 

While such fundamental changes to the way business, and the business of law, is practiced has resulted in tremendous gains in efficiency, the challenges presented by this transformation are legion. Information technology security and electronic data preservation are both practical and ethical requirements. Law firms and firm clients have become targets for hackers and other cyber criminals due to the sensitive and valuable information they retain. 

At Cylance, protecting you data is our first concern. How we achieve that protection differs fundamentally from the rest of the cybersecurity industry in two crucial ways: 

CylancePROTECT is a next generation endpoint protection product built to stop even the most malicious of advanced threats from ever executing in your environment. By leveraging the power of big data, machine learning and genetic algorithms to detect what was previously “undetectable”, CylancePROTECT offers true protection against Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) style attacks. 

The Cylance Professional Services team is equipped with cutting- edge proprietary techniques and tools to help your firm – and your clients – manage forward-looking data related risk, as well as to address security breaches that may arise. Our incident response team is available 24/7/365 to assist in the critical first 24 hours, in the unfortunate case a security incident befalls your firm or clients.

At Cylance, we don’t just fix problems; our holistic solutions and guidance protects data while detecting and preventing both current and future intrusions. Rather than waiting until a breach has occurred, we Prevent, Protect and Respond. 

From next generation endpoint protection to security assessments, incident response and expert consulting, if you have a problem, Cylance is ideally situated to provide solutions in a discreet, efficient, and professional manner.

Our experts draw on decades of experience in both the public and private sectors and stand ready to assist you or your clients at a moments notice.

By staying ahead of the curve, and taking a proactive stance regarding information security, data protection and preservation, you and your clients will realize substantial savings in cost and attorney time. In short, the best defense is a good offense, and at Cylance, we provide you both, preventing the next attack rather than detecting and responding to the last one. 

By Guest Blogger: Cylance Inc.

xiGSM – is a customized, state-of-the-art methodology

At iDS, our information governance solution – xiGSM – is a customized, state-of-the-art methodology that
leverages technology to keep your business’ information systems organized, up-to-date and compliant. Our
proactive approach works to reduce data duplication and keep valuable information at your fingertips – whenever
you need it, for whatever reason.
It’s not all about technology. iDS addresses three core components of information governance: people, process and
procedure. We combine expert testimony, experienced consultants and best practices to ensure the success of your
information governance program. xiGSM maximizes the value of your information, decreases risk and reduces costs.
It’s a tailored, comprehensive strategy for managing your business’ information systems over time.
The Benefits
! Maximize the value of your information. xiGSM allows you to organize, categorize, track and maintain your
business’ information systems. Valuable information is readily available and easily accessible.
! Implement best practices and decrease risk. xiGSM protects your business’ intellectual property and
sensitive records. It helps maintain the integrity of your business’ information systems so that you stay in
compliance.
! Increase efficiency and reduce costs. xiGSM works in real time. It’s interactive, so you can view your
business’ information across multiple systems, reduce data duplication, find relevant documents quickly
and update data as needed.
! Experience expert assistance. iDS provides ongoing training and support – everything you need to ensure
that your business will be ready today for tomorrow’s laws and technology.
! Get back to business. xiGSM gets you out of the file room and back to business.

By Guest Blogger: iDiscovery Solutions

Consensus CodingSM – a unique, innovative methodology

The Problem with Human Review
We believe in human review. However, even well trained, highly qualified subject matter experts disagree and
their coding decisions may vary greatly.
Human review is also time-consuming, costly and hard to quantify. It’s difficult to effectively measure the quality
of subjective decisions so as to maximize the defensibility of a document review.
Nonetheless, human review is an essential part of litigation. Even processes that augment and extend human
review – such as technology-assisted review (TAR) – rely on human review within the process.
The Solution
iDS confronts these challenges with Consensus CodingSM – a unique, innovative methodology that applies the
feedback mechanisms from information retrieval (like those used to train TAR engines) and pairs them with an
evolving assessment of individual reviewer performance. The result is a measured reliability ranking for each
document tag. Consensus CodingSM assesses the review quality at the document level and at the reviewer level.
It’s not all about technology. Consensus CodingSM is a tailored, comprehensive strategy that combines expert
testimony, experienced consultants and best practices to ensure the successful management of the e-Discovery
document review process for law firms, corporations and document review companies.
The Benefits
QUANTIFY THE ACCURACY OF EVERY DECISION
MEASURE THE QUALITY OF EVERY REVIEWER
! Strengthen defensibility with measurable results.
• Assess document review quality. Achieve a predetermined quality confidence threshold based on
coding decision accuracy. Single documents and the document set are reviewed until they meet or
exceed that threshold.
• Assess individual reviewer quality. Track individual performance by document and within projects
so you can identify the best reviewers by subject matter and document type. Equally important,
you can quickly remove underperforming reviewers.
• Maintain accuracy regardless of scale. Maintain coding decision accuracy regardless of the number
of reviewers or the volume of documents.
! Train TAR engines. Create accurate, measurable seed sets for TAR training and validation.
! Reduce costs. Achieve reliable decisions faster. Work confidently with a wider variety of document
reviewers based on quality ranking rather than tenure, hourly rate or location.
! Built on Relativity®. Works seamlessly with Relativity® and other document review platforms.
! Get back to business. Consensus CodingSM gets you out of e-Discovery and back to business.

By Guest Blogger: iDiscovery Solutions

iDiscovery Solutions, Inc. (iDS) is an award-winning, global, legal technology expert services firm.

iDiscovery Solutions Introduces Consensus Coding℠ and xiG℠ Expert Information Governance at LegalTech^® New York 2015

 

iDS offers intelligent solutions for e-Discovery document review and IG

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 29, 2015) -- iDiscovery Solutions, Inc. (iDS), an award-winning, legal technology expert services firm, announced today that Consensus Coding℠ and xiG℠ Expert Information Governance will premiere at LegalTech^® New York 2015. iDS will present these innovative solutions for e-Discovery document review and information governance (IG) at the conference (Booth #1521), which is being held at The Hilton New York from Feb. 3 – Feb. 5, 2015.

Consensus Coding℠ is a new methodology that applies information retrieval feedback mechanisms paired with an evolving assessment of individual reviewer performance, resulting in a measured reliability ranking for each document tag. Built on Relativity^®, Consensus Coding℠ makes it possible to quantify the accuracy of every decision and measure the quality of every reviewer at the document level and the reviewer level. Consensus Coding℠ helps strengthen defensibility, maintain accuracy, reduce costs, train technology-assisted review (TAR) engines – and successfully manage the e-Discovery document review process for law firms, corporations and document review companies.

xiG℠ is a proactive, state-of-the-art IG solution that leverages technology to keep business’ information systems organized, up-to-date and compliant. xiG℠ addresses three core components of IG – people, process and procedure – to provide a customized, comprehensive strategy for managing business’ information systems over time. xiG℠ helps clients maximize the value of their information, increase efficiency, decrease risk and lower costs.

According to Daniel Regard, CEO and co-founder of iDS, “At iDS, we’re known for our ability to confront complex challenges. We’re excited to offer our clients two new methodologies – Consensus Coding℠ and xiG℠ – that combine expert testimony, experienced consulting and best practices with powerful technology to address the problems with human review and managing data.”

Stop by LegalTech^® New York 2015, Booth #1521, to learn more about Consensus Coding℠ and xiG℠ from iDS.

About iDiscovery Solutions

iDiscovery Solutions, Inc. (iDS) is an award-winning, global, legal technology expert services firm. Founded in 2008 by industry veterans with more than 50 years of litigation and consulting experience combined, iDS specializes in expert testimony and consulting services in connection with digital forensics, database discovery, technology-assisted review (TAR), information governance (IG), and processing and hosting of electronically stored information (ESI). Headquartered in Washington, DC, the firm has offices in Costa Mesa, CA and Seattle, WA. For more information, visit www.idiscoverysolutions.com and follow iDS on Twitter @iDiscoveryInc.

 

Media Inquiries:

iDiscovery Solutions, Inc.

Timothy Wigder

twigder@idiscoverysolutions.com

202.249.7880

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Elizabeth Stern Lukin                                 

Elizabeth@verasolve.com                            

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By Guest Blogger: iDiscovery Solutions

Ipro appointed Jennifer Stevenson as VP of Marketing

Ipro Tech, LLC, a worldwide leader in the design of eDiscovery software, announced today the appointment of Jennifer Stevenson as Vice President of Marketing. Stevenson joins Ipro after eight years at LexisNexis, where she was most recently responsible for setting overall strategic priorities, evaluating acquisitions, and aligning product portfolio strategy for the litigation solutions group. Prior to this position, she was the Vice President of Worldwide Marketing for Dataflight Software, helping to grow the eDiscovery company by 500% in five years and positioning it for acquisition by LexisNexis.

By Guest Blogger: IPRO Tech

Ipro strengthens executive team with legal marketing expert

PHOENIX, January 29, 2015 - Ipro Tech, LLC, a worldwide leader in the design of eDiscovery software, announced today the appointment of Jennifer Stevenson as Vice President of Marketing. Stevenson joins Ipro after eight years at LexisNexis, where she was most recently responsible for setting overall strategic priorities, evaluating acquisitions, and aligning product portfolio strategy for the litigation solutions group. Prior to this position, she was the Vice President of Worldwide Marketing for Dataflight Software, helping to grow the eDiscovery company by 500% in five years and positioning it for acquisition by LexisNexis.

     “Over the past few years, Ipro has evolved from providing point products to enterprise-level, all-in one eDiscovery solutions,” said Kim Taylor, Ipro President and Chief Operating Officer. “In her role as Vice President, Jennifer will help the company enhance how we communicate our value, expand our market presence, grow our customer base, and boost strategic development efforts.”

     Stevenson will oversee Ipro’s global marketing efforts, drive product positioning, corporate communications, and joint marketing efforts with partners to help grow revenue, increase brand awareness, and expand the voice of customer.

     “Ipro is one of those rare companies whose vision and growth is truly centered on its customer and partner focus,” said Stevenson. “I’m thrilled to join a team which includes such deep industry know-how, all working together to enhance our customers’ experience.”

     Stevenson holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington and a master’s from the University of London. She sits on the Board of New Earth, a youth development nonprofit.  

By Guest Blogger: IPRO Tech

Sarai Guerra Join Ipro as VP of Client Strategy

Ipro Tech, LLC, a worldwide leader in the design of eDiscovery software, today announces industry expert, Sarai Guerra has joined the growing company as Vice President of Client Strategy. Guerra’s primary responsibilities will include managing client relationships, implementing best practices, and assisting with maximizing workflows and ROI.  She will also explore ways to improve internal Ipro processes and ensure the teams who interface with clients are delivering the best possible service.

By Guest Blogger: IPRO Tech

New hire Sarai Guerra, Joins Client Relatiosn Executive Team

PHOENIX, January 29, 2015 - Ipro Tech, LLC, a worldwide leader in the design of eDiscovery software, today announces industry expert, Sarai Guerra has joined the growing company as Vice President of Client Strategy. Guerra’s primary responsibilities will include managing client relationships, implementing best practices, and assisting with maximizing workflows and ROI.  She will also explore ways to improve internal Ipro processes and ensure the teams who interface with clients are delivering the best possible service.

“Sarai is the perfect fit for the direction we are taking Ipro," said Kim Taylor, President and COO of Ipro Tech, LLC. "She has been deeply involved in implementing new technology and practices at one of the world’s largest law firms. Her experience at leading global litigation support teams will be an enormous asset to the company; and she will greatly help our customers’ traverse the ever shifting eDiscovery landscape.”

Guerra served as Manager of Practice Support Operations at the global law firm, Latham & Watkins, LLP. In that capacity, she built the firm’s practice support center in the U.S. and E.U. to support their global Litigation Department. Her team enhanced the firm’s technology by evaluating and implementing new eDiscovery review and processing applications with over 100 servers firm wide. Guerra assisted with the implementation of new policies and procedures related to eDiscovery, data management, security, and retention. She also served as a consulting expert with the firm’s clients regarding their Litigation matters and improved their internal eDiscovery practices and techniques. Prior to Latham, she served as a Technical Consultant for iCONECT Development and also managed the technical eDiscovery operations for two service providers. Guerra brings a strong technical background and over 10 years of industry experience.

“Ipro is one of a kind. I’m thrilled to join such a talented and customer service driven company. Its vision is exactly what the industry so desperately needs, advanced, yet affordable eDiscovery solutions,” said Guerra.

For information on joining the Ipro team, visit www.iprotech.com/careers.

By Guest Blogger: IPRO Tech

@LLMInc expands eDiscovery platform w/ near-native redaction, increasing productivity of review

LLM, Inc. continues to expand their industry leading e-discovery platform and just this week introduced near-native redaction capabilities, enabling users to redact documents in a near-native format. The feature not only saves users time, but also streamlines the review process.

The sought-after feature also delivers users the ability to redact documents on the fly directly from Liquid Lit Manger, thus eliminating the need to image documents in advance. Overall, this results in time and cost savings during the review process. Other benefits of this feature include:

• Increased ability to respond to tight production deadlines
• Increased accuracy, with fewer human errors than traditional methods
• Enhanced workflow capabilities

LLM is continually looking for new ways for clients who use Liquid Lit Manager to save time and money and this is the latest enhancement of their flagship product, Liquid Lit Manager. Visit booth #224 to see a demo and witness how LLM can give law firms a competitive edge.

By Guest Blogger: Liquid Litigation Management, Inc.

SMASHDOCs, the new web app for easy, collaborative copy writing and document revision.

With SMASHDOCs the smartwork solutions GmbH develops web app that enables a quick and easy collaboration for or between companies in real-time. The SMASHDOCs app will save all changes to a document in one instead of multiple versions. For each paragraph, the user can see at any time who made or authorized what changes and when. Manual comparison of documents is no longer necessary.

SMASHDOCs works as software as a service on German servers of smartworks solutions GmbH as well as a private cloud or on premise installation in an own data center. In addition the API can be integrated in existing web applications like social intranets, CMS or file sharing solution. The company’s headquarters are located in Gauting near Munich. The startup was founded in 2013 and could raise a series A investment of one million euros (about 1,2 million $) in August 2014. More information on www.smashdocs.net.

By Guest Blogger: SMASHDOCs

Legal Workspace Increases Client Base, Support Personnel and Partner Reach in 2014 #legalIT

Legal Workspace, a leading provider of cloud-based work environments designed specifically for law firms, today announced that it increased its 2014 customer base by 37 percent when compared to 2013. Additionally, the company welcomed new clients and a new partner in 2014. 

The company attributes this success to its unique, legal-specific virtual work environment coupled with law firms’ rising acceptance of cloud-based technology.

Legal Workspace’s accomplishments in 2014 included: 

• The finalization of a partner agreement with LawBase as well as the first installation of LawBase in the Legal Workspace environment.
• A renewed Worldox certification.
• A new Time Matters certification.
• The addition of legal systems engineering and marketing staff with first-hand knowledge of law firm operations and processes.

“The cloud is truly freeing attorneys from location and accessibility constraints. We take this a step further by transforming firms into cloud-based operations which give lawyers and paralegals mobile access while eliminating the complexities and costs of managing IT on-site.  Legal Workspace, which was first introduced in 2008, can tackle complicated systems and tasks in a short period of time such as large scan and print jobs, integrating applications with email, hosting practice and document management databases and linking to indexed data,” said Joe Kelly, CEO and founder of Legal Workspace.

Legal Workspace, created for lawyers by professionals well-versed in the special demands and requirements of law firm practices, hosts software applications such as Microsoft Windows, Office and Exchange and anti-virus and anti-spam protection to create a virtual law firm platform.  Through partnerships, Legal Workspace also offers cloud-based access the following practice management, document management, time billing and legal document generation automation software: 

• Amicus Attorney®
• Needles®
• Practice Master®
• Thomson Reuters ProLaw®
• Worldox®
• Microsoft SharePoint®
• Timeslips®
• Tabs3® Billing Software
• QuickBooks®
• Hot Docs®
• ProDoc®

Visit Legal Workspace at LegalTech New York (booth 434) for demonstrations and more information.

You can learn more by visiting www.legal-workspace.com or watch our video.  

About Legal Workspace

Founded in 2008 and formally launched in 2010, Legal Workspace offers law firms a legal-specific, cloud-based environment that hosts all the software applications needed to run a practice. The highly secure workspace eliminates the complexities of IT management for attorneys while giving them anytime, anywhere access from any device.  In addition to providing Microsoft Office, Outlook and anti-virus and anti-spam protections, Legal Workspace hosts legal software applications from industry-leading providers of practice management, document management and time and billing software as well as legal document generation automation. To learn more or to request a demo, visit www.legal-workspace.com.

 

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By Guest Blogger: Legal Workspace

Ricoh receives kCura’s Orange-level Relativity Best in Service status

For Immediate Release

 

Ricoh receives kCura’s Orange-level Relativity Best in Service status

 

Prestigious designation further demonstrates the company’s dedication to providing high standards of customer service

 

MALVERN, PA, January 28, 2015 – Ricoh Americas Corporation today announced that it has achieved kCura’s Orange-level Relativity Best in Service recognition for outstanding and exceptional customer service for Relativity end users.

Ricoh’s legal review solutions provide attorneys with a robust cloud environment, allowing them to benefit from technological advances in document review instantly. The Ricoh team understands the immediate needs of the legal industry and continues to make strategic investments in its personnel and infrastructure to help meet those needs.  And as such, the company’s consultative approach, led by its team of Relativity certified professionals, has assisted legal organizations by customizing matter-specific solutions with best-in-class technology and processes that have helped lead to controlled costs and gained efficiencies.

“At Ricoh, we know that attorneys are seeking more effective review strategies.  This is why our portfolio includes solutions to help improve attorney workflows by enabling them to quickly browse, search, annotate, and share the latest versions of important case documents efficiently, utilizing a combination of advanced technology solutions and tenured industry-leading personnel,” said David Greetham, Vice President, eDiscovery Operations, Ricoh Americas Corporation. “This recognition from kCura is exciting for us as we continue to make strategic investments to advance our team and our resources - with the ultimate goal of providing our clients with expert guidance to craft the right strategy to help bolster their success rate.”

Through a voluntary audit, Best in Service partners demonstrate their expertise and experience hosting projects in Relativity. kCura evaluates these partners’ individual data centers in three areas: technical infrastructure, customer service, and product expertise. Additionally, Best in Service partners meet a set of requirements for duration as a hosting partner, size of Relativity installations, and core Relativity certifications.

kCura has two designations for Best in Service partners’ data centers: Orange and Blue. While both designate data centers that meet the same basic qualifications, Orange-level sites are recognized for making additional investments in people, process, and technology to manage installations with above-average user counts.

“We’ve enjoyed working with Ricoh ever since they became a hosting partner in 2011,” said Andrew Sieja, president and CEO of kCura. “Their determination to successfully earn the Orange-level Best in Service designation demonstrates their commitment to providing an exceptional Relativity experience every step of the way.”

At LegalTech, Ricoh will have a private suite at the New York Hilton Midtown where it will be showing customers how to leverage Relativity and other technologies and services to facilitate workflow efficiencies. To schedule a meeting, please contact Jannelle Prieve at jannelle.prieve@ricoh-usa.com.

For more information about Ricoh’s legal solutions, please visit www.ricoh-usa.com/legal or visit the Ricoh booth, #231, at LegalTech, February 3-5, 2015 in New York City.

About kCura

Recognized as a "Leader" in Gartner's 2014 E-Discovery Magic Quadrant, kCura are the developers of the e-discovery software Relativity. Relativity has more than 100,000 active users worldwide from organizations including the U.S. Department of Justice and 195 of the AM Law 200. kCura helps corporations, law firms, and government agencies meet e-discovery challenges by installing Relativity on-premises and providing hosted, on-demand solutions through a global network of partners. kCura has been ranked the 175th fastest-growing technology company in North America on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 and named one of Chicago's Top Workplaces by the Chicago Tribune. Please contact kCura at sales@kcura.com or visit www.kcura.com for more information.

 

About Ricoh

Ricoh is a global technology company specializing in office imaging equipment, production print solutions, document management systems and IT services. Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group operates in about 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ending March 2014, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 2,195 billion yen based on the IFRS accounting standard (approx. 21.3 billion USD).

The majority of the company's revenue comes from products, solutions and services that improve the interaction between people and information. Ricoh also produces award-winning digital cameras and specialized industrial products. It is known for the quality of its technology, the exceptional standard of its customer service and sustainability initiatives.

Under its corporate tagline, imagine. change. Ricoh helps companies transform the way they work and harness the collective imagination of their employees.

For further information, please visit  www.ricoh.com/about/

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Contact:

 

Constance Rose-Edwards

Breakaway Communications

(212) 616-6004

credwards@breakawaycom.com

By Guest Blogger: Ricoh Americas Corporation

SYSTRAN is a developer partner for kCura Relativity, providing secure eDiscovery translations

SYSTRAN has partnered with kCura's Relativity to create the SYSTRAN Relativity Connector. The Connector provides a bridge between Relativity and the SYSTRAN Enterprise Server allowing users to securely translate confidential information in real-time.

By Guest Blogger: SYSTRAN

Your translation solutions for eDiscovery and Digital Forensics

With SYSTRAN, you can quickly and securely process large volumes of multilingual content for eDiscovery and digital forensics.

By Guest Blogger: SYSTRAN

LegalTech Plenary Session on TAR and New Book Available TAR for Smart People

At LegalTech NY, Catalyst CEO will moderate the 12:30 p.m. Feb. 3 all-star plenary session, "Taking TAR to the Next Level: Recent Research and the Promise of Continuous Active Learning," featuring panelists Maura R. Grossman and Gordon V. Cormack, two of the e-discovery industry's leading researchers; U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew J. Peck, author of the first court decision to authorize TAR in e-discovery; and Susan Nielsen Hammond, e-discovery and forensics counsel for Regions Financial Corporation.

Catalyst will also release Tredennick’s new book, TAR for Smart People: How Technology Assisted Review Works and Why it Matters for Legal Professionals. The book serves as a practitioners' guide to TAR and Continuous Active Learning (CAL). Recognizing that TAR is a sophisticated process that draws on science, technology and law, Tredennick set out to write a book that explains the basics of TAR while also exploring advanced issues and applications.

 

Tredennick is available for expert commentary on TAR and Continous Active Learning (CAL). Tredennick's writings on CAL—which is the protocol used by Catalyst's TAR engine, Insight Predict—have sparked debate among e-discovery industry leaders over several key issues, such as whether subject matter experts are required to train a TAR system and how best to measure recall in e-discovery review.

 

 

By Guest Blogger: Catalyst Repository Systems, Inc.

Cavo eD announces eDiscovery Processing at 57/GB per hour & Production Speeds at 80/pages per second

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 28, 2015

Cavo eD announces eDiscovery Processing at 57/GB per hour and Production Speeds at 80/pages per second

Cavo eD, the web-based, all-in-one electronic discovery platform, today announced that it has achieved fast processing and production speeds using its distributed web architecture on the Amazon cloud.

Indianapolis, IN (iNewswire) 1-28-2015 - Cavo eD completely processed raw data for a large case at a rate of 57 GB/ hour with all of Cavo eD’s standard steps included and loaded the documents for Review.  Cavo eD’s standard steps include a total processing solution (see details below), not just a simple document ingestion.  Cavo eD then produced these documents at a rate of 80 pages/second for PDFs and 72 pages/second for TIFFs. The Productions included Bates numbering, watermarks and stampings while achieving these speeds.

“These are great speeds,” stressed George Witwer, president of Cavo eD. “We took no short cuts to achieve these numbers. These are speeds our customers should expect to see during a live case.”  Cavo eD calls its processing engine “Processing Plus+” because it is much more than just ingesting documents.
It includes sophisticated data capture that accelerates document review, all in one integrated process.

Steps involved in Cavo eD’s Processing Plus + are: (1) explosion of PSTs and containers, (2) application of a customized deNist list, (3) OCR, (4) multiple customized deduplication methods, (5) indexing of keywords and metadata, (6) customized treatment of embedded objects, (7) removal of boilerplate data, (8) identification of themes that are then measured for dominance and indexed, (9) identification of each document’s summarizing sentences and their addition to the document’s metadata, and (10) document loading for ECA, First Pass Review, predictive coding or other analytics. Similarly, Cavo eD’s Production is full featured, including Bates numbering, custom watermarks, custom stampings and redactions.

Cavo eD is distinguished by its distributed web architecture that can run in the cloud or behind firewalls, proprietary theme search, all-in-one web interface, and business intelligence metrics with automated project management.  With its prior announcement about the software running in the Cloud with its high security standards, Witwer added, “We recognize that everyone in the electronic discovery profession is working hard to keep costs down.”  Today’s processing and production speed announcement is the latest highlight in the product’s history of technological advances and cost savings strategy.

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Cavo eD has gathered a team of highly experienced legal practitioners working with visionary software designers to create a whole new approach to designing eDiscovery software solutions. Our philosophy is to develop tools that respond to the explosion of data and incorporating Early Case Assessment tools into the platform due to their ability to dramatically reduce the volume of data that gets ingested and reviewed.   Our platform includes innovations in software technology, advanced search algorithms and Cloud architecture which come together to make possible a new vision of what eDiscovery can be. For further information about Cavo eD, contact: Gayle O’Connor at 206-356-7688, @gaylemoconnor or gayle@gmomarketing.com. 

Cavo eD is a Humanizing Technologies, Inc. product. We can be found @Cavo_eD, www.cavolegal.com or www.linkedin.com/in/cavoknowledgesearch. 

By Guest Blogger: Cavo eD

BigHand Announces the Launch of BigHand Now

BigHand, the leading provider of voice productivity and document formatting software, is previewing at LTNY 2015 an enhanced platform that enables law firms to streamline all of their task delegation processes into one easy-to-use solution. This enhanced solution will serve to further reduce inefficiencies and increase accountability between attorneys and support staff via a robust workflow methodology similar to the one incorporated in BigHand’s popular voice productivity software.

In today’s legal market, firms are striving for continuous improvement in efficiency, productivity, and customer service. BigHand is known for their voice productivity software that enables attorneys and their administrative teams to streamline document creation via a comprehensive workflow tool that is integrated within the digital dictation software.

 

BigHand Now extends the concept of the existing BigHand workflow tool to capture more work input methods - such as email, working documents and manual forms - in addition to dictations, within the BigHand workflow. The workflow provides attorneys with a simple, highly customizable interface to assign tasks to their administrative staff, enabling them to concentrate on higher value, fee earning tasks instead of work administration.

By Guest Blogger: BigHand

@Legal Announces Data Collection from Cloud Sources

@Legal Discovery, LLC, a full-service eDiscovery technology provider, announced the release of the latest version of CasePoint, which includes functionality for direct collection of cloud-based data from sources such as Gmail™ and Microsoft Office 365™ mail. In addition, the new version improves speed and includes enhanced analytics and greater support for tablets and mobile devices.  

“With so many organizations using Gmail and other Web-based platforms for email and document sharing, it became increasingly important for us to help our clients collect data from these locations,” said Haresh Bhungalia, chief executive officer of @Legal Discovery. “This new feature allows CasePoint to move even further to the left within the Electronic Discovery Reference Model and will greatly simplify the collection process for our clients.”

The new version of CasePoint offers a revolutionary way to collect data from Web sources. In the past, user names and passwords needed to be exchanged in order to gain access to case-related documents. With CasePoint, the collection process is fully automated and requires no secure personal information. In addition to Gmail and Microsoft Office 365 mail, CasePoint can also collect data from other common business tools, such as Google Drive, Dropbox and Microsoft OneDrive.

Other advances include 30 to 50 percent faster document open times, the addition of dynamic analytics, and an updated interface that improves experiences on mobile devices and tablets. Because CasePoint was developed using HTML5, it functions the same across all devices, including desktops, laptops, tablets and mobile phones.

By Guest Blogger: @Legal Discovery

Lucidea’s LawPort Legal Portal Accelerator to Attend LegalTech 2015

Lucidea LawPort, supplier of portal solutions to law firms and legal departments worldwide, is pleased to announce participation in LegalTech’s Annual Educational Conference held in New York, NY, on February 3rd through the 5^th, 2015.  LegalTech’s annual conference is the premier venue for legal industry technology professionals, providing an in depth look at what the technological world has in store, and practical information for improving law practice management. The conference offers an expansive exhibit floor with “the most extensive gathering of innovative products designed to meet your current and future technology needs.” Lucidea LawPort is proud to once again participate. 

By Guest Blogger: Lucidea LawPort

Smarter, Sustainable, eDiscovery Ready Archiving

Discover the benefits of open, long-term, vendor-independent archiving solutions based on XML for smarter, sustainable and eDiscovery ready archiving.

By Guest Blogger: ZyLAB North America, LLC

Iris Data Services at LegalTech: Companies Fleeing from Transactional eDiscovery Model in Droves

Iris Data Services to Exhibit at LegalTech 2015

Law Firms and Corporations Fleeing from Transactional eDiscovery Model in Droves

 

Kansas City, January 27, 2015 – Iris Data Services, the global leader in eDiscovery managed services, will be at LegalTech 2015 in New York City. Iris has exhibited at LegalTech for eight years in a row and will be located at booth number 411 this year.

 

Iris comes into LegalTech having established itself as the torchbearer for eDiscovery Managed Services. Iris’ complete focus on the eDiscovery managed services (EMS) model is why they now have over 30 managed services clients across a wide spectrum of law firms and corporations.

 

“LegalTech is a rare moment in our industry when almost everyone is at the same place at the same time,” said Major Baisden, president of Iris Data Services. “It’s a great opportunity to catch up with our current clients and talk with future clients about their eDiscovery needs.”

 

“LegalTech is the super bowl of our industry,” said Damon Goduto, co-founder and senior vice president of sales at Iris. “Our agenda will be twofold: do a lot of business and have a lot of fun.” 

 

Iris’ managed services model is turning the eDiscovery market on its head. For law firms and corporations, it’s finally giving them a complete solution to their eDiscovery problems. For eDiscovery hosting vendors, it’s destroying the huge margins they have historically enjoyed on transactional discovery. Iris is executing its goal to be the best service provider its clients have ever had. Ever.

 

LegalTech attendees can set up appointments to learn more about Iris’ products and services by sending an email to sales@irisds.com.

 

 

About Iris

Iris Data Services is the leader in eDiscovery managed services. Iris’ suite of products includes Horizon, managed services processing that seamlessly integrates best-in-class applications, and Arc, a private Relativity environment for a fixed monthly fee. Iris’ U.S. headquarters is in Kansas City and its European headquarters is in London. Iris also maintains offices throughout the United States, Europe, India, and China. For more information about Iris, visit www.irisds.com.

 

Press Contact

Lauren French

Iris Data Services

(913) 815-8072

lfrench@irisds.com

 

 

 

 

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By Guest Blogger: Iris Data Services, LLC

Ipro achieves record sales and growth

Ipro Tech, LLC, a worldwide leader in the design of eDiscovery software, today announced it had achieved record sales in 2014 with new subscription growth accelerating to a record 81 percent in the same period.  The Enterprise eDiscovery platform consists of ECA tool Allegro (81 percent  growth), review tool Eclipse (70 percent growth), and processing tool eCapture which has long been the “Gold Standard” in the industry and is still growing.  Eclipse SE, the all-in-one eDiscovery desktop tool, also experienced substantial growth of 152 percent.

     In 2014, Ipro achieved another development milestone with the release of MyIpro, a client portal making it easier to do business with Ipro.  Ipro Nucleus, the Enterprise Business Information Hub, was also released allowing component registration across all Enterprise products in a single database.  Eclipse had three major releases and gained greater market share.  Allegro had three major releases and was adopted by well-known law firms and service providers, including DTI Document Technologies, Inc., LSI Litigation Solutions Inc., and DOE Legal, LLC.  Most notably, the U.S. Department of Justice deployed Eclipse SE throughout their 94 districts nationwide.  Additionally, Ipro had significant participation in its partnership program, as the company continues to work closely with its extensive service partner network to increase overall market presence through various joint marketing strategies. 

By Guest Blogger: IPRO Tech

Want to improve your #legal case analysis with the benefit of a #TimeLine? There's an #app for that!

ENHANCE YOUR CASE ANALYSIS WHEREVER YOU ARE 

A timeline can greatly enhance your case analysis — from the initial plotting of evidentiary points collaboratively between counsel through discovery and trial preparation. Create a timeline wherever you are with the new Timelines app. 

The Timelines app is offered as an integrated companion to Liquid Lit Manager or as a standalone version for those not currently using the powerful web-based tool. Both apps offer a logical user interface that is easy to navigate, allowing for the creation of trackable points and the organization of topics. Users can associate people, organizations, locations, notes and categories with timeline points. 

For maximum mobility, the app allows for offline work, such as reviewing and amending chronologies and documents. Once an Internet connection is present, changes can be synced for continued team collaboration. Standalone app users can add Dropbox files and create timelines for any project. 

Stop by booth #224 and see what your future holds. It might be a free Timeline app!

By Guest Blogger: Liquid Litigation Management, Inc.

Why businesses are scrutinizing their outside counsel's data security

LockPath, a leader in innovative governance, risk management, regulatory compliance and information security solutions, has published a white paper, “Braving the New World of Client Audits” to help the legal industry address these requirements and to simplify the process of information governance. The paper discusses proactive compliance, the process of addressing, altering and auditing internal security and operations as a requirement to do business with an outside organization.

By Guest Blogger: LockPath, Inc

Xerox Innovative Data Analytics Help Corporations Detect Litigation and Compliance Risk

Xerox Innovative Data Analytics Help Corporations Detect Litigation and Compliance Risk - see press release

By Guest Blogger: Xerox Litigation Services

Xerox to Educate Industry Peers on Using Analytics to Detect Corporate Risk at LTNY15

Xerox to Educate Industry Peers on Using Analytics to Detect Corporate Risk at LTNY15

February 5, 2014: Track 8

By Guest Blogger: Xerox Litigation Services

Iris Data Services at LegalTech: Companies Fleeing from Transactional eDiscovery Model in Droves

Iris Data Services to Exhibit at LegalTech 2015

Law Firms and Corporations Fleeing from Transactional eDiscovery Model in Droves

 

Kansas City, January 27, 2015 – Iris Data Services, the global leader in eDiscovery managed services, will be at LegalTech 2015 in New York City. Iris has exhibited at LegalTech for eight years in a row and will be located at booth number 411 this year.

 

Iris comes into LegalTech having established itself as the torchbearer for eDiscovery Managed Services. Iris’ complete focus on the eDiscovery managed services (EMS) model is why they now have over 30 managed services clients across a wide spectrum of law firms and corporations.

 

“LegalTech is a rare moment in our industry when almost everyone is at the same place at the same time,” said Major Baisden, president of Iris Data Services. “It’s a great opportunity to catch up with our current clients and talk with future clients about their eDiscovery needs.”

 

“LegalTech is the super bowl of our industry,” said Damon Goduto, co-founder and senior vice president of sales at Iris. “Our agenda will be twofold: do a lot of business and have a lot of fun.” 

 

Iris’ managed services model is turning the eDiscovery market on its head. For law firms and corporations, it’s finally giving them a complete solution to their eDiscovery problems. For eDiscovery hosting vendors, it’s destroying the huge margins they have historically enjoyed on transactional discovery. Iris is executing its goal is to be the best service provider its clients have ever had. Ever.

 

LegalTech attendees can set up appointments to learn more about Iris’ products and services by sending an email to sales@irisds.com.

 

 

About Iris

Iris Data Services is the leader in eDiscovery managed services. Iris’ suite of products includes Horizon, managed services processing that seamlessly integrates best-in-class applications, and Arc, a private Relativity environment for a fixed monthly fee. Iris’ U.S. headquarters is in Kansas City and its European headquarters is in London. Iris also maintains offices throughout the United States, Europe, India, and China. For more information about Iris, visit www.irisds.com.

 

Press Contact

Lauren French

Iris Data Services

(913) 815-8072

lfrench@irisds.com

 

 

 

 

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By Guest Blogger: Iris Data Services, LLC

Ipro VP of Development, Mike Schubert, to speak at LegalTech 2015

Mike Schubert, Ipro’s Vice President of Development, will participate in a panel discussion at the LegalTech New York 2015 conference. The CLE panel discussion, entitled “Seeing is Believing: Machine Learning Powered Content Visualization for the Enterprise,” is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, February 4, from 3:45 to 5:00 p.m. EST at the Hilton New York in New York City.

 

By Guest Blogger: IPRO Tech

Redact Assistant 2.0 from PayneGroup Released

Redact Assistant obfuscates information from both Word and Excel files.  The software comes with useful aids that help to mask common terms to be redacted, such as Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, and more.  All of which makes the software easier to use. Says Donna Payne, PayneGroup CEO, “This isn’t just software for a law firm. Government agencies, pharmaceutical and health care organizations, corporations, and of course legal will find this software not only useful, but necessary.” See a demo at booth 406 or contact PayneGroup for private demo.

By Guest Blogger: PayneGroup, Inc.

cicayda's platform also entity analytics, natural language processing data analysis, ECA.

According to Roe Frazer, Cicayda’s CEO: “Our goal is to enhance the work life of the eDiscovery professional, to give them even a little happiness in how they work - the true goal of modern technology.”  Frazer adds: “Until the debut of Reprise, the legal technology market suffered from abject stagnation in terms of a contemporary user interface, search and response speed, and modern text analytics. Why should searches, regardless of the data size or complexity of syntax, take so long to execute? We solved that problem and our search is lightning fast - results are returned in milliseconds. Our robust My Cicayda platform includes an intuitive review tool, natural language processing and latent semantic analytics, early case assessment, data reduction advantages, and even a legal hold application.”

By Guest Blogger: Cicayda

CICAYDA’S UNIFIED PLATFORM ENJOYS MYRIAD DEPLOYMENTS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE TRADITIONAL eDISCOVERY

Cicayda is seeing its fast and analytically powerful unified platform being used in a number of interesting and far-reaching ways to empower lawyers. Law firms and corporate offices have found very creative uses of Cicayda’s versatile eDiscovery platform, Reprise. Here are a few recent success stories.

- Compliance 

- Litigation Hold

- Data Mapping The Internet of Things, Connected Devices, and New Sources of Data for Hospitals and Other Enterprises 

- Customer Facing Data Request

- Social Media Discovery from Collection to Evidence 

- Data Loss Protection/Risk Prevention 

- Copywright, Paten and Trademark Protection and Infringement 

By Guest Blogger: Cicayda

eDepoze introduces Witness Prep 2.0!

An unprepared witness can inflict serious damage on your case.
Experienced lawyers therefore put a lot of effort into getting a client ready for an
important deposition, usually through one or more face-to-face witness prep sessions.
Because preparing the witness often involves reviewing relevant case documents,
lawyers can spend just as much time and effort getting ready for a witness prep
session by printing and copying documents days or weeks in advance, creating
individual binders, then lugging them across town or shipping them across the
country for their in-person meetings.

With the new Witness Prep 2.0 software from
eDepoze, you can kill the paper and
streamline the deposition preparation process
as never before:

By Guest Blogger: eDepoze

Welcome to Deposition 2.0!

Still hassling with mounds of paper exhibits? No longer do you need to print
and copy documents days or weeks in advance, lug boxes of paper to the
deposition, or wait to have them scanned afterwards.
Kill the PaperTM and upgrade to Deposition 2.0TM with eDepoze.

By Guest Blogger: eDepoze

Research into what TAR methods work better causes stir in e-discovery

 

Research into what TAR methods work better causes stir in e-discovery

Two of the leading experts on e-discovery, Maura R. Grossman and  Gordon V. Cormack, presented a 2014 peer-reviewed study on continuous active learning to the annual conference of the Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval, a part of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), “Evaluation of Machine-Learning Protocols for Technology-Assisted Review in Electronic Discovery.”

In the study, they compared three TAR protocols, testing them across eight different cases. Two of the three protocols, Simple Passive Learning (SPL) and Simple Active Learning (SAL), are typically associated with early approaches to predictive coding, which we call TAR 1.0. The third, continuous active learning (CAL), is a central part of a newer approach to predictive coding, which we call TAR 2.0.

Based on their testing, Grossman and Cormack concluded that CAL demonstrated superior performance over SPL and SAL, while avoiding certain other problems associated with these traditional TAR 1.0 protocols. Specifically, in each of the eight case studies, CAL reached higher levels of recall (finding relevant documents) more quickly and with less effort that the TAR 1.0 protocols. Not surprisingly, their research caused quite a stir in the TAR community. 

By Guest Blogger: Catalyst Repository Systems, Inc.

Catalyst Logo

Catalyst designs, hosts and supports the world's fastest and most powerful document repositories for large-scale discovery and regulatory compliance. For over 15 years, corporations and their counsel have relied on Catalyst products and services to simplify discovery, reduce costs and gain greater control, predictability and visibility across legal matters.

By Guest Blogger: Catalyst Repository Systems, Inc.

Catalyst case study shows how to manage discovery on a global scale

How does one of the world’s largest litigants efficiently manage discovery across 125 active patent, trademark and regulatory matters involving 300 million documents and counsel at 60 of the world’s leading law firms? Discovery on that scale presents significant challenges. Deadlines loom constantly and billions of dollars are at stake.

The company—sophisticated about litigation and known as a technology innovator—found the e-discovery platform that provides the efficiency and control it requires:

• A central hub to manage millions of documents across multiple
• Maximum automation from processing through production
• Consistency of coding across cases and counsel
• Airtight security with multi-level access controls for team
• Detailed customized tracking and reporting within and among matters
• Central oversight and control across all cases and counsel

Through Catalyst, this Fortune 20 technology company was able to achieve its key requirements for an e-discovery platform. More important, the company has been able to take command of its e-discovery in ways that deliver real value. Key benefits for the company include consistency across all its cases, substantial cost and time savings, elimination of redundant effort, assurance of best practices, and full control. 

By Guest Blogger: Catalyst Repository Systems, Inc.

Former FBI Computer Scientist Creates Unique Tool for Litigators — Timestream

Former FBI Computer Scientist Creates Unique Tool for Litigators — Timestream

 

After 9/11, Teddy Lindsey decided to leave the private sector to join the FBI as a Computer Scientist, where he was trained as an investigator and deployed in the field. During his career in the Bureau, Teddy worked on a wide range of cases and operations including computer intrusions, drug trafficking, international intelligence, and counterterrorism operations. He distinguished himself and was recognized with a number of commendations, including the FBI Director's Award for Excellence and the DEA Administrator's Award. His last investigation to go to trial before he left the FBI resulted in a conviction on all counts and the longest sentence in U.S. history for a hacking (18 USC § 1030) case.

During Teddy's tenure with the FBI, he became increasingly frustrated with the cumbersome and antiquated case management and presentation protocols he was forced to navigate to do his job. Like many attorneys, he frequently found himself swamped with trivial, low-tech tasks that took valuable time away from case analysis. In addition, there were no tools available that organized and presented his data in the storyline fashion best suited to litigation. He knew there had to be a better way.

Two years after leaving the Bureau, Teddy set out to create that better way. As VP of Research and Development at Ntrepid Corporation, he had the engineers and resources to create the solution he had envisioned. Thus, Timestream was born.

Timestream is an intuitive software suite that integrates case management, timeline, and presentation tools, allowing litigators to organize and visualize case events chronologically. It is packed with powerful features that help to simplify a litigator's workflow.

Timestream features:

• Drag-and-drop interface
• Fully indexed fields and attachments for easy keyword searches
• Customized tagging for easy filtering
• Portability — all of your documents stored conveniently right in your case file
• Beautiful HTML5 presentations (no knowledge of HTML5 necessary)
• Detailed reports
• Compatibility with both Mac and PC
• AES case encryption
• Cloud or network collaboration
• Digital fingerprinting to verify authenticity of files and chain of custody
• Craft a scene by scene story within your timeline, complete with captions

Since Timestream's launch in the legal market, civil and criminal litigators alike in law firms of all sizes have adopted Teddy's vision of crafting more compelling ­­­stories.

Learn more about Timestream's unique features.

Download the free Timestream reader and sample cases now to see it in action.

By Guest Blogger: Ntrepid Corporation

doeDISCOVERY™ Litigation Team - ipro Certified

doeDISCOVERY  Litigation Team Members Expand Their Capabilities and Earn Latest Ipro Certifications

For Immediate Release

doeLEGAL, LLC., an innovative provider of litigation managed services and electronic discovery solutions for the legal marketplace, today announced two of their expert Litigation & eDiscovery staff have earned the latest Ipro certifications while attending a recent training session in Scottsdale, Arizona. One of the most recognized providers for eDiscovery processing and review, Ipro continues to expand the capabilities of experts through extensive training and testing.  doeLEGAL has been using Ipro products for the past ten years with great success in litigation cost reduction and increased efficiency for its clients.

doeLEGAL’s Zac Schindler, Director of IT, eDiscovery, and John Hagan, Manager Electronic Data Discovery (EDD) Processing, both receive the Ipro Certified Administrator credentials.  John is currently certified in three of Ipro’s products and Zac received his first certification in Eclipse. As an Ipro Certified Administrator, Zac and John can expertly, “manage a litigation support or electronic discovery project in an Ipro tool to the highest standards of quality”.  Only Ipro Users and Partners who have received extensive product training or have significant hands-on product experience are eligible to take the certification test. This ensures the highest level of competency on the Ipro tool sets which engenders the extreme trust that doeLEGAL’s clients have in their superior software and dedicated support services.

doeLEGAL’s President and CEO , Tom Russo , went on to state, “The ongoing education of our staff is one more way we ensure our clients’ success. We pledge to continually increase our expert capabilities so we remain on the leading edge of legal technology . We are extremely proud that Zac and John took the initiative to receive training and earn their certifications on this very powerful software.”

For more information on how doeLEGAL earns their clients’ business every day, please visit www.doelegal.com, contact them at 302-798-7500 or e-mail info@doelegal.com.

About doeLEGAL

doeLEGAL is an innovative provider and innovator of cloud-based legal enterprise collaboration solutions for the legal industry. Our suite of end-to-end collaborative software and services for corporate legal departments and law firms includes electronic invoice processing, legal spend and matter management, litigation support and electronic discovery managed services. doeLEGAL serves small, medium, and large Global Fortune 500 corporate legal departments as well as law firms in more than 35 countries. Established over four decades ago, doeLEGAL has built an impeccable reputation and takes pride in providing superior state-of-the-art technology offered at  predictable price point to clients who value and depend on collaboration and exceptional customer service. Visit doeLEGAL at www.doeLEGAL.com. ###

By Guest Blogger: doeLegal, LLC

doeLEGAL Advances Expert Litigation Team Members

doeLEGAL Advances Expert Litigation Team Members to New Positions

For Immediate Release

doeLEGAL, LLC, a global legal service provider leading the way towards a more collaborative legal environment designed for legal spend, matter management, and litigation services, announces that two dedicated experts take on new roles within their organization. Recognizing the talent proven over years of successfully managing the most challenging project requirements, doeLEGAL proudly recognizes and congratulates two of its own with professional advances.  For over 42 years, doeLEGAL has successfully brought the best technology, software, and support professionals to work together for their expanding global client base. This level of responsive, customer-focused support is one more way they continue to earn their clients’ business every day.

Zac Schindler, doeLEGAL’s new IT Director, takes on the responsibilities of overseeing multiple teams of software, hardware, network, data, service, and software experts. Focusing his deep experience on maintaining the superior technology, software, and technology infrastructure that doeLEGAL is known for, Zac will now take on managing the security and integrity of all client data hosted in the doeLEGAL Data Center. Zac will apply hands-on experience and expert training with the most advanced technology available in the world. His knowledge and experience working with all information technology ensures their continued success with leading-edge solutions built on a foundation of collaboration.

Tom Russo, President & CEO, doeLEGAL states, “Having such a proven expert like Zac take over our entire IT Department is one of my easiest decisions. His knowledge of our operations, data center, and all aspects of the workload and procedures makes him a unique asset that understands how to deliver on our promises. We are proud to have Zac take the helm to deliver our superior software and technology.”

Josh Brown takes over the management of their Litigation Management & eDiscovery team. This new position will take advantage of Josh’s experience earned through years of hands-on execution of all aspects of the EDRM Spectrum for doeLEGAL clients. He is one of the most respected eDiscovery professionals capable of assisting global clients with every aspect along the litigation lifecycle including collections, EDD processing, culling and de-duplication of data, Technology Assisted Review (TAR), and final production. Josh’s knowledge of advanced litigation tools and their application earned him an impeccable reputation in the legal service industry. His extreme attention to detail while fully understanding each client’s unique project requirements makes him the perfect choice for this new management role at doeLEGAL.

Tom Russo continued by saying, “Josh’s vast knowledge and experience in our Litigation Team will ensure our clients will continue to receive the most responsive, expert service they expect. Having his proven skillset overseeing all eDiscovery technology will provide the right mix of support and service we guarantee every day. doeLEGAL is proud to recognize Josh’s years of dedicated service by having him manage our Litigation & eDiscovery Team.”

doeLEGAL remains on the leading-edge of the collaborative legal innovations provided to corporations and law firms for both eDiscovery and eBilling. doeLEGAL has pledged to earn every client’s business every day through a new 5-tenant differentiation model including predictable cost of ownership, distinctly superior technology & software, all configure to your unique world, exceptional client-focused support, with solutions built on a foundation of collaboration. As the legal needs of clients change, they continually increase their capabilities to match the new demand in both technology and personnel. Advancing Zac and Josh to their new positions shows a firm belief that the best talent is often in-house. doeLEGAL has a distinctive background and expertise in Legal Spend and Litigation Management, making them uniquely qualified to add greater value to each collaborative legal solution. For more information, please contact doeLEGAL at 302-798-7500 or e-mail info@doelegal.com.

About doeLEGAL

doeLEGAL is an innovator of cloud-based legal enterprise collaboration solutions for the legal industry and a partner in increasing efficiency while lowering costs for legal departments and law firms. Our suite of end-to-end superior software and collaborative services includes electronic invoice processing, legal spend and matter management, litigation support, and electronic discovery. doeLEGAL serves small, medium and large Global clients in more than 35 countries. Established over four decades ago, doeLEGAL has built an impeccable reputation and takes pride in providing advanced technology offered at an excellent price point to clients who value and depend on exceptional client-focused service. doeLEGAL is dedicated to earning their clients’ business every day. To learn how, visit doeLEGAL at http://www.doeLEGAL.com. ##

By Guest Blogger: doeLEGAL, LLC

doeLEGAL Launches New Product ASCENT-LF™ designed for law firms case management & communication

doeLEGAL Launches New Product ASCENT-LF™ at LEGALTech 2015, Designed to Revolutionize Law Firm Case Management & Communication

doeLEGAL, innovator of collaborative legal services for corporate legal departments and law firms, announces the launch of their newest product offering: ASCENT-LF™ at LEGALTech 2015 in New York City this February. This innovative product is designed to empower law firms to effectively manage and support the case management tasks associated with a large litigation, from anywhere and at any time.

Law firms facing greater competition seek new ways to add value when partnering with their clients. Effectively. Using advanced legal technology and software is proven to be one of the most cost-effective ways to elevate a practice of any size. ASCENT-LF™ answers this demand by quickly and accurately delivering up-to-date case information, documents, matter notes & statuses, and all other case-specific material in a hosted platform to compliment the litigation review.

The ASCENT-LF™ provides a collaborative environment where attorneys can securely distribute matter information - this solution is configured to share data, effectively communicate, and inform their clients throughout the litigation process.  Alleviating their reliance on email inboxes as a case management system, ASCENT-LF™ securely provides case-specific storage, calendar, filtering, reporting, and on-demand information all in a single, current platform for the entire litigation team to work within.

Built on the ASCENT™ fully-hosted, secure platform used by hundreds of corporate law departments around the world, doeLEGAL’s innovative product offers law firms the most advanced front-end capabilities to organize all case-specific data, calendaring, documents and resources alongside the litigation review.

“The ASCENT-LF™ tool is designed to advance the way law firms assemble and deliver case information into the future. Using our own best-in-class hosted software allows law firms to focus on the business of law while giving their clients an unprecedented command & control space to track their entire matter progress.  We are pleased to launch ASCENT-LF™ at LEGALTech this year to meet the growing need expressed by our clients. It is another way we earn our clients’ business every day“, states Tom Russo, President & CEO of doeLEGAL.

Simple, effective, and informative communication of case data and updates onto a “single pane of glass” gives law firms the focused delivery management tool that adds greater value for their clients. Clients can now see exactly where their case stands and report on any aspect, at any time. The ASCENT-LF™ solution comes with the same predictable cost of ownership pricing model tied to the superior software and technology as all doeLEGAL services. Request your demo today.

You can learn more about ASCENT-LF™ visit: http://www.doelegal.com/demos/

About doeLEGAL:

doeLEGAL remains on the leading edge of the collaborative legal innovations provided to corporations’ legal departments and law firms for both eDiscovery and eBilling. doeLEGAL is dedicated to earning every client’s business every day through a new 5-tenet differentiation model including predictable cost of ownership, distinctly superior technology & software, configured to your unique world, exceptional client-focused support, with solutions built on a foundation of collaboration. As the legal needs of clients change, they continually increase their capabilities to match the new demand in both technology and personnel.  doeLEGAL holds distinctive expertise in Legal Spend and Litigation Management, making them uniquely qualified to add greater value to each legal solution. For more information, please contact doeLEGAL at 302-798-7500 or e-mail info@doelegal.com.

By Guest Blogger: doeLEGAL, LLC

Legal Tech 2015 YB Sales Product and Service Line - View Now

YB Sales & Distributors, Inc. will be attending the LegalTech 2015 Show at Hilton New York.
We will be representing Nuance, Philips an Olympus!

 BOOTH # 532

We are pleased to present you with our products and solutions. This catalog is a comprehensive overview that
provides basic information of our latest products, solutions and services.
For more detailed information - includingfull product descriptions, pictures, order information, and videos -- YBS' electronic catalog is available at
www.ybsales.com 24/7, for all your dictation needs.
We believe that the YBS product and solutions catalog will becomeyour go-to resource.

Best Regards,
The YBS Team
Your Professional Source for Dictation Solutions

 

By Guest Blogger: YB Sales & Distributors, Inc.

Video: See what Legal Workspace can do for you.

What if your workday was more about practicing law and less about running an office? Watch this short video to see how Legal Workspace's cloud-based solution simplifies the business of practicing law.

By Guest Blogger: Legal Workspace

White paper: How Technology Can Increase Profits for Busy Solos

As solos ramp up their billable hours, a one-laptop solution can still work. However, busier solos have additional needs. Time becomes precious when solo firms bill more than 1,000 hours a year. Active solo attorneys have to take advantage of technology to increase efficiency and optimize their time.

Step One: Save Time with Document Generation

A lot of time can be lost in repetitive document generation. If attorneys take advantage of technology, that time can be put to better use.

Anymore, most attorneys aren’t writing each new contract (or other frequently used document) from scratch. Many lawyers attempt to save document creation time by using templates within Microsoft Word, as well as taking advantage of Word features, such as Quick Parts, which allows users to store and insert commonly used text blocks. That can work up to a point.

Document generation application options, such as market leaders HotDocs and ProDoc, are a more robust solution. HotDocs allows attorneys to automate documents they use repeatedly, regardless of complexity. By inserting what they call “business logic” into templates, users can customize documents in a wide variety of ways. ProDoc is a document assembly program that offers document generation packs for specific practice areas, such as family law and administrative law. It provides national systems, as well as those specific to California, Florida, and Texas.
Joe Kelly, CEO for Legal Workspace, says that the use of automated document generators is especially prevalent in real estate and personal injury practices. “In some cases, it’s possible for nearly all documents to be totally automated,” he says. That’s a lot of saved time.

Read the next two steps at http://legal-workspace.com/assets/Tech-that-can-increase-profit-WP2.pdf. 

By Guest Blogger: Legal Workspace

White paper: Legal Software 101

Whether you’re getting ready to hang your own shingle or managing an established law firm, implementing a suite of legal software can seem like a daunting task. You might have been intimidated by the cost, the time to put the new procedures and tools in place and possibly the change from familiar processes. However, even with those hurdles, it pays (literally – it saves money) to improve your practice by adopting technologies that work best for you and your firm.

 

The four categories of applications commonly used by law firms include:

• Practice Management Software
• Document Management Software
• Time and Billing Software
• Legal Document Generation Automation Software

Read the white paper at http://legal-workspace.com/assets/Legal-Software101-WP.pdf.

By Guest Blogger: Legal Workspace

White paper: Eliminate Small Firm Growing Pains with Technology

Eliminate Small Firm Growing Pains with Technology

Successful solos often find that they need to add staff to keep up with increased business. Whether the first addition is an administrative assistant, a paralegal, or another lawyer, a growing firm can expect many process changes to happen right away.

These changes can involve some growing pains, but selecting and utilizing the right technology can smooth the way. And, before you know it, a successful solo can transform into a successful small firm, with two to five people collaborating on documents, sharing calendars, and benefiting from a streamlined billing process.

View the white paper at http://legal-workspace.com/assets/Eliminate-small-firm-pains-WP.pdf. 

 

By Guest Blogger: Legal Workspace

Infographic - How to Simplify Your IT Budget

The New Year is all about changing old ways and starting fresh. Some of the first items to reevaluate are your law firm’s IT operations and budget.

For instance:

• What did you spend on IT support in 2014?
• Will you need to replace hardware to keep things running smoothly?
• What software are you going to be required to upgrade?
• Have you considered moving your law firm to the cloud?

With so many questions to consider, your IT challenges can be overwhelming.

That’s why Legal Workspace has put together this infographic to show how cloud services for law firms stack up against a traditional on-site IT solution. 

By Guest Blogger: Legal Workspace

Visit YB Sales at Booth 532 for Your Professional Dictation Source

Dear Valued Client:

 

 YB Sales & Distributors is an authorized provider of the full solution for all your speech-to-text needs, such as software, hardware and services – offering ALL of the strongest global brands! Whether you are a small, mid-sized or large law firm, corporate legal department or a court, YB Sales & Distributors can help you manage your work load, lower your administrative costs and increase your efficiency and profits.

 

YB Sales & Distributors is awaiting to greet you at Booth # 532! We will be representing Nuance, Olympus, Philips and more! We will have manufacturer’s representative at the booth that are also looking forward to greet you personally!! When you come by, remember to drop your card to enter our daily drawing for a Smart Pebble Watch. You will also have the opportunity to view our products and experience a live demonstration of our Dictation Workflow Solutions. We will have actual products displayed if you wish to try them! American Express Gift Cards will be distributed for those who sign up for trial orders! Those who purchase at the show - will have super show discounted rates applied!

 

Come and Save while Enhancing Your Workflow Solution At the Same Time!!

-YB Team

By Guest Blogger: YB Sales & Distributors, Inc.

See for yourself why litigation professionals are proclaiming “let’s cicayda it.”

Cicayda is the ideal replacement for legacy software. With contemporary technology, intuitive tools, zero overhead, zero capital outlay, and no involvement from IT, Cicayda is the smart choice for the modern challenges of big data.

 

 

By Guest Blogger: Cicayda

Druva is the leader in data protection and governance.

Druva is the leader in data protection and governance at the edge, bringing visibility and control to business information in the increasingly mobile and distributed enterprise. Built for public and private clouds, Druva’s award-winning inSync and Phoenix solutions prevent data loss and address governance, compliance, and eDiscovery needs on laptops, smart-devices and remote servers. As the industry’s fastest growing edge data protection provider, Druva is trusted by over 3,000 global organizations on over 3 million devices.  Learn more at  www.druva.com and join the conversation at twitter.com/druvainc.

By Guest Blogger: Druva

Collect, control, manage and share endpoint data with CrashPlan and SharePlan from Code42.

Collect, control, manage, and share endpoint data with CrashPlan and SharePlan from Code42.   

By Guest Blogger: Code42

Trusted by more than 35,000 businesses, Code42 is the leader in endpoint data protection.

Trusted by more than 35,000+ businesses, Code42 is the leader in endpoint data protection and management.

By Guest Blogger: Code42

SharePlan, a user-friendly cloud-file sharing tool that IT can count on to meet data security needs.

SharePlan takes the risk out of cloud-file sharing with a tool users love and IT counts on to meet data security needs.

By Guest Blogger: Code42

CrashPlan automatically protects every file, everywhere and IT decides where to store data and keys.

CrashPlan automatically protects every file, everywhere and IT decides where to store data and encryption keys.

By Guest Blogger: Code42

Mark Craddock Joins NetDocuments to Lead EMEA

Mark Craddock, a leading industry professional in technical management and sales, has joined NetDocuments as Director of Sales in EMEA, and will lead international efforts to continue educating the market on the advantages of a modern, cloud-based document and email management solution.  With over 25 years in IT and business development, Mark will be a valuable resource as an expert in cloud-based document management and law firm technology strategy.

NetDocuments has experienced unprecedented growth recently, including a capital investment from Frontier Capital and an acquisition of Decisiv Email from Recommind.  Mark is no stranger to exceptional growth, as he led FWBS, ltd into an acquisition with Thomson Reuters in 2011 and, under his leadership, created an international sales team, including a top tier global channel program.  “We are thrilled to have Mark onboard to lead our sales efforts in EMEA,” said Matt Duncan, CEO of NetDocuments.  “His leadership and experience in large law firms will be invaluable as global adoption of cloud-based document management continues at such a rapid pace.  Mark is well equipped to manage not only the exceptional growth, but also an outstanding team of industry leaders.”

Mark spent many years in some of the largest global law firms, helping improve IT strategy and developing business initiatives to reduce costs and increase productivity.  With leadership roles at Microsoft, Toshiba, and most recently, Thomson Reuters, Mark is a proven industry professional who has the tools to lead NetDocuments’ global efforts as the company continues to experience high levels of growth.  “NetDocuments is undoubtedly the leader in what they do and recognized in the industry as the most progressive, modern, and scalable option available for law firms today,” Mark Craddock said.  “In my travels throughout law firms, I see challenges that can be solved through NetDocuments’ cloud-based solution.  I am excited to now represent the company in a role where I can be more involved in the document and email management initiatives of the firm.”

As a modern, enterprise-grade document and email management solution, NetDocuments continues to develop processes and products to assist law firms in their goals to become more productive.  Through NetDocuments’ cloud-based solution, firms are able to improve collaboration, security, compliance, and mobility, which in turn, allows for more time to be focused on client interaction and service.

 

About NetDocuments

Founded in 1999, NetDocuments cloud-based service has given law firms of all sizes the ability to reduce costs and increase security, mobility, and disaster recovery to documents and emails from anywhere and on any device. With offices and fully redundant datacenters in the US and UK, NetDocuments services some of the largest and most prestigious global law firms, and with anytime, anywhere access, firms are able to increase productivity and improve the client experience through technology. For more information about the company, go to www.netdocuments.com.

By Guest Blogger: NetDocuments