Sunday, January 31, 2016

Take the Know Now E-Discovery Challenge

 


“How fast can you take a case from zero to understanding, and what does that mean to your bottom line? These are the questions that we want corporate counsel to ponder when they reflect on their current processes and the control they have over them,” said Brad Harris, VP of Products, Zapproved. “Corporations are looking at fivefold data growth between now and 2020, and they need a better way to stem the skyrocketing legal costs and to gain control over their processes for better overall discovery management.”

The “Know Now” microsite gives corporate legal professionals a hands-on demonstration of the power of cloud computing and its crucial role in helping organizations derive more value from technology investments. The lightning-fast processing power demonstrated on the “Know Now” microsite is achieved through true-SaaS (true cloud) software, and offers the following four benefits: instant access to discovery data, complete control over the process, future-proofing discovery software and predictable affordability.

Visit http://knownow.zapproved.com/

 

“How fast can you take a case from zero to understanding, and what does that mean to your bottom line? These are the questions that we want corporate counsel to ponder when they reflect on their current processes and the control they have over them,” said Brad Harris, VP of Products, Zapproved. “Corporations are looking at fivefold data growth between now and 2020, and they need a better way to stem the skyrocketing legal costs and to gain control over their processes for better overall discovery management.”

 

The “Know Now” microsite gives corporate legal professionals a hands-on demonstration of the power of cloud computing and its crucial role in helping organizations derive more value from technology investments. The lightning-fast processing power demonstrated on the “Know Now” microsite is achieved through true-SaaS (true cloud) software, and offers the following four benefits: instant access to discovery data, complete control over the process, future-proofing discovery software and predictable affordability. 

 

By Guest Blogger: Zapproved, Inc

In-house elevated: Catching the third wave of e-discovery

True cloud software represents the future of e-discovery and it is the most sensible approach for legal departments to quickly and easily reduce data volumes, and get instant access and insights about discovery data —giving them the power to truly “know now” about the merits of a case—without having to wait. 


Learn why e-discovery is moving in-house for lower, more predictable costs: 

  • 94% of corporate counsel rate cost as a frustrating aspect of e-discovery
  • 79% reported decreasing reliance on outside resources, redirected the work in-house
  • 57% of in-house counsel that report spending more than $1M on e-discovery per year

 

By Guest Blogger: Zapproved, Inc

Friday, January 29, 2016

Press Release: Catalyst to Provide Global Computer Forensic Investigation and Collections

Catalyst, which has been a leader in e-discovery, will now be offering forensic investigation and collection services on a global basis.

By Guest Blogger: Catalyst Repository Systems, Inc.

Ipro's New Release of Automated Digital Discovery Introduces Media Manager and Ipro-Q

Ipro's new release of Automated Digital Discovery introduces Media Manager, the first integrated web-based solution to completely automate and optimize the identification and tracking of electronic files across the eDiscovery workflow.

By Guest Blogger: Ipro Tech

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Multi-channel Supervision from Capax

EAS delivers sophisticated compliance and multichannel supervision capabilities for regulated firms, registered investment advisors, pharmaceutical and energy companies, and other organizations facing challenging regulatory obligations. EAS includes automated policy enforcement enabling regulated organizations to enforce supervision and related recordkeeping and data preservation obligations.

By Guest Blogger: Capax Discovery

Capax Discovery's Enterprise Archive Solution overview

Enterprise Archive Solution (EAS) delivers industry-leading information governance for the entire enterprise. Data from across an organization can be rapidly searched, preserved, and managed through its entire lifecycle, using updated features designed to meet today’s litigation and regulatory obligations. EAS takes archiving further by combining the power of a sophisticated granular disposition policy engine with flexible storage management.

By Guest Blogger: Capax Discovery

@WKELMSolutions Drivign COnversations in Two Panel Discussions #LTNY16

Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions Drives Discussion at Legaltech 2016

 

Thought leaders focus on integrated ecosystem approach and better law firm collaboration

 

HOUSTON - Jan. 27, 2016 —Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions, the global market leader in transformational, technology-based solutions for legal, compliance, and risk management, will sponsor two panel sessions at Legaltech, Feb. 2-4, in New York. As the industry’s largest and most important trade event focusing on technology for corporate legal departments and law firms, this event provides legal and practice management professionals with insights and hands-on access to leading-edge solutions that help make their operations more efficient and profitable.

 

ELM Solutions has gathered several nationally recognized leaders in their fields to drive conversation in two panel discussions. Participants attending one or both of these panels qualify for MCLE continuing education credits through the CLE Center, the premier provider of online continuing legal education programs. The ELM Solutions sessions are:

 

“Leveraging the enterprise legal management ecosystem for growth”

Tuesday, Feb. 2, 10:00-11:00 a.m., Concourse D

 

This panel discussion will focus on how an integrated Enterprise Legal Management ecosystem can simplify legal operations, improve collaboration, increase visibility, and enable more proactive and strategic management. Panel members will also describe the benefits of expanding spend and matter management technology to other business processes. Participants will discuss how law departments have successfully integrated matter and spend management with other systems, and the benefits they have achieved.

 

Participants include: Bob Bjornsti, head of Operations, AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company; Chris Michaelis, enterprise architect and manager of LPG Business Solutions, Intel Corporation; Jeff Novak, asst. general counsel, VO of Legal Operations, AOL; Hans Bengard, National Sales director, ELM Solutions

 

“Driving Win-Win Law Firm and Client Collaboration: Shared Goals, Metrics, and Budgets”

Tuesday, February 2, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Concourse D

 

In today’s legal climate, corporate clients are asked to do more with less while law firms are increasingly seeking opportunities to improve efficiency and enhance client collaboration.Attendees will gain perspective from both corporate legal professionals and law firms on the secret sauce behind win-win, mutually beneficial partnerships

 

Participants include: Chris Ende, managing director, Pricing & LPM, Goodwin Proctor; Ed Lazartic, Strategic Legal Fees Management manager, Wells Fargo; Holly Montalvo, director Legal Analytics, Law Firm Segment, Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions; Bill Sowinski, director of Decision Support Services, Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions

 

In addition to sponsored events, ELM Solutions will be on-hand at booth # 500 to demonstrate new features and enhancements to its core technology portfolio including Passport®, Tymetrix® 360 and LegalVIEW®. Those visiting the booth may enter to win an Amazon Echo. 

By Guest Blogger: Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions

The Capital Novus eZSuite Overview

Capital Novus’ unique, powerful e-Discovery solution, eZSuite™, reflects a maturity of proven technology based on more than a decade of user insight and real
case experiences. eZSuite™ is a complete, full-spectrum platform that covers the entire litigation lifecycle, eliminating the need for any third-party plug-in solutions. The suite comprises 4 independent but seamlessly integrated modules: the data capture module, eZProcess™; the analytics module, eZAnalytics™; the knowledge management/ECA module, eZVUE®; and the workflow/review module, eZReview®. The modules may be used independently with other third-party solutions or together, as a complete, endto-
end e-Discovery solution. eZSuite™ is available as Software as a Service or Infrastructure as a Service, on-premise licensing, or through Capital Novus’ fully managed services.

By Guest Blogger: Capital Novus

FTI Consulting Showcases Thought Leadership on Key E-discovery Trends at Legaltech New York

February 2nd Panels Address Corporate E-discovery Trends, Including Data Security and Advanced Analytics

By Guest Blogger: FTI Technology

BillQuick Legal 2016 Protects Billable Time with New Automation and Efficiency-Focused Features

BQE Software, Inc., a world leader in time, billing, accounting and project management software, today announced powerful updates for BillQuick® Legal 2016 to accelerate the efficiency, effectiveness and convenience of legal time tracking and billing.

The new features in BillQuick Legal 2016 enable attorneys and legal professionals to effortlessly organize matters and manage accounts payable. BQE Software will offer demonstrations of the solution during Legaltech New York in booth number 1520, February 2-4.

 “Simply put, BillQuick Legal 2016 allows you to do more in less time,” said Shafat Qazi, CEO and founder of BQE Software. “With this release, we focused on minimizing the time spent to complete day-to-day tasks. BillQuick Legal 2016 helps legal professionals get things done accurately, intelligently, automatically and ahead of schedule.”

Designed to help attorneys and legal professionals optimize processes for maximum results, the new features for BillQuick Legal 2016 focus on automation, efficiency and technical excellence. 

Automation

BillQuick Legal 2016 employs intelligent automation capabilities to minimize time spent on non-billable and/or manual tasks. These capabilities include:  

  • Ability to automatically import transactions – Users can now automatically import bank and credit card transactions to eliminate manual data entry from the accounts payable workflow.
  • Auto-update matter information from the client screen – Easily change invoice templates, fee schedules, payment terms and currency at the client level to automatically update corresponding matter rules.
  • Auto-include phases – Automatically include all phases and sub-phases when reviewing time, expenses or invoices for a matter.
  • Auto-open favorite screens – Work without interruptions by specifying up to five favorite screens to automatically open at login.
  • Back-up SQL database – BillQuick 2016 can automatically initiate backups within the application, protecting users’ valuable time and billing information and records.  

Efficiency 

BillQuick Legal 2016 minimizes repetitive, time-wasting steps through features that create more efficient time and billing results such as:

  • Matter-level retainer – As an expansion of BillQuick Legal’s matter-level retainer capabilities, users can now receive a retainer for a parent matter and apply all or a portion of that retainer to a matter’s phases and sub-phases.
  • Time and expense by class – Applythe View by Class filter to the Reviewer screen to view all time and expense data unique to the selected class or a range of classes.
  • Detail view of unpaid expenses – Users can nowreceive alerts for any unpaid expenses while paying a vendor to minimize multiple transactions and any missed payments.
  • Send multiple attachments as a single file – Bypass multiple client emails with large or numerous attachments by sending all invoice-related attachments as a single file through BillQuick Legal 2016.

Technical excellence

 Built on the powerful .NET 4.5 engine, BillQuick Legal will work with the latest version of operating systems such as Windows 10 and provide significant performance improvements.

To learn more about BillQuick Legal or to start a free trial, visit www.bqe.com/legal.

 You may also visit BQE Software at Legaltech New York (February 2-4, booth number 1520) to see a live demonstration. 

 

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About BQE Software

BQE Software is a world leader in time billing, accounting and project management software for professional services firms. Its products, including BillQuick® Legal, ArchiOffice® and EngineerOffice®, simplify the way information is entered and utilized by firms. With over 350,000 users worldwide, BQE is the trusted solution for lawyers, architects, engineers, accountants, IT consultants and business consultants. The company is headquartered in Torrance, California, with offices in Australia and Europe. For more information, visit www.bqe.com. Follow BQE BillQuick on Facebook, www.facebook.com/BillQuick, and Twitter, www.twitter.com/BillQuick.

 

By Guest Blogger: BQE Software

@ Booth 532 Learn More and signup for a Free 30 Day Trial of Philips SpeechLive Cloud Dictation

Philips SpeechLive takes the dictation workflow to the cloud – with all of its great benefits.
Record your dictation – anywhere, at any time.

To create something truly innovative, it takes a passion for detail, commitment to excellence and dedication to deliver the best solution for our customers. With SpeechLive, Philips has set out to reshape the world of digital dictation from scratch. SpeechLive revolutionizes the way the dictation workflow is implemented in business environments.

Imagine an easy, secure, flexible and efficient workflow solution that fully adapts to your company’s needs.
SpeechLive works seamlessly with all Philips dictation devices and software, is always accessible and guarantees maximum security at all times.

By Guest Blogger: YB Sales & Distributors, Inc.

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

.@LLMInc's first release in 2016 expands their matter management platform

 Liquid Litigation Management's kicks off the new year with a new release of Liquid Lit Manager that introduces added matter management capabilities that provide full functionality for client's needs in any area of the legal department. With the addition of document upload, clients can use this industry-leading product to effortlessly upload and access documents associated with different matters, investigations, litigation, contracts, mergers and more. 

 

By Guest Blogger: Liquid Litigation Management, Inc.

FTI Technology Launches Ringtail Version 8.6

New Analytics and Mobility Features Deliver Greater Accessibility and Performance to Reduce E-Discovery Costs

By Guest Blogger: FTI Technology

FTI Technology Launches Radiance Software Platform

Highly Scalable, Visual Analytics Platform Brings Clarity and Meaning to Electronically Stored Information

By Guest Blogger: FTI Technology

Get local control of #ediscovery #data with @KrollOntrack’s mobile technology

Kroll Ontrack empowers local control over data with mobile ediscovery technology and local expertise

Amid global legal changes which affect the transfer of data between countries and in regulated industries, organizations are grappling with how best to address data privacy concerns when dealing with investigations, regulatory demands and compliance requirements. In response, Kroll Ontrack today launched a unique service delivery model combining portable ediscovery technologies alongside consultative expertise, empowering organizations to capture, analyze, process, filter and review data anywhere.

Kroll Ontrack’s mobile solution combines powerful processing and review technologies with local consultative expertise to enable onsite filtering, examination and review of data – without the constraints of a data center or a fixed, in-country solution. Kroll Ontrack computer forensic and investigations experts conduct targeted data analysis and work side-by-side with compliance, ediscovery teams and counsel to home in on specific user activity and formulate fact-based case strategies on location.

“The power, portability and flexibility of our mobile solution have accelerated our ability to help global clients address global data challenges, literally anywhere,” says Wendy King, product director, Kroll Ontrack. “In the last six months, we have seen a significant increase in clients needing assistance with complex, often sensitive investigations in regions or industries with restrictive privacy laws or complicated regulations. Our integrated global solution, deployed by consultants who are familiar with local laws, languages and cultural issues, gives our clients access to powerful technology and local expertise wherever and whenever they need them.”

By Guest Blogger: Wendy King, Director, Kroll Ontrack

Yerra Solutions AG Acquires London-Based Lex Connect and Appoints Jerome Raguin Global COO

Online knowledge centre and solution finder for legal departments to add value for Yerra clients and provide education for greater in-house legal community

LONDONJan. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Yerra Solutions AG, a global Legal and IP consultancy providing consulting, managed services and technology solutions to Global Fortune® 500 clients, has announced that it has acquired Lex Connect, an online resource designed to help legal and IP departments gain knowledge about operational best practises and identify the most suitable solutions to solve their challenges. The terms of the deal are undisclosed. Lex Connect founder, Jerome Raguin, has joined Yerra Solutions as the global chief operating officer effective 25 January 2016.

Lex Connect is widely used by in-house leaders in Europe and beyond to better understand the vendor and solution landscape available to them. The site includes a matrix of information about technology and services important to managing a legal and IP department, including those for Enterprise Legal Management, Matter Management, eBilling, eDiscovery, Digital Forensics and others. Lex Connect also provides education through partnerships with associations and media outlets, such as the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) whose members regularly receive curated reading lists generated by the site.

"The addition of Lex Connect's knowledge centre, and Jerome's expertise, is perfectly in line with the Yerra mission of educating our clients and the in-house community to help legal leaders make the best decisions possible for their legal operations," states Rajitha Boer, president & CEO of Yerra Solutions AG.

Mr. Raguin will be responsible for managing the operations of Yerra solutions across all of its offices inEurope and Asia and will help to oversee a planned expansion to the United States in 2016. He will also continue to provide to clients and prospective clients the market expertise that led him to start Lex Connect.

"Yerra is vendor agnostic when it comes to performing solution evaluations and implementations," remarks Jerome. "This move will make it easier for Yerra consultants to leverage Lex Connect's resources in making recommendations to clients, so it was a natural fit to join forces."

Learn more about Lex Connect at www.lex-connect.net

About Yerra Solutions

Yerra Solutions is headquartered in Switzerland, with registered offices in Switzerland, the UK andSingapore. Yerra Solutions offers three fundamental services to its Fortune 500 clients: (i) strategic and operational consulting to legal, IP and claims departments; (ii) managed services for eDiscovery, law firm spend management and legal invoice review; and (iii) software applications to support law firms and legal departments. Yerra Solutions focuses on Europe and APAC, although many of its clients are leading global organisations. The company was founded with the philosophy that law and IP departments face unique complexities and require custom solutions to deliver the continuous value that enables their organisations to achieve great things. To learn more about Yerra Solutions, visit www.yerrasolutions.com

By Guest Blogger: Yerra Solutions

Leaflet Announces Leaflet® Platform™ version 5.3

Award winning Document Automation Platform announces Leaflet® Platform™ version 5.3 alongside Legaltech New York 2016

 

Leaflet announces Leaflet® Platform™ version 5.3 alongside Legaltech New York 2016. Apart from introducing easy on-boarding and greater robustness, this release includes the following features:

 

  • DocuSign Integration: Leaflet lets you automate Roles and their Signature Blocks natively in Word. WITH signature blocks across a whole package of your Word documents. Leaflet® Platform™ lets you instantly publish the package for Electronic Signatures.

  • Excel Intake for Offline Answering of Questions: Paralegals can fill out due diligence questionnaires and entity forms without even being in Word or on the Web.

  • RESTful Web Services API (strictly Web integration).

  • Spring-Based Data Integration (non-Web) for integrating with other firm applications’ data.

  • Active Directory / LDAP integration with Single Sign-on.

  • SAML 2.0 based SSO.

 

Other cool features include clause libraries, one-form-to-many documents that are excellent for venture capital and emerging companies, and signature pages extraction that are part of the e-signature integration. Leaflet® Platform™ at its 5.3 release is even more robust especially in Leaflet Draft Live™ to allow insertions in Microsoft® Word at the last minute, changes in roles, and logic.

 

Another important offering is Leaflet® Playbook™. It automates contracts drafted on other-party paper. Playbook extracts incoming contracts’ provisions with a simple right click. The Playbook interface shows the extracted provisions alongside the whole document. Bookmarks readily move users from the extracted provisions back into the full text of the contract. Users then work with best practice clauses configured by the Playbook factory. Users insert these as counter-clauses into the document using guidance for each option. They prepare entire draft contracts as redlined counter-proposals.

 

Leaflet Corporation’s Leaflet® Platform™ was among the June nominees for award winners to be announced at Legaltech© News Innovation Awards 2015 (Leaflet Among Nominees and Winners). Leaflet came home from the event in San Francisco having won Legaltech© News Innovation Awards Best Document Automation / Management Leaflet Corp. 2015

Talking about robustness and features, make sure to read the breath taking article that accompanies Legaltech© News’ announcement of the award “Leaflet Winner Best Document Automation / Management”: Test Drive: Work Product Redux—Automation is necessary to assemble documents efficiently and accurately.

By Guest Blogger: Leaflet Corporation

Get more work done, while reducing legal spend

Leaflet Platform eliminates drudgery, helping attorneys work the way they want to work, faster—as much as 80% faster. This e-book examines how Legal Departments can get more flexibility to respond to increasing workloads while keeping costs down.

By Guest Blogger: Leaflet Corporation

How Lawfirms address Price Pressure

Clients clamoring for alternative fee arrangements (AFAs). Increasing demands to write-down billable hours and write-off associate work. Margins squeezed by lower-cost competitors These days, law firms and the lawyers who work there face mounting pressure to reduce prices and cost inefficiencies. This e-book surveys the factors behind this trend and focuses on some legal document automation tools firms can adopt to relieve those pressures.

By Guest Blogger: Leaflet Corporation

Next Generation Document Automation Platform Product Review

DOCUMENTS ARE LAWYERS’ primary work products and can be reused to save law firms time and money. But if a law firm does not automate document production, documents can be inefficient to produce, and the text may contravene the firm’s best practices. Without some document strategy, client document requests will fill lawyers’ task lists and distract them from high-value work.

By Guest Blogger: Leaflet Corporation

Content Analyst® to Provide CLE Track on eDiscovery Breakthroughs at LegalTech 2016

Content Analyst Company LLC, developer of the market-leading CAAT® text analytics engine, announced today that the company will host a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) track at the LegalTech 2016 conference in New York City on Thursday, February 4, 2016 at the New York Hilton.

Entitled, “eDiscovery Breakthroughs: Analytics and the Changing Face of Discovery,” this highly informative and educational conference track explores the changing face of an analytics-powered eDiscovery world that echoes consumer expectations in finding information more intelligently through examples.  In eDiscovery, analytics techniques such as predictive coding, email threading, textual near dupe, dynamic clustering and conceptual search make the entire review process easier and more efficient.  Several real world case studies are presented by the litigation teams themselves along with the vendors who enabled their clients’ successes.

All sessions will be moderated by Ari Kaplan, Principal, Ari Kaplan Advisors. Details of each session are as follows:

10:30 - 11:45 AM: Dancing with the Stars of eDiscovery: Case Studies in eDiscovery Powered by Analytics

eDiscovery practitioners have paired up with their software vendors to show their best litigation dance steps as they each present case studies in eDiscovery powered by analytics. See how clients saved millions of dollars and countless person-hours by putting analytics in motion with the grace and elegance of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. 

Panelists include:

  • Drew Lewis -- Vice President of Innovation, General Counsel, Paragon;
    and Iram Arras - Vice President, Product Strategy, iCONECT
  • Alison Silverstein -- Managing Director, McDermott Discovery;
    and Jacob Cross -- Customer Success Workflow Consultant, kCura;
  • Michelle Drucker -- Litigation Paralegal, Dentons LLC;
    and Collin Miller, Director of Riskcovery Services, Altep
  • Mark G. Walker -- Sr. eDiscovery Consultant, iControl ESI; and Mike Schubert -- Chief Operational Officer, Ipro

12:15 - 1:30 PM: Consumerization and eDiscovery: How Pandora, Netflix and Amazon are Changing eDiscovery Expectations through Analytics 

Consumer applications such as Pandora music service, Netflix and Amazon have changed the way we expect information to be presented to us as consumers. Consumers now expect services such as these to anticipate and present more relevant information based on examples as an indication of interest, powered by advanced analytics. 

Litigation practitioners and corporate counsel should expect the same from their eDiscovery software – finding what they’re looking for without having to specifically ask for it by name, and using predictive coding to find similar documents and tag them as responsive or privileged.  Come see real life examples of how sophisticated advanced analytics are used in eDiscovery much like they are with consumer applications used by hundreds of millions of people every day, to more intelligently and efficiently process massive amounts of data into manageable and cost-effective collections.

Panelists include:

  • Jeff Fehrman -- Chief Strategy Officer, Mindseye
  • Jawahar Jaddu -- Director, Product Management, Consilio
  • Hunter McMahon -- Vice President of Legal & Consulting Services, Altep

These sessions are open to registered conference attendees at LegalTech 2016.  For more information and to register, visit www.LegalTechShow.com or visit Content Analyst at booth # 119.

 

About Content Analyst Company: 

Content Analyst Company enables subject matter experts to find the most relevant information ten times faster than ever before possible from unstructured content via the company's award-winning CAAT advanced analytics engine. Content Analyst exponentially reduces the time needed to discern relevant information from unstructured content. Our dynamic suite of text analytics capabilities delivers significant value wherever knowledge workers need to extract insights from large amounts of unstructured content. For more information, visit www.contentanalyst.com.

 

Media Contact

Steven Toole, VP, Marketing – Content Analyst, smtoole@contentanalyst.com, 703-935-0772

By Guest Blogger: Content Analyst Company

LawBase Launching New Version at Legaltech New York

 

LawBase is launching LawBase 12.5 at Legaltech New York Feb. 2-4. The product will be available for viewing at booth #311 or private demos are being offered in the company’s suite.

 

LawBase 12.5 includes a new workflow editor, customized tool tips, improvements to LBConcierge automation tool and Exchange integration, enhanced html and rich text data types, and improved product update distribution method.

 

 

LawBase is a powerful and configurable case and matter management solution, known for incredible flexibility without sacrificing functionality. LawBase’s strengths include its wide array of integrations with other popular legal software that maximize the return on investment for users. LawBase allows law firms, corporate legal departments and government agencies to track a file’s progress, maintain client files within various areas of the law, keep complete calendars and schedules, maintain file room management and perform large repetitive tasks with just a few keystrokes, saving time and money.LawBase is launching LawBase 12.5 at Legaltech New York Feb. 2-4. The product will be available for viewing at booth #311 or private demos are being offered in the company’s suite.

 

 

By Guest Blogger: LawBase

Upload Data, ECA, Review and Production in one simple SaaS platform

The mid-tier corporate and law firm market has been underserviced with technology catered to them to manage electronic discovery. Antiquated platforms create a large barrier to get their essential data reviews completed and are left to outsource the processing and hosting at a premium cost. This has caused many unnecessary settlements when corporations or firms could otherwise review initially to determine merit.

We believe that ALL cases should be given access to the best technology so you may properly litigate or defend on merit. Our industry has been too self-serving and the way we see self-service is providing you access to your information with simplicity under the cost of traditional discovery.

Fox allows for fast processing and review at a predictable cost structure by only being charged for the size of data at intake. This includes all process, hosting, data custodians, users and anything else you are currently seeing on your invoice.

By Guest Blogger: TCDI Fox

Upload Data, ECA, Review and Production in one simple SaaS platform

The mid-tier corporate and law firm market has been underserviced with technology catered to them to manage electronic discovery. Antiquated platforms create a large barrier to get their essential data reviews completed and are left to outsource the processing and hosting at a premium cost. This has caused many unnecessary settlements when corporations or firms could otherwise review initially to determine merit.

We believe that ALL cases should be given access to the best technology so you may properly litigate or defend on merit. Our industry has been too self-serving and the way we see self-service is providing you access to your information with simplicity under the cost of traditional discovery.

Fox allows for fast processing and review at a predictable cost structure by only being charged for the size of data at intake. This includes all process, hosting, data custodians, users and anything else you are currently seeing on your invoice.

By Guest Blogger: TCDI

Simply and securely upload data. Conduct your ECA. Organize, review and produce!

The mid-tier corporate and law firm market has been underserviced with technology catered to them to manage electronic discovery. Antiquated platforms create a large barrier to get their essential data reviews completed and are left to outsource the processing and hosting at a premium cost. This has caused many unnecessary settlements when corporations or firms could otherwise review initially to determine merit.

We believe that ALL cases should be given access to the best technology so you may properly litigate or defend on merit. Our industry has been too self-serving and the way we see self-service is providing you access to your information with simplicity under the cost of traditional discovery.

Fox allows for fast processing and review at a predictable cost structure by only being charged for the size of data at intake. This includes all process, hosting, data custodians, users and anything else you are currently seeing on your invoice.

Processing

Fox decreases the need to send data anywhere to be processed for review. Follow a few simple steps and you have the data processing faster than it would take to call someone. Once you click “GO” your data is getting securely transferred to a highly secure, Tier 3 data center where Discovery Workflow® (DWF) lights up and begins parsing the metadata with a large farm of “server-soldiers.”

Based off of your settings, DWF will cull the data based off of duplicates, NIST files or date range. No need to clutter Fox with unnecessary data, so all that will show are documents you want to see.


Review

Whether you are investigating your data or direct to review, the culmination of 28 years of helping firms with complex litigation, we have review covered. Your workflow can be customized to be a simple linear review of your data or take advantage of data analytics to organize your data for a logical review. CAAT Analytics is present in any review you would like and is blended in a way that allows any reviewer to quickly understand and review more efficiently.

Utilizing concept clustering, data categorization, finding similar documents or email threads is very important to get to what you need quickly. Oddly enough, even MORE important is that this process is simple to do. Fox has been designed to help any level of sophisticated user grow in their review strategies. You know what? Just try it out, you’ll see.


Production

Fox is simple from one end to the next, and productions are exactly that. Simply select the options for export and your production will be packaged up and delivered to you precisely how you want them.

Predictable Pricing

Fox – simplicity is in the name and so should the pricing for access to it. Our pricing model is simple. It is based off of your unexpanded source data size at a low per gigabyte price point that includes everything. That is it. Simple like we said, right?

If not, let us further elaborate. That pricing for the use of Fox includes everything. We mean it. Processing, hosting, training, product support, CAAT Analytics, Cases, Custodians, Workflows, Productions…get where we are going with this? Everything.

Now, not all reviews are created equal and every now and then, our clients like to leverage the expertise of our seasoned (average 8 years at TCDI) Project Architects. Should you like to leverage this group of professionals, we simply bill by the hour. Their goals will always align with yours – fastest point from data ingestion to production. Our team consists of recovering attorneys, former paralegals, litigation support personnel who also like relax and spend time with their families, so never any inflated hours, but will take ownership of your project and see it through.

 

The TCDI Fox team has been a leading eDiscovery partner for our clients since 1988 by focusing on specialized client needs. The origami fox is indicative of a masterful amalgamation of data processing, complex databases, workflows, and review strategies all folded into a simplified SAAS product.

Let us show you how Fox can streamline your review processes.

By Guest Blogger: TCDI Fox

Venio to Showcase VenioOne: Unified E-Discovery Platform at Legaltech New York 2016


Fairfax, VA, January 21, 2016 – Venio Systems, the leading provider of integrated e-discovery software for corporations, law firms and service providers, announced today that it will be introducing its new unified, end-to-end e-discovery platform, VenioOne, at Legaltech New York 2016.
                                                                                                                                                   
VenioOne is the latest evolution of Venio’s flagship e-discovery platform. As a single platform, VenioOne reduces risk and cost by speeding through ESI. “An end-to-end platform reduces the threat of data loss because ESI is not transferred from one system to another,” says Arestotle Thapa, Venio Systems’ CEO. “There is also a cost savings by licensing only one product. A unified platform also greatly improves project workflow as all documents remain in the platform from ingestion through production. There is no need to worry about which documents were culled or exported for review. Case teams can easily prioritize review batches or change strategy related to responsiveness.”

The updated VenioOne includes improved processing and review capabilities. Review functionality has been streamlined to increase review rates. Users now have more granular control of workflow with increased redaction control, privilege log integration review set supervision.

Also at Legaltech 2016, Arestotle Thapa and Venio’s Vice President of Education and Training, Babs Deacon, will be joined by Indicium Law’s Eric Mandel and Ricoh’s David Greetham on the Emerging Track CLE session, Ethics: Choosing the CloudThe panel discussion will focus on an attorney’s ethical responsibilities related to assessing discovery hosting options and will outline a checklist for being an ethical and educated consumer.

The session will take place on February 3 (Day 2) at 1:15pm in the Sutton Center. All are welcome, including “Exhibit Only” badge holders. Attendees of this session can also earn Ethics CLE Credits.
                                                                                   
Legaltech takes place at the New York Hilton on February 2-4, 2016 It is the most important legal technology event of the year and offers law firms and legal departments the ability to stay on top of the evolving legal technology to improve their law practice management. Attendees can earn CLE credits, learn about the newest advances in technology and network with industry leaders.

For more information about VenioOne please visit Booth 1994 at Legaltech New York or www.veniosystems.com.

About Venio Systems
Venio Systems, based in Fairfax, Virginia, is a team of innovators and developers with 20 years of experience in providing e-discovery solutions. Venio Systems was created to address the industry's lack of truly integrated e-discovery systems. VenioOne is a fully functional web-based application designed to provide law firms, corporations and government entities with the ability to manage all phases of discovery from a single tool. Venio Systems remains on the forefront of innovation to provide solutions anyone can use. For more information, visit http://www.veniosystems.com/.

Media Contact
Vicki LaBrosse

Monday, January 25, 2016

Defending Data: Turning Cybersecurity Inside Out

Global cyber security and information intelligence technology company Nuix recently released the findings from a new survey of corporate information security practitioners that indicates a move toward a stronger focus on insider threats and more understanding of cybersecurity issues at the board level. The survey, titled Defending Data: Turning Cybersecurity Inside Out With Corporate Leadership Perspectives on Reshaping Our Information Protection Practices, was conducted by Ari Kaplan Advisors and sponsored by Nuix.

“We had in-depth conversations with chief information security officers and directors from Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 companies about the dynamic nature of security and how their role is adapting,” said Ari Kaplan, the report’s author and principal researcher. “Security leaders now have a much more influential seat at the table, partly because of the public nature of breaches and the lack of information security.”

The report found that there’s a greater focus on insider threats since the first report was conducted in 2014. Nearly three-quarters (71%) of respondents reported that they have an insider threat program or policy, and 14% said that they allocate 40% or more of their budget to insider threats.

“Managing incident response and insider threats has received greater investment in the past year,” said one respondent. “There’s been a shift in allocation toward looking internally, rather than at the perimeter. The company is looking at data loss prevention technology to fight insider threats,” added another respondent.

“The findings in this report are of no surprise—they represent the same issues and concerns that we’re advising our customers on every day,” said Keith Lowry, Nuix’s Senior Vice President of Business Threat Intelligence and Analysis. “First, there’s greater awareness of insider threats thanks to the public profiles of Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden. It’s also easier to steal information; for example, you can copy key files onto a thumb drive in seconds. And finally, sadly enough, theft of internal records has become culturally more acceptable.”

People were reported to be “almost universally” the biggest weakness in information security, ahead of technology and processes. Of the respondents that reported to have an insider threat or policy, 70% offer employee training to minimize risk. “The company employs intelligence teams that study different aspects of communications, user activity, social media, suspicious activity and other details,” said one respondent.

“We’re seeing a lot more hands on training, employee monitoring and testing to address the issue,” said Kaplan.

The report Defending Data: Turning Cybersecurity Inside Out With Corporate Leadership Perspectives on Reshaping Our Information Protection Practices was written by Ari Kaplan Advisors and sponsored by Nuix. It involved in-depth interviews of 28 corporate security officials and two experts with experience across thousands of security breach investigations.

By Guest Blogger: Nuix

Friday, January 22, 2016

4 Ways to Increase Productivity for Growing Law Firms

4 Ways to Increase Productivity for Growing Law Firms

 

Utilizing technology to increase stability, security, and time becomes of paramount importance as a firm grows beyond four people. Selecting a cloud solution built specifically for a law firm eliminates an array of sticky details and decisions.

By Guest Blogger: Legal Workspace

9 Data Security Questions You Should Ask Your IT Provider

9 Data Security Questions You Should Ask Your IT Provider

Wondering how secure your data is? By asking your provider these questions you should be able to rest easy knowing it is safe or be aware of the measurements you need to take to not be at risk.

By Guest Blogger: Legal Workspace

7 Advantages of the Cloud for a Law Firm

Still deciding between housing data on-site or using a cloud-based solution? More and more law firms today are moving to the cloud for various reasons. Here are 7 different ways your firm can benefit by choosing the cloud as it's IT solution.

By Guest Blogger: Legal Workspace

Tabs3 clients can use Symphony OCR to add an OCR layer to any documents managed by PracticeMaster!

Tabs3 Announces New Integration with Trumpet, Inc.

Symphony OCR® provides law firms with text-searchable documents within PracticeMaster

Lincoln, NE – January 22, 2016 – Software Technology, Inc., the maker of Tabs3 and PracticeMaster, announced a new partnership with Trumpet, Inc., the maker of Symphony OCR. In the latest update to Tabs3 software, clients can use Symphony OCR to add an OCR layer to any new documents managed by PracticeMaster. Symphony OCR identifies any saved document that is not text-searchable, and automatically creates an OCR layer that makes the text in the document searchable. Symphony OCR will also process all existing saved documents. Symphony OCR gives users the confidence of knowing that all documents will be found using PracticeMaster’s text search functionality.

“Teaming with Trumpet extends our document search functionality and provides law firms with an intuitive and easy-to-use way to make sure all PDFs are searchable,” said Dan Berlin, President of Software Technology, Inc. “For over 35 years, we have worked hard to develop reliable, quality software for law firms and to ensure Tabs3 clients can organize their firm’s documents and perform conflict of interest searches easily.”

"Symphony OCR makes it easier to find exactly what you need when you need it. Without OCR, most scanned documents are not actually text-searchable, as the document is simply saved as an image.  Symphony OCR transforms it into a fully text-searchable document,” said Robin Houston, Director of Sales and Marketing at Trumpet, Inc. “Integrating Symphony OCR into PracticeMaster allows law firms to reach new heights of efficiency and productivity.”

PracticeMaster’s integration with Symphony OCR is included in Version 17, as well as the newly released Version 18! Version 18 also includes new ways to save time through enhanced reconciliation, bank transaction import capabilities, and improved trust accounting features. The reconciliation process in Version 18 has been completely redesigned to have fewer steps and make any discrepancies easier to understand, helping clients reconcile their accounts faster. Further, clients can save time and prevent the possibility of human error by importing transactions from their bank’s website directly into Tabs3 General Ledger and Trust Accounting software. Finally, with the improvements to Tabs3 Trust Accounting, it’s even easier to keep clients’ trust account balances in check.

For more information about Tabs3 and PracticeMaster, visit Tabs3.com.

For more information about Symphony OCR for PracticeMaster, visit www.trumpetinc.com/symphonyocr

About Software Technology, Inc.
Software Technology, Inc. (STI), the maker of Tabs3 and PracticeMaster software, has been at the forefront of developing software for law firms for over 35 years. Tabs3 is one of the most widely used legal-specific time and billing products in the United States and has been an industry leader since its introduction in 1979. Tabs3 is designed to seamlessly integrate with PracticeMaster, a leader in practice management software. Among its many features, PracticeMaster provides an easy way for firms to create a firm-wide calendar, search for conflicts of interest, organize case and contact information, and manage email and documents. For more information, call (402) 419-2200, email sales@tabs3.com, or visit Tabs3.com.

About Trumpet, Inc.

Forward-thinking and always focused on making life better for our clients, Trumpet has devoted nearly two decades to developing and implementing document management and workflow automation tools for the financial and legal markets.  Our purpose is simple: to help people enjoy the way they work. 

As a trusted technology partner in the legal space, Trumpet's solutions are designed to "just work".  From Symphony OCR® (optical character recognition) to automated filing and publishing, firms save time and effort by creating technology that works the way they do. For more information please visit www.trumpetinc.com.

By Guest Blogger: Tabs3 Software

Tabs3 Announces New Integration! ProPay empowers law firms to process payments within Tabs3

Tabs3 Announces New Integration with ProPay®

ProPay empowers law firms to process payments seamlessly within Tabs3

Lincoln, NE – January 21, 2016 – Software Technology, Inc., the maker of Tabs3 and PracticeMaster, announced a new relationship with ProPay, a TSYS® company. In the latest update to Tabs3 software, clients can accept debit cards, credit cards, and electronic funds transfers and avoid entering payments twice. Clients can sign up with easy to understand, low rates, and most can start accepting cards within minutes without the need to wait days for traditional account underwriting.

“Teaming with ProPay makes it quick and easy to accept credit cards, and law firms should spend less time on collections and reduce write offs by accepting credit cards,” said Dan Berlin, President of Software Technology, Inc. “For over 35 years, we have worked hard to develop reliable, quality software for law firms, and using Tabs3 helps make getting paid quick and easy.”

"Client billing is the lifeblood of any law firm,” said Ryan Oakes, chief operating officer of ProPay. “Integrating ProPay payment services with Tabs3 gives law firms greater efficiency and productivity while providing peace of mind that their transactions are secure.”

Tabs3’s integration with ProPay is a Version 18 feature. Version 18 also includes new ways to save time through enhanced reconciliation, bank transaction import capabilities, and improved trust accounting features. The reconciliation process in Version 18 has been completely redesigned to have fewer steps and make any discrepancies easier to understand, helping clients reconcile their accounts faster. Further, clients can save time and prevent the possibility of human error by importing transactions from their bank’s website directly into Tabs3 General Ledger and Trust Accounting software. Finally, with the improvements to Tabs3 Trust Accounting, it’s even easier to keep clients’ trust account balances in check.

For more information about Tabs3 and PracticeMaster, visit Tabs3.com.

About Software Technology, Inc.
Software Technology, Inc. (STI), the maker of Tabs3 and PracticeMaster software, has been at the forefront of developing software for law firms for over 35 years. Tabs3 is one of the most widely used legal-specific time and billing products in the United States and has been an industry leader since its introduction in 1979. Tabs3 is designed to seamlessly integrate with PracticeMaster, a leader in practice management software. Among its many features, PracticeMaster provides an easy way for firms to create a firm-wide calendar, search for conflicts of interest, organize case and contact information, and manage email and documents. For more information, call (402) 419-2200, email sales@tabs3.com, or visit Tabs3.com.

About ProPay

Since 1997, ProPay has provided simple, secure and affordable payment solutions for organizations ranging from small, home-based entrepreneurships to multi-billion-dollar enterprises requiring complex payment solutions. ProPay’s ProtectPay platform provides software integrators, payment facilitators and SaaS providers with all the tools necessary to easily implement payment processing. As a leading provider of complete end-to-end payment security solutions, ProPay helps reduce the client organization’s risk of sensitive payment data compromise. ProPay is a wholly owned subsidiary of TSYS (NYSE: TSS) and is a leader in payment data security. For information, visit www.propay.com or call (888) 227-9856.

About TSYS

At TSYS, (NYSE: TSS), we believe payments should revolve around people — not the other way around. We call this belief People-Centered PaymentsSM. By putting people at the center of every decision we make, TSYS supports financial institutions, businesses and governments in more than 80 countries. Through NetSpend, a TSYS Company, we empower consumers with the convenience, security and freedom to be self-banked. TSYS offers issuer services and merchant payment acceptance for credit, debit, prepaid, healthcare and business solutions.

TSYS’ headquarters are located in Columbus, Georgia, with local offices spread across the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific. TSYS provides services to more than half of the top 20 international banks and has been named one of the 2015 World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere magazine. TSYS routinely posts all important information on its website. For more information, please visit us at www.tsys.com.

By Guest Blogger: Tabs3 Software

10 Ways to Take Your Document Review Beyond the Status Quo

A visually informative infographic featuring the most important considerations for your next review platform.

By Guest Blogger: iCONECT

iCONECT presents the most significant 2015 eDiscovery metrics all in one place

You collected all the relevant eDiscovery surveys and reports from the past year, but you don’t recall what federal judges think about attorneys’ eDiscovery competency? Or, what about the percentage of corporations spending at least $1M on eDiscovery? And, how well was the ‘cloud’ received?
 
No need to search all the pages of every 2015 eDiscovery study for the metrics that mean the most to you and your organization—iCONECT has ‘mashed’ them up in one clever infographic for your convenience.

By Guest Blogger: iCONECT

Reinventing the RFP: Getting the Most Out of Your Document Review Platform in 2016

2016 will present a number of opportunities for organizations to upgrade a variety of technology tools that the recession forced them to delay.


In particular, document review programs that are due for renewal following a multi-year initial engagement, no longer meet the needs of the firm or where their vendor’s focus on solving client needs seems to have faded. In order to more effectively identify, evaluate and select prospective new tools, acquirers such as law firms and corporate legal departments must begin to update their Request for Proposal (RFP) process to better reflect future trends in litigation, new advancements in the market and their individual
needs.

By Guest Blogger: iCONECT

Veritext to Host Educational Webinar Series on Hot Topics of Concern to Legal Professionals

Veritext, the world’s largest court reporting company, today announced that the experts on their LawStudio team will be presenting a series of educational webinars that delve into topics of concern to legal professionals. The webinars are free of charge. The first one, “Find Files Faster: How to Leverage Cloud Storage for Super Speedy Searching” will be on Tuesday, January 12 at 2:00 p.m. ET.

 

In this session, the presenter will explore why uploading documents in the cloud is not only easy, but more efficient when it comes to working with them. Discussion topics include: 

  • Uploading Files Faster
  • Searching Files Faster
  • Annotating Files Faster
  • Reporting on Annotations Faster
  • Working Faster - Overall!

Attendees can register by clicking on the following link: http://www.lawstudio.com/about-us/events/

 

The second webinar in the series, “5 Ways to Confidentially Collaborate in the Cloud”, addresses the needs of modern litigation which requires attorneys to work seamlessly with their team. Whether it is co-counsel, paralegals, lit teams, experts or clients, the workflow must be simple and efficient. The cloud has promised this for some time, but is it ready to deliver? The session will answer questions like:

  • How can I share files with my team securely and easily?
  • How can I stay secure and collaborate in the cloud?
  • How can my team annotate on the same document?
  • Are there ways I can report on all of our teamwork?
  • How can I virtual conference with clients, colleagues or experts?

This second webinar will be hosted on Tuesday, February 9 at 2:00 p.m. ET. Attendees can register by clicking on the following link: http://www.lawstudio.com/about-us/events/

 

 Representatives and subject matter experts from Veritext will be at Legaltech New York this February 2 – 4 in booth 1515.

By Guest Blogger: LawStudio by VERITEXT LEGAL SOLUTIONS

New Workspace Software LawStudio Developed and Launched by Litigation Support Innovators at Veritext

Veritext, the world’s largest court reporting company, today announced the release of LawStudio – an all-in-one workspace that allows litigation attorneys and support staff to build their case. Documents, exhibits, depositions, videos, images and more are all in one place and are simple to access by all members working on a case. LawStudio is affordably priced at $299 per month for a single license, includes unlimited file storage, allows access from anywhere at any time and requires no IT support to purchase and use.

 

“We designed LawStudio to be a complete and robust litigation support platform while remaining easily accessible to any legal professional, regardless of their technical abilities or financial situation,” says Nancy Josephs, CEO of Veritext. “By keeping the cost low and the technology simple, we believe we’ve created a truly unique, innovative and useful tool.”

 

LawStudio’s simple searching, annotation and reporting capabilities, integration with existing software and services and video streaming help legal teams collaborate easily on a case. Robust features include:

  • File and Case Management – Secure data hosting means information is in one place and accessible anywhere, anytime. Files can be added using the “drag and drop” feature, and searching is simple and fast.
  • Software and Service Integration – Transcripts and exhibits are automatically loaded.
  • Annotation Engine – Capture, categorize and catalog every piece of information, including text and images.
  • Robust Reports – Summarize any annotations, have the citations you need to construct a motion or trial document and use the image capture to include the actual image from the document – not just text.
  • Collaboration Platform – Advanced security and sharing controls allow users to set the team. Extensive audit trails show who did what and when.
  • Secure Share – Securely share large files while adding encryptions and link expiration times.
  • Video Streaming – Veritext deposition videos are instantly streamed to users’ accounts, and other videos can be uploaded at any time. 
  • Client Connect – Built-in HD web conferencing allows users to virtually meet with and show documents to clients.
  • Swift Redact – Data is protected and permanently removed before sharing.
  • MS Office Integration  Share secure links within an email and upload and send large files right from a message. MS Office documents, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint, can be saved in their LawStudio case folder with one click. 

LawStudio offers a free 45-day trial and can be accessed from the company’s website at www.lawstudio.com. Pricing for a single license starts at $299 per month and drops as low as $208 per user per month for firms with more than 21 users with an annual subscription. 

By Guest Blogger: LawStudio by VERITEXT LEGAL SOLUTIONS

Switzerland-based Yerra Solutions at LTNY for the first time in preparation for expansion to US

Yerra Solutions AG, a global Legal and IP consultancy providing consulting, managed services and technology solutions to Global Fortune® 500 clients, has announced that it will exhibit at the Legaltech New York show taking place 2-4 of February at the New York Hilton Midtown. The company will be in booth 401 and will host a happy hour for in-house legal, IP and eDiscovery professionals on the 3rd of February.

 

Yerra Solutions currently has offices and operations in Switzerland, UK, Singapore and Poland and is planning an expansion to the United States in 2016. The company will highlight its managed services and technology solutions for legal spend management and eDiscovery at the show. Experts will be on hand to discuss all of Yerra's solution offerings that address costs and operational efficiency for legal, IP, compliance, claims, eDiscovery and legal procurement.

 

Yerra invites in-house legal, IP and eDiscovery professionals to register for the in-house networking happy hour: http://madmimi.com/signups/180855/join

 

Event details:

Wednesday, February 3rd

5:00 – 7:00 pm

The Roof at Viceroy Hotel

124 W. 57th Street

 

About Yerra Solutions

 

Yerra Solutions is headquartered in Switzerland, with registered offices in Switzerland, the UK and Singapore. Yerra Solutions offers three fundamental services to its Fortune 500 clients: (i) strategic and operational consulting to legal, IP and claims departments; (ii) managed services for eDiscovery, law firm spend management and legal invoice review; and (iii) software applications to support law firms and legal departments. Yerra Solutions focuses on Europe and APAC, although many of its clients are leading global organisations. The company was founded with the philosophy that law and IP departments face unique complexities and require custom solutions to deliver the continuous value that enables their organisations to achieve great things. To learn more about Yerra Solutions, visit www.yerrasolutions.com.

By Guest Blogger: Yerra Solutions

Forexus released Chat eDiscovery 2.5: Process and deduplicate instant messages for review

Forexus released version 2.5 of Chat eDiscovery, a software solution which allows chat data from the source or journaling systems to be de-duplicated, formatted as a document and loaded into conventional eDiscovery systems. The deduplication is performed on a per chat message basis, which reduces the review population up to 64%. Further reductions can be achieved by elimination of irrelevant systems status messages and disclaimers. Chat transcripts created from Bloomberg, Reuters, Lync and other chat systems have the same format, which allows for efficient and rapid reviews.

The software is designed for windows environments and integrates into the active directory. For performance reasons a modular design with dedicated workers was chosen, which makes it scalable and flexible. The backend is implemented with Microsoft SQL server and allows direct access to the database for advanced users.

Forexus is based in Zürich, Switzerland and offers eDiscovery, IT Forensic and Data Analytics services with the main focus on financial institutions and law companies. For more information about Chat eDiscovery visit www.chatediscovery.com or the company website www.forexus.ch.

By Guest Blogger: Forexus

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

LegalConference Advanced Webinar Service Pricing

LegalConference.com webinar will render live video streaming from its' server to a set number of seats which represent the number of computers participating in a webinar. Each computer participating in the webinar will be invited by the undersigned client using LegalConference.com. Each seat and principal host of the webinar will use LegalConference.com to conduct the webinar. Any standard web browser will work for the LegalConference.com Webinar. No software download is needed to conduct the webinar

 

FEATURES:

 Live video streaming with full motion webcam or attached video camera;
 Live real-time audio communication with attached or built-in microphone;
 Live audience participation through video streaming on personal computer;
 Live text chat for live question and answer sessions;
 Live slide show with power point presentation;
 Live document review with document edits; and
 Live recording of webinar upon request (must call to schedule a recording).

By Guest Blogger: LegalConference.com

LegalConference Web Videoconferencing comparison

LegalConference offers a quick and easy format to conduct a clean online videoconference experience. No per user charges, it was professionally designed by a company with over 10 years of videoconferencing experience making the layout intuitive for the average Internet user

LegalConference provides a secure client file management platform vault that merges videoconferencing with document storage, editing, collaboration and retrieval. The vault platform enables all members of the legal community (attorneys, judges, clients, experts, court reporters, and others) to confer and review documents in a totally secure environment. Legalconference operates through all major browsers and does not require any software downloads.

By Guest Blogger: LegalConference.com

Whitepaper: Secure Video and Document Vault Security

LegalConference - A Guide Regarding the Complexities of Video and Document Vault Security

The design of the LegalConference™ “vault” platform is purposely structured to assure that all existing systems within a firm remain in place and uncompromised. LegalConference™ is a highly secure and neutral platform that confidently integrates a carrier based convergent technology system of communication (video, voice, text, etc.) with complete data transfer, which includes full editing and collaboration to outside third parties without placing any burden or imposition upon the existing information technology of the firm

By Guest Blogger: LegalConference.com

Legal Tech - Importance of Video & Document Share Security

LegalConference.com provides a comprehensive bundle of secure videoconferencing, encrypted document sharing and storage, and confidential client file management.

By Guest Blogger: LegalConference.com

LegalConference provides a confidential & secure client file management platform vault which integra

LegalConference provides a secure client file management platform vault that merges videoconferencing with document storage, editing, collaboration and retrieval. The vault platform enables all members of the legal community (attorneys, judges, clients, experts, court reporters, and others) to confer and review documents in a totally secure environment. Legalconference operates through all major browsers and does not require any software downloads.

*Secure document storage.
*Secure document collaboration.
*Secure document downloads.
*Unlimited video conferencing

Additional features include:

*webinar
*off site backup
*vaulted offline storage, guaranteed in the United States.

By Guest Blogger: LegalConference.com

@wkemsolutins ebook on an ecosystem approach

Downloadthe e-book today! Leaders of corporate legal, compliance and claims organizations and law firms face more complex demands and pressure to manage their departments as “value drivers” for their organizations.  This calls for more holistic technology solutions that can reach across the silos of various functions. The ELM Solutions Ecosystem includes an integrated portfolio of strategically managed partnerships, software products and services that allow our customers to address their complex enterprise legal management challenges.  Software solutions in the ecosystem occur within product families; application integrations are either Platform-Enabled or Service-Enabled.  

By Guest Blogger: Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions

Monday, January 18, 2016

@CapaxDiscovery updates EAS for the latest rules

 

Discovery timelines have been shortened and early case assessment (ECA) is now more important than ever. Our fast, accurate and repeatable search allows you to rapidly search terabytes of data with advanced concept search technology to answer questions such as, "Is there a case here?". EAS Discovery delivers real-time ECA to front load eDiscovery and prepare your team for discovery conferences, a predictive cost/benefit model to help define what is proportional to the needs of the case, and technology to help prove reasonableness by quickly finding and preserving only relevant ESI without spoliation.

By Guest Blogger: Capax Discovery

@CapaxDiscovery on a new offering for your dark data

 

Unmanaged data across corporate repositories has become an increasingly significant problem. The exponential growth of data is forcing forward-thinking organizations to deal with the issue of managing dark data – operational data that is not being used. But even risk-averse organizations can quickly benefit from managing and applying retention or disposition policies to this redundant, obsolete or trivial (ROT) data.

By Guest Blogger: Capax Discovery

@CapaxDiscovery on the impact of the FRCP rule changes

 

Historically electronic discovery was often conducted en masse with large swaths of data being preserved and collected. Organizations frequently preserved all email indefinitely and collected entire mailboxes in response to litigation. Now under the updated FRCP, Rule 26 adds an emphasis on discovery proportionality where litigants are to conduct discovery in proportion to the size and characteristics of the case. The new Rules will shift many organizations to more selectively (granularly) preserve and collect individual content.

By Guest Blogger: Capax Discovery

EARLY CASE ASSESSMENT: EVOLVING FROM TACTICAL TO PRACTICAL

In eDiscovery, we maintain many bad habits from the pre-digital age.
However, we have lost sight of one great habit: a preliminary walkthrough
of boxes containing material potentially relevant for disclosure.
This ritual gave the discovery team a chance to get the lay of the land.
The team could get a general sense of the boxes’ contents, begin to
understand how the materials were organized, and start to prioritize
efforts to understand and handle the materials. Boxes containing
interesting documents got moved to the front of the line. Boxes of lesser
interest were assigned a lower priority, to be returned to as time, need,
and resources permitted. The lowest priority boxes were probably never
looked at again—time or money ran out or the team decided they had
found enough pertinent materials to meet their needs.
Just as we walked through paper documents in the past, today we
should do walk-throughs of electronically stored information (ESI).
ESI walk-throughs need to be done quite differently, as it poses
challenges and offers opportunities we never faced with paper.
The volumes of ESI involved in discovery today make this task
impossible without the use of technology. But many legal professionals
seem to think early case assessment (ECA) and technology assisted
review (TAR)—specifically, technologies like predictive coding—are
essentially the same thing. However, these three-letter acronyms have
very little in common. Predictive coding is in fact least suitable for ECA
but many other technologies can do a much better job of helping you
get an early understanding of your data and what to do with it.
In this paper, we will examine four kinds of analytics—statistical, date,
textual and relationship—and five practical ways you can apply them in
early case assessment. These techniques can give you a much clearer,
more accurate, and comprehensive view of the issues at hand and the
potential pitfalls you will need to avoid, at the earliest possible stages
of the discovery process.

By Guest Blogger: Nuix

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Tabs3 Software delivers new ways to save time with Version 18!

Tabs3 Software Releases Version 18

Version 18 of Tabs3 software delivers new ways to save time through enhanced reconciliation, bank transaction import capabilities, and improved trust accounting features.

Lincoln, NE – January 14, 2016 – Software Technology, Inc., the maker of Tabs3 and PracticeMaster, announced a new release, Version 18, which includes over 70 enhancements to their already award-winning software.


“The enhanced reconciliation features in Version 18 will allow back-office staff to work even more efficiently,” said Dan Berlin, President of Software Technology, Inc. “For over 35 years, we have worked hard to develop reliable, quality software for law firms to help our clients improve their firm’s productivity and profitability.”

In the latest update to Tabs3 software, the reconciliation process in Version 18 has been completely redesigned to have fewer steps and make any issues easier to understand, helping clients reconcile their accounts faster. If clients happen to enter in the wrong payment date or clear a transaction by mistake, Tabs3’s new Undo Reconciliation feature makes it quick and painless to make corrections.

Further, clients can save time and prevent the possibility of human error by importing transactions from their bank’s website directly into Tabs3 General Ledger and Trust Accounting software. The software will automatically match the transactions and give clients the opportunity to review them before adding them to Tabs3.

Finally, with our improvements to Tabs3 Trust Accounting, it’s easy to keep their trust account balances in check. With the new automatic trust payments feature, Tabs3 Trust Accounting will automatically create a payment when clients generate their client’s statement. This will help clients automatically maintain an accurate balance in their client’s trust account and in their bank records. Clients can also combine deposits and checks from multiple trust accounts into a single bank deposit, EFT, or check transaction, making it easier to reconcile with their bank statement. Additionally, the three-way reconciliation report, increasingly required by some state bars, quickly confirms the accuracy of their trust balances. This report compares their clients’ current trust account balance, the check registers of their bank accounts, and their bank statement to make sure balances are consistent throughout in accordance to many state bar requirements.

To see everything new in Version18, visit Tabs3.com/WhatsNew.

About Software Technology, Inc.
Software Technology, Inc. (STI), the maker of Tabs3 and PracticeMaster software, has been at the forefront of developing software for law firms for over 35 years. Tabs3 is one of the most widely used legal-specific time and billing products in the United States and has been an industry leader since its introduction in 1979. Tabs3 is designed to seamlessly integrate with PracticeMaster, a leader in practice management software. Among its many features, PracticeMaster provides an easy way for firms to create a firm-wide calendar, search for conflicts of interest, organize case and contact information, and manage email and documents. For more information, call (402) 419-2200, email sales@tabs3.com, or visit Tabs3.com.

By Guest Blogger: Tabs3 Software

Quovant Announces Pivot V2

Quovant, a next generation legal spend and matter management solution provider, announced today the release of Pivot™ v2.0, the  most innovative legal spend management and matter management solution for the corporate legal, risk and claims marketplace. Pivot was built specifically to meet law department demand for something better than the dated technology, frustrating support, and limited functionality of old-line provider solutions.

By Guest Blogger: Quovant

Best Practices in Legal Procurement White Paper

Legal Services is a category of spend that can be baffling to even the most seasoned procurement professional.  The intangibility of buying services can make understanding requirements difficult at the best of times, but legal often seems even more complicated than other types of professional services.  In-house legal departments have a reputation of looking upon procurement departments with suspicion and law firms themselves have tended to resist procurement involvement until recently.  That being said, legal procurement is a growing industry.  More and more companies are beginning to realise that legal services account for a high proportion of spend and are questioning where efficiencies can be driven and savings made.  

For the novice legal buyer, one of the most difficult aspects of the job can often be gaining the support and sponsorship of the in-house legal team.  Lawyers are specifically trained to avoid risk and apply this training in all areas of their work.  They value quality of advice over most other metrics – after all, what is the point of saving money on the legal advice if poor quality advice leads to losing a case or a deal (with big consequences in terms of penalties or lost revenue)?  In-house legal teams have close relationships with their external legal advisers and these personal relationships can also have a big impact on their preferred choice of firm.  Lawyers work long hours and in-house teams want to know they are appointing someone that they will be able to work with from a personality perspective, even into the small hours of the night. This paper addresses how legal and procurement can work together to break through these barriers.

By Guest Blogger: Yerra Solutions

Yerra Solutions Hires Legal Technology Veteran Josie Johnson as Head of Global Marketing

Yerra Solutions AG, a global provider of innovative services and technology solutions for corporate legal and IP departments, has announced the addition of Josie Johnson to its team. Johnson will lead the effort to build the Yerra Solutions brand worldwide and contribute to positioning the company to capitalise on the growth it has experienced, which is projected to continue rapidly. Ms. Johnson has over a decade of experience marketing technology and services to the legal community. She has a proven track record of creating and executing strategies for connecting with in-house counsel and GCs at F500 companies, Yerra’s target market. 

By Guest Blogger: Yerra Solutions

Yerra Hires Managing Director for APAC HQ in Singapore

Yerra Solutions Pte. Ltd., has announced the addition of Pierre Vieau to its team as managing director. Yerra Solutions Pte. Ltd. is the Singapore based division of Yerra Solutions AG, a global provider of innovative services and technology solutions for corporate legal and IP departments. Vieau is responsible for strategic planning and the day-to-day operations of Yerra’s APAC headquarters in Singapore. He will lead the effort to grow the company’s APAC client base and oversee the services already being provided to clients in the region. Vieau brings significant experience managing relationships with the APAC operations of large, global clients and expertise in regional business practices.

By Guest Blogger: Yerra Solutions

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Quovant Certified HIPAA Compliant: Continues to Lead Other Corporate Legal Solution Providers

Quovant Certified HIPAA Compliant: Continues to Lead Other Corporate Legal Solution Providers

By Guest Blogger: Quovant

Jarvis Legal, ludicrously simple legal practice management software

Jarvis Legal is an all-in-one web-based ludicrously simple legal practice management software.

Track your time, bill clients, generate documents, store files online, manage calendars, check your Trust Account, view activity reports and much more from any device from anywhere at anytime. Jarvis Legal allows you to focus on practicing law while maximizing your revenues. Switch to Jarvis Legal now to save 30% of your time and bill 10% more.

Save Time. Save 30% of your time thanks to automated data extraction from your documents, 3-click billing and centralized case management available anytime from anywhere and on any device even offline.

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Offline & Online. Access and edit your documents even offline thanks to JarvisBox. Installed on your computer, it replicates the documents you saved in the cloud and automatically syncs the documents modified offline as soon as you’re back online.

By Guest Blogger: Jarvis Legal

Friday, January 8, 2016

Legal Files Software Releases 9.0

News - Legal Files 9.0 Delivers Latest Case and Legal Matter Management Tools and Integrations

Legal Files Software, Inc. today announced the general availability of Version 9.0 of its legal case and management software for corporate legal departments, leading law firms, governmental agencies, university legal departments and other legal professionals.

 

The new release offers enhanced output for reporting and customized window capabilities, as well as supports all existing customer configurations.

 

“Legal Files Software is celebrating our 25th anniversary this year, and we wanted to make Legal Files 9.0 something very special,” explained Legal Files CEO John Kanoski. “I don’t know of another case and matter management software vendor who could release an application that offers the latest in functionality and technology, and benefits from 25 years of industry experience and customer input.”

 

Key highlights of the Legal Files 9.0 release include:

 

  • Enhanced reporting output capabilities--throughout the program--with the addition of "Export to Excel" functionality;

  • Improved navigation with the creation of the "Return to/Navigation History" function which is "pinned," enabling you to quickly return to recently visited Legal Files pages; 

  • Created a new Legal Files extension for Google which makes it possible to save Gmail emails directly into Legal Files, whether as email or as documents. Google calendar entries can now be saved to the Legal Files calendar;

  • Added a "Court Holidays Management" tool to set local court or office holidays, which can then be avoided when creating to-do's and calendars via the Legal Files Workflow Wizards.

  • Enhanced Custom Windows to include three different display options (columns, menu and scrolling) and Legal Files Advanced Search functionality has been extended to all Custom Windows;

  • Added a "Select Document" pick to the attachment fields to allow documents already attached to a file to be attached/linked to several new windows:

  • Added a Legal Files Web pane in Outlook which displays Legal Files Recent Files so you can drag and drop email and/or individual attachments to the email directly into the appropriate file in Legal Files. The Legal Files icon on the Legal Files Web pane can also operate as a Drop Zone inside of Outlook, so email can be dragged to the icon, activating the "Save to Legal Files" function.

  • Added the ability to route documents to Legal Files users directly from the Legal Files Drop Zone.

  • Added a new "Created by All" option in the Advanced Note Search which enables you to search Legal Files Notes created by all Legal Files Users.

 

Legal Files 9.0 is available immediately. Legal Files customers wishing to download the new release should contact the Legal Files Support Desk at Support@LegalFiles.com. Prospective customers wishing to view a demo of the Legal Files 9.0 should contact the Legal Files Sales Department at Sales@LegalFiles.com or (800) 500-0537 (toll free in the U.S. and Canada).


About Legal Files Software

Legal Files Software, Inc. develops case and matter management software applications for the legal industry. Legal Files matter management software has undergone thorough, hands-on testing to produce peerless, real-world matter management and workflow management applications. Thousands of users across many industries and around the world rely on Legal Files to store case information and track office workflow. Legal Files is designed to work seamlessly in legal departments, law firms, insurance companies, public sector agencies and legal aid organizations. For more information, visit www.LegalFiles.com.

By Guest Blogger: Legal Files Software Inc.