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By Guest Blogger: Legal Suite USA, Inc

RDC Analytics to Present on Accelerated Review at Women in eDiscovery meeting

RDC Analytics Headlines Presentation on Accelerated Review and Predictive Coding for Women in eDiscovery

RDC Analytics, a content analytics consulting firm, today announced that its Director of Analytics Market Development, Hope Swancy-Haslam, J.D., will be leading a CLE discussion for the Atlanta Chapter of Women in eDiscovery on May 9. The presentation, titled “Accelerated Document Review - Concept and Predictive Coding,” will examine current best practices for expediting document review in a timely and cost-conscious manner.

With the recent case law and media coverage, review is a key topic for corporations with large corpuses of ESI that need to be effectively reviewed for privilege and production. There are a number of technologies available that position themselves as formidable solutions for this expensive process, but there are also weaknesses as well. The presentation will take the time to talk about the pros and cons of the most common technologies and then recommend an approach for minimizing risk that focuses on defensibility and transparency.

The discussion will include:

• An overview of predictive coding
• The pros and cons of typical predictive coding tools
• The key blind spots of predictive coding
• Alternatives to artificial intelligence-based predictive coding
• Best practices for leveraging predictive coding

 What:   Accelerated Document Review - Concept and Predictive Coding

 

 When: Wednesday, May 9

            Noon – 1 p.m. ET

 Where: Alston & Bird

             One Atlantic Center

             1201 West Peachtree Street, Suite 4200

             Atlanta, GA 30309-3424

Cost: Complimentary

Registration: No registration is required.

About Hope Swancy-Haslam

Hope Swancy-Haslam, J.D., director of analytics market development at RDC Analytics, has more than a decade of experience in eDiscovery technology and legal education. She regularly hosts CLE presentations tackling subjects that range from eDiscovery basics to complex and in-depth examinations of the latest legal developments. At RDC Analytics, Hope is responsible for educational outreach related to eDiscovery and content analytics.

A published author and the former publisher of ALM’s Texas Lawyer, she has supervised the development of many highly respected practice guides and treatises for attorneys. While at ALM’s Texas Lawyer, Swancy-Haslam helped create Executive Lawyer (now In-house Counsel), a monthly supplement to the publication focused on general counsel. Her previous experience includes serving as director of electronic discovery services for a Dallas-based consulting firm, as a regional director at Merrill Corporation and as the vice president of business development for Engenium Corporation.

Hope received her B.A. in Communications from Baylor University in 1987 and graduated from Mississippi College School of Law in 1991.

About RDC Analytics

RDC Analytics is a content analytics consulting firm that specializes in lowering the cost and risk associated with investigating large volumes of data for legal, regulatory and business purposes. Its team of forensic linguists, mathematicians, librarians, and attorneys has deep domain expertise in eDiscovery and investigations, as well as broad experience applying language-based methodologies and tools to quickly analyze document collections and methodically narrow results with optimum transparency and defensibility. For more information on RDC Analytics, visit www.rdcanalytics.com, email inquiries@rdcanalytics.com or call toll free 855-599-RDCA (7322).

RDC Analytics is a division of RenewData, a venture-backed eDiscovery service provider that has been in business since 2001.  

 

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By Guest Blogger: RDC Analytics

RenewData Introduces Non-Native Encrypted Tape Extraction

RenewData^® Introduces Non-Native Encrypted Tape Extraction

 New service expedites process, reduces costs and insures maximum defensibility for eDiscovery data

RenewData, a kCura® ‘Best in Service’ Relativity Premium Hosting Partner and leading provider of review acceleration and media restoration solutions, today announced that it now offers the non-native extraction and restoration of encrypted tapes. With the addition of this capability, clients can quickly react to legal matters or regulatory investigations in a timely and very cost-effective manner.

This new offering bolsters RenewData’s comprehensive solution for the extraction and restoration of data from virtually all varieties of media, software, email, and data types. With the company’s proprietary “non-native environment” technology, files are extracted directly from media without the need to re-create the native environment. Files that span across more than one tape can be extracted or restored without multiple reads or having to process each tape in the original sequence. This is made possible by the company’s patent-pending “single-pass” processing technology. Both of these capabilities streamline the number of steps and the amount of time required for processing media while also reducing costs.  

“Extracting information from encrypted tapes is further testament to our core mission: Organizing, storing and expediting the analysis of unstructured data for its efficient use by law firms, businesses and government agencies,” said Rich Cohen, president of RenewData. “All of our solutions – from our newly launched Relativity-based review accelerator DART to our industry-leading tape extraction and data processing – are focused on lowering the risk and expenses associated with electronic discovery.”

RenewData’s tape service benefits include:

• Ability to process a high volume of email in all known formats.
• Dynamic file listing reports that provide specific details about individual files on delivered media.
• Extraction technology that streamlines the process and reduces expenses.
• Proprietary filtering tools that maximize the relevancy of the resulting data.
• Capacity to process more than 10 terabytes of data per day.
• Data secured in an ISO/27001 certified, state-of-the-art data center that maximizes security and offers tremendous scalability.  

With over a decade of experience spent analyzing more than 140 petabytes of information, RenewData has processed billions of documents for some of the world’s largest and most demanding legal organizations. To learn more about RenewData’s tape services, visit http://renewdata.com/solutions-services/tape-services.

About RenewData

RenewData expedites the analysis and organization of unstructured data for the most demanding law firms, corporations and government agencies, allowing for quicker and more informed legal and business decisions. The company helps organizations manage eDiscovery review and analysis through its kCura Relativity platform consultation and project management expertise and its fully integrated, proprietary language identification technology DART (Defensible Auditable Review Tagger). Combined, the services help attorneys efficiently analyze data for quicker review and more accurate audit decisions.  RenewData also provides complementary eDiscovery services such as tape extraction, processing and collection to deliver defensible, accessible and manageable data in a cost-effective and timely manner. For more information, visit www.renewdata.com or call 888.811.3789.

 

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By Guest Blogger: RenewData

RenewData Recognized as Relativity Best in Service Partner

RenewData^® Recognized as Relativity Best in Service Partner

 

Certification Emphasizes RenewData’s Advanced Client Support and Technical Expertise with Relativity

 

RenewData, a Relativity Premium Hosting Partner and leading provider of review acceleration and media restoration solutions, today announced that it has been recognized as a Relativity Best in Service partner. The program recognizes companies that consistently provide high-quality client experiences and demonstrate advanced technical aptitude with Relativity.

This announcement underscores RenewData’s recent press release outlining the company’s new strategic focus on Relativity. In addition to the Best in Service certification, RenewData has achieved all other available certifications for Relativity, including Relativity Certified Administrator, Certified Reseller and Certified Sales Professional.

Relativity Best in Service status is the highest recognition that kCura awards to their Relativity Premium Hosting Partners. The evaluation includes a rigorous qualification process and encompasses a series of performance audits of the partner's technical expertise and environment, volume of data and cases under management, and client references. RenewData is uniquely equipped to deliver high-performance hosting of Relativity in a secure ISO/27001 certified facility.

“The Best in Service program recognizes partners like RenewData who demonstrate their commitment to delivering a great end user experience by providing the highest-quality support and services for Relativity,” said Andrew Sieja, president and CEO of kCura. “This distinction, along with their other Relativity certifications, makes it clear that RenewData has a comprehensive understanding of the software.”

“Over the last decade, RenewData has analyzed billions of documents – more than 140 petabytes – for some of the world’s largest and most demanding organizations. Our goal is to expedite the analysis of data so that our clients can make quicker and more informed legal and business decisions. Relativity has proven that it can meet and exceed our performance expectations in terms of managing, tracking and reporting on substantial amounts of data. This award serves to underscore both our commitment to our clients and their success, as well as to Relativity,” said RenewData’s President Rich Cohen.

When clients come to RenewData for Relativity they recognize that they are going to the experts.  RenewData has recently released its DART ^TM (Defensible – Auditable – Review – Tagger) offering which is fully integrated with Relativity. The offering, exclusively available through RenewData, provides case teams with review acceleration, consistent tagging, reviewer decision auditing capabilities, and more insight into document review than has ever been available. All of these functions enable review teams to make quicker and more informed legal decisions.  In addition to DART, RenewData offers their clients the option to employ a predictive coding solution using Relativity’s Review Assist workflows. Clients can also take advantage of RenewData’s industry-leading tape or eDocs services for a “one-stop shop” experience.

For more information on RenewData and Relativity, visit http://renewdata.com/expertise/relativity.php.

About RenewData

RenewData expedites the analysis and organization of unstructured data for the most demanding law firms, corporations and government agencies, allowing for quicker and more informed legal and business decisions. The company helps organizations manage eDiscovery review and analysis through its kCura Relativity platform consultation and project management expertise and its fully integrated, proprietary language identification technology DART (Defensible Auditable Review Tagger). Combined, the services help attorneys efficiently analyze data for quicker review and more accurate audit decisions.  RDC also provides complementary eDiscovery services such as tape extraction, processing and collection to deliver defensible, accessible and manageable data in a cost-effective and timely manner. For more information, visit www.renewdata.com or call 888.811.3789.

 

 

By Guest Blogger: RenewData

Reed Smith LLP Selects Equivio Zoom

Reed Smith LLP Selects Equivio Zoom for Predictive Coding and Analytics

Leading international law firm adopts Zoom to bring “best-of-breed” e-discovery analytics software in-house

 

Kensington, MD – Equivio, a provider of analytical solutions for e‑discovery, today announced that Reed Smith LLP, one of the world's foremost commercial law firms, has licensed the Equivio Zoom platform for e-discovery analytics and predictive coding. Zoom will be deployed at Reed Smith in a fully integrated manner with kCura's review platform, Relativity.

 

"Our goal is to offer our clients an end-to-end e-discovery solution combining the best available technologies for analytics and review," said David Cohen, Leader of the Records & E-Discovery (RED) Team at Reed Smith. "The Equivio Zoom analytics platform, is a key component of this approach.  Zoom allows us to significantly reduce the number of documents that require human review, thereby enhancing the efficiency of our process. By integrating Zoom into our e-discovery workflows, and focusing our attorneys on the relevant non-duplicative material, we are able to substantially reduce review costs for our clients."

 

Equivio Zoom is an integrated web platform for e-discovery analytics and predictive coding. Combining Equivio's best-of-breed near-duplicates, email threads and relevance components, together with data import, early case assessment and powerful search capabilities, Zoom provides law firms and corporations with the tools they need for easier, faster and smarter e-discovery.

 

"In a market characterized by spiraling litigation costs, business-driven firms such as Reed Smith are bringing e-discovery in-house in order to create a competitive advantage," said Amir Milo, CEO of Equivio. "Designed for easy implementation within the law firm's IT environment, Zoom allows Reed Smith to build advanced analytics into its standard e-discovery workflows. This provides attorneys with fast access to relevant documents, resulting in a smarter and more focused e‑discovery process."

 

About Reed Smith

Reed Smith is a global relationship law firm with nearly 1,700 lawyers in 23 offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Founded in 1877, the firm represents leading international businesses, from Fortune 100 corporations to mid-market and emerging enterprises. Its lawyers provide litigation and other dispute resolution services in multi-jurisdictional and other high-stakes matters; deliver regulatory counsel; and execute the full range of strategic domestic and cross-border transactions. Reed Smith is a preeminent advisor to industries including financial services, life sciences, health care, advertising, technology and media, shipping, energy and natural resources, real estate, manufacturing, and education. For more information, visit www.reedsmith.com.

 

 

About Equivio

 

Equivio develops text analysis software for e-discovery. Users include the DoJ, the FTC, KPMG, Deloitte, plus hundreds of law firms and corporations. Equivio offers Zoom, an integrated web platform for analytics and predictive coding.  Zoom organizes collections of documents in meaningful ways.  So you can zoom right in and find out what’s interesting, notable and unique. Request a demo at info@equivio.com or visit us at www.equivio.com.  Zoom in. Find out.  

 

 

By Guest Blogger: Equivio

Legal Suite retains Mitratech Former Senior Vice-President of Sales & Operations, Dan Welch

Legal Suite, leader in legal solutions for law departments, has retained Daniel Welch as a management consultant to accelerate its impressive presence in the corporate legal software market.

By Guest Blogger: Legal Suite

Corrs appoints first LPO panel

Law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth announced (Feb. 10, 2012) that, after a rigorous due diligence process, the firm has appointed Integreon to its newly formed LPO Panel. Following an earlier similar announcement from Mallesons, this latest addition to a growing list of firms embracing LPO has been quickly picked up in the Australian press, including in:

ALB Legal News : Corrs jumps on LPO bandwagon

Lawyers Weekly : Corrs adopts LPO

Australian Financial Review : Corrs gives clients outsourcing option

By Guest Blogger: Integreon