Information Governance (InfoGovernance) is the specification of decision rights and an accountability framework to encourage desirable behavior in the valuation, creation, storage, use, archiving and deletion of information. It includes the processes, roles, standards and metrics that ensure the effective and efficient use of information to enable an organization to achieve its goals. Information governance should be an element in planning an enterprise's information architecture.

(Gartner Hype Cycle for Legal and Regulatory Information Governance, 2009, December 2009).

An Engagement Area (EA) is an area where the commander of a military force intends to contain and destroy an enemy force with the massed effects of all available weapons systems.

(FM 1-02, Operational Terms and Graphics, September 2004).

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Weekly eDiscovery News and Views - January 25, 2012

Compiled from online public domain resources, provided for your review/use is this week's update of key industry news, views, and events highlighting key electronic discovery related stories, developments, and announcements.

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eDiscovery News
Content and Considerations

  • A Practical Framework for Implementing Legal Holds - bit.ly/xiNKlv (Ben Kerschberg)
  • Amended Expert Discovery: One Year Later, Has Anything Changed? bit.ly/xhYGOF (William Gussman)
  • An eDiscovery Primer - bit.ly/wAODhY (Dian Schaffhauser)
  • Cloud Computing And Social Media: Electronic Discovery Considerations And Best Practices - bit.ly/xTjthO (Ashish Prasad)
  • Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Continues to be "Employer Friendly" - bit.ly/xT4rtG (James La Rocca)
  • Costs Driving Parties to Paper-era Discovery, say US District Judges - bit.ly/zNAlaJ (Robert Hilson)
  • DLP and eDiscovery: Two Sides of the Same Governance Coin? bit.ly/x8w9O6 (Simon Robinson)
  • eDiscovery is Just Discovery - bit.ly/weE9La (Howard Sklar)
  • Failure to Produce Originals Could be Spoliation in Third Circuit | Electronic Discovery Law - bit.ly/w0gxQW (K&L Gates)
  • Federal Judge in Denver Rules Suspect Must Unlock Her Computer - bit.ly/AFu0Sq (John Ingold)
  • Justices Say GPS Tracker Violated Privacy Rights - bit.ly/wfxclJ (Michael Arkfeld)
  • If the ‘Cloud’ is not Safe Enough for Los Angeles, is it Safe Enough for You? bit.ly/yNE968 (Robert Hilson)
  • Improving Collaboration Between Inside and Outside Counsel in E-Discovery - bit.ly/yMgmik (@eDiscoveryBeat)
  • In Civil Litigation, 'Private' Social Media Data Isn't Private - bit.ly/zN4TEq (Aaron Crews)
  • In 'U.S. v. Jones,' Supreme Court Rules No Warrantless GPS Tracking - bit.ly/wUbBa5 (Joshua Engel)
  • Is It Legal for Employers to Secretly Track an Employee's Personal Vehicle 24/7 for One Month? Perhaps! bit.ly/yXQj8B (Philip Gordon)
  • News Corp. Must Search Laptops: Judge - bloom.bg/A34xGI (Eric Larson)
  • No Legal Recourse for Targets of 'Gripe Sites' - bit.ly/ycFNgm (Stephen Kramarsky)
  • Not So Fast: 95 Million Reasons to Carefully Select and Limit Search Terms | Gibbons - bit.ly/wlgjHo (Jennifer Thibodaux)
  • Preparing for eDiscovery in Outsourcing Contracts | Mayer Brown - bit.ly/w7J2SE (Shawn Doran, Kim Leffert, Brad Peterson)
  • Pricing: The Small Case eDiscovery Dilemma - bit.ly/AxqFcR (Tom O'Connor)
  • Recent Regulatory Guidance from the SEC on the Use of Social Media - bit.ly/zxPcax (Gibbons)
  • Reducing Costs And Risks Associated With ESI Preservation Through Legacy Data Remediation - bit.ly/yF7MPy (M. Cohen, B. Sullivan)
  • Relevance: The Most Important Limitation on Discovery Abuse? bit.ly/AhMS5q (Dennis Kiker)
  • Right-Thinking E-Discovery Project Management - bit.ly/wZtMYf (Brett Burney)
  • Same Rules Apply to eDiscovery of Social Media as to All ESI - ht.ly/8zGYo (Mike Hamilton)
  • SEC Charges Investment Adviser In Social Media Scam - http://bit.ly/yY85id (Paul McCurdy, Evan Barnes)
  • Smile for the Discovery Production - bit.ly/z6eRas (Josh Gilliland)
  • Social Media Landmines: The Impact On Employers - bit.ly/zdOpGF (George Hlavac, Edward Easterly)
  • Supreme Court Decision in Warrantless GPS Tracking Case Offers Little Guidance in Consumer Privacy - bit.ly/yU8jjv (Christopher Wolf)
  • The Story Behind Delaware's Default E-Discovery Standard - bit.ly/xK1Yau (Mark Michels)
  • This Year's eDiscovery Buzzword: A Vendor's Perspective - bit.ly/zofUyR (Michael Roach)
  • Unexpected Challenges of Enterprise Remote Collection - bit.ly/wT0NmW (Greg Buckles)
  • Use of Predictive Coding in Healthcare eDiscovery: The Light is Green, But Proceed With Caution (PDF) -bit.ly/xEGTYj (Alaap Shaah)
  • What Does The Supreme Court's "GPS Decision" Mean For Private Employers? bit.ly/AFk6UU (Littler)
  • When Can a Doctor’s Note Excuse You From Sanctions? bit.ly/wpDKBE (Catherine Kiernan)
  • When Uncle Sam Can Demand You Decrypt Laptop - bit.ly/zyRUbk (Mathew Schwartz)
  • Year of the Dragon – and Predictive Coding. Will eDiscovery Landscape Be Forever Changed - bit.ly/yYEBKZ (Mathew Nelson)
Reports and Resources
  • 2012 @ LegalTech NY: Schedules, Sponsors and Exhibitors - bit.ly/ztnSea (ALM)
  • 2012 eDiscovery, Info Governance & Data Analytics Forecast - bit.ly/yQN1tz (Barry Murphy)
  • EDRM Projects Advance eDiscovery Industry Standards - bit.ly/wrGJq8 (Press Release)
  • Electronic Discovery and Sanctions for Spoliation: Perspectives from the Classroom - bit.ly/wJHHPw (Robert Weninger)
  • Global Legal Services Industry to Reach US$647 Billion by 2015, According to a New Report - bit.ly/AbvXF3 (PR Web)
  • ILTA White Paper: Tech Potpourri - bit.ly/zwiJGI (ILTA)
  • Fourth Annual Law Department Operations Survey Results Announced - yhoo.it/wW18Tx (PR Newswire)
  • Made in Heaven or Marriage from Hell? Social Media and the Financial Sector (PDF) bit.ly/yun2ft (Cicero Consulting)
  • The First Facebook Firing Case Under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act -Exploring the Limits of Labor Law Protection for Concerted Communication on Social Media - bit.ly/zabqur (Christine Neylon O'Brien)
  • The Top Downloads at PracticePRO in 2011 - bit.ly/xpM760 (Dan Pinnington)
Technology and Tactics
  • 5 Tips For Sending Health Data To Cloud - bit.ly/xZec1q (Nicole Lewis)
  • Amazon Launches Big Data Service - bit.ly/zJ2CCc (Charles Babcock)
  • Archiving Anyone? An Updated Compilation of Leading Enterprise Archiving Providers - bit.ly/zA8TQl (@ComplexD)
  • Change Is In The Air: CIO Magazine Poll Results - bit.ly/yF4bHm (Chuck Hollis)
  • Cloud Decision Time for CFOs | CIO - bit.ly/AbSGFA (Sandra Gittlen)
  • Developing a Game Plan to Minimize Data Breaches - bit.ly/AqyJld (Mark Gottlieb, William Pilsbury)
  • EU Privacy Rules to Include Leak Disclosure Within 24 Hours - buswk.co/xO7ILS (Cornelius Rahn)
  • Gartner Says Master Data Management Is Critical to Effective Information Governance - bit.ly/yxJCUC(Press Release)
  • Google Kills More Services - bit.ly/xigPCu (Nancy Gohring)
  • Health Care Is Next Frontier for Big Data - on.wsj.com/zLgE5Z (WSJ)
  • How CIOs and Other IT Leaders Can Enable Social Business - bit.ly/xOfbTE (Tim Walker)
  • Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Program Turns 10 Years Old - bit.ly/wL3Rsa (John Mello)
  • Millnet: The Right to be Forgotten - bit.ly/ypVujV (Charles Holloway)
  • New Legal Terms from Google - bit.ly/wOCiHq (Peter Vogel)
  • NoSQL Is Going Mainstream - bit.ly/wjwWAw (Kim Davis)
  • Oracle's Hadoop move Could Push Rivals Toward Big Data Bundles - bit.ly/zuM0ML (Jaikumr Vijayan)
  • Personally Predictable Information - bit.ly/wHJ8Xv (Albert Barsocchini)
  • Social Compliance Standards for Global Supply Chains - bit.ly/wVPfuo (Catherine Dunn)
  • Some Rosy Predictions for Windows Phone 7 - nyti.ms/wuAnCR (Brian Chen)
  • Twitter Buys Summify for the Next 500 Million Users - rww.to/zskdDs (Jon Mitchell)
Twitter Hashtags of the Week
Vendor Views Industry Landscape
  • An eDiscovery Conundrum: Nuix or Relativity? Which to Use, and When? bit.ly/yuh05k (Project Counsel)
  • Avansic Hires Lawyer and eDiscovery Expert Tom O'Connor as Director of Professional Services - bit.ly/yvb31W (Press Release)
  • BIA to Preview the New TotalDiscovery Social Media Data Collection Feature at LegalTech - bit.ly/yq6Mq6 (Press Release)
  • C2C Improves Data Collection, Reduces eDiscovery Costs and Risk With Automated PST Management - mwne.ws/we5jFS (Press Release)
  • CommVault Expands Power of Industry-Leading SnapShot Technology with New IntelliSnap Connect Program - bit.ly/waXLWJ (Press Release)
  • Compliance Hires Legal Project Management Expert Todd Kunz, Esq. - bit.ly/AlhB4c (Business Wire)
  • Considering Automated Predictive Review? bit.ly/znmHLg (@OrangeLT)
  • CY4OR’s New Head of eDisclosure Shares His Thoughts on CY4OR - bit.ly/wJTltn (Nick Pollard)
  • EHSI Takes eDiscovery In-House with Symantec’s Enterprise Vault and Clearwell eDiscovery Platform - bit.ly/ymwmgA (Press Release)
  • Equivio Releases Zoom, an eDiscovery Platform for Predictive Coding and Analytics - prn.to/x1xGXC (PR Newswire)
  • Global EDD Group Celebrates The Year Of The Dragon With Expanded Asia Pacific Services - bit.ly/zBlauX(Press Release)
  • Global EDD Group Introduces iReview Analytics™ for Electronic Discovery - bit.ly/x6LKq5 (Press Release)
  • Guidance Software to Announce 2011 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Financial Results - yhoo.it/zDA74o (Business Wire)
  • Herbert Smith Partners with Recommind to Drive Firm's Innovative Approach to eDiscovery - bit.ly/ACqrrV(Press Release)
  • Hudson Legal Prepares Expansion Into Consulting - bit.ly/wS95OB (Evan Koblentz)
  • Leading Computer Forensics Company Introduces New Data Recovery Triage Product - bit.ly/Ayg9dg (Marketwire)
  • MerlinOne To Level the Playing Field with Level Review 3.0 at Legal Tech New York - bit.ly/xWrJvk (Business Wire)
  • Mindseye TunnelVision Streamlines eDiscovery Workflow through Seamless Integration with Relativity - bit.ly/x98Tgd (PR Web)
  • New Release of Computer Forensics Product Further Enhances Data Recovery of Internet-Related Evidence - bit.ly/wmC7ID (Marketwire)
  • NTP Software Announces File Data Compliance, Governance, and Security Solution - bit.ly/A73LaO(Business Wire)
  • OrangeLT™ Adopts eDiscovery Predictive Coding Technology from OrcaTec - bit.ly/zlmrtO (@OrangeLT)
  • Pinpoint Labs Releases Net Harvester - bit.ly/wOhqUa (Press Release)
  • Predictive Coding Gaining Acceptance As A Defensible eDiscovery Tool - bit.ly/ywFmIY (Warwick Sharp)
  • Recommind's Revenue Leaps 95% in Record-Setting 2011 - bit.ly/ynvKa7 (Press Release)
  • Reduce Over-Preservation: One Of Many Uses Of Technology - bit.ly/x33AZC (Howard Sklar)
  • Sonian To Acquire Webroot's Email Archiving Business - bit.ly/wNb1un (Press Release)
  • Symantec's Clearwell eDiscovery Platform to Offer Transparent Predictive Coding - bit.ly/xYfabd (Marketwire)
  • TCDI Announces a Major Version Release of eDiscovery Document Review and Production Platform -bit.ly/zC2i3m (PR Newswire)
  • Top Government Agencies Join Guidance Software to Discuss Data Visibility - bit.ly/wafGor (Business Wire)
  • Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Deploys ZL Technologies' Archiving and E-Discovery Solutions - bit.ly/wm2khL(Business Wire)
  • US DOJ (ATR, CIV, CRT and TAX Divisions) Select Relativity for In-house eDiscovery - bit.ly/z2gnkB (Marketwatch)
  • World Software Corporation Launches Worldox GX3 Professional at LegalTech NY - bit.ly/AaB83G (Press Release)
2012 eDiscovery Events

JANUARY

5th International Conference on Computers, Privacy & Data Protection
January 25 - 27, 2012
Brussels, Belgium

LegalTech New York 2012
January 30 - February 1, 2012
New York, NY

8th Annual Law Firm Chief Information & Technology Officers Forum
January 31 - February 1, 2012
New York, NY

MARCH

LegalIT Business Show March 6 - 7, 2012
London, UK

IP Counsel Forum
March 7 - 8, 2012
San Jose, CA

AIIM 2012 Conference
March 20 - 22, 2012
San Francisco, CA

The Sedona Conference Institute's 6th Annual Program on Staying Ahead of the eDiscovery
Curve
March 22 - 23, 2012
St. Louis, MO

ABA TECHSHOW 2012
March 29-31, 2012
Chicago, IL

APRIL

ACEDS 2012 Conference
April 2 - 4, 2012
Hollywood, FL

12th Annual Super Conference
April 23 - 24, 2012
Chicago, IL

MAY

2012 World Technology Law Conference & Annual Meeting
May 3 - 4, 2012
Washington, DC

INSIGHT 2012 Law Firm IT - Conference and Exposition
May 8 - 9, 2012
London, UK

EDRM 2012 - 2013 Kickoff Meeting
May 16 - 17, 2012
St. Paul, MN

CEIC 2012
May 21 - 24, 2012
Summerlin, NV

LegalTech West Coast 2012
May 22-23, 2012
Los Angeles, CA

JUNE

ILO Global Counsel Congress
June 14, 2012
New York, NY

JULY

Carmel Valley eDiscovery Retreat
July 22 - 24, 2012
Carmel, CA

AUGUST

ILTA Annual Conference 2012
August 26 - 30, 2012
Washington, DC

SEPTEMBER

Intermountain eDiscovery Conference 2012
September 13, 2012 (Planning)
Salt Lake City, UT

ACC Annual Meeting
September 30 - October 3, 2012
Orlando, FL

OCTOBER


EDI Leadership Summit 2012
October 17 - 19, 2012
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Weekly eDiscovery News and Views - January 18, 2012

Compiled from online public domain resources, provided for your review/use is this week's update of key industry news, views, and events highlighting key electronic discovery related stories, developments, and announcements.

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eDiscovery News
Content and Considerations

  • 5 Key Considerations When Litigating Cloud Computing Disputes - bit.ly/w33nPM (Gerry Silver)
  • 2012: The Year Of Technology-Assisted Review In eDiscovery - onforb.es/A5Y2FM (Barry Murphy)
  • Advancing the Technology Assisted Review Discussion - bit.ly/wHaKdD (Mark Michels)
  • Are Lawyers Getting in the Way of Machine-Assisted Review? http://bit.ly/wWqUYV (Sharon Nelson)
  • Bottom Line Driven Proportional Review - bit.ly/xzONUI (Ralph Losey)
  • Cloud Computing Architecture and eDiscovery – bit.ly/vZ6HS3 (Charles Skamser)
  • Delaware Provides Default e-Discovery Limits - bit.ly/AixAvd (Matt Miller)
  • Digital Ubiquity: Social Media and eDisclosure - bit.ly/y48mn4 (Greg Wildisen)
  • Don’t Get Caught With Your Head in the Clouds – Cloud Computing and E-Discovery - bit.ly/xxqfkb (Ben Barnett, Regan Hunt Crotty)
  • E-Discovery Rules Applied to Social Media: What This Means in Practical Terms for Businesses – bit.ly/wTOnR9 (Michelle Sherman)
  • First Circuit Decision Opens The Door For Data Breach Suits – bit.ly/zo7skY (Bruce McDonald, Kirk Nahra)
  • How Crime-Fighters Can Order You To Preserve Data – Four Key Points - bit.ly/AiTbnv (Mike Conradi)
  • How to Prove Contributory Online Trademark Infringement - bit.ly/xa6ayH (Richard Raysman, Peter Brown)
  • Legal Hydra? Top Ten Tips To Become More Proficient With Machine-Assisted Review - onforb.es/zUch8X (Karl Schieneman)
  • Litigation: When “Linking” Creates Liability for Direct Copyright Infringement - bit.ly/x02L0S (Anthony Lanthrop)
  • Magistrate Sanctions Ceglia in Facebook Case - bit.ly/AoA4eZ (Alison Frankel)
  • Modern Day Copying: Recovery of Costs for eDiscovery Under 28 U.S.C. § 1920 (PDF) t.co/f6HHAi9a (Latham & Watkins)
  • No Resolution Reached in Pippins v. KPMG Discovery Dispute - bit.ly/yYYjg1 (Evan Koblentz)
  • Non-Party eDiscovery Obligations in New York – A Question of Proportionality - bit.ly/zqgvUc (K&L Gates)
  • Recovering E-Discovery Costs: A Potential Trend - bit.ly/xZqal1 (Cooley)
  • Score One for Plaintiffs in Battle Over Discoverability of Facebook - bit.ly/wyIp0x (Calli Varner)
  • TalkingPoint: Legal Challenges In Cloud Archiving And eDiscovery – bit.ly/z1Hcoy (Michelle Reyes, Neal Lawson, Wayne Matus)
  • Taxation of eDiscovery Costs in Federal Cases Being Played Out in Murky, No Roadmap Field – bit.ly/wQenyX (Robert Hilson)
  • The Case of the Missing Acronyms, Or How to Avoid Having to C.Y.A. in Search – bit.ly/ySw22l (Bob Ambrogi)
  • Third Circuit Holds That Plaintiffs Lack Standing to Sue for Data Breach Where Harm is Only Speculation – bit.ly/zO2Rru (K&L Gates)
  • Via Rule 45 Subpoena, Plaintiff Allowed to Search Non-Party Personal Hard Drive - bit.ly/A2iGfa (Doug Austin)
  • When ESI Doesn’t Make It In The Door - bit.ly/yOX2Cf (Eric Robi)
  • When Might a Private Email Account Become ‘Public Property’? | Reed Smith - bit.ly/xV8VII (Rosanne Kay)
  • Whose Account Is It Anyway? Social Media Employment Blog - bit.ly/A55EKT (Michael Schmidt)
  • Will the Supreme Court Have the Last Word on GPS Tracking? bit.ly/wHwcNF (Joshua Engel)
Reports and Resources
  • A Look Back at 2011 eDiscovery News and Hot ESI Trends for 2012 (Podcast) bit.ly/xOkwXz (Legal Talk Network)
  • ALA – PIPA, SOPA and the OPEN Act Quick Reference Guide - bit.ly/wsnhSB (Corey Williams)
  • Authentication of Primary Legal Materials and Pricing Options - bit.ly/ypBDNF (Sabrina Pacifici)
  • e-Discovery Consulting Services in the US Industry Market Research Report Now Available from IBISWorld – bit.ly/zdUPof (PR Web)
  • Experts Discuss New York’s Complex eDiscovery Model Order (Podcast) bit.ly/ytE1uq (Karl Schieneman, Ariana Tadler, Maura Grossman, Chris Dale)
  • Knowledge Discovery Resources 2012 – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation - bit.ly/ynne0O (Marcus Zillman)
  • The New Year is the Right Time for a Fresh Look at Your ESI: eDiscovery Newsletter – January 2012 – bit.ly/z2yTNf (Baker Hostetler)
  • The Sedona Conference® Issues “International Principles on Discovery, Disclosure & Data Protection” bit.ly/y6awT7 (K&L Gates)
Technology and Tactics
  • 2 Storage Management Trends To Watch In 2012 - bit.ly/wz0mFj (George Crump)
  • 5 Prerequisites to Implementing an Affordable, Viable Disaster Recovery Solution - bit.ly/zsl413 (Jerome Wendt)
  • 10 Tips to Protect Your Company From Social Media Fallout - bit.ly/yClOjX (Darin M. Klemchuk)
  • Add Google+ to Your Law Firm as a Client Portal - bit.ly/wzpwvJ (Eric Hunter)
  • Digitizing Health Records, Before It Was Cool - nyti.ms/zickzU (Milt Freudenheim)
  • EPIC to FTC: Google Search + Google+ = Competition and Privacy Concerns – bit.ly/AbDVAn (John Horan)
  • European Data Protection Supervisor Releases “Inventory” of 2012 Priorities - bit.ly/yAbajW (Bret Cohen)
  • Federal Government Unveiling New Security Standards for Cloud-Based Service Providers (PDF) – t.co/JWADfbc2 (Redgrave LLP)
  • Feds Refine Cloud Security Standards - bit.ly/wlEE3B (Elizabeth Montalbano)
  • FTC Seeks Public Comment on Agency’s Rules of Practice - 1.usa.gov/wNzwsw (Federal Trade Commission)
  • HIPAA Electronic Transaction Standards Make Progress – bit.ly/wlespP (Ken Terry)
  • Harnessing Unstructured Data Requires New Thinking, New Solutions - bit.ly/zQknyN (Seiji Shintaku)
  • How to Take Control Over Your Social Media Proliferation - rww.to/z5YaZY (David Strom)
  • The Information Governance Balancing Act: A Firm Hand, or a Light Touch? bit.ly/zMb1Ud (Brian Dye)
  • Law Technology News Announces Winners of 9th Annual LTN Innovation Awards – http://reut.rs/z1Q2cJ (Reuters)
  • Patient Data Theft Sends IT Specialist To Jail - bit.ly/zHkSS8 (Nicole Lewis)
  • SharePoint is a ‘Document Coffin’, says IBM - bit.ly/w7xLX2 (Sim Ahmed)
  • SOPA: What’s All the Fuss About? bit.ly/yPzrTl (Jack Newton)
  • Spanish Data Protection Authority Launches Public Consultation on Cloud Computing - bit.ly/yiMVy9 (Gonzalo Gallego)
  • Symantec Backtracks, Admits Own Network Hacked, Warns pcAnywhere Users of Risk | Computerworld – bit.ly/x5VJ3Y (Gregg Keizer)
  • The New Way Twitter Will Dominate Online Journalism - onforb.es/yZ4usJ (Ben Kerschberg)
  • Troubleshooting Exchange Networking: Active Directory (Part 2) bit.ly/yccX1D (Casper Manes)
  • When Your Data’s in the Cloud, is it Still Your Data? bit.ly/wiHlQO (Thomas Trappler)
  • Windows 8 Offers New Password Features - bit.ly/ySufKM (John Mello)
  • Zappos Breach: 8 Lessons Learned - bit.ly/y8Oiq1 (Mathew Schwartz)
Twitter Hashtags of the Week
Vendor Views Industry Landscape
  • 20% Year-Over-Year Growth for OrangeLT - bit.ly/yAu0Mi (Orange Legal Technologies)
  • 2011 A Year of Innovation for E-Discovery Firm Document Solutions, Inc. (DSi) bit.ly/A01nlD (PR Web)
  • 2012: TV Antennas, Big Data Cleansing, Social Mashups of Content, Mobile First Applications – bit.ly/xhr4W1 (Joshua Konkle)
  • 2nd Generation EnCase® Evidence File Technical Specification Now Available - bit.ly/ArcOWJ (Guidance Software)
  • AccessData Announces 451 Research Analysis of Redesigned Summation Product Line - bit.ly/yU5TRL (PR Log)
  • Automated Predictive Review (Predictive Coding | Technology-Assisted-Review) - bit.ly/zzXJCK (Orange Legal Technologies)
  • Bloomberg Vault Adds Cloud Archiving for IBM Message Software - bit.ly/zjbGzZ (Business Wire)
  • Dave P. Darner Named Vice President of Discovery Services - http://bit.ly/A53duA (BlackStone Discovery)
  • Digital WarRoom Predicts Continuing Growth in Demand for Mainstream eDiscovery Solutions in 2012 – bit.ly/y8Mfwd (PR Web)
  • Document Technologies, Inc. Announces Market and Services Expansion - bit.ly/xToXS6 (PR Web)
  • Excelerate Discovery Announces Specialized Japanese Document Review Services - bit.ly/wGcIK7 (PR Log)
  • Forensic Systems International, LLC (FSI) Launched by IT and Legal Industry Veterans - bit.ly/yaiMCW (PR Web)
  • Global Relay: Alteva and USA Datanet Add Compliance Archiving to Unified Communications Offerings – mwne.ws/xaIdhR (Marketwire)
  • Guidance Revamps Decade-Old Evidence File Format - bit.ly/xQ99IB (Evan Koblentz)
  • Guidance Software Reports Record Number of New Customers of EnCase® Enterprise Platform in Q4 2011 - bit.ly/wtAQcM (Business Wire)
  • IBM to Launch IBM Docs with a Collaborative Service Similar to Google Apps - bit.ly/zFvDK8 (Alex Williams)
  • IGC Launches Redaction Survey Today to Benchmark Electronic Redaction Software Need and Usage – bit.ly/xj8c2F (Press Release)
  • Open Source E-Discovery Finds Scalability - bit.ly/zOgYgx (Evan Koblentz)
  • Liquid Litigation Management Releases New iPad App for Deposition & Questioning - bit.ly/xxWOkK (Product Release)
  • Logica and Datawatch Sign Worldwide Agreement to Deliver Cloud-based Analytics for Enterprise Content Management – prn.to/x4FRWh (PR Newswire)
  • ManageEngine Adds Device End-of-Life Management to DeviceExpert - bit.ly/ygsbIW (Press Release)
  • Major US Government Agencies Implement Nuix Software for Faster Electronic Investigations – bit.ly/Ajyah7 (PR Web)
  • MessageSolution Showcasing at IBM Lotusphere 2012, with Expanded eDiscovery Features - bit.ly/yjqfoX (PR Web)
  • Nextpoint Introduces New Customizable Review Features on Discovery Cloud Platform – bit.ly/zUW0XU (PR Log)
  • Nuix Accelerates European Momentum by Appointing Dr James Kent as Managing Director for Europe – bit.ly/ysjC2D (Press Release)
  • Nuix eDiscovery: Where Are We Going in 2012? bit.ly/z0gKPr (Eddie Sheehy)
  • OpenText Positioned as Enterprise Content Management Leader by Two Independent Research Firms – bit.ly/ysfti9 (Global Research)
  • OrcaTec Unveils eDiscovery at a Flat Monthly Fee - bit.ly/yevEVV (PR Web)
  • PA Consulting Group Acquires 7Safe Ltd to Enhance its Cyber Security Service - yhoo.it/yZ6kiA (PR Newswire)
  • Platinum Legal Group Diversifies Review Platform Offerings with iCONECT - bit.ly/xLIgL1 (Press Announcement)
  • Proofpoint Extends Enterprise Archiving and Governance Solutions With Proofpoint Enterprise Governance - bit.ly/zq2Ebz (Marketwire)
  • PwC and MetricStream Form Joint Business Relationship to Integrate GRC Solutions - bit.ly/yqPovu (PR Newswire)
  • Recommind Names 451 Research Cofounder Nick Patience Director of Product Marketing and Strategy – bit.ly/zJJIio (Press Release)
  • Regional EDD Service Providers Take Center Stage in 2012 - bit.ly/xX1VCv (Albert Barsocchini)
  • SHMsoft is Putting the “e” in Discovery with Hadoop Big Data Platforms - bit.ly/wN1zTE (PR Log)
  • Symantec Buys Into The Cloud With Acquisition Of LiveOffice - bit.ly/xjDNdz (Barry Murphy)
  • Symantec Buys LiveOffice for $115M in Clearwell Cloud Plan - bit.ly/xddi7k (Evan Koblentz)
  • STW Group Selects CommVault Simpana Software for Management of Critical Customer Data – bit.ly/wUZJuz (Press Release)
  • UnitedLex Strengthens Management Team with Appointment of Executive Vice President - bit.ly/zGzFrs(Business Wire)
  • Xerox ACS To Build Iowa Health Information Exchange - bit.ly/A3LSWe (Nicole Lewis)
2012 eDiscovery Events

JANUARY

5th International Conference on Computers, Privacy & Data Protection
January 25 - 27, 2012
Brussels, Belgium

LegalTech New York 2012
January 30 - February 1, 2012
New York, NY

8th Annual Law Firm Chief Information & Technology Officers Forum
January 31 - February 1, 2012
New York, NY

MARCH

LegalIT Business Show March 6 - 7, 2012
London, UK

IP Counsel Forum
March 7 - 8, 2012
San Jose, CA

AIIM 2012 Conference
March 20 - 22, 2012
San Francisco, CA

The Sedona Conference Institute's 6th Annual Program on Staying Ahead of the eDiscovery
Curve
March 22 - 23, 2012
St. Louis, MO

ABA TECHSHOW 2012
March 29-31, 2012
Chicago, IL

APRIL

ACEDS 2012 Conference
April 2 - 4, 2012
Hollywood, FL

12th Annual Super Conference
April 23 - 24, 2012
Chicago, IL

MAY

2012 World Technology Law Conference & Annual Meeting
May 3 - 4, 2012
Washington, DC

INSIGHT 2012 Law Firm IT - Conference and Exposition
May 8 - 9, 2012
London, UK

EDRM 2012 - 2013 Kickoff Meeting
May 16 - 17, 2012
St. Paul, MN

CEIC 2012
May 21 - 24, 2012
Summerlin, NV

LegalTech West Coast 2012
May 22-23, 2012
Los Angeles, CA

JUNE

ILO Global Counsel Congress
June 14, 2012
New York, NY

JULY

Carmel Valley eDiscovery Retreat
July 22 - 24, 2012
Carmel, CA

AUGUST

ILTA Annual Conference 2012
August 26 - 30, 2012
Washington, DC

SEPTEMBER

Intermountain eDiscovery Conference 2012
September 13, 2012 (Planning)
Salt Lake City, UT

ACC Annual Meeting
September 30 - October 3, 2012
Orlando, FL

OCTOBER


EDI Leadership Summit 2012
October 17 - 19, 2012
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Weekly eDiscovery News and Views - January 11, 2012

Compiled from online public domain resources, provided for your review/use is this week's update of key industry news, views, and events highlighting key electronic discovery related stories, developments, and announcements.

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eDiscovery News
Content and Considerations

  • 3rd Circuit: Dismissal Too Harsh a Sanction for Producing Copies - bit.ly/z0ieFE (Gina Passarella)
  • Attorneys Beware – Attempting to Erase the Past on Facebook Can Result in Costly Sanctions - bit.ly/wsi7B0 (Melissa DiPasquale)
  • British Court Provides Clarity on Joint Interest Privilege - bit.ly/zdiuGB (Melissa Maleske)
  • Can You Wipe Your Twitter Ramblings, And Should You? bit.ly/uG28zd (Bill Tolson)
  • Computer Fraud and Abuse Act 101 - bit.ly/uwfE6X (Shawn Tuna)
  • Conn. Federal Prosecutor Battles Botnets, Catches Phishers - bit.ly/yDTpAy (Christian Nolan)
  • Defendants Not Required to Share Costs for Plaintiff’s Third Party Request - bit.ly/xkB5Gg (Doug Austin)
  • District of Delaware Revises Default Standard for Discovery of Electronically Stored Information - bit.ly/wMsb6e (Francis Pileggi)
  • E-Discovery: 2011 Year in Review with Monica Bay and Cecil Lynn (Podcast) bit.ly/yVDemz (Legal Talk Network)
  • E-Discovery: Mind Your P’s and Q’s - bit.ly/w7i1ej (Kevin Brady)
  • E-Discovery Project Management Fees Included in Recoverable Costs for Prevailing Party - bit.ly/xR2QW5 (Mike Hamilton)
  • ESI Discovery as Taxed costs is a Settled Issue – Or Is It? bit.ly/xdDzP6 (TJ Thurston)
  • “Fear” is Not An Objection to Search Terms - bit.ly/AkZd6h (Josh Gilliland)
  • For Thompson & Knight, EDD Apps Are the Future of Litigation Support - bit.ly/wP7zzG (Danny Thankachan)
  • Havana Bar Brawl? Nope, Just Sanctions! bit.ly/yhnZVr (Elle Byram)
  • Information Governance Gets Presidential Attention - bit.ly/x1ZSBb (Allison Walton)
  • Is Google Docs Secure Enough to Store Client Files? | Ball in your Court - bit.ly/uKcfxC (Craig Ball)
  • Judge Tries To Moot 'Profound' eDiscovery Dispute, Parties Say No - bit.ly/yebA1X (Alison Frankel)
  • Keeping It Together – Tracking Tasks and Decisions Related to eDiscovery - bit.ly/y8BlPM (Michelle Kovitch)
  • Lessons Learned for 2012: Spotlighting the Top eDiscovery Cases from 2011 - bit.ly/wqSfPo (Philip Favro)
  • Metadata: Complying with Oregon Formal Opinion 2011-187 - bit.ly/y3AHEz (Beverly Michaelis)
  • New Year, New Development On Old Issue | Social Media Employment Law Blog - bit.ly/xafmmG (Michael Schmidt)
  • New York's Newest eDiscovery 'Best Practices' and Rules - bit.ly/uimSnQ (Mark Berman)
  • On Some Selected Search Secrets - bit.ly/zQjSDl (Herb Roitblat)
  • Plaintiff "Entitled" to Search Non-Party's Personal Hard Drive Pursuant to Modified Subpoena - bit.ly/zbaWMo (K&L Gates)
  • Plaintiffs Win Round on Discovery of Facebook Pages - bit.ly/zO3fLF (Ben Present)
  • Predictive Coding Best Practices: When are Pre-Culling and Keyword Searching Defensible? bit.ly/wVssl2 (Jim Eidelman)
  • Privilege Or Work Product Waivers - bit.ly/xENsqj (Federal Evidence Review)
  • Resolution on 'Pippins' Discovery Nears, Though Debate Continues - bit.ly/zTrmUQ (Evan Koblentz)
  • Review Website Ordered to Close after Defaming and Harassing Lawyers - bit.ly/tV21Ex (Pinsent Masons)
  • Singapore eDiscovery Case Update: Surface Stone Pte Ltd v Tay Seng Leon and Another [2011] SGHC 223 - bit.ly/AcLYYc (Serena Lim)
  • Social Media Gotchas in Court - bit.ly/AlNxmG (Eric Johnson)
  • Spoliation — How Important Is the Electronic “Original” of a Document? bit.ly/A5oobJ (Gregory Joseph)
  • Storytelling: The Shared Quest For Excellence in Document Review - bit.ly/zY1Apy (Bill Hamilton, Lawrence Chapin)
  • The "American Rule" Rules: Court Declines to Compel Defendants to Share Plaintiffs' Subpoena Cost - bit.ly/z6cKVD (K&L Gates)
  • The Challenges of Collecting Data Outside the U.S. - bit.ly/yHqdyN (Alex Vorro)
  • The ESI Maven: A New Breed of ESI Practitioner - bit.ly/yoJAWP (Cat Casey)
  • The Risks of Failing to Preserve Patent Prosecution Files - bit.ly/xFz6U0 (Mark Michels)
  • Twitter Account Ownership at Issue - Businesses, Firms and Others Brace for Fallout - bit.ly/yDtRzK (Robert Hilson)
  • Twitter's Hard-Learned Lesson on the Rights to 'Tweet' - bit.ly/xPaY7G (Jenevieve Maerker)
  • What Is Predictive Coding and Can it Help Me? | Canadian Lawyer Magazine - bit.ly/wQRyse (Dera Nevin)
  • What Technology-Assisted Electronic Discovery Teaches Us About Role Of Humans In Technology - onforb.es/x3ucv3 (Ben Kerschberg, Amanda Jones)
  • Who Owns the eDiscovery Hot Seat – Corporate or Counsel? bit.ly/zSHju8 (Greg Buckles)
  • Why Wait for Congress to Rule on e-Discovery? Ease the Burden With the Right Policy - bit.ly/wSrAFt (Marisa Peacock)
  • Wikileaks Backers Lose Battle to Keep Twitter Data from U.S. Investigators - bit.ly/y5376s (Kevin O'Keefe)
Reports and Resources
  • Bytes in Brief - January 2012 - bit.ly/yb9ZZm (Sensei Enterprises)
  • Competitive Intelligence - A Selective Resource Guide - December 2011 - bit.ly/wx6TVd (Sabrina Pacifici)
  • IDC Research Expects Record Worldwide Solid State Storage Shipments in 2012 - bit.ly/xKlokz (IDC)
  • Network Analysis and Law Tutorial - bit.ly/w6k4yj (Daniel Katz)
  • New Law Course on eDiscovery & eEvidence - bit.ly/z03OUl (Peter Vogel)
  • Public Access To Legal Information: Locating the Law, 5th Edition - bit.ly/ydnBvn (PALI)
  • Report: Consumer Media Usage Across TV, Online, Mobile and Social - bit.ly/xueBsk (Nielson Wire)
  • Report: Gearing Up For The Cloud And Social Media - bit.ly/xiD0pd (Barry Murphy)
  • Self Defense in Cyberspace - bit.ly/yM181z (Jay Kesan, Carol Hayes)
  • The State of eDiscovery 2011: Results of Industry Market Research Study - bit.ly/z9vbLj (Kevin Nichols)
Technology and Tactics
  • 5 Most Common Violations of Email Compliance - bit.ly/tBDP7t (Jeff Orloff)
  • 5 Ways to Shrink Your Outlook PST File Size - bit.ly/yabUIz (Deborah Savadra)
  • 7 Reasons to Ditch That Free Email Address - bit.ly/A1bCsO (Jeff Orloff)
  • 10 Social Media Law & Governance Resolutions for 2012 - bit.ly/znpvcg (Glen Gilmore)
  • Cloud Storage is about Application Delivery, not Cheap Backup - bit.ly/y2FPlE (Joshua Kunkle)
  • Cool Tools: Microsoft Exchange Server User Monitor - bit.ly/yc9RBv (Caseper Manes)
  • Counting on a Rush to the Cloud - nyti.ms/A3u8y2 (Quentin Hardy)
  • FINRA Opens Door for Social Media with New Rules - bit.ly/yKWR8p (Tim Walker)
  • Google Adds Posts From Its Social Network to Search Results - nyti.ms/xewpk0 (Claire Cain Miller)
  • Google Demotes Link To Own Browser in Search Engine Results Following Rule Breach - bit.ly/AdbXQx (Pinsent Masons)
  • Hackers Threaten to Post Source Code for Symantec Product - nyti.ms/yTYzxJ (Nicole Perlroth)
  • How Social Media Changes Technical Communication - bit.ly/yWWjko (David Carr)
  • LPM 2012 and Beyond: Legal Project Management Grows Up - bit.ly/vBfu2m (Paul Easton)
  • QR Code Malware: A New Frontier for the Bad Guys - bit.ly/wCpM5r (Sharon Nelson)
  • SEC Clarifies Stance on Social Media, Takes Action to Punish Social Network-Based Fraud - bit.ly/ywQcbT (Tim Walker)
  • State of Legal 2012: Tech Goes App-Centric - bit.ly/wopdmW (John Wallbillich)
  • The Four Horsemen of Cloud Brokering - bit.ly/sZ1pa3 (Nico Popp)
  • The Proper Method for Lawyers to “Follow” Jurors and Witnesses - bit.ly/yN4vlV (X1 Discovery)
  • What Should Be in Your BYOD Policy? bit.ly/xxsaD2 (John Mello)
  • Your Electronic Documents Are Secure, But What About Your Paper Documents? read.bi/uY0Xjx (Ramon Ray)
Twitter Hashtags of the Week
Vendor Views
Industry Landscape

  • 17a-4 Announces New Interfaces as Part of the DataParser 7.0 Release - bit.ly/w7cJ9M (PR Web)
  • 2012: Out with the Old, In with the New! http://bit.ly/vkAObQ (Orange Legal Technologies)
  • Actionable Information Governance Initiatives Create Immediate Value and ROI from Enterprise Data - bit.ly/zoNBJG (Business Wire)
  • Carol Zierhoffer Named Xerox Chief Information Officer - bit.ly/y9TiUB (Xerox)
  • Catalyst Insight Blazes eDiscovery Trail Through Amazon | Enterprise Strategy Group - bit.ly/AdWo4i (Katey Wood)
  • CommVault to Combine Backup, Archive Functions - bit.ly/yQtbAx (Lucas Mearian)
  • CY4OR Ltd Acquires eOrigin Ltd to Expand eDisclosure Capability - t.co/MJnEfftr (Nick Pollard)
  • Dean Hager appointed as President and CEO of Kroll Ontrack - bit.ly/z3jSap (Legal IT Professionals)
  • EntropySoft, the Content Integration Company, and eDiscovery Leader, ZyLAB, Announce OEM Agreement - bit.ly/y2K2gk (Press Release)
  • Equivio Announces "Inside-Relativity" Version of its Analytics Technology - prn.to/yDEWhM (PR Newswire)
  • FTI on 2012 – Fewer eDiscovery Suppliers Per Company - bit.ly/xr9y39 (Chris Dale)
  • Gartner’s Debra Logan and Others at ZyLAB Universe 2011 - bit.ly/vTPyBr (Chris Dale)
  • Guidance Software Appoints New Deputy General Counsel and VP of Marketing - bit.ly/AqIppt (Business Wire)
  • Huron Consulting Group Announces Senior Level Promotions - yhoo.it/yANzt6 (Business Wire)
  • ISYS Search Provides Enhanced Text Data Extraction Capabilities for New Generation of SAP® Solutions - bit.ly/x4nLJ6 (Business Wire)
  • kCura, Equivio Integrate Their Apps - bit.ly/xOtL3A (Evan Koblentz)
  • kCura Releases Relativity 7.3 - bit.ly/xGKGSg (kCura)
  • Kroll Ontrack: IT Trends of 2012: Enjoy the Benefits without Taking Unnecessary Risks - bit.ly/A06mHp (Business Wire)
  • Lexis Sells Applied Discovery to Siris Capital - bit.ly/zSx5p3 (Evan Koblentz)
  • NightOwl Implements Relativity Assisted Review - bit.ly/ztp9xy (Press Release)
  • Nuix eDiscovery: Where Are We Going in 2012? bit.ly/z0gKPr (Eddie Sheehy)
  • OpenText to Report Second Quarter Financial Results on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - prn.to/ymC6NU (PR Newswire)
  • SiteLogic Adds IPRO Eclipse to Suite of eDiscovery Solutions - mwne.ws/xs1waX (Marketwire)
  • SocialLogix and DigitalMailer Partner to Deliver Social Media Compliance to Financial Institutions - bit.ly/z7vTYR (Business Wire)
  • StoredIQ Signs Distribution Deal with Promark Technology to ExpandInformation Governance Reach - bit.ly/wWaCn2 (Press Release)
2012 eDiscovery Events  

JANUARY  

LegalTech New York 2012
January 30 – February 1, 2012 New York, NY
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8th Annual Law Firm Chief Information & Technology Officers Forum
January 31 – February 1, 2012 New York, NY
Click here for more information.  

MARCH  

LegalIT Business Show
March 6 - 7, 2012 London, UK
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IP Counsel Forum March 7 – 8, 2012 San Jose, CA
Click here for more information.  

AIIM 2012 Conference March 20 – 22, 2012
San Francisco, CA
Click here for more information.  

The Sedona Conference Institute’s 6th Annual Program on Staying Ahead of the eDiscovery Curve
March 22 – 23, 2012 St. Louis, MO
Click here for more information.  

ABA TECHSHOW 2012
March 29-31, 2012 Chicago, IL
Click here for more information.  

APRIL  

ACEDS 2012 Conference
April 2 – 4, 2012 Hollywood, FL
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12th Annual Super Conference
April 23 – 24, 2012 Chicago, IL
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MAY  

2012 World Technology Law Conference & Annual Meeting
May 3 – 4, 2012 Washington, DC
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INSIGHT 2012 Law Firm IT – Conference and Exposition
May 8 – 9, 2012 London, UK
Click here for more information.  

EDRM 2012 – 2013 Kickoff Meeting
May 16 – 17, 2012 St. Paul, MN
Click here for more information.  

CEIC 2012 May 21 – 24, 2012 Summerlin, NV
Click here for more information.  

LegalTech West Coast 2012
May 22-23, 2012 Los Angeles, CA
Click here for more information.  

JUNE 

ILO Global Counsel Congress
June 14, 2012 New York, NY
Click here for more information.  

JULY  

Carmel Valley eDiscovery Retreat
July 22 – 24, 2012 Carmel, CA
Click here for more information.  

AUGUST  

ILTA Annual Conference 2012
August 26 – 30, 2012 Washington, DC
Click here for more information.  

SEPTEMBER
Intermountain eDiscovery Conference 2012 
September 13, 2012 (Planning) Salt Lake City, UT
ACC Annual Meeting
September 30 – October 3, 2012 Orlando, FL
Click here for more information.  

OCTOBER

EDI Leadership Summit 2012
October 17 - 19, 2012 Fort Lauderdale, FL
Click here for more information.