Weekly eDiscovery News and Views - August 4, 2010

Provided for your review/use is this week's snapshot update of key industry news, views, and events highlighting key electronic discovery related stories, developments, and announcements.

eDiscovery News
Context for Applying Discovery

1. A Light at the End of the Tunnel – and It’s Not a Train - http://tinyurl.com/2a6kvra
2. ABA Technology Survey on Lawyer Websites - http://tinyurl.com/23vu3mf
3. Adobe's Advice on Purging PDF Documents of Metadata - http://bit.ly/dy6FAC
4. Bridging the Communication Gap in E-Discovery - http://tinyurl.com/24txwpe
5. Case Survives Mishandling of Intercepted Pager Records - http://tinyurl.com/2g2anc9
6. Challenges for Corporate eDiscovery/Litigation Support Professionals - http://bit.ly/bQR6TP
7. Climbing Back - Socha and Tom Gelbmann Highlight Key Trends Identified in Annual eDiscovery Survey - http://tinyurl.com/29yxwbj
8. Competition Heats Up In The Legal Hold Application Market - http://tinyurl.com/22u7s2b
9. Demand for Legal Services Flattening Out, Report Says - http://tinyurl.com/24l67yy
10. Discovery vs. Document Review Is Value vs. Cost - http://tinyurl.com/2fea5l7
11. Economic Impact Assessment of NIST’s Text REtrieval Conference (TREC) Program (PDF) - http://trec.nist.gov/pubs/2010.economic.impact.pdf
12. E-Discovery: Opt For Major Changes Rather Than Tinkering At The Edges Of The Rules - http://tinyurl.com/269e4of
13. eDiscovery and the BP Oil Crisis - http://tinyurl.com/29keqy2
14. Emailing From Work Could Cost You Legal Protection - http://tinyurl.com/26su35x
15. Information Management Health Check Survey Reveals Corporate Need to Transition to Deal with Infinite Retention - http://tinyurl.com/2e8lnx6
16. Lessons From Twitter's Settlement With the FTC - http://tinyurl.com/2dmqmky
17. Managing Lawyers - Choose Review Attorneys Carefully; Treat Them Well - http://tinyurl.com/275s73m
18. Monitoring for Compliance: A Strategic Approach - http://ow.ly/2irPx
19. No Fear . . . No Way: E-Discovery is a Complex Business - Proceed at Your Own Risk (PDF) - http://tinyurl.com/2dnabql
20. New York Court Provides Detailed Instruction on Protocol for Discovery of Cloned Hard Drive - http://tinyurl.com/285lrxj
21. Setting Up Review Workflows for Multi-Language Documents - http://tinyurl.com/2bem3bb
22. Social Media, Permanent Records and eDiscovery - http://tinyurl.com/27u9blq
23. Social Media -- What's the Real Impact to the Organization? http://tinyurl.com/29cstrv
24. The Cowen Group - Q2 Critical Trends Survey (PDF) - http://alm-editorial-us.msgfocus.com/c/15FDIUpEXb9setaFCw
25. The Discovery Perils of the USB Drive - http://tinyurl.com/2ckguj
26. The Miracle of E-Mail - How This Simple, Durable, Elegant Communication Tool Actually Works - http://tinyurl.com/2cahc4h
27. The Reality of Native Format Production and Redaction (EDRM) - http://tinyurl.com/27hadst
28. Trademark And Copyright Issues In The Online Marketplace - http://tinyurl.com/242m4mz
29. Why Government Websites Should Be Archived - http://bit.ly/byWVb6
30. Why Organisations are Bringing eDiscovery in House: It’s Time to Call a Spade a Spade - http://tinyurl.com/23cogyg

Content for Understanding Technology

• Apps and Privacy - http://tinyurl.com/2a84kdh
• Document Management Roll-up: Microsoft Office for Mac, PDF Conversion Gets Easier http://bit.ly/aIvdFL
• Federal CIO Details Cloud Computing Gains - http://tinyurl.com/2a8u7hw
• Google to Allow Trade Marks as Keywords Across Europe - http://tinyurl.com/28c5l2o
• Google, Twitter and Facebook Build the Semantic Web - http://tinyurl.com/39yd2qk
• Internet Explorer Gains Market Share, Firefox, Chrome Decline - http://tinyurl.com/24gh7j9
• Latest iPhone No Longer Safe - http://tinyurl.com/2577u2l
• Online Trends: Mobile E-Mail Replacing Desktop E-Mail - http://bit.ly/bAvLvb
• Pentagon Goes Wiki With Crowdsourced Tech Project - http://bit.ly/bdCtkd
• Pew Internet: Reputation Management and Social Media - http://tinyurl.com/2ucdjft
• Saudi Arabia to Ban BlackBerry Service on Friday - http://tinyurl.com/34zdw9r
• The 2010 State CIO Survey - http://tinyurl.com/2g33tsp
• The Web's New Gold Mine: Your Secrets - http://tinyurl.com/3y2wdov
• The White House’s “Progress” Report on Cybersecurity: There’s A Long Road Ahead - http://tinyurl.com/33z62y9

Vendor Views
Industry Landscape

• Encore Discovery Solutions Adds Harvey Yarborough as Senior Sales Consultant - http://tinyurl.com/22kzbps
• Gibson Dunn Opens in Hong Kong With Focus on Litigation - http://tinyurl.com/2dgsmaf
• Guidance Software Reports Record Q2 2010 Results - http://tinyurl.com/2ctstoe
• kCura Announces Relativity 6.5 - http://tinyurl.com/259q2dh
• Leading Cloud-Based Email Archiving Provider LiveOffice Reports Record Second Quarter Revenue - http://tinyurl.com/2ethspn
• LECG Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results - http://tinyurl.com/28x4eyd
• Legal Industry Veteran Colleen Freeman Joins Document Technologies, Inc. - http://tinyurl.com/2ebpqm6
• Matthew Martens Joins SEC as Chief Litigation Counsel - http://p2.to/VT2
• Precise, Inc. Unveils Diligence™ Document Review Platform - http://tinyurl.com/2bpqem6
• RealPractice Deepens Legal Technology Focus with Key Executive Hires and New Funding - http://tinyurl.com/288gkxk
• SaaS Email Security and Compliance Leader Proofpoint Reports Q210 Results, 7 Years of Record Quarterly Revenues - http://tinyurl.com/28f5udy
• Social Media Litigation Support via CaseCenteral - http://tinyurl.com/26oq3pk

Case Summaries
eDiscovery Case Law via DiscoverApplied (@discoverapplied)

• Canada, Divorce, and Hard Drives - Armco Capital Inc. v. Armoyan, [2010] N.S.J. No. 128 - http://tinyurl.com/29rkn7w
• Ulcers, Three Years, and $100,000,000 - http://tinyurl.com/2gyjnyc

eDiscovery Events

AUGUST

CBA Canadian Legal Conference & Expo
August 15-17, 2010
Niagara, Ontatio
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ILTA 2010
August 22-26, 2010
Nashville, TN
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SEPTEMBER

Legal Week Corporate Counsel Forum
September 14-15, 2010
London, UK
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IBA: 14th Annual Competition Conference
September 17-18, 2010
Florence, Italy
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IQPC: 8th Annual Cold Chain Distribution for Pharmaceuticals
September 20-23, 2010
Philadelphia, PA
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Canadian Forum on Court Technology
September 22-23, 2010
Ottawa, Canada
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ALM – Virtual LegalTech
September 23, 2010
Online
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Argyle Executive Forum: 2010 Chief Legal Officer Leadership Forum
September 29, 2010
Chicago, IL
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OCTOBER

The Masters Conference
October 4-6, 2010
Washington, DC
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2010 NFPA Annual Convention
October 7-10, 2010
Cherry Hill, NJ
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Gartner Symposium: ITxpo 2010
October 17-21, 2010
Orlando, FL
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EDRM Midyear Meeting
October 19-20-2010
St. Paul, MN
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DRI Annual Meeting
October 20-24, 2010
San Diego, CA
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The Sedona Conference: Patent Litigation XI
Oct 21 – Oct 22, 2010
Phoenix, AZ
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ACC Annual Meeting
October 24-27, 2010
San Antonio, TX
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2010 Techno Forensics & Digital Investigations
October 25-26, 2010
Gaithersburg, MD
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Sedona Conference, Antitrust Law & Litigation XII
October 28-29, 2010
Phoenix, AZ
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NOVEMBER

InfoSecurity – Netherlands
November 3-4, 2010
Utrecht, Netherlands
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InfoSecurity – Russia
November 17-19, 2010
Moscow, Russia
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Gartner Identity and Access Management Summit
November 17, 2010
San Diego, CA
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Gartner Data Center Summit
November 22-23, 2010
London, UK
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DECEMBER

Gartner Data Center Conference
December 6-9, 2010
Las Vegas, NV
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ALM – Virtual LegalTech
December 14, 2010
Online
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