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Why Are Lawyers So Darned Incompetent With E-Discovery? Three Reasons

TechLaw Crossroads

Why are lawyers incompetent when it comes to e-Discovery: Hubris. markus-spiske-iar-afB0QQw-unsplash Stephanie Wilkins recently wrote an excellent article entitled, “Is Attorney E-Discovery Incompetence the Elephant in the Room?” The EDRM paper notes the importance of lawyers’ to use AI with e-discovery.

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Major E-Discovery News, As Exterro, Eyeing IPO, Acquires Zapproved for Undisclosed Amount

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Among the things the two e-discovery companies Exterro and Zapproved have in common is that they were both founded in the same year, 2008, and in the same city, Portland, Ore. Learn more about Exterro products on the LawNext Legal Tech Directory: Exterro E-Discovery Data Management , Exterro Legal Hold , Exterro Review.

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Exclusive: New AI Features In Clearbrief Create Hyperlinked Timelines And Allow Users To Query Their Documents

Above the Law - Technology

It examines the discovery, exhibits, pleadings and other documents in a case and automatically finds and displays citations to the source documents that provide the factual support, as well as case law, statutes and regulations. From that document set, the user can select which documents to use to generate the timeline.

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You Subpoenaed My Documents, Shouldn’t You Pay for Them?

Percipient

23, 2015) the court observed that responding parties presumptively bear the expense of complying with discovery requests unless the expense is “significant.” Much of the costs were charges from an e-discovery vendor to collect and search electronically stored information (ESI) , including e-mails relating to Cardinal.

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The Strategic Evolution of Corporate Legal Operations

Colin S. Levy

From practice management software to contract lifecycle tools and e-discovery applications, technology streamlines key activities. This financial rigor supports sustainable decision-making and helps the department remain accountable and transparent. Technology and Data Analytics Technology is the backbone of modern legal operations.

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No, You Don’t Have to Read Everything

Joshua Gilliland

I have met lawyers who have a crazy idea: They HAVE to read EVERY email, document, Excel file, video, and every other bit of ESI produced in discovery. Lawyers have a duty of competency to their client, and candor to the court, to look at what is relevant to their case and responsive to discovery requests. Pomrenke, 2015 U.S.

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The 10 Legal Tech Trends that Defined 2021

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Here are my prior years’ lists of the most important developments: 2020 , 2018 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013. In 2015, AppFolio, which then owned practice management platform MyCase, went through an IPO , but its primary products were not in legal, but in property management. Also driving this, I believe, is the e-payments factor.