April, 2018

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What the Working Party might be Thinking about Discovery – WP 261 Derogations to the GDPR

Discovery Advocate

On Feb. 6, 2018, the Article 29 Working Party (Working Party 29) published Working Paper 261 (WP 261), which provided guidance on the provisions of Article 49 of the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This guidance was especially interesting to data privacy attorneys and litigators (primarily e-discovery practitioners) in the United States who had been considering the operation of GDPR Article 49 as it relates to cross-border data transfers undertaken in the context

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Microsoft Word - Tips and Tricks

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Accept Only Formatting Changes in Word Sometimes you agree with the formatting change, but not the content. Here is how to accept only the formatting changes in a Microsoft Word document.

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Episode 8: Angie Hickey on the Benefits of Business People Holding Law Firm Leadership Roles

Technically Legal

In Episode 8, we talk to Angie Hickey, CEO of the Chicago based law firm Levenfeld Pearlstein. Angie discusses the benefits of business people holding leadership positions in law firms. Angie explains that one of the main benefits of hiring business people to help run law firms is that it permits lawyers to spend more time doing what they are trained to do–practice law.

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What Judges are really saying about Technology Assisted Review

Discovery Advocate

Since the first judicial opinion endorsing the use of Technology Assisted Review (or TAR) was written by Judge Andrew J. Peck in 2012, an entire legal industry has grown up on the premise of streamlining the document review process in discovery – that is, taking a repetitive task traditionally performed entirely by attorneys and introducing the concept of computer assistance to increase efficiency and improve consistency.

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Case Closed: How to Optimize Your Legal Intake Process for Efficiency

Speaker: Anne Post, CEO North America, Xakia Technologies

Do you know that 40% of U.S. Legal Departments now have a formal legal intake process? With that in mind, where does your legal department stand today? Many legal teams still struggle with a flood of incoming requests, leaving everyone overwhelmed and frustrated. Implementing a formal legal intake process can seem like an obstacle between the business and the legal department, but it doesn’t have to be!

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Microsoft Word - Tips and Tricks

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Accept Only Formatting Changes in Word Sometimes you agree with the formatting change, but not the content. Here is how to accept only the formatting changes in a Microsoft Word document.

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Timestream - Case Timeline Software

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How to Make a Timeline Using Timestream Whether it’s an investigation, news report, litigation or a research project, the story can last minutes or decades and can change in an instant. A visual timeline can help tie everything together, crafting a coherent and well supported narrative.

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TrialDirector - Trial Presentation Software

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ELMO v. TrialDirector Trial Technology - the use of ELMO vs. Trial Director to present documents in trial.

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TrialDirector - Trial Presentation Software

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ELMO v. TrialDirector Trial Technology - the use of ELMO vs. Trial Director to present documents in trial.

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Microsoft Word - Tips and Tricks

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Get Organized: How to Create a Macro in Microsoft Word Macros in Microsoft Word let you automatically insert text that you might type frequently, such as boilerplate for business documents. Here's how to create them.

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Microsoft Word - Tips and Tricks

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Get Organized: How to Create a Macro in Microsoft Word Macros in Microsoft Word let you automatically insert text that you might type frequently, such as boilerplate for business documents. Here's how to create them.

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Trellis Launches Trellis AI to Streamline Trial Court Litigation

Trellis AI leverages the largest repository of state trial court data to help litigators evaluate cases, automate brief drafting, suggest winning strategies, and more. Key components: Draft Arguments — Uses similar/successful motions in the Trellis database to generate arguments/citations for your motions seeking dismissal, summary judgment, etc. Case Assessment — Predict the likely outcomes of a case at any stage to help you decide to accept it, guide motion practice, make settlement offers, an