According to Norton Rose Fulbright’s 2023 Annual Litigation Trends Survey, corporations spend an average of $1.7 million on legal disputes for every $1 billion in revenue they earn. With much of that spending going toward...more
7/27/2023
/ Clawbacks ,
Data Collection ,
Data Preservation ,
Document Productions ,
Document Review ,
e-Discovery ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Evidence ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Inadvertent Disclosure ,
Legal Technology ,
Litigation Strategies
Discover how generative AI is reshaping the legal landscape and revolutionizing the way legal professionals investigate and analyze complex cases. In this webinar, we will explore the transformative capabilities of generative...more
The International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates that by 2025, the world will have 175 zettabytes of digital data—which, if stored on DVDs, would create a stack tall enough to circle the earth 222 times. As organizations...more
7/12/2023
/ Cloud Storage ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Retention ,
Digital Data ,
Document Management ,
e-Discovery ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email ,
Evidence ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Legal Operations ,
Legal Technology ,
Project Management ,
Relationship Development ,
Slack ,
Social Media
In our adversarial justice system, litigants rely on evidence to explain their side of a dispute. Today, much of that evidence is digital. If an organization allows digital evidence to be compromised, lost, or destroyed, it...more
5/19/2023
/ American Bar Association (ABA) ,
Automation Systems ,
Best Practices ,
Cloud Storage ,
Data Preservation ,
Data Security ,
Data Storage ,
Default Judgment ,
Destruction of Evidence ,
e-Discovery ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Evidence ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Legal Technology ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Spoliation ,
Triggering Event
With fears of a possible global recession, many corporate legal departments are tightening their belts to prepare for an extended financial downturn, which might affect their cooperation with litigation support services....more
3/23/2023
/ Corporate Law Departments ,
Data Management ,
Data Preservation ,
e-Discovery ,
In-House Perspective ,
Innovative Technology ,
Legal Operations ,
Legal Project Management ,
Legal Technology ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Software
As an eDiscovery expert, you know that your job is challenging, time-intensive – and incredibly rewarding.
This Valentine’s Day, join your eDiscovery colleagues and IPRO for this legal investigation rendezvous, and learn...more
2/1/2023
/ Analytics ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Security ,
Discovery ,
Document Review ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Legal Operations ,
Legal Technology ,
Webinars
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) can be intricate and confusing, especially when it comes to the interplay between various rules. Few aspects of civil litigation present potential pitfalls such as amending and...more
Data is like the mail: it just keeps coming in, day after day. Storing and maintaining it is a never-ending process. Excess data can slow down operations, diminishing a law firm’s productivity, profitability, and public...more
1/16/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Best Practices ,
Compliance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Security ,
Data Storage ,
Hardware ,
Information Governance ,
Internal Controls ,
Legal Technology ,
Mergers ,
New Legislation ,
New Regulations ,
Popular ,
Productivity ,
Profits ,
Remediation ,
Software
While an economic downturn is always possible, 2023 is likely to present more financial challenges to corporations, and legal ops in particular, than recent years.
This economic climate will affect corporate legal...more
12/28/2022
/ Billing ,
Collaboration ,
e-Discovery ,
Economic Downturn ,
Interest Rates ,
Legal Operations ,
Legal Project Management ,
Legal Technology ,
Price Inflation ,
Productivity ,
Recessions ,
Software
Guidelines and frameworks are usually born out of a desire to streamline and perfect processes. But sometimes progress calls for undoing those traditions and entering a new paradigm. Such is the case when it comes to the...more
10/25/2022
/ Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Preservation ,
Discovery ,
Document Productions ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
EDRM ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Information Governance ,
Legal Project Management ,
Legal Technology ,
Software ,
Technology
Sensitive information is everywhere, from clients’ names and addresses to the trade secrets a business relies on to beat its competition. As such, organizations can’t avoid collecting, processing, storing, and transferring...more
10/4/2022
/ Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Discovery ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Legal Technology ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Proprietary Information ,
Sensitive Business Information ,
Unauthorized Disclosure
Modern society is awash in data, in a wide range of formats and types. While every industry faces challenges in how to efficiently store and process data, the healthcare industry faces particular challenges with the...more
5/31/2022
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Best Practices ,
Data Management ,
Data Retention ,
Discovery ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Health Care Providers ,
Legal Technology ,
Medical Records ,
PHI ,
Technology-Assisted Review
Some of the challenges associated with searching through data for an investigation are similar to those faced during the discovery stage of the litigation process as it exists in the United States. The need to defensibly...more
4/20/2022
/ Analytics ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Automation Systems ,
Discovery ,
Early Case Assessment ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Government Investigations ,
Internal Investigations ,
Investigations ,
Legal Technology ,
Search Engines ,
Technology ,
Technology-Assisted Review
Using AI tools for eDiscovery does not have to be complicated. While many large law firms have long-since already incorporated AI into their processes, small and mid-size firms alike can now leverage these tools to better...more
More seasoned attorneys will tell stories about the days they had to go to a physical law library to do legal research. They’ll explain how they learned to collect data about court outcomes informally through word of mouth in...more
As corporate counsel, you have important matters to contend with every day. You likely feel like there’s never enough time to manage everything. On top of that, you shoulder the burden of issuing, executing, and ensuring...more
Corporate legal departments face a unique pressure. As part of a business, they need to conform with standard business expectations like sticking to their budget, tracking their performance, and implementing helpful...more
Maybe you went into the law because you aren’t much of a tech person. You’re more of a big-picture thinker, hired as in-house counsel for your legal acumen, ability to strategize, and broad-based experience. You figure you...more
10/5/2021
/ Algorithms ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Discovery ,
Document Review ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Legal Project Management ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Predictive Coding ,
Technology-Assisted Review ,
Work-Product Doctrine
Internal investigations are becoming increasingly complex. In a world where everything continues to grow, from the number of people to the amount of data, it is not surprising that the number of internal investigations also...more
Corporate fraud is rampant - and nearly half of companies aren’t even investigating it.
That’s the message from PwC’s Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey 2020, which surveyed more than 5,000 companies globally about...more
Many legal professionals are familiar with eDiscovery and the benefits the technology provides. However, what may not be common knowledge is the power that artificial intelligence brings to the table and the techniques that...more
7/22/2021
/ Analytics ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Automation Systems ,
Classification ,
Data Collection ,
Discovery ,
Document Productions ,
Document Review ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Legal Technology ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI ,
Redaction ,
Sensitive Business Information ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Trade Secrets ,
Webinars
Lawyers handle tremendous amounts of sensitive information every day: their clients’ personal data, including both personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI), intellectual property, trade...more
6/24/2021
/ Best Practices ,
Discovery ,
FOIA ,
Legal Technology ,
Metadata ,
Open Records ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Public Records ,
Redaction ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Sunshine Laws
It is no secret or surprise to anyone in the legal profession that document review takes up the bulk of the time, effort, and costs surrounding litigation. As the cost associated with litigation continues to rise across the...more
Legal holds arise from the duty to preserve information for pending or reasonably anticipated litigation. Once litigation is contemplated, organizations have a legal obligation to prevent deletion and preserve potentially...more
5/19/2021
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Automation Systems ,
Data Collection ,
Data Deletion ,
Data Preservation ,
Discovery ,
Duty to Preserve ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Evidence ,
Legal Technology ,
Litigation Hold ,
ROI ,
Spoliation ,
Webinars