Insight into where e-discovery, information governance cybersecurity, and digital transformation are heading – who is doing what now or in the future, what works and what doesn’t, and what people wish they could do but can’t – gleaned from recent publications
NELTP Connect 2019 – Please join us on 5/30 at The State Room (60 State Street – Boston) for the New England Litigation Technology Professionals’ NELTP Connect 2019: Luncheon keynote by the Hon. F. Dennis Saylor IV, future lawyering, e-discovery, data privacy, anti-money laundering, and more.
Building Tomorrow’s Business: What does digital transformation mean for middle-market companies in 2019? – Please join Gary Bie of Stony Brook Medicine and Malcolm Cohron of BDO on 6/19 at noon ET for a webinar examining the results of BDO’s inaugural Digital Transformation Services survey.
E-DISCOVERY
TAR v. keywords – Bill Dimm of Clustify posted the sixth installment in his series on TAR versus keywords. To get a good understanding of his efforts their results, read the full series: Round 1, Round 2, Round 3, Round 4, Round 5, and Round 6. As Bill notes, in this round “[a] total of 1,924 queries were submitted by 42 participants (an average of 45.8 queries per person) and higher recall levels were achieved than in any prior version of the challenge, but the audience still couldn’t beat TAR.”
Survey of corporate legal practitioners – The Blickstein Group and Exterro published results of their survey of corporate legal professionals, the 3rd Annual Study of Effective Legal Spend Management. The extreme summary: law departments want to reduce e-discovery spend and they have gotten pretty good at doing that.
CYBERSECURITY & DATA PRIVACY
US privacy laws and bills overview – Robert McKenna, Erica Sechrist, and Ian Adams of Orrick offer an overview of consumer privacy protection efforts. In addition to discussing Federal legislation, Federal Trade Commission activities, and the CCPA, they offer a map of states with comprehensive privacy laws and bills and a corresponding list (links added):
State |
Statute/Bill |
CA |
Ca. Civ. Code §§ 1798.100 – .199, “California Consumer Privacy Act” (passed) |
CT |
Substitute Senate Bill No. 1108, “An Act Establishing a Task Force Concerning Consumer Privacy” |
HI |
SB418, “A Bill for an Act Relating to Privacy” |
IL |
HB3358, “Data Transparency and Privacy Act” |
MA |
SD 341/S 120, “An Act Relative to Consumer Data Privacy” |
MD |
SB 613, “Online Consumer Protection Act” |
ME |
LD 946, “An Act To Protect the Privacy of Online Customer Information” |
ND |
HB 1485, “AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study of consumer personal data disclosures” |
NE |
Chapter 603A, “Security and Privacy of Personal Information” (passed) |
NJ |
S2834, “AN ACT concerning commercial Internet websites…” |
NM |
SB 176, “Consumer Information Privacy Act” |
NV |
SB220, “AN ACT relating to Internet privacy…” |
NY |
S224, “Right to Know Act of 2018” |
NY |
SB S8641, “Relates to creating a private right of action for the breach of a consumer’s identifying information” |
RI |
S0234, “Consumer Privacy Protection Act” |
TX |
HB 4518, “Relating to the privacy of a consumer’s personal information collected by certain businesses…” |
TX |
HB 4390, “Relating to the privacy of personal identifying information and the creation of the Texas Privacy Protection Advisory Council” |
WA |
SB 5376, “Washington privacy act” |
CCPA checklist – Odia Kagan of Fox Rothschild has put together a California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) checklist of steps for companies to take to get ready for the CCPA.
Will CCPA deliver? – Brandon Graves and Svetlana McManus of Davis Wright Tremaine caution that the “reasonable security” language in the CCPA may not provide consumers with as much protection as anticipated. The difficultly stems from the ambiguity of the term, something regulators and courts alike might find challenging.
Texas consumer privacy laws less likely – Eric Levy, David Stauss, and Ephraim Hintz of Husch Blackwell report that Texas appears unlikely to pass CCPA-like consumer privacy legislation before its session ends on May 27. For an overview of the Texas, legislation, go to the post by Rachel Ehlers of Jackson Lewis, Will Texas Soon Join the Ranks of States Enacting Privacy Legislation?
Washington main consumer privacy legislation stalled – John Tomaszewski & Edward “Ted” Murphree of Seyfarth Shaw comment that Washington state consumer privacy legislation, SB 5376, has stalled in committee and the bill in Mississippi was dead on arrival.
Washington state bolsters data breach notification law – As Colleen Theresa Brown and Elizabeth MacGill of Sidley note, the Washington state legislature passed HB 1071, adding protection for more types of consumer information, shortening the notification timeframe, and requiring that affected residents be instructed to change passwords or take other appropriate steps.
Privacy and employer-issued fitness trackers – Lariza Hebert of Fisher & Phillips points out that organizations providing fitness trackers to employees should keep in mind data privacy issues, and offers tips for how employers can mitigate such risks as inappropriately collecting or using informnatino from fitness trackers.
Meanwhile, non-encrypted USB drive use is commonplace – According to a recent Apricorn report, the 58% of responding employees say they regularly use non-encrypted USB drives even though 91% say that encrypted USB drives should be mandatory.
INFORMATION GOVERNANCE
Four keys to IG success – Aaron Bryan, chief information governance officer at Washington State Department of Health, offers advice on how to make an information governance program succeed: (1) a C-level exec must run the steering committee, (2) steering committee stakeholders must fully embrace their responsibilities; (3) IG must be treated as an essential core business, and (4) the IG function must be aligned with other org-wide strategic initiatives.
LEGAL TECHNOLOGY & DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
Legal tech hits adolescence? – Two articles discuss trends that suggests the legal tech industry/market is maturing:
Law firm AI roundtable – In the second installment of a two-part article, seven panelists discuss the directions they think laws firms will head with artificial intelligence, including the kinds of legal services AI will play a key role in, the influence AI has had on evolving law firm business models, whether AI will revolutionize the legal profession, what the increased adoption of AI means for law students and young lawyers, in what ways AI has made human skills more important than ever, and what legal jobs they expect will be entirely replaced by AI.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Conferences, webinars, and the like can provide insight into where e-discovery, information governance cybersecurity, and digital transformation are heading
5/16/2018-6/14/2019 EVENTS
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Type |
Location |
Host |
Title |
5/16/19 |
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Meeting |
Portland, OR |
ARMA |
Oregon Chapter 50th Anniversary |
5/16/19 |
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Meeting |
Boston, MA |
ARMA |
ARMA Boston: Homerun Extravaganza |
5/16/19 |
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Meeting |
Oaks, PA |
ARMA |
Liberty Bell Chapter Meeting |
5/16/19 8:00 AM |
5/16/19 5:30 PM |
CT |
Conference |
Chicago, IL |
The Masters Conference |
Chicago Windy City Legal And Data Event |
5/16/19 9:00 AM |
5/16/19 4:00 PM |
ET |
Conference |
New York, NY |
Exterro |
Exterro Regional User Group New York |
5/16/19 11:00 AM |
|
ET |
Webinar |
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Cellebrite |
Dealing with the digital deluge in Law Enforcement |
5/16/19 2:00 PM |
|
ET |
Webinar |
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DATAVERSITY |
Build an Effective Data Governance Framework |
5/16/19 2:00 PM |
5/16/19 4:30 PM |
CT |
Meeting |
Minneapolis, MN |
IAPP |
The Duty of Data Security and the Practicality of Managing it |
5/16/19 2:00 PM |
5/16/19 3:00 PM |
ET |
Webinar |
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Lexbe |
eDiscovery Essentials for the Plaintiff Lawyer |
5/16/19 4:30 PM |
|
CT |
Meeting |
Minneapolis, MN |
IAPP |
IAPP KnowledgeNet Happy Hour |
5/17/19 8:00 AM |
5/17/19 5:00 PM |
CT |
Conference |
Chicago, IL |
InfoGov World |
Data Monetization & Infonomics Summit |
5/17/19 2:00 PM |
|
ET |
Webinar |
|
Hanzo |
Compliance Investigations: Best Practices and Effectiveness Essentials |
5/19/19 10:00 AM |
5/22/19 4:30 PM |
CT |
Conference |
Chicago, IL |
MER |
MER Conference 2019 |
5/21/19 |
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Meeting |
Atlanta, GA |
ARMA |
Atlanta Chapter Meeting |
5/21/19 8:00 AM |
5/21/19 9:00 PM |
BST |
Conference |
London, UK |
Relativity |
Relativity Fest London |
5/21/19 7:30 AM |
5/22/19 3:30 PM |
CT |
Conference |
Chicago, IL |
Corporate Counsel |
SuperConference 2019 |
5/21/19 8:00 AM |
5/21/19 5:00 PM |
CT |
Conference |
Chicago, IL |
Consero |
Corporate Litigation & Investigations Executive Roundtable |
5/21/19 8:30 AM |
5/24/19 4:30 PM |
ET |
Conference |
Toronto, Canada |
IAPP |
IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2019 |
5/21/19 10:00 AM |
5/21/19 11:00 AM |
ET |
Webinar |
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DataGuidance |
GDPR Essentials: One Year On |
5/21/19 1:00 PM |
|
ET |
Webinar |
|
ABA |
Technology-Related Policies for Law Firms |
5/22/19 |
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Meeting |
Chicago, IL |
ARMA |
ARMA Chicago Spring Seminar at MER Conference |
5/22/19 8:00 AM |
5/23/19 4:00 PM |
ET |
Conference |
Washington, DC |
Georgetown Law CLE |
2019 Cybersecurity Law Institute |
5/22/19 10:00 AM |
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ET |
Webinar |
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HaystackID |
Apple, Oranges, and eDiscovery Pricing |
5/22/19 12:00 PM |
5/22/19 1:00 PM |
ET |
Webinar |
|
ACC |
GDPR: A Year in Review |
5/22/19 12:00 PM |
5/24/19 4:05 PM |
GMT |
Conference |
London, UK |
ACC |
General Counsel Summit |
5/22/19 1:00 PM |
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ET |
Webinar |
|
ABA |
The New Era of Privacy and Cybersecurity for Law Firms |
5/22/19 1:00 PM |
|
ET |
Webinar |
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CCBJ |
Preservation and Collection Best Practices for a Global Workforce |
5/22/19 1:00 PM |
|
ET |
Webinar |
|
CCBJ |
What’s in Your (and Your Employees’) Smartphones? |
5/22/19 1:00 PM |
|
ET |
Webinar |
|
OpenText |
What’s New and What’s Next for OpenText Security |
5/22/19 2:00 PM |
5/23/19 4:00 PM |
CT |
Conference |
Chicago, IL |
IGI |
2019 Chief Information Governance Officer Summit |
5/22/19 9:00 AM |
5/22/19 5:10 PM |
AEST |
Conference |
Melbourne, Australia |
ALTA |
ALTACON LegalTech Conference |
5/23/19 |
|
|
Conference |
Sacramento, CA |
ARMA |
2019 Records Knowledge Conference |
5/23/19 2:00 PM |
|
ET |
Conference |
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DATAVERSITY |
Master Data Management – Aligning Data, Process, and Governance |
5/24/19 1:00 PM |
5/24/19 2:00 PM |
CEST |
Webinar |
|
ACEDS |
Live from the ZyLAB Amsterdam Office: One Year GDPR: What’s Up (Next)? |
5/28/19 |
5/30/19 |
|
Conference |
London, UK |
Cosmonauts |
Future Lawyer Week 2019 |
5/29/19 |
|
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Conference |
Houston, TX |
ARMA |
ARMA Houston Monthly Meeting |
5/29/19 1:00 PM |
|
ET |
Webinar |
|
XDD |
Everything in Moderation: Proportionality in eDiscovery |
5/29/19 1:00 PM |
|
ET |
Webinar |
|
CloudNine |
Keeping Production from Becoming a Big Production |
5/29/19 1:00 PM |
|
ET |
Webinar |
|
Everlaw |
Taking Aim at Ediscovery Vendors |
5/30/19 7:00 AM |
5/30/19 6:00 PM |
IST |
Conference |
Bangalore, India |
Events 4 Sure |
GDPR ConfEx & Law Tech Exhibition |
5/30/19 8:30 AM |
5/30/19 5:00 PM |
ET |
Conference |
Boston, MA |
NELTP |
NELTP Connect 2019 |
6/1/19 7:30 AM |
6/5/19 3:00 PM |
ET |
Conference |
Montreal, Canada |
ARMA Canada |
ARMA Canada Conference |
6/2/19 |
6/5/19 |
ET |
Conference |
Myrtle Beach, SC |
Comexposium |
Techno Security & Digital Forensics Conference |
6/2/19 12:30 PM |
6/7/19 12:30 PM |
ET |
Conference |
Washington, DC |
Georgetown Law CLE |
2019 eDiscovery Training Academy |
6/3/19 |
6/4/19 |
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Conference |
Hong Kong |
The Cowen Group |
SOLID Hong Kong |
6/3/19 7:30 AM |
6/7/19 4:15 PM |
PT |
Conference |
San Diego, CA |
DebTech International |
Data Governance and Information Quality Conference (DGIQ) |
6/3/19 8:00 AM |
6/5/19 5:00 PM |
ET |
Conference |
Arlington, VA |
ILTA |
LegalSEC Summit 2019 |
6/4/19 8:00 AM |
6/4/19 6:00 PM |
BST |
Conference |
London, UK |
City & Financial Global |
Artificial Intelligence in Legal Services Summit |
6/4/19 1:00 PM |
6/4/19 2:00 PM |
ET |
Webinar |
|
MER |
Are You Ready for California Privacy? – An Overview of the ACC Privacy Maturity Model |
6/5/19 1:00 PM |
6/5/19 2:00 PM |
ET |
Webinar |
|
Husch Blackwell |
The California Consumer Privacy Act: Everything We Know With Six Months to Go |
6/5/19 5:00 PM |
6/6/19 5:00 PM |
ET |
Meeting |
Columbus, OH |
EDI |
The 4th Annual EDI Summer Meeting |
6/6/19 1:00 PM |
6/6/19 2:00 PM |
ET |
Webinar |
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ACEDS |
Your E-Discovery Processes: How Do You Measure Up? |
6/6/19 1:00 PM |
6/6/19 2:00 PM |
ET |
Webinar |
|
MER |
How to Manage Retention Rules and Policies Across Multiple Jurisdictions |
6/7/19 |
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Meeting |
Tukwila, WA |
ARMA |
ARMA Tri-Chapter Seminar |
6/9/19 12:00 PM |
6/9/19 1:30 PM |
ET |
Meeting |
New York, NY |
Women in eDiscovery |
New York City – Save the date |
6/11/19 8:00 AM |
6/13/19 4:00 PM |
CT |
Conference |
New Orleans, LA |
Asure Software |
C3 User Conference |
6/11/19 8:00 AM |
6/11/19 5:30 PM |
MT |
Conference |
Denver, CO |
The Masters Conference |
Managing Mountains Of Data More Than A Mile High? |
6/11/19 2:00 PM |
|
ET |
Webinar |
|
DATAVERSITY |
Data Governance Strategies |
6/12/19 |
|
|
Meeting |
Tacoma, WA |
ARMA |
ARMA Puget Sound Chapter Awards & Installation of Officers |
6/12/19 8:30 AM |
6/13/19 12:00 PM |
CT |
Conference |
Chicago, IL |
Today’s General Counsel |
The Exchange eDiscovery |
6/12/19 11:30 AM |
6/12/19 12:15 PM |
ET |
Webinar |
|
Concept Searching |
We’ve Always Done It This Way – Using Metadata to Achieve Business Results |
6/12/19 2:00 PM |
6/12/19 3:00 PM |
ET |
Webinar |
|
CCBJ |
CHANGE MANAGEMENT: The Future of YOUR Legal Department Is Now |
6/13/19 7:00 AM |
6/13/19 6:00 PM |
BST |
Conference |
London, UK |
Events 4 Sure |
Global Legal ConfEx & Law Tech Exhibition |
6/13/19 2:00 PM |
|
ET |
Webinar |
|
DATAVERSITY |
The Impact of Machine Learning on the Enterprise Today |
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