http://www.lawtechguru.com/ you deserve to get what you've always got."]]> en-us 2009-11-04 http://www.lawtechguru.com/archives/2009/11/04_bring_ediscovery_inhouse_while_avoiding_pitfalls.html InsideCounsel offers some tips for those interested in bringing eDiscovery in-house while avoiding pitfalls, including some comments from yours truly. Check out "Inside Job" in InsideCounsel's November issue, published in the monthly Technology section. It's truly a challenging time for companies, but it's doable with the appropriate vision and approach.  Many GC's and AGC's are under significant pressure to reduce their litigation and eDiscovery spend.  Along with other approaches, more and more this usually includes looking inward to insource and automate repeatable and defensible processes as well as gaining greater control over their information management.  Increases in efficiency and effectiveness... Electronic Discovery jjbeard 2009-11-04 http://www.lawtechguru.com/archives/2009/10/27_10_tips_for_safe_social_networking_for_attorneys_experts.html LinkedIn. Facebook. Twitter. Blogs.  Bob Ambrogi, always on the forefront of web technologies and their impact, recently published two helpful "Top 10" articles - one each for attorneys and experts, with some great tips for those navigating online communities for networking and socializing. One such tip is to separate professional and personal contacts into different networks.  However, don't fall prey to the myth of anonymity or that restricted social networks will necessarily protect you.  It isn't always clear which content is restricted to just your approved network contacts.  Others have been known to seek invitations or sign up for accounts... Blogging Tips jjbeard 2009-10-27 http://www.lawtechguru.com/archives/2009/08/18_legal_ehr_summit_thoughts_impressions_part_1.html Electronic Discovery jjbeard 2009-08-18 http://www.lawtechguru.com/archives/2009/08/13_blogging_at_the_legal_ehr_summit_in_chicago_next_week.html What do e-Iatrogenesis, HIT, CPOE, EHR, and eDiscovery all have in common?  They're just some of the many medicolegal and technological terms and issues being discussed next week at the Legal EHR Summit at the Chicago Marriott Downtown.  The summit is organized by AHIMA, the American Health Information Management Association. As our nation's healthcare industry becomes even more computerized and integrated, partly due to ARRA (the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009), the intersection of healthcare, electronic records, records management, and legal issues (including litigation and eDiscovery) will likely explode as well. I'll be attending and blogging as time... Electronic Discovery jjbeard 2009-08-13 http://www.lawtechguru.com/archives/2009/08/05_moldy_twitter_post_draws_lawsuit.html Yet another twitter post, this one by a Chicago tenant referring to an allegedly moldy apartment, draws a $50,000 lawsuit against the Twitterer for defamation.  As the tweet was reposted within Twitter and around the world, it provides a wealth of evidence as to not only the post itself, but its far reach across the Internet. Both sides are going to lose in this suit, though.  According to the article, the original poster could very well lose the suit.  Even if she ultimately prevails, it's going to cost her dearly in defense fees.  Likewise, the realty management firm's statement to... Electronic Discovery jjbeard 2009-08-05 http://www.lawtechguru.com/archives/2009/07/24_enterprise_information_management_issues_to_consider_in_the_convergence_of_ediscovery_and_ecompliance.html Karthik Kannan, VP of Marketing and Business Development at Kazeon, just published a very helpful article on SC Magazine's site discussing the convergence of eDiscovery and eCompliance.  As you'd expect, it's a marketing and business development article, so let's get that out of the way early.  But regardless of whichever technology and process solutions one may prefer, I found the following to be an excellent summary of the issues and requirements one is likely to encounter when addressing the litigation readiness, information management, and compliance challenges in many organizations: Due to the confluence of legal and compliance regulations and IT... Electronic Discovery jjbeard 2009-07-24 http://www.lawtechguru.com/archives/2009/07/09_google_to_offer_chrome_os_cloud_computing_tiein_seems_likely.html Setting aside the Mac vs. PC debate for a minute, how about Chrome OS as your next OS choice?  News.com reports that Google is moving beyond its Chrome web browser and Android smartphone operating system, and is actively developing a lightweight PC operating system based on Linux and Web standards for personal computers.  It will also be based on Google's Chrome browser. More info is available on this earlier report at News.com - that "lower-end PCs called Netbooks from unnamed manufacturers will include it in the second half of 2010. Linux will run under the covers of the open-source project,... Mobile Tech & Gadgets jjbeard 2009-07-09 http://www.lawtechguru.com/archives/2009/07/07_improve_vistas_performance_with_fantastic_free_indexer_gadget.html I've been meaning to blog about this handy tool for some time now.  Unless you bought a Netbook or custom ordered your PC online, just about every Windows PC sold within the past two years came preloaded with some version of Windows Vista.  While I prefer Vista's interface and built-in search features to the aging XP platform, Vista definitely leaves something to be desired in the performance department.  I often found my hard drive thrashing at the most inopportune moments, slowing my system down when I needed it the most.  There was seemingly no rhyme or reason for it -... Mobile Tech & Gadgets jjbeard 2009-07-07 http://www.lawtechguru.com/archives/2009/06/08_free_ilta_white_paper_best_practices_for_the_legal_hold_process.html I'm honored that ILTA asked me to contribute a white paper on best practices for legal holds.  It's a topic near and dear to my heart, as I advise companies seeking to implement more effective hold policies and procedures.  The legal hold process is a critical stage in eDiscovery.  Implementing and executing a well-designed legal hold process can significantly reduce the risks and costs associated with eDiscovery and other compliance requirements. Crafting, adopting and implementing legal hold best practices often raises the following questions: When is our legal obligation to preserve information triggered? Where is all of our data relating... Electronic Discovery jjbeard 2009-06-08 http://www.lawtechguru.com/archives/2009/05/29_microsoft_exchange_2010_adds_email_archiving_limited_ediscoveryfriendly_features.html According to InformationWeek, the next version of Microsoft's e-mail server, Exchange 2010, "will include integrated archiving and multi-mailbox search capabilities at no extra cost, making it easier for companies to, for example, comply with e-discovery requirements. But Microsoft will have to be careful not to alienate third-party archiving vendors such as Symantec and Quest." "Until this version of Exchange, companies seeking to archive their e-mail centrally have had to rely on third-party software. That costly proposition has hurt adoption, and according to Osterman Research, only 28% of companies currently have central e-mail archives." From this report, Exchange 2010 will also... Electronic Discovery jjbeard 2009-05-29 http://www.lawtechguru.com/archives/2009/04/09_juror_tweets_not_so_sweet.html Mobile Tech & Gadgets jjbeard 2009-04-09 http://www.lawtechguru.com/archives/2009/04/01_twittering_away_a_job_infamously.html It's all over Twitter and the web - how a Twitterer made a negative Tweet about her new job offer from Cisco.  Naturally, someone who identified himself from Cisco saw it and responded.  It's now an urban wegend (web legend), dubbed the "Cisco Fatty" incident, in reference to the "fatty paycheck" comment in her Tweet.  There are already YouTube videos parodying and discussing it. Covered in a DailyTech article, the Twitterer identified as Connor Riley explained her situation and intent in why she turned down the job and sarcastically tweeted about it to her friends.  But she didn't protect the... Privacy & Security jjbeard 2009-04-01 http://www.lawtechguru.com/archives/2009/03/30_big_hard_drives_big_failure_rates_how_safe_is_your_data.html Consider this post as a public service announcement.  I've recently been shopping online for a nice big capacity external hard drive, as well as a larger capacity notebook drive.  Over the years, I've seen the major hard drive manufacturers go through major problems with quality control and drive failure issues.  So naturally I headed on over to Amazon and Newegg to check out the feedback on various drives.  It's good to know which zone they're in at the moment before buying. Since my last 3.5" drive was a Seagate that has performed exceptionally well in one of my desktops, I... Mobile Tech & Gadgets jjbeard 2009-03-30 http://www.lawtechguru.com/archives/2009/03/21_think_before_you_insource.html My latest InsideCounsel article, "Think Before You In-source" is now available online.  While there has certainly been a trend to bring eDiscovery in-house, lately I've been hearing from a number of corporate legal and enterprise IT professionals regarding their frustration in this area.  I'm not alone, having heard the same from colleagues at LegalTech NY and elsewhere. As I shared in the article, I have recently heard from a number of companies who have been dissatisfied that what they've brought in-house from software providers hasn't lived up to the hype, delivered the best results or integrated with all the necessary... Electronic Discovery jjbeard 2009-03-21 http://www.lawtechguru.com/archives/2009/03/11_multipass_erasure_myth_debunked.html In his latest LTN column, Ball in Your Court, Craig Ball debunks the long-held hard drive multi-pass erasure myth, that goes like this: "Top notch computer forensic examiners have special tools and techniques enabling them to recover overwritten data from a wiped hard drive so long as the drive was wiped less than 3 or 7 or 35 times."  The myth also goes that someone using a magnetic force electron microscope would be able to discern the trace magnetic signal left behind on a drive that wasn't wiped enough times, and somehow piece together the underlying wiped data.  Which is... Electronic Discovery jjbeard 2009-03-11