What is the Term ‘Early Case Assessment’ Really About? by , for

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In the last couple of months, I have seen many different definitions of Early Case Assessment (ECA). Some vendors mold the concept of Early Case Assessment to support their own offerings--which isn... read more

Why you need a solid and defensible methodology when you bring eDiscovery in-house by , for

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The main rewards of bringing eDiscovery in-house are very clear: reducing costs and controlling risks—for the current legal matter as well as future litigation. What we have seen in many cases is t... read more

Search is dead, long live search! by , for

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Last week, Stephan Arnold wrote a great blog post about an older ZyLAB eDiscovery promotion video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6MhdqHlGzU) which I posted at You Tube a while ago (although we di... read more

That ROI was not where I last left it by , for

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For large companies, it’s the only way to get executive sponsorship, for mid-sized business it’s a way to win praise, and for small business it’s the way to grow.  ROI.&nb... read more

How to Incorporate Legacy Information Clean-up into your Go Forward Strategy for Information Management by , for

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As the average rate of information growth in organizations holds steady at 30-40% per year (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law), this is and will continue to create huge problems and liabilit... read more

Losing Metadata during OCR process by , for

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During document migration, we are using Captiva/Job Server to add an OCR layer to our non-text PDFs, so they are fully indexed in Documentum. Our current process is stripping the original document... read more

If you want to learn which words to avoid in an email, here is a some advice from the Lehman Brothers investigations by , for

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In one of my previous blogs, I discussed what to expect in so-called FRCP negotiated Boolean queries. The examples were based on the Lehman case. The crux of the article was to address the limit... read more

Learn what a negotiated Boolean in eDiscovery is all about... by , for

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Can your in-house search tools do this or do you have to rely on external vendors? When lawyers negotiate what data is relevant to exchange under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, they deter... read more

To Infinity and Beyond! by , for

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This week, my nine year old son invited me to see the 3D movie “Toy Story 3” with him in the movie theatre. I was instantly reminded of Buzz Lightyear’s infamous quote “to infinity and beyond”. As... read more

Cut Paper, Cut Government Spending by , for

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In 1980, the United States passed a federal law called The Paperwork Reduction Act. This law was amended in 1995 recognizing the substantial increase in electronic information and additional req... read more