Legalweek 2022 is taking place as I write. I used to go every year, to take part in panels and to do interviews, but mainly to meet up with people. I had hoped to go back this year, with no … Continue reading →
Regulators face particular issues in connection with the security of data. They collect vast volumes of it, much of which is by its nature confidential. Their own management of the data, including the legal input and decision-making based on it, ……
Jury duty started bright and early at 8am. We all crowded in and waited as pools were selected and sent off to courts. I was prospective juror number 24 out of 54 (all that could be seated in the courtroom). I do not mind participating in our system of justice, but you would have to […]
Back in 2008 Barry Murphy and myself were more than happy to host border ads on the original eDiscoveryJournal.com. Why not? In the decade that followed I came to understand the insidious nature of sponsors and the pressure that marketing budgets can apply. They provide revenue and expect/demand influence in exchange. The recent wave of […]
Relativity has published a celebration of people it calls “AI visionaries”, a list of individuals who have contributed to the development of artificial intelligence and its application to every day business processes. Relativity describes t…
The Omicron @LegalWeek push back and my diving vacation killed my packed February briefing schedule. Fourteen days out I responded to a fresh batch of briefing/speaking requests and pinged some of my favorite folks to see if I could piece it back togeth er. Grateful that less that 24 hours later my show calendar is […]
I wrote at the end of last year about a report from FTI Consulting and Relativity on the ever-widening role of general counsel. I summarised the theme of that report thus: You would not [when I qualified] have expected to … Continue reading →
After a crazy week juggling too many deliverables and deadlines, I settled into our outbound vacation flight and resumed reading my latest homework, Keeping Found Things Found by William Jones. It is so dense that I have had to consume it in small bites with lots of time to digest Jones’ thoughts on Personal Information […]
Two weeks ago, U.S. District Judge David Campbell of Arizona issued an order imposing serious sanctions for discovery abuse against …Continue reading →
I wrote last week about the pre-trial hearing in the libel action between Rebecca Vardy and Coleen Rooney. My only source was a news report in the Times, from which the points of passing interest for disclosure enthusiasts concerned a … Continue …
Even its enthusiasts have to admit that most stories of electronic discovery / disclosure lack popular appeal. Every so often, however, a story comes along which puts eDiscovery into the headlines. We grab them, thankful for something which pushes our …
The nature of a big event like Relativity Fest is that a mass of interesting views and comments pours out at once. We all report the bits that interest us, but the waters close over it all very quickly as … Continue reading →