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Planning for and Managing an Investigation with eDiscovery

We explore how electronic discovery (eDiscovery) tools can assist in planning for and managing an investigation.

The Importance of Having an eDiscovery Expert on Your Side

As a company we are incredibly proud of the growth of our eDiscovery & Consulting services since our investment in the technology back in 2004. At that time, we had been operating as a legal process outsourcing company specialising in the production and digitisation of legal documents for our clients (across private practice, government and corporate). However, we realised that the future of legal practice, particularly in the space of legal document review, was going to undergo an extreme amount of change in the short to mid-term. It would face challenges that could not be solved by traditional review practices. As a result, our eDiscovery/electronic team was born.

The Rise and Rise of Electronic Discovery and Review

And how you can get on top of it!

The acceleration of technology and explosion of data has rewritten the rules for traditional discovery. eDiscovery (electronic discovery) is increasingly recognised as an important aspect of the litigation process, by the justice system as well as prosecution and defence, but its complexity brings with it many challenges across resources, time and accuracy.

Google Home as a Witness? Are you prepared to tackle the legal challenges posed by our data driven society?

A recent article by Erica Vowles and Jeremy Story Carter from the ABC (9 March) highlights the sort of challenges lawyers face today and that are only set to increase in the months and years to come! Are you ready?

Disclosure: Tracking Decisions Triumph Over Proportionality in Recent Court Decision

By Phillip Buglass, Consulting Lead, Law In Order

In a recent decision in the UK High Court, dealing with scope of collection and predictive coding, the Court confirmed the importance of a defensible and transparent process when it comes to data identification, data collection and disclosure review. The Court also highlighted the need to use senior reviewers when completing a predictive coding project.

Innovation! Do Courts wait and see or lead the change?

Innovation: something new or different introduced; introducing of new things or methods.

The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Law

The legal profession, traditionally slow to embrace technology, is now at least partly embracing the opportunities associated with algorithm driven computer technology

Moving towards paperlite and environmental sustainability

Almost every law firm is challenged by its desire to reduce paper usage and improve its environmental footprint.

Today’s legal forecast: Cloudy with high likelihood of SaaS

The area of eDiscovery has seen much advancement over the past two decades. 

TAR on our shores

Australian firms not using technology during the course of discovery run the risk of being left behind.