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Forensic Investigations and Cross-Border Matters

What are the current trends in forensic investigations for cross-border matters? In this article, we look at the constant evolution in data types and volumes, and the ever-tightening data privacy laws and regulatory intervention.

Spotlight on Legal Process Outsourcing

This article looks at the portfolio of electronic paralegal services available to clients and how it can save practices and their clients time and money, so legal managers and administrators can focus on their core business.

Royal Commission Response Tool Kit

How We Assisted Two Clients Meet Tight Response Timeframes. 

We have recently been working with a number of clients regarding their response to Notices to Produce for major Royal Commissions. Initially, the Royal Commission sends a letter stating the types of information required on specific topics with a time period in which to produce.

Managing Working from Home - How We Can Support You

With the current lockdown still in place, we are finding that our clients are experiencing limited access to traditional office resources, a reduction in staffing numbers and a transition to new ways of working including more reliance on electronic solutions.

How to Speak IT

We speak to Rakesh Kirpalani, Chief Technology Officer at Drew & Napier about information governance, how external counsel can assist organisations with electronically stored information, the challenges for in-house lawyers who need to work with IT and how they can be addressed.

How to Make Data Collection More ‘Effective’

By David Kerstjens, Head of Forensics & Data Analytics

For multinational firms, there are a number of challenges during collections. These can include staff in different countries, data stored in physical data centres across the globe or data stored in the cloud. These can all present unique difficulties with accessing data. As such, it’s critical to ensure data is collected in the most efficient manner.

Looking Forward Into 2020: Industry Trends

The role of lawyers is set to change more rapidly in the next decade than it has in the last 100 years. Here is a summary of the biggest trends for 2020.

Will 2020 see the end of Keywords in eDiscovery?

By Phillip Buglass, Consulting Lead

For many years keyword searches have been, if not the gold standard then at least, the normal standard for identifying potentially relevant documents for legal review. With the advances made in Technology Assisted Review (TAR) however questions are raised as to whether keywords still have a place in eDiscovery. So, will 2020 see the end of keywords?

Changes to High Court Appeal Books

Starting from 1 January 2020, the High Court of Australia now provides for the electronic lodgement of Court documents.

Computer Forensics and the Rise of the Drone

With the festive season behind us, a whole new group of hobbyists will be flying their drones at the local park or down at the beach. This can be a nuisance for the general public, but drones can be used for much greater benefit or much greater havoc than this.