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Leveraging Your Service Providers: E-Discovery And Staffing Firms Join Forces
E-discovery is big business: according to the 2007 Socha-Gelbmann survey it is anticipated that spending on e-discovery will reach $2.45 billion in 2007 and grow at a rate of around 30 percent annually. Although this is a reality that most corporate counsel have been desperately attempting to...
Read MoreApplied Discovery's Evidence Management Repository Revolutionizes The Management Of Electronic Information
Editor: Please tell our readers about Applied Discovery's evidence management repository and how it works. Barton: The repository is an exciting and revolutionary way for companies to manage their electronic information for litigation. Before I came to Applied Discovery I was a litigator and...
Read MoreLitigation Preparedness: A Checklist For Corporate Counsel
According to a recent survey, only seven percent of corporate counsel attorneys rate their companies as prepared for the electronic discovery amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The survey results are not surprising since many in-house legal departments have taken a back seat and...
Read MoreA New Compliance Challenge: Meeting The Mandates Of The Revised Rules For Discovery
Editor's Note: On December 1, 2006, amendments to Federal Rules governing court procedure in civil litigation changed the compliance landscape for U.S. companies. These revisions are having an impact on how companies address litigation from both a procedural and a technical perspective. Editor:...
Read MoreNew Federal Rules Favor The Well-Prepared Corporation
The amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure addressing electronically stored information are now in effect and causing some consternation among corporate counsel. One fear is that opposing parties will use cost-prohibitive electronic discovery as a side issue to leverage settlement....
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