Recently by Ashish S. Prasad
Technology
Cloud Computing And Social Media: Electronic Discovery Considerations And Best Practices
Introduction Social media platforms, including applications like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, are immensely popular. According to one source, 75 percent of people aged 18 to 24 have profiles on social networking sites like Facebook, while one-third of people aged 35 to 44, and nearly twenty...
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The View From An Innovator In E-Discovery And Document Review
Editor: Please give our readers an overview of your career and background. Prasad: I am the founder and CEO of Discovery Services LLC, which is a managed document review, contract attorney staffing and electronic discovery company. Prior to founding the company in 2008, I was litigation...
Read MoreMyths, Realities And Strategies Of Fixed Fees - Part II: Strategies
In Part I of this article, I identified some popular misconceptions about fee arrangements, and cautioned that clients and law firms must be cautious in implementing any fee arrangement, whether hourly rates or fixed fees. Here in Part II, I outline an approach to weighing the pros and cons of...
Read MoreMyths, Realities And Strategies Of Fixed Fees - Part I: Myths And Realities
Introduction Over the past few years, the recession has created a buyer's market in legal services, empowering clients to "push back on the billing scheme" and demand more value for their dollar. Most of the discussion on improving the value of legal services has centered on moving away from...
Read MoreTools And Techniques For Effective Case Management
Case management is a fundamental part of civil litigation. It is encouraged and even required by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Yet case management has recently been criticized as inefficient, ineffective, and even counterproductive.1The U.S. Supreme Court has also criticized the...
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