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The Text Retrieval Conference (TREC) Legal Track, also known as the TREC Legal Track, is a government sponsored project designed to assess the ability of information retrieval techniques to meet the needs of the legal profession. On July 13, 2012, TREC released its 2011 study results. The results have been referred to as “a virtual vote […]
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Tags: ESI, information retrieval techniques, it-security, Standards, TAR
E-Discovery Lessons for 2011
Legal teams and judges faced a complex and ever-changing E-discovery landscape in 2011. Here are some of the trends I noted throughout the year: (1) In the midst of the trend of outsourcing e-discovery, a consistent and robust QC workflow is crucial. Performing the QC ensures attorneys are accurately reviewing outsourced work and protects clients from future […]
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An emerging issue in the business of eD is the use contract review teams by law firms for large projects, and the need for lawyers to supervise those teams to prevent the inadvertent disclosure of privileged information. Quite frankly, the standards for that supervision has been imprecise. This issue has increased in notoriety due to […]
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Tags: discovery services, electronic discovery news, Federal Rules Change, FRCP Changes, legal technology, mcdermott lawsuit, review team, trends
Errors
A recent eDiscovery Errors Survey reveals that technology has not solved the challenges posed by electronically stored information (ESI). In fact, technology is at the base of most of the mistakes that are made. Lawyers and litigation support professionals were the subject of the survey to identify areas where their organizations experienced the most pain in terms of […]
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It has been six years since the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were amended to tackle the issue of electronic discovery. Now, the FRCP could change again. The Civil Rules Advisory Committee of the U.S. Judicial Conference met in Dallas last week to discuss the changes. The amendments proposed would focus upon preservation of electronic […]
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