Techno Gumbo

What’s the best way to handle the complex and often unexpected events in litigation with eDiscovery? A checklist of course.

A good checklist can provide a framework for handling all the components of eDiscovery in a consistent, repeatable process. This webinar will serve as an introduction to a complete set of checklists covering the entire e-Discovery process. Utilizing these checklists will allow you to be a zealous advocate for your client while managing time, budget and risk in order to ensure that your process is defensible.

Join me along with ACEDS President Mike Quartararo and Robert Powell, the Vice President of ACEDS’ Partner Digital WarRoom, as we walk you through the checklists and provide actionable tips on how to handle eDiscovery in a manner that is just, speedy and inexpensive.

The webinar is Thursday June 4 at 1PM Eastern and you can register here:

Don’t forget to check the eDiscovery Channel on YouTube as Tom and Rachi continue their interview series in a discussion with Craig Ball about forensic services, social media (loves Facebook, hates LinkedIn) and which technical luminary he would most like to meet.

And no, sorry but Bill doesn’t show up to chat with us. We just thought his picture was more photogenic than any of ours. Which really says more about us than him when you think about it.

January 28, 2020

Don Swanson and I are back from Legalweek in New York, where we had a number of great discussions about O365 and eDiscovery. Many of those involved our latest update to the user survey on O365 eDiscovery we first did in 2018.

You can read a full discussion of this years update at https://technogumbo.blog/2020/01/28/microsoft-office-365-ediscovery-challenge-2020/ and take the new survey at  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/M2MS95Q . I’ll also have forms you can fill out in person with me at the ABA TechShow on Feb 28th and 29th in Chicago if you happen to be attending that fine show.

Don and I will be closing the survey and tabulating the results in March, so don’t miss your opportunity to be included!

One of the great delights of the ILTACON conference every year is running into people I don’t normally see anywhere else. One of those is Chad Papenfuus, the Litigation Support Director at Brownstein Hyatt Farber & Schreck.

I’ve known Chad since the early 90’s, when he had the same position at Winthrop & Weinstine and then a bit later when we were both active in the EDRM during it’s early days. He always has great insights and I think you’ll enjoy his comments about ILTACON19.

Here’s a follow up interview to the conference with Richard Ito, eDiscovery Manager at the California Department of Justice. Richard is a long time ILTA member and discusses this years conference and how much he enjoyed it, including the Disney World experience.

Ron just posted an ILTA Workshop Report called Best Practices for Legal Innovation at  () https://lnkd.in/eTTdzG3 .  It’s an overview of his ILTACON19 workshop where 60+ law firm participants  provided input on what they think works best to provide innovation in the law firm environment.

Now this begs a question I’ve had on my mind for quite some time now which is, what exactly IS innovation in the law firm environment? I asked Ron that very same question when we are at ILTA and you can see the interview below.

I spent last week at the ILTACON19 conference in Orlando with Team Zebra of #EDT software.

Prior to the show, I had written a blog about what I was looking forward to this year and it seems to me now that most of my post was accurate.

But rather than do a point by point comparison, I thought I’d use this blog to highlight the main features of the conference. I was struck on the second day there how much I felt at home at #ILTACON19 and I realized that the similarities to life in New Orleans was striking.

So, in no particular order of importance, here they are:

THE PEOPLE

In New Orleans, everyone (or at least everyone local) looks you in the eye, smiles and says hi when you pass them on the street or stop in a shop or restaurant. The same was true at Disney world, or at least at the Swan & Dolphin because unlike many others in attendance, I was so busy all week I never left the premises. It was truly the happiest place on earth.

THE FOOD

Like New Orleans, the food was excellent. All the food, from the great seafood at bluezoo to the meatballs at Il Mulino to the Hebrew National hot dogs and the ice cream at The Fountain to the steaks at Shula’s. Even the room service pizza was good. And a special note to Fuel for good coffee, fine sandwiches and great service.

COSTUMES

People in New Orleans love to mask and have fun in costume every chance they get. Disney had no shortage of costumes from the cast of Disney characters to attendees in mouse ears and the Exhibit Hall opening with a classic TV show theme. The only thing missing were beads!

90/90 and scattered thunderstorms. Just like New Orleans.

ALL NIGHT LONG

People in New Orleans go all night, especially in the French Quarter. Between the parties, the fireworks, and the lobby bar, so did ILTACON19 attendees. Special award to the couple making out on the couch in the lobby bar one morning at 4AM. Should I have to say “get a room” to people making out IN a hotel?

MOJO

New Orleans got its mojo back after Katrina and ILTA got its mojo back after the leadership issues of the past year and half or so. The attitude and focus on sessions were noticeably upbeat over last year. Kudos to David Hobbie and Julie Brown for their leadership at the show and Joy Rush for righting the organizational ship.

TERRIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE

OK, couple of sour notes. In room WIFI was horrible: spotty connectivity, dropped signals, slow service regardless of the connection type chosen. Signage was likewise horrible … getting back and forth to the Swan was a chore when you didn’t even know your session was in the Swan and the lack of signage for the rear refreshment area at the Monday night exhibit hall ensured the area was empty. Capital M Capital T.  40-watt bulbs in the middle area of the exhibit hall made me feel just like I was walking down the Lafitte GreenWay at night. And the authorized smoking areas were the adult equivalent of grade schools “go stand in the corner”.

SCREAMING KIDS EVERYWHERE

I know it’s a family entertainment zone but having demo suites on the same floor as family guests was just plain stupid. Noise complaints by both groups  were rampant albeit at different times of the day. And at least once every day, an elevator smelled like a diaper. An old unchanged diaper. If you’re going to stage a conference you should at least try to separate the business folks from the daycare folks.

DRUNKS EVERYWHERE

Once a day while sitting in the lobby bar area waiting for an appointment, I was approached by someone so drunk they thought I was someone else. And I don’t mean they thought I was a friend; I mean famous people with white beards. Donald Sutherland, Gregg Popovich (seriously) Santa Claus …he’s not even a real person dude … and my personal favorite and one that happens all the time in New Orleans, Jerry Garcia.

That conversation always goes like this … “I love your music, man, can I take a selfie” “Sure” “Are you guys playing here?” “Ahh, no” “You’re my favorite band: I love you Jerry” “Jerry is dead honey!”  “Yeah, the Dead. You guys rock!”  “Thanks?” “I love you, man”

All in all, a great show, mostly because of the people. As one attendee told me. “I can come here, talk to people who have the same problem I do AND talk to people who have a solution for my problem. Don’t get that anywhere else!”

Indeed.

I love you, man.

On Thursday, August 8, 2019 Today’s General Counsel Institute and Veritone present a complimentary webinar covering all things early case assessment as we discuss the growing use of audio & video ESI in eDiscovery, and the ways you can use technology to automate the process. 

Speakers

Chuck Kellner
Principal
eDiscoveryStrategy.com

Chuck Kellner is an eDiscovery strategist with a record of success helping clients give and get the discovery they need with fairness and proportionality. His goals for his clients are to achieve complete and defensible discovery using best practices and leveraging technologies appropriate to budget and task. Chuck’s experience on both sides of the caption includes eDiscovery strategy, ESI interview and identification; negotiation of scope; ESI protocols; consulting and testimony in support of discovery motions; litigation readiness policy and workflow; ediscovery team training and CLE; and cost and pricing for industry services and technologies.

Chuck’s experience includes Litigation and Practice Support Manager for an AmLaw 50; litigation support operations director for a Big Eight; and consultant and executive for eDiscovery consuilting, services, and business development for legal industry leaders. He has testified as expert on issues of cost and burden, appropriate uses of technology, adequacy of production, and on findings from computer forensic examination. He holds a BA from Brandeis University and JD from Lewis & Clark Law School. Among several organizations he is active as an executive board member of the New England Legal Technology Professionals (NELTP) and the The Sedona Conference Working Group 6, where he is part of a writing team for Principles for Disclosure in International Arbitration.

Tom O’Connor
Director
Gulf Coast Legal Technology Center

Tom O’Connor is a nationally known consultant, speaker and writer in the field ofcomputerized litigation support systems. Tom’s consulting experience is with both small firms and complex litigation matters including the BP litigation in New Orleans and several current opioid MDL matters. He has also been appointed as a technical consultant by various federal and state courts on cases dealing with large amounts of electronic evidence and specializes in negotiating ESI exchange protocols.

A frequent lecturer about legal technology, Tom teaches CLE courses nationwide and is also a prolific writer. He was a co-author of the 2006 award winning article, “In Katrina’s Wake”, which covered recovery efforts in the legal community of post Katrina New Orleans, in which he participated. He was also the author of the Second, Third and Fourth Editions of The Automated Law Firm: A Guide to Computer Systems and Software published by Aspen Law & Business as well as The Lawyers Guide to Summation and  EDiscovery for Small Cases, both published by the ABA.

Chris Ricciuti
Vice President of Product Management for Legal & Compliance
Veritone

Chris has more than 15 years of eDiscovery and Financial Services industry expertise and is well versed in applying technology to legal and regulatory compliance matters. Currently, he is Vice President of Product Management for Legal & Compliance at Veritone. Prior, he served as co-founder and CEO of Panalytics, a provider of regulatory compliance software for Financial Services firms. Earlier in his career, he was the Head of Technology for a boutique investment bank. Chris holds an MBA from Babson College.

Gina Trimarco
Senior Attorney
DLA Piper

Gina Trimarco is a litigator who represents a wide array of clients in a variety of complex litigation involving financial services, health care, consumer fraud act, insurance, contract claims and employment matters. Gina also counsels clients about all aspects of information governance, from e-discovery and records management to data privacy. She has more than 10 years of experience with project management and has served as national coordinating discovery counsel. Gina leverages this experience to provide advice on policy, process and technology to reduce cost and risk. She is a member of The Sedona Conference® Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production and a drafting team leader on The Sedona Conference Commentary on Legal Holds, Second Edition: The Trigger & The Process.

Register now at http://ow.ly/luSn50vaulL 

CLE: We will process individual state CLE requests through the Survey immediately following the webinar.  Unfortunately, we are unable to offer South Carolina and Pennsylvania CLE at this time.

In our previous discussions, we’ve talked about various ways to work with your data inside O365: litigation holds, searches, tags, review sets.  These all work well for small cases or small data sets but what if you have large amounts of data you want to produce to an expert witness, another party or even export out to a more robust review tool?  Rachi will show you in this session how O365 allows you to do just that.