Two of our articles in this issue reinforce the point that it is important to understand the details of what electronic information your client possesses. In the first, John F. Baughman and H. Christopher Boehning of Paul Weiss discuss the benefits of being transparent to the other side in matters involving electronic data. A prerequisite for this is a good understanding of your client's electronic data systems.
And if, after that, you are still of the opinion that you do not need to know all that detailed technical stuff, you may want to glance at Scott Gawlicki's piece on the expectations judges have that attorneys should be able to understand and clearly explain e-discovery issues as part of arguing their case.
Our third article explores the growth of multilingual data and the problems it can cause during e-discovery. (We at Cataphora are particularly proud of our capabilities for and experience of handling such data.)
Finally - will you be at LegalTech West in Los Angeles (June 5-6)? If so, we would be delighted to offer you an island of calm in our tower suite. If you would like to see Cataphora's amazing C-Evidence native review and evidence analytics platform, or just want a chance to sit down and chat, please e-mail cliff.shnier@cataphora.com or give us a call on 310-956-5278 and we'll set up a time. We'll have snacks, drinks, and yes, even some toys and other giveaways, but without the chaos of the exhibit hall.
By John F. Baughman and H. Christopher Boehning
Over the past decade, lawyers have had to struggle with the difficulty of locating and producing electronic information. A key tactical point on which they have differed is the extent to which it was required or prudent to share information with an adversary. Some lawyers have learned that being transparent about electronic discovery, particularly at the beginning of a case, can have significant benefits.
Paul Weiss - http://cataphora.com/out.php?go=1z678
By Scott Gawlicki
For years in-house lawyers have complained about the burden of e-discovery and how plaintiffs are using it as a weapon. But as CLT discovered, judges don't want to hear it.
Inside Counsel - http://www.insidecounsel.com/issues/insidecounsel/15_159/features/186-1.html
By Matthew Blake
As discovery continues its transformation into the electronic age, cases have grown beyond borders and involve foreign languages such as Mandarin, Russian, Japanese and German, to name but a few. Many solutions exist to identify data, and many would think the e-discovery community has solved the majority of foreign language complexities. In fact, the situation is quite the contrary.
LegalIT - http://www.legalit.net/ViewItem.asp?id=28744
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