Surveillance cameras are ubiquitous these days. Whether captured on doorbell cams, car dashboards, in parking garages, or in businesses, video surveillance footage is often requested and highly sought-after by litigants attempting to prove their cases in court. But what happens when the opposing party fails to provide this valuable ESI?
I was recently introduced to Irasema Jeffers (whose background includes serving in the United States Marine Corps, running operations for one of the largest companies on Earth, and working in digital marketing, where she served many law firms and legal service providers).
After countless attorneys and paralegals told Sema they are overwhelmed by the depth and breadth of eDiscovery vendors in the marketplace, she set about building a Yelp-like experience. The result is OnCall Discovery.
The...
Case Law: DR Distributors v 21 Century Smoking, Inc.
Feb 4, 2021 3:04:10 PM / by Scott Collins
What happens when attorneys and their clients disregard both the spirit and letter of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure’s eDiscovery rules? As illustrated in the case below, very bad things.
Even federal judges have breaking points, and after more than 8 years, 400+ docket entries, and an almost incomprehensible number of Electronically Stored Information (ESI) blunders, defendants and their counsel unfortunately (but not surprisingly) found themselves on the exploding end of a 103-page,...
Proteus co-founder and CEO, Ray Biederman, recently joined Kyle MacNaught of Aborn & Co on the Consulting Logistics Podcast.
A $128 million lawsuit is not a typical day in the office. When LeClairRyan and UnitedLex joined forces in 2018, neither party saw it ending like this.
Ray recently joined Ab Saraswat on theFringe Legal podcast to talk about DiscoveryMaster, a tool developed to give non-Relativity experts critical insights into document review progress and budgets.
A picture is worth a thousand words, but the metadata often helps illuminate whether those words are fact or faction.
It’s been six months since I joined the legal tech community.
The number of articles and blogs I’ve read, podcasts I’ve listened to, and conversations I’ve had in which people bring up AmLaw firms’ reticence to adopt technology is overwhelming.
Ari Kaplan Interviews Co-Founder and CEO Ray Biederman
Sep 17, 2020 10:41:00 AM / by Ryan Short
Recently, our Co-Founder and CEO Ray Biederman spoke with Ari Kaplan about his background, the rise of ALSPs, and trends in the eDiscoverymarket.
Minimizing eDiscovery spend begins with a disciplined information governance (or, in traditional corporate speak, a disciplined document retention plan).
And that begins with a data mapping exercise.