Podcast List

Looking Back at the New Federal Rules: Was It Worth It?

Looking Back at the New Federal Rules: Was It Worth It?

With an old Judge, old lawyer and old technologist, we explore the utility of the new rules and whether this panel believes many years of work pushing the amendments through will make a difference on the practice of eDiscovery. It’s an interesting question and one which this panel dives into.

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LegalTech NYC 2016

LegalTech NYC 2016

LegalTech, for those who are unfamiliar, is the preeminent legal technology show in the world and is being held in New York City from Tuesday, February 2 through Thursday February 4, 2016. One reason we are hosting this show before Legal Tech is to provide advice on how to get the most out of the event.

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Judicial Perspective on Changes to Rule 37e on Sanctions

Judicial Perspective on Changes to Rule 37e on Sanctions

The new Rule 37(e) which recently went into effect on failure to preserve and spoliation is thoroughly discussed by two well-known Judges, the Hon. Paul Grimm and the Hon. John Facciola.

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Updating Mergers and Acquisitions Based on Legal Issues Involving Technology

Updating Mergers and Acquisitions Based on Legal Issues Involving Technology

Our guests will discuss their entrepreneurial series of research papers looking at M & A work through the lens of E-Discovery, Data Privacy and Information Governance best practices. This is truly a new way to think and evaluate due diligence and transnational work.

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Data Privacy Pioneers Discuss Data Privacy and Security

Data Privacy Pioneers Discuss Data Privacy and Security

Listen to technologists and attorneys at the forefront of data privacy discuss what today’s key issues are, including how to reduce liability and what the risks are.

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Retired eDiscovery Judges Podcast – Nolan, Hedges, Waxse and Facciola

Retired eDiscovery Judges Podcast – Nolan, Hedges, Waxse and Facciola

Several retired or semi-retired judges who have made substantial contributions to the world of eDiscovery discuss the challenges they have seen in eDiscovery, what they are doing now, and what their feelings are about the profession going forward.

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eDiscovery Pioneers Craig Ball and Tom O’Connor Launch New Podcast Series

eDiscovery Pioneers Craig Ball and Tom O’Connor Launch New Podcast Series

Craig Ball and Tom O’Connor join us to talk about their new E-Discovery podcast series. These two guests are witty and intelligent on e-discovery issues. We are thrilled to have them on our show to discuss their educational views on e-discovery topics.

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Big Dark Data and the Criminal Internet; eDiscovery’s Next Frontiers

Big Dark Data and the Criminal Internet; eDiscovery’s Next Frontiers

Listen to a fascinating discussion on Dark Data and its implications for e-discovery. This is an emerging issue in E-Discovery and this podcast is a “no holds barred” discussion on what lawyers, judges and technologists think about what happens when the technology tools can’t read the data the companies are using to make their business decisions.

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LegalTech West Coast 2015 – Why you might want to attend

LegalTech West Coast 2015 – Why you might want to attend

Henry Dicker sheds light on what makes LegalTech interesting and the differences between LegalTech East in New York City and LegalTech West, which is being held this year in San Francisco.

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Using E-Discovery Counsel to Innovate

Using E-Discovery Counsel to Innovate

Learn about the role eDiscovery counsel can play in eDiscovery innovation and process improvement. Each of our guests serves as eDiscovery Counsel for clients who often hire other law firms to litigate. Listen in as we hear their perspective why this works as well as some of the challenges of becoming eDiscovery Counsel.

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Innovating Technology in E-Discovery

Innovating Technology in E-Discovery

In this show, we talk about the challenges of getting lawyers to open their minds and their wallets and grasp newer technology, let alone use it. We thought it would be interesting to have two entrepreneur technologists on the show to talk about their perspectives on gaining adoption of new technologies in the legal space.

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Spurring Innovation in eDiscovery: Educate, Lead or Just Wait?

Spurring Innovation in eDiscovery: Educate, Lead or Just Wait?

Listen as Peter McCann, the Hon. John Facciola, and Karl Schieneman discuss the role education can play in e-discovery innovation and improvement. Or, is innovation in e-discovery fringe material not readily consumable by the legal marketplace? It’s an interesting question and one which this panel will dive into.

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Profiling Patrick Oot and His E-Discovery Story

Profiling Patrick Oot and His E-Discovery Story

This show features special guest Patrick Oot, a Shareholder at Shook Hardy & Bacon who has had well publicized stints at the SEC and Verizon where he oversaw e-Discovery and helped Verizon be named as a Top 10 Most Innovative legal groups by Inside Counsel magazine in 2007. Patrick has been influential in spearheading research into better review approaches with people and technology as a founding member of the e-Discovery Institute. We are thrilled that Patrick has agreed to join us as we launch a new version of ESIBytes with our special host, the Hon. John Facciola.

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Facciola Impressions Show

Facciola Impressions Show

We have an interesting show which may signal a change in direction for ESIBytes where we just talk to Judge Facciola, the retiring Federal Magistrate Judge from the District of Columbia, about his thoughts on E-Discovery as he approaches retirement.

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Reply to Grossman/Cormack Studies

Reply to Grossman/Cormack Studies

Listen to Karl Schieneman and Tom Gricks discuss their views on the recent two Technology Assisted Review (TAR) or Predictive Coding papers authored by Maura Grossman and Dr. Gordon Cormack.

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Data Privacy and Security

Data Privacy and Security

Listen to James Daley, a partner at Daley & Fey, talk about data privacy and security. Jim is a pioneer in the field of e-discovery and data privacy issues and speaks all over the world on issues related to e-discovery. This is a timely podcast given all of the recent news concerning data privacy and breaches.

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Law Firm Outsourcing of eDiscovery

Law Firm Outsourcing of eDiscovery

Learn about how law firms view outsourcing eDiscovery tasks like collection, processing, hosting and reviewing data to technology oriented vendors. Some firms want to own the EDRM model. Others want to outsource. And others consider eDiscovery a distraction to the practice of law so they ignore it.

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Top 10 eDiscovery Cases of 2013 with Ron Hedges

Top 10 eDiscovery Cases of 2013 with Ron Hedges

Former New Jersey Magistrate Judge and E-Discovery Expert Ron Hedges as well as attorney Patricia Antezana discuss 2013’s Top 10 eDiscovery cases.

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Discovery Land Show

Discovery Land Show

This show takes a special look back at the E-Discovery Board Game built in 2005 by Karl as he is joined by some of the experts featured prominently in the game. Guests include Kevin Esposito – the million dollar bill, Jim Michalowicz – the $500,000 bill, Jim Daley – the $100,000 bill and Tim Opsitnick – the $50,000 bill. The purpose of the show is to look back at how we saw issues back in 2005 when we built the game and then look forward to 2014 and see if we see things the same way now.

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EDI Oracle Study on Technology Assisted Review (“TAR”)

EDI Oracle Study on Technology Assisted Review (“TAR”)

Learn about the recent study by the eDiscovery institute with Oracle that involved ranking different predictive coding tools. What started as a “bake off” between technology assisted review (“TAR”) tools is now turning into a wonderful source of data on TAR.

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Using Contracts to Manage E-Discovery Risks

Using Contracts to Manage E-Discovery Risks

Hear the arguments for using contracts to limit risks in eDiscovery and commercial litigation. This excellent idea hasn’t received enough publicity in the electronic discovery industry.

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Biomet a BioMess?

Biomet a BioMess?

Discussion of the Biomet M2a Magnum Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation (MDL 2391) regarding the pre-cull of ESI using keywords before predictive coding.

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New Summer Class for E-Discovery Training

New Summer Class for E-Discovery Training

In this podcast, we talk about the new summer school program in e-discovery for law students. Come listen to find out more about this program and forward it to law students you know so they can get access to these tools even if their current law school doesn’t offer a similar class.

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Making Predictive Coding Pizza at the DESI V Conference in Rome

Making Predictive Coding Pizza at the DESI V Conference in Rome

In this show, we talk about the upcoming DESI V conference in Rome, Italy which will focus on predictive coding. DESI is a more technical conference than the typical CLE program and you are just as apt to meet a thought leader who is a lawyer as you are likely to meet the chief scientist behind software you might be using or might be hitting the market soon. It is a pure and academic experience which I highly recommend after attending DESI IV in Pittsburgh, PA in 2011.

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eDJ and ReviewLess Predictive Coding Boot Camps

eDJ and ReviewLess Predictive Coding Boot Camps

Karl is joined by Barry Murphy, analyst for the eDJ Group , who will be talking about the series of boot camps they are bringing to cities around the country. The goal is to seed more lawyers who can be conversant about these tools and to make it accessible and affordable. That is why we are not just doing a big conference that attendees need to travel to and pay hundreds or thousands of dollars to attend plus travel costs.

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Over Processing of ESI and The Microsoft Letter – Part 2

Over Processing of ESI and The Microsoft Letter – Part 2

This is part 2 of a 2 part series on over processing of ESI and the Microsoft letter. For this show, we added Tom Gricks, head of the predictive coding department at Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis. We go beyond case law and try to use common sense to discuss if there are solutions to this problem. The other solution might be to continue the status quo and wait for new federal rules to try and bail us out.

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Predictive Coding Gets a Glossary

Predictive Coding Gets a Glossary

Learn about the recent publication by Dr. Maura Grossman and Dr. Gordon Cormack entitled The Grossman-Cormack Glossary of Technology-Assisted Review published in Volume 7 Issue 1 of the Federal Courts Law Review in 2013. Joining us on this show are the Honorable John M. Facciola from the District of Columbia who wrote the foreword to the Glossary and Maura R. Grossman, Counsel at Wachtell Lipton, Rosen & Katz and and Dr. Gordon V. Cormack Professor from the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario.

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Over Processing of ESI and The Microsoft Letter – Part 1

Over Processing of ESI and The Microsoft Letter – Part 1

On today’s show, we do part 1 of a 2 part series on the problems of over collection and the challenges this presents to corporations. We’ll discuss the incredible analysis that Microsoft put together in preparation for a meeting in Dallas for the Rules Subcommittee to discuss detailed metrics on why the Federal Rules on E-Discovery need more guidance on the obligations companies should adhere to in order to make them proportionate to the case at hand.

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LegalTech 2013 ESIBytes Podcast

LegalTech 2013 ESIBytes Podcast

This is a special ESIBytes show discussing the upcoming LegalTech in New York City from January 29 – 31. Joining us as a guest on this show is Henry Dicker, Vice President of Events at ALM, Executive Director, LegalTech. Henry has been with ALM for 13 years and has been running the LegalTech brand for his entire tenure. LegalTech for those who are unfamiliar, is the preeminent legal technology show in the world and is being held in New York City.

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eDiscovery Journal Predictive Coding Survey

eDiscovery Journal Predictive Coding Survey

Learn about a new survey from the eDiscovery Journal that seeks to better understand the current state of predictive coding.

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Chelsea Schieneman 2012 E-Discovery Survey of Law Firms and Document Review

Chelsea Schieneman 2012 E-Discovery Survey of Law Firms and Document Review

We’ll discuss the results of an extremely interesting Senior Year student marketing research project at John Carroll University where 218 attorneys were surveyed from around the country on their views regarding document review projects.

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The Top 10 E-Discovery Cases of 2012

The Top 10 E-Discovery Cases of 2012

Listen to our annual podcast on this year’s top 10 cases in electronic discovery featuring our special guest Ron Hedges, former Magistrate Judge from New Jersey.

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3 Baritone E-Discovery Voices Discuss the Meet and Confer Challenge

3 Baritone E-Discovery Voices Discuss the Meet and Confer Challenge

In this podcast, we discuss whether the Rule 26 (f) meet and confers are really working, how to make meet and confers more useful and we will delve into some of the challenges which occur in a meet and confer process.

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Waiving Work Product With Predictive Coding

Waiving Work Product With Predictive Coding

Learn about a collection of astute search issues which lawyers need to be thinking about, including the inadvertent disclosure of work product, lawyers having their search techniques scrutinized, and how to make sense of the variety of search techniques that are in the marketplace of predictive coding.

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Information Governance Tips That Impact E-Discovery

Information Governance Tips That Impact E-Discovery

Learn about the important role that information governance can have on a company’s ability to navigate electronic discovery issues with less pain.

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Back To Law School Show and Practical Advice for Law Students

Back To Law School Show and Practical Advice for Law Students

This podcast features a roundtable discussion where we counsel a packed room of law students on emerging issues in predictive coding, jobs, and career advice in eDiscovery.

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Predictive Coding Power User Panel from Carmel

Predictive Coding Power User Panel from Carmel

A hand-picked panel of predictive coding “power users” talk about different approaches to using predictive coding and analytical review tools.

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Carmel Valley E-Discovery Judicial Panel on Predictive Coding

Carmel Valley E-Discovery Judicial Panel on Predictive Coding

For over an hour, this judicial panel discusses predictive coding issues at a live CLE program offered at the Carmel Valley E-Discovery Retreat (CVEDR) in 2012.

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Taxation of Electronic Discovery Costs, Recovering Processing Fees

Taxation of Electronic Discovery Costs, Recovering Processing Fees

This podcast features a discussion on how to recoup eDiscovery costs, with Karl Schieneman and Mark Austrian.

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7th Circuit Electronic Discovery Pilot Program Overview

7th Circuit Electronic Discovery Pilot Program Overview

Listen to our podcast discussing the 7th Circuit Electronic Discovery Pilot Program. Learn how the Pilot Program works, the results of their efforts to advance the electronic discovery field both in the 7th Circuit and nationally, and where they see the 7th Circuit Electronic Discovery Pilot program heading.

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The Upcoming Carmel Valley E-Discovery Retreat (CVEDR) 2012

The Upcoming Carmel Valley E-Discovery Retreat (CVEDR) 2012

Learn about the upcoming 2012 Carmel Valley E-Discovery retreat including some exciting plans about panel discussions on predictive coding.

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Rand ESIBytes Podcast on E-Discovery Costs and Predictive Coding

Rand ESIBytes Podcast on E-Discovery Costs and Predictive Coding

Listen to Karl Schieneman interview Nicholas Pace, a social scientist with the Rand Institute and author of “Where the Money Goes.”

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Top 10 Tips for Learning Predictive Coding and Forbes Legal Hydra Article

Top 10 Tips for Learning Predictive Coding and Forbes Legal Hydra Article

Tom Gricks interviews Karl Schieneman about his Forbes article from January called Legal Hydra where he included a “Top 10 List” advising attorneys on how to learn more about predictive coding.

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Cloud Computing & The E-Discovery Adjuncts and Professors GROUP

Cloud Computing & The E-Discovery Adjuncts and Professors GROUP

The E-Discovery Adjuncts and Professors Group is a cloud based collection of law school E-Discovery professors networked through cloud computing tools.

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eDiscovery Passports and International eDiscovery in US Courts

eDiscovery Passports and International eDiscovery in US Courts

Listen to this free podcast about navigating the world of international e-discovery and how it impacts litigation in the United States.

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Predictive Coding and Review Roundtable

Predictive Coding and Review Roundtable

This episode is a very exciting and practical conversation on how electronic discovery will impact the world of review as well as the ongoing issues of validation and the heightened need for cooperation when predictive coding is used.

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Validating Predictive Coding, Da Silva Moore Case and Other Current Issues

Validating Predictive Coding, Da Silva Moore Case and Other Current Issues

In this groundbreaking podcast, we discuss the validation of predictive coding, a topic which has become the central issue in the Da Silva Moore v. Publicis Group case in the S.D. of NY.

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Delaware’s Default Standard For Discovery Including Discovery of Electronically Stored Information (“ESI”)

Delaware’s Default Standard For Discovery Including Discovery of Electronically Stored Information (“ESI”)

The standard for federal litigation in Delaware was passed on Dec 8, 2011 and the standard is to be used when the parties can’t agree on standards of their own in the meet and confer process. Learn more about it by listening to this podcast.

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3 Judges’ Perspectives on Predictive Coding Based on Recent Training

3 Judges’ Perspectives on Predictive Coding Based on Recent Training

Listen to our guest judges and predictive coding expert Herb Roitblat talk about their recent experiences with predictive coding training.

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Occupy LegalTech Show

Occupy LegalTech Show

Listen to this show to learn more about this spontaneous, social media fueled protest. Hope you enjoy the show and I look forward to meeting listeners of this show at LegalTech this year and talking about the Occupy LegalTech movement, handing out humorous buttons and discussing other podcast ideas.

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Previewing LegalTech 2012

Previewing LegalTech 2012

LegalTech can be overwhelming at times and is appropriately held in New York City which can also be overwhelming to outsiders. So we hope to share advice on how to make the most of your LegalTech experience including strategies, how to work the largest legal technology trade exhibit in the world and what to expect this year.

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Supreme Court Rules on Police GPS Use and Privacy Rights in US v. Jones

Supreme Court Rules on Police GPS Use and Privacy Rights in US v. Jones

Listen to a discussion on the recent US v. Jones decision. In this decision, the Supreme Court unanimously held that the police must first obtain a search warrant before placing GPS device on a car for an extended period of time to covertly follow a suspect. This discussion will center on what the Supreme Court’s GPS opinion means to the general public and how the Supreme Court feels about the important field of privacy rights for individuals in the electronic age.

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ESIBytes 2011 Recap and Looking Forward Into 2012

ESIBytes 2011 Recap and Looking Forward Into 2012

Listen to Karl talk about ESIBytes’ past year, some of the highlights and what is planned for 2012 as ESIBytes heads into its 3rd year. He also shares a little more about his background and his thoughts on what the biggest issue is in electronic discovery at this time.

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The Three Judges Holiday Show: Perspectives on Machine Assisted Review

The Three Judges Holiday Show: Perspectives on Machine Assisted Review

This free eDiscovery podcast is a lively discussion and a must listen for anyone who has any concerns about the defensibility of using machine-assisted review for eDiscovery. These judges are part of a growing movement actively educating lawyers and corporate clients that they approve, in theory, with the use of these tools. This is an important topic, especially given how flawed and expensive more traditional document review can be.

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eDiscovery Experts Discuss New York’s Complex E-Discovery Model Order

eDiscovery Experts Discuss New York’s Complex E-Discovery Model Order

Both of these attorneys, considered among the best eDiscovery experts nationwide, were involved in creating the new model order. Hear why they think this approach can make litigation more efficient, what the order entails, where the debates over creating this were most focused and how they think the order’s use will play out in 2012.

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The (Under Appreciated) Value of eDiscovery Networking

The (Under Appreciated) Value of eDiscovery Networking

This expert panel is committed to the idea and will share their insights into why networking works for them as a critical part of their eDiscovery education efforts.

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Top 10 E-Discovery Cases and Trends of 2011

Top 10 E-Discovery Cases and Trends of 2011

Learn about the top 10 electronic discovery cases and trends of 2011 with this free eDiscovery podcast. The participants’ experience includes serving as a judge, a lawyer, a technologist, a former in-house e-discovery manager and an e-discovery consultant. The plethora of experience and knowledge is daunting at best. This is an episode that should not be missed.

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The 12 Days of Remediation, A Holiday Classic

The 12 Days of Remediation, A Holiday Classic

This podcast addresses items ranging from data maps to retention schedules; effective and realistic legal hold strategies; effective policies regarding social media; personal and mobile devices and much more.

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Technology, Training, Lawyers and E-Discovery

Technology, Training, Lawyers and E-Discovery

There are many who are very tech savvy but the fact that many lawyers are not is one of the reasons why teaching law firms new tricks with using technology can be so challenging. This show is a peek into where many lawyers are as far as a comfort level with technology and provides some insights into how difficult it is to change the field.

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New Model Order for E-Discovery In Patent Cases

New Model Order for E-Discovery In Patent Cases

Learn aout the new Model Order for e-Discovery in Patent cases. This controversial order seeks to limit electronic discovery costs by reducing the number of custodian’s email that must be produced in a patent dispute to a presumed 5 custodians with 5 search terms. In addition, the order adopts much of Rule 502 to protect the waiver of privilege, excludes metadata without a showing of cause, and requires email to be produced as a supplemental production after information about the underlying patents have been produced.

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What Makes The Georgetown Advanced e-Discovery Program Special?

What Makes The Georgetown Advanced e-Discovery Program Special?

The discussion will focus on the Advanced eDiscovery program at Georgetown and the forthcoming conference on November 17 and 18th. Bob will outline the academy’s history and examine how it became the preeminent e-discovery conference in the country.

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Cooperation Primer for Lawyers and Judges

Cooperation Primer for Lawyers and Judges

Learn about how meet and confers should work when cooperation principles are followed. There will be useful discussions into what seems to cause cooperation to break down and how to address it. Lastly, the participants will share their views on the most current trends in E-Discovery.

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Revisiting the 2011 Carmel E-Discovery Retreat

Revisiting the 2011 Carmel E-Discovery Retreat

Listen to Karl Schieneman, Founder and Owner of Review Less and friend of JurInnov talk Chris La Cour about the 2011 Carmel Valley E-Discovery Retreat from July, 2011. We will recap the highlights from this first of a kind E-Discovery event out on the West Coast and talk about future plans for the 2012 event which are already under way.

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Private Clouds and Data Security

Private Clouds and Data Security

Listen as Karl talks with a team of experienced IT professionals and analysts about how cloud-based offerings impact law firms. During this show we will talk about security issues, ethical concerns and specifically about how e-discovery is impacted by cloud computing.

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Using Metrics to Improve Legal Process and E-Discovery Techniques

Using Metrics to Improve Legal Process and E-Discovery Techniques

Learn about techniques that can create a more efficient law department. We also discuss how these techniques can play out in electronic discovery, a field which at times cries out for better bench-marking.

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The Role of Litigation Support in E-Discovery

The Role of Litigation Support in E-Discovery

This show is very helpful for law firms and lawyers who are considering starting a litigation support department. It also provides insights into the fact that there is no one right way to run or staff a litigation support department. What is clear is litigation support can provide invaluable support for lawyers who are often challenged by the task of working effectively with technology.

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How To Get E-Discovery Education with Ralph Losey

How To Get E-Discovery Education with Ralph Losey

We will address the ongoing debate about the validity of certification in the e-discovery field, provide information about Ralph Losey’s 84 lecture online course which he has created with the help of many of the top judges and lawyers in the e-discovery space, and what impact the education efforts are having.

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Rule 502(d) For Dummies With Judge Grimm

Rule 502(d) For Dummies With Judge Grimm

Learn how Rule 502 helps lawyers cope with privilege waiver risks when dealing with large amounts of electronic discovery. We will also touch on the recent J-M Manufacturing Co., Inc. v. McDermott, Will & Emery case filed in Superior Court in California on June 2nd, 2011 in which negligence was alleged for, among other things, turning over privileged documents.

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The Role of Statistics in Electronic Discovery

The Role of Statistics in Electronic Discovery

This episode explores the important role of statistics in electronic discovery for both newer software programs as well as traditional linear review approaches. We cover statistical concepts that lawyers should be familiar with when assessing large document collections. In addition, we discuss how statistical methods such as random sampling can prove useful for arguing the process utilized is defensible and how to figure out if you are heading in the right direction in an active project.

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Retrieving ESI From Cloud-Based Applications

Retrieving ESI From Cloud-Based Applications

In this show we talk about Google Docs, social media, instant messenger applications and other third party software where ESI might reside that lawyers frequently would like to access to analyze in the context of litigation. We will provide some guidance on what you can do today and what the future is shaping up to look like.

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International Electronic Discovery

International Electronic Discovery

This show will address the challenges of collection and preservation, provide updates on case law, give some additional attention to the Far East and China, and even throw in some questions about how predictive coding might create additional privacy issues in other jurisdictions.

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E-Discovery Search and Retrieval and is Human Review The Gold Standard?

E-Discovery Search and Retrieval and is Human Review The Gold Standard?

Listen to a discussion on search and retrieval issues with Maura Grossman of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Professor Gordon V. Cormack from the University of Waterloo. Maura and Gordon have been deeply involved with the TREC program measuring different approaches for accomplishing document reviews with electronically stored information. They have jointly published a number of cutting edge articles describing their results.

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e-Neutrals and Special Masters in Electronic Discovery Cases

e-Neutrals and Special Masters in Electronic Discovery Cases

This podcast features a discussion on how e-neutrals and Special Masters can add efficiency to electronic discovery cases. The common thread of the episode is the process of gaining efficiency by bringing experts onto a project to help with the technical issues associated with electronic discovery. The discussion also focuses on how the different e-neutral and Special Master programs work, differences between the two and why these ideas are useful in speeding up electronic discovery cases and overcoming challenging issues.

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Standardizing Search and Retrieval and Recapping the DESI IV Conference

Standardizing Search and Retrieval and Recapping the DESI IV Conference

The topic for discussion is a recap of the recently held DESI IV conference in Pittsburgh, PA which focused on whether we can come up with standardization for search and retrieval in E-Discovery. This show will talk about the conference as well as some of the challenges and opportunities for adopting standardization in search and retrieval.

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Project Managing Electronic Discovery

Project Managing Electronic Discovery

This discussion will address the following challenges of project management: start up, potential dangers, assessment of success, and how the many moving pieces on a project work with each other. Regardless of the size of a project, the tools that can be used are similar. Having recently submitted an updated chapter on project management for PBI, E-Discovery, Karl also contributes to the discussion as well.

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Interviewing Witnesses in E-Discovery Cases

Interviewing Witnesses in E-Discovery Cases

This show will address the critical E-Discovery step of interviewing witnesses before charging ahead and ramping up an E-Discovery project. In the haste and fear to get our arms around ESI, this non-technical step is often missed. This is why the lawyer is still the most important piece of technology in an E-Discovery case as technology always works best when it is aimed at useful ESI instead of lots of ESI.

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The Importance of Metrics in Electronic Discovery

The Importance of Metrics in Electronic Discovery

Learn about the importance of metrics in electronic discovery. We discuss the different forms of metrics, how to gather metrics, whether relying just on vendors to supply metrics makes sense, and get Alex to discuss some of her favorite metrics.

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E-Discovery and Effectively Working Through Privilege Issues

E-Discovery and Effectively Working Through Privilege Issues

Listen to us discuss: where privilege is today and where it is heading in electronic discovery, the risks of sending business documents to lawyers to obtain the supposed protective seal of privileged, how to review for privilege effectively, how cooperation plays into effective privilege review, how to lose trust with the other side and reduce the effectiveness of cooperating on privilege documents, what privilege logs really get you at the end of the day, and how Rule 502 is supposed to work and how it is working today.

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Watson, The NY Times Doomsday Article and the Legal Profession

Watson, The NY Times Doomsday Article and the Legal Profession

In this podcast, we talk about the string of technology-driven press about Watson, IBM’s artificial intelligence computer system, and the front page NY Times article that predicted the demise of armies of expensive lawyers at the hands of cheaper software in electronic discovery.

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UK e-Disclosure Project Update and Its Application to the US

UK e-Disclosure Project Update and Its Application to the US

The e-Disclosure Project has many aspects including a model ESI Questionnaire that assists parties in agreeing on how ESI should be handled in their dispute. The ESI Questionnaire helps to analyze the proportionate impact the ESI has to the case compared to what is at stake in the matter.

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The Launch of a Law Student E-Discovery Website

The Launch of a Law Student E-Discovery Website

Hear about www.lawblogreview.org, a website that enables law students who study electronic discovery and/or have technical backgrounds to develop their electronic discovery ideas, market themselves and get jobs or clerkships. This approach helps students and law firms who may have limited resources to learn more about opportunities in the electronic discovery field.

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Midwest Sourcing of E-Discovery Talent

Midwest Sourcing of E-Discovery Talent

This show will provide a nice set of examples of how some of the nation’s largest and most sophisticated law firms are sourcing review work away from large cities to take advantage of the stability and lower billing rates of Midwest attorneys. In addition, all three experts have extensive electronic discovery experience and focus their legal work in e-discovery related matters.

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Correlation Between Client Risk Tolerance and E-Discovery Readiness

Correlation Between Client Risk Tolerance and E-Discovery Readiness

Listen to our guests discuss the role risk assessment plays in how clients approach electronic discovery. We talk about the different stages of an e-discovery project including records management, e-discovery readiness, litigation holds/collections, data culling and processing, early case assessment, types of review strategies, and review tools.

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2011 Trends in E-Discovery

2011 Trends in E-Discovery

Listen as we discuss technical topics like emerging standards, cloud computing and social networking and the challenges these place on existing review solutions, the growth in international e-discovery, automated review, and how the in-house electronic discovery market will continue to evolve.

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Using Predictive Coding – What’s in the Black Box?

Using Predictive Coding – What’s in the Black Box?

In this show we have brought some of the top minds in this field together to discuss the progress of machine enabled learning. We hope to talk about its limitations, which clearly exist. We will also discuss what progress has been made too. The great thing about this show is two of the participants sell NOTHING TO LAWYERS. So this is an opportunity to hear in an unbiased way what the potential is and where some of the warts are too.

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Surveying Sanctions in E-Discovery Cases in 2010 and Judicial Reactions

Surveying Sanctions in E-Discovery Cases in 2010 and Judicial Reactions

In this podcast, we will be talking about trends in the area of e-discovery sanctions. Given the variety in backgrounds the different panelists possess, this should be a very interesting and lively discussion as we try to figure out what will happen next in the world of E-Discovery Sanctions and how best to avoid them given what we know today.

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Producing ESI and Associated Issues

Producing ESI and Associated Issues

Today, we are joined by attorney, national electronic discovery analyst, author and forensic expert Craig Ball and electronic discovery technology expert and attorney Tim Opsitnick from JurInnov about the challenges and options when producing ESI.

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UK and European Data Privacy and Protection Electronic Discovery Issues

UK and European Data Privacy and Protection Electronic Discovery Issues

In a multinational world, litigation can often encompass data in other countries. The UK privacy laws are different from the US so we thought we would do a show on this topic. This is an interesting and educational show.

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Top 10 Electronic Decisions in 2010

Top 10 Electronic Decisions in 2010

Listen to Ron Hedges discuss his top 10 list of the most influential electronic discovery related cases from 2010 with a few key events thrown in as well. This is always an informative show for anyone trying to keep up with developing case law.

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Legacy Data Issues and E-Discovery Pain

Legacy Data Issues and E-Discovery Pain

This podcast will focus on the challenges of getting rid of old legal holds which can turn into cesspools of data that can have no redeeming value to a company except provide more data that needs to be searched when future litigation occurs. This is a particularly thorny area and one with little legal guidance.

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Administrative Law and E-Discovery – An Insider’s Perspective

Administrative Law and E-Discovery – An Insider’s Perspective

Listen and learn about what works when a subpoena or warrant arrives at the doorstep of your client requesting information and ESI is involved. While the rules for E-Discovery are different, many of the same principles surrounding cooperation and open and honest disclosure still apply.

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Will Judges Think It Is Okay To Use Clustering and Suggestive Coding Tools?

Will Judges Think It Is Okay To Use Clustering and Suggestive Coding Tools?

When will the judiciary offer guidance to parties on whether it is okay to use advanced technologies to do a better and less expensive job finding relevant ESI as compared to using keywords to fish haphazardly for ESI?

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Environmental Law and E-Discovery Should Not Be Hazardous Waste

Environmental Law and E-Discovery Should Not Be Hazardous Waste

Listen to Karl Schieneman, Director of Analytics and Review with JurInnov talk with attorney Margaret “Maggie” Boyle from Pittsburgh based Babst Calland Clements & Zomnir, PC on how environmental law and electronic discovery can intersect.

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Special Master Program for the United States District Court – W.D. of Pennsylvania

Special Master Program for the United States District Court – W.D. of Pennsylvania

Special Masters are often brought in by the court to add technical expertise to assist judges who may not have the same technical background or the time to deal with electronic discovery disputes. If done correctly, they can offer enhanced efficiency and expertise to what can often be messy and confusing discovery issues.

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Cloud Computing and Lawyers – Hype, Potential or Impossible?

Cloud Computing and Lawyers – Hype, Potential or Impossible?

During this show, we define Cloud computing, give examples, discuss the barriers for lawyers adopting these tools, and talk about typical e-discovery issues of preservation and collection when a third party application is being used to store data.

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E-Discovery Versus E-Disclosure – How The English Handle E-Discovery

E-Discovery Versus E-Disclosure – How The English Handle E-Discovery

The US system has attempted to become more flexible by relying substantially on effective meet and confers to enable the parties to sort out discovery obligations and avoid messy discovery disputes and unproductive motions practice. Unless the parties agree, this approach is fairly utopian. The English model goes one step further and provides for E-Disclosure instead of E-Discovery. Meaning you are obligated as a party to turn over that which is relevant to the case.

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Records Management – An Insider’s Perspective and Its Impact on E-Discovery

Records Management – An Insider’s Perspective and Its Impact on E-Discovery

On this show we will cover how effective records management can minimize the headaches associated with ESI in E-Discovery, provide tips on implementing a records management program, and discuss whether we are making progress with records management of ESI.

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Dealing With Legacy Data – What To Do About ESI Messes Today

Dealing With Legacy Data – What To Do About ESI Messes Today

Learn about the problem of storing lots and lots of data. More than the problems presented, we will talk about case law, approaches for dealing with this problem and why you should start acting today.

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LawBlogReview.org a Proposed Student Run Website

LawBlogReview.org a Proposed Student Run Website

On today’s show we will talk about the lawblogreview.org website building contest. So why should you listen to this show? If you are a law student, know someone who teaches E-Discovery classes or know people in your local bar association who might benefit from a website which provides access to law clerks who have taken E-Discovery courses, then you can help us.

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Our First Processing of ESI Show With Industry Processing Pioneers

Our First Processing of ESI Show With Industry Processing Pioneers

Learn about the role processing plays in the analysis of ESI for E-Discovery. This is a really unsexy topic which few people want to think about except for the people whose hands it falls on to complete this important task. To those who are more involved, it is a trap for the unwary which is often decided based on price without thought to the implications that bad processing can have for your case.

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