The 44th Annual Hart-Scott-Rodino Report notes that a record-breaking 3,520 transactions were reported to both antitrust agencies during fiscal year 2021, more than twice the number that were reported the year before. The report also notes that the agencies issued 65 second requests in fiscal year 2021, up from 48 the year before, reflecting a significant increase in the merger workload.

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According to a recent update from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Russia has partially reconstituted its ability to conduct information operations as part of its hybrid warfare campaigns in support of military operations. These information operations will continue to emerge as Russia attempts to set conditions for upcoming operations and mitigate setbacks, and the West must critically evaluate the context of Russian information operations and avoid simply interacting with them on their own terms.

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The Executive Director of the EU Agency for Cybersecurity, Juhan Lepassaar, said: “In an ever-growing connected world, protecting shared data is essential if we want to generate trust in the digital services. We, therefore, need to rely on the technologies at hand to address the emerging risks and thus find the solutions to best protect the rights and freedoms of individuals across the EU."

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Familiarization, understanding, execution, and experience are all critical elements of successful marketing efforts for cybersecurity, information governance, and eDiscovery organizations. Familiarization provides a basic understanding of a marketing strategy, understanding enables informed marketing decisions, execution puts marketing plans into action, and experience allows organizations to make informed marketing decisions in the future. Ignoring these elements can result in uninformed marketing decisions, wasted resources, missed opportunities, and decreased customer satisfaction, ultimately hindering the growth and success of marketing efforts. 

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From LexisNexis to Nextpoint and from acquisitions to investments, the abridged listing of eDiscovery merger, acquisition, and investment (M&A+I) events seeks to consolidate and highlight key eDiscovery-related investment events and corresponding event dates, company involvement, and known event investment amounts. The general consideration for inclusion in this running listing is the public announcement of an investment event by an organization that offers an eDiscovery solution as part of their overall offering portfolio regardless of their core business.

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The eDiscovery Processes and Tasks listing may be helpful in planning and consummating business and technology engagements related to the discipline of eDiscovery. The processes and tasks highlighted in the listing are not all-inclusive and represent only one of the myriads of approaches to eDiscovery.

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With over 2,500 remote review matters and second requests completed globally and a network of more than 25,000 global attorneys within the ReviewRight platform, HaystackID provides the industry's most powerful Global Solution for Managed Review. With the ability to augment internal resources, save time and cost, and allow for scalability, ReviewRight Staff is a valuable tool for professionals in the cybersecurity, information governance, and eDiscovery fields to ensure high-quality review services for their clients.

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In the winter of 2023, 32.3% of respondents viewed increasing budgetary constraints as potentially having the greatest impact on their business in the next six months. This percentage is the highest of all concerns in the winter 2023 survey. This percentage is also the fifth-highest rating in the area of budgetary constraint concerns since the inception of the survey in the winter of 2016.

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“We built Veristar to be an invaluable resource for corporations and law firms located anywhere in the country. But we know that all business is, in a sense, local,” says Veristar CEO Rick Avers. “Nashville is a vibrant, sophisticated city that is home to powerhouse law firms and many great companies in health care, technology, entertainment, financial services and manufacturing. Everyone at Veristar is excited to be a part of the Nashville community.”

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“We’re thrilled to be able to offer our industry-leading Legal Hold and eDiscovery software to Canadian customers for the first time after years of mounting interest in Casepoint in this market,” said Haresh Bhungalia, Casepoint’s CEO. “Not only will we be able to provide major organizations a leading alternative to legacy eDiscovery systems, but we’ll also meet jurisdictional and data privacy law requirements, including the Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).”

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