eDiscovery Data Points from ComplexDiscovery

“Our experience precisely mirrors what our respondents say,” said Steven Jansma, Norton Rose Fulbright’s US Head of Litigation and Disputes. “Government agencies are eager to bring impactful cases and investigations, and we are seeing robust enforcement efforts across the board.”

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According to a recent update from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), the Kremlin’s effort to prepare for a likely intended decisive strategic action in 2023 is not mutually exclusive with the Kremlin’s efforts to set conditions for a protracted war. ISW is not forecasting a “last ditch” Russian effort to win the war in Ukraine. However, ISW does not assess the Kremlin is simply staying its course as it prepares for a protracted war.

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Cooperation with law enforcement is a strategy that every corporation involved in a government investigation must consider. The benefits of cooperation are clear and include reduced penalties, swifter resolutions, and less burdensome investigations. Cooperation with the government has proven a cost-effective strategy for some organizations in recent years, with some companies facing lower or no fines. Conversely, failing to cooperate risks antagonizing the investigator which can cause problems for the corporation. However, in the nebulous middle ground, there are some cases in which a company must carefully consider the pros and cons of cooperation with the government.

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Based on the complexity of cybersecurity, information governance, and legal discovery, it is a continual challenge to understand the relationships, opportunities, and costs of specific eDiscovery-centric tasks. With this challenge in mind and to provide information and context for discussions about the eDiscovery task of review, the following updated review-centric task, spend, and cost data points may be beneficial for legal, business, and IT professionals considering the economics of reviewing electronically stored information.

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Based on the complexity of cybersecurity, information governance, and legal discovery, it is a continual challenge to understand the relationships, opportunities, and costs of specific eDiscovery-centric tasks. With this challenge in mind and to provide information and context for discussions about the eDiscovery task of collection, the following updated collection-centric task, spend, and cost data points may be beneficial for legal, business, and IT professionals considering the economics of locating and gathering electronically stored information.

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“In my experience as in-house counsel for a major enterprise retailer, we were often unsatisfied with our inability to reuse data and prior work product across cases and investigations, which was a missed opportunity in light of the potential competitive advantage, increase in speed to understanding, and cost reduction,” said Aaron Crews, SVP of Analytics & AI, UnitedLex. “VIR solves this problem by using previous decisions to inform new ones.”

The post The First of a Kind? UnitedLex Expands Digital Litigation Suite with First-of-its-Kind Data Re-Use Analytics appeared first on ComplexDiscovery.

"In 2023, cyber insurance providers will articulate relevant models for catastrophic cyber events in the critically important SME market," said Dan Palardy, lead actuary at Cowbell. "We are proud to lead the charge. With Cowbell's accumulated insights into the behavior of the SME market over the past three years, we are uniquely positioned to help narrow and mitigate the impact of catastrophic cyber events in our market. We're excited to share this whitepaper that paves the way for the future of CAT modeling."

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As harsh as it sounds, every departing employee poses a risk to your business if the transition is not correctly managed and documented. This risk ranges from inadvertent access to sensitive company information as basic as company internal organizational charts to deliberate efforts to acquire and use economically essential customer lists and contracts for competitive advantage. However, employee protection programs can help mitigate this risk.

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According to Oasis COO, Saleem Dababneh, “We have a niche partner base that reaches service providers, and now they will have access to Reveal. The goal of our suite of technology has always been to provide our partners with the most comprehensive eDiscovery tools and workflows on the market, so it’s necessary for Reveal to be part of our technology suite.”

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According to author Roelvis Ortiz Nunez, altmetrics may provide a new way of measuring the impact of scientific research, based on new indicators that try to quantify the presence and dissemination of academic activity on the social web.

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