July 30, 2017

Ediscovery Mergers and Acquisitions

43 minutes

Lately, legal tech news has been flooded with a number of ediscovery mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Just to name a few:

Epiq purchased by DTI investors

Clearwell acquired by Symantec

Equivio acquired by Microsoft

Content Analyst acquired by kCura

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In this ILTA Radio episode, we interview a panel of ILTA members from law firms and legal departments who share their insights, lessons learned and best practices for dealing with ediscovery M&A. We cover cases where one service provider is acquired by another provider and product acquisitions where a core application is acquired by another enterprise software provider, a product is acquired and remains available and when the product is abandoned.

Interviewer:

Catherine McPherson - Litigation Management Consultant, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP

Panelists:

Dera Nevin - Director of eDiscovery, Proskauer Rose LLP

Duane Lites - Director, Litigation Support, Jackson Walker L.L.P.

Bonnie Boudreaux - Practice Support Coordinator, Jones Walker LLP

Deanna Blomquist - Senior Manager - IT/eDiscovery, Dish Network

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