A new series: “Manic Monday” – a few posts to start your week

Today we start a series called “Manic Monday” – a wholesale theft of Gabes Guide idea of “Lazy Sunday Links” (click here).

We’ll provide links (and some quotes) to a handful of articles that popped up over the weekend and which we think would be of interest to our readers.  As if you don’t have enough to read Monday morning. 

The Critical Need for e-Discovery Certification

Today’s screaming for qualified e-discovery professionals has reached an unprecedented volume.  Recently, Socha-Gelbman published an overview of the results of their annual survey on the Legal Technology News site (link in article which follows).    One of the most important single observations from it is the shortage of expertise in the market-place with providers, law firms and corporations.   The article describes the Organization of Legal Professionals formed for the purpose of providing an exacting and tough certification exam to establish core compentencies.  For full article click here.

EDD SHOWCASE: Strange Times

In case you missed it, Socha-Gelbman published an overview of the results of their annual survey on the turbulent year in the EDD industry.  It covers the shortage of EDD expertise,  what e-discovery services will continue to gain momentum, the fastest-shrinking service areas, etc.   For link to full post click here.

Mathematical Formula for Justice Proves the Importance of ESI in Civil Litigation

Ralph Losey says “I am reluctant to share my unusual analytic approach to law, but am encouraged to do so by the words of the great British philosopher and writer, Bertrand Russell”.   But in a cool article he says that justice can be represented by an abstract logic formula.  For full article click here.

Computer Forensics vs. Electronic Discovery

Computer Forensics vs. Electronic Discovery methodologies share some common capabilities. One is the ability to produce an inventory of the collection, allowing reviewers to quickly see what is present. Another is the ability to determine a common time zone to standardize date and time stamps across a collection. Without this standardization, an e-mail response may appear to have been created before the original e-mail.  For full post click here.

Electronic Discovery: Basic Framework

Although the details of each E-Discovery effort will vary from case to case, there are certain similarities that exists between them.  Basic data formats have evolved over the past few years into de facto standards used for the collection, review, and production of electronic documents. The steps taken to ensure quality are also generally applicable to most cases. Proper handling of ESI processing should begin with a basic framework.  For full post click here.