Firm must divulge information on contract lawyers in Citigroup case; challenge to firm’s “excessive” fees
5 March 2013 – Last week the federal judge in In re Citigroup Inc. Securities Litigation, a shareholder lawsuit against Citigroup being heard in the U.S. District Court, Southern District
Continue readingProblems persist with law school jobs data, watchdog says
5 March 2013 – The American Bar Association now requires law schools to be more upfront about how their graduates perform on the job market, but problems with misleading or incomplete employment
Continue readingABA Task Force looks at law school reforms; might add limited-license category of practitioner
14 February 2013– The American Bar Association Task Force on the Future of Law Schools met over the weekend. Some news reports suggest that the task force is taking their charge seriously. ABC
Continue readingTo repeat … there is no, NO, oversupply of lawyers. Or so says the Dean of Case Western Law School
9 January 2013 — Ummm … then why is Case Western’s Employment Score as tabulated by Law School Transparency only 46.3% with an Under-Employment Score of 37.8%? Case Western Dean Lawrence
Continue readingYou’re the Head of Government? Need to run the country? There’s an app for that!
3 December 2012– There was a great piece in The New York Times a few days ago (for the story click here) about David Cameron (Britain’s prime minister) and his passion for his iPad, one of
Continue readingHP, Autonomy, allegations of fraud … and terabytes of analysis
23 November 2012 – So Hewlett-Packard (HP) has written down $8.8 billion of the value of Autonomy, the British software company it bought last year, after discovering that Autonomy misrepresented
Continue readingHow Big Data, cloud computing, Amazon and poll quants won the U.S. election
16 November 2012– In the U.S., for more than a year, a group of what the reporters described as “math geeks and data wizards” worked long days creating elaborate statistical models to
Continue readingThrowing a wrench in the document review machine
10 November 2012– There was an interesting piece in EDD Update entitled “Throwing a Wrench in the Document Review Machine”. It is about the “issue-of-the-moment” in ediscovery. No,
Continue readingThe Grossman-Cormack Glossary of Technology Assisted Review
2 November 2012 – There is a brilliant new guide out for technology assisted review … er .. ah … computer-assisted review … no, wait a minute … ah computer-aided review … ummmm
Continue readingSeeking Independent Computer Forensic Analysts
eTERA Consulting is seeking independent Computer Forensic Analysts to conduct computer and mobile forensic investigations, data recovery and electronic discovery projects for law firm and corporate
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