By Tom Groom, Vice President Discovery Engineering, D4 LLC
The application of Predictive Coding can significantly reduce costs, dramatically reduce review time and increase quality for document review. Yes—cheaper, faster and better, all three. Computerized technology has greatly impacted the efficiencies of document review over the years.
There can be a number of unforeseen and unexpected costs and hassles associated with bringing eDiscovery in-house that can quickly mitigate the savings and streamlining you hoped to achieve.
What am I talking about? Metadata. Specifically file dates and times. Is metadata important in discovery? Does it actually tell us anything about the file or document? I will let you be the judge and jury.
But first, what is metadata?
By Peter Coons, Senior Vice President, Computer Forensics and Collections, D4 LLC
Metadata! That term is used a lot in the eDiscovery world and many people use it but are unsure of its meaning. So what is metadata? Let’s look to a reliable eDiscovery resource for an answer.
In the first two parts of this series on SNS and eDiscovery we discussed the Why, What and How. The third part will address the “OK, we identified and collected it, now what?” part…..Social Networking Sites (SNS) data is just like any other ESI.
Now that we know SNS information is potentially discoverable and where to find it, how do we go about preserving it? No matter what method you choose for persevering SNS info, remember these 8 key tips…
Pipl.com is another great (scary) site. Great because it provides a one-stop shop for searching SNS info about a person, in addition to other personal information….I went to pipl.com and typed in my name and current city. It returned the name of my Dad, brother, my age, middle name, the fact that I used to live in Miami, Larchmont and New York City. Understand the scary part now?
By Peter Coons, Senior Vice President, Computer Forensics and Collections, D4 LLC
The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) developed by the EDRM organization is the de facto industry standard approach to eDiscovery projects. The multi-step, multi-level process could seem daunting to even the best eDiscovery project manager.
By Peter Coons, Senior Vice President, Computer Forensics and Collections, D4 LLC
When I was a lad, I distinctly recall dismantling more than a few household items. Once I took apart my parent’s clock radio because I wanted to see how it worked. My parents were less than thrilled as it turned out I was deficient in the putting back together department.
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