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<b>Product Review</b>Attenex Patterns E-Discovery Platform
Imagine you have received 35 gigabytes of data consisting of normal office documents and e-mail. You have agreed with your opponents to deliver rolling productions starting in 4 weeks, and completing your production of all the relevant material in 12. You have 12 junior associates with plans to work 10 hour days, 5 days a week. Not a problem. You have a sophisticated review system where documents are converted into images and their metadata is collected into a tidy database that you can neatly parcel into review sets for your attorneys. Using the standard 70,000 pages per gigabyte, seven pages per document, your 12 attorneys will only need 50 days to complete the review, which would be 10 days ahead of schedule, barring any major delays or distractions.
Now imagine that your data doubles. There were forgotten back-up tapes. Also, you discover that the original 30 custodians from whom you gathered data are insufficient to satisfy your discovery burden, and you need to go back out on week 3 and pull files from an additional 30 custodians. By the end of week 4, you have 300 gigabytes of data and no let up in your deadlines. Your initial cost and time estimates have just been multiplied by 10.
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
Judge Rules Shaquille O'Neal Will Face Securities Lawsuit for Promotion, Sale of NFTs
A federal district court in Miami, FL, has ruled that former National Basketball Association star Shaquille O'Neal will have to face a lawsuit over his promotion of unregistered securities in the form of cryptocurrency tokens and that he was a "seller" of these unregistered securities.
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
Blockchain Domains: New Developments for Brand Owners
Blockchain domain names offer decentralized alternatives to traditional DNS-based domain names, promising enhanced security, privacy and censorship resistance. However, these benefits come with significant challenges, particularly for brand owners seeking to protect their trademarks in these new digital spaces.
Coverage Issues Stemming from Dry Cleaner Contamination Suits
In recent years, there has been a growing number of dry cleaners claiming to be "organic," "green," or "eco-friendly." While that may be true with respect to some, many dry cleaners continue to use a cleaning method involving the use of a solvent called perchloroethylene, commonly known as perc. And, there seems to be an increasing number of lawsuits stemming from environmental problems associated with historic dry cleaning operations utilizing this chemical.