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Debunking the Seven Biggest Myths of Predictive Coding
Litigation is at a watershed. There is near universal agreement that the volume of information and expense of document review is crippling a fragile system.
Opinions diverge, however, as to how to best address this challenge. The call to apply technology to the crisis is louder than ever given Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck's opinion validating the use of predictive coding in Da Silva Moore v. Publicis Groupe & MSL Group, 11 Civ. 1279 (ALC) (AJP) (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 24, 2012). See, “Protocols and Pitfalls for Leveraging Technology: Assisted Review in the Da Silva Moore Era,” in the May issue of LJN's Legal Tech Newsletter, http://bit.ly/K01L6g.
Simply stated, predictive coding combines technology and well-defined processes to enable a machine to evaluate documents that attorneys code as responsive, privileged or key. Following its assessment of these records, the software identifies similar documents from among those that remain unreviewed. By analyzing references in the text of each record for common themes and concepts, it identifies further concepts of the same type.
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.
Supreme Court Rules Rejection of Trademark License Does Not Rescind Rights of Licensee
Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC The question is whether a debtor's rejection of its agreement granting a license "terminates rights of the licensee that would survive the licensor's breach under applicable nonbankruptcy law."