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e-Discovery Unfiltered
Between Jan. 6-22, 2015, Ari Kaplan Advisors interviewed 29 professionals responsible for e-discovery decision-making. We asked them for their perspectives on key vendor management trends, and for their candid impressions of the following 15 companies:
- AccessData'
- Clearwell
- Deloitte
- DiscoverReady
- DTI
- Epiq
- Exterro
- FTI
- Guidance
- Huron
- kCura
- Nuix
- Recommind
- RVM
- UnitedLex
Eleven of the respondents are in-house lawyers. Nine are in-house legal personnel, and nine are law firm partners. 100% of the survey respondents implement e-discovery tools and develop e-discovery processes. All but one of the participants select e-discovery tools and vendors. Those at corporations are in financial services, life sciences, technology, manufacturing, energy and telecommunications. 95% work for companies with revenues that exceed $10 billion and have over 10,000 employees. All law firm partners work for AmLaw 200 organizations and serve as primary e-discovery counsel.
Vendor Perspectives
New York's Latest Cybersecurity Commitment
On Aug. 9, 2023, Gov. Kathy Hochul introduced New York's inaugural comprehensive cybersecurity strategy. In sum, the plan aims to update government networks, bolster county-level digital defenses, and regulate critical infrastructure.
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A trend analysis of the benefits and challenges of bringing back administrative, word processing and billing services to law offices.
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Risks of “Baseball Arbitration” in Resolving Real Estate Disputes
“Baseball arbitration” refers to the process used in Major League Baseball in which if an eligible player's representative and the club ownership cannot reach a compensation agreement through negotiation, each party enters a final submission and during a formal hearing each side — player and management — presents its case and then the designated panel of arbitrators chooses one of the salary bids with no other result being allowed. This method has become increasingly popular even beyond the sport of baseball.