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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
The e-discovery leaders in corporations and at law firms have an incredible depth of knowledge on the vendor landscape. Many spend significant amounts of time listening to demos, evaluating peer perceptions, and studying key trends prior to formulating an impression of a particular software or service provider. And, once they do form that opinion, they are open to changes based on new developments, upgrades, and shifts in corporate direction.
Major Differences In UK, U.S. Copyright Laws
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
The Article 8 Opt In
The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.
Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
Legal Possession: What Does It Mean?
Possession of real property is a matter of physical fact. Having the right or legal entitlement to possession is not "possession," possession is "the fact of having or holding property in one's power." That power means having physical dominion and control over the property.
The Stranger to the Deed Rule
In 1987, a unanimous Court of Appeals reaffirmed the vitality of the "stranger to the deed" rule, which holds that if a grantor executes a deed to a grantee purporting to create an easement in a third party, the easement is invalid. Daniello v. Wagner, decided by the Second Department on November 29th, makes it clear that not all grantors (or their lawyers) have received the Court of Appeals' message, suggesting that the rule needs re-examination.