Notes on recent trends in e-discovery, data privacy, and the use of technology to enhance the practice of law.
Announcements
| CATEGORIES | DATE | ENTRIES |
|---|---|---|
| Announcements, E-Discovery | 08/12/2020 | Exterro announced a call for sponsors for E-Discovery Day 2020, which this year will be December 3. |
| Announcements, Enhancing Practice | 08/12/2020 | ILTA announced the nine ILTA>ON 2020 Scholarship Recipients: Ann Halkett (Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP) – Cheryl Disch Women in TechnologyCathleen Nuxoll (Gray, Ritter & Graham P.C.) – Small FirmChris Cummings – NetworkingChristopher Hockey (Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC) – Rising StarHolly Riccio (California Judicial Center Library) – Government, Law School & Non-ProfitJudy Kim-Park (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP) – Diversity & InclusionMariana Figueirêdo (Rocha, Marinho E Sales Advogados) – Browning Marean Litigation SupportRachel Shields Williams (Sidley Austin) – Rising StarRichard Lourens (Bayer) – Veteran |
| Announcements, E-Discovery | 08/11/2020 | E-discovery platform provider Reveal announced the acquisition of NexLP, a provider of artificial intelligence software to the legal industry, reported Zach Warren of Legaltech News. |
| Announcements, Privacy | 08/11/2020 | The Sedona Conference and its Working Group 7 (“Sedona Canada”) announced publication of the final, post-public-comment version of The Sedona Canada Commentary on Privacy and Information Security for Legal Service Providers: Principles and Guidelines. |
| Announcements, E-Discovery | 08/11/2020 | ProSearch announced the addition of Enriched Active Learning, a TAR tool, to its menu of tools and technology solutions for discovery review. |
| Announcements, Enhancing Practice | 08/11/2020 | Cost recovery solutions provider nQueue and cloud-based client service automation platform Zebraworks announced they would merge, reported Victoria Hudgins of Legaltech News, and will form a new, independent, private company called nQueue Zebraworks, Inc. |
| Announcements, E-Discovery | 08/06/2020 | Ayfie announced it has listed its shared for public trading on the the Oslo Stock Exchange’s Merkur Market, a marketplace for small and medium sized companies, reported Caroline Hill of Legal IT Insider. |
E-discovery
| CATEGORIES | DATE | ENTRIES |
|---|---|---|
| E-Discovery | 08/15/2020 | In a post about self-collection, Chris Dale of the eDisclosure Information Project pointed out some of the more subtle challenges with making self-collection work well, regardless of jurisdiction. |
| Announcements, E-Discovery | 08/12/2020 | Exterro announced a call for sponsors for E-Discovery Day 2020, which this year will be December 3. |
| E-Discovery | 08/12/2020 | Self-collection is not only discouraged but a possible ethical violation, reported David Horrigan of Relativity, examining a decision by U.S. Magistrate Judge William Matthewman in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. M1 5100 Corp., d/b/a Jumbo Supermarket, Inc., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 117243 (S.D. Fla. July 2, 2020). |
| Announcements, E-Discovery | 08/11/2020 | E-discovery platform provider Reveal announced the acquisition of NexLP, a provider of artificial intelligence software to the legal industry, reported Zach Warren of Legaltech News. |
| Announcements, E-Discovery | 08/11/2020 | ProSearch announced the addition of Enriched Active Learning, a TAR tool, to its menu of tools and technology solutions for discovery review. |
| E-Discovery | 08/10/2020 | Danny Chan of Ricoh shared his take on Relativity’s new user interface, Aero UI, due to be released on August 29. |
| Announcements, E-Discovery | 08/06/2020 | Ayfie announced it has listed its shared for public trading on the the Oslo Stock Exchange’s Merkur Market, a marketplace for small and medium sized companies, reported Caroline Hill of Legal IT Insider. |
Enhancing practice
| CATEGORIES | DATE | ENTRIES |
|---|---|---|
| Enhancing Practice | 08/13/2020 | Thomson Reuters announced the acquisition of CaseLines, a cloud-based court document and evidence management platform, reported Zach Warren of Legaltech News. |
| Enhancing Practice | 08/13/2020 | The Utah Supreme Court voted unanimously to authorize a two-year pilot program to test pioneering changes to the practice of law and changes designed to address the access-to-justice crisis in America, reported Bob Ambrogi of LawSites. The changes are meant to enable individuals and entities to explore creative ways to safely allow lawyers and non-lawyers to practice law and to reduce constraints on how lawyers market and promote their services. |
| Enhancing Practice | 08/12/2020 | ALSPs are delivering extensive and appreciated data metrics to corporate legal departments, but delivering those metrics has not yet provided ALSPs with a competitive advantage over law firms not put law firms under pressure to offer up similar metrics, reported Frank Ready of Legaltech News. |
| Announcements, Enhancing Practice | 08/12/2020 | ILTA announced the nine ILTA>ON 2020 Scholarship Recipients: Ann Halkett (Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP) – Cheryl Disch Women in TechnologyCathleen Nuxoll (Gray, Ritter & Graham P.C.) – Small FirmChris Cummings – NetworkingChristopher Hockey (Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC) – Rising StarHolly Riccio (California Judicial Center Library) – Government, Law School & Non-ProfitJudy Kim-Park (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP) – Diversity & InclusionMariana Figueirêdo (Rocha, Marinho E Sales Advogados) – Browning Marean Litigation SupportRachel Shields Williams (Sidley Austin) – Rising StarRichard Lourens (Bayer) – Veteran |
| Enhancing Practice | 08/12/2020 | Two types of AI tools – machine learning and natural language processing (NLP – are becoming more commonly used by legal departments for contract review and negotiation, contract performance and analytics, litigation prediction and analytics, and legal research, and AI also is being used by companies more generally in recruiting and hiring, wrote David L. McCombs, Raghav Bajaj, Dina Blikshteyn, Jonathan Bowser, Eugene Goryunov, and Angela Oliver of Haynes and Boone. |
| Enhancing Practice | 08/12/2020 | While GPT-3 has intriguing potential, it also has inherent limitations, wrote Javid Lakha of Legatics. It cannot engage in logical reasoning or learn from its past interactions, he argued, restricting its potential application to the legal industry to tasks that require prediction and even then it faces challenges. Nonetheless, the author concluded that GPT-3 represents an important step on the path towards artificial expert intelligence in text-heavy domains such as the legal industry. |
| Announcements, Enhancing Practice | 08/11/2020 | Cost recovery solutions provider nQueue and cloud-based client service automation platform Zebraworks announced they would merge, reported Victoria Hudgins of Legaltech News, and will form a new, independent, private company called nQueue Zebraworks, Inc. |
Privacy
| CATEGORIES | DATE | ENTRIES |
|---|---|---|
| Privacy | 08/14/2020 | The California Office of Administrative Law (“OAL”) approved the final regulations issued under the CCPA and filed them with the California Secretary of State, reported Hunton Andrews Kurth. The regulations went into effect immediately. |
| Announcements, Privacy | 08/11/2020 | The Sedona Conference and its Working Group 7 (“Sedona Canada”) announced publication of the final, post-public-comment version of The Sedona Canada Commentary on Privacy and Information Security for Legal Service Providers: Principles and Guidelines. |
| Privacy | 08/11/2020 | The U.S. Secretary of Commerce and the European Commissioner for Justice issued a joint statement on Privacy Shield III, reported Odia Kagan of Fox Rothschild. According to the press statement, the two organizations have initiated discussions to evaluate the potential for an enhanced EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework to comply with the July 16 judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Schrems II case. |
| Privacy | 08/11/2020 | The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) has put together a CCPA Amendment Tracker, reported Odia Kagan of Fox Rothschild. Last updated July 30, the tracker shows 20 amendments that are live/stalled in committee (5), signed by governor (7), or presumed dead or unrelated (8). |
| Privacy | 08/11/2020 | With A European strategy for data, published earlier this year, the European Commission is making radical shift from protecting individual privacy to promoting data sharing as a civic duty, in the process becoming an active player in facilitating the use and monetization of its citizens’ personal data, wrote Anna Artyushina in MIT Technology Review. |
E-discovery case law
| DATE | POSTURE | OUTCOME | ENTRIES |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/24/2020 | Plaintiffs’ second motion to compel discovery. | Motion to compel granted in part and denied in part. | McMaster v. Kohl’s Dep’t Stores, Inc., No. 18-13875 (E.D. Mich. July 24, 2020) After ruling that defendant would produce certain requested email and denying plaintiff’s request to expand the scope of the searched date range, U.S. Magistrate Judge Steven R. Whalen, “hav[ing] no interest in going where angels fear to tread”, drew a line at adjudicating whose competing lists of search terms would be better suited for searching ESI in this matter. Instead, the court ordered that “if the parties cannot agree on appropriately limited search terms, they will share the cost of retaining an expert to assist them. If they still cannot agree, then Plaintiff may renew his motion regarding the search terms, and will provide the Court with an expert report substantiating his position.” Source: Court Grants Part of Plaintiff’s Motion, But Won’t Go “Where Angels Fear to Tread” on Search Terms: eDiscovery Case Week. |
| 07/13/2020 | Plaintiff’s motion for spoliation sanctions. | Motion denied. | Bragg v. SW Health Sys., Inc., No. 18-cv-00763-MSK-NRN (D. Colo. July 13, 2020) Following an evidentiary hearing, U.S. Magistrate Judge N. Reid Neureiter denied plaintiff’s motion seeking imposition of spoliation sanctions on defendant for failing to preserve data in a folder on a defendant-designated computer used by plaintiff. Upon review of the evidence before it, the court concluded that plaintiff had not established that is was more likely than not that relevant evidence had been destroyed or lost. The court found there were no facts supporting plaintiff’s contention that defendant acted improperly in preserving documents; there was no evidence that defendant destroyed any relevant evidence or that any relevant evidence was lost or deleted; plaintiff (who elected not to testify at the hearing) could not say with any specificity what information she believed was being kept from her; and the undisputed evidence showed that no user-created files were deleted or destroyed by defendant. The court ended by inviting defendant to bring a Rule 11 sanctions motion. Sources: Court Denies Plaintiff’s Sanctions Motion When Her Expert Found No Files Were Deleted: eDiscovery Case Week; Evaluate Your eDiscovery Sanctions Motion Carefully Before Bringing It. |
| 06/18/2020 | Defendant’s motion to shift TAR costs. | Motion granted. | Lawson v. Spirit Aerosystems, Inc., No. 18-1100-EFM-ADM (D. Kan. Apr. 26, 2019) After performing a detailed analysis, U.S. Magistrate Judge Angel Mitchell found good cause to allocate TAR expenses to plaintiff in order to protect defendant from under burden and expense. Plaintiff had pursued a scattershot ESI approach, despite cautions from the court that it might begin shifting costs. Defendant already had borne its fair share of e-discovery expenses, accommodating plaintiff’s requests, in a process that yielded low responsiveness rates. Unwilling to accept those results, plaintiff sought continued review via TAR that unnecessarily perpetuated and exacerbated ESI/TAR expenses, reached an 85% recall rate, and still yielded a responsiveness rate of only 3.3%. Given the path the parties took and the ultimate outcome, the court decided to split the overall ESI/TAR expenses roughly 20% defendant and 80% plaintiff. |
Additional articles
| CATEGORIES | DATE | ENTRIES |
|---|---|---|
| Additional Articles, E-Discovery | 08/14/2020 | Three New E-discovery Case Law Developments So Far in 2020 Source: Legaltech News Author: Philip Favro (Driven) |
| Additional Articles, E-Discovery | 08/13/2020 | Court Denies Plaintiff’s Sanctions Motion When Her Expert Found No Files Were Deleted: eDiscovery Case Week Source: eDiscovery Today Author: Doug Austin |
| Additional Articles, E-Discovery | 08/12/2020 | Court Grants Part of Plaintiff’s Motion, But Won’t Go “Where Angels Fear to Tread” on Search Terms: eDiscovery Case Week Source: eDiscovery Today Author: Doug Austin |
| Additional Articles, E-Discovery | 08/11/2020 | EDRM Headline News Source: EDRM |
| Additional Articles, Cybersecurity | 08/10/2020 | The Impact of Deep Learning on Anomaly Detection Source: Legaltech News Authors: Xuning (Mike) Tang and Yihua Astle (BRG) |
| Additional Articles, E-Discovery | 08/10/2020 | Court Orders Cost-Shifting for ‘Needlessly Overbroad’ Discovery Source: Legaltech News Authors: H. Christopher Boehning and Daniel J. Toal (Paul Weiss) |
| Additional Articles, E-Discovery | 08/04/2020 | EDRM Headline News Source: EDRM |
| Additional Articles, E-Discovery | 07/17/2020 | Evaluate Your eDiscovery Sanctions Motion Carefully Before Bringing It Source: eDiscovery Assistant Author: Kelly Twigger |
Upcoming events
| CATEGORIES | TYPES | DATES | TIMES | ENTRIES |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enhancing Practice | Webinar | 08/17/2020 | 11 am ET | Product Briefing: Automate the Capture of Federal Court Filings to HighQ Through a SeeUnity/PacerPro Integration Organization: ILTA |
| Enhancing Practice | Webinar | 08/17/2020 | 12 pm ET | Product Briefing: Why Law Firms Need to Move to the Cloud Today (Hint: Remote Work) Organization: ILTA |
| Enhancing Practice | Webinar | 08/17/2020 | 1 pm ET | Virtual Trials: Lessons from the “Room Where it Happened” Organization: American Bar Association Speakers: James A. Reeder, Jr. (Jones Day), Judge Keith Dean (Dallas, TX), Judge Emily Miskel (McKinney, TX), Matthew R. Pearson (Pearson Legal PC), Amy M. Stewart (Stewart Law Group PLLC) |
| E-Discovery, Privacy | Webinar | 08/18/2020 | 9 am ET | Recording and Reviewing Online Meetings for eDiscovery Professionals Organization: Nuix Speakers: Martin Bonney (Panoram), Neil Thomas (Nuix), Vince Neicho (Integreon) |
| Privacy | Webinar | 08/18/2020 | 10 am BST | Using Luminance Discovery for compliance with data protection regulations Organization: Luminance Speakers: Tarek Mokhtar, Olivia Goodey |
| Enhancing Practice | Webinar | 08/18/2020 | 11 am ET | Digitizing documents is more important than ever: Learn how Document Capture Services can transform your paper-based systems Organization: OpenText Speakers: Stacey Keene, Steve Woods |
| E-Discovery | Webinar | 08/18/2020 | 1 pm ET | Effectively Conduct Corporate Investigations With eDiscovery Organization: ACEDS Speakers: Derrick Donnelly (BlackBag), Shahaf Rozanski (Cellebrite) |
| E-Discovery | Webinar | 08/18/2020 | 2 pm ET | New Techniques for Finding Relevant Data Faster Organization: EDRM Speakers: Tara Jones (Verizon Media), Brett Tarr (Ernst & Young), Tiana Van Dyk (Epiq), Michael Hamilton (Exterro) |
| Privacy | Webinar | 08/18/2020 | 2 pm ET | Establishing Data Retention Policies That Comply with CCPA & GDPR Organization: Onna Speakers: Jennifer Harkins Garone (Carnival), Richard Hoshal (Carnival), Meenakshi Thanikachalam (Ally) |
| Cybersecurity | Webinar | 08/18/2020 | 3 pm ET | How To Prepare for Cybersecurity and Respond to a Data Breach Organizations: Consilio, SecureIT360, Polsinelli Speakers: Maureen O’Neil (Consilio), David Forrestall (SecurIT360), James Jansen (Consilio), Bruce Radke (Polsinelli) |
| E-Discovery | Webinar | 08/19/2020 | 9 am ET | Defeating Encryption and Password Protection in Nuix Workstation Organization: Nuix Speaker: Robert O’Leary |
| Cybersecurity | Conference | 08/19/2020 | 9:15 am ET | New York City Virtual Cybersecurity Summit Organization: Data Connectors |
| E-Discovery | Webinar | 08/19/2020 | 11 am ET | Emerging eDiscovery and Compliance Considerations in a Microsoft Teams-centric Modern Workplace Organization: Epiq Speakers: Rachel O’Shea (Microsoft), Jon Kessler (Epiq) |
| E-Discovery | Webinar | 08/19/2020 | 11 am ET | Demystifying Mac Investigations: Mac vs. Windows Artifacts Comparison Organization: Magnet Forensics Speaker: Trey Amick |
| Privacy | Webinar | 08/19/2020 | 12 pm ET | How to Leverage Your GDPR Compliance for CCPA, Privacy Shield & More New Requirements Organization: TrustArc Speakers: K Royal, Joanne Furtsch, Meaghan McCluskey |
| Privacy | Webinar | 08/19/2020 | 12 pm ET | The New Data Privacy Risks of the EU Ruling Invalidating the US Privacy Shield Organization: Exterro Speakers: Rebecca Perry (Exterro), Jason Heath (Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP) |
| Cybersecurity | Webinar | 08/19/2020 | 1 pm ET | 2020 PCL Virtual Annual Meeting: Are your Networks Ready to be Certified? Implementation of DoD’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Organization: American Bar Association Speakers: Ashden Fein, Katie Arrington, Maureen T Kelly |
| E-Discovery | Webinar | 08/19/2020 | 1 pm ET | ACEDS Roundtable Series: Transitions, Transformations, and Triumphs in 2020 Organization: ACEDS Speakers: Rachi Messing (Microsoft), Jeff Jacobson (Drinker Biddle & Reath), Julie Brown (Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease), Sonya Judkins (Sprint) |
| E-Discovery | Webinar | 08/19/2020 | 1 pm ET | On the Case? eDiscovery Case Law Update for the First Half of 2020 Organization: HaystackID Speakers: Doug Austin (eDiscovery Today), Ashish Prasad (HaystackID), Vazantha Meyers (HaystackID), Todd Haley (HaystackID), Seth Schechtman (HaystackID) |
| Enhancing Practice | Webinar | 08/19/2020 | 1 pm ET | Video Arbitration: What to Consider Before Jumping In Organization: American Bar Association Speakers: Brianna Elizabeth Kostecka, Jessica Eileen Sabbath, Michael A Marra |
| Cybersecurity | Webinar | 08/19/2020 | 1 pm ET | Business Email Compromise During the Pandemic: Training, Technology, and Other Tools Organization: Practising Law Institute (PLI) Speakers: Gail Gottehrer (Law Office of Gail Gottehrer LLC), Shehzad Mirza (Global Cyber Alliance) |
| Privacy | Webinar | 08/20/2020 | 12 pm ET | Leadership Spotlight: Linda R. Medler Organization: Ankura Speaker: Linda R. Medler (L A Medler & Associates LLC) |
| E-Discovery | Webinar | 08/20/2020 | 1 pm ET | eDiscovery In The Age of Cloud Applications: How To Collect From Slack Organizations: ACEDS, Onna Speakers: Adam Seitzman (Onna), Allison Keane (Onna) |
| E-Discovery | Meeting | 08/20/2020 | 12 pm CT | August 2020 MALSP Meeting – When To Bring eDiscovery In House vs Outsource Organization: Minnesota Association of Litigation Support Professionals (MALSP) Speakers: Alison Shier (Lighthouse), Joel Bothof (Medtronic), May Lee (Xcel Energy), Daniel Semelhack (Fox Rothschild, LLP) |
| Cybersecurity | Webinar | 08/20/2020 | 2 pm ET | Is “Zero Trust” the Magic Bullet for Data Security? Organizations: Sherpa, Lepide |
| Enhancing Practice | Webinar | 08/20/2020 | 3 pm ET | Minimizing Business Disruption with Digital Transformation Organization: ARMA Speaker: Blake Gilmore (Upland-FileBound) |
| E-Discovery | Meeting | 08/20/2020 | 12 pm PT | Virtual Lunch with Leaders! Discussion on Mentorship, Justine Phillips Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP Organization: San Diego Paralegal Association, Practice Aligned Resources, Women in eDiscovery (WiE) Speaker: Justine Phillips (Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP) |
| E-Discovery | Workshop | 08/21/2020 | 9:30 am CEST | eDiscovery worship for Corporates Organization: ZyLAB Session in Dutch |
| Enhancing Practice | Virtual Roundtable | 08/21/2020 | 11 am ET | There Are No Experts – #CreatingtheFutureTogether Virtual Roundtable Organization: ILTA Speaker: Joy Heath Rush (ILTA) |
| E-Discovery, Enhancing Practice | Webinar | 08/21/2020 | 3 pm ET | Legaltech Week Live: Journalists’ Roundtable |
| E-Discovery | Conference | 08/24/2020 | 10 am ET | ILTA>ON Organization: ILTA |
| E-Discovery | Workshop | 08/25/2020 | 9:30 am CEST | eDiscovery workshop for legal professionals Organization: ZyLAB |
| Privacy | Webinar | 08/25/2020 | 11 am ET | Practical Next Steps: What the Schrems II Decision Means for Your Data Transfers Organization: Ankura Speakers: Odia Kagan (Fox Rothschild), David Manek (Ankura), Brian Segobiano (Ankura), Tomi Taggart (Ankura) |
| E-Discovery | Webinar | 08/25/2020 | 11 am ET | End-to-end eDiscovery: Augment OpenText Axcelerate, OpenText Insight and OpenText Legal Hold capabilities with endpoint data collection Organization: OpenText |
| E-Discovery | Webinar | 08/25/2020 | 1 pm ET | PREX Summit Series: Special Masters in Litigation Organizations: EDRM, Zapproved Speakers: Maura Grossman (University of Waterloo), Hon. Ira Warshawsky (Meyer Suozzi), Hon. Frank Maas (JAMS), Hon. Kristen L. Mix (U.S. District Court, District of Colorado) |
| E-Discovery | Webinar | 8/25/2020 | 1 pm ET | Using Dashboards for Greater Efficiency Organization: Nuix Speaker: Emily Tice |
| E-Discovery | Webinar | 08/25/2020 | 2 pm ET | E-discovery in 2020: COVID-19’s Impact on Our Data Footprint Organizations: Law.com, FTI Technology |
| E-Discovery | Webinar | 08/25/2020 | 3 pm BST | The application of eDiscovery tools in Latin America and Civil Law countries Organization: Luminance Speakers: Juan Di Luca (Data Analysis Services Ltd), Tom Megson (Luminance) |
| Privacy | Webinar | 08/26/2020 | 12 pm ET | 5 Signs Your Privacy Management Program is Not Working for You Organization: TrustArc Speakers: Paul Breitbarth, Edward Hu |
| E-Discovery | Meeting | 08/26/2020 | 12 pm ET | Boston Chapter Meeting – The New Normal Organization: Women in eDiscovery (WiE) |
| E-Discovery | Webinar | 08/26/2020 | 1 pm ET | Experience the New XDD-360 Technology Suite Organization: Xact Data Discovery (XDD) |
| E-Discovery | Webinar | 08/26/2020 | 1 pm ET | Webinar on The Sedona Conference Commentary on ESI Evidence & Admissibility, Second Edition (Public Comment Version) Organization: The Sedona Conference Speakers: Kenneth J. Withers (The Sedona Conference), Kevin Brady (Volkswagen Group of America), Hon. Ralph Artigliere (ret.), Hassia Diolombi (Shook Hardy & Bacon), Hon. Paul W. Grimm (U.S. District Judge, District of Maryland), Del Kolde (City of Federal Way (WA) Law Department), Hon. Thomas Vanaskie (ret.) (Stevens & Lee) |
| E-Discovery | Workshop | 08/26/2020 | 1 pm ET | Digital Investigation Solutions for Mac & Windows: A Forensic Workshop Organization: Cellebrite |
| Privacy | Webinar | 08/27/2020 | 1 pm ET | Chief Privacy Officer Virtual KnowledgeBridge Organization: Consero |
| Cybersecurity | Webinar | 08/27/2020 | 2 pm ET | Is “Trust but Verify” the Most Important Security Strategy? Organizations: Sherpa, Lepide |
| E-Discovery | Meeting | 08/27/2020 | 12 pm PT | Lunch with Leaders! Discussion about motivation Organization: San Diego Paralegal Association, Practice Aligned Resources, Women in eDiscovery (WiE) Speaker: Lauren Doucette (Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP) |
| Privacy | Webinar | 08/28/2020 | 11 am ET | Schrems II Fallout — Understanding Essential Equivalence and What Businesses Should Do Now Organization: Sidley Speakers: Colleen Brown (Sidley), Chris Foreman (Merck), William RM Long (Sidley), Maarten Meulenbelt (Sidley), Helen Woollett (The Body Shop) |
| E-Discovery, Enhancing Practice | Webinar | 08/28/2020 | 3 pm ET | Legaltech Week Live: Journalists’ Roundtable |
| Information Governance, Privacy | Webinar | 08/29/2020 | 1 pm ET | The Impact of Security & Data Governance Strategies in a Covid-19 World Organization: ILTA Speakers: Chris Zegers (IVIONICS), Paul Sperry (IVIONICS), Ken Jones (Tanenbaum Keale) |
| Enhancing Practice, Privacy | Conference | 09/02/2020 | 5th Internet of Things (IoT) National (Virtual) Institute 2020 Organization: American Bar Association | |
| Enhancing Practice, Privacy | Conference | 09/02/2020 | 12 pm ET | DAY 1: IoT 2020 Virtual National Institute Organization: American Bar Association |
| E-Discovery | Webinar | 09/02/2020 | 12 pm ET | Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions for September 2020 Organization: EDRM Speakers: Doug Austin (eDiscovery Today), Mary Mack (EDRM), Craig Ball (Craig D. Ball, P.C.), Tom O’Connor (Gulf Legal Technology Center) |
| E-Discovery | Workshop | 09/03/2020 | 9:30 am CEST | eDiscovery worship for Governments Organization: ZyLAB Session in Dutch |
| E-Discovery | Conference | 09/03/2020 | 1 pm ET | Electronic Discovery Nuts & Bolts 2020 Organization: Practising Law Institute (PLI) Speakers: Lauri Sawyer (Jones Day), Marla S.K. Crawford (Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC) |
| E-Discovery, Enhancing Practice | Webinar | 09/04/2020 | 3 pm ET | Legaltech Week Live: Journalists’ Roundtable |
| E-Discovery, Privacy | Conference | 09/08/2020 | 9 am ET | Internal Investigations 2020 Organization: Practising Law Institute (PLI) Speakers: Richard J. Morvillo (Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP), David B. Anders (Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz), Martine M. Beamon (Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP), Thomas A. Hanusik (Crowell & Moring), Dani R. James (Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP), James M. Koukios (Morrison & Foerster LLP), Ellen M. Murphy (Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP), Lynn A. Neils (Baker Botts LLP), Cheryl J. Scarboro (Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP), Andrew Stemmer (Deutsche Bank), Peter H. White (Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP), Samuel J. Winer (Foley & Lardner LLP) |
| Privacy | Webinar | 09/08/2020 | 12 pm ET | CCPA: Preparing for 2020 Compliance with California’s Landmark Privacy Law Organization: Morgan Lewis Speakers: W. Reece Hirsch, Andrew J. Gray IV |
| Enhancing Practice | Conference | 09/08/2020 | 9 am PT | The Law and Ethics of NewLaw Organization: Practising Law Institute (PLI) Speakers: Lucian T. Pera (Adams & Reese LLP), Mark L. Tuft (Cooper, White & Cooper LLP), Merri A. Baldwin (Rogers Joseph O’Donnell), Laura Giokas (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Justice Deno Hemonas, Peter R. Jarvis (Holland & Knight LLP), Ronald C. Minkoff (Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC), Toby J. Rothschild (OneJustice), Lynda Shely (The Shely Firm PC) |
| Privacy | Conference | 09/09/2020 | 9 am PT | Twenty-First Annual Institute on Privacy and Cybersecurity Law Organization: Practising Law Institute (PLI) |
| E-Discovery | Webinar | 09/09/2020 | 12 pm ET | Nuix Workstation Ease of Upgrade Organization: Nuix Speakers: Mike Jackson, Michael Lappin |
| Cybersecurity | Webinar | 09/09/2020 | 12 pm ET | Spotting and Mitigating Enforcement Issues Concerning Cybersecurity-Related Controls and Disclosures Organization: Morgan Lewis Speakers: Susan D. Resley, Andrew J. Gray IV |
| Cybersecurity, Enhancing Practice, Privacy | Conference | 09/09/2020 | 12 pm ET | DAY 2: IoT 2020 Virtual National Institute Organization: American Bar Association |
| E-Discovery | Webinar | 09/09/2020 | 1 pm ET | 5 E-Discovery Technology Trends to Watch and When to Buy Organization: ACEDS Speakers: Alayne Russom (Thrivent), Christa Haskins (BD), Mike Hamilton (Exterro) |
| E-Discovery, Cybersecurity, Privacy | Webinar | 09/09/2020 | 2 pm ET | Legal SWOT Analysis: Identifying Opportunities & Threats for eDiscovery, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy During the Pandemic Organization: Ipro Speakers: Doug Austin (eDiscovery Today), Tom O’Connor (Gulf Coast Legal Technology Center), Jim Gill (Ipro) |
| E-Discovery | Meeting | 09/10/2020 | 12 pm ET | Atlanta Chapter Meeting – New Trends in Forensic Collections Organization: Women in eDiscovery (WiE) |
| E-Discovery | Webinar | 09/10/2020 | 3 pm ET | PREX Summit Series: Hiring and Retaining a Racially Diverse Team Organization: Zapproved Speakers: Monica Enand, CEO (Zapproved), Barry Parsons (Freddie Mac), Natalie Carter (Duke Energy) |
| Cybersecurity, E-Discovery | Webinar | 09/11/2020 | 1 pm ET | More Unpopular Ideas for Cybersecurity and Electronic Discovery Organization: Practising Law Institute (PLI) Speakers: Ronald J. Hedges (Dentons US LLP), Seth Eichenholtz (Mastercard), Patrick J. Burke (Phillips Nizer LLP) |
| E-Discovery, Enhancing Practice | Webinar | 09/11/2020 | 3 pm ET | Legaltech Week Live: Journalists’ Roundtable |
| Enhancing Practice | Conference | 09/14/2020 | 2020 Dispute Resolution Tech Expo Organization: American Bar Association | |
| E-Discovery, Information Governance | Webinar | 09/14/2020 | 1 pm ET | Locking Down Your Data: Adapting to Lawyers Working Remotely Organization: Practising Law Institute (PLI) Speakers: Justin S. Daniels (Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC), Gail Gottehrer (Law Office of Gail Gottehrer LLC), Jon P. Washburn (Stoel Rives LLP) |
| Cybersecurity, Privacy, E-Discovery, Enhancing Practice | Conference | 09/15/2020 | 8:45 am ET | General Counsel Conference 2020 Organization: Corporate Counsel |
| Privacy | Webinar | 09/15/2020 | 12 pm ET | Balancing Data Privacy Obligations and Regulatory Reporting/Disclosure Requirements in International Export and Sanctions Investigations Organization: Morgan Lewis Speakers: Kenneth J. Nunnenkamp, Andrew J. Gray IV |
| Enhancing Practice | Conference | 09/16/2020 | 12 pm ET | DAY 3: IoT 2020 Virtual National Institute Organization: American Bar Association |
| Enhancing Practice | Webinar | 09/16/2020 | 1 pm ET | PREX Summit Series: The Sustainability Factor: Making Processes and Cost Predictable in an Age of Unpredictability Organization: EDRM Speaker: Jennifer Bantelman (Zapproved) |
| Cybersecurity | Conference | 09/17/2020 | 8:50 am MT | Phoenix Virtual Cybersecurity Summit Organization: Data Connectors |
| Privacy | Webinar | 09/17/2020 | 12 pm ET | GDPR Hot Issues: Cookies, Data Transfers, and Enforcement Trends Organization: Morgan Lewis Speakers: Pulina Whitaker, Dr. Axel Spies, Andrew J. Gray IV |
| E-Discovery | Meeting | 09/19/2020 | 6 pm PT | San Diego Paralegal Association Virtual Monthly Mixer Organization: San Diego Paralegal Association |
| Cybersecurity, Privacy | Conference | 09/20/2020 | 12 pm ET | The Sedona Conference Working Group 11 Midyear Meeting 2020 Organization: The Sedona Conference |
| E-Discovery | Conference | 09/21/2020 | Relativity Fest 2020 Organization: Relativity | |
| Enhancing Practice | Conference | 09/22/2020 | Microsoft Ignite | |
| E-Discovery | Conference | 09/22/2020 | 8 am ET | PFIC 2020 Organization: Paraben Corporation |
| E-Discovery | Webinar | 09/22/2020 | 1 pm ET | Best Practices for Nuix Discover Ingestions Organization: Nuix Speakers: Jamie Inghram, Brian Miklos |
| Enhancing Practice | Conference | 09/23/2020 | 12 pm ET | DAY 4: IoT 2020 Virtual National Institute Organization: American Bar Association |
| Cybersecurity | Conference | 09/24/2020 | 9 am ET | Cybersecurity 2020: Managing Cybersecurity Incidents Organization: Practising Law Institute (PLI) Speakers: Lisa J. Sotto (Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP), Brittany M. Bacon (Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP), Daniel Chiang (Stitch Fix), Elissa Doroff (NFP Corp.), Adam Fletcher (Blackstone), Eric M. Friedberg (Stroz Friedberg, an Aon company), Siobhan Gorman (Brunswick Group), Richard T. Jacobs (Federal Bureau of Investigation), Jay Leek (ClearSky Security), Robert Lord (Democratic National Committee), Michele S. Lucan (Office of the Attorney General), Maneesha Mithal (Federal Trade Commission), Clark Russell (New York State Office of the Attorney General), Emily Stapf (PwC), Matthew W. Van Hise (Illinois Attorney General’s Office), Tokë Vandervoort (Under Armour), Ryan Vinelli (Western Union), David Wong (Mandiant) |
| Cybersecurity | Conference | 09/24/2020 | 8:30 am CT | New Orleans & Little Rock Cybersecurity Summit Organization: Data Connectors |
| Cybersecurity | Conference | 09/30/2020 | 9 am ET | Capital Region Virtual Cybersecurity Summit Organization: Data Connectors |
| Cybersecurity | Webinar | 10/01/2020 | 12 pm ET | Cybersecurity Incident Response: Preparing for the Inevitable and Mitigating Litigation and Enforcement Issues Organization: Morgan Lewis Speakers: Andrew J. Gray IV, Mark L. Krotoski |
| E-Discovery | Conference | 10/05/2020 | 1:30 pm ET | The Ethics of Electronic Information 2020: Competence, Confidentiality, and Other Ethical Conundrums Organization: Practising Law Institute (PLI) Speakers: Ronald J. Hedges (Dentons US LLP), Melissa A. Crane (New York County Supreme Court), Gail Gottehrer (Law Office of Gail Gottehrer LLC), Hon. Tanya R. Kennedy (New York State Supreme Court), Hon. Lisa Margaret Smith (United States District Court, Southern District of New York) |
| Information Governance | Conference | 10/06/2020 | Elevate 2020 Organization: NetDocuments | |
| Cybersecurity | Conference | 10/08/2020 | 8:50 am CT | San Antonio & Austin Virtual Cybersecurity Summit Organization: Data Connectors |
| Enhancing Practice | Conference | 10/09/2020 | Think Like a Lawyer, Talk Like a Geek 2020: Get Fluent in Technology Organization: Practising Law Institute (PLI) Speakers: Peter Brown (Peter Brown & Associates PLLC), Lori E. Lesser (Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP) | |
| E-Discovery | Conference | 10/09/2020 | 8:30 am PT | InHouse Organization: Logikcull Speakers: Amy Sellars (Cardinal Health), Scott Wandstrat (Kindred At Home), Julie Richer (American Electric Power), Robert Schlossman (Zscaler), Jennifer Detrani (Nisos Inc.), Lee Kirkpatrick (Twillio), Hon. Kristen Mix (District of Colorado), Kyle Kelly (Coinbase), Katie Lynch (Veolia North America), Joel-Henry Mansfield (Nationwide) |
| Enhancing Practice | Conference | 10/12/2020 | 2020 Annual Meeting Organization: Association of Corporate Counsel | |
| E-Discovery, Enhancing Practice, Information Governance, Privacy | Conference | 10/12/2020 | 1:30 am CT | 2020 ACC Annual Meeting Organization: Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) |
| Enhancing Practice | Conference | 10/13/2020 | Legal Geek Conference | |
| Cybersecurity | Conference | 10/15/2020 | 9 am PT | SoCal Virtual Cybersecurity Summit Organization: Data Connectors |
| Enhancing Practice | Conference | 10/19/2020 | KM Legal 2020 Organization: Ark Group | |
| Enhancing Practice | Conference | 10/20/2020 | 6 pm | Neota Network Global Organization: Neota Logic Speakers: Michael Mills (Neota Logic), Shaz Aziz (Neota Logic), Max Paterson (Neota Logic), Kim Massana (Neota Logic), Julian Uebergang (Neota Logic), Rob Kubben (Transform Data International), Ben Shillito (Fujitsu, UK), Jackson Liu (Neota Logic), Andrew Hawkes (Cardinus Risk Management Limited), Dr Philippa Ryan (ANU College of Law), Dominique Simsion (Neota Logic), Stephen Chan (Womble Bond Dickinson), Tim Baran (Pro Bono Net), Lindsay Fry (Travelers Insurance), Vinay Varma (Neota Logic) |
| Cybersecurity, Privacy | Conference | 10/21/2020 | Privacy + Security Forum Fall Academy Organization: Privacy and Security Academy | |
| Privacy | Conference | 10/21/2020 | 9 am PT | California Privacy Law 2020 Organization: Practising Law Institute (PLI) Speakers: Randall W. Edwards (O’Melveny & Myers LLP) |
| E-Discovery | Conference | 10/22/2020 | 9 am ET | Trial Evidence 2020 Organization: Practising Law Institute (PLI) Speakers: Hon. James C. Francis IV (Ret.) (JAMS), Michael A. Correll (Reed Smith LLP), Steven D. Feldman (Murphy & McGonigle PC), Hon. Katherine B. Forrest (fmr.) (Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP), Dawson Horn (AIG), Tammy E. Linn (Appellate Advocates), Jessica Ortiz (MoloLamken LLP), Hon. Andrew J. Peck (Ret.) (DLA Piper LLP), Zoe Salzman (Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP), Lauren Schwartzreich (Littler Mendelson P.C.), James A. Sherer (BakerHostetler), Hon. Lisa Margaret Smith (United States District Court, Southern District of New York) |
| Cybersecurity | Conference | 10/22/2020 | 9 am ET | Florida-Southern Virtual Cybersecurity Summit Organization: Data Connectors |
| Information Governance | Conference | 10/26/2020 | ARMA InfoCon 2020 Organization: ARMA | |
| E-Discovery, Information Governance | Conference | 10/26/2020 | OpenText World 2020 Organization: OpenText | |
| E-Discovery | Webinar | 10/27/2020 | 1 pm ET | Effectively Using Nuix Discover’s Search Functionality Organization: Nuix Speaker: Emily Tice |
| E-Discovery | Conference | 10/28/2020 | 8:30 am ET | The Sedona Conference Working Group 1 Annual Meeting 2020 Organization: The Sedona Conference Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Cybersecurity | Conference | 10/29/2020 | 9 am CT | St. Louis & Oklahoma Virtual Cybersecurity Summit Organization: Data Connectors |
| Cybersecurity | Conference | 11/5/2020 | 8:50 am CT | Great Lakes Virtual Cybersecurity Summit Organization: Data Connectors |
| E-Discovery | Conference | 11/06/2020 | 9 am ET | The Civil Litigator’s Survival Guide To Evidence 2020 Organization: Osgoode Hall Law School Speaker: Jacqueline L. King (Shibley Righton LLP) |
| Enhancing Practice | Conference | 11/10/2020 | CLOC Global Institute | |
| Cybersecurity | Conference | 11/11/2020 | 8:30 am CT | Dallas Virtual Cybersecurity Summit Organization: Data Connectors |
| E-Discovery | Webinar | 11/17/2020 | 1 pm ET | Getting Data Out of Nuix Discover from Export to Production Organization: Nuix Speaker: Kristen Litgen |
| Cybersecurity, Privacy, E-Discovery, Enhancing Practice | Conference | 11/18/2020 | 8:55 am PT | 61st Global Legal ConfEx, USA – Online Event Organizations: Events 4 Sure, iDiscovery Solutions, patsnap |
| Cybersecurity | Conference | 12/02/2020 | 9 am ET | Atlanta Virtual Cybersecurity Summit Organization: Data Connectors |
| E-Discovery | Conference | 12/03/2020 | E-Discovery Day Organization: Exterro | |
| E-Discovery, Enhancing Practice | Conference | 12/10/2020 | 2020 IEEE International Conference on Big Data Organization: IEEE BigData 2020 | |
| Privacy | Conference | 12/14/2020 | 9 am ET | Fundamentals of Privacy Law 2020 Organization: Practising Law Institute (PLI) Speakers: Peter F. McLaughlin (Culhane Meadows PLLC), Ken Mortensen (Intersystems Corporation) |
| E-Discovery | Webinar | 12/15/2020 | 1 pm ET | Separating the Chat from the Chatter with Nuix Discover Organization: Nuix Speaker: Emily Tice |
| Cybersecurity | Conference | 12/20/2020 | 9 am CT | Nashville Virtual Cybersecurity Summit Organization: Data Connectors |
| Cybersecurity, Privacy | Conference | 01/11/2021 | 9 am PT | Advanced Data Privacy, Cybersecurity and TCPA Class Action Litigation 2021 Organization: Practising Law Institute (PLI) Speakers: Ian C. Ballon (Greenberg Traurig, LLP) |
| E-Discovery | Webinar | 01/19/2021 | 1 pm ET | Unlocking Key Case Insights with Analytics Organization: Nuix Speaker: Emily Tice |
| Cybersecurity, Privacy | Conference | 01/27/2021 | 9 am ET | Government Investigations 2021: Investigations Arising from Data Breach and Privacy Concerns and Parallel Proceedings Organization: Practising Law Institute (PLI) Speakers: Ronald J. Hedges (Dentons US LLP) |
| Cybersecurity | Conference | 02/01/2021 | 9 am ET | Cybersecurity Best Practices for Lawyers 2021 Organization: Practising Law Institute (PLI) Speakers: Mark Melodia (Holland & Knight LLP), Richard Raysman (Holland & Knight LLP) |
| Cybersecurity, Privacy | Conference | 05/24/2021 | Privacy + Security Forum Spring Academy Organization: Privacy and Security Academy |
George Socha is the Senior Vice President of Brand Awareness at Reveal, where he promotes brand awareness, helps guide development of product roadmap and consults with customers on effective deployment of legal technology.
Named an “E-Discovery Trailblazer” by The American Lawyer, George has assisted corporate, law firm, and government clients with all facets of electronic discovery, including information governance, domestically and globally. He served clients in a variety of industries including pharmaceutical, energy, retail, banking and technology, among others. As a renowned industry thought leader, he has authored more than 50 articles and spoken at more than 200 engagements across the world on a variety of e-discovery topics. His extensive knowledge has also been utilized more than 20 times to provide expert testimony.
Co-founder of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), a framework that outlines the standards for the recovery and discovery of digital data, and the Information Governance Reference Model (IGRM), a similar framework specific to information management, George is skilled at developing and implementing electronic discovery strategies and managing electronic discovery processes.
Named an “E-Discovery Trailblazer” by The American Lawyer, George has assisted corporate, law firm, and government clients with all facets of electronic discovery, including information governance, domestically and globally. He served clients in a variety of industries including pharmaceutical, energy, retail, banking and technology, among others. As a renowned industry thought leader, he has authored more than 50 articles and spoken at more than 200 engagements across the world on a variety of e-discovery topics. His extensive knowledge has also been utilized more than 20 times to provide expert testimony.
Co-founder of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), a framework that outlines the standards for the recovery and discovery of digital data, and the Information Governance Reference Model (IGRM), a similar framework specific to information management, George is skilled at developing and implementing electronic discovery strategies and managing electronic discovery processes.