Don’t let an eDiscovery product solely dictate your discovery process
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by Andrew King
3d ago
It is becoming increasingly apparent that many are solely relying on eDiscovery product(s) to dictate their discovery process. In doing so, some vital other practices and skills can be ignored. Sometimes I am alarmed to go into an organisation and their whole process and how they work is shaped around how the product works – not always around what they want to achieve or how they want to work. They can be entrenched in their processes that are either doing things the same ways as always or how their eDiscovery product works, or a combination of both. Don’t get me started on recent promoting of ..read more
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Is eDiscovery becoming over-engineered?
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by Andrew King
1M ago
Over recent years I often wonder if the eDiscovery process is becoming increasingly over-engineered and sometimes needlessly complicated. I think we can simply lose sight of the objective to get only what you need and do so in a way that is quick and cost effective. We all know if the ever-increasing sources and data volumes, are not effectively managed the cost and complexity can quickly spiral out of control. However sometimes it appears as if we try to apply a one size fits all approach. You do not always need a ‘Ferrari’… Obviously, I am not saying we should cut corners, but I think someti ..read more
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Legalweek 2023 – a New Zealand Perspective
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by Andrew King
1y ago
Last month I joined an estimated 7,000+ others in the legal technology community who converged on the New York Hilton Midtown for Legalweek. Legalweek continues to be the largest and longest running legal technology event on the calendar. There is so many legal tech companies in the one place at the same time – if you are in legal tech, you simply cannot miss being there. This year there were 250+ speakers, 150+ exhibitors and attendees from 34 countries, with many different tracks. Luckily the 16 hour flight over, was only 14 hours with some good tail winds (going back it was nearly 18 hours ..read more
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Looking ahead to Legalweek 23
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by Andrew King
1y ago
This coming week I will be in New York for Legalweek, to join 8,000 others in the legal industry to talk everything legal innovation and legal tech. This is a journey I have been making since 2010, although due to the pandemic, it is my first in person since 2019. Just like all the other years, I am really looking forward to what the event has to offer, as 4 years away seems far too long as we know so much is changing in the legal industry – and quickly. According to the hosts ALM, “Legalweek is one week where thousands of legal professionals gather to network with their peers, dive deeper int ..read more
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Let’s get rid of what we don’t need !
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by Andrew King
1y ago
The greatest obstacle in most discovery exercises is the increasing data volumes, providing new and evolving challenges for all discovery matters. So much of this information will be completely irrelevant for what we are after. The challenge is how do quickly and efficiently get to the key information that we need? No one wants to have lawyers investing their time (and the clients’ money), looking at information that may be totally irrelevant – time and money that can be better utilised elsewhere. Far too often one of the largest and completely unnecessary costs of the discovery process is law ..read more
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Getting to what really matters, quickly and cost effectively
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by Andrew King
1y ago
Sometimes we can lose sight of the true objective of the discovery process ! The objective of any discovery exercise should be to facilitate a method of getting to the most important information quickly, cost effectively and accurately – to help resolve the dispute. To achieve this, we do need to be more proactive, targeted and do so much earlier in the discovery process. Firstly, lets get rid of what we don’t want ! All discovery exercises now involve greater volumes of information than ever before, and this continues to increase at an unprecedented rate. These volumes of information also bri ..read more
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Enhancing the value of your eDiscovery champion
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by Andrew King
2y ago
Previously I outlined why it is a significant advantage to have an eDiscovery champion in your organisation. Your eDiscovery champion will be expected to keep your organisation informed of the best practices to manage eDiscovery. To enhance their value to you it is important they continue to learn and improve their expertise. This will enable them to provide the most effective advice and support to your organisation. So much more than just one eDiscovery product An eDiscovery champion is a vital part of your legal team. However, their value is so much more than being tied to just how one softw ..read more
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Who is your eDiscovery champion?
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by Andrew King
2y ago
With the proliferation of electronic information, it is important to be prepared to be pro-active earlier in the proceeding to address how discovery will be tackled. It is a great advantage to have an ‘eDiscovery champion’ in your organisation. Gone are the days where the discovery logistics were passed to a junior team member. Sure, this may have been justifiable in a paper-based world, or with a small volume of electronic documents – but not these days ! So much has changed, and continues to do so How we undertake eDiscovery today is different to two years ago, five years ago and especi ..read more
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EDiscovery or Discovery – the objective remains the same !
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by Andrew King
2y ago
We continue to have our own preferences as to what we call eDiscovery or Discovery. Many suggest eDiscovery, others simply prefer Discovery. Within this do we have a hyphen or not, do we have a capital “E” or “D” – and that is even before the Brits throw in “Disclosure” and all the variations of? Simply, does it really matter? The objective remains the same as it has always been. Namely to get only what you need and do so it a way that is quick and cost effective – to help resolve the dispute. Parking ‘what we call it’ debate completely, the eDiscovery [or INSERT YOUR VERSION OF] process is st ..read more
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10 years is a long time in eDiscovery
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by Andrew King
2y ago
Earlier this year LinkedIn kindly notified me of 10-year anniversary! It doesn’t seem that long ago that I was reflecting on a five-year anniversary. As we near the end of another COVID impacted year, it does give me time to reflect on some of the changes I have seen with eDiscovery, and how my role with eDiscovery has evolved over the past five years. What has changed? Since COVID there has been greater adoption of technology across the legal profession, with eDiscovery no exception. Generally, there has been further maturity of the market here in New Zealand in how to approach the eDiscovery ..read more
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