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Recent Posts from Wilson IG

• Forensic archiving and search of web 2.0 sites

  As someone who has worked on a number of web application development projects over the years I understand the challenges of web content management and archiving more than most folks. Thus at LegalTech NY earlier…

• Even the biggest law firms mess up—that’s why we need contract automation

  One of the innovators that the ABA journal has profiled as part of its “Legal Rebels” project is contract drafting guru Ken Adams. Ken is author of A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting, a…

• Reduce e-discovery cost and disruption with Early Case Assessment

  In previous posts (What is Discovery?, Evolution of eDiscovery Analytics, Tape Indexing Breathes Life Into Tape Storage) I’ve talked about early case assessment or “ECA.” ECA happens when a company looks at the information that…

• e-Discovery document review: what should counsel outsource?

  Earlier this week I blogged about placing the locus of control for e-discovery decisions in the right hands to ensure that the decisions made pass muster in court. To illustrate the potential impact of moving…

• e-Discovery outsourcing 101: who makes which decisions?

  Because e-discovery is complex, and the penalties for screwing it up are significant, the following choice should be considered periodically by attorneys, clients and IT people involved in e-discovery: “Do we do this piece of…

• IT crapshoot: cost-cutting is costly in disaster recovery, archiving for e-discovery

  Disaster recovery and archiving are key zones of interaction for IT and Legal Departments. When a lawsuit is filed and an e-discovery production request is received, a company must examine all of its electronically stored…

• Catch-22 for e-discovery standards?

  Lawyers are waiting for judges… who are waiting for lawyers. What’s a client to do? E-discovery law is always going to be out of step with information technology because of the way in which the…

• Cloud Control: What to Look Out For When People in Your Company Use Web-based Software

  As an enthusiastic user of SaaS (“Software as a Service”) applications, I’ve increased my own productivity via the cloud. But while wearing my Information Governance hat I see companies becoming sensitized to information control and…

• TREC and the gold standard for document review

  Ron Friedman recently blogged an excellent critique of TREC Legal Track’s effort to objectively assess eDiscovery document review practices. Like Ron, I commend TREC Legal Track while wishing to offer comments that may contribute to…

• Desktop, laptop, email backups critical for employee lawsuits

  I recently spoke with Thao Tiedt, a labor and employment partner at Ryan Swanson & Cleveland, PLLC, a mid-sized full service Seattle law firm. (Full disclosure: I’ve benefited from her incisive advice a number of…