Gabe’s Guide to the e-Discovery Universe

"Mainly about issues that affect or generate e-discovery litigation. I also throw in off-topic posts as well—i.e. something funny or interesting so people will keep reading."

Author: Gabe Acevedo is director of contract attorney placement at DeltaGroup in Washington, D.C.

Blawg Related Categories: Trials & Litigation • Evidence • States • District of Columbia • Consultant

Recent Posts from Gabe’s Guide to the e-Discovery Universe

Georgetown Law to host four day e-discovery boot camp, booze cruise, and overall “fun fest,” all for a cost that is slightly less than your first born
Special thanks to a colleague who passed this along to me yesterday. From Georgetown Law CLE: E-Discovery Training Academy February 09 - February 13, 2009 As a multibillion dollar industry, electronic discovery has become one of the…
Gabe, I thought you might appreciate this rant…
That was the first line of an email sent to me yesterday from a source, and yes, I do have sources. After all, I am Deputy Mayor of Washington, DC. Ok, technically I am not Deputy Mayor,…
Breaking News: Lawyers slam Rule 502 and Judge Grimm at the same time. Wow! They are so dead.
rom The New York Law Journal: Rule 502 May Not Deliver Promised Cost Relief Federal Rule of Evidence 502, enacted on Sept. 19, 2008, has been heralded as a significant development which “will effectively limit…
Legal Outsourcing Companies to reassure clients that there will be no more terrorist attacks in India, until the next terrorist attack in India
From The National Law Journal: Legal Outsourcing Companies with Offices in Mumbai Reassure Clients-And Talk of Close Calls Companies that outsource legal work to Mumbai, India, have been reassuring their clients that operations have not…
Outsourcing: Reed Smith to ensure American legal jobs stay where they belong: In India
From The Legal Intelligencer: Mumbai Attacks Call Reed Smith Lawyers to Action The lack of preparedness in terms of command centers and reaction time also shows that the country is in the infancy stages of…
If I only had a nickel for everytime someone told me to go directly to jail…
“I’ve argued in front of every judge in this state. Often as a lawyer.” –Lionel Hutz, lawyer for “The Simpsons“ Props to Greg Funaro for sending this to me. I have to hand it to CaseCentral…
Breaking: National City Shareholders to actually act like responsible business people
From Crain’s Cleveland Business: Shareholders of National City Corp. aren’t taking the hits to their investments lying down. At least 10 lawsuits have been filed in Delaware and Ohio alleging that members of the National…
Featured Review Software: O3 from Orange Legal Technologies
From their website: What are the key capabilities of OneO® Review? Available as part of an integrated platform or as a single service to complement existing electronic discovery capabilities, OneO® O3 Review provides: § Foreign…
Lazy Sunday Links 11.30.08: We speak different languages, Twitter, More on Rule 502, Football stuff, and No way, for real?
e-Discovery Insights has reached the profound conclusion that lawyers and technologists speak different languages. ComplexDiscovery.com has now entered the world of twitter. K&L Gates discusses via Rhoads how Rule 502 would so have saved a…
Also Off Topic: Who knew that my quiet, write in campaign would have generated this much excitement on election day?
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I am still recovering from my tryptophan induced coma. Anyway, I guess I can report about this now, since I have received my “official” packet from the District of…