Blog

• June 22, 2010
  Shattering a few myths about the US Government - Guest authored by Amir Milo

  A couple of weeks ago, I participated in the eDiscovery Readiness for Government 2010 conference in Arlington, VA. It was a good opportunity for me to think about the progress that Equivio has made in our relations with the US Government.

• May 11, 2010
  The Sooner the Better

  Georgia Pacific may be best known for producing paper products but it is the paper that is saves that is perhaps most notable. GP is one of the growing numbers of companies that have looked to control their legal spending through the adoption and use of alternative dispute resolution -avoiding litigation in most matters.

• April 18, 2010
  Cycle time and lowering legal costs

  It has been noted and demonstrated that the longer a case lasts the more it costs (google Jeff Carr cycle time). Sounds logical enough. But in elongated matters many of the "hidden" costs may not just be in tolling legal fees to outside counsel. Barriers to settlement, personnel drain, opportunity costs and loss of business focus can and often come into play.

• February 16, 2010
  Bob Dylan and the Top 5 Quotes from LegalTech

  As someone once said, the times they are a changin’. If LegalTech 2010 is any indication, Dylan could have been writing about e-discovery.

• January 21, 2010
  What do eDiscovery managers want for XMAS 2010? - Post #3 in a 4-part series. Guest authored by Amir Milo

  Costs is a tricky issue. There is no question that there were tectonic shifts in pricing and costs for eDiscovery over the last 12-18 moths. This has been particularly manifest in eDiscovery processing and hosting.

• January 18, 2010
  WHAT DO eDISCOVERY MANAGERS WANT FOR XMAS 2010? - Post #2 in a 4-part series. Guest authored by Amir Milo

  Following the first post in this series, I got some excellent feedback the six readers (not including my mother) that read it. So, buoyed by the encouragement of my global readership, let me move right on to the next pain point shared by eDiscovery managers: the challenge of risk and risk assessment.

• December 25, 2009
  WHAT DO EDISCOVERY MANAGERS WANT FOR XMAS 2010? - Post #1 in a 4-part series. Guest authored by Amir Milo

  My colleagues and I met with about 30 international and national law firms over the last month or so, presenting our new product Equivio>Relevance, and we learned quite a lot about the process, the pain that they are encountering, and about their wish list.

• November 4, 2009
  CONCEPTUAL SEARCHING VERSUS NEAR-DUPLICATE GROUPING

  As anyone who has spent time in the document review trenches will attest, duplicate and near-duplicate documents comprise a significant percentage of the electronic information requiring review.

• October 26, 2009
  5 TOP TAKEAWAYS FROM THE ACC CONFERENCE IN BOSTON - LITIGATION COST CONCERNS TOP THE LIST

  The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) 2009 conference was held last week in Boston. We had many discussions with corporate lawyers over the week. Undoubtedly, the strongest theme to emerge was the concern over litigation costs.