Explore
February 5, 2019

Because You Need to Know: Monthly News Round-Up for January 2019

SHARE:

A monthly round-up of industry news stories, useful publications, and notable cases of which you should be aware from the preceding month

Welcome to “Because You Need to Know,” XDD’s monthly news round-up.  In these posts, we gather together interesting articles, noteworthy cases, new publications, and XDD materials from the preceding month.  This post gathers items of interest from January 2019.

Industry News Stories

Interesting topics in the news from January include a new ABA report, source proliferation, biometric device access, and GDPR impacts:

Notable Cases

New eDiscovery cases discussed in January include:

XDD Materials

XDD published five new blog articles, one new practice guide, and one new educational webinar in January:

  • Practice Guide
    • Pop Quiz: How Do You Test a Search? Using Sampling to Test Classifiers – Despite years of discussion in the eDiscovery industry about the power and importance of sampling techniques, many practitioners remain unfamiliar with what they can accomplish with them and when – outside of TAR – they might do so. Testing classifiers is an application of sampling that can be used to replace guesses about searches with measurements of them.  In addition to iteratively improving searches, it can be used to enhance discovery process negotiations, and to measure human document review.  In this free, twelve-page Practice Guide, XDD Director of Education Matthew Verga, JD, covers topics including: informal vs. formal sampling, calculating recall and precision, and figuring out your margins.
  • Educational Webinar
    • Sampling to Improve eDiscovery Searches, Estimates, and More – Despite years of discussion in the eDiscovery industry about the power and importance of sampling techniques, many practitioners remain unfamiliar with what they can accomplish with them and when – outside of TAR – they might do so.  In fact, two of sampling’s most valuable eDiscovery applications exist outside of TAR: estimating prevalence and testing classifiers.  Properly estimating prevalence can tell you much about your data and your efforts, including what to prioritize, how to proceed, and how well you’ve done.  Properly testing classifiers can facilitate the iterative refinement of searches, persuasive negotiation about searches, and more.  In this free, one-hour webinar, XDD Director of Education Matthew Verga, JD, provides an introduction to these sampling applications and walks the audience through step-by-step examples of their use.

As always, we welcome your input regarding future topics for our webinars, articles, and white papers.  Share your interests with us here.

About the Author

Matthew Verga

Director of Education

Matthew Verga is an electronic discovery expert proficient at leveraging his legal experience as an attorney, his technical knowledge as a practitioner, and his skills as a communicator to make complex eDiscovery topics accessible to diverse audiences. A thirteen-year industry veteran, Matthew has worked across every phase of the EDRM and at every level from the project trenches to enterprise program design. He leverages this background to produce engaging educational content to empower practitioners at all levels with knowledge they can use to improve their projects, their careers, and their organizations.

Related Articles

Social Media in Life and Discovery – Gone Viral Series, Part 1
Article 1 / 13
May 4, 2017
Social Media in Life and Discovery – Gone Viral Series, Part 1

Social media is becoming more frequently collected and searched in eDiscovery. As the last election cycle made abundantly clear, social media is currently an influential, indispensable part of American life. We will begin this series by exploring the legal challenges posed by social media in life and discovery, including sources, data, preservation, and more.
Everything in Moderation, Including Discovery – Proportionality Series, Part 1
Article 1 / 12
November 9, 2017
Everything in Moderation, Including Discovery – Proportionality Series, Part 1

On December 1, 2015, the most significant amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure became effective since the 2006 amendments that made the era of electronically-stored information official.  Among the rules revised was Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“FRCP”) 26(b)(1), which defines the scope of discovery.  The change brought the existing-but-overlooked concept of proportionality front and center in an attempt to combat the runaway cost and scale of discovery in the digital era. So, in the two years since this amendment became effective, has the role of proportionality in discovery actually changed?  How are courts applying the multi-factor proportionality test now enshrined in FRCP 26(b)(1)?  Have objections based on proportionality been successful?
A Supercomputer in Every Pocket – Mobile Device Discovery Series, Part 1
Article 1 / 11
September 15, 2017
A Supercomputer in Every Pocket – Mobile Device Discovery Series, Part 1

Today, the average smartphone “has more computing power than all of NASA when it put the first men on the moon in 1969.” The vast majority of your key players and other custodians will have one in their pocket. But what about business use?  As of 2015, 80% of people were using texting for business purposes.  Another survey found that, in 42% of financial services organizations, employees had requested authorization to use text messaging for business – double the 21% reported in 2016.  The same survey found that 83% of organizations now allow employees to use their personal devices for business communication. As a result, mobile devices are turning up frequently as relevant sources in litigation. Learn more about these trends and how they are growing into areas of concern.

Whether you prefer email, text or carrier pigeons, we’re always available.

Discovery starts with listening.

(877) 545-XACT / or / Subscribe for Updates