Next Generation E-Discovery Law & Tech Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

By John Patzakis As we have mentioned many times, nearly every litigation matter involves social media evidence. If your case does not feature such important evidence, it is likely because you are not looking for it. The preliminary result was 5,623 cases.

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Lawmatics

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Document Review AI-powered algorithms can quickly review and analyze large volumes of legal documents, contracts, and case law to obtain pertinent information, identify patterns, and flag potential issues.

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Next Generation E-Discovery Law & Tech Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

By John Patzakis In their excellent publication, 2023 eDiscovery Case Law in Review, Winston and Strawn, LLP, one of the top law firms in the US, highlights the challenges legal and eDiscovery professionals face with modern attachments. In re StubHub Refund Litig., 2023 WL 3092972 (N.D.

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WA Bar News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

COLUMN > Ethics & the Law BY MARK J. FUCILE [R]equests for sanctions should not turn into satellite litigation or become a ‘cottage industry’ for lawyers.” — Washington State Physicians Ins. In addition to CR 11 and CR 37, see also CR 26(g) (certifications on discovery responses), Fed. Exchange v. Fisons, 122 Wn.2d

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Lawmatics

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

AI helps legal professionals find relevant case law, statutes, and precedents by searching and summarizing vast legal databases. AI allows law firms to target potential clients with personalized marketing campaigns based on status, matter type, location, and more. E-discovery. Legal research. Workflow automation.

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Discovery Advocate

APRIL 6, 2018

Peck in 2012, an entire legal industry has grown up on the premise of streamlining the document review process in discovery – that is, taking a repetitive task traditionally performed entirely by attorneys and introducing the concept of computer assistance to increase efficiency and improve consistency.

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Next Generation E-Discovery Law & Tech Blog

AUGUST 30, 2023

Junior State of America Foundation , is a civil litigation matter involving the intentional destruction (spoliation) of social media evidence. The plaintiff had deleted his Facebook account resulting in lost evidence critical to the case.

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MyCase

APRIL 29, 2024

Here’s how they’re using it: Legal research Document review Due diligence E-discovery While some lawyers enthusiastically embrace AI for its potential to enhance efficiency and accuracy, others remain cautious. Areas Where Human Judgement Prevails 1. .”

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E-Discovery LLC

JUNE 1, 2024

Stuart, “Privacy in Discovery After Dobbs,” 26 Va. 257 (2023); and, 2 Shue, Vergari, State Computer Law § 8:2027. We decline to consider the unreported case law that Petitioners refer to on this point.” & Tech. Last year, Maryland liberalized permission to cite unreported decisions. Lisy Corp. McCormick & Co.,

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MyCase

JUNE 5, 2024

AI Legal Analytics Tools What they do: Legal and litigation analytics AI software sorts through and analyzes massive amounts of litigation data, providing reports and data points that enable lawyers to make informed decisions about the course of a litigation matter. Who uses them: Litigation attorneys (often in larger firms).

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CaseFox

JULY 25, 2023

They also give lawyers the statutes, case law, and legal commentary about the cases. E-Discovery and Digital Forensics: Electronic discovery (e-discovery) has become a crucial aspect of modern litigation. This assists legal teams in building stronger cases.

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E-Discovery LLC

OCTOBER 9, 2024

16, 2024)(citing cases: “Defendants included general and boilerplate objections in their responses to discovery, which are not acceptable in this circuit. Defendants’ responses are a perfect example of how not to answer discovery requests. See General Objections, Dracula, and “Whac a Mole” (Apr. Griffith Lab’ys, Inc.,

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MyCase

JUNE 5, 2024

AI-Powered Legal Research Platforms Research platforms that utilize AI can sift through vast amounts of legal data, including statutes, case laws, and regulations, at unprecedented speeds. These tools are invaluable for lawyers seeking a competitive advantage in their case strategies.

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WA Bar News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Washington’s UFLAA is designed to offer parties in family law cases—such as divorce, child custody, and child support disputes—a more efficient and cost-effective alternative to traditional litigation. The applicable law under the UFLAA is RCW 26.14.030(1). Consequently, all case law issued prior to the UFLAA (Jan.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

As law students, few litigators imagined themselves transitioning into project management roles after passing the bar. Litigators rarely receive formal training in project management, but this does not mean they do not do project management. An Accidental Project Manager. Communication is no longer siloed between individuals.

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E-Discovery LLC

JUNE 26, 2024

citing Pouncing on Little Ambiguities Leads to Discovery Sanctions (Sept. Sometimes Discovery Disputes Do Not Bring Out the Best in Us (June 20, 2024). There a litigant filed overlong briefs and Ms. That decision is not a unicorn: Federal courts routinely warn litigants not to use textual footnotes to evade page limits.

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CaseFox

JUNE 5, 2023

Introduction In today’s digital age, electronic discovery, or eDiscovery, plays a crucial role in the legal process. The vast amount of electronically stored information (ESI) makes it essential for legal professionals to adopt effective eDiscovery strategies for navigating the complex world of litigation.

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Complex Discovery

OCTOBER 15, 2024

With features like advanced document review, multilingual Q&A capabilities, and powerful data analysis tools, this platform addresses the pressing need for efficiency and accuracy in modern litigation. For teams dealing with multilingual cases or cross-border litigation, Cecilia AI offers a single-document Q&A feature.

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Lawmatics

AUGUST 8, 2023

Platforms like Casetext harness AI to help legal professionals locate pertinent case law, statutes, and regulations swiftly. Blue J L&E reconsiders legal research and analysis, using AI to predict case outcomes and probe complex legal issues—analyzing factors and outcomes, not merely keywords.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

And while I think some of the most exciting use cases for this technology is uploading your own documents, right, we were talking before we started about, you know, pointing it at all of the documents in your litigation, the transcripts, the correspondence, discovery, etc. That is at the heart of litigation.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

As a former litigator, Schafer experienced firsthand the frustrating scramble to finalize briefs and prepare filings. By uploading case documents and discovery materials, the AI can pull facts and quotes directly from the record to support legal arguments in the brief. So Jackie, welcome to The Geek in Review.

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Lawmatics

DECEMBER 14, 2023

eDiscovery Platforms: Systems for efficiently searching, analyzing, and producing electronic information relevant to legal cases and discovery requests. Legal Research Databases: Comprehensive case law repositories, statutes, verdicts, filings, and other legal data to inform legal strategy. billion globally in 2022.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

AUGUST 22, 2023

And we have been sampling certain types of use cases, particularly around the search for relevance in litigation, and discovery. And we potentially contaminate case law. It’s not as simple as just doing a case law name search, it’s much, much more complicated than that. They continue to do that.

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Law Sites

MARCH 18, 2024

Most legal tech startups make bold declarations about public interest, access to justice and democratizing the law when it suits them. Case law books waiting to be scanned. Harvard would contribute the law books and run the scanning process inside the law library. Ultimately, by mid-2015, the deal had taken shape.

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