Illuminating eDiscovery

I’m sure you have attended more than one brown bag learning session in your life, as I know I have. Typically, you bring in your sack lunch (that joyous brown fibrous package containing whatever life sustaining nutrients you found in your proximity the night before), and then listen to a subject matter expert enlighten you with the next business, technical, or life changing information that you would otherwise have missed.

Attorneys are still reluctant to utilize technology assisted review (TAR) in ediscovery even though numerous courts have approved this methodology. There is almost never a circumstance where a large group of contract attorneys will outperform one or two subject matter experts working with TAR in an appropriate feedback cycle. There seems to be a prevailing fear that leads to lack of adoption, and that hesitation most likely stems from the psychological acknowledgment that a computer can outperform its human counterparts. Lawyers, just like...

Following our inaugural Illuminations Panel in November 2016, Lighthouse once again welcomed industry thought leaders to present on a panel at Middle Temple in London this past week. This time around, panelists from both the corporate and product side discussed integrated ediscovery, as well as how Microsoft Office 365 is changing the conversation. Panelists dove into the past, present, and future of cloud-based solutions, and what options are available to corporations today. Ironically, the classical and austere surroundings of the 14^th...

Co-authored by Chris Dahl and Brittany Roush

Every year thousands of legal professionals descend upon New York City to attend Legaltech, one of the largest legal conferences held in the US. The conference’s purpose is to provide an in-depth look at current and future technological advancements in the marketplace, and provide a forum to discuss current hot topics in the legal industry. This year, there were over 10,000 registrants, 200 speakers, and 10 educational tracks, not to mention the multi-floored exhibition hall which showed off new and familiar offerings from vendors and...