Meet & Confer Basics for Litigation Support Staff
By Mark Workman, CP, FRP The advent of e-mail has Forever changed how individuals and businesses communicate with each other. According to one study by Pingdom, an Internet monitoring service, over 107 trillion e-mails were sent worldwide last year.
34th ILTA Conference a Smash Hit in Music City
Record Attendance -- Up 11% Over 2010 ILTA (International Legal Technology Association) held its 2011 educational and networking conference August 21-25 in Nashville, and based on post-conference feedback, ILTA’s 34th provided the most Value to attendees and was one of the most successful in the o...
Authentication of Electronic Evidence
By Allison Stanfield The world in which we now create, exchange, store and retrieve information, which can end up as evidence is rapidly changing. The use of social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and Flickr is creating digital information that can potentially be used as...
Extreme Litigation Support The Challenge: 50 Million Pages in Six Months
By Duane Lites and Linda Zander Jackson Walker L.L.P. (“JW”) was recently faced with a challenge that law firms face every day - a production deadline. However, this one was significantly different than most. The court had ordered a production of documents which would entail producing fifty ...
The Evolution of Litigation Support
Hope as we may that the term “litigation support” will disappear, it is time to realize that no matter the given title, role or responsibilities, litigation support continues to evolve and has become a cornerstone of modern litigation. If we accept that modern litigation requires management of...
The Road Less Traveled A Look at Ediscovery Certification And Training Programs
Sally A. Kane, Esq. The growth of the e-discovery industry and the flood of professionals navigating this maturing field have sparked a debate regarding the need for industry-wide standards, training and certification. Presently there is no consensus in the legal profession regarding how the e-dis...
