Category Archives: 2008

articles published around 2008

Alternative Search Technologies – Too Good to be True

May 9, 2008 – 11:01 pm

It seems that alternative search technologies (alternative to the familiar Keyword and Boolean searches) touted by Vendors are considered as ‘too good to be true’. Check it out yourself at In Search of Better E-Discovery Methods By H. Christopher Boehning and Daniel J. Toal, New York Law Journal April 23, 2008 The above legal article [...]

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E-mail Archiving – Myths according to a Solution Provider and Making Sense in Plain English of the FRCP

May 7, 2008 – 4:23 pm

For those using Exchange, Outlook and Active Directory, you may be interested to read the white paper, Email Archiving: Common Myths and Misconceptions by MessageOne, Inc. If you’re curious on how a Solution Provider ‘makes sense in plain English of the FRCP, scan the posted white paper. I cannot comment on the MessageOne solution as [...]

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Just for the record – 2nd article on the IBA Rules

April 23, 2008 – 11:34 pm

The other article (which was referenced in my dissertation) was posted here under the title: WHERE NEITHER THE IBA RULES NOR U.S. LITIGATION PRINCIPLES ARE ENOUGH Just recently my friend, Martin (another ex-student of QM) pointed out another article in the International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management, Vol 74, Number 1, February 2008 [...]

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Recent March publication & activity from the Sedona Conference

April 6, 2008 – 10:24 pm

I have just found the WG1 March 2008 publication at the Sedona Conference site. The title is Commentary on ESI Evidence & Admissibility. Have not read it yet. Maybe there will also be a publication from the Spring Conference (March event): THE SECOND ANNUAL PROGRAM ON GETTING AHEAD OF THE eDISCOVERY CURVE: STRATEGIES TO REDUCE [...]

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US cases & CREDO

April 4, 2008 – 1:19 am

In looking for articles on the Qualcomm v. Broadcom, 2008 WL 66932 (S.D.Cal. Jan. 7, 2008) and the Columbia Pictures v. Bunnell, No. 2:06-cv-01093 (C.D. Cal. Dec. 13, 2007) cases, I came across CREDO – Case Review and Enforcement of Discovery Obligations programme. I do not know what CREDO programme entails and wondered if there [...]

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Is Record and Information Management (RIM) the same as ESI Management?

April 4, 2008 – 1:00 am

Ah! if there is one prediction for 2008 (always fun to predict especially as spring, Easter and day light/shift in clock all happened before April Fool’s day); there will be all kinds of bundled IT and Legal events/conferences and also ediscovery/disclosure related trainings. If you can distinguish ESI from RIM (just one area where IT [...]

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Ediscovery Capability Maturity Model for Organisation?

April 1, 2008 – 12:19 am

There is an assumption in current ediscovery/disclosure processing models and solutions (offered by vendors/providers) that ‘Form follows Function’. If you’re tired of reading articles, here’s a webcast on ‘The e-discovery tool landscape’ . If you’re too busy to listen to the webcast, here’s a summary from the bitpipe.com site: Summary: Due to the broad nature [...]

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New York, New York

February 4, 2008 – 11:46 pm

Finished my dissertation on 27th January! Then off I went to NY. Met up with old friends and also found new friends at the Juris Conference: Electronic Disclosure in International Arbitration. Now back in London and went for a job interview today?! Any other offers? Had the famous ‘juniors’ cheese cakes at the Grand Central [...]

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a new metaphor- looking for a needle in a needle factory!

January 25, 2008 – 3:05 am

I recently contacted Mr Chris Dale asking if he knows or have come across any edisclosure case. Today he e-mailed me and said he found a case (well a pre-action disclosure case) & has posted in his blog. An interesting read. Thks Chris!. I wonder how many needle factories are out there?!

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Questions raised in my research

January 10, 2008 – 11:58 pm

To what extent are the IBA Rules of Evidence and the IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest still sufficient and or fulfil the needs of the parties in complex disputes in areas such as re-insurance, financial markets and banking? In these sectors, computer technologies are deployed extensively and the nature of business transactions are not [...]

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