Are you fit for trial?

With the New Year underway, many will be kick starting their resolutions of healthy eating and regular exercise following an indulgent holiday period. The health and fitness industry have been quick to act on this and now offer a range of gadgets for monitoring ones wellbeing, such as Fitbit, Jawbone, Nike Fuelband and many other […]

Analytics and eDiscovery: Every Matter, Every Firm

Electronic review is no longer only for large firms with comprehensive in-house capability. Electronic review is now common place in boutique and mid tier firms that are looking to reduce review costs by improving efficiency. Today, lawyers are spoilt for choice when they look to the market for smarter ways to review and understand their […]

From Document Management to Case Management – Making the most of your review platform.

It’s 4:55pm on a Friday afternoon.  After a couple of last minute amendments and a nervous wait while your litigation support team prepares the package, you finally receive the discovery disc.   After a quick triple check you seal the letter and dispatch a paralegal to serve before the COB deadline.  Discovery list complete, exchange disc […]

Electronic vs Paper – A debate as old as Plato

In his provocatively titled blog post, ‘Plato’s cave: Why lawyers love paper and hate e-discovery and what this means for the future of legal education’, US lawyer Ralph Losey argues that lawyers are so entrenched in the use of paper that, like prisoners in Plato’s cave, they fail to see the obvious value in electronic documents. […]