Cloud Forensics Is Here To Stay… But It Has A Dark Side
Data collection has always been an important first step of any legal investigation. Before the digital age, this could mean dusting a crime scene for fingerprints, or finding bits of the perpetrator’s DNA from some stray hairs. Now, digital forensics technologists are on a never-ending quest to keep up with our ever-evolving digital landscape. Over…
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Lawyer March Madness 2022: Who’s on the Docket?
Lawyer March Madness is back! Make sure you’re following Contact Discovery Services on LinkedIn to join in on the fun and get your favorites to next round!
The Festivus Airing of Grievances: eDiscovery ALSP edition
“I’ve got a lot of problems with you people and now, you’re gonna hear about it!” So said Frank Constanza in an episode of the NBC sitcom, Seinfeld. Over the last couple decades since this famous episode, wherein Frank revives the holiday he invented called “Festivus,” we can’t help but think maybe Frank was onto…
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Kyle Rittenhouse Trial Highlights Importance of Technology Expert Witnesses
Earlier this week, a jury heard closing arguments in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. Rittenhouse rose to national prominence in August 2020 after allegedly shooting three people at a Wisconsin protest, two of whom died, the third injured. Now, he stands trial for those alleged crimes. One unexpected curveball: whether or not the prosecution should…
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How Custom Software Helps Everyone (Even People Who Don’t Need Custom Software!)
“Custom” can be a scary word in legal tech. It sounds expensive. It sounds hard to implement. It sounds like there will be longer turnaround times compared to ready-made solutions. It sounds untested, and unproven. (We all know how much lawyers love unnecessary risk!) It sounds that way because well… a lot of times it’s…
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What Music Production Can Teach Us About Legal Technology
This past weekend, I binged the AppleTV+ series Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson. There are six episodes, and each one focuses on a different aspect of music production. One of the recurring themes of each episode is how new technology changed music. The LinnDrum shaped pop; the 808 shaped hip hop; the distortion pedal…
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Managed Review vs. Unmanaged Review: Which One’s Right For You?
Complex litigation cannot happen without document review. Document review cannot happen without reviewers. This raises a lot of questions that most lawyers never learned about in law school: Which reviewers do you hire? What parts of review can be trusted to technology, and what parts absolutely have to be done by humans? What work requires…
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