EDRM
June 03, 2013
By Doug Austin
While we may be “just a bit behind” Google in popularity (900 million visits per month), we’re proud to announce that yesterday eDiscoveryDaily reached the 200,000 visit milestone! It took us a little over 21 months to reach 100,000 visits and just over 11 months to get to 200,000 (don’t tell my boss, he’ll expect 300,000 in 5 1/2 months). When we reach key milestones, we like to take a look back at some of the recent stories we’ve covered, so here are some recent eDiscovery items of interest.
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May 31, 2013
By Doug Austin
Sharon Nelson wrote a terrific post about the “controversy” regarding the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) Enron Data Set in her Ride the Lightning blog (Is the Enron E-Mail Data Set Worth All the Mudslinging?). I wanted to repeat some of her key points here and offer some of my own perspective directly from sitting in on the Data Set team during the EDRM Annual Meeting earlier this month.
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May 16, 2013
By Doug Austin
Last week, we reported from the Annual Meeting for the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) group and discussed some significant efforts and accomplishments by each of the project teams within EDRM. That included an update from the EDRM Data Set project, where an effort was underway to identify and remove personally-identifiable information (“PII”) data from the EDRM Data Set. Now, version 1 of the Data Set is completed and available for download.
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May 14, 2013
By Doug Austin
In Advanced Tactical Ordnance Systems, LLC v. Real Action Paintball, Inc., Indiana Magistrate Judge Roger B. Cosbey took the unusual step of allowing the plaintiff direct access to a defendant company’s database under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34 because the plaintiff made a specific showing that the information in the database was highly relevant to the plaintiff’s claims, the benefit of producing it substantially outweighed the burden of producing it, and there was no prejudice to the defendant.
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May 10, 2013
By Doug Austin
Yesterday, we discussed some general observations from the Annual Meeting for the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) group and discussed some significant efforts and accomplishments by the (suddenly heavily talked about) EDRM Data Set project. Here are some updates from other projects within EDRM.
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May 09, 2013
By Doug Austin
The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) Project was created in May 2005 by George Socha of Socha Consulting LLC and Tom Gelbmann of Gelbmann & Associates to address the lack of standards and guidelines in the electronic discovery market. Now, beginning its ninth year of operation with its annual meeting in St. Paul, MN, EDRM is accomplishing more than ever to address those needs. Here are some highlights from the meeting, and an update regarding the (suddenly heavily talked about) EDRM Data Set project.
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March 21, 2013
By Doug Austin
Thirty months ago yesterday, eDiscovery Daily was launched. It’s hard to believe that it has been 2 1/2 years since our first three posts that debuted on our first day. 635 posts later, a lot has happened in the industry that we’ve covered. And, yes we’re still crazy after all these years for committing to a daily post each business day, but we still haven’t missed a business day yet. Twice a year, we like to take a look back at some of the important stories and topics during that time. So, here are just a few of the posts over the last six months you may have missed. Enjoy!
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March 11, 2013
By Doug Austin
During my interviews with various thought leaders, we discussed various aspects of predictive coding and some of the perceived myths that exist regarding predictive coding and what it means to the review process. I thought it would be a good idea to recap some of those myths and how they compare to the “reality” (at least as some of us see it). Or maybe just me. :-)
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February 25, 2013
By Doug Austin
Today’s thought leader is George Socha. A litigator for 16 years, George is President of Socha Consulting LLC, offering services as an electronic discovery expert witness, special master and advisor to corporations, law firms and their clients, and legal vertical market software and service providers in the areas of electronic discovery and automated litigation support. George has also been co-author of the leading survey on the electronic discovery market, The Socha-Gelbmann Electronic Discovery Survey; in 2011, he and Tom Gelbmann converted the Survey into Apersee, an online system for selecting eDiscovery providers and their offerings. In 2005, he and Tom Gelbmann launched the Electronic Discovery Reference Model project to establish standards within the eDiscovery industry – today, the EDRM model has become a standard in the industry for the eDiscovery life cycle and there are nine active projects with over 300 members from 81 participating organizations. George has a J.D. for Cornell Law School and a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
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February 15, 2013
By Doug Austin
Today’s thought leader is Tom Gelbmann. Tom is Principal of Gelbmann & Associates, LLC. Since 1993, Gelbmann & Associates, LLC has advised law firms and Corporate Law Departments to realize the full benefit of their investments in Information Technology. Tom has also been co-author of the leading survey on the electronic discovery market, The Socha-Gelbmann Electronic Discovery Survey; in 2011 he and George Socha converted the Survey into Apersee, an online system for selecting eDiscovery providers and their offerings. In 2005, he and George Socha launched the Electronic Discovery Reference Model project to establish standards within the eDiscovery industry – today, the EDRM model has become a standard in the industry for the eDiscovery life cycle.
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February 04, 2013
By Doug Austin
In football, each team member has responsibilities. For example, the quarterback throws the football (and sometimes changes the plays at the line of scrimmage), the receivers catch the football, the offensive line blocks and the defense tackles the guy with the ball. Each player has responsibilities that align with their talents. Likewise, the members of a litigation team have responsibilities that align with their talents. Now, the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) has created a new tool to align talents with their associated tasks.
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January 23, 2013
By Jane Gennarelli
In the last couple of posts in this series we covered the first phases of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model – Information Management, Identification and Preservation – and we focused on these tasks from the perspective of the litigators. The next two phases – Collection and Processing – are technical in nature and typically not handled directly by attorneys (attorneys should, however, be involved in making decisions regarding how this work will be done and in monitoring the status of this work).
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January 14, 2013
By Jane Gennarelli
In last week’s post in this series, we covered the first phase of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model: Information Management. A key part of that for most companies is implementing a document retention and destruction program – that is, a program for routinely assessing and purging documents from an organization’s electronic and paper archives. Parties in a lawsuit, however, are legally bound to preserve documents that might be relevant in the case.
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January 09, 2013
By Jane Gennarelli
The first Document Production step outlined in the EDRM is Information Management. This step is a little different from the subsequent EDRM steps in that it is broader than litigation. Litigation is just one of the reasons why businesses need to organize documents and information. Businesses need fast and accurate access to information that is required to operate, and regulated businesses are required by law to preserve and maintain certain types of business records. So, Information Management is bigger than litigation. Litigation, however, certainly plays an important part. And attorneys are becoming more and more involved in helping clients organize and get a handle on business records.
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January 03, 2013
By Jane Gennarelli
In an earlier post in this series, we talked about the vehicles of discovery – that is, the mechanisms by which parties exchange information. One of the mechanisms we discussed is Document Production, which is the exchange of relevant documents between the parties. This step is usually the most time-consuming and expensive part of discovery. In fact, it’s often the most time-consuming and expensive part of a lawsuit. It has always been a significant task, but since eDiscovery has come into the picture, it has grown by magnitudes.
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December 14, 2012
By Doug Austin
There have been a number of terms applied to using technology to aid in eDiscovery review, including technology assisted review (often referred to by its acronym “TAR”) and predictive coding. Another term is Computer Assisted Review (which lends itself to the obvious acronym of “CAR”).
Now, the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) is looking to provide an “owner’s manual” to that CAR with its new draft Computer Assisted Review Reference Model (CARRM), which depicts the flow for a successful CAR project.
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November 08, 2012
By Doug Austin
According to the Forrester Research and ARMA International Records Management Online Survey, Q3 2012, only 12 percent of records managers are "very confident" that, if challenged, their organization could demonstrate that their electronically stored information (ESI) is “accurate, accessible, complete and trustworthy”. That's less than one in eight.
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October 25, 2012
By Doug Austin
Last week, the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) conducted its mid-year meeting to enable the working groups to meet and further accomplishments in each of the teams for the year. Having attended several of these meetings in the past, I’ve always found them to usually yield significant progress within the working groups, as well as providing a great opportunity for eDiscovery professionals to get together and talk shop. Based on the results of the meeting, EDRM issued an announcement with updates from several of their more active projects.
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October 11, 2012
By Doug Austin
This week, the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) Project, through its Information Governance Reference Model (IGRM) Project, announced today the release of version 3.0 of the IGRM. As their press release notes, “The updated model now includes privacy and security as primary functions and stakeholders in the effective governance of information. This release of the IGRM reflects broad industry support and collaboration across the expert communities of ARMA International and CGOC (Compliance, Governance and Oversight Council).”
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October 10, 2012
By Jane Gennarelli
Law firms often find themselves scrambling to keep up with the demands that eDiscovery work imposes on litigation support and technology staff. New employees quickly learn what they absolutely must to do their jobs. Unfortunately, however, they often don’t learn everything they should know to perform at higher levels and to be as useful to litigators as they could be.
Time and again I see a huge hole in litigation technology staff knowledge: many don’t know litigation! They don’t know the process, they don’t understand the terminology, they don’t know what the attorneys really do with the work product they provide, and they can’t, therefore, anticipate what attorneys will need next. This blog series will be aimed at litigation technology professionals who need help in this area.
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October 04, 2012
By Doug Austin
Take a closer look – that’s not the EDRM model you see above. It’s the new EDBP model.
EDBP stands for Electronic Discovery Best Practices and is the brainchild of Ralph Losey, whose e-Discovery Team® blog is one of the must-read blogs (and one of the most in-depth) in the industry. Ralph is also National e-Discovery Counsel with the law firm of Jackson Lewis, LLP, an Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida College of Law teaching eDiscovery and advanced eDiscovery and has also previously been a thought leader interviewee on this blog. Other than all that, he’s not very busy.
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September 05, 2012
By Jane Gennarelli
This blog series is aimed at helping you to move into an eDiscovery consultant role in a law firm. We’ve covered the advantages to doing so, transitioning into a consulting role, and tips for being an effective consultant. In the last posts in the series, I’m going to discuss opportunities to provide consulting services in a typical case. And, I’ll use the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) as a guide through potential consulting tasks.
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