eDiscovery News for October 6th 2009

Tuesday’s tidbits:

• Mark Ross, from Law-Scribe’s blog, has posted the release of “the first comprehensive publication addressing the legal outsourcing profession”.  Along with him, are contributors such as Ron Friedmann from Integreon and David Hickey from Winston & Strawn LLP.  It’s about $500 if you want to purchase it.
• Electronic Discovery Law discusses the recent outcome in Leor Exploration & Prod., LLC v. Aguiar, 2009 WL 3097207 (S.D. Fla. Sept. 23, 2009).  According to the site, “the defendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy as to emails transmitted through plaintiff’s server and thus, no attorney-client privilege as to those communications.”
• To go along with the EDL posting, the Law Clerk Connection blog discusses whether or not free Gmail service waives attorney-client privilege.  The fact that Gmail has a disclaimer stating that it reads every email to determine targeted advertising, could waive any attorney-client privilege within such a communication.
• The Practising Law Institute has announced a seminar entitled Electronic Discovery Guidance 2009: what Corporate and Outside Counsel Need to Know.  It’s on October 28th in Chicago.  Go here for registration info.

eDiscovery News for Sept. 22nd 2009

Tuesday’s news full of eDiscovery:

• Boeing becomes the 32nd company in the Fortune 100 to contract with CaseCentral for its eDiscovery review software.  Meanwhile, the City of Tacoma has signed on with Autonomy.
• Messaging Architects announces the launch of their new eDiscovery Resource Center.  Known for their email risk management services, it makes sense to expand into the management of electronic data as it pertains to litigation, audits, access and IP considerations.
• Dr. Ramon Barquin has an interesting article over at the B-eye-Network.  He writes about cloud computing and how the Feds have just entered its own cloud with www.apps.gov.  He has a few issues with this, one being the issue of electronic discovery where a 3rd party is storing the documents.
• Women in eDiscovery and American Society of Digital Forensics & eDiscovery host their first regional event.  The event is to bring together legal professionals, technologists and law enforcement personnel in the southeast region.
• Iris Data Systems has announced the hire of Ryan Rhodes as the Regional Director serving Texas.

Patton Boggs to Outsource IP Work to CPA Global

Per PRNewsire, Patton Boggs has contracted CPA Global to perform IP docketing services.  This plan of action will allow Patton Boggs to manage costs and hand the savings over to the client.  Without having to hire and train employees, this allows Patton Boggs to not only keep costs down, but keep focus on the client.  On the flip side, this is a huge account for CPA Global as PB is one of the top 100 law firms and among the top patent firms in the US. 

Interestingly enough, the outsourcing will remain on-shore with CPA Global’s docketing specialists.  I figure CPA has shown the ability to do quality work, while maintaining a high-level of security and confidentiality.  The contract keeps jobs in the US, which is a good thing, because of the high-level of specialization, as well as security needed to maintain such a service.  So while we see outsourcing heading towards India, there are still plenty of legal services of a certain nature that cannot be performed outside of the US.  However, with the development of the Indian legal education system, I would not be surprised for such specializations to be offered in the near future.

News & Notes for September 16th 2009

Fresh off the presses (well, sort of):

• Over at Legally Yours, Rahul Jindal discusses the recent San Diego Bar opinion reaffirming the emergence and sustainment of legal outsourcing, which continues the belief that legal outsourcing is and will remain a hot topic.
• MyBangalore.com reports on The Headstart Network’s Startup Saturdays, which is intended to promote entrepreneurs, startups, academics and investors.  This past Saturday the topic was on legal.  New startups such as Direct Karma and BrainyGavel were in attendance and shared their directives and experiences.
• Total Attorneys press released the hiring of David Dahl as CTO.  He is leaving Emmi Solutions, where “he developed and delivered a Flash-based patient education to large healthcare organizations across the United States.”