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What is E-Discovery 2.0?
In a previous post, I wrote about the forces transforming e-discovery, a phenomenon that has received increasing attention from the press, most recently in this week’s Economist magazine. While...
View ArticleWhat Web 2.0 Applications Can Teach Enterprise Software
The other day, I came across the fascinating statistic that over 50% of products returned every year to stores across America have absolutely nothing wrong with them. Apparently, consumers used them...
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Open Platforms in E-Discovery
Most large companies face a dilemma. Should they open up their products and invite others to build features on them, creating a “platform” or ecosystem around themselves? Or would that be inviting the...
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The Cost of Doing Business
A couple of weeks back, I was on the receiving end of my company’s first summons. It was a trivial issue that resolved itself within a couple of days. But it gave me some insight into how my customers...
View ArticleThe Wonders Of Shrinking A Market
We love investing in technologies and business models that are able to shrink existing markets. If your company can take $5 of revenue from a competitor for every $1 you earn – let's talk!- First Round...
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Autonomy Buys ZANTAZ: True Love Or A Marriage Of Convenience?
People get married for a million different reasons. Some do it for love; some for a green card; some because their parents tell them to; and others just because it is time to settle down. So it is with...
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Cisco Leads The Way On E-Discovery 2.0
I have written before about the irony of technology companies failing to use technology to improve their own businesses. As with any rule, there is an exception – and in e-discovery, that exception is...
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Everyone (And Their Grandmother) Is Jumping Into E-Discovery
At some point in his blog last year, David Hornik, a venture capitalist, lamented the fact that VideoEgg, one of his investments, had 38 competitors in the online video market – and those were only the...
View ArticleSymantec’s “E-Discovery Connectors” For Enterprise Vault: What Are They and...
Today, Symantec announced 3 connectors for Enterprise Vault, for analytics, review and content collection. According to the announcement, these will “provide tight integration with third-party case...
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Stock Option Back-Dating, Corporate Investigations, And the Remarkable Reyes...
I don’t know if it’s just in Silicon Valley that the Greg Reyes case has received broad coverage. Wherever you are, it’s worth taking note because this is quite a remarkable verdict. Mr. Reyes, the...
View ArticleE-Discovery Is Taking Off – And Investors Know It
Regular readers will know this blog is about e-discovery and not about my company, Clearwell. That said, every now and then, the two intersect and it makes sense to write explicitly about Clearwell,...
View ArticleE-Discovery Trends Take Center Stage at ILTA
This is the first of several guest posts from Kurt Leafstrand, formerly a rocket scientist at MIT and now an e-discovery guru at Clearwell. Kurt was on vacation last week, but couldn't resist spending...
View ArticleNow, That's Customer Feedback
To the long list of reasons why e-discovery companies should be good to their customers, we can now add one more: because if you don't, they might blog about you and say nasty things. That's what has...
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Data Retention Policies For E-Discovery: More Of A “Red Herring” Than A “Hot...
For those in regulated industries like financial services, where data retention policies are mandated, every keystroke is tracked and every phone call recorded, the question of how long you should keep...
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If You Think E-Discovery Does Not Matter, Think Again
In my experience, e-discovery does not make the radar screen of most corporate General Counsels (GCs). Typically, it is one many issues left to others (e.g., Chief of Litigation, Director of Litigation...
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“Web Services” For E-Discovery
Prior to working in e-discovery, I (Aaref) always thought standards bodies were a waste of time – or, at least, nothing more than an excuse for free travel to exotic locations. But George Socha and Tom...
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Iron Mountain Moves Into E-Discovery, Acquiring Stratify
After months of rumors that IronMountain was going to do “something”, the grandfather of records management announced today that it is acquiring Stratify for $158 million in cash. My best guess is that...
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Advice For Service Providers: Leverage Technology To Swim Upstream
As companies use Clearwell’s e-discovery solution on more and more cases, I often find myself speaking to their litigation support service providers. Other than being in the same industry, these...
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Postscript To The Iron Mountain-Stratify Deal
In the past couple of weeks, I have spoken to several people close to the Iron Mountain-Stratify deal, and it has been interesting to hear their different perspectives. The one thing they all agree on...
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ZANTAZ Announces Desktop Legal Hold Solution and Takes on Guidance
Technology companies are notorious for aggressive marketing, whereby they either announce products that do not exist or wildly exaggerate their capabilities. So when ZANTAZ announced its new Desktop...
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