Metrics, Social Media, Magistrates, Monkeys and Mitigating Risk at CEIC 2012 in Las Vegas

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An article by Chris Dale on his blog the e-Disclosure Information Project.

This article discusses the Guidance Software’s CEIC 2012, a recent conference held in Nevada which dealt with eDiscovery and computer forensics issues, which purports to be the leading conference on eDiscovery, cyber response and digital investigations.

Mr. Dale's article discusses the meaning of the seemingly odd headline by stating, "In this case, the headline is an honest, if partial, summary of what lies below: metrics are the key to eDiscovery decision-making; social media is the fastest-growing source of potentially discoverable data; Magistrate Judges turn up to share their wisdom with us; monkeys appear twice, once as part of the question “who are you talking to?” and once in an echo of a recent post of mine about cross-border discovery and blocking statutes; risk mitigation is the theme which binds them all together."

The article goes on to provide insight into a number of topics addressed at the conference, and references many of the top eDiscovery experts, and provides comments about the information shared by such experts during the conference.  This is a comprehensive article that touches on several key topics that are being discussed within the litigation support and eDiscovery community at present.

The article discusses a panel session that addressed the need for metrics to measure eDiscovery costs, and states, "...companies should start collecting basic metrics – files per custodian, processing time, hosting costs and the like – to help understand where the money is going. That is a prerequisite for the search for alternative approaches and for making a case to the legal department and to budget-holders for internal investment. It seems obvious to say that the one is the prerequisite for the other, but if it was that obvious then we would not see the startling statistics which emerged last year from studies in both the US and the UK to the effect that many companies do not actually know what they are spending on eDiscovery."

The article addressed many other topics as well, of course developments such as predictive coding were discussed, as well as social media's impact on eDiscovery.  As far as the monkeys...and their connection to iPads...you will have to read the full article to make sense of that.