Yes, we went to Version 2.0 and upped the numbers:  this week starts the “Top 20 … plus more”, a snapshot of this past week’s interesting blog posts, industry news and views on electronic discovery related issues and developments.  Plus upcoming e-discovery webinars/webcasts/seminars.   There is a lot out there.  Provided by Applied Discovery.

eDiscovery News

Context for Applying Discovery

1. 3rd Annual e-Discovery Survey of Illinois Lawyers – http://bit.ly/dCT9Ef
2. EU Cross Border Ediscovery, Standard Contractual Clauses, and Sub Processors: What Will Change on May 15, 2010?  http://ediscoverymap.com/?p=168 
3. Germany Focuses on Data Protection and Privacy – http://tinyurl.com/ycth77u
4. A Closer Look at “Forensic Collection” – http://tinyurl.com/y85kucb
5. Controlling Legal Costs – Law Firms Promote E- Discovery Reform – Provide Data – http://tinyurl.com/y9kpbab
6. Court Declines to Impose Sanctions Against Qualcomm Attorneys Absent Evidence of Bad Faith – http://bit.ly/bMU4VE
7. Discovery Failure Sinks Lockheed’s $37 Million Win – http://tinyurl.com/yb8go5m
8. Documents Prove Toyota Hid ‘Sticky Pedal’ Problem from Regulators – http://bit.ly/ddXXQd
9. E-Discovery Metrics – One of the Four Pillars of e-Discovery – http://bit.ly/b2V1jy
10. Electronic Disclosure: Paying Lawyers to Look at Porn – http://tinyurl.com/yjdmgr5
11. From Georgetown Law: Emerging Trends in Legal Services (Video Interviews) – http://bit.ly/byhVlV
12. Germany Focuses on Data Protection and Privacy – http://tinyurl.com/ycth77u
13. Law Firm Evolution or Revolution: the seminal Georgetown Law Conference?  http://bit.ly/coLQWR
14. LinkedIn Evidence In A Lawsuit — It Was Only A Matter of Time – http://bit.ly/cbgoGD
15. New Case on Employee Privacy Expectations for E-Mails – http://tinyurl.com/yc6cxyn
16. Professor Richard Nagareda (Vanderbilt) Essay: Pre-Trial as Trial in Complex Litigation – http://tinyurl.com/ybs738t
17. Top Remaining eDiscovery Events of 2010 – http://bit.ly/aFenYI
18. Virtual Offices May Violate Ethics Rules, New Jersey Opinion Says – http://ow.ly/16ZyV9
19. When Mercy Seasons Justice by Craig Ball/EDD Update – http://tinyurl.com/yewn8ub
20. Chinese Hackers Steal Dalai Lama’s Emails – http://tinyurl.com/ya5wu9w

Content for Understanding Technology

• A New Legal Review Performance Module – http://tinyurl.com/ylzm3h5
• Cloud Computing Analyst & Advisor Gives an Overview of the Security Risks of Multi Tenancy – http://bit.ly/1zFz3
• ECA = Early Carbon Assessment – Green Calculator for eDiscovery  – http://tinyurl.com/yclq9fn
• EFF Fighting For Whistleblower’s Privacy Rights, Following Sham Lawsuit – http://bit.ly/dfynoi
• Fewer Than One in Ten Companies Evaluate Vendors or Train Employees on Cloud Security – http://tinyurl.com/y8psbht
• iPad’s File System Suggests New Apple Devices on the Way – http://bit.ly/92wNkw
• Leave No Trace: How to Completely Erase Your Hard Drives, SSDs and Thumb Drives – http://bit.ly/bWQqRx
• NIST Workshop Takes First Steps Toward Standards for Preserving Digital Data – http://tinyurl.com/ygwkkbj
• “SaaS Versus Client-Server Model: Why is SaaS a More Successful Platform?  http://bit.ly/d3BM2g
• The European Union Releases a Research Paper on the Future Opportunities of European Cloud Computing – http://bit.ly/aCORpL
• “The Seductive Power of Surveillance” – http://bit.ly/aZydHp
• Updated EDRM File Formats Data Set Now Available – http://bit.ly/coMbIB
• Why TREC Matters to Electronic Data Discovery – http://tinyurl.com/y93kzvl

Vendor Views
Industry Landscape

• LDM Global webcast on “Cloud Computing and Data Privacy”  http://bit.ly/9amT6x
• 50 of the Top eDiscovery Providers – http://bit.ly/cJvYJn
• Applied Discovery Review Performance Module Changes E-Discovery Review Management Landscape – http://tinyurl.com/yklb3or
• CaseCentral Expands to New Company Headquarters – http://litn.eu/cc01
• DLP’s Data Classification and Ownership Features do not Mask the Value of Inactive Data, They Uncover It – http://tinyurl.com/yb2pxwg
• FTI Consulting Buying Hong Kong Firm – http://tinyurl.com/yhfjpk6
• Hot Neuron Releases Clustify 2.2 – http://bit.ly/92XOzj
• It’s Acquisition Time: Bighand Buys UK Rival nFlow – http://tinyurl.com/yg23dz2
• kCura Offers New Relativity Analytics Training – http://bit.ly/dfylIN
• Microsoft Utilizes Integreon LPO Services to Gain Efficiencies While Reducing Costs – http://tinyurl.com/yzu87cb
• ZyLAB eDiscovery System Integrates Text Analytics – Streamlines ECA, Litigation Readiness and Preparedness – http://tinyurl.com/y95ycfc

Upcoming webinars/webcasts/seminars

• CONFERENCE:  Georgetown Law Corporate Counsel (in London April 155th/16th)  http://bit.ly/a1qedF
• WEBINAR:  “Advanced Document Review Techniques with Contract Attorney Teams”  http://bit.ly/budFZz
• WEBINAR:  “How Venture Capital Funds Work”   April 14th    http://bit.ly/cHZKMf  
• CONFERENCE:  “What Is Knowledge Management & Why Is it Becoming Even More Important Now”   April 15th   ILTA seminar    http://bit.ly/cKal7y
• WEBINAR:  “Legal Holds – What you need to know now in light of the Pension Committee and Rimkus decisions”   April 15th   http://bit.ly/cqyhSU

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