July 27, 2009 Microsoft said on said Friday it will offer European consumers a choice of Web browsers with Windows in an effort to settle an antitrust probe by the European Union. The software giant has been accused of using its dominance to unfairly push its own browser, Internet Explorer, on consumers by tying it [...]

We cruised the exhibit hall at LegalTech and found some interesting products out there and spoken to a number of vendors and attendees.  We’ll be adding more reviews later this week. During this period of layoffs, cutbacks, and tight budgets, corporations are looking for a fast return on investment before they spend money on new technology.  LegalTech has [...]

There has been a spate of blog posts this week concerning the aspects of electronic discovery when U.S. litigation crosses borders into the European Union — an entity with strong privacy laws.  The lead off article was in the National Law Journal which you can access here. Further comment was provided by an exchange between [...]

November 22, 2008  Purchasing software for electronic discovery is not easy. No, we don’t expect contract attorneys to be buying.  But we thought it would be of interest to you anyway, especially to all the law firms and e-discovery companies on the Posse List.  Here is a little advice about how to get started, factors [...]

From: New Jersey Law Journal, November 17, 2008 By producing an electronic document in discovery, you may breach the attorney-client privilege, according to an ethics opinion regarding metadata issued by the District of Columbia Bar. That opinion is one of a handful of ethics opinions regarding metadata that have been decided nationwide… Click here to [...]

Since we have so many law firms and government agencies that subscribe to the list, we thought we’d distribute the following.  This comes to us via our friends at Gabe Guide who do a first-rate job of covering/researching new review software on the market.   OrangeLT™ Releases Pricing Estimator September 5, 2008.    What is [...]

We have a large (and growing) number of law firms, accounting firms and corporations subscribed to The Posse List.  As a result of increasing insolvency, financial fraud and other related litigation, there has been an uptick in requests for attorneys/CPAs/CFAs to conduct forensic examinations of electronic data, computer systems and digital evidence. These positions are [...]

As stated by Mary Mack of Discovery Resources “The subprime crisis is really just beginning to take shape and is going to spawn a wave of litigation, much of which will turn on evidence uncovered during discovery. Mortgage lenders will be sued by borrowers who claim misrepresentation or unsuitability. The larger cases, however, will involve [...]

FTI Consulting, the business advisory firm that owns Ringtail and Attenex among other document management software, said Wednesday it planned to hold an initial public offering of its technology unit, raising $600 million to $700 million through the sale of a minority stake. It expects to spin or split off the rest of the unit [...]