This may be of interest to Posse List members or members of their family:  Applications are invited for The Economist’s 2010 Marjorie Deane internship. Financed by the Marjorie Deane Financial Journalism Foundation, this award is designed to provide work experience for a promising journalist or would-be journalist, who will spend three months at The Economist [...]

              As cloud computing catches fire, we urge all Posse List members to learn as much as they can.  Many of our vendor subscribers are seeking attorneys and others with knowledge of cloud computing.  LDMGlobal had a free webinar on “Cloud Computing in the Legal Environment” Wednesday, April 7th.  It featured partner and Notary Public for Speechly Bircham LLP, [...]

The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) is having a regional event in Columbus, Ohio on March 26, 2010.   It is a demonstration of Vestigate by RenewData followed by a roundtable discussion on ediscovery plans.  The details:  Date:               March 26, 2010                          12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.                              (Lunch will be provided, sponsored by RenewData Corp.) Location:        Vorys, Sater, Seymour [...]

      Sound project management is vital to any eDiscovery matter.  Without it, data can be overlooked, budgets overrun, deadlines missed, and defensibility compromised.   To ensure that your eDiscovery matter is managed properly, you need more than just a good project manager; you need a well thought-out process that incorporates quality assessment and control. To find [...]

On Thursday, March 11th, at 1:00pm Catalyst is sponsoring a webinar discussion exploring recent e-discovery trends regarding privileged documents, including the Facciola-Redgrave protocol for privilege analysis and best practices for creating privilege logs. This presentation will include: * Analysis of key aspects of the Facciola-Redgrave Framework for avoiding a document-by-document privilege review.  * Assessment of ways [...]

                       The Morgan Lewis eData team and Recommind are sponsoring what looks to be a very informative live seminar on March 18th (next Thursday) at 4:00pm in the New York offices of Morgan Lewis.   The seminar will focus on successfully leveraging technology to improve early case assessment (ECA), preservation, collection, and document review. For the Morgan Lewis team:  Stephanie “Tess” Blair [...]

Title: Defensible Legal Hold & Early Case Assessment — Advanced Technology Best Practices & the Changing Reasonableness Standard (sponsored by Autonomy) Date: March 3, 2010 Time: 1:00 PM (EST) Best practices and technology for eDiscovery are rapidly advancing. What was state of the art yesterday may no longer be a defensible process today. During this [...]

Topic: Defensible Legal Hold and Early Case Assessment Thursday, March 11, 2010 5:30pm-6:30pm Houston, TX 1 hour CLE Credit, The State Bar of Texas (Optional dinner reception immediately following) Event Contact: Norris Tran  (norrist@autonomy.com)    415-615-1530 Speaker: Jack Halprin, Esq. VP of eDiscovery and Compliance Autonomy  Best practices and technology for eDiscovery are rapidly advancing. What [...]

Tuesday, March 2, 2010 12:00 – 1:00 pm Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP Fulbright Auditorium 1301 McKinney, Mezzanine Level Houston, TX 77010 Who says learning can’t be fun? Come play along as volunteers from the audience vie for great prizes using their e-discovery savvy in the classic Jeopardy format. Our own “Alex Trebek” (electronic discovery expert [...]

Please join the DC Connections community at the Hyatt Regency Bethesda on Tuesday March 16th from 5:00 to 8:30. Our professionally organized and planned Speed Networking event will allow you to network efficiently with other professionals.  Why stand in a noisy crowed bar and try to network? Why get stuck in conversations that won’t benefit [...]