In follow-up to the success of its live certification program in D.C. and NYC, Catalyst is rolling out  its Catalyst CR Certified Reviewers program (CRCR) to LA next week.  CRCR is the certification program for Catalyst CR (for information on the software click here) which is gaining significant market share and being requested by many corporations and law firms due to [...]

7 May 2010 — A federal judge in Los Angeles has declined a request by plaintiffs lawyers in a shareholder class action to force attorneys for Toyota Motor Corp. to turn over documents that were provided to Congress, which has been investigating vehicle recalls associated with sudden unintended acceleration defects. Instead, U.S. District Judge Dale [...]

  3 May 2010 — United Air Lines and Continental Airlines announced their merger today.  It will create the world’s largest airline by traffic.  Delta Air Lines would be unseated as the world’s largest airline.  And depending on who you listen to the deal will have little trouble securing approval from the DOJ — or take [...]

In an effort to cut expenses, WilmerHale has decided to “in-source” its business operations to Dayton, Ohio.  But other law firms could also benefit from relocating support staff and even attorneys to less costly locales beyond the urban hubs according to an article in yesterday’s Law360.   The WilmerHale facilities, which are slotted to open in September, [...]

                       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 [...]

  As reported today in Corporate Counsel magazine, anti-corruption enforcement is bulking up (click here for article).    Mark Mendelsohn, deputy chief of the DOJ fraud section’s criminal division, said his section “may grow as much as 50 percent in size in the next year or two.”  At the same time, he added, he expects companies to [...]

This post is one of several summarizing our coverage of LegalTech New York 2010.  For our other posts click here. Laura Kibbe (Senior Vice President at Epiq Systems) led a spirited panel titled “Achieving a Cost-Efficient, Defensible Document Review”.  Panelists included Vince Neicho (Litigation Support Manager at Allen & Overy) and David Kessler (partner at [...]

This interview is part of our new series “Data! Data! Data!” — Cures for a General Counsel’s ESI Nightmares”.  For our introduction to the series click here. As Posse List members know, especially members of Posse List Asia, e-discovery work in Asia has exploded.  We have seen work expand in China, Japan and Korea with the [...]

This interview is part of our new series “Data! Data! Data!” — Cures for a General Counsel’s ESI Nightmares”.  For our introduction to the series  click here. Merrill Corporation has a wide reach.  It is one of the largest world-wide vendors for outsourced services in business communication and information management.  Merrill’s services include document and data [...]

  Relativity is a web-based document review and management software used by corporations and law firms during the discovery phase of litigation.  Many Posse List members have used it. It is highly popular because you can manage  documents from initial review all the way to production. If you want to learn how to use it, or just brush up, link [...]