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E-discovery vendor revamps pricing, contract attorney work in Europe, webinars, and more
A bit of a mixed bag today: E-discovery Kazeon Systems has rolled out a range of pricing plans for its e-discovery products, hoping to entice customers amid lean economic times with one plan aimed at
Continue readingDiscovery: Mistakes Happen … and don’t trust the software
There has been a fair amount of comment on Rhoads Industries v. Building Materials Corp. (No. 07-4756 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 14, 2008) in which Judge Michael M. Baylson of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Continue readingObama: Boon to the contract attorney industry?
As reported extensively in the media and the countless press releases by federal contracting companies, the Obama administration’s anticipated stimulus package could generate billions in federal
Continue readingCleary Gottlieb Takes On Nortel and Apex Bankruptcy Filings
From: The American Lawyer, January 15, 2009 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton picked picked up two major bankruptcy assignments on Wednesday when the firm was formally retained by Toronto-based
Continue readingE-discovery: Can the Clients Afford It?
The traditional rule in common law provinces is that that the producing party is responsible for the immediate costs of the production of its documents to the other party. While British Columbia does
Continue readingMetadata Not Public, AZ Judge Rules
A divided Arizona appellate court ruled Tuesday that hidden electronic data that indicates how and when documents are produced with word processing computer programs aren’t themselves public records. The
Continue readingSharp climb in governments across globe regulating mergers, acquisitions
A record 115 countries and government entities across the globe are regulating mergers and acquisitions, a 69% spike from the 68 jurisdictions that monitored mergers five years ago, according to a new
Continue readingMadoff Mania: Swiss Suits, Spanish Prosecutors, and Possible Pleas
It’s a mad Madoff world out there, from UBS getting sued by a French financial firm in Luxembourg to a Swiss affiliate of Reed Smith considering a similar suit. Now news comes that Spanish prosecutors
Continue readingO’Melveny Bankruptcy Co-Chair Leaves for Dechert
From: The American Lawyer, January 13, 2009 Michael Sage, the co-head of restructuring at O’Melveny & Myers, joined Dechert on Monday. Sage, who joined O’Melveny in 2007, has represented
Continue readingContract lawyers: cheaper by the hour
Today’s National Law Journal has as its lead article a story about contract attorneys. To read it, click here:
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