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Archive Monthly Archives: October 2009

EDD providers adapt to a down economy, and companies are hiring contract attorneys directly

There’s an unusual dichotomy in the e-discovery industry right now. Industry observers see scores of e-discovery companies that have folded or disappeared as part of an industry shakeout, but at

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The Masters Conference: Navigating through Discovery, Risk and Security

The Masters Conference (click here) will be held on October 13th and 14th in Washington, DC.  The Masters conference brings together leading experts and professionals from law firms, corporations and

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IQPC Brussels: “Information Retention & E-Disclosure Management Europe” (held 30 September/1 October)

Last week we attended the IQPC conference “Information Retention & E-Disclosure Management Europe” which was held in Brussels September 30th and October 1st.   For a link to the

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IQPC Brussels Focus: Morgan Lewis and its eData practice

        At IQPC Brussels last week (click here) we had the opportunity to meet with Denise Backhouse, one of the presenters, and an associate in Morgan Lewis’s Litigation Practice and a

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IQPC Brussels Focus: Patrick Burke and Guidance Software

                 IQPC put on one of its spectacular conferences last week in Brussels, this one on information retention and e-disclosure management in Europe (click here).  The conference

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Staff attorney lay-offs continue, impacting contract attorneys

One refuge for many contract attorneys has been direct employment as a staff attorney at a number of firms that adopted the “staff attorney” model for document review and temporary work. But as Above

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IQPC Brussels Focus: Recommind, search powered IRM software

         Two of the main topics at the IQPC Conference in Brussels last week on e-discloure (with much written of late in the e-discovery blogs) has been concept searching and “predictive

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IQPC Brussels Focus: Chris Dale and the e-Disclosure Information Project

              One of the rock stars of the IQPC conference in Brussels in Brussels last week was Chris Dale, founder of the E-Disclosure Information Project.  He was on 3 panels at the conference

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“Corruption … is good … and the FCPA … is good … for contract attorneys” – Gordon Gekko

  Ok, maybe Gordon Gekko did not say that but he could have.  Anyway, we used it because the Wall Street sequel hits the streets soon (click here) and several Posse List members working on an entertainment

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