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Large Florida law firms are tapped for defense in the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill cases … and contract attorneys scramble

  According to an article in today’s law.com, the key defendants in the BP oil spill litigation, key defendants have lined up three prominent Florida law firms to defend against spill cases in Florida. 

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Do we smell doc review projects a-comin’ … or perhaps it’s just the stench of petroleum?

Oil, oil, oil, oil …. As has been reported in the Wall Street Journal, Lawyer Weekly and various other sources, companies that potentially face civil or criminal liability for the Gulf of Mexico oil

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Catalyst is rolling out its reviewer certification training to L.A. next week on May 25th, 26th, 27th

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

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Judge to parties in Toyota securities suit: “resolve the fight over discovery on your own … and you’ve got 1 week”

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

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The United Airlines/Continental Airlines merger: a short or long document review?

  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

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Law Firms Look To “In-Sourcing” To Slash Costs

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

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March 18th: live seminar in NYC — Morgan Lewis/Recommind : Using advanced technology to achieve consistent, timely, and cost-effective eDiscovery responses

                       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

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DOJ Unit That Prosecutes FCPA to Bulk Up “Substantially”

  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,

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From LegalTech NY 2010: Defensible document review

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

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An interview with Scott Gillard and Michael So of e.law Asia Pacific; the spike in e-discovery work in Asia

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

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