E-Disc Law Blog

For those of you who read this blog regularly, you’ll notice some big changes.  I’ve moved the blog “in house” so to speak with my own Wordpress hosting.  Hopefully this gives me the capability to do some new things as we go along.

Unfortunately, things are going to look a little odd for a while and it may take a few days to get all of the site’s functionality back up and running.  When it comes to work and blogging work wins out so I’m sometimes limited as far as time to work on this blog.  Please be patient and it will pay off I promise.

Over on e-Discovery Insights, Perry L. Segal wrote a cautious reminder for those who use social media titled Twitter MySpace Away on Facebook.  Mr. Segal's post is a reminder of what most people tend to forget.  In this information age anything online should be considered public and anything you say will be read, often by those you least wish to read it at the worst time.

Given I recently posted on my new addiction to Twitter, I thought it only appropriate to offer caution to those who choose to use any networking site.  

I’m the first to admit that I am relatively new to E-Discovery.  In fact I first experienced a taste of the electronic discovery world about a year and a half ago.  Shortly thereafter I began to really focus on learning everything I could about the topic.  I read every book, blog, tweet, and article I could get my hands on.  Since then, I’ve fallen in love it.  E-Discovery blends three of my favorite topics: technology, the law, and business.

Technology is constantly evolving which is one of the reasons electronic discovery has evolved into its own substantive area separate, yet a part of, traditional discovery methods.   Technology is also constantly changing which presents courts and attorneys with new challenges on daily basis.  This created a need for attorneys that focus entirely on E-Discovery in order to keep tabs on the ever changing landscape. 

The thing is, I’ve noticed a few problems in my experience with E-Discovery so far.  No one disputes the importance of understanding and implementing proper techniques to preserve, produce, and find information.  Very few would dispute that having an attorney dedicated to E-Discovery is beneficial to any case.  Companies around the world are putting together their own E-Discovery response teams even before litigation arises. 

But the only law firms with dedicated E-Discovery attorneys seem to be big law firms.  And since big law firms mean big money, only big companies have been able to afford the costs of true E-Discovery attorneys.  What about the small and mid-sized companies?  What about the small and mid-sized law firms?  Electronic Discovery is important to those companies, those firms, and the cases they are involved with.  Those are the people I started this blog for. 

Of course a lot of the material will be the same as you see on other E-Discovery blogs out of necessity.  Important cases must be discussed so lessons are passed along.  New software will be presented because you need to understand your options.  There will be links to posts from some of the great materials already available.  But my focus is discussing how small and mid-sized companies and law firms can use E-Discovery to strengthen their business effectively and economically.