Social Media Considerations and Challenges in eDiscovery Social Media is the New Email Today, social media is universally used by people, companies and even governments. Social media users of all ages can target
10 Practical Tips for Starting Out – or Restarting – as an LDO
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What You Need to Get Ahead Using eDiscovery Analytics
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Making Your Way Through the Wilderness of e-Discovery
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How to Maintain Effective and Secure Long-Term Vendor Relationships: Understanding the Risks (Part Two of Two)
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How to Maintain Effective and Secure Long-Term Vendor Relationships: Understanding the Risks (Part One of Two)
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FTSE 250 GCs: Gearing Up On Data
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The Journey of Law Firm Security Assessments, From Genesis to Review
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New EU Regulation Makes Data Exchange with Countries More Difficult – Threat of More Legal Disputes
Börsen-Zeitung (June 8, 2018): Data Transfer Trouble (Translation from the German original „Daumenschrauben beim Datentransfer“) New EU regulation makes data exchange with countries more difficult – Threat of more legal disputes Author: Heidi Rohde.
Start a Hard Job the Easy Way
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Consilio + Advanced Discovery Power of One Infographic
Consilio + Advanced Discovery Power of One Infographic Click here to download the PDF of this Infographic (3.6 MB)
AI Finding Favor in Legal Industry, But Adoption Lags
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The Growth of the Legal Operations Function
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How To Control Data As Technology Complicates E-Discovery
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Investment Required
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Tenth Annual Law Department Operations Survey
Findings from the 10th Annual Law Department Operations Survey For 10 years now, the Blickstein Group, in cooperation with Consilio, has been surveying Legal Ops and other law department professionals, focusing solely on
Q&A on eDiscovery with Peter Ostrega
Today's General Counsel Q&A on e-Discovery with Peter Ostrega Peter Ostrega explores how technology has contributed to the complexity of eDiscovery and the new skills and technologies that can assist with addressing these
The EU Transfer Two-Step: Mastering the Ever-Changing Data Dance
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2016 Law Department Benchmarking Performance Series – Survey Two: Technology
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The Challenge of Complying with China’s New Cybersecurity Law
In a bid to assert control over cyberspace, China passed a sweeping cybersecurity law that affects virtually every company doing business in that country. The law is set to go into effect June 1, 2017. Despite its broad reach and potential for disruption, it appears that very few legal professionals are aware of the law. A 2017 survey by Consilio showed that just a quarter of legal tech professionals are aware of the law. Just 2% are “very aware” and a scant minority (14%) are “very concerned.”