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E-Discovery

The First Stop for IP E-Discovery

  DISH’s Mike Burg partnered with iDS’s Dan Regard to build a document repository that allows the legal department to be more consistent across matters and leverage previous decisions on repetitive documents.​ CCBJ: Mike, please describe some of the issues that have been on your...

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Technology

The Double-Edged Sword of "Digital Exhaust"

  Before we choke on our “digital exhaust,” Hunter McMahon of iDS suggests we take a deep breath and examine the unnecessary risks we may be taking. CCBJ: What is digital exhaust and how does it affect corporate environments?  Hunter McMahon: ...

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Discovery

How the Cloud and Mobile Devices Have Changed Discovery

Seyfarth Shaw’s Robert Milligan and iDS’s Jim Vaughn look at discovery and digital forensics in the age of the cloud. CCBJ: Why is cloud computing so important in discovery and digital forensics? Jim Vaughn: Creating and storing data in the cloud is for the most part a cheaper...

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Cybersecurity

The Ethical Hacker: We're Compliant, So We Must Be Secure, Right?

I've been hearing a recurring theme in discussions with clients about security and compliance planning: We’re compliant, so we’re secure, right?  To me this thinking indicates confusion about the difference between compliance and security.  Regulations and compliance are...

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Trade Secrets

The DTSA Makes Trade Secrets a Federal Matter

Since it went into effect in 2016, the Defend Trade Secrets Act has brought an upsurge in the number of trade secrets cases being brought in federal court. As Robert Milligan, a partner at Seyfarth Shaw, puts it, DTSA was “a real game changer in the sense that federal court was often off...

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E-Discovery

Collecting Your Company’s Digital Breadcrumbs: Analytics can uncover correlations, anomalies and more

On October 3, Metropolitan Corporate Counsel hosted Understanding the Value & Risk of Digital Breadcrumbs, an online event featuring Hunter McMahon of iDiscovery Solutions, Bobby Malhotra of Munger Tolles & Olson and Jennifer L. Englander of Ogletree Deakins. This presentation offered ...

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Investigations

The Ethical Hacker: Key Employee Departures Can Leave Danger In Their Wake

It happens to us all. We thought things were going great, and then the unexpected. There’s someone else. I’m not happy anymore. I need something more, or our long-term plans are incompatible. Whatever the reason, critical and important employees leave organizations. When this happens,...

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