Publications
The following publications are available for download. In order to view these documents you will need to have a current version of Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your personal computer.
Article from The Docket published by the Association of Corporate Counsel, "Ethics and EDiscovery Review," (Jan/Feb 2010)
The article explores the ethical implications of failing to consolidate duplicate electronic files and touches on ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1 (Competence), 1.3 (Diligence), 1.5 (Fees), 1.6 (Confidential information, 3.2 (Expediting Litigation), 3.3 (Candor Toward the Tribunal), and 4.1 (Truthfulness in Statements to Others). The sidebars include a sample letter to outside counsel and an ediscovery competence quiz with answers.- Law Technology News article, "Exposing Context: E-Mail threads reveal the fabric of conversations," (Jan. 2010),
Article details savings and benefits of email threading technology and provides list of threading features to look for. - Report on Kershaw-Howie Survey of E-Discovery Providers Pertaining to Threading.
Report provides full details of survey of email threading providers including comparison charts. - Law Technology News article, "Highway Robbery? Are we cheating clients if we don't purge duplicates".
Article considers ethical implications of Kershaw-Howie Deduping Report (see below). - Report on Kershaw-Howie Survey of E-Discovery Providers Pertaining to Deduping Strategies.
Report provides full analysis of survey of duplicate consolidation savings with comparison charts. - Tools for Text Categorization
- Information Retrieval and eDiscovery
- Electronic Discovery Pragmatics Under the New Rules
- When Less Becomes More: Making the Case for a Discovery Strategy
- The Art of War: Thoughts on a Strategic Approach to Addressing Electronic Discovery
- New Electronic Discovery Rules Should Help Solve Legal and Technical Problems
- Automated Document Review Proves Its Reliability
- Comparison of Auto-Categorization with Human Review
- Preliminary Results of eDiscovery Institute Premier Study.
- Joint Written Submission in Support of Proposed Federal Rule of Evidence 502, by Anne Kershaw and Patrick Oot.
- The Real Cost of Privilege Review, presented by Kershaw and Oot before the Federal Rules of Evidence Advisory Committee.
If you would like to support the work of the eDiscovery Institute in finding and promoting cost-effective ways to process electronic discovery, contact Patrick Oot at Info@eDiscoveryInstitute.org.