Modern Ediscovery Blog

The latest in ediscovery software news, product updates, and best practices.
  • Jason Krause

eDiscovery Pricing Make no Sense, and The Courts Seem to Agree
eDiscovery Pricing Make no Sense, and The Courts Seem to Agree 150 150 Jason Krause

Want to know why litigation is increasingly expensive and complicated? Take a look at eDiscovery pricing and unpredictable costs. Thanks to a recent federal Appeals Court ruling, Vinter v. Gallo, we get a clear look under the hood to find out what parties are being charged for eDiscovery services in a fairly routine infringement suit.…

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What Lawyers Can Learn from Google About eDiscovery
What Lawyers Can Learn from Google About eDiscovery 150 150 Jason Krause

Google, the company that keeps track of everything people search for on the Internet, doesn’t want you to know how they search for information. At least, that’s what is happening in the ongoing Apple v. Samsung, saga, where Google—a non-party in the case—has been ordered to reveal the search terms it has used to find…

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Social Media Discovery: 8 Ways Social Media Gets Lawyers in Trouble
Social Media Discovery: 8 Ways Social Media Gets Lawyers in Trouble 150 150 Jason Krause

We get it. Social media is not something most lawyers think about every day. According to the most recent ABA Legal Technology Survey Report, only 11 percent of attorneys use Twitter professionally. But as social media is now central to more and more matters, lawyers need to think about the ways Facebook, Twitter, and other sites…

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Understanding Cloud eDiscovery Software
Understanding Cloud eDiscovery Software 150 150 Jason Krause

Nextpoint began as a nimble trial support company, so we love powerful graphics that make your case. We’ve been talking for years about why it’s important that our services are cloud-based, Software-as-a-Service applications, but it’s not easy to explain succinctly. We started a trend. As more eDiscovery software companies jump on our cloud eDiscovery bandwagon, it’s hard to separate…

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Failure to Preserve Facebook for Litigation is Sanctionable. ‘Nuff Said.
Failure to Preserve Facebook for Litigation is Sanctionable. ‘Nuff Said. 150 150 Jason Krause

We’ve been saying this for years, but not everyone was ready to listen — social media is now an essential part of litigation. In case you still have some doubts, the courts have now made it abundantly clear that a failure to preserve Facebook and other social media content is a sanctionable offense. It will…

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eDiscovery Case Law: A Little More Wiggle Room
eDiscovery Case Law: A Little More Wiggle Room 150 150 Jason Krause

If companies have one complaint about eDiscovery, it’s that they are forced to preserve too much data for litigation. In 2011, Microsoft estimated that the ratio of the data it preserves to the data it actually uses in litigation is 340,000 to one. That’s why defining the duty to preserve documents in litigation is a…

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eDiscovery and the Law of the Cloud
eDiscovery and the Law of the Cloud 150 150 Jason Krause

Since Nextpoint introduced Trial Cloud in 2007 and Discovery Cloud in 2009, one of the main questions we get from law firms regarding our cloud-based litigation software is about security. We’ve pointed out as often as possible that cloud applications like ours offer inherent security advantages over traditional, locally installed litigation software. That’s because cloud providers like Amazon, Microsoft,…

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ABA TechShow: Not Just The Usual Suspects
ABA TechShow: Not Just The Usual Suspects 150 150 Jason Krause

Nextpoint is proud to once again be part of the ABA Techshow, the best industry event for small and mid-sized law firms to get with the cutting edge of litigation technology. I was a little surprised to find out that the Techshow is now more than 25 years old. Seen at Techshow Even at this…

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Social Media eDiscovery Gets Serious
Social Media eDiscovery Gets Serious 150 150 Jason Krause

It’s official—failure to produce social media evidence in eDiscovery is a serious and punishable sin. In the ongoing case EEOC v. The Original Honeybaked Ham Co. of Georgia, Inc., the court has hammered a federal agency for failure to produce social media in a timely manner. Or as the opinion has it, for engaging in…

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Meet With Nextpoint at the ABA TechShow
Meet With Nextpoint at the ABA TechShow 150 150 Jason Krause

Nextpoint will once again be part of the annual ABA Techshow. The American Bar Association TECHSHOW (http://www.techshow.com) conference will take place at the Chicago Hilton & Towers on April 4-6, 2013. Nextpoint is a fan of the Techshow and its mission to help small and mid-sized law firms understand the technology available to help solve legal challenges.…

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