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Litigation Logic Launches E-Discovery Blog

Litigation Logic has launched a blog called eDiscovery 101, which the company says is dedicated to education support staff and attorneys on the basics of e-discovery and how to help in-house departments play a more important role. The blog is written by the company's CEO, Anthony Martinez.

Dwight Cook: Forensic Audio Detection

Dwight Cook of audio production company SoundWorks has an interesting blog post up about audio evidence restoration. He says restoration is more than running the audio through an equalizer and can strip out unwanted noise like construction to restore conversations to a trial-ready format. Read more here.

Mark Reichenbach launches "As Marked"

Mark Reichenbach, formerly of Seagate's i365, has debuted his new blog, "As Marked" -- the latest iteration of his prior "On the Mark" blog that he wrote under the aegis of his former employer. Check it out and you can download his press release here: Download Asmarked_release_01_30

New blog discusses knotty issues

California attorney Joshua Gilliland tackles EDD issues including the application of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and Federal Rules of Evidence to technology, Web 2.0, text messages, and instant messages  in his new blog, Bow Tie Law.

Clearwell Systems' E-Discovery Blog

In case you haven't seen it lately, Clearwell Systems has a blog called "e-discovery 2.0: thoughts about the evolution of e-discovery." Currently, it's featuring recent posts by Aaref Hilaly on FTI's acquisition of Attenex and on e-mail archiving. Go here to read.

Fios June E-Discovery Webcasts

Fios has a lineup of June webcasts: 

• Wednesday, June 3: "Authenticating Evidence for E-Discovery," with Dennis Kiker, Director, Fios Consulting, and Mary Mack, Corporate Technology Counsel, Fios Inc.

• Tuesday, June 10: "Habits of Highly Effective Discovery Response Teams," with Nancy Patton, Consultant, Fios Consulting.

• Thursday, June 19: "Discovery Readiness: Know where you are, where you're going, and how to get there," with Sam Panarella, vice president and managing director, Fios Consulting, and Peter McLaughlin, Director, Fios Consulting.

Go here for more information.   

Sneak Preview: "FutureTech" at LegalTech LA

Campers:

I've been JUST a leetle distracted lately, putting the final touches on the upcoming, first-time ever  Law Technology News Presents FutureTech  at LegalTech West Coast.

We're calling it "The Trifecta" inside ALM, because it's the first time  we've conceived an effort that includes a live presentation, podcasts, and an LTN report.

Here's the 411:

Legal Blog Watch: Robert Ambrogli on Metadata

From our compatriots over at Legal Blog Watch comes this post by Robert Ambrogi, titled "Metadata: Read at Your Own Risk."  Ambrogli writes, "Mining for metadata in documents received from opposing counsel is unethical, says a new ethics opinion from the New York County Lawyers' Association."  Fascinating!  Read the rest here. 

Rob Robinson Re-invents His Blog

last month shuttered his Information Goverance Blog, only to do a U-Turn and this month launch a new website, Complex Discovery. It's designed to offer "information, tools and tactics" for EDD, he sez:

My hope is that the content provided on this site and via the corresponding ComplexDiscovery  RSS feeds will help you as you translate complex discovery into executional simplicity.

Altep: Crane on Law Blog

Daniel Cavazos checks in to report that Altep Inc. of El Paso offers the Crane on Law blog, by atty James Crane. Crane, an employee of Altep, provides EDD consulting services to Altep's corporate clients.