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Blockchain: the future of eDiscovery?

I have been in the litigation support space for my entire career.  I have been fortunate enough to be at the cutting and bleeding edges of innovation and technology for much of that time. I've ridden the legal tech wave since email was new and we switched from typewriters and carbon paper for correspondence.  I've been immersed in supporting lawyers and clients in navigating changes in legal research (text to CD-ROM to online).  As our industry has become more sophisticated, I have seen us wrestle with meta data, deduplication, predictive coding and TAR, audio and social media discovery, and the challenges of mobile collection.  There's been Bloomberg parcing projects and struggles with structured data.  We've learned about deNisting and what a MIME type was.   Let's not forget (how could we?) the more recent issues with privacy rules in the US and the EU.  Just when we had a handle on things, we fine-tuned our focus and started talking about GDPR.  We had hacks

Information Governance Using People, Process and Planning

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Information Governance - People - Process - Planning Part 2 of an article I authored regarding the use of technology to assist at part of an information governance plan.  The article appears on the Law Technology Today blog, of the American Bar Association. ---  Joe Bartolo

EDRM/DUKE LAW Launches Podcast Series - co-hosted by Brad Schaffel, CEDS, and Joe Bartolo, J.D.

EDRM PODCAST SERIES Brad Schaffel, CEDS, and I are excited both excited to start the  EDRM/Duke Law Podcast series.  The series will be aimed at sharing insights from industry professionals and providing useful eDiscovery reference information.  Below is the announcement  of the Podcast series on the EDRM website, along with a link to the initial podcast.   Thanks for listening and we encourage reader comments and questions.   -- Joe Bartolo EDRM at Bolch Judicial Institute, Duke Law is partnering with Knovos to produce and provide a series of occasional podcasts that will share tips on eDiscovery and information management best practices. We will present interviews with subject matter experts and litigation support professionals.  The podcast series consists of interviews conducted by Bradley Schaffel, CEDS, Manager of  eDiscovery and Litigation Support of Sullivan & Crowell, LLP, and Joe Bartolo, J.D., Director of Information Governance and