Legal GRC Platform Exterro Announces Acquisition Of E-Discovery Provider Zapproved Combination of Zapproved’s Industry-Leading Customer Service and Exterro’s Award-Winning Legal GRC Platform Will Enable Organizations to Better Manage the Complex Interconnections of E-discovery, Privacy, Legal Operations, Digital Investigations, Cybersecurity Response, and Information Governance. PORTLAND, Oregon – Jan. 19, 2023 – Exterro, a leading provider of […]
Want to Create Value? Start with Ediscovery Costs
Main Idea: Ediscovery efforts are too often framed in terms of cost rather than value, so they don’t always translate to the resources and buy-in we need to be our best. To showcase the true ROI of ediscovery, we have to start by understanding the costs. Great ediscovery ensures companies can make fast, effective decisions […]
8 Security Questions to Ask Your Ediscovery Vendor
Software vendors are not born into the world with highly mature and secure security systems and practices. Indeed, vendors are usually born into the world as a startup with a vision, and a short-timeline to making that vision a reality. Vendors in early stages of their life will most likely have spent their time developing […]
Building a Better Approach to Ediscovery Metrics
In ediscovery, your first duty is defensibly protecting your company from risk. The necessity of this role has meant that, historically, Legal could operate outside the discretion of corporate budgets. But soaring data volumes and complexity are driving up the costs of ediscovery, and there is increasing pressure to adopt a more business-centric approach. To […]
Rule 26: Proportionality, Meet and Confer, and Discovery Plans
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) provide detailed guidelines for civil litigation “to secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding.” It’s important governance for all corporate legal teams, and there are several specific provisions in the FRCP that have a huge impact on ediscovery. In this post, we’ll be […]
Third Party Subpoena Requests: What They Are and How to Respond
If your organization is served with a third party subpoena to produce evidence, your first response might be to break out in a cold sweat. The word “subpoena” is a loaded term, and an instinctive pang of panic is common. But it doesn’t have to be. Third party requests like subpoenas can be sudden, and […]