Industry Resources – 2023

100+ eDiscovery Resources: An Abridged Overview #

In the complex and data-intensive world cybersecurity, information governance, and legal discovery professionals face daily, keeping up-to-date on the latest eDiscovery trends and technologies can be challenging. Add to that challenge the expanding ecosystem of protocols, providers, and people, and knowing where to start and what sources you can trust can be difficult at best and daunting in most cases. That’s why ComplexDiscovery has developed a sampling of over 100 key industry informational resources that may help cybersecurity, information governance, and legal discovery professionals stay informed. This non-exhaustive* list is designed to serve as a trusted starting point for individuals seeking information related to eDiscovery. 

Resources provided in this abridged resource overview cover a wide range of topics, including analyst and research firms, industry associations and groups, directories and buyers guides, and news and commentary resources. While not all-inclusive, the list provides a comprehensive overview of many vital resources available to those seeking to listen to, learn from, and leverage the collective knowledge and expertise of the eDiscovery community. 

Whether looking to stay up-to-date on eDiscovery best practices, explore potential vendors, or enhance your knowledge and skills, the abridged overview of eDiscovery resources hopefully will help you navigate the eDiscovery ecosystem.

This page also serves as a historical archive for the year 2023 as to the relevant resources for that time frame.

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Resource Listing*

10 Analyst, Research, and Review Firms #

• Capterra
• Chambers and Partners
• IDC
• Forrester
• G2
• Gartner
• Gartner Peer Insights
• Software Advice
• TrustRadius
• ComplexDiscovery

10 Associations, Consortiums, and Groups #

• ACEDS (Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists)
• ARMA International
• CLOC (Corporate Legal Operations Consortium)
• EDI (The Electronic Discovery Institute)
• EDRM (Electronic Discovery Reference Model)
• GICLI (The Government Investigations & Civil Litigation Institute)
• IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals)
• ILTA (International Legal Technology Association)
• The Sedona Conference (TSC)
• Women in eDiscovery

10 Information and Research Resources #

• CISA (Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency)
• Cybersecurity Legal Task Force (American Bar Association)
• EDRM (Electronic Discovery Reference Model)
• EDPB (European Data Protection Board)
• ENISA (European Union Agency for Cybersecurity)
• FTC Premerger Notification Program (Federal Trade Commission)
• GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) (European Union)
• International Cyber Law in Practice: Interactive Toolkit (NATO CCDCOE)
• NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
• The Sedona Conference – Publications

10 Directories, Buyers Guide, and Survey Resources #

• 2023 State of the Industry Survey (eDiscovery Today)
• Andrew Haslam’s eDisclosure Systems Buyers Guide 
• Annual Cyber Claims Study (NetDiligence)
• Annual Litigation Trends Survey (Norton Rose Fulbright)
• ACEDS Vendor Director and Buyers Guide
• CLOC Solutions Directory
• LawNext Legal Tech Directory 
• Legaltech Hub
• Top 100+ eDiscovery Providers – Directory (ComplexDiscovery)
• Industry eDiscovery Business Confidence and Pricing Surveys (ComplexDiscovery)

10 News, Announcement, and Commentary Resources #

• Above The Law (Legal Tech)
• eDiscovery Today
• EDRM Media Releases
• JD Supra
• LawSites
• LegalIT Insider
• Legal IT Professionals
• Legaltech News
• LexBlog
• Lexology

10 Industry Blogs #

• Artificial Lawyer (Richard Tromans)
• Ball In Your Court (Craig Ball)
• ComplexDiscovery (Rob Robinson)
• eDiscovery Assistant Blog (Kelly Twigger)
• eDiscovery Journal (Greg Buckles)
• eDiscovery Team (Ralph Losey)
• eDiscovery Today (Doug Austin)
• Hanzo Blog (Hanzo)
• Reveal Blog (George Socha and Cat Casey)
• Ride the Lightning (Sharon Nelson)

10 Education, Webcast, and Podcast Resources #

• ACEDS – Certification Programs
• Arkfeld eDiscovery Education Center 
• eDiscovery Team Training – Technology-Assisted Review Course
• EDRM Illumination Zone Podcast
• Exterro Webcasts
• HaystackID Educational Webcasts
• Innovative Driven – On Air with ID Podcast
• Lexbe Webinars
• Lighthouse Law & Candor Podcast
• eDiscovery Data Points from ComplexDiscovery (Podcasts)

10 Industry Authors (JD Supra 2023) #

• Mary Mack (EDRM)
• Kaylee Walstad (EDRM)
• Jim Gill (Hanzo)
• Daniel Wong (ACEDS)
• Tim Rollins (ACEDS)
• Bill Mariano (Lighthouse)
• Jelle Oorebeek (Zylab)
• Jeffrey Wolff (IPRO)
• Rob Robinson (HaystackID)
• Sonali Hanson (Nextpoint)

10+ eDiscovery Provider Websites #

• Disco
• Epiq
• Exterro
• HaystackID
• IPRO
• KLDiscovery
• Logikcull
• L2 Services
• Nuix
• Relativity
• Reveal

10+ Additional Resources #

• A Running Industry eDiscovery Events in 2023 – Calendar (ComplexDiscovery)
• EDRM E-Mail Duplicate Identification Specification and Message Identification Hash (Craig Ball)
• eDiscovery Market Sizing (ComplexDiscovery)
• eDiscovery Mergers, Acquisitions, and Investments (ComplexDiscovery)
• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Legal Information Institute)
• Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (Legal Information Institute)
• Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Reporting – Monthly and Annual Charted Updates (ComplexDiscovery)
• ILTA (International Legal Technology Association) Litigation and Practice Support Survey Results – December 2022 (ILTA)
• Information Governance Reference Model (Electronic Discovery Reference Model)
• ISO/IEC 27001 and Related Standards (International Standard Organization)
• Legal.Tech Monitor
• NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) 
• Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions (NIIS)
• OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) Tools and Services for Information Gathering, Data Processing, and Investigations on Open Sources of Information (Molfar)
• Technical Glossary – Andrew Haslam’s eDisclosure Systems Buyers Guide
• The Government Investigations Reference Model (Government Investigations & Civil Litigation Institute) 
• UK eDisclosure Exchange Protocol (International Legal Technology Association)
• Uncovering War Crimes: The Role of eDiscovery in the Russo-Ukrainian Conflict (ComplexDiscovery)
• Data Embassies: Sovereign, Security, and Continuity for Nation-States (ComplexDiscovery)
• Events Board: A Scrolling 90 Day Outlook of Selected Industry Events (DAKboard)

*The list provided in this resource overview is non-all-inclusive, as many excellent resources beyond this list are worthy of consideration, exploratory analysis, and use. This list provides a starting point and overview of some of the most widely recognized and reputable eDiscovery, cybersecurity, and information governance resources. The list provided also represents the latest Readers’ Choice Awards winners in eDiscovery by JD Supra. While this list showcases some of the most widely read and respected authors in the field, it is not an exhaustive list, and many other excellent authors and resources are available in the eDiscovery community. Additionally, the list of websites provided in this resource overview is intended to offer an example of provider websites available to eDiscovery professionals. For a more comprehensive view of industry providers, please refer to the Directories and Buyers Guide Resources section, which offers a broader range of resources and information.

Legal IT Insider #

The Legal IT Insider is one of the UK’s leading media, information and communications organisation in legal IT. More details here:

http://www.legaltechnology.com/

The Legal Tech Talent Network #

Legal Tech Talent Network provides recruiting support and technology consulting services to global law firms and legal service providers. LTTN’s President David Netzer has been recruiting in the legal tech space since 2005 and understands the unique needs of clients in the legal vertical.(David Netzer)

The e-Disclosure Information Project #

The e-Disclosure Information Project is run by Chris Dale, a former commercial litigation partner turned e-Disclosure consultant. The Project aims to bring together lawyers, suppliers, courts and corporations with an interest in electronic disclosure, and to disseminate information about the court rules, the problems and the software and services available to handle them. It has an excellent resources section here.

The BONG! Emails (Jonathan Maas) #

Jonathan Maas from Maas Consulting provides, in his words, an “informal, occasional and personal selection of recent international eDisclosure/eDiscovery/legal IT/data protection/interesting news/articles” via his BONG! emails (named after the headlines on the main evening TV news in the UK, on which headlines are read out between strikes (bongs) of Big Ben). To find out more, or to subscribe, please contact Jonathan on Jonathan@MaasConsultingGroup.com.

eDiscoveryToday (US Site) #

The eDiscoveryToday site is run by Doug Austin, and aims to be a daily go-to resource for eDiscovery and eDisclosure professionals seeking to keep up with trends, best practices and case law in electronic discovery, cybersecurity and data privacy.

Another highly recommended site.

Clive Freedman (eDisclosure Web Site) #

Clive Freedman maintains a website relating to electronic disclosure (mainly from an English perspective).

Clive is a Barrister of 3 Verulam Buildings, Gray’s Inn, London, England. He was a member of the Working Party chaired by Senior Master Whitaker which was set up by the Civil Procedure Rule Committee, and which prepared drafts of Civil Procedure Rules Practice Direction 31B and the Electronic Documents Questionnaire. He also contributed to the TeCSA eDisclosure Protocol for use in the TCC.

The website can be found here. Note that from September 2018 onwards this became a static resource and is not being updated as Clive is focusing on his GDPR website.

Civil Evidence for Practitioners #

The fourth edition of “Civil Evidence for Practitioners” written by Professor Peter Hibbert, published by Sweet & Maxwell, is now out, with chapters in eDisclosure making significant use of the TCC protocol and its supporting material, find it here.

Electronic Disclosure – Law and Practice #

This book by Michael Wheater and Charles Raffin from Hardwicke Chambers provides exactly what it says in the title. Though a pilot of proposed changes to CPR will take place in 2019/20, there is much still in this book to warrant a read. In their own words:

• A detailed guide to the complex issues surrounding eDisclosure presented in an accessible and user-friendly format
• The first work of its kind to offer comprehensive analysis of the developing law on electronic disclosure combined with practical advice focusing on electronic disclosure and related document production in practice; a complex and fast-growing area of evidence gathering and review
• A fully up to date examination of the relevant procedural guidelines and case-law in this area
  The 2018 eDiscovery Buyers Guide (US Focus)

In their own words:

“Legal technology professionals Brett Burney and Chelsey Lambert have released the 2018 eDiscovery Buyers Guide – a shopper’s handbook and educational resource for solo to mid-sized law firms. The Guide was designed to serve as a shopper’s handbook for solo to mid-sized law firms in search of options that fit their budget and average case size. Free to download, the e-book is divided into the primary product and service categories seen in the litigation support process which includes hosted solutions, SaaS platforms, social media evidence capture, service providers, utilities and more.

The ILTA eDisclosure Data Exchange Protocol #

During 2018/19 the author was part of a working group from the UK ILTA litigation support Special Interest Group (SIG) that produced a best practice data exchange protocol and associated guidelines. The driving reason for this project was the fact that the previously mentioned disclosure pilot as set out in Practice Direction 51U, now in force in many UK civil courts, requires completion of a Disclosure Review Document. Among other things, the DRD requires parties to agree how they will transfer information between them in the disclosure process.

The matters to be agreed are set out in Section 3 of Appendix 2 to the Practice Direction, and specifically in paragraphs 6 (7) – (11). The aim of the ILTA protocol is to address those requirements and provide information and education on the factors to be considered in the guidelines.

The protocol incorporates feedback from a number of eDisclosure suppliers and is endorsed by many more, as well as being used by various law firms. You can see all those involved in the project and download the documents from the ILTA website.

That Tech Pod (US Podcast) #

Company Description: That Tech Pod is a technology media company featuring a weekly podcast on eDiscovery, cybersecurity, data privacy, and tech innovations.  Every Tuesday, hosts Laura & Gabi bring on heavy hitters in the industry to break down those topics. Guests range from lawyers, to CEO’s, to data scientists and beyond. That Tech Pod is an educational non-biased podcast bringing fun into technology, Learn more at www.thattechpod.com

• Laura Milstein & Gabriela Schulte
• Contact@thattechpod.com | +1 301-520-6805-
• 606 Naples Dr Allen. TX 75013-
• www.thattechpod.com
• https://www.linkedin.com/company/thattechpod

The TCC Legal/EDRM Timeline* #

*Historical Overview circa 2013.