Five Great Reads on eDiscovery for June 2020
From collection market size updates to cloud outsourcing guidelines, the June 2020 edition of the Five Great Reads on eDiscovery newsletter provides a selection of recent research, reports, and articles…
Cloudy Considerations? ESMA Draft Guidelines on Outsourcing to Cloud Service Providers
According to the European Securities and Market Authority (ESMA) Chair, Steven Maijoor, cloud outsourcing can bring benefits to firms and their customers, for example, reduced costs and enhanced operational efficiency…
Onna Raises $27M in Series B Funding
"Since we first invested in Onna last year, Slack deployed their platform because it was the most robust, modern, easy-to-use eDiscovery product we evaluated -- and it worked seamlessly in…
A Matter of Opinion? An EDPS View on the European Data Strategy
According to the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) in his recent opinion on the European Data Strategy, the predominant business model of the digital economy is characterized by an unprecedented…
Home or Away? New eDiscovery Collection Market Sizing and Pricing Considerations
One of the key home (onsite) or away (remote) decisions that business, legal, and IT professionals in the eDiscovery ecosystem are currently having to consider is how they plan for…
NIST Looks into the Black Box of Computer and Mobile Phone Forensics
According to Barbara Guttman, leader of NIST’s digital forensics research program, “We want to understand the state of the practice. Can experts produce accurate and reliable information when extracting data…
UnitedLex Acquires Data Science, Analytics, and Investigations Team from Paul Hastings
According to DSAI Team Leader Tom Barnett as reported by Artificial Lawyer, "It’s an incredible opportunity to realize the full potential of what we started during a time when most…
From Critical Infrastructure to Calamity Avoidance: Two Important Cyberspace Solarium Commission Reports on Cybersecurity
According to the recently published Cyberspace Solarium Commission report "Cybersecurity Lessons from the Pandemic," the COVID-19 pandemic illustrates the challenge of ensuring resilience and continuity in a connected world. Many…
California AG Submits Proposed Regulations for Approval Under the CCPA
“As our lives increasingly move online, our data privacy becomes more important than ever. The California Consumer Privacy Act, which gives consumers choice and control over personal information in the…
Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs? Updated DOJ Criminal Division Guidance
The updated guidance document on corporate compliance from the Department of Justice sets forth topics that the Criminal Division has frequently found relevant in evaluating corporate compliance programs. The information…