Percipient Legal Tech, Legal Ops and E-Discovery Blog

Must Lawyers Supervise the Robots? (The Legal Ethics of AI)

Computer and Technology Assisted Review, Ethics and Rules of Professional Conduct, Legal Technology, Predictive Coding, Software, 15 Aug, 2019

Do lawyers have an ethical duty to supervise artificial intelligence (AI) if they use it? Indeed they do.

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Does Parent Company Have Duty to Ensure Subsidiary Preserves Documents and ESI?

Electronically Stored Information (ESI), ESI preservation, Evidence, Sanctions, Scope of Discovery, Spoliation of Evidence, 29 Jul, 2019

Some courts hold that parent companies with sufficient control over subsidiaries may have duty to ensure preservation of subsidiary's documents and ESI.

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Why Legal Teams Should Use Collaboration Tools

Legal Operations, Legal Service Delivery, Project Management, 19 Jun, 2019

Collaboration tools permit legal teams to streamline communication, foster transparency and are good for knowledge management.

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Is That Discovery or ESI You Want Really Lost?

E-Discovery, Electronically Stored Information (ESI), ESI preservation, FRCP, Sanctions, Spoliation of Evidence, 09 May, 2019

Under the FRCP, ESI and other discovery may not be considered "lost" if it can be restored or replaced through additional discovery.

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UPDATED: Lawyers’ Duty of Technology Competence By State [Infographic]

Ethics and Rules of Professional Conduct, Legal Technology, 18 Apr, 2019

Most states now require attorneys to keep up with technology as part of the duty of competent representation.

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How Much Privilege Review is Required Under a Clawback Agreement?

Attorney Client Privilege and Attorney Work Product, Court Rules, Document Review, E-Discovery, Electronically Stored Information (ESI), ESI Production, Evidence, FRCP, Scope of Discovery, 06 Mar, 2019

Clawback agreements are a good way to limit the impact of disclosing privileged information, but even with them, some privilege review is necessary.

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Statistical Sampling in Electronic Discovery and Other Legal Document Reviews

Computer and Technology Assisted Review, E-Discovery, Electronically Stored Information (ESI), Predictive Coding, Search, Software, 19 Feb, 2019

How random and statistical sampling is used in e-discovery and other types of legal projects projects to improve accuracy, save time, effort and money.

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People Are Really Interested in Subpoenas… Who Knew?

E-Discovery, Electronically Stored Information (ESI), ESI Collection, ESI Production, Privacy, Recoverable Costs, Scope of Discovery, 12 Dec, 2018

Every year we look our most read articles. This year, people are very interested in subpoenas for documents and electronically stored information (ESI).

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Knowledge Management for Law Firms and Legal Departments-Where to Start

Information Governance, Legal Operations, 28 Nov, 2018

Law is perfect for knowledge management. Law firm CKO Vishal Agnihotri says KM is "leveraging critical knowledge at the right time for the right purpose."

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