George J. Socha, Jr., Esq.

Socha Consulting LLC
1374 Lincoln Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55105

Phone +1.651.690.1739
Mobile +1.651.336.3940
Fax +1.651.846.5920

george@sochaconsulting.com

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DC Bar Ethics Opinion 341

The DC Bar Association has issued the following opinion on metadata, Opinion 341:

Review and Use of Metadata in Electronic Documents

A receiving lawyer is prohibited from reviewing metadata sent by an adversary only where he has actual knowledge that the metadata was inadvertently sent. In such instances, the receiving lawyer should not review the [...]

ACCESS Unveils New Customizable Desktop Search Application

Press release:Â A LITE version of NatiVIEW Analytics makes e-evidence intelligence that much faster

WASHINGTON, D.C./EWORLDWIRE/Sep. 14, 2007 — ACCESS Litigation Support Services, the leader in native file hosting and innovative discovery solutions for the legal industry, today announced the public release of their NatiVIEW(TM) Analytics LITE, a fully customizable desktop search application that enhances [...]

New software to help lawyers rapidly review discovery documents with saccadic eye motion tools

Press release, June 18, 2007: SAN ANTONIO, TX . — Transportation has evolved from the horse to supersonic jets. So has communications from the town crier to the Internet.  Yet, Lee Johnson, the chief executive officer of Mind Talent, Inc., said reading has not evolved in the 600 years since the Gutenberg Press’ first [...]

Capital Legal Solutions Announces Alliance with Robert Half Legal

Press release, September 25, 2007:Â Agreement Offers Law Firms a Cost-Effective Litigation Resource

FALLS CHURCH, VA — Capital Legal Solutions (CLS), announced it is working with Robert Half Legal, a leading staffing service specializing in the placement of attorneys, paralegals and other highly skilled legal professionals, to provide law firms and corporate legal departments with [...]

Helms Mulliss & Wicker Opens New E-Discovery Facility

Press release:Â Helms Mulliss & Wicker announces the opening of a new E-Discovery facility in Charlotte that will house more than 40 professionals and is equipped with computer workstations specially configured to efficiently perform large-scale document reviews.

Charlotte, NC, August 31, 2007 –(PR.com)– Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC (HMW) announces the opening of a new [...]

New Electronic Evidence Case Makes Clear Rummaging Through Hard Drives is Not an Option

Blog entry by Michael Overly, Foley and Lardner, posted on CSO, May 15, 2007:

A new case from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan (Thielen v. Buongiorno USA Inc., W.D. Mich., Case No. 06-16, 2/8/07) has provided some guidance on the question of what happens when a party in litigation gets [...]

iCONECT Metrics Reports Monitor Review Progress

Press release, May 21, 2007:Â iCONECT products include User Metrics and Review Statistics reports to enable case managers to instantly determine review progress, assess resource needs, and forecast completion dates. These reports complement iCONECT review features such as native file viewing, bulk review options, and keyboard shortcuts.

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Wall Street Journal: Contract Lawyers Go Home

Blog entry by Ron Friedmann posted on Prism Legal Consulting’s Strategic Legal Technology, May 17, 2007:

I have long argued that deploying armies of domestic contract lawyers to review documents in e-discovery is not a sustainable practice.

Search Software Gets Boost From New Rules in the Wall Street Journal (5/16/07) explains that the December 2006 [...]

InterLegis Releases Discovery360TM

Press release:Â InterLegis Accelerates Discovery and Review by Providing Comprehensive Analytics in a Single Application

DALLAS, TX — May 16, 2007 — InterLegis, Inc., an innovator of web-based digital document management services, announces the release of Discovery360. The new application offers unparalleled metadata and concept analysis technologies in order to identify unique document relationships resulting [...]

Collecting and Reviewing Foreign Language Documents

Electronic discovery webinar: 11:00 am – noon Central. Catalyst Repository Systems and Wave Software.