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

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Court Rejects Attorney’s Computer Illiteracy As Excuse For Non-Production

Link to blog entry by Ralph Losey posted on e-Discovery Team, December 8, 2007:Â Technical Ignorance in invalid grounds for inaccessibility under Rule 26(b)(2)(B)

Plaintiff’s counsel in a district court case in Colorado lacked the technical ability to open and read most of his client’s emails. He figured that since he could not read them, [...]

Does RAM Discovery Make Good Law?

Link to article by Thomas Y. Allman and Kevin F. Brady posted on Law.com, December 12, 2007:

The evolution of electronic discovery has been marked by assertions that a party must preserve and produce electronic information that initially seems well beyond what would normally be considered discoverable. The first of these “cutting edge” cases, and [...]

LitSoft Announces LitScope; the Industry’s First Web 2.0 ESI Review Platform

Press release: Annandale VA. – 12/11/2007 – LitSoft, Inc. (www.litsoftinc.com) today announced plans to release LitScope; the electronic discovery industry’s first Web 2.0 electronically stored information (ESI) review platform. LitScope will be officially unveiled to the public in February at LegalTech New York.

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AXS-One Introduces Industry’s First Complete Enterprise Archive Solution for Data Preservation and Pro-Active Case Management

Link to press release:Â Company responds to critical need to reduce time, costs and risks of litigation readiness on the first anniversary of FRCP amendments

Rutherford, NJ –December 11, 2007 — AXS-One [OTCBB: AXSO], a leading provider of scalable, high-performance records compliance management (RCM) solutions, today announced the release of the AXS-One Compliance Platform 3.7, [...]

Autonomy Zantaz Announces First Comprehensive Legal Hold Solution For Immediate And Ongoing Preservation Of Relevant Information On Desktops And Laptops

Press release: Enables Organizations to Forensically Preserve and Protect All Emails and Files Relevant to Litigation, Without the Need for Continuous Network Connections

Cambridge, UK and Pleasanton, Calif. – December 3, 2007 – ZANTAZ, an Autonomy company and the leader in the archiving, eDiscovery and Proactive Information Risk Management (IRM) markets, (LSE: AU. or AU.L), [...]

Analytics Brief: Gaining Value From ILM

Link to article by Howard Marks, summary by Andrew Conry-Murray posted on InformationWeek, December 1, 2007: An information life-cycle management strategy is key to addressing expanding data volumes and regulations for data archiving and retrieval.

Information life-cycle management holds great promise for helping enterprises manage data storage from the time information is created until [...]

Data Searching Strategies For Mobile Devices That Can Help Counsel Win Cases

Article by Jerry F. Barbanel and Bruce W. Pixley, Aon Consulting, posted on The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, December 2007:

With complex litigation cases becoming increasingly unwieldy due to cost and the vast amount of data requiring review, counsel is continuously looking for more efficient ways to find the “smoking guns.” In that pursuit, critical data [...]

SPi Describes Its Latest Service – Managed Review

Article about interview with Marc Eisner, Senior Consultant to SPi Technologies, posted on The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, December 2007:

The Editor interviews Marc Eisner, Senior Consultant to SPi Technologies.

Editor: Would you tell our readers a little about your professional experience?…

Producing Electronically Stored Information

Article by John P. Scordo and Kristine Russo Begley, Day Pitney LLP, posted on The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, December 2007:

As technology advances, the need for discovery of electronic communications and information increases and raises questions concerning the proper form of production for electronically stored information (ESI). The December 2006 amendments to the Federal Rules [...]

Leveraging Your Service Providers: E-Discovery And Staffing Firms Join Forces

Article by Courtney Ingraffia Barton, Esq., LexisNexis Applied Discovery, posted on The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, December 2007:

E-discovery is big business: according to the 2007 Socha-Gelbmann survey it is anticipated that spending on e-discovery will reach $2.45 billion in 2007 and grow at a rate of around 30 percent annually. Although this is a reality [...]