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Draft EDRM Production Standards Available for Comment

George Socha — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:25:58 +0000

Draft EDRM Production Standards are available for review and comment, at edrm.net/5920.

Prepared by Julie Brown of Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP and reviewed by additional EDRM members, the draft EDRM Production Standards document is intended to outline standards for production of electronically stored information in discovery. The standards are meant to be easily [...]

2010 Socha-Gelbmann Electronic Discovery Survey

George Socha — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:03:50 +0000

It is not too late to participate in the 2010 Socha-Gelbmann Electronic Discovery Survey.

We want your input (if we don’t have it already).

You can tell us about your organization’s electronic discovery activities. And give us your thoughts about the state of electronic discovery last year, this year, and in the years to come. [...]

EMC Kazeon Best Practices Webinar: George Socha, Esq. Debunks the Top Five eDiscovery Myths

George Socha — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:23:02 +0000

Noon – 1:00 pm Central

EMC SourceOne eDiscovery – Kazeon presents George Socha, Esq. to Debunk the Top Five eDiscovery Myths. Don’t miss this insightful Best Practices Webinar!

Learn how to gain more control of your litigation process, ensure maximum defensibility and lower your eDiscovery costs. George Socha, Esq. discusses advanced best practices that make an eDiscovery project successful, [...]

2009 Socha-Gelbmann Electronic Discovery Survey Report Now Available

George Socha — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:06:39 +0000

The full 2009 Socha-Gelbmann Electronic Discovery Survey Report is now available for purchase. For detail, please contact George Socha (george@sochaconsulting.com, 651.690.1739) or Tom Gelbmann (tom@gelbmann.biz, 651.483.0022).

We are in the final stages of preparing the participant report and will be distributing that to participants in the near future.

Kazeon webinar: Successful Deployment of In-house eDiscovery: How to save money AND ensure complete, accurate, defensible eDiscovery

George Socha — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:10:59 +0000

Link to webinar information and registration:

Litigations and internal investigations are on the rise. And all corporations are under a budget crunch. How does one successfully implement eDiscovery while keeping costs in check and yet not compromise on the accuracy, completeness and defensibility of their eDiscovery process? Why is the trend to bring eDiscovery in-house rising? [...]

EDRM Participation Fee Update

George Socha — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:38:10 +0000

February 11, 2009 – In response to the current economic challenges and the accompanying reduction in electronic discovery personnel at service and software providers, law firms and corporations, for select individuals we are temporarily waiving the individual EDRM participation fee.

This waiver applies to individuals who have lost, or are about to lose, positions in the [...]

Socha-Gelbmann Update: LegalTech New York, EDRM & e-Discovery Trends

George Socha — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:20:21 +0000

Link to webinar registration: Listen to the live webinar or anytime afterwards via Fios’ on-demand program.

Tuesday February 10, 2009 01:00 PM ET (60 minutes)

Hear from leading analysts George Socha and Tom Gelbmann on the activities that took place at LegalTech New York, developments in the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) projects and overall e-discovery trends [...]

White Paper: Bringing e-Discovery in-house: risks and rewards

George Socha — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:06:30 +0000

Link to white paper by George Socha, sponsored by ZyLAB.

Table of Contents:

Management Summary Background Introduction Understanding the issues associated with e-discovery Control costs and risks Recognize benefits among a minefield of negatives Addressing the problem: reducing e-discovery costs & risks Adopt a relevant and workable framework, such as EDRM Take e-discovery in-house Go beyond a “faith-based” approach Use an “investigative” approach, not just an “exclusionary” [...]

Kazeon webinar: George Socha & Kazeon discuss new developments in eDiscovery Best Practices

George Socha — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:19:49 +0000

Link to webinar registration:

Corporations are increasingly turning to eDiscovery methods to gain more control of their litigation process, ensure maximum defensibility and lower their costs. To help corporations make the right decisions for a successful eDiscovery project, Kazeon presents Featured Guest Presenter and Distinguished eDiscovery Expert, George Socha, to discuss best practices that make an [...]

The Socha-Gelbmann Electronic Discovery Survey Continues

George Socha — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:44:31 +0000

We may be killing our rankings, but our survey continues on.Â We will be replacing the rankings we have used for the past six years with a new and improved way to assess providers and their capabilities.

Where we plan to go with the survey

First and foremost, we will continue to conduct our survey.

We will continue [...]