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Latest iOS Update Makes Evidence Deletion Easier 8/13/2018
In May, Apple released iOS 11.4, and with it, new features for storage and synchronization of Messages to iCloud. Our team has written before about the e-discovery and digital forensic investigations challenges that can arise when Apple updates operating system functionalities. The changes in 11.4 yet are another example of how this continually moving target can impact organizations that are required to preserve, collect and review data from Apple devices for legal, regulatory and investigative matters.
Uncovering Secrecy: Three Trends Shaping Corporate Investigations 8/6/2018
View this web conference to learn how investigators are responding to new advancements in corporate fraud. You’ll hear from experts in digital forensics, forensic accounting and fraud investigations.
From Security to Savings: Benchmarking Your InfoGov Program Against Peers 6/27/2018
Learn the specifics – budgets, priorities, quantifiable results – of how corporations are building and managing information governance programs. This webcast features survey results from a recent Bloomberg study benchmarking information governance programs across a number of key vertical industries.
Continuous Active Learning (CAL) from FTI Technology Aids Baker McKenzie 6/7/2018
Baker McKenzie was challenged to quickly and cost-effectively conduct a legal review of more than 200,000 documents to help determine case strategy. The law firm was on the cutting edge of using various technologies and processes – from visual analytics to offshoring legal review to lower-cost review lawyers in other countries – to build in efficiencies and keep e-discovery costs low for clients.
Radiance Visual Analytics Helps Law Firm Answer Government Inquiry 6/7/2018
Assess the size and scope of potentially responsive documents within 12 terabytes (TB) of unstructured data in response to a government inquiry in one month. The data set included more than 6 million documents and e-mail from a bankrupt company that had acquired bankrupt companies - leaving investigators with many questions and few starting points.
FTI Reduces Reviewable Contract Population by 90% to Beat Data Deadline in Corporate Restructuring 5/22/2018
FTI’s contract intelligence team was tapped to assist a global company with its corporate restructuring, requiring scoping of hundreds of thousands of contracts within a six-week timeframe.
How to "Find Facts Fast" in an Internal Investigation 5/2/2018
Advanced technology – continuous active learning (CAL) – and a seasoned team of "find facts fast" investigators work in tandem to find key data quickly.
FTI Consulting Showcases Second Request Expertise with RelativityOne 2/15/2018
FTI Consulting—a global advisory firm with decades of experience handling the riskiest and most complex matters in e-discovery—has an impressive track record for managing huge, multinational projects. When they applied RelativityOne to their global playbook for Hart-Scott-Rodino second requests, they achieved a speed and scale that exceeded expectations.
Advice from Counsel: State of the Union on Data Privacy & Security 2/15/2018
The 12th Advice from Counsel study explores how issues of data security and privacy impact in-house legal teams at Fortune 1000 corporations and reveals the top concerns and emerging best practices across three key and intersecting topics: the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), IG and data security and remediation.
A large international financial services organization, with operations throughout Europe, needed to collect, review and produce relevant data to opposing counsel.
Retail Industry Merger Aided by FTI Technology’s Second Request Expertise 12/17/2017
Prepare for and respond to antitrust regulators in the United States, Canada and Europe.
GDPR Countdown - May 2018: The Starting Point, Not the Finish Line 12/14/2017
Companies around the globe are impacted by the landmark EU legislation, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which comes into force on May 25, 2018. While there is tremendous focus on the steep fines, the risks associated with reputational damage due to the inappropriate management of personal data is much greater.
RelativityOne Matters in Galaxies Far, Far Away 12/14/2017
The force can be with you and your team if you implement a consistent playbook across all of your matters, from any geography. Yet organizing the people, process and technology to consistently and cost-effectively handle data in accordance with local culture and data privacy laws may be a challenge. Attend this webcast for a practical discussion of how people and processes can align with RelativityOne to execute on a global playbook.
Five Steps to Prepare for GDPR 12/6/2017
When the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) enforcement kicks in this May, responding to data subject rights will be a challenge for many large organizations. The GDPR enables EU individuals to request corporations to inquire about what personal data they have on them or even delete their personal data. Requests must be responded to promptly, within one month, leaving companies very little time to perform a task that they may not be equipped to handle. No barrier exists for citizens to enact these rights, and some countries are planning campaigns to educate the public on them in the coming year.
Building an Intelligence-Led Cyber Program 12/1/2017
With reports of major breaches surfacing with alarming frequency, Boards and C-Level management are increasingly looking to Legal to implement programs that help the corporation prepare for, and reduce fallout from, inevitable cyber incidents. How can in-house counsel implement the right measures to minimize damage to the corporate reputation, loss of key data and legal and regulatory penalties? And how can you make sure your team is not already behind the ball at the time of incident detection?
Flextronics was countersued by a former business partner and the main evidence for the countersuit was an email allegedly sent to Flextronics that no one had seen before. Sensing that the key evidence may have been fabricated, Flextronics and their Counsel turned to FTI Consulting’s Technology practice for digital forensic expertise.
iOS 11 Has a New Passcode Workaround. Here’s What Counsel Needs to Know. 11/21/2017
For years, mobile devices have introduced a slew of new challenges into e-discovery and digital forensics investigations, from data encryption and proliferating hardware to rapidly changing third-party applications. Debates continue between law enforcement agencies and technology companies about mobile device encryption and whether criminal investigators should be given back-door access to suspects’ phones. Just last week the U.S. Deputy Attorney General spoke out against Apple on this very issue, saying law enforcement should have access to investigate the communications of the shooter in the recent tragic Texas shooting.