E-discovery Resources
2020 Forecast: Expect Landmark Changes in E-Discovery, Data Privacy and Investigations 12/23/2019
Across our practice areas, we asked our experts to share their predictions for what will shape legal, compliance and information governance in the coming year. Below is a roundup—across new laws, emerging technology and key industries—of what they expect will make the biggest impact to businesses worldwide.
FTI Helps Biotech Company Meet Second Request Deadline for Major Merger 12/18/2019
A major biotechnology company was seeking Federal Trade Commission regulatory approval of $1.2B merger. The agency issued a Second Request requiring a rapid response. The amount of relevant data to collect and review amounted to several terabytes. Also, there was an additional challenge in that the company’s systems were located primarily in the cloud, with data housed within multiple non-traditional platforms including Slack, Confluence, Workplace by Facebook, Asana, Box and more. The FTI team was able to work quickly with the diverse data sources to target, collect, and review over 12 million documents, helping the corporation to achieve compliance within the deadline set by the FTC.
Merger Clearance Investigations - Increased Rigor and Emphasis on Internal Documents 9/19/2019
Historically, when two companies have proposed a merger or acquisition, European competition authorities evaluated various economic and market analyses to determine whether the transaction would establish too dominant of a position for the companies in any given market. Now, regulators, particularly DG Comp and competition agencies in the UK, Germany and France, are increasingly interested in the review of contemporaneous internal documents.
Managing International E-discovery with RelativityOne 8/14/2019
At Relativity Fest in London, FTI Consulting’s Wendy King spoke with Chris Dale of the e-disclosure information project about FTI offering Relativity across four continents. As most of our matters span multiple jurisdictions, this means we have a solution for clients that is scalable so they are able to focus on what they need to do without worrying about limits on infrastructure.
In Two Decades, E-discovery Has Changed and Stayed the Same 8/13/2019
E-discovery is a continually changing practice. For approximately two decades now, it has played a tremendous role in shaping the legal world. As e-discovery’s influence and prevalence has grown over the years, the technologies, economics, processes and expertise around it have in many ways become unrecognizable to what they were in the early 2000s. Still, much about the field has also remained the same.
Solving Client Issues with Relativity Trace 7/9/2019
At Relativity Fest in London, FTI Consulting’s Brian Stuart and Glenn Barden spoke with Chris Dale of the e-disclosure information project about FTI’s use of Relativity Trace on behalf of clients.
Tips and Tricks for Streamlining Complex Cases 6/27/2019
E-discovery matters are more complex than ever before. While the legal industry now has access to powerful tools that can significantly reduce the time invested in manual processes, lawyers are at the same time facing exploding data volumes and an ever-growing spread of data sources and evidence types.
Client Service in Case Management: Q&A with Elizabeth Noble 6/25/2019
Senior Director Elizabeth Noble is an unsung hero. As a case manager for some of our largest and most complex e-discovery matters, she is a strategic driver for the backend work that ensures a case goes smoothly. We sat down with her for a discussion about her role, and the importance of case management in saving time and money in e-discovery.
Q&A: Chris Marks Talks Growth, Global Investigations and Mounting Regulatory Activity in Asia 6/20/2019
Chris Marks recently joined our Hong Kong office as a Senior Managing Director to help lead the Technology practice in Asia. Joining from a Big Four firm, Chris is an experienced e-discovery expert with more than 20 years working in complex cross-border litigation support, computer forensics, legal document review and digital investigations. Chris sat down with us to share his thoughts on his new role and how the Asian regulatory and legal landscape is evolving.
The State of E-discovery 2019 6/17/2019
This year’s State of E-discovery report pulls from the latest economic, case law, and professional e-discovery and legal industries to paint a picture of an industry at an inflection point. With the information contained in it, you can make the strategic decisions you need to ensure you stay ahead of the e-discovery curve.
Find Facts Fast 5/13/2019
What if you could understand the key facts of your matter at the beginning of the project and use that knowledge to drive your strategy?
The Growing Need for FTI's E-discovery Services in France 2/27/2019
Thomas Sely is Senior Director at FTI Consulting in Paris. In this video Thomas discusses the demand for forensic technology in France, where FTI has been expanding its technology practice. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the uncertainty around Brexit had made it important for FTI to have a team in continental Europe – it set up an office 10 years ago in Paris, and is expanding its investigation and litigation support team.
FTI Consulting’s Find Facts Fast Approach to E-discovery 11/28/2018
There is a danger of treating discovery as a purely formal process, something done simply in order to meet an obligation. As Craig Earnshaw puts it in this interview with Chris Dale, the identification of facts often appears as a mere by-product of that formal process.
Daryl Teshima Talks About FTI Consulting’s Relationship with Relativity 11/27/2018
In this interview, Daryl Teshima talks about the significant benefits for clients in offering both industry-leading e-discovery and document review platforms Ringtail and Relativity in order to give clients the widest possible choice and also offers FTI's experts a toolkit for solving problems big and small.
Wendy King Talks About how Relativity Works with FTI Consulting 11/22/2018
Wendy King talks about the always-available infrastructure of RelativityOne which allows FTI's consultants to focus on clients’ needs using whatever tools are suitable for a matter. Wendy places a particular emphasis on the training and support which FTI Consulting gets from Relativity.
The Changing E-discovery Expectations of Corporate Clients 11/14/2018
The traditional model was that clients instructed lawyers in a matter – a litigation case or a regulatory inquiry for example, and the lawyers then instructed experts at FTI Consulting to deal with the management of electronic data. That, however, is changing explains Sam Farley in this video – it is not just litigation anymore and the instructions are no longer coming only from lawyers. Organisations are gaining greater control over the process as a whole and coming to FTI Consulting for longer-term organisational and pre-emptive advice and not just for a specific case or matter.
Craig Earnshaw on the Changes in E-discovery Over His Long Career 11/9/2018
Craig Earnshaw has been working in FTI Consulting’s Technology segment for 10 years and had already spent ten years in the then-nascent e-discovery and Computer Forensics world before that. In this interview he talks about the changes which he has seen over that time, identifying three main changes. One is what he calls the "frequency of requirement" – the increasing need to look at data on a computer system for any disputes/investigations exercise. Second, he points to a rise in the number of lawyers who understand and practice in areas which require a knowledge of e-discovery practice. Third, Craig points to the range and diversity of companies delivering software and services to corporations and law firms.
The Growing Use of Technology-Assisted Review in the UK 10/24/2018
FTI Consulting’s Matthew Field spoke with Chris Dale about the increased use of technology-assisted review and predictive coding in the UK
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.
The Benefits of FTI's Partnership with Relativity 5/30/2018
FTI Consulting’s Glenn Barden speaks to Chris Dale about FTI's adoption of market-leading e-discovery platform Relativity.
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.
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.
New Data Types in the App Age 7/26/2017
The legal industry is hungry for guidance on how to deal with the explosion in cloud-based applications and new data types that are creating headaches for organizations of all sizes. While the threat of big data has cast a shadow over IT and legal departments for several years, the real challenge is proving to be the variety of data, and it is quickly defeating traditional collection and review tools and strategies.
Part 2: The Evolution of Predictive Coding in Australia 6/18/2017
Paul Hunter shares some comments on what lawyers in Australia need to keep in mind as predictive coding gains adoption in the region.
The Evolution of Predictive Coding in Australia 6/11/2017
Phil Smith, a director in FTI Technology’s Melbourne, Australia office, is an expert advisor to clients looking to implement predictive coding. He shared some insights on how the technology is evolving in Australia and FTI’s efforts to help clients update strategies and streamline e-discovery reviews using technology that is still nascent in the region.