Leonard Deutchman

December 23, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

In this month's column, I will try to look closely at that process and the arguments in favor and against it, to see how some of the issues involved in the disputes are the same as those involving e-discovery.

By Leonard Deutchman

10 minute read

December 03, 2020 | Pro Mid Market

Today, providing such advice to clients is much harder. As a result of those increased difficulties, a new service is being provided in the digital world: companies recruit advisers to school clients in which firms are best at providing what services, which digital tools provide services the best, the easiest and at the lowest cost, and which tools are the best at addressing specific issues.

By Leonard Deutchman

7 minute read

November 25, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

Today, providing such advice to clients is much harder. As a result of those increased difficulties, a new service is being provided in the digital world: companies recruit advisers to school clients in which firms are best at providing what services, which digital tools provide services the best, the easiest and at the lowest cost, and which tools are the best at addressing specific issues.

By Leonard Deutchman

7 minute read

October 29, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

Depending upon with whom you are talking, when the subject of what the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and the business and practical aspects of the practice of law is discussed, you will hear both that the pandemic has shut down the legal world by adding to the cost of obtaining solutions to legal problems, and that solutions to problems raised by the pandemic have made the legal world far more efficient.

By Leonard Deutchman

10 minute read

October 01, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

With the pandemic having made in-person meetings or gatherings dangerous, digital tools built to satisfy all of the needs of persons to conduct business, have discussions and otherwise take the steps which comprise litigation were, at times, put into place to substitute those tools for the in-person gatherings through which litigation had traditionally been conducted.

By Leonard Deutchman

8 minute read

August 27, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

What is most interesting here, however, is not the business details of the acquisition, but that Reveal wanted so strongly to acquire NexLP's AI. The interest in AI is key to the advancement of e-discovery.

By Leonard Deutchman

6 minute read

July 23, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

To move things along in a virtual manner, i.e., without persons having to come into physical contact with others, on May 5, the court "issued a notice to the bar … establishing a protocol for discovery motions filed before May 5, and on May 27, extended the protocol through July 6." Just prior to July 6, the court issued the protocol, discussed below, which applies from July 6 through Sept. 7.

By Leonard Deutchman

9 minute read

June 25, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

With the May 20 announcement and Pennsylvania Supreme Court's "final report" as to the amendment of Rule 901, Subsection 901(b)(11), which summarizes how to "connect digital evidence with a person or entity," was added to Pennsylvania Rule 901, effective Oct. 1. In this month's column, I discuss the significance of the amendment to Pennsylvania Rule 901.

By Leonard Deutchman

12 minute read

May 28, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

One of those new things will be digital experts, changed by their experience in dealing with the digital world during the shutdown. In this month's article I will discuss these new digital experts.

By Leonard Deutchman

10 minute read

April 23, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

In this month's article, I discuss workplace adjustments brought on by the coronavirus. In particular, we will examine the contrast between the pre-coronavirus articles, which focused upon the problems arising from the changes in the workplace brought on by the new, numerous digital tools, and the current articles.

By Leonard Deutchman

13 minute read