Tess Blair

February 01, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

The EDRM is a useful visualization that walks through each step of the discovery process, and it is also a useful tool for analyzing discovery-related processes to identify needed enhancements and potential problems.

By Tess Blair, Tara Lawler and Josh Rosenzweig

6 minute read

February 05, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

The perennial question of “possession, custody or control” may become more complicated in light of the U.S. Supreme Court recently granting certiorari in the landmark case of In the Matter of a Warrant to Search a Certain Email Account Controlled and Maintained by Microsoft. Companies will need to watch for this decision and its potential impact on discovery and information governance when data crosses borders.

By Tess Blair and Tara Lawler

9 minute read

December 13, 2016 | Legaltech News

Lawyers should learn to move with the times, and that includes following the English High Court and looking into the technology.

By Tess Blair and Afzalah Sarwar, Morgan Lewis

9 minute read

May 20, 2016 | Legaltech News

A timely disclosure should have counsel plan ahead and to anticipate problems before they arise by following these steps.

By Tess Blair and Afzalah Sarwar, Morgan Lewis

17 minute read

May 03, 2016 | Legaltech News

Partner Tess Blair and senior associate Afzalah Sarwar of law firm Morgan Lewis examine the challenges that arise during a disclosure exercise.

By Tess Blair and Afzalah Sarwar, Morgan Lewis

11 minute read

July 02, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Most organizations have exploding volumes of data scattered throughout the company in various data sources: email, hard drives, shared drives, SharePoint, structured databases, wikis and the cloud.

By Tess Blair, Tara Lawler and Laura Kibbe

4 minute read

March 27, 2014 | New Jersey Law Journal

Investing in a system of information governance for your firm or company is a win-win proposition, as it enhances productivity and reduces risk.

By Stephanie "Tess" Blair and Tara Lawler

6 minute read

March 26, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Given the exploding volume of data that organizations in the United States create and store, and the steady diet of compliance, data security, privacy and discovery obligations they face, information governance is garnering a lot of attention these days.

By Stephanie "Tess" Blair and Tara Lawler

6 minute read

February 18, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

It is safe to assume that at this point most litigators are familiar with the term predictive coding. It is touted as a cure for most of what ails the discovery process and excoriated as a symptom of legal commoditization. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle. When used under the right circumstances, it can genuinely improve the quality of document review and significantly reduce costs. To realize those benefits, however, it is important to understand what predictive coding can and cannot achieve, and to understand when and how to use it in any particular case.

By Stephanie "Tess" Blair and Tara S. Lawler

7 minute read