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Berrymans IT director highlights need for greater investments by law firms

Law firms need to invest in their IT systems in order to expand their business, according to the chair of Legal Week's forthcoming Strategic Technology Forum. Abby Ewen, IT director at Berrymans Lace Mawer, highlights the need for continued investment in IT in a video interview with Legal Week publishing director John Malpas, ahead of the conference next month.
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Paper trail – are paperless trials the way forward for UK courts?

Billed as the biggest trial in the British courts in terms of value, the case brought in 2011 by Boris Berezovsky against fellow Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich was always going to attract plenty of interest. With accusations of blackmail, breach of trust and breach of contract, as well as a damages claim of £3.8bn, the scene was set for high drama. The ensuing litigation proved to be a first on a number of counts, not least for being the first case to be heard at the High Court's commercial arm, the Rolls Building.
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Catching up with change - companies and evolving data protection rules

Perhaps it is unsurprising that many companies have traditionally taken a somewhat half-hearted approach to data protection/data privacy (DP) compliance. In the UK, for example, a mix of historically small fines and seeming lack of enforcement by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) had, until recently, created an environment in which DP issues were typically a lot lower on the boardroom agenda.
6 minute read

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OK computer – the key to attracting private investment

With an estimated £26bn per annum up for grabs, it is no wonder new entrants, listed businesses, traditional law firms and private equity organisations are all eyeing the lucrative UK legal services market. High-volume legal areas such as insurance, conveyancing, family law and personal injury are proving to be especially enticing and many law firms are exploring funding options from private equity to realise their business aspirations.
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Cracking the code - how retrieving electronic data should be child's play

Cutting-edge technology is providing quicker access to electronic documents – but are law firms up to speed? Neil Hodge reports
14 minute read

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Kleen Products ruling confirms significance of cooperation and proportionality in eDiscovery

While the truce in Kleen Products v Packaging Corporation of America has cooled off the parties' predictive coding dispute until next year, eDiscovery motion practice in this case is just now intensifying...
3 minute read

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Conducting eDiscovery in glass houses: are you prepared for the next stone?

Symantec's Philip Favro discusses eDiscovery in relation to the blockbuster patent dispute between technology titans Apple and Samsung Electronics...
3 minute read

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The eDiscovery "passport": the first step to succeeding in international legal disputes

Parties to US litigation are increasingly seeking discovery of electronically stored information from other litigants and third parties located in Continental Europe and the United Kingdom...
6 minute read

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Understand what you have – Preserve what you must – Find what you need

The Symantec Clearwell eDiscovery Platform is the leading enterprise electronic discovery software solution that enables enterprises, governments and law firms to manage legal, regulatory and investigative matters using a single application. Symantec Clearwell eDiscovery software makes it easy for organisations to cost effectively and defensibly solve real-world challenges across the entire eDiscovery lifecycle from legal hold and collections through analysis, review and production.
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The compliant cookie - the new internet cookie rules explained

Field Fisher head of privacy Eduardo Ustaran warns companies to expect little tolerance of foot-dragging on cookie compliance moves
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