Legal Staffing Paralegals: Paralegals are in a hot job market! The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says “Employment of paralegals and legal assistants is projected to grow 15 percent from 2016 to 2026, much faster than the average for all
Dos & Don’ts of Handling Data Received from Clients and Opposing Counsel
This post addresses steps legal teams should take and missteps to avoid upon receiving evidence collected by clients and production data sets from opposing counsel. There have been multiple posts published around the best ways to identify, collect, analyze, review and produce data. This post will not
Can Lawyers Innovate? Is Litigation Support Essentially Innovative?
During his keynote at LTNY, Jeff DeGraff explains why lawyers find it hard to innovate in the delivery of legal services. In contrast, Chuck Kellner explains why successful businesses in litigation support and eDiscovery are essentially—and continuously—innovative. Jeff DeGraff is an
Predictive Analytics: What it is, How it Works and How to Apply it
This post defines predictive analytics, explains how it functions and when it can be applied during discovery to facilitate more efficient workflows. In the previous article we introduced the three different groups of analytics one can apply in discovery; structured, conceptual and