\r\nIssue 15 – November 2014\r\n
Welcome to the November 2014 issue of EDRM Update!
\r\nFor our friends in the United States, we hope you enjoyed a nice Thanksgiving holiday and found much for which to give thanks this year.\r\n\r\nNovember was another busy month with EDRM webinars, as they continue to be a leading source of knowledge and insight sharing for our eDiscovery community. Among the webinars presented last month was the second in our series on the EDRM eDiscovery Maturity Self-Assessment Test (eMSAT-1). Introduced in September, eMSAT-1 is the first self-assessment resource to help organizations measure their e-discovery maturity. Our five-part webinar series provides guidance and tips on how to employ the eMSAT-1 for your organization. The first two webinars, as with all EDRM webinars, are recorded and available for viewing on the Webinars page of the EDRM website.\r\n\r\nBe sure to join us for more upcoming webinars. To learn how your company can sponsor a webinar or take advantage of other marketing opportunities offered by EDRM, visit our website.\r\n\r\nRegards,\r\n\r\nGeorge Socha & Tom Gelbmann\r\n\r\nTo receive the newsletter, subscribe to our list\r\n[contentblock id=1344]\r\n\r\n[toc]\r\n\r\n
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November 2014 Highlights
\r\nOn November 5, EDRM hosted a webinar, “Dark Data,” sponsored by UBIC. Speakers were Bennett Borden, Chair, Information Governance and eDiscovery, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP; David Kessler, Partner & Co-Chair, E-Discovery and Information Management Group, Norton Rose Fulbright; and George Socha, Co-Founder, EDRM.\r\n\r\nOn November 4, Tiana Van Dyk, Litigation Support Manager at Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP, and George Socha gave a presentation at Technology in Practice 2014 on EDRM’s eDiscovery Maturity Self-Assessment Test (eMSAT-1).\r\n\r\nOn November 13, EDRM hosted a webinar, “eMSAT-1: Building the Business Case for the eMSAT-1,” sponsored by Zapproved. This was the second in a series of five webinars on how to make effective use of EDRM’s eMSAT-1. Speakers were EDRM Metrics members and eMSAT-1 developers Tiana Van Dyk, Litigation Support Manager at Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP; Evan Benjamin, eDiscovery Consultant, Protiviti/Robert Half Legal; Matthew Knouff, eDiscovery Counsel, Complete Discovery Source; and Brett Livingood, eDiscovery Consultant, Robert Half Legal eDiscovery Services.\r\n\r\nOn November 17, EDRM hosted a product demo webinar, “Summation 5.6 – Setting the Bar for Legal Review,” sponsored by AccessData. The speaker for this webinar was Keith Schrodt, Director, Product Marketing & Strategy, AccessData.\r\n\r\nEDRM’s Data Set group has compiled a set of publicly-available datasets, which it will publish shortly. The group also continues work on the micro-dataset project, whose objective is the creation of a number of small data sets containing a wide variety of file formats for testing and validation purposes.\r\n\r\nIn addition to its eMSAT-1 work, EDRM’s Metrics group is developing is page calculator.\r\n\r\nEDRM’s Search group has putting the finishing touches on Release 2 of Statistical Sampling Applied to Electronic Discovery, which will be published for public comment in the coming days. Prepared by Michael Levine with assistance from members of EDRM’s Search team, this document updates a set of materials first published by EDRM in April 2012.\r\n\r\n
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Member Profile of the Month
\r\nTiana Van Dyk\r\n\r\nManager, eDiscovery and Litigation Support, Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP\r\n\r\nEDRM Member since 2013\r\n\r\nEDRM Projects & Committees: Metrics, Processing Specifications\r\n\r\nWhy I’m an EDRM member: EDRM provides me with the opportunity to work with some of the most influential and creative minds in eDiscovery. Ideas become discussions, which mature into projects that help shape best practices in our industry. Being a part of this is both challenging and rewarding. EDRM supports collaboration between many different groups who work in the eDiscovery field, which benefits and motivates each one of us to contribute, push the boundaries on expectations and improve our knowledge base and skill set. I’m very excited to share new ideas and continue to work with both the Maturity Model and Processing Standards working groups.\r\n\r\n
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Welcome New Members!
\r\nWelcome to our newest EDRM members. We look forward to their participation and contributions.\r\n\r\nOrganizational members:\r\n
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- Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of General Counsel
- EMC Insurance
- Grais & Ellsworth LLP
- Mitre Corporation
- NBCUniversal
- PNC Financial Services
- Utah State Archives
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- Benson McGrath
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\r\nFor a complete list of organizational members, click here. For a complete list of individual members, click here.\r\n\r\n
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Welcome New Model Code of Conduct Subscribers!
\r\nWelcome to our newest EDRM Model Code of Conduct subscribers, bringing the total number of subscribing organizations to 100 and subscribing individuals to 33:\r\n\r\nSubscribing individuals:\r\n
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- Norman Sack
- Volker Tutch
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\r\nVoluntary registration as a MCoC subscriber indicates that the subscriber pledges to adhere to the principles, corollaries and guidelines set forth in the MCoC. For the complete list of subscribers, click here. To subscribe to the MCoC, click here.\r\n\r\n
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Upcoming EDRM Events
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| Dec 10, 2014 | EDRM webinar, “Audio, Chat & Mobile“\r\n\r\nSponsored by Consilio | more |
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Full List of EDRM Updates
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