Compiled by @ComplexD from online public domain resources, provided for your review/use is this week’s update of key industry news, views, and events highlighting key electronic discovery related stories, developments, and announcements. Available as an information source for eDiscovery and information management professionals since 2010, the Top Story Digest is published weekly on the ComplexDiscovery (.com) blog. Follow ComplexDiscovery.com via social media on Twitter (@ComplexD), LinkedIn, Google+ and RSS. To receive the Weekly eDiscovery News Update by email for eDiscovery news, corporate risk information and vendor clips, visit http://www.ComplexDiscovery.com.

1. ComplexDiscovery | Weekly eDiscovery Top Story Digest
December 19, 2013
Compiled by @ComplexD from online public domain resources, provided for your review/use is
this week’s update of key industry news, views, and events highlighting key electronic discovery
related stories, developments, and announcements.
An information source for eDiscovery and information management professionals since 2010,
the eDiscovery Top Story Digest is published weekly on the ComplexDiscovery blog and is also
available via email subscription.
While this will be the last news update for 2013 (returning the first week of 2014), follow live
daily news updates during the holiday season with @ComplexD on Twitter. Happy Holidays.
Weekly eDiscovery Top Story Digest Update
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Providing legal professionals with a weekly overview of the latest developments, opinions and
news in the field of eDiscovery.
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Amphastar Hit for Discovery Violations in Patent Dispute http://bit.ly/19gWKWL (Sheri Qualters)
Court Declines to Compel Identification of Seed Set, Encourages Cooperation http://bit.ly/1h7b2es (K&L Gates)
Bridging the Global Information Governance Gap - http://bit.ly/1hdH4p6 (Image & Data
Manager)
eDisclosure – A Guide to Your Obligations – http://bit.ly/1fkGYL4 (Jennifer Price,
Edward Shaw)
Electronic Evidence: Spreadsheets are not Expert Evidence – Slaw –
http://bit.ly/1fgHQAg (John Gregory)
Emails Considered “Abandoned” if Older than 180 days | eDiscovery 101 http://bit.ly/18Jf9uR (Bill Tolson)
Exploratory Analysis: A Critical Litigation Tool - http://bit.ly/1fksOK1 (Herb Roitblat)
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Federal Judge Deals Blow to NSA’s Phone Data Collection Program –
http://bit.ly/1fkFXmf (@SharonNelsonEsq)
FINRA Amendments to Discovery Guide: Need-to-Know Info for Claims http://bit.ly/1gXE3sW(Joel Wertman)
Harnessing the Beast: Litigation Readiness for Big Data – http://bit.ly/1fkHqcd (Deborah
Jillson)
IBM’s 2013 “5 in 5″: This Year’s Theme: Everything Will Learn –
http://bit.ly/18BbYHV (Greg Bufithis)
In Re: Biomet M2A – Info and Orders - http://1.usa.gov/1fgG7Lk (Northern District of
Indiana – United States District Court)
In Computer-Assisted Review, Human Judgment Comes - http://bit.ly/19lZCBO (Herb
Roitblat)
In the World of BigData, Human Judgment Comes Second, The Algorithm Rules http://bit.ly/1guLUkc (John Tredennick)
Judge Leon: NSA Phone Metadata Surveillance Is Likely Unconstitutional –
http://conta.cc/18BdyJO (@ProjectCounsel)
Kroll Ontrack Recaps eDiscovery 2013 With a Google+
Hangout http://bit.ly/1fo96h7 (David Horrigan)
Moneycase: Should Your Law Practice Be Run Like a Baseball
Team? http://bit.ly/19evmIY (Doug Austin)
My (Google) Hangout with the eDiscovery Experts - http://bit.ly/1dwhhWC (Michele
Lange)
New Jersey Case Highlights The Limits Of Privilege Waivers http://bit.ly/1fkFtfP (@ITLexOrg)
Predictive Coding and Proportionality: A Marriage Made In Heaven http://bit.ly/1fwHOFa (Ralph Losey)
Predictive Coding: Making It Work - http://bit.ly/1bU9ljp (Barclay Blair)
Proposed Changes May Make the Discovery Process Harder http://bit.ly/19gW3N7 (Inquisitr)
Rebuttal: EDRM Is a Model of Collaboration in Action - http://bit.ly/1fhUQFP (Robert
Rohif)
Replay - Le Web 2013: The Microchipped Self…and eDiscovery –
http://bit.ly/1h3HAWC (@GregBufithis)
Something Wicked This Way Comes – Dark and Dusty Data and Risk Your Organization
Already Owns - http://bit.ly/J1PJOX (James Sherer)
Spoliation: Destruction of One of Many Identical, Allegedly Infringing Machines after
Adverse Party Has Examined It Causes No Prejudice and Does Not Constitute Actionable
Spoliation – http://bit.ly/1fkIm0m (Joseph Hage Aaronson)
Standardizing eDiscovery Cost Redux - http://bit.ly/1cOjUVq (Casey Flaherty)
Technology: Auto-Delete and the Not-So-Safe Harbor - http://bit.ly/1dx6zPR (Gareth
Evans, Lauren Eber)
The Evolving Role of E-Discovery Neutrals - http://bit.ly/1cPkXo6 (Allison Skinner)
The Rise of Predictive Coding for Pharmaceutical Companies http://bit.ly/1fgGQMC (Jessica Kykora)
Transparency of Process No Peril to Work Product | Ball in your Court http://bit.ly/1bTVdXp (Craig Ball)
Visualization of Data in 2013 – From Newtown to NSA – conta.cc/JHeyAB (Greg
Bufithis)
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With Google Glass, It’s All About Context - http://bit.ly/1dsY6gp (Gant Redmon)
Without Meet and Confer Approval of Triangulating Approach, Defendant Ordered to
Supplement Production - http://bit.ly/1fgJuC3 (Doug Austin)
Actionable Intelligence for In-House Counsel
Providing in-house counsel with a weekly overview of significant legal and technology-related
stories centered around the corporate risk topics of compliance, information governance, privacy
and security.
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A Cautionary Tale of Privilege Via Email - http://bit.ly/1j4dOFM (Marlisse Silver
Sweeney)
Can We Prohibit Employees From Making Video/Audio Recordings at
Work? http://bit.ly/1fgGNjW (Joseph Lazzarotti)
Control Risk with Stronger FERC Compliance, Audits - http://bit.ly/1fh8gly (Brenda
Boultwood, Bridget Shahan)
Data Assurance Woes? Do It Yourself - http://bit.ly/19m1uKJ (Angela Hunt)
Does Your Social Media Policy ‘Read Like the Patriot Act’ –
http://bit.ly/J1RFab (Angela Hunt)
Donald Dunner on Patents and the Federal Circuit - http://bit.ly/1j0vy4E (Lisa
Shuchman)
Employment Law Landmines for the Multistate Employer - http://bit.ly/JbNysJ (Carrie
Rosen)
Getting GCs Up to Speed on the Volcker Rule - http://bit.ly/1grNK5v (Sue Reisinger)
History Of Bitcoin Infographic – Business Insider - http://read.bi/1jb09fZ (Tyler Durden,
Zero Hedge)
How to Avoid Forming Accidental Contracts Via Email - http://bit.ly/J0nNuO (Jason
Levine)
How to Use an Expert in Legal Malpractice Litigation – http://bit.ly/1cPlB4O (Andrew
Lavoott Bluestone)
MoFo Regulatory Reform Glossary Explains All – http://bit.ly/1fkG94R (Jay Baris)
No Shades of Gray in the Commoditization of Law – http://bit.ly/18GgfEu (Sharon
Quaintance)
Preparing for an FCPA ’Industry Sweep’ - http://bit.ly/1j4e2g4 (Zack Harmon, Amelia
Medina)
Recent Class Action Lawsuits Shine The Spotlight On The Camouflaged Privacy Law:
GINA -http://bit.ly/1dt4EvC (Philip Gordon)
Surviving An Audit By The Food And Drug Administration http://bit.ly/1bTjTiK (Douglas Grimm)
Tech, Financial Firms Fight Growing Number Of Lawsuits Filed By ‘Trolls’ http://bit.ly/J1SpMA (Michael Novinson)
The Confidential Disclosure Agreement (CDA) – Five Practical Considerations http://bit.ly/1fgIYEj(Zafir Qadir)
The Education Of An Algorithm – Forbes - http://onforb.es/J1QOGt (Greg Satell)
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The Psychology Of Records Management: Rules Of Road For Cultural Change – Rules 4
& 5 - http://bit.ly/1guKLsU (Craig Grimstad)
Think International Risk Is Complicated? Just Wait - http://bit.ly/IQhhaH (Marlisse
Silver Sweeney)
To Work Or Not To Work On Vacation? http://bit.ly/1cOksdK (Rebekah Mintzer)
Vendor Clips for eDiscovery Practitioners
Providing eDiscovery practitioners with a weekly overview of relevant legal technology news
and announcements as shared by industry vendors and commentators.
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25% of Cloud Providers ‘Will Be Gone’ Within a Year - http://bit.ly/18nA2h8 (Channel
Partners)
2013 Year in Review: Courts Get “Back to Basics” as Rule Amendment Efforts Swell http://bit.ly/1dsXJm4 (Business Wire)
A “Save Everything” Document Retention Policy is not a Defense to Evidence Spoliation
-http://bit.ly/1fgWsjo (NightOwl DMS)
Attorney-Client Emails Don’t Always Have Their Privileges http://bit.ly/1guLjPI (@LLMinc)
Brill Street Announces Top 50 Employers for Gen Y Emerging Talent in Chicago http://prn.to/J2rRuL (Press Release)
Catalyst Adopts Perceptive Document Filters to Achieve Powerful, Simplified EDiscovery -http://bit.ly/1fkpM8t (PR Web)
CPA Global appoints Alasdair Marnoch as Chief Financial Officer http://bit.ly/1f9SKrC (Press Release)
Daegis Major Shareholder Austin & Greenhouse Da Marxe Sells 1,107,619 Shares
(DAEG) -http://bit.ly/J4YtEo (American Banking News)
Daegis Simplifies Data Ingestion and Analytics in Latest Release of Daegis Edge http://on.wsj.com/J2rW1v (WSJ)
DataSift Launches Vedo To Help Enterprises Channel The Big Social Data Firehose http://tcrn.ch/1dwfT6v (Ingrid Lunden)
Even Though 79% Think Big Data Will Improve Decision Making, One-Third Have No
Big Data Plans - http://bit.ly/19jYS09 (@EMCCorp)
iCONECT Announces Protected Trust as a Cloud Partner - http://bit.ly/J2pRTh (Press
Release)
KPMG Achieves Record Global Revenues for FY13 - http://bit.ly/J1QjfI (Zawya)
Laozi not Lousy: A Modern Day Argument for Predictive Coding http://bit.ly/J2kT91(Caragh Landry)
“Law Firm Tackles the Unsearchable with contentCrawler” http://bit.ly/1hdHkVd (Image
& Data Manager)
LegalTech® New York 2014 – An OrcaTec Update - http://bit.ly/1iP8Dt1 (@OrcaTec)
LexisNexis Builds “Near Dupe” Technology Into Concordance Evolution at No
Additional Cost to Users - http://on.mktw.net/18wNeAw (Business Wire)
NARA Moved Email to the Cloud at ‘Lightning Speed’ - http://bit.ly/1fkzWpI (Rutrell
Yasin)
New Recruitment Method: Buy Out Companies - http://bit.ly/18Ghu6E (Marisse Silver
Sweeney)
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Managed Review and Internal Investigations: Global Transportation Example with over 1
TB of Data - http://bit.ly/1bTrWMu (Black Letter Discovery)
McNee Rejoins Integreon as Document Services Global Head of Business
Development - http://bit.ly/1grWRTA (PR Newswire)
Midsize Insider: Cloud Computing: From Servers to SaaS http://bit.ly/19gWwiq (Marissa Tejada)
Merrill Corporation Leverages Ricoh Solutions to Deliver Accurate, Confidential
Documents -http://bit.ly/JwYwsN (@Marketwired)
New Global Forensics and Collections Capabilities from TrustPoint International http://bit.ly/190lGSv (@TrustPointIntl)
Oklahoma University Selects Digital WarRoom WorkGroup Integrated Electronic
Discovery Software - http://bit.ly/1cOf36J (PR Web)
Passware Enhances FileVault2 Decryption – Yahoo Finance http://yhoo.it/1bY00Hs (PR Newswire)
QDiscovery Doubles Revenue, Head Count in 2013 – http://yhoo.it/1fkGvZl
(@Marketwired)
Recommind Makes Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, Again http://bit.ly/18GgoaX (Marlisse Silver Sweeney)
Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals and Jordan Lawrence
Announce Alliance – http://bit.ly/1grU4Kl (PR Web)
When Symantec’s Away… 28-Year-Old Asigra Becomes ‘Overnight’ Cloud Backup
Success – The Register - http://bit.ly/1guJke4 (Chris Mellow)
Xact Data Discovery Expands Offshore Operations / Second Location in India http://bit.ly/J1S4cH (Press Release)
Xybion Announces Availability of Migration Solution for SharePoint 2013 http://bit.ly/1guKpm8 (PR Web)
Yahoo CEO Mayer Apologizes For Mail Outage That She Says Affected 1% Of Users http://tcrn.ch/1hbBuni (@TechCrunch)
ZL Technologies Recognized as a Top Government Technology Solution Provider http://bit.ly/JbXG4A (@Marketwired)
Industry Conferences, Events and Meetings
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conferences, events and meetings.
2014
JANUARY
Information Governance, Electronic Discovery and Digital Evidence 2014
January 28-31, 2014
Tampa, FL
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6. FEBRUARY
LegalTech New York, 2014
February 4-6, 2014
New York, NY
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MARCH
LegalTech Asia Summit
March 3, 2014
Hong Kong
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E-Discovery Conference for the Small and Medium Case
March 14, 2014
University of Florida, Levin College of Law
Click here for more information.
2nd Annual New Zealand eDiscovery Conference
March 14, 2014
Auckland, New Zealand
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ABA TECHSHOW
March 27-29, 2014
Chicago, IL
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APRIL
2nd Annual Consortium on Litigation, Information Law and E-Discovery
April 20, 2014
New York, Chicago, San Jose
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MAY
The 14th Annual Super Conference (Inside Counsel)
May 12-14, 2014
Chicago, IL
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FOSE
May 13-15, 2014
Washington, DC
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7. Access Data User’s Conference
May 13-16, 2014
Las Vegas, NV
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AUGUST
ILTA 2014
August 25-28, 2014
Nashville, TN
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OCTOBER
Relativity Fest
October 12-15, 2014
Chicago, IL
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