An informal and occasional selection of recent international eDisclosure / eDiscovery / GDPR / legal IT / data protection / information governance / interesting news / articles collated since 2011 by Jonathan Maas of The Maas Consulting Group in London. Simply pick and click from below.
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Nuix acquires Ringtail eDiscovery platform from FTI Consulting (Artificial Lawyer) https://maas-bong.io/2CGiUsu
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A lesson in document review, spurred by US Senator Harris’ comments at Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing (The National Law Journal) https://maas-bong.io/2oUOXLp
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Meet Author, the new legal AI system taking on the world (Artificial Lawyer) https://maas-bong.io/2MZXA62
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What's the EU ever done for us? Well, search by UK postcode and find out exactly what has been done in your local area (MyEu) https://maas-bong.io/2CQgffZ
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Law firm innovation takes more than talk (Legaltech News) https://maas-bong.io/2N3vIO4
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Machine learning makes its way (slowly) into eDiscovery (KM World) https://maas-bong.io/2N4wGKc
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Blank Rome hires its first Chief innovation and Value Officer (Legaltech News) https://maas-bong.io/2oUgDjp
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How will legal education and training keep pace with change? (Forbes) https://maas-bong.io/2MZxKih
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21 phrases you use without realising you're quoting Shakespeare (Mental Floss) https://maas-bong.io/2MZyd41
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DWF promotes Badrock to head of R&D and brings in new manager from Pinsents (Legal IT Insider) https://maas-bong.io/2oV36YZ
A selection of upcoming and potentially interesting live webinars / webcasts
11 Sep 1300 ET Everyday eDiscovery: using analytics to your advantage (ACEDS / FTI) https://maas-bong.io/2My8XBI
12 Sep 1630 BST Getting lost in semantics - selecting the right search engine (Concept Searching)
13 Sep 1800 BSTHow to evaluate and improve your eDiscovery process (EDRM / Exterro)
18 Sep 1900 BST eDiscovery dirty tricks (and how to defeat them) (Logikcull) https://maas-bong.io/2Nitbzb
20 Sep 1330 CEST Will smart contracts replace lawyers? (MC Academy) https://maas-bong.io/2NL8qsP
20 Sep 1630 BST The changing lawyer: technology and lawyers - what they need to know (Litera Microsystems) https://maas-bong.io/2NdYOtF
26 Sep 1300 EDT Hold on - get a grip on conducting effective legal holds (XDD) https://maas-bong.io/2MxuaMd
26 Sep 1800 BST Preparing for litigation before it happens (CloudNine) https://maas-bong.io/2MB4uyf
03 Oct 1700 BSTDebunking the top ten myths of document review (HaystackID) https://maas-bong.io/2N2Epse
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The Maas Consulting Group is led by Jonathan Maas, a renowned paper and electronic discovery/disclosure veteran with an unparalleled 36 years experience in the field: 28 years in international law firms and eight years in international consultancies. Jonathan speaks and writes on the subject widely and has been involved in developing civil procedure in England & Wales to respond to the modern demands of litigating in the digital age.
Jonathan’s métier is acting as a verbal or written bridge between technical experts and lay people, whether it’s conveying complex technology concepts to a legal audience or explaining matters of detailed legal procedure to IT specialists. He has the ability to unite diverse teams to complete discovery exercises as cost- and time-effectively as possible. In this way he has delivered numerous successful projects for national and international businesses and local and central government. This translates into extremely experienced and empathetic support for lawyers and IT professionals.
His experience of identifying, collecting, classifying and acting on data in the legal environments of investigations and disputes continues to add value in the current environment of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Information Governance and preparations for the UK to leave the European Union (BREXIT). Sound and defensible data management is more important in business than it has ever been.
Jonathan has also researched and implemented computer systems in law firms for the purposes of library and know-how management, litigation support, costs budgeting, collaborative working and more.
At a glance, since 1982 Jonathan has worked at:
Hogan Lovells
Simmons & Simmons
The Litigation Support Company
DLA Piper
EY
Huron Legal
Consilio
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Although based in London Jonathan has set up and managed specific case teams in Australia, Bermuda, France and Hong Kong.
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