In This Issue: October 2009 / Cover Story

EDD SHOWCASE

Call to Disarm

Early case assessment makes a lot of sense in any dispute situation. Do you have a winner? Will the costs outweigh the benefits? It's time we leverage the fruits of early case assessment -- an internal exercise geared toward strategy and risk -- toward early case resolution.

Big Bang for the Bucks

ILTA, aware of tight times, stresses its value to firms.

EDITOR'S NOTE

Every October, we turn our focus on general counsel and how they are coping with electronic data discovery.

EDD SHOWCASE: Exploit Your Team

With increasing focus on the need for early case assessment, and with increasing pressure on parties to reduce electronic data discovery costs, paralegals have a great opportunity to be key players as your legal team develops its case strategy.

FINANCE: Capture Metrics

Many companies and law firms have adopted financial reporting and collection systems. Why? Among other reasons, they help companies create a single chart of accounts, follow a single collection schedule, and reduce the number of disparate systems required to execute collections.

The Right Fit

Information on e-discovery vendor services and products is ubiquitous, but actually choosing and managing vendors during a complex discovery project can be a challenge. Here are some guidelines for in-house and outside litigation counsel to help you choose the right vendors.

BALL IN YOUR COURT: BALL IN YOUR COURT
Jolly Roger Justice

Attorneys Ralph Losey and Craig Ball have a playful wager respecting the viability of Judge Nuffer's opinion in Phillip M. Adams & Associates, L.L.C., v. Dell, Inc. Ball thinks the judge's opinion will stand, but Losey anticipates an appellate slap down.

TECH TURBULENCE: Lost in Time

Automatic time tracking takes time management in a new direction

UPCLOSE: Andrew Peck

Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

TEST DRIVE: The Second Time Around

Early iterations disappointed, but new netbooks hit the mark