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Get Off of My I-Cloud: Role of Technology in Construction
PracticeSanjay Kurian, Esq.
Trent Walton, CTO U.S. Legal Support
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A Story
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The Attorney’s Technical Concerns at Trial/Arbitration/Mediation
• Use of photographs, video and documents • Use of demonstratives• Admissibility issues• Courtroom limitations
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Challenges for the Construction Lawyer
• Learning curve and initial investment• Dynamics of technology evolution –
(un)planned obsolescence• Different levels of experience of clients and
other parties• Emerging trends in technology • Evidentiary issues• Different levels of experience of tribunals
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The Attorney’s Technical Concerns
• Providing Documents to the experts• The “Cloud”• Discoverability of the cloud• Electronic Discovery Planning
– Client Documents– Opposing party
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The Attorney’s Technical Concerns at Trial/Arbitration/Mediation
• Use of photographs and documents • Use of demonstratives• Admissibility issues• Courtroom limitations
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Developments in eDiscovery• Acceptance of Technology Assisted Review• Acceptance of Social Media Discovery• Acceptance of Cloud Computing and Storage• The American Bar Association Passed New Model
Ethics Rules Regarding Technology
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Goals of eDiscovery• Fulfill Preservation Obligations• Get the Evidence Needed• Integrate into Legal Strategy• Manage & Predict Costs• Reduce Volume
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EDD v. Forensic Analysis
• EDD (Electronic Data Discovery)– Document oriented– Generally large numbers of Pages– Goal is attorney review
• Forensic Analysis– Usage oriented– What happened on the computer (deletions,
copying, modifications)– Timelines are critical
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Case Strategy
• Find the Data!• Litigation holds• Definitions• Interrogatories• Discovery requests• Protocols• ESI Discovery Calendar
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Where Could the data be?
• Computers• Servers• Mobile Phones• Social Media and Web Sites• Cloud Email and Storage
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Data Collection• Types of Collections• Survey custodians
– Scope– Locations– Basis for strategy
• Allow self collections?– Benefits and hazards– Limit spoliation exposure
• Identify relevant file types• Estimate collection costs
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Typical Collection Costs
• Billable metrics (Industry Estimates)– By device
• Computer: $500 to $900– By hour
• Certified Forensic Examiner: $250 to $350• eDiscovery Technician: $130 to $200
– By mean• Physical location
– More hours, travel, hotel, car• Remote
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Computer Forensics
• Find and Recover Deleted Files and Emails• Create Timelines of Internet History and Browsing• Tell When and If Files Were Copied• Uncover Intentional Evidence Destruction • Find Evidence of Data Theft• Write Declarations, Reports and Testify to Opinions
and Findings
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A War Story
• The Salesman Conspiracy
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Early Data Assessment• Attorney driven• Data sampling• Can be used to prepare for Meet & Confer• Low price• Data filter
– DeNist– DeDuplicate– Date range– Custodian– Sender domains– Doc type
• Determine search terms• Estimate processing costs
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Data Processing• Assign document s• Hash files
– Protect from spoliation
• Extract meta-data• OCR documents without extractable text• Track conversation threads• Export to review platform
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Document Review• Review format
– Native vs Image review• Review types
– Linear– Full disclosure– Technology Assisted Review
• Bulk tagging– Parent-child relationships– Email conversations– Folders
• Review platforms– Hosted vs In-house
• Review costs– Calculate estimated attorney review hours
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What is TAR?• Typical Review
– Keyword Searching– Categorization
• Synonyms• Technology Assisted Review
– Predictive Coding (i.e. Netflix, Amazon)
• Concept Based– Pre-Build Conceptual Search Index– Code related documents
• Support Vector-Based– Concept + Analytics
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TAR Workflow
Train:Identify Train SetSubject Matter Experts
Analyze:System learns from trainingprioritizes documentssuggests categories
Evaluate:Review machine suggestionsReview production set
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Document Production
• Production formats– Native vs Tiff– Current ESI production standards
• “As kept in normal course of business”• Produce for requested review platform
– Summation– Concordance– CaseLogistix– PDF…
– Tracking productions
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General Questions?
• Litigation Strategy• Data Preservation and Collection• Computer Forensics vs. eDiscovery• Forensic Analysis• Early Data Assessment• Document Review• Document Production
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Essential Attorney Questions
• Who will be handle the electronic discovery?• Who will operate the technology at mediation
or trial?• Who will interface with the experts on
technology issues?• Do we have in-house strength to handle these
tasks?• Ultimately the lawyer is responsible
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Get Off of My I-Cloud: Role of Technology in Construction
PracticeSanjay Kurian, Esq.
Trent Walton, Chief Technology Officer U.S. Legal