eDiscovery Preparedness – Technology Options

Chief Executive Officer and Senior Counsel

October 13, 2021

Proactive management of electronic information is one of the best ways to minimize costs and risks associated with eDiscovery. This includes enterprises making decisions on the appropriate approach to managing eDiscovery based on needs, volume and resources available.

Over the last few years, the options available to enterprises to manage eDiscovery needs have changed considerably. The choices of available technology have increased, the functionality available has improved (and continues to improve), and the options for purchasing the technology have also changed.

While there is a wide spectrum amongst the below list, generally speaking, enterprises have the following options for managing eDiscovery:

Outsourcing
In-House
Hybrid

Outsourcing

Many enterprises leave all aspects of eDiscovery to external litigation counsel to manage as part of the litigation, including the decision to further outsource the eDiscovery work to vendors. … Read More

EDRM Appoints O’Donnell to 2021/22 Global Advisory Council

The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) has once again appointed Crystal O’Donnell, the firm’s Founder and CEO, to its Global Advisory Council.

The EDRM empowers global leaders of eDiscovery and creates practical global resources to improve eDiscovery, privacy, security, and information governance.

Since 2005, EDRM has delivered leadership, standards, tools, guides, and test data-sets to strengthen best practices throughout the world. It has an international presence in 113 countries, spanning 6 continents, and provides an innovative support infrastructure for individuals, law firms, corporations, and government organizations seeking to improve the practice and provision of data and legal discovery.… Read More

Tune in to an EDRM Podcast featuring Crystal O’Donnell

Tune in to the EDRM Global Podcast Network and listen to an interview/conversation with our Founder and CEO Crystal O’Donnell.

As part of the EDRM’s (Electronic Discovery Reference Model) educational content program, the organization produces and hosts an extensive series of podcasts to help eDiscovery practitioners improve their overall acumen.

Part of the EDRM Podcast Network is Illumination Zone. Hosted by Mary Mack, EDRM’s CEO and Chief Legal Technologist, and Kaylee Walstad, Chief Strategy Officer, Illumination Zone is a series of interviews and discussions with global leaders in eDiscovery and adjacent disciplines.

Click here to tune in to Crystal’s interview and discussion about her career path to eDiscovery and current issues and trends in Canada.… Read More

O’Donnell and Felsky Selected as eDiscovery Thought Leaders

We are happy to advise that both Crystal O’Donnell, the firm’s founder and CEO, and Martin Felsky, Senior Counsel, have been selected by the international Who’s Who Legal (WWL) as 2021 eDiscovery Thought Leaders.

The selection is particularly meaningful as two of the only seven people selected in Canada are from Heuristica.

Brian Pel, the firm’s COO and Senior Counsel said “the selection of both Crystal and Martin following both peer and client review is a testament to the progress the firm has made to be the leader in eDiscovery law and practice in Canada”.… Read More

Pleased to Sponsor the CBA’s Competition Law Symposium

We are once again pleased to sponsor the Canadian Bar Association‘s (CBA) Competition Law Spring Online Symposium April 29th and 30th.

Presented by the CBA Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section the theme of the two-day symposium is “Staying Ahead of the Curve: Advanced Topics in Mergers and Joint Ventures” and will focus on answering the following questions:

What are the best practices in merger reviews?
Where are the major pitfalls and risks for clients undertaking a complex merger?
How could merger reviews be conducted more expeditiously in today’s economic environment?

Leading experts will discuss these topical issues on the law, policy and practice of mergers and joint ventures in the following sessions:

The “But For” World: Competitive Effects and Plausible Remedies
Keynote Presentation and Discussion with Commissioner Boswell and Senior Deputy Commissioner Pratt
Transaction Negotiations, Information Exchanges and Gun-Jumping
Risky Business: Merger, Joint Venture or Conspiracy?