Voted again as Leaders in Document Review

For the third year in a row Heuristica has been selected by the readers of Canadian Lawyer magazine as a leader in Legal Process Outsourcing and Managed Document Review.

Canadian Lawyer recently announced the winners of the 6th Annual Readers’ Choice Awards which are designed to give a voice to their readers to identify which service providers are the best at what they do and prevailed among their competitors.

Brian Pel, the firm’s COO and Senior Counsel, said he is “grateful to both the firm’s legal and technical teams for constantly pushing the envelope to find better and faster ways of serving our clients in their eDiscovery projects. … Read More

Heuristica Discovery Counsel Becomes RelativityOne Silver Partner

Heuristica extends its commitment to RelativityOne by becoming the world’s first law firm to achieve Silver Partner status.

Toronto, Ontario – September 11, 2020 – Heuristica Discovery Counsel LLP, Canada’s only independent, national law firm focused on electronic discovery (eDiscovery), evidence management, and related legal services, today announced that it has become a RelativityOne Silver Partner for providing exceptional service experience to its RelativityOne end users.

Heuristica is in the unique position of being the only independent Canadian national law firm with a practice dedicated to electronic evidence management and is known for its innovative approach to eDiscovery. It provides a full range of eDiscovery counsel, electronic evidence collection, hosting, review and production services. … Read More

Please vote – we’ve been nominated again!

We are pleased to announce that we have been nominated again for two Canadian Lawyer Readers’ Choice Awards.

This year we have been nominated as the best in:

Litigation Support and E-Discovery Consultants
Legal Process Outsourcing / Document Review Services

This is the sixth year Canadian Lawyer has run their Readers’ Choice Awards. The program is designed to give a voice to their readers to identify which vendors and suppliers are the best at what they do.

Voting is open until August 21st and winners will be unveiled in the November 20, 2020 issue of Canadian Lawyer.… Read More

Felsky is Panelist on Sedona Canada Webinar

Martin Felsky will participate as a panelist on The Sedona Conference Webinar on The Sedona Canada Commentary on Privacy and Information Security for Legal Service Providers: Principles and Guidelines.

The legal world’s reliance on technology has created incredible efficiencies and as a result, personal and confidential information (“PCI”) is more readily available and at greater risk of being compromised. Law firms and legal service providers are targets by hackers and data thieves.

Law firms and legal service providers have heightened responsibilities to protect the information entrusted to them. They are subject to the same federal and provincial statutory regulations regarding data privacy and data security as other business entities but are also subject to professional ethics rules regarding technological competence and client confidentiality.… Read More

Firm Sponsors Digital Evidence & E-Discovery Institute

Heuristica is pleased to sponsor the 9th Annual Ontario Digital Evidence and E-Discovery Institute on Monday, November 18th at the Ontario Bar Association Conference Centre in downtown Toronto.

This popular full-day program brings together leading experts to talk about the latest developments in ediscovery and digital evidence. The faculty will focus on the lifecycle of an ediscovery project, e-trials, and the use of digital evidence beyond traditional civil litigation.

Attendees will:

gain practical insight to effectively manage electronically stored information
benefit from a close look into technology assisted review
learn how to choose the right technology
learn how best to work with a vendor
find out what is happening at Sedona Canada
learn how to manage the ethical issues that arise with digital evidence and when using technology in discoveries

The Institute is a joint program of the Ontario Bar Association, The Law Society of Ontario, and The Advocates’ Society.… Read More