Industry News

Litigation Support Today Acquires Legal Assistant Today from James Publishing, Inc.

Conexion International Media, Inc., publisher of Litigation Support Today has acquired Legal Assistant Today - the leading magazine for the paralegal profession from its former owner James Publishing, Inc.

Legal Assistant Today is the leading independent national trade magazine written exclusively for paralegals. It has been published continuously for more than 25 years and it is the established authority in the paralegal field.

Specializing in the development of international and niche-market publications particularly those focused on vertical professions or special interests with multiple growth potential in the USA and the markets of Latin America, Asia-Pacific, or other regions, Conexion International Media is based in Columbia, MD and has sales offices in Miami and New York. The company currently publishes Litigation Support Today magazine with a total of 10,000 in circulation which is currently scheduled to be audited by BPA Worldwide. Additionally, the company produces The International Litigation Support Leaders Conference, an annual education/networking conference and the prestigious Betsy Ann Reynolds Awards for Excellence in Litigation Support, recognizing the important role of today’s litigation support professionals.

“We are pleased to announce the acquisition of Legal Assistant Today,” said Charles Buckwalter, VP of Conexion International Media, Inc. “Legal Assistant Today shares areas of convergence with our other publication and we are confident that we will be able to maximize promotional opportunities with both current and new clients in the legal support community. In addition, we intend to build on LAT’s strong legitimate base of paid subscribers and expand circulation to better serve the information needs of the paralegal profession.”

LitWorks Announces Certified Litigation Support Project Manager Course

LitWorks a DTI Company has added a Certified Litigation Support Project Manager course to their existing training catalog. The three-day course, offered to litigation support professionals with three or more years of industry experience, is focused on improving project management skills. In addition, LitWorks offers a weeklong Certified Litigation Support Professional Training that is designed for staff with one to five years of litigation support experience. The first LitWorks Certified Litigation Support Project Manager Course is being held March 9-13, 2009. To register for this or any LitWorks course, visit www.LitWorks.net.

Research Reveals PDF is Format of Choice for Document Archiving

Recent AIIM research found that 90% of organizations are using the PDF file format for long-term storage of scanned documents, and 89% are converting Office files to PDF for distribution and archive. Not surprisingly, paper is currently used by 100% of organizations, but when asked to predict the situation in 5 years time, use of paper for long-term storage dropped to 77%, whereas PDF rose to 93%. Time-honored storage on microfilm or fiche is still used by 43% of organizations, but this is expected to drop to 28% over the next five years. At the other end of the media spectrum, 34% of organizations are archiving digital video, rising to a projected 47% in 5 years. Digital audio archiving will rise from 30% to 37%. The new AIIM Market IQ report: “Content Creation and Delivery - The On-Ramps and Off-Ramps of ECM” is available for free download at www.aiim.org/capture/.

Scarab Consulting Acquires World Document Solutions

Scarab Consulting has acquiring World Document Solutions. Having purchased RLS-New York in May 2008, Scarab now adds World Document Solutions’ considerable resources to effectively double its Electronic Data Discovery (EDD) capacity. As a result, Scarab now ranks solidly in the top five largest eDiscovery providers in NYC. In addition to offering increased production capacity and an experienced project management team, Scarab’s newly combined New York office is now equipped to provide clients additional capabilities such as trial services, hosted review technologies, and litigation readiness consulting. For additional information on services or products provided by Scarab, please visit www.consultscarab.com.

Alexander Gallo Holdings LLC Acquires Verdict Systems, LLC

Alexander Gallo Holdings LLC announced that it has completed an acquisition of Verdict Systems LLC of Tempe, Ariz., developers of trial presentation software, Sanction, and the more comprehensive Verdical package. The transaction includes all subsidiaries of Verdict Systems, including the service arm, Sanction Solutions LLC.

“We have always believed that first-class technology was essential to providing our clients the best service and support possible,” said President and CEO Alexander J. Gallo.

“We are looking forward to the opportunities available to us as members of the Alexander Gallo Holdings family,” says Verdict Systems Managing Director Mike Hahn.

Subsidiaries of Alexander Gallo Holdings include Associated Reporters, Brown & Gallo, DepoNet, Esquire Deposition Services, Esquire Litigation Solutions, Esquire Solutions, The Hobart West Group, Hobart West Solutions, Jack Daniel Reporting & Video Services, LRI, Paulson Reporting & Litigation Services, SetDepo and Tankoos Reporting.

Certus EDM Acquires C1 Legal Document Services

Certus EDM (Certus), a Minneapolis based software services company, announced its acquisition of C1 Legal Document Services (C1), also of Minneapolis. C1 provides scanning, conversion and electronic discovery services. The acquisition will expand the Certus offering by combining the C1 document support services with the Certus document management and hosting technology.

Socha-Gelbmann Electronic Discovery Survey to be Retooled

Following the release of the Sixth Annual Socha-Gelbmann Electronic Discovery Survey in August 2008, George Socha announced that the much publicized survey will be discontinued in its current form starting in 2009. The survey has provided a set of rankings for electronic discovery providers and applications since 2003 and grew in sophistication and interest each year of its publication. Mr. Socha says that the original intent of the survey was to guide consumers entering an inchoate market; however, in recent years the market has matured and consumers have come to rely too heavily on the rankings. In addition, the rankings have influenced the stock prices of publically held compa- nies and the ability of some companies to obtain financing. Mr. Socha indicated that this was never the intention of the survey rankings and that even though the survey methods were as objective as possible, they should never have used as a substitute for consumers conducting their own assessments of providers and services. Starting in 2009, the survey will be retooled to more effectively assist consumers in matching their perceived e-discovery needs to what providers have to offer.

StoredIQ Receives Award

StoredIQ, an electronic discovery and litigation readiness provider, was awarded the 2008 Compliance Best Products and Services Award by Network Products Guide, a Silicon Valley Communications publication. This annual award recognizes products and services that represent the needs and interests of end-users of worldwide technology. Rake Narang, Editor-in- Chief at Network Products Guide, said that the StoredIQ application provides innovation and leadership in information management over business-critical information related to compliance and risk management requirements. Network Products Guide is a provider of products, technologies, and vendor-related research and analysis.

Deloitte Opens Discovery Solutions Center

Deloitte LLP, a worldwide audit, tax, consulting, and financial services group, has announced the opening of a state-of-the- art Electronic Discovery Solutions Center near Nashville, Tennessee. The 13,180 square-foot Center is able to respond 24/7 to litigations and investigations across multiple worldwide regions, and in many languages. The Center is designed to handle high-volume processing requirements and is flexible enough to grow further. The Center will employ approximately 100 professionals in suburban Nashville. In addition, Deloitte has professionals and labs in several U.S. Deloitte offices as well as within member firms worldwide.

Fios and Exterro Announce Partnership

Fios Inc., an electronic discovery services firm, announced that it has formed a partnership with Exterro, a provider of legal hold and discovery management software. Fios and Exterro are working together to implement effective, defensible approaches for managing legal holds in response to e-discovery for litigation and investigations. Fios brings its business process and technical consulting services to the partnership to support Exterro’s legal hold management application.

RGL Acquires Impact Forensics

The RGL - Forensic Accountants & Consultants announced that it has expanded its international forensic technology practice with the acquisition of Impact Forensics, a Chicago-based computer forensics and electronic discovery firm. RGL – Forensic Accountants & Consultants is an international firm of forensic financial experts exclusively dedicated to damage analysis, fraud investigation and valuation. For more information about RGL, please visit rgl.com.

Kelly Law Registry and inData Corporation Partner to Provide National Trial Consulting

Kelly Law Registry, the legal staffing business unit of global human resources solutions provider Kelly Services, and inData Corporation announced today its partnership to provide trial consulting and courtroom presentation services nationwide. The new services include pre-trial preparation, trial presentation, courtroom set-up, demonstrative graphics creation, and war room configuration. For more information about trial consulting services offered by Kelly Law Registry, visit http://www.kellylawregistry.com or contact a local Kelly Law Registry office.

Edmond Scientific Company Acquires Access Litigation

Edmond Scientific Company (ESC) has acquired Access Litigation Support Services (ALSS). Under the terms of the agreement, ESC purchased existing EDD (Electronic Data Discovery) software including NatiVIEW Analytics 2.0 web-hosting solution, as well as proprietary data processing software. ESC intends to use their systems engineering- oriented approach for developing stable, robust solutions specifically tailored for client business processes to further enhance NatiVIEW Analytics 2.0. Edmond Scientific Company (http://www.edmondsci.com) is a professional services firm that creates business solutions for both government and commercial customers.

Interwoven Planning to Acquire Discovery Mining, Inc.

Interwoven has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Discovery Mining, Inc., a leading eDiscovery provider to professional services firms and corporations. Key Discovery Mining clients include DLA Piper UK LLP, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Holland & Knight, Morrison & Foerster LLP, and Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP. The acquisition is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2008.

Electronic Evidence Discovery, Inc. to Purchase Daticon, LLC

Electronic Evidence Discovery, Inc. (EED), a Kirkland, Washington company which provides e-discovery services reached an agreement to purchase Daticon, LLC, a Connecticut-based company providing early case assessment, electronic discovery, consulting and archive services for law firms, corporations and government agencies. The Daticon acquisition broadens the company’s portfolio of on-site services and provides EED with a regional processing facility in the Northeast.

E-Discovery Institute to Publish Results

The eDiscovery Institute, a 501(c) (3) organization founded in 2005, is expected to publish the results of its inaugural study later this year. The study will compare the time, cost and accu- racy of traditional, manual document review processes with the use of electronic document review tools. The data set for the study is being provided by a Fortune 500 U.S. company. It contains 1.5 million email messages, .3 million loose files, and .6 million scanned documents. The study will be peer reviewed and available free of charge. For more information go to www.electronicdiscoveryinstitute.com.