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Language-Based Knowledge Extraction Can Reform Document Review
As the amount of data in discovery continues to escalate, easing the pain, time and cost of document review during e-discovery remains a leading goal for organizations and their legal teams. Forward-looking organizations are seeking deeper insight into their data, along with ways to leverage current review for future uses. Over the years, attorneys and providers have experimented with many different approaches, processes and technologies to manage document review, yet they find themselves still struggling to manage data effectively and defensibly.'
In this environment, an emerging market trend ' language-based knowledge extraction ' holds the promise of greater strategic insight, improved efficiencies and cost-saving advantages during document review. Knowledge extraction achieves the objective of identifying relevant documents and understanding what those documents actually say at the beginning of the review process as opposed to the end.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
The DOJ's New Parameters for Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs
The parameters set forth in the DOJ's memorandum have implications not only for the government's evaluation of compliance programs in the context of criminal charging decisions, but also for how defense counsel structure their conference-room advocacy seeking declinations or lesser sanctions in both criminal and civil investigations.
Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations
This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.