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Defining Big Data In the e-Discovery World
As a data analyst, I'm always interested in investigating data trends in different industries. In 2015 ' and at the end of the last five years ' I've looked back at what Big Data really means in the e-discovery world, where large data volumes can equal a lot of time, a lot of money, and a more challenging case.
I've been working with kCura to build this analysis with data from Relativity ' data coming from Relativity hosting providers, law firm customers, and corporate and government users applying the software and supporting tools to identify, collect, and analyze electronic data. Big Data has many definitions, but with respect to Relativity, we looked at the aggregate view formed when considering all data shared with kCura during the course of the year, i.e., the Relativity universe.
The data set underlying our Big Data analysis is impressive for several reasons. For starters, there are more than 130,000 active users of Relativity. Those users represent more than 190 of the Am Law 200 and 70 of the Fortune 100 companies. To a data analyst's delight, an overwhelming majority of Relativity customers share what we can consider metadata related to applying Relativity such as:
- Case size data as indicated by the Document Count or Number of Documents reviewed;
- File Sizes in GBs of the electronic data; and
- Number of Reviewers used to perform document review.
These variables are then stratified three ways:
- All cases reported over the course of a year;
- The largest 1,000 cases by Number of Documents reported over the course of a year; and
- The largest 100 cases by Number of Documents reported over the course of a year.
Growing data volumes have been a theme since this study began in 2011. While cases of all sizes are handled in Relativity, the real action is at the high end of these data sets where the data volumes continue to grow and the magnitude of the largest cases are mind boggling.
Major Differences In UK, U.S. Copyright Laws
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
The Article 8 Opt In
The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.
Removing Restrictive Covenants In New York
In Rockwell v. Despart, the New York Supreme Court, Third Department, recently revisited a recurring question: When may a landowner seek judicial removal of a covenant restricting use of her land?