That’s the topic of our recent TAR Talk podcast.* We talked about the recent decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia In Re Domestic Airline Travel Antitrust Litigation, 2018 WL 4441507 (D.D.C. Sept. 13, 2018), an antitrust class action lawsuit against the four largest commercial airlines in the United States—American
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Moving Beyond Outbound Productions: Using TAR 2.0 for Knowledge Generation and Protection
Lawyers search for documents for many different reasons. TAR 1.0 systems were primarily used to reduce review costs in outbound productions. As most know, modern TAR 2.0 protocols, which are based on continuous active learning (CAL) can support a wide range of review needs. In our last post, for example, we talked about how TAR…
How Can I Use TAR 2.0 for Investigations?
Across the legal landscape, lawyers search for documents for many different reasons. TAR 1.0 systems were primarily used to classify large numbers of documents when lawyers were reviewing documents for production. But how can you use TAR for even more document review tasks?
Modern TAR technologies (TAR 2.0 based on the continuous active learning—or CAL—protocol)…
Five Questions to Ask Your E-Discovery Vendor About CAL
In the aftermath of studies showing that continuous active learning (CAL) is more effective than the first-generation technology assisted review (TAR 1.0) protocols, it seems like every e-discovery vendor is jumping on the bandwagon. At the least it feels like every e-discovery vendor claims to use CAL or somehow incorporate it into its TAR protocols.…
Predict Proves Effective Even With High Richness Collection
Finds 94% of the Relevant Documents Despite Review Criteria Changes
Our client, a major oil and gas company, was hit with a federal investigation into alleged price fixing. The claim was that several of the drilling companies had conspired through various pricing signals to keep interest owner fees from rising with the market.1 The regulators…
Optimizing Document Review in Compliance Investigations, Part 2
This article was originally published in Corporate Compliance Insights on August 6, 2018
Using Advanced Analytics and Continuous Active Learning to “Prove a Negative”
This is the second article in a two-part series that focuses on document review techniques for managing compliance in internal and regulatory investigations. Part 1 provided several steps for implementing an…
Optimizing Document Review In Compliance Investigations, Part 1
This article was originally published in Corporate Compliance Insights on July 17, 2018
Internal/Regulatory Investigations Versus Litigation
Too many corporations approach litigation and compliance investigations the same way, using the same technology, approach and people. But your approach to managing electronic information in internal and regulatory compliance investigations should differ from the one for litigation.…
Hon. Paul Grimm and Kevin Brady of Redgrave Outline Admissibility of Digital Evidence
By John Pappas
“Objection, foundation.”
To any seasoned trial attorney, the foundation objection shouldn’t trip up anyone. Akin to blocking and tackling in football, laying foundation for admission of evidence is almost taken for granted. But ask that same trial lawyer (only after a few adult beverages) if he or she has ever been tripped up on a…
57 Ways to Leave Your (Linear) Lover
A Case Study on Using Catalyst’s Insight Predict to Find Relevant Documents Without SME Training
A Big Four accounting firm with offices in Tokyo recently asked Catalyst to demonstrate the effectiveness of Insight Predict, technology assisted review (TAR) based on continuous active learning (CAL), on a Japanese language investigation. They gave us a test population…
