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eClaris Purchases Syndex™ Auto Coding Software from Syngence Corporation

eClaris LLC, a premier eDiscovery litigation technology consulting firm, has announced that it has recently purchased Syndex™ Auto Coding Software from Syngence Corporation. As a result eClaris will now be able to provide its customers with thorough and precise abstract document summaries. Every summary will include specified key terms as well as the document’s author, [...]

StreetInsider.com – SciClone (SCLN) Tumbles on SEC Investigation, U.S. DOJ FCPA Compliance Issues

Shares of SciClone (Nasdaq: SCLN) are taking a tumble this morning as the company reported that they have been contacted by the U.S. SEC for an investigation. Shares are down 31% to $2.40 in the morning session. According to the company’s Q210 earnings press release: “Subsequent to the end of the quarter, as disclosed in [...]

No Crackdown but Questions in Europe About Data Protection and the Cloud – ReadWriteCloud

German authorities have recently expressed skepticism about cloud computing and the potential it has for breaking data protection laws. According to the Information Law Group, there is no imminent danger of a European crackdown but legal experts are advising international companies to address the potential concerns in their planning and operations. The controversy stems from [...]

“Foreign Private Issuers”: U.S. Corporations With Exotic Pedigrees

The U.S. is even more of a global capital market than many realize. Not only do foreign companies list on U.S. exchanges but scratch beneath the surface and even ostensibly American companies may be surprisingly exotic. For some of these issuers, their American veneer comes at some cost, reflecting that it is often a matter [...]

Google Simplifies Its Privacy Policies

Google has always tried to make things easier for its worldwide users cum admirers, if we may say so. It once again tries to win the hearts of its followers. How ? Has anybody ever tried reading what the Privacy Policies in a Google’s webpage comprise of ? Many would say no. Google is rewriting [...]

Forensic Market to Reach $20.52 Billion by 2015

GIA announces the release of a comprehensive U.S. report on the Forensic Technologies and Services market. The U.S. market for Forensic Technologies and Services is projected to register $20.52 billion in annual revenue by 2015. Surging crime rates, particularly cases related to cyber crime, rising number of terrorist attacks, and stronger role of forensic sciences [...]

UN Telecom Chief Wants BlackBerry to Divulge User Data

When it comes to data security issues, there is a blurry line between private sectors and government — particularly if the BlackBerry is involved. The secretary-general of the U.N.’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Hamadoun Toure, is attempting to define that gray area in favor of his constituents, calling on BlackBerry manufacturer Research in Motion to [...]

UCLA’s New Online Forum Focuses on War Crimes

The University of California at Los Angeles School of Law has launched an Internet-based law forum with the International Criminal Court that focuses on the prosecution of war criminals. The Human Rights & International Criminal Law Online Forum, launched on Wednesday, is spearheaded by Richard Steinberg, a law professor at UCLA and director of the [...]

Google Docs Ready for (Legal) Primetime? : E-Discovery Bytes

oday’s predominant word processors are Microsoft Word and Corel WordPerfect. MS Word is also offered as a web-based application or Saas (Software-as-a-Service). However, there is a newer type of document collaboration, where numerous people have access to the same document so that they can all contribute and monitor changes made by others. These types of applications are becoming more common. [...]

Son’s Receipt of Privileged Emails Did Not Result in Waiver where Son was a “Necessary Conduit in Delivering” Attorney’s Emails to Plaintiffs : Electronic Discovery Law

Green v. Beer, 2010 WL 3422723 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 24, 2010) In this day in age, it is easy to believe that everybody is familiar with email. That is not always the case. In this opinion, the district court reversed an order of the magistrate judge which found that plaintiffs’ attorney-client privilege was waived as a [...]