Pro Bono work is extremely noble work.  The good it does for the people helped and for our souls is hard to match.  But like everything in life, there are challenges associated with it.  From not enough time, to not being able to make it work.  And for as much as we'd like, there are some cases, no matter how much we want to take them on, we just can't.

Does it seem like you spend more and more time reviewing irrelevant document after document, looking for that one important piece of evidence that will crack the case and get a superior to recognize your efforts?  Recognition that will reassure you that the student loan debt you're still paying off was worth it?  

Do you wish there was a better way?

Platinum IDS proudly welcomes another firm to the family of Hybrid Hosting Clients. 

We keep hearing more about professional competency in our discussions with our clients and even our internal team. Last week I was verbally crucified by an attorney who was convinced a pad of paper for notes and a pot of coffee was all he needed to review 440,000 documents. He had no use for a database or any kind of metadata filtering, keyword querying or date limiting whatsoever. 

Have you considered your overall data security risks?

As unfortunate as it may be, many firms simply select the lowest bidder when it comes to ESI processing and overall management. It's absolutely amazing that some firms would push some of the American economies most valuable and contended trade secrets, human resource data, bank and financial information and more to the lowest bidder, without taking the time and energy to evaluate what the vendor's security practices are.

There's a great article at Law.com entitled 'No Shades of Gray in the Commoditization of Law' which does a great job of summarizing an 800 lb. gorilla in the room that apparently most of us haven't had the stomach to discuss in depth.

Another great article over at Above the Law regarding the shrinking of 'BigLaw' legal teams to bolster profits and reduce overhead. It comes just in time, as I happen to have lunch today with some potential referral partners from a local/national onshore document review company. (Shall remain nameless until we sign paper :)) Regardless, this is what Platinum IDS is all about. It's a perfect fit for Platinum's innovative offering.

WE’RE ALL FOLLOWING THE APPLE V. SAMSUNG CASE AGAIN. We thought it was over.... .

Meet TexFile, the state’s new electronic filing system, which is expected to cut e-filing fees by 48 percent and allow anyone to search for and view court documents online.

“Potentially the greatest part of this is it reduces the cost so much,” says David Slayton, administrative director of the Texas Office of Court Administration, who announced the news Friday at a meeting of the Texas Judicial Council.