Outsourcing Law & Business Journal™ – March 2012

March 21, 2012 by ·

OUTSOURCING LAW & BUSINESS JOURNAL™ : Strategies and rules for adding value and improving legal and regulation compliance through business process management techniques in strategic alliances, joint ventures, shared services and cost-effective, durable and flexible sourcing of services. www.outsourcing-law.com. Visit our blog at http://blog.outsourcing-law.com. Insights by Bierce & Kenerson, P.C. Editor. www.biercekenerson.com. Vol. 12,  No. 3, March 2012 […]

Computer-Assisted Document Review in e-Discovery Can Avert Manual Review, Even if Not 100% Certain: “Predictive Coding” Protocol Passes Muster

March 21, 2012 by ·

When can parties rely upon nearly fully-automated “Big Data” procedures under U.S. federal e-discovery rules?  In a landmark class-action decision under the Equal Pay Act and Fair Labor Standards Act for gender discrimination and pregnancy discrimination, U.S. federal Magistrate Judge Andrew J. Peck ruled on February 24, 2012, that “predictive coding” can be legally sufficient […]