Press Release
Renowned Litigation Consultant Tom O'Connor Initiates docNative Paradigm Blog
Weblog to Focus on Identifying Technologies, Trends and Solutions Within Electronic Discovery
SAN DIEGO, CA, AND NEW ORLEANS, LA, OCTOBER 29, 2008
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Anacomp® Inc., a leading business process solutions company, and the
Legal Electronic Document Institute (LEDI), a non-profit
corporation promoting the development of education and
standards for electronic legal documents, today jointly
announced a new weblog, or blog, dedicated to identifying
trends, technologies and best practices in the electronic
discovery realm. The blog is led by Tom OConnor, the
Director of LEDI and a nationally known consultant, speaker
and writer in the realm of computerized litigation support
systems. The blog will focus on how Anacomps docNative
Paradigm approach to eDiscovery can be leveraged by law
firms and corporate counsel departments to expedite and
accelerate litigation review processes. The blog will be
updated weekly on Wednesdays and is available at
http://docnativeblog.wordpress.com.
Anacomps docNative Paradigm approach to eDiscovery
emphasizes native file review, empowering users to view
hundreds of file types, including audio and video, without
the need of third party file conversions or applications. By
managing documents in their native or near-native formats,
the TIFFing conversion step can be skipped until the end
of the discovery process, and only then as needed to format
documents that are relevant and required for production. As
such, users can greatly accelerate review, dramatically cut
processing costs and reduce associated risks. In addition,
this native file review approach supports compliance with
new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) around
electronically stored information (ESI). Anacomps docNative
Paradigm also empowers the ability to manage images such as
TIFFS, so hybrid format environments of TIFFS, near-native,
and native files are seamless to the user.
I look forward to not only sharing my interpretation of the
rapidly changing litigation processing environment, but also
for my blog to serve as a place for litigation support
professionals to learn how to leverage emerging technologies
and share successes and best practices, said Mr. OConnor.
I will also explore how legal teams are leveraging the
docNative paradigm to quickly collect, organize, review and
produce digital evidence to streamline litigation processes.
The docNative Paradigm supports the direction the litigation
realm is rapidly heading and is a central aspect of the
ongoing evolution of litigation support solutions.
Anacomp is pleased to leverage Toms deep domain expertise
and experience to help litigation professionals wade through
the myriad changes within the eDiscovery space, and to
advise them as to how to take advantage of native file
review to reduce, eliminate or postpone antiquated review
processes such as Bates numbering and TIFFing where
applicable, said Wayne Ford, Anacomps Senior Vice
President of Marketing, Channels and Strategic Alliances.
We are seeing the litigation market quickly adopting new
processes and technologies. This blog serves as another
example of how Anacomp and LEDI are delivering guidance and
thought leadership in an industry that is rapidly evolving
and where obsolete litigation processing methods are rapidly
being replaced by cost-effective solutions.
Throughout his career, Mr. OConnors work with public and
private law firms on large, complex cases has led him to
become adept with many litigation support applications. A
frequent lecturer on the subject of legal technology, Mr.
OConnor has taught college courses and has been on the
faculty of numerous national CLE providers. He is currently
a member of the American Bar Foundation and former member of
the Governing Council of the Law Practice Management Section
of the American Bar Association. Mr. OConnor has also been
the editor of several legal newsletters and authored The
Automated Law Firm, a guide to computer systems and
software, and The Lawyers Guide to Summation. He is also a
member of the Advisory Board of Law Technology News.
About Legal Electronic Document Institute
The Legal Electronic Document Institute (LEDI) focuses on identifying trends and developments in the use of electronic discovery by law firms nationwide, as well as furthering existing efforts to promote electronic discovery standards for use by federal and state courts. The LEDI Advisory Board is a group of accomplished legal professionals, all of whom have well established reputations in their practice areas. This expertise, combined with the various national legal organizations with which LEDI partners, provides a single, comprehensive source for information on the constantly evolving field of electronic documents. LEDI also offers consulting, expert witness and discovery master services. More information is available at: www.legal-edocs.org.
About Anacomp
With 40 years of experience and a passionate commitment
to client services, Anacomp partners with its customers to
help them realize the full potential of their business
processes at the lowest total cost of ownership. Possessing
one of the worlds largest document repositories as well as
a large, independent field services organization, Anacomps
offerings serve hundreds of original equipment manufacturing
(OEM) partners and thousands of end users in insurance,
financial services, government, legal, and other markets.
Anacomp is headquartered in San Diego, with international
headquarters in Wokingham, UK. For more information, visit
www.anacomp.com or call
(800) 364-9870.
For More Information:
Rob Jensen
Senior Director of Marketing
Anacomp, Inc.
(858) 716-3549
rob.jensen@anacomp.com
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