Ralph Losey

E-Discovery in Law School: Yes, You Need to Learn This Stuff

Do law students need to learn about electronic discovery? Uh, yes. Yes they do.

Plaintiffs Trying To Get Judge Peck Bounced from Landmark Predictive Coding Case

One of the parties in Da Silva Moore v. Publicis Group, the first federal case in which a judge approved protective coding, has requested that Judge Andrew Peck, who made the order, recuse himself. What is the basis for the recusal request?

Live at LegalTech: That’s a Wrap, But the Predictive Coding Debate Is Only Heating up

(Opens in a new window) LegalTech New York(Opens in a new window) finished up earlier this week. I survived with only a minor case of technology loop(Opens in a new window), although my iPhone was begging for mercy by the end.The conference was frenetic, to say the least. There was a lot going on, regarding […]

Quote of the Day: Keyword Searching? You’re Doing It Wrong

Keyword searching is absolutely terrible, in terms of statistical responsiveness.— Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck(Opens in a new window) (S.D.N.Y.), in a panel today at the LegalTech conference. He spoke alongside Wachtell Lipton counsel Maura Grossman(Opens in a new window) and Jackson Lewis partner Ralph Losey(Opens in a new window), on a panel that aimed to […]

Is E-Discovery Becoming Certifiable?

(Opens in a new window)Recently on my blog(Opens in a new window) I have been posting different(Opens in a new window) viewpoints(Opens in a new window) as to whether the e-discovery industry should have its own specialized certification. In the past year there has been a push by several organizations to establish standards of testing […]

The Next Big ‘Buzz Words’ in Legal Technology

(Opens in a new window)From “concept searching” to “cloud computing,” every year there are new buzz words and catch phrases that enter into the lexicon of legal technology. Of course, when you are dealing with technology of any sort, you should expect to update jargon regularly (such as from 3G to 4G to 5G(Opens in […]

Fear and Loathing in LegalTech

(Opens in a new window)Daniel de Juan, a sales engineer from Mitratech(Opens in a new window), summed up perfectly what LegalTech(Opens in a new window) was like for me this year: “Being at LegalTech is almost like being at a casino, in the sense that you lose all track of time.”Two years ago, I found […]