Jeremy Greer

Jeremy believes in making eDiscovery accessible for everyone and creating publicly available educational content. You can find him exploring National Parks, watching Seattle sports, or sitting in the yellow booth on the Bainbridge Island ferry.

Are Federal eDiscovery Rules Different from State eDiscovery Rules?

on Tue, Sep 13, 2022 By | Jeremy Greer | 0 Comments | Pricing eDiscovery Cost

The process of gathering evidence for use in a civil or criminal trial is known as discovery. This process can be complicated and time-consuming, especially when electronic evidence is involved.

What Is A Subject Matter Expert In The eDiscovery Field?

on Tue, Jan 19, 2021 By | Jeremy Greer | 0 Comments |

In the electronic discovery field a subject matter expert (sme) is someone who can (if called upon) validate the veracity and integrity of all eDiscovery practices. A document with “probative value” is essentially a fact that is of-interest and can be used to persuade in a court of law. At the highest level, subject matter experts determine how to find documents with probative value while ensuring that all metadata is maintained.

ESI Discovery Protocol - What To Include

on Wed, Dec 02, 2020 By | Jeremy Greer | 0 Comments | Best Practices

An Electronically Stored Information (ESI) Protocol is a negotiated agreement between parties in litigation that governs how relevant electronic documents will be identified, preserved, collected, processed, reviewed, and produced to the opposing party. e Discovery related negotiations typically occur during the FRCP 26(f) Meet and Confer Conference of the Parties (or State equivalent). Courts and case law have made clear that these discussions are ongoing and can even occur in a more informal manner via email, etc. Regardless, the negotiated ESI protocol and relevant deadlines (court provided or otherwise) are binding.

Digital WarRoom Featured as a Premier Provider in the 2020 eDiscovery Buyers Guide

on Mon, Nov 23, 2020 By | Jeremy Greer | 0 Comments | Trends

“Digital WarRoom is a powerful and consistent software platform for anyone that needs to plan a comprehensive attack on processing, review and production of electronically stored information.”

Why General Discovery Objections Won't Cut It Anymore

on Thu, Nov 12, 2020 By | Jeremy Greer | 0 Comments | Requirements

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were heavily amended in 2006 to allow for electronically stored information to be discoverable. At the time, popular culture in the legal industry was mostly focused on the intense burden of electronic discovery from different and possibly unknown mediums. The Federal Rules back then reflected just that, providing a direct framework to limit the scope of discovery.

Bates Numbering - How to Electronically Apply a Bates Stamp

on Mon, Oct 26, 2020 By | Jeremy Greer | 2 Comments |

What is Bates Numbering? How Does Bates Numbering Work? Bates numbers (bates stamps, bates labels) are numbers used to uniquely identify pages within a set of documents. Bates numbers are used in almost all law firms as an agreed-upon method between parties to ensure a common naming convention when referring to given pages.

How Do Information Governance Policies Help Manage eDiscovery Risks?

on Fri, Oct 09, 2020 By | Jeremy Greer | 0 Comments |

What is Included in Information Governance? Definition of Information Governance What is information governance/ information governance definition: Information governance is a top-down approach to corporate information management which may include multi-disciplinary policies, structures, and workflows to minimize risks, meet legal requirements, and meet other business objectives. This area of thought leadership encompasses a wide range of goals that could differ greatly across various stakeholders. For example, a thorough information governance program could be considered beneficial for the purposes of data security, records management, data analytics, data governance, ediscovery, risk, as well as compliance.

What Is The Purpose Of Legal Document Review and eDiscovery?

on Fri, Sep 11, 2020 By | Jeremy Greer | 0 Comments | Glossary

Document review is a well-known phase of the litigation and legal process. To come to the truth in dispute resolution, parties are permitted to request relevant documents. And to meet requirements pertaining to the request, the producing party must comb through collected data. Nowadays these files often come in electronic form (electronic documents) and can be particularly cumbersome and unorganized. If only there were a better way! Read on to understand the evolution of legal document review and eDiscovery - as well as the tools that exist to lighten the load for document review attorneys.

Litigation Support Professionals - Why Are They Important?

on Mon, Aug 24, 2020 By | Jeremy Greer | 0 Comments | Trends

Litigation support specialists have a critical role within law firms or legal teams, and can be especially helpful to reduce the weight on attorneys that deal with many matters and large discovery e discovery productions. Here at Digital WarRoom, we work with many litigation support professionals, and we advocate strongly that firms with a specific person in charge of the discovery process will often have the strongest organization, efficiency and grip over meeting obligations.

What Is A Load File in eDiscovery?

on Thu, Aug 20, 2020 By | Jeremy Greer | 0 Comments | Best Practices

In litigation, the producing party is required to provide responsive documents in an agreed-upon format. But you need that information to be accessible for eDiscovery to run smoothly.

The Cryptic Nature of Encryption: eDiscovery and Protected ESI

on Thu, Aug 20, 2020 By | Jeremy Greer | 0 Comments | Best Practices

How secure is the content of your hard drive? Do you routinely protect confidential documents by assigning a password? Does your company have an email encryption program for employee email? Do you use encryption on mobile storage such as thumb drives?