DiscoverReady to Host Special Session Demystifying Automated Review at 2011 LegalTech East Conference

NEW YORK, Jan. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DiscoverReady, a leading provider of legal discovery management services for Fortune 500 legal departments and law firms, will present "Demystifying the Brave New World of Automated Review," at the 2011 LegalTech East Conference.  

In this special educational session scheduled for 4 p.m. Feb. 1, Jim Wagner, co-founder and CEO of DiscoverReady, will discuss the automated review landscape and provide an overview of the varied terminology and approaches to automating some portion of the review process. This presentation is scheduled for Concourse Room E on the lower level of the New York Hilton Hotel.

"The world of 'automated review' is complex, not just because of advanced technology or concepts, but also because of the practical logistics of putting these technologies and logistics into an effective and defensible workflow," said Wagner.  "Our goal in this session will be to de-mystify some of the terminology and concepts in review automation, as well as provide a better understanding of how the different approaches impact the end product."

DiscoverReady, the market leader in fixed-fee document review, deals with millions of documents, equaling tens of millions of pages, every month across a wide variety of matters, ranging from regulatory investigations to large-scale class actions.  The company employs an array of technologies and solutions, both internally developed and licensed, to facilitate its identification of relevant and privileged data.

DiscoverReady's proprietary automated solutions include PrivBank®, the industry's first and most comprehensive automated privilege screening application, and i-Decision® process, which is designed to deliver a complete first-pass document review for a majority of the reviewable data set.

In addition to Wagner's presentation, DiscoverReady will have a major presence at LegalTech East (Booths 126-128).  The company is sponsoring the show's keynote address scheduled for 9-10 a.m. Feb. 2 by author, journalist and practical futurist Michael Rogers.  The keynote, entitled A Look At The Law: 2020, is free to attendees and will take place on Level III of the New York Hilton Hotel.

DiscoverReady also is moderating two panel discussions during LegalTech's Corporate Law education track:

• Risk & Responsibility vs. Cost Control: Managing E-discovery's Great Balancing Act – At 10:30 a.m. Feb. 2, DiscoverReady CEO Jim Wagner will moderate a panel of executives representing Barclays Capital, Genentech and Hewlett-Packard. This program is eligible for CLE credit.
• Top 5 Ethical Concerns for Lawyers in eDiscovery – At 1:45 p.m. Feb. 2, DiscoverReady Vice President and San Francisco Marketplace Leader Maureen O'Neill will moderate a panel of executives representing Lehman Brothers Holdings, Cooley LLP, and Crowley Law Office.  This panel is eligible for ethics credit.

DiscoverReady® is a leading professional services firm that specializes in streamlining discovery management for Fortune 500 legal departments and their counsel. The company finds better ways to lower costs, reduce risk and improve quality within the discovery process, propelled by the best and brightest discovery professionals, leading technologies, and time- and court-tested processes. As pioneers in fixed-fee document review and automated review, DiscoverReady leverages its collective intelligence to bring clients solutions and services which are tailored for today's evolving legal needs.

DiscoverReady was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in New York City with a main operations center in Charlotte.  It is majority-owned by The Dolan Company (NYSE: DM), a leading provider of professional services and business information to the legal profession.  For more information, visit www.discoverready.com or the DiscoverReady blog http://discoverready.com/blog/.  For more information about The Dolan Company, visit www.thedolancompany.com.  

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SOURCE DiscoverReady