ediscovery & Forensics

Software speeds the job of applying metadata

Are you drowning in paper?  An Australian company, QCAT, believes the software it has developed for objective coding can help organisations that need to analyse and manage large archives of hard copy.

EnCase Forensic V7.03 stands alone

Guidance Software has announced EnCase Forensic version 7.03, the latest version of its computer investigation software, that now includes a stand-alone evidence processor that increases forensic processing capacity because it doesn’t tie up an EnCase Forensic license.

ASIC signs three year deal with Nuix

Nuix has extended its relationship with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in a three-year multi-million-dollar agreement to supply ediscovery and electronic investigation software. This contract will expand the Australian corporate regulator’s ability to investigate the largest and most complex data sets.

Google Apps dives into ediscovery

An ediscovery application has been launched for Google Apps known as Vault aimed at reducing the costs of litigation, regulatory investigation and compliance actions.

DocSolid releases KwikTag Legal

An enterprise document scanning solution for the legal industry has been launched by US firm DocSolid, called KwikTag Legal, including features such as PDF/A conversion, colour document input, and advanced scalability.

KwikTag integrates with with Autonomy iManage, Open Text eDocs, Worldox, Aderant, Elite and other document management systems.

Quick View 12 reveals hidden content

Litigation support staff and eDiscovery professionals now can unlock hidden content quickly and cost-effectively with Version 12 of the Quick View Plus file-viewing software. Avantstar, a provider of desktop-file-viewing, content conversion and Web content management software, introduced the latest version at LegalTech New York 2012.

Black Saturday continues to burn

A  multi-million dollar dollar class action lawsuit over the 2009 Victorian “Black Saturday” bushfire has thrown up some major ediscovery challenges

Clearwell eDiscovery enhances automated document review

Symantec has announced plans to introduce Transparent Predictive Coding to its Clearwell eDiscovery Platform in order to help organisations defensibly reduce the time and cost of document review.

Digging out digital evidence from social media

Irish startup firm Cernam is launching a new tool this month for gathering legally admissible digital evidence from online sources such as Facebook, blogs and message boards.

Major US government agencies tap into Nuix

Australian ediscovery software provider Nuix has has announced wins with the Criminal Investigations division of the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as well as divisions of the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

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