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2012

Fortunately for Falcon Discovery, the Colorado chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) brought back their annual Ski & CLE® event for 2012 and asked Falcon to be a part of it. Skiing at Vail while earning CLE credit? How could we turn that down?

Close to 40 Colorado ACC members met at 6 am on February 8th to hop ... More >>

Falcon’s CEO, Don McLaughlin, recently co-facilitated a web seminar with ARMA International entitled ‘Litigation – Preparation, Legal Holds, and Beyond’.

In this new technology-laced playing field, it is important to know how discovery is conducted and managed. Participants will learn how the discovery process works, the dangers of failing to prepare for litigation, how to prepare your organization before litigation arises, ... More >>

Now that Falcon Discovery’s team has caught up on some sleep, digested those street pretzels, and finally gotten that conference theme song out of their heads, they’ve compiled a list of key highlights from the LegalTech 2012 conference in New York.

From January 30th through February 2nd, Falcon Discovery worked arduously to sift through all the vendor announcements and educational sessions ... More >>

…to see some old colleagues speak about leveraging technology and cost-cutting models for in-house legal departments at the University of Colorado School of Law.

For years in-house legal departments relied on outside counsel to meet specialized legal needs. With the dramatic increase in outside counsel fees and the rising pressure to cut costs, many are considering new strategies to keep legal ... More >>

While at LegalTech NYC, our CEO and Founder, Don McLaughlin, interviewed a number of industry experts and award winners, who shared their insights on emerging trends and new developments in the areas of automated review, process management, and information governance. You can view these interviews via our blog by clicking here!

Don McLaughlin also spoke on a panel at LegalTech ... More >>

Falcon’s CEO, Don McLaughlin, sat down with Metropolitan Corporate Counsel to discuss the eDiscovery challenges that corporations are currently facing and offers insight on how Falcon is changing the way eDiscovery is managed in-house.

To read the article “Co-Sourcing: An Emerging Solution For In-House Discovery Management” click here.

Martin Siefert, Falcon Discovery’s Director of eDiscovery and Forensics, has been elected Vice President of the Colorado Association of Computer Crime Investigators (CACCI).

CACCI enables the collaboration between law enforcement agencies and private companies in the area of digital forensic investigations. Since its inception, CACCI has seen a growing demand in digital investigations within the law enforcement community.  To allow collaboration ... More >>

2011

The ACC’s Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of in-house counsel from around the world. This year nearly 3,000 corporate representatives converged on downtown Denver for the Annual Meeting, accompanied by a sunny 75 degree day on Sunday and heavy snowfall by Wednesday.

The Annual Meeting offered over 100 courses, many of which were sold out, to engage corporate counsel in ... More >>

Attendees’ Notes:  Falcon Discovery recaps the Legal Technology Leadership Summit at Amelia Island, Florida.

Numerous eDiscovery thought leaders converged at the first annual Legal Technology Leadership Summit at Amelia Island, Florida, on September 6-8, 2011 to learn and discuss the ever-changing impact of technology on the legal world. Anne Kershaw and Patrick Oot, of the nonprofit eDiscovery Institute (EDI), ... More >>

Discovery Relief in Patent Cases: A New [Model] Order Adopted for eDiscovery

At the 2011 Eastern District of Texas Judicial Conference held in Irving on Sept. 27, Chief Judge Randall Rader of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said the Federal Circuit Advisory Council unanimously voted to adopt a proposed “[Model] Order Regarding E-Discovery in Patent Cases.”  ... More >>

Falcon recently attended the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) National Conference held in Nashville, TN.  Here are a few highlights from the conference:

Chris Timble, in his keynote address titled, “The Innovation Rev-Elation,” described three models used in business to stimulate innovation in the workplace and how the best model strives for mutual respect between ideas, leaders, the team and the ... More >>

Legal MSP Develops Closer Vendor Relations Posted August 9th, 2011 by John Moore

Managed services firms and e-discovery software companies continue to find common ground in the burgeoning legal market. We’ve written about D4’s work with e-discovery software houses and noted how some vendors derive more than half their revenue through service providers. Here’s another example: Falcon Discovery, which provides managed e-discovery ... More >>

Falcon-Sponsored Panel Provides In-House Perspective on eDiscovery and Compliance

The first annual Carmel Valley eDiscovery Retreat was held July 17 – 20, 2011. Set at the breathtaking and intimate Carmel Valley Ranch, the conference included rich and varied panel discussions and judicial perspective on topics including automated review technology, information governance, retention, and in-house eDiscovery management.

Comments by the retreat’s diverse ... More >>

One of the most recognized international resort management companies has selected Falcon to assist in evaluating its internal e-discovery and information management practices. Falcon’s work will focus on all phases of e-discovery, discovery compliance and information management, including preservation, collection, document management and production-related activities.

2010

Matthew F. Porter, Esq., Falcon Discovery’s Director of Legal Technology, has been recognized as a Relativity Certified Administrator by kCura Corporation, developers of the powerful Relativity e-discovery application.

RCA certification is granted to select individuals based on their experience in managing Relativity in the field, plus a formal examination that tests both knowledge of Relativity and the ability to use the ... More >>

Falcon founder, Don McLaughlin, served today on a panel and webinar hosted by the Colorado chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel.  Mr. McLaughlin was asked by the ACC chapter to address the in-house technical and legal aspects of preparing for 30(b)(6) depositions related to e-discovery. 

Other panel participants included in-house counsel from Level 3 Communications and AIMCO.  Mr. McLaughlin shared ... More >>

Ethan Fuld, Senior Discovery Manager at Falcon Discovery, completed a comprehensive book review on the ESI Handbook: Sources, Technology, and Process. Mr. Fuld’s review was published in The Colorado Lawyer magazine, issue number 103.

To read the review in its entirety, please use the download link below.

 

 

Enter your email address to download ESI Handbook ... More >>

Electronic discovery has become a massive legal expense and challenge for corporations. Companies are spending billions of dollars on processing and reviewing electronically stored information and in many cases they are doing so reactively and inefficiently. Falcon Discovery is a specialist in E-Discovery, providing innovative solutions as a managed in-house service, so its customers can own the technology if they ... More >>

New facilities support surge in demand for InsideOut™ – Falcon’s industry-changing in-house discovery and technology management service for corporate legal departments and law firms.

Falcon Discovery, the leader in e-discovery consulting, sourcing, and litigation technology management for corporate legal departments, announced today the grand opening of Falcon’s state-of-the-art technology facility in Denver, Colorado, and a new discovery management facility outside Boulder, Colorado. ... More >>

Falcon’s founder and CEO, Don McLaughlin, speaks today at the Denver Athletic Club on Clearwell’s “E-Discovery Expert Panel”, to address some of the critical issues that face in-house legal teams tasked with managing electronic discovery. Mr. McLaughlin joined Shawn Cheadle, General Counsel for Lockheed Martin Space Systems, in discussing how a proactive, in-house managed process and team can save corporations vast ... More >>

Falcon CEO, Don McLaughlin, served on a panel at the ABA’s Annual Business Law meeting, speaking to young lawyers about overcoming the challenges of the rapidly growing and changing field of ediscovery. Drawing on his in-house law department experience, Don emphasized the need to work with clients on proactively addressing preservation and legal hold issues as they relate to electronically ... More >>

PASADENA, Calif., March 2, 2010, –(BUSINESS WIRE)–Guidance Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: GUID – News), The World Leader in Digital Investigations™, and Falcon Discovery, a niche legal service firm specializing in managing e-discovery in-house, have announced a new alliance combining Falcon Discovery’s groundbreaking InsideOut™ managed service with Guidance Software’s industry-leading EnCase® eDiscovery solution.

This innovative alliance provides clients a ... More >>

In-house e-discovery team that helped save Qwest Communications substantial sums now available to other law departments as a managed service

DENVER, Jan. 26, 2010 — Falcon Discovery, a niche legal service provider specializing in managing e-discovery in-house, today introduced InsideOut™, its groundbreaking in-house e-discovery managed service. InsideOut™ gives companies instant control over e-discovery, without additional headcount or capital expenditure. With ... More >>

Falcon Discovery’s senior leadership will join other industry thought leaders February 1-3, 2010 at Legal Tech New York, the largest and most important legal technology event of the year. Falcon is currently scheduling meetings with potential clients and future staff. For more information, contact us.

2009

A recent report by Gartner highlights an emerging trend among companies to manage more e-discovery functions in-house. This trend is fueled by a desire to gain better control of the e-discovery process, and to reduce costs by handling e-discovery processes in-house rather than outsourcing those tasks. The report notes that in certain cases companies can recoup the costs of e-discovery ... More >>

Falcon Discovery will assist a leading international provider of fiber-based communications services to improve in-house discovery management and application of e-discovery tools for in-house collections, culling, search and analysis.

Falcon’s CEO and Founder, Don McLaughlin, joined the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System’s (IAALS) Executive Director and former Colorado Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Love Kourlis on a panel of experts who debated the problems and solutions associated with escalating e-discovery costs and their impact on the U.S. legal system.

One of Falcon’s Fortune 500 clients will become the first in-house legal team to deploy Relativity, a powerful web-based document review and management solution. Falcon will manage the deployment, management and use of the platform within the company’s legal department. The deployment of Relativity in-house will reduce the costs associated with outside counsel managing similar databases at each firm and/or outsourcing ... More >>

Falcon’s CEO, Don McLaughlin, will speak at the 21st annual General Counsel Conference in New York on June 10. Speaking on a panel led by George Socha, Don will emphasize proven strategies for how corporate legal departments can cut costs and mitigate risk through intelligent in-house management of e-discovery. Full press release.

Today Falcon Discovery announced that Matt Porter, Esq., would become the company’s Director of Legal Technology. Before joining Falcon, Matt was Senior Client Manager at Xerox Litigation Services, where he provided case management and electronic discovery services to top law firms and Fortune 100 companies. For more about Matt, see Senior Team.

Falcon is honored to announce that is has been selected to provide a range of e-discovery services on a pending matter for a State Attorney General’s Office in the Mountain West. The A.G.’s Office selected Falcon for a full suite of e-discovery services, including ESI processing and culling, search and analysis, document review and redaction work. Falcon brings to the engagement ... More >>

Falcon Discovery has been retained by one of the world’s leading providers of satellite television services to provide ongoing managed ESI collections and forensics services, to improve the company’s e-discovery processes and practices.

2008

Falcon Discovery’s CEO, Don McLaughlin, participated in a panel at Stanford University to address in-house strategies for cost-effectively manage e-discovery. The panel was attended by representatives of leading Silicon Valley technology companies, including Apple.

Today Falcon Discovery announced that it hired Caroline Palmer as a Litigation Technology Analyst. In this role, Caroline manages online e-discovery processes for Falcon clients, including maintaining litigation support databases, data manipulation, and serving as a liaison between clients and technical staff. Previously, she provided litigation support at large law firms, including Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, and Pillsbury Winthrop. She ... More >>

Corporate Counsel magazine cited Falcon Discovery’s leading edge e-discovery practices among the reasons it chose Qwest Communications as its 2008 Best Legal Department. See the article here.

Falcon Discovery announces that is founder, Don McLaughlin, spoke today on a panel moderated by Mark Michels, senior in-house counsel at Cisco, at the 2008 Corporate e-Discovery Forum in San Francisco. Mr. McLaughlin was selected to address his firm’s experience using advanced e-discovery technologies for in-house processing, analysis and review. Mr. McLaughlin discussed the technical, legal and staffing issues that need to be considered ... More >>