Comments for Thomson Reuters Institute https://blogs.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/ Thomson Reuters Institute is a blog from Thomson Reuters, the intelligence, technology and human expertise you need to find trusted answers. Fri, 23 Sep 2022 17:20:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Comment on Understanding Deleted Files, Unallocated Space, and Their Impact on E-Discovery by Gareth “Gazz” https://blogs.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/legal/understanding-e-discovery/#comment-6 Thu, 08 Nov 2018 19:07:00 +0000 https://devlei.wpengine.com/?p=30772#comment-6 “Unallocated space, also referred to as “free space,” is the area on a hard drive where new files can be stored. Conversely, allocated space is the area on a hard drive where files already reside. Think of “allocated” storage space as already filled with data and not to be overwritten with other newer data, while “unallocated” space is available to store new data even though it may contain old data which would be overwritten by new data”

I would say this is technically inaccurate. Unallocated space is the space not part of a partition. You cannot store a file in unallocated space by normal means. Unallocated space is available to extend a current partition or to create a new one, then a file can be stored. Free space on the other hand is the amount of space available on a partition.

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Comment on African-American Employment Law Firm Co-Founders Share Success Secrets on Client Development and Legal Talent by Mandeep Chaggar https://blogs.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/legal/african-american-employment-law/#comment-10 Fri, 20 Jul 2018 02:55:00 +0000 https://devlei.wpengine.com/?p=35087#comment-10 Nice Information shared thanks for it…….

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Comment on “Ain’t Nobody Mad Enough… about the Black Attorney Pipeline!” Says Ron Jordan, Legal Diversity Recruiter by Stonewaller https://blogs.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/legal/ron-jordan-legal-diversity-recruiter/#comment-7 Wed, 16 May 2018 01:17:00 +0000 https://devlei.wpengine.com/?p=34429#comment-7 The difference is that unlike today’s Black law school graduates, Marshall, Motely [Motley] and Jordan were not so desperate for validation that they felt the need to work for firms with racist legacies, institutional
racism and racist clients who would be more likely to support the Klan than Civil Rights Movement.

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Comment on For a Lawyer, What Does “Technology Competence” Really Mean? by stephen embry https://blogs.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/legal/lawyers-technological-competence/#comment-9 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 15:52:00 +0000 https://devlei.wpengine.com/?p=34463#comment-9 Interesting question. I wonder at what point knowledge about a certain technology becomes standard such that not using it borders on malpractice. What does the proverbial “reasonable lawyer” need to know and use? I dont have an answer but beleive the standard is sliding toward more technical competance.

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Comment on For a Lawyer, What Does “Technology Competence” Really Mean? by moedogs https://blogs.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/legal/lawyers-technological-competence/#comment-8 Mon, 23 Apr 2018 14:42:00 +0000 https://devlei.wpengine.com/?p=34463#comment-8 Regarding using technology in general; it isn’t that lawyers lack training, it’s that so many of them refuse to participate in the training offered to them by their respective firms. Why are assistants required to learn templates and styles to efficiently generate documents if the lawyers refuse the same training – then go destroy the documents generated for them? It makes no sense. Clients need to start pushing back. It shouldn’t take 10 hours to draft or review changes to a draft of a document. That’s exactly why Casey Flaherty started auditing outside counsel while he was at Kia Motors. Efficiency through technology is available.

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Comment on Understanding Deleted Files, Unallocated Space, and Their Impact on E-Discovery by jose sandoval https://blogs.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/legal/understanding-e-discovery/#comment-5 Fri, 19 Jan 2018 22:57:00 +0000 https://devlei.wpengine.com/?p=30772#comment-5 Now the questions that follow are: When exactly include in the litigation hold unallocated space and when not to include it. Files may be available or may have been overwritten, that is, unrecoverable. This can be “potentially unnecessary preservation costs.”

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Comment on Legal Tech Startups: Not Just for Silicon Valley Anymore by Daniel Kent https://blogs.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/legal/legal-tech-startups/#comment-4 Mon, 08 Aug 2016 22:54:00 +0000 https://devlei.wpengine.com/?p=13596#comment-4 Hi Dave,

Great article! I’d love to hear more about how you size the market at $700b, which is on the higher end of what I have heard.

Thanks!

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Comment on Legal Tech Startups: Not Just for Silicon Valley Anymore by jasonmoyse https://blogs.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/legal/legal-tech-startups/#comment-3 Wed, 03 Aug 2016 11:40:00 +0000 https://devlei.wpengine.com/?p=13596#comment-3 Fantastic synopsis David—bang on! Including the aspects of hype cycle…..

One thing I would add however, is that the hype cycle is often perpetuated by BigLaw firms announcing initiatives and partnerships which really amount to the equivalent of a marketing exercise and vapourware.

A bigger frustration is the BigLaw giving the appearance of supporting legal startups, but actually doing very little from a substantive perspective.

We at LegalX are out to change that!

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