October 20, 2021

US and EU New Guidelines and Views on AI

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the European Commission (EC) have issued guidance and opinions on AI. This guidance provides insight into how organizations can mitigate concerns and prepare for the future when using AI.
April 18, 2020

FRONTEO Commences Drug Repositioning Research on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Using Best-In-Class AI

At FRONTEO, we use our expertise and proprietary technology to deliver creative custom solutions for our partners and clients. For us, we build solutions…
December 14, 2022

E-Discovery in Australia: Part 3 – Privacy Laws Updates and Revisions

One consistent message that seems to resonate from legislature to legislature across the world is the recognition of the fact that data - especially personal data - is both a weapon and a vulnerability, and in the quickly-evolving digital landscape of today the task of safeguarding it effectively becomes more and more difficult. The Australian legislature seeks to update its current privacy laws, which are based on both the original 1988 Privacy Act, and its later update from 2000, to reflect the rapid technological advancements that took place in the early 21st century in data collection, data storage and data analysis.
January 7, 2020

We’re bringing Smarter AI to Legalweek New York 2020

Using Smarter AI via our KIBIT AI engine we then process your data set. This results in fewer documents, with greater relevance, for review. In turn, our clients spend significantly less time during the discovery review phase leveraging KIBIT Automator’s AI technology.
October 26, 2021

Cybersecurity Month Article:2-Factor Authentication for Extra Safety

October is the 18th Annual National Cybersecurity Awareness Month in the United States. It is sponsored by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the National Cyber Security Alliance. This year’s theme is “Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart.” Being Cyber Smart includes awareness of current threats like business email compromise (BEC), phishing, ransomware, and supply chain compromise.
November 18, 2021

Legal Technology Has Record VC Investment In 2021

2021 has been a record year for legal tech: $1.4 billion was invested by venture capital firms in the first half of the year, which is more than in the entirety of 2020, and well above what was raised in 2018 and 2019. Leading the investment boom are startups like RocketLawyer (which provides legal services to individuals and small businesses), Verbit (voice transcription for the legal sector), Notarize (digital notarization), and Clio (cloud based CRM).
October 24, 2019

Compliance programs for Asian corps

Last year, Maruyasu Industries, an auto parts manufacturer of steel tubes, was fined $12 million for its role in a criminal conspiracy to fix…
October 14, 2021

New Cybersecurity Regulations in the PRC

Regulation of cyberspace and the ability to access personal user data is a global, sweeping phenomenon that is undergoing immense change. Countries and societies around the world have had to confront questions about: What is private? What is sacred? What rights do individuals have to privacy? Where should the ability of corporations to access personal user information begin and end?
September 15, 2021

Antitrust cases against GAFA

Antitrust against GAFA expected to continue in Biden administration (DOJ probes and lawsuits into GAFA)
March 28, 2024

AI and GenAI in LegalTech

The concept of infusing Artificial Intelligence into legal technology solutions started at the onset of the digital age, around the time when smartphones became widely available and AI began to be practically applied to optimize user experiences based on prior user behavior. Brands that rushed to develop and incorporate AI into their products and services included global flagship companies such as Amazon (Alexa), Apple (Siri), and subscription-based organizations, Netflix and Spotify, that began to feature the ability to provide AI-based recommendations to users.
April 5, 2024

Trial Prep Considerations

Many legal professionals are proficiently familiar with the discovery portion of matters since this work, which involves collecting and managing hundreds of gigabytes, sometimes terabytes, of data, can be quite arduous and require tight collaborative support from highly organized eDiscovery specialists. In comparison, however, the equally critical process of preparing for trial that lawyers manage upon filing a case is not as universally known to the eDiscovery community since these tasks and workflows are typically administered and overseen by different legal case teams.
December 25, 2023

South Korea’s Technology Protection Strategy of National Core Technologies

Global technology competition has grown fierce recently requiring nations to consider and enact technology protection policies and strategies. In Japan, for example, there was a significant change in 2014 under the Liberal Democratic Party that led to the development and passage of the Economic Security Promotion Act in 2022, along with a new National Security Strategy.
May 7, 2023

Challenges with Messaging Apps & Related Data Retention Considerations

Messaging apps have become a ubiquitous form of communication, with billions of users worldwide. They have changed the way we communicate and share information with others in our personal lives and business, such that employees now routinely use messaging apps to conduct business. As the use of messaging apps has grown, so too has the need to collect data from these apps in a forensically sound manner from corporate-managed systems, as well as mobile devices for legal or investigatory reasons.
July 25, 2018

New to Asian Language eDiscovery? Challenges posed by CJK

Economic integration in the ASEAN region, public investment, increased M&A activity, and the expansion of foreign and domestic multinational corporations are driving regional legal market…
July 16, 2018

Know Before You Go: Tackling CJK Language Challenges in Cross-Border Matters

The two largest economies in Asia–China and Japan–historically have seen far lower volumes of eDiscovery than the U.S. However, with a growing global economy,
August 3, 2017

When to Use a Third Party Forensics Provider for Data Collection

Many companies hesitate to use third party forensic experts to preserve and collect their data for legal matters. The argument we hear often is…
July 24, 2020

Unusual Sources of Discoverable Data

Collecting electronically stored information (ESI) is a routine challenge for eDiscovery specialists, but one that’s becoming more and more complex as our technology environment evolves. The inherent difficulties of traditional ESI collection are compounded by…
August 1, 2018

CJK Indexing and Processing and Search, Oh My!

A previous post on Chinese, Japanese and Korean (CJK) related eDiscovery outlined the language and technical challenges presented by Asian language content. Once the…
June 25, 2018

Know Before You Go: Collections Complexities in Asia

As part of our series on Asia cross-border eDiscovery issues and best practices, in this post we provide an overview of the unique challenges…
June 16, 2020

The Courts and COVID-19: Effects on Constituents

Part 2 The second of a two-part post covers courts’ varied responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the implications for different constituents, and what to…