Barsocchini brings with him over 25 years of strategic global legal and technology experience in eDiscovery, information governance and digital investigations.  He has been a member of ALM Law Technology News’ editorial board and frequent contributor to EDD Update, past chair of the California State Bar’s Law Practice Management & Technology Section, and a court appointed special master.  Until 2011, he spent over seven years as Senior Director and Assistant general Counsel at Guidance Software Inc.  This last year he provided strategic consulting to fortune 500 companies nationwide.

“I have spent the last year as a neutral observer evaluating top providers on the following criteria: strong vision, growth potential, healthy company culture, quality of service and the flexibility and skill to work with all leading eDiscovery technology,” said Albert Barsocchini.  “NightOwl came out on top and is positioned for strong national growth.”

“We are excited to bring on someone with Albert’s qualifications to lead our consulting team,” said Tom Palladino, President of NightOwl.  “The consulting division will provide our clients with needed expert advice on lowering risk, reducing cost and optimizing in house performance in eDiscovery.”

About NightOwl
NightOwl is a leading national provider of technology-driven litigation support services.  We bring the most advanced tools and highest level of customer service in the industry together to help our customers identify, collect, manage, review and produce electronically stored information (ESI).  Our mission is to provide our customers with the right solution to fit both their legal and business needs.  Our success formula has been to pair our staff’s extensive experience with world-class, industry-leading technology tools to deliver solutions at twice the speed, twice the service and at half the cost of our national competitors.  For more information, please visit www.nightowldms.com.

Contact Information
Scott Sterkel
Director of Marketing
NightOwl Document Management Services
(612) 337-0448
ssterkel@nightowldms.com

The Carmel Valley eDiscovery Retreat (CVEDR) is a boutique eDiscovery conference focused on the complexities and practicalities of eDiscovery.

Whether you are new to eDiscovery or want to increase your existing expertise, our retreat will allow you to explore this critical topic with established industry leaders and your peers – all in the stunningly beautiful Monterey, California. Earn CLE credit hours while you get away from the daily grind in Northern California’s most pristine beachside destination.

The retreat offers face-to-face interaction with eDiscovery experts in a collegial atmosphere. Specifically, the retreat schedule is organized around panel sessions. Attendees gain an invaluable experience by asking questions and participating in all panel session discussions. Bring your entire team to explore the latest issues affecting the eDiscovery industry and develop strategic directions.

With its spectacular setting, a full agenda of formal and informal learning, scheduled social events, and family-friendly amenities, you won’t want to miss the Carmel Valley eDiscovery Retreat. We invite you to explore our website, contact us with questions, and get involved in the eDiscovery community today!

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The theme informs the development of content and provides a focus for the volunteer committee as they go about the work of delivering the premier educational event in legal technology.

The content for ILTA 2012 is framed around four areas of discipline, each providing myriad areas of focus: Information Management; Organization Management; Applications/Desktop; and Technology Operations.

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Find solutions to the challenges you face every day. From developing automated, accurate retention schedules to managing mobile technologies this conference is a must.

With more than 70 education sessions, limitless face-to-face networking opportunities and the fun you’ve come to expect from ARMA’s Annual Conference and Expo, you’ll find all the tools you need, including leading-edge education from top thought leaders, and best practices, tactics, and technologies.

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When compared to traditional document review, Relativity Assisted Review helps case teams achieve significant time and cost savings by applying text analytics technology to their existing review process. It gives them a means of prioritizing relevant documents, and a way to efficiently delegate or make swift decisions on large batches of non-responsive material.

“We believe that predictive coding is the new frontier in document review,” said Tom Palladino, President of NightOwl. “When we’ve compared Relativity Assisted Review to our traditional review methods, we’ve found that it has the potential to save clients 50-70% of review costs. The fact that Assisted Review is integrated into Relativity, a platform clients are already familiar with, is an added bonus that will help make using the technology seamless.”

“We’re excited that NightOwl has decided to offer Relativity Assisted Review,” said Andrew Sieja, President and CEO of kCura, developers of Relativity. “There’s a lot of momentum behind this technology, and we are thrilled to see a growing number of partners providing the advanced review workflow to their clients.”

NightOwl plans to offer Relativity Assisted Review as a fully managed service to clients using Relativity for hosted review and in conjunction with the company’s contract attorney review services.

How Assisted Review Works
Relativity Assisted Review combines technology and process, allowing users to train Relativity on relevant issues by coding statistically sampled subsets of documents. Relativity’s text analytics engine categorizes the remaining documents in the case, based on the small subset of examples. The technology works behind the scenes, so case teams can continue to review documents the same way they always have.

Administrators can validate the accuracy of Relativity’s document categorization by manually reviewing statistically relevant subsets of documents. They can also use reporting tools to gauge review progress and determine whether or not further rounds of review are necessary. Because batches of documents coded by Relativity are randomly sampled using statistical analysis, clients can be confident in their results.

About NightOwl

NightOwl is a leading national provider of technology-driven litigation support services. We bring the most advanced tools and highest level of customer service in the industry together to help our customers identify, collect, manage, review and produce electronically stored information (ESI). Our mission is to provide our customers with the right solution to fit both their legal and business needs. Our success formula has been to pair our staff’s extensive experience with world-class, industry-leading technology tools to deliver solutions at twice the speed, twice the service and at half the cost of our national competitors. For more information, please visit www.nightowldms.com.

About kCura
Recognized as a “Leader” in Gartner’s 2011 E-Discovery Magic Quadrant, kCura are the developers of the eDiscovery software Relativity, a web-based platform for the review, analysis, and production of electronic data. Relativity has more than 52,000 active users worldwide from organizations including the U.S. Department of Justice and 95 of the top 100 law firms in the United States. Relativity also powers Method, kCura’s workflow and notification system for managing legal hold and risk assessment processes. kCura helps corporations, law firms, and government agencies meet eDiscovery challenges by installing Relativity and Method on-premises and providing hosted, on-demand solutions through a global network of partners. kCura has been ranked the 42nd fastest-growing technology company in North America on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 and named one of Chicago’s Top Workplaces by the Chicago Tribune. Please contact kCura at info@kcura.com or visit www.kcura.com for more information.

Contact Information
Scott Sterkel
Director of Marketing
NightOwl Document Management Services
(612) 337-0448
ssterkel@nightowldms.com

By eliminating data redundancy, the Equivio solution enables NightOwl to meet the growing demand for tools that expedite and improve the electronic discovery review process.  NightOwl intends to offer clients the Equivio technology as a standard component of its eDiscovery services and within its market-leading Relativity review platform.

“We are very excited to have implemented Equivio’s outstanding technology,” said Tom Palladino, President of NightOwl.  “By using Equivio’s proven technology to cut through redundant data, we are able to enhance the quality, efficiency and accuracy of the document review process, allowing legal teams to quickly find the data they need to achieve better outcomes.”

The grouping of near-duplicates and email threads allows redundant data to be skipped, while focusing exclusively on the unique information in each document.  By enhancing the ease of data identification, Equivio reduces the risk of missing key information.  The Equivio groupings also ensure similar documents are treated consistently, increasing review productivity and assisting legal teams to meet tight deadlines.

“As one of the industry’s most reliable and innovative providers of eDiscovery services, NightOwl understands the need for technologies that reduce the cost and complexity of ESI processing and review,” said Amir Milo, CEO of Equivio. “The adoption of Equivio’s solution for near-duplicates and email threads helps NightOwl’s customers to save 30 to 50% in review costs.”

About NightOwl
NightOwl is a leading national provider of technology-driven litigation support services.  We bring the most advanced tools and highest level of customer service in the industry together to help our customers identify, collect, manage, review and produce electronically stored information (ESI).  Our mission is to provide our customers with the right solution to fit both their legal and business needs.  Our success formula has been to pair our staff’s extensive experience with world-class, industry-leading technology tools to deliver solutions at twice the speed, twice the service and at half the cost of our national competitors.  For more information, please visit www.nightowldms.com.

About Equivio
Equivio provides analytical solutions for e-discovery. Equivio’s solutions enable the Smart Discovery paradigm, reducing review volumes while finding more relevant documents. The Equivio suite includes predictive coding, near-duplicates, email threads, language detection and relevance mapping. Request a demo at info@equivio.com or visit us at www.equivio.com.

Contact Information
Scott Sterkel
Director of Marketing
NightOwl Document Management Services
(612) 337-0448
ssterkel@nightowldms.com

Clearwell was recognized for its ease of use, straightforward pricing model and solid functionality.  As such, Gartner describes Clearwell as having “one of the most referenceable brands in the market, with high name recognition and customers reporting outstanding satisfaction with its product.”

kCura was recognized for its Relativity document review platform which Gartner noted “is a product designed in, and for, the present age of ever-increasing volumes, velocity and variety of data.”  Further, Gartner reported that “Relativity is now considered “best in class” by many legal end users.”

“The Gartner report confirms what we have known for the last few years – that both Clearwell and Relativity are outstanding, world-class tools for eDiscovery,” said Tom Palladino, President of NightOwl.  “Within the Twin Cities, NightOwl is very proud to be the only authorized Clearwell services provider and the only Relativity premium hosting partner.”

According to the Gartner report, “The reason e-discovery is now a pressing issue for most companies is clear: ESI [electronically stored information] in all its many forms dominates in legal proceedings because modern business is mostly conducted using electronic communications and electronic records.  Regulators require this ESI to be archived for proof of compliance.”  The report also states that “[t]he trend for increased volume, velocity and variety [of ESI] shows no sign of abating.  Increasing use of social media for business purposes, cloud provision of IT and the rise of ‘big data’ applications will add to the mountains of material that might be relevant to any legal or regulatory action.  This will increase the challenge for enterprises as they seek to reduce the amount of data they produce to only relevant items.”

With the explosion of electronically stored data coupled with the rise in litigation, enterprises are increasingly viewing eDiscovery as a core business process.  To help streamline this emerging business process, the Clearwell E-Discovery Platform provides a single, end-to-end solution for legal hold, identification, collection, preservation, processing, analysis, review and production.  Clearwell enables enterprises, government agencies and law firms to dramatically reduce the cost and risk of eDiscovery while ensuring defensibility.  “We believe that being positioned by Gartner in the Leaders quadrant is a confirmation of Clearwell’s ongoing commitment to meet our customers’ eDiscovery needs through continuous product innovation and unparalleled customer service,” said Kamal Shah, Vice President of Products & Marketing at Clearwell Systems.

Gartner indicated that “The need to ingest, organize, search and produce electronic information quickly for legal purposes has focused the industry’s efforts on creating software that can cope with the volume, velocity and variety of data that lawyers must quickly sift and cull.”  To enable users to efficiently review these large volumes of data, Relativity focuses heavily on scalability, and offers features that range from visual data analysis to advanced text analytics, along with the ability to construct and automate sophisticated review workflows.

“It’s an honor to be recognized as a leader in e-discovery software,” said Andrew Sieja, President and CEO of kCura.  “The dedication of our clients and the hard work of the team at kCura allow us to continue to build out the capabilities of our platform and provide flexible, scalable, and easy-to-use applications for the legal space.”

¹Gartner “Magic Quadrant for E-Discovery Software” by Debra Logan, John Bace, May 13, 2011.

About NightOwl
NightOwl is a leading national provider of technology-driven litigation support services.  We bring the most advanced tools and highest level of customer service in the industry together to help our customers identify, collect, manage, review and produce electronically stored information (ESI).  Our mission is to provide our customers with the right solution to fit both their legal and business needs.  Our success formula has been to pair our staff’s extensive experience with world-class, industry-leading technology tools to deliver solutions at twice the speed, twice the service and at half the cost of our national competitors.  For more information, please visit www.nightowldms.com.

Contact Information
Scott Sterkel
Director of Marketing
NightOwl Document Management Services
(612) 337-0448
ssterkel@nightowldms.com

The combination of being a certified reseller and Relativity Premium Hosting Partner gives NightOwl the ability to leverage flexible pricing and deployment options to respond to any scenario clients may be considering for using Relativity.  Deployment options include on-demand hosting, insource purchase or a managed services program.  Clients choosing a managed services program benefit from having their license hosted in NightOwl’s datacenter and the associated technical infrastructure and storage managed by NightOwl while maintaining complete administrative control of their Relativity license.

“Becoming a Relativity Certified Reseller was an important strategic initiative for NightOwl,” said Tom Palladino, president of NightOwl.  “Not only are we better positioned to provide our clients with flexible hosting solutions, but this strengthens our managed services program which is rooted in the company’s deep experience in both the litigation support and facilities management market segments.”

As a certified reseller, NightOwl has the ability to combine the selling of end-user licenses with project management and litigation support services including end-user support, processing and consulting across the entire lifecycle of a case.

“We’re excited to have NightOwl as a Relativity Certified Reseller,” said Andrew Sieja, president and CEO of kCura.  “Offering flexible deployment options, both on demand and on premises, presents a real advantage to NightOwl’s clients.”

About NightOwl
NightOwl is a leading provider of technology-driven litigation support services that enable clients to capture, analyze, manage and produce electronically stored information (ESI).  NightOwl prides itself on offering twice the speed, twice the service at half the price of our national competitors.  The company’s services help clients increase efficiencies, reduce costs and improve the likelihood of success in litigation.

About kCura
kCura are the developers of the e-discovery software Relativity. Relativity is a web-based platform servicing the analysis, review, and production stages of the EDRM. In addition to document review, Relativity powers kCura’s legal hold management solution, Method, which is a workflow and notification system designed to manage legal hold and risk assessment processes. kCura helps corporations, law firms, and government agencies with e-discovery challenges by installing Relativity and Method on-premises, as well as providing hosted, on-demand solutions through a global network of partners in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. For more information about Relativity and Method, contact kCura at info@kcura.com or visit www.kcura.com.

Contact Information
Scott Sterkel
Director of Marketing
NightOwl Document Management Services
(612) 337-0448
ssterkel@nightowldms.com

Rhonda is an experienced litigation support sales professional with a strong track record of providing outstanding service to the Twin Cities legal community. For more than 17 years, Rhonda has sold paper and electronic discovery services through litigation service providers Pinnacle, Lighthouse and Skyline. In that time Rhonda distinguished herself by developing and managing numerous strategic accounts.

“We’re very excited to have Rhonda join our team,” said Tom Palladino, president of NightOwl. “Her experience and stellar reputation further enhance our current sales team. Without a doubt, Rhonda will help us expand and strengthen our relationships in the Twin Cities market.”

“NightOwl has been a leading provider of litigation support services for nearly 20 years, and I’m very exited to be joining such a great team,” said Rhonda O’Hara. “NightOwl has an unbeatable combination of electronic and paper discovery services that I look forward to offering to clients I have worked with over the years.”

Rhonda O’Hara can be reached at (612) 202-5942 or rohara@nightowldms.com.



About NightOwl
NightOwl is a leading provider of technology-driven litigation support services that enable clients to capture, analyze, manage and produce electronically stored information (ESI). NightOwl prides itself on offering twice the speed, twice the service at half the price of our national competitors. The company’s services help clients increase efficiencies, reduce costs and improve the likelihood of success in litigation. For more information, please visit www.nightowldms.com.

Contact Information
Scott Sterkel
Director of Marketing
NightOwl Document Management Services
(612) 337-0448
ssterkel@nightowldms.com