Congratulations to Steve Wallrapp on Achieving Xera Administrator Certification

Administrator Certification, designed to equip administrators with the tools necessary to manage any type of review, is available to individuals employed by a company with an XERA server, or an affiliated partner. The course covers all of XERA’s features, empowering administrators to set up efficient workflows and maximize the user experience. Classes are designed for litigation support analysts, database and project managers, and others who want to learn how to create databases, load data and manage their iCONECT servers.

Empire Discovery Opens New York Document Review Center

New York, NY - August 13, 2014 - Empire Discovery, a leading national eDiscovery and consulting company announced today the opening of its Document Review Center in New York City. 

Empire will provide document review project management and review teams to law firms and corporate legal departments.

“Our Review Center is designed to streamline the document review process, improve productivity and reduce legal spend in a secure and defensible manner.” says Frank Canterino, CTO & Co-Founding Partner. 

The New York Document Review Center is strategically located in Midtown Manhattan, easily accessible to many of our clients and conveniently located to major public transportation.   

About Empire Discovery 

Empire Discovery is a leading eDiscovery and consulting firm. We have assembled an elite team of professionals focused on providing you with the best solutions to meet the needs of your cases. Our team of experts has more than 50 years of combined litigation support experience. At Empire, we believe superior client service, fast turnaround times, and quality results are what make a difference.

We offer a full life cycle eDiscovery process from Collection, Early Case Assessment, Processing, Hosting, Review and Production we work hand in hand with our clients to determine the best solutions for their needs.

Empire Discovery is headquartered in New York, with regional offices in Washington DC, Philadelphia and Austin, Texas. For more information contact us at info@empirediscovery.com

Empire Discovery Launches TOTAL CONTROL

All-Inclusive Per Document Pricing One of the biggest challenges law firms and corporations face today is how to defensibly reduce the amount of data that must be ultimately reviewed for responsiveness, while at the same time predicting and managing the costs of electronic discovery. At Empire Discovery, we specialize in reducing data volume and controlling costs at every step of the discovery process. Total Control is an all-inclusive, per document discovery solution that provides end-to-end discovery and attorney review for one, low predictable per document price. Early Case Assessment Data Processing Hosting Attorney Review Project Management Productions For more information contact us today info@empirediscovery.com

Empire Discovery Upgrades to Relativity 8.2

New York, NY- August 5, 2014 - Empire Discovery, a leading national eDiscovery company and Relativity Premium Hosting Partner announced today it has upgraded to kCura’s latest release—Relativity 8.2 

"We are very excited to implement the latest Relativity upgrade," says Kevin Karapetian, Director of Hosting and Relativity Certified Administrator, "We look forward to informing our clients regarding the new features and enhancing their workflow." 
A few highlights of Relativity 8.2 include: 

* Stratified sampling in computer-assisted review, which ensures training sets include a conceptually diverse selection of documents, resulting in fewer training rounds and shorter review times. 

* A new, intuitive security settings interface that makes it easy for users to set and understand permissions at a glance, and allows for greater delegation of admin rights,so case teams no longer have to rely on a small pool of system admins to accomplish specific tasks for a project. 

* A web version of Relativity Binders that allows users to access searchable PDFs of their most important case documents anywhere, any time, and on any PC, Mac, or tablet. 

About Empire Discovery

Empire Discovery is a leading eDiscovery and consulting firm. We have assembled an elite team of professionals focused on providing you with the best solutions to meet the needs of your cases. Our team of experts has more than 100 years of combined litigation support experience. At Empire, we believe superior client service, fast turnaround times, and quality results are what make a difference. 

We offer a full life cycle eDiscovery process from Collection, Early Case Assessment, Processing, Hosting, Review and Production we work hand in hand with our clients to determine the best solutions for their needs. 

Empire Discovery is headquartered in New York, with regional offices in Washington DC, Philadelphia and Austin, Texas. For more information contact us info@empirediscovery.com 

Battle of the Titans Webinar

"Best in Breed vs. End to End"

Tuesday, September 16, 2014 - 1pm ET

Considering an end to end solution or building your custom tool kit?

.    Discussion and definition(s) - "end to end" vs. "best in breed".
.    What does it mean to a Firm, Corporation or Service Provider.
.    Workflow Comparisons - Can you achieve the same goals with different methodologies?
.    How to determine what works best for you.

Join us for an interactive panel featuring:

Stephen Dooley | Sr. Manager of Electronic Discovery and Litigation Support – Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Frank Canterino | CTO & Co-Founding Partner, Empire Discovery

Ian Campbell | President & Co-Founder, iCONECT Development

Christopher Redlich | Litigation Support Manager - Americas, Allen Overy, LLP 

Moderated by: 

Alexander Lewis | Senior Manager, iCONECT Development

*More information to come as we get closer to the event

Webinar- Fortifying the Corporation and Law Firm Against Cyber Threats: Steps to Establish an Effective and Economic Cybersecurity Regime

Thursday, July 31, 2014

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM ET

This program’s has CLE-credit eligibility

Panelists

Frank Krahn –Director of Investigations, Legal Discovery & Internal Audits, Mayo Clinic

Scott Larson – Principal, Larson Security, Member of Empire Consulting Group and former Head of the FBI’s Computer Investigations and Infrastructure Protection Program .

Robert A. Messemer – Chief Security Officer, Nielson

David Zetooney – Partner at Bryan Cave and Leader of the Firm’s Global Privacy & Security Practice

Stefen Whitwell – Principal, Empirical Solutions, Inc. & Member of Empire Consulting Group

Moderator

Robert Alan Eisenberg- Director, Empire Consulting Group

About the event

The Empire Consulting Group (ECG) – a consortium of experts in eDiscovery and Data Security – frequently strives to provide guidance and services in areas that are not sufficiently addressed within both these disciplines. 

It is an article of faith for The Group that it will aggressively seek to shed as much illumination as we can upon these gaps in knowledge and service.

In this regard, ECG together with Bloomberg/BNA, is privileged to present a webinar on July 31^st 2014 from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm EST.   The program focuses on cybersecurity in the law firm environment in particular, an area that has not, to date, been sufficiently addressed.  The program also explores data security in a corporate setting as well.

Our clients, colleagues and friends can register for this program - Fortifying the Corporation and Law Firm Against Cyber Threats:  Steps to Establish an Effective and Economic Cybersecurity Regime  (click on this link for a program description) - at a discount of 20% off the standard registration fee.  To obtain this discounted registration, please follow the instructions below:

Single registrant discount via promo code:

1. Navigate to the registration page for the program on the Bloomberg BNA website:  http://www.bna.com/fortifying-corporation-law-w17179890827/.

2. Choose “Live webinar” from the drop-down menu and add it to the cart.  (At this point, you may be asked to create an account.  If so, please be certain to complete all required fields.  If you have an existing account but have forgotten your password, this link will lead to a place where a new one can be set:  https://profile.bna.com/profile/forgotpw.)

3. Type the promo code LGAUEBR4 into the specified field.  The dollar amount will be decreased by 20 percent, and then click upon "Proceed to check out" to complete the process.  An automatically-generated email will arrive containing the connectivity information to be used the day of the program.

   

Congratulations to Robert Ryan on Achieving XERA Sales Certification

The iCONECT Certification Program was designed to equip administrators and consultants with the necessary tools to manage any type of review using the XERA document review platform. By covering all of XERA’s features, they empower administrators and consultants to set up efficient workflows and maximize the user experience, helping to solidify XERA as the go-to platform for any review.