Law Technology News Daily Alert, November 4, 2010

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Darwin Watch: Huron Consulting Group has acquired London-based Trilantic International, which offers electronic data discovery technology to clients in Europe and the Middle East.    Huron's flagship EDD software V3locity (pronounced velocity) offers processing, hosting, document review, production, and project management tools. Trilantic's products integrate "a detailed knowledge of the European Union data protection rules," says Huron CEO James Roth.    About 15 Trilantic employees will transition to Huron, including managing director Nigel Murray, who will now serve as a Huron managing director. Terms were not disclosed. - Monica Bay, editor-in-chief, Law Technology News
STORIES OF THE DAY Cloudy Forecast in the Am Law Tech Survey 2010 The American Lawyer Not every technology has paid off as hoped in this year's Am Law Tech Survey. Case in point: cloud computing. Eighty percent of respondents use these services, which run remotely on a vendor's infrastructure, but few use them for critical tasks. And only 29 percent say the cloud lowers costs.   Reviewing the Ethics of Social Networking Discovery New York Law Journal Just like conducting Westlaw or Lexis due diligence on an individual, social networking sites need to be reviewed in light of recent ethical opinions as part of discovery protocol when seeking to obtain relevant information concerning a person or entity, says Ganfer & Shore partner Mark A. Berman.   SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT Compliance and Regulatory Landscape Mr. Hajime Ueno, a partner of Nishimura & Asahi, invites you to join him as he presents a general overview of the Japanese compliance and regulatory landscape. His discussion will include dealing with governmental authorities - including the administrative powers landscape, examples of common pitfalls faced by foreign business ventures, raising capital, and characteristic business sectors. Blekko Launches Human-Driven Search Engine The Associated Press If Google and Wikipedia were to procreate, their offspring might look something like Blekko, a new search engine with results culled by people, not computer algorithms. The site's users are in charge of assigning tags such as "colleges," ''autos" and "recipes" to web pages indexed by Blekko.   Featured Blogs Do You Use Unsecured Wi-Fi? Seriously? FutureLawyer Lawsuit (Against Apple) of the Day: 'iBrick' OS Upgrade Legal Blog Watch Your iPhone Is Not Ready for This Sunday iPhone J.D. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT NFL Sexting Investigation Wrapping Up? The NFL's probe of Brett Farve's lewd text message allegedly sent to former NY Jets emcee Jenn Steger could end as soon as this week. Find out why the case may soon be dismissed. Read more at CorpCounsel.com. VIDEO Magical, Mysterious E-Mail Craig Ball explains why e-mail is the most ubiquitous yet vexing form of e-discovery.	Subscribe Subscribe To The Daily Alert  Subscribe To Law Technology News  Law Technology News Resource Guide  Twitter Tweets 43 federal judges now participating in the 7th Circuit Electronic Discovery Pilot Program ... with more to come.  @MartinTully Cisco Rolls Out Social Network Monitoring Software http://tinyurl.com/26dlkwn  @complexd How Smartphone Users See Each Other (iPhone vs. Android vs. Blackberry): http://bit.ly/ag9Do2  @acangiano GOOD READS EU to Overhaul Web Privacy Rules The New York Times Oracle v. SAP: Courtroom Diary InformationWeek Is Microsoft's Kinect Racist? PCWorld Sponsored Links The essential guide to in-house compensation Survey of Law Firm Economics, 2009 General Counsel Edition Critical Benchmarks for Managing Your Law Department

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