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The RCA status is awarded to individuals based on an examination, an assessment of their knowledge of the system and practical tests, such as their experience using Relativity in actual cases. By successfully completing the tests, Ms. Berry is recognized as an expert in administering Relativity.

“We congratulate Kate as she now joins Denise Atesoglu and Steven Bailey as Relativity Certified Administrators within the Planet Data team,” said Dave Cochran, COO of Planet Data. “Our company, staff and technology are regularly subject to thorough examination and certification processes to ensure we have the independent validation of the industry’s strictest regulators. It’s proof of our commitment to go beyond industry standards to provide the best technology and people for our clients.”

Planet Data holds Relativity Best in Service honors and has been a partner with kCura since 2007.

About Planet Data – Planet Data, a global leader in Early Case Assessment and Discovery Management Services, has been providing eDiscovery services for more than a decade. Planet Data is SSAE 16 Type II and US Safe Harbor certified. Planet Data delivers flexible, high-quality, cost-effective Discovery Management services, high-level consulting, technical support and project management. www.planetds.com

ELMSFORD, N.Y. – JANUARY 24th, 2012 – Planet Data, a global innovator in the creation and development of defensible legal technologies, services and solutions, today announced that the company has received the SSAE16 Type II (Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 16) certification, awarded by the American Institute of certified public accountants (AICPA).

To achieve the SSAE 16 Type II certification Planet Data was reviewed by audit, risk, and control oriented professionals who have experience in accounting, auditing, and information security. These credentials, and independent validation from the AICPA, demonstrate that Planet Data is committed to providing clients the utmost assurance that their data is secure. Planet Data has been SAS70 II certified since 2009.

“The SSAE 16 Type II certification is not a standard or common certification in the eDiscovery industry. The certification is proof of our commitment to go beyond industry standards to provide the best security and services for our clients,” said David Cochran, Planet Data EVP and COO.

Michael Wade, Planet Data EVP and CTO states, “To achieve the SSAE 16 Type II status we have been thoroughly evaluated and audited by an independent party, the AICPA. With this certification, and independent validation, clients are completely assured of the effectiveness of Planet Data’s internal controls and data security safeguards.”

Currently, eDiscovery vendors must contend with immense quantities of client data and they need to be able to prove to clients that they are equipped to manage this information with the correct security measures. As the SSAE 16 Type II certification is independent, third party validation, that requires a thorough and rigorous auditing process it is one of the most effective ways to prove this.

The SSAE 16, which effectively replaces SAS 70, was drafted with the purpose of updating the U.S. service organization reporting standard so that it is in line with the new international service organization reporting standard.

About Planet Data – Planet Data, a global leader in Early Case Assessment and Discovery Management Services, has been providing eDiscovery services for more than ten years. Planet Data is SAS 70 Type II, SSAE 16 Type II and US Safe Harbor certified, and operates Tier 4 state-of-the-art data processing and hosting centers. Planet Data delivers flexible, high-quality, cost-effective eDiscovery services, high-level consulting, technical support and project management. www.planetds.com

WHO: Planet Data, a global innovator in the creation and development of defensible legal technologies, services and solutions, will present the newly launched Version 3 if its proprietary early cost assessment eDiscovery platform, Exego. Planet Data’s CTO, Mike Wade, and other Planet Data C-level executives, will be available to give demonstrations of Exego3.

WHERE: Empire suite, The Hilton, 1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY

WHEN: January 30 – February 1, 2012

WHAT: Exego3 is a proprietary early cost assessment eDiscovery platform that performs multiple functions such as:

• Exego3 indexes all of the data in a search up front. This significantly reduces the amount of data required for review by giving clients the ability to proactively cull large amounts of data in a systematic and defensible manner.
• Exego3 handles difficult document types and large volumes of image-only data rapidly and accurately.

The new tools and enhancements to the existing Exego platform allow users to save on cost and improve efficiency.

Key updates to Exego3, which differentiate the platform from other eDiscovery systems, are:

• Asynchronous searching
• Enhanced meta data search tools
• Validation through random sampling

Read more about the specifics of Exego in our Press Release.

If you are a member of the press and would like a demonstration of Exego3, and an explanation on why this is the future of eDiscovery, please email lmarques@planetds.com or call Laura Marques at 914-593-6227.

About Planet Data – Now celebrating ten years in eDiscovery, Planet Data is a global leader in Early Case Assessment and Discovery Management Services. Planet Data is SAS 70 Type II and US Safe Harbor certified, and operates two state-of-the-art data processing and hosting centers. Planet Data delivers flexible, high-quality, cost-effective eDiscovery services, high-level consulting, technical support and project management.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. – December 14, 2011 – Planet Data, a global innovator in the creation and development of defensible legal technologies, services and solutions, today announced the latest version of their proprietary early cost assessment eDiscovery platform, Exego3. The new tools and enhancements to existing tools allow users to save on cost and improve efficiency through asynchronous searching, advanced metadata search techniques and by validating results through random sampling.

“Today, there is a lack of clarity about how to successfully navigate the eDiscovery process and the pricing assimilated with eDiscovery technology,” said Howard Reissner, Esq., CEO of Planet Data. “The market is demanding cost efficiency, better quality search results and a quicker turnaround from eDiscovery vendors. Through our enhancements revealed in Exego3 we have delivered on all fronts. Users will save time, money and improve the quality of searches. Planet Data is constantly evolving our technology to stay ahead of the industry and market needs.”
Key updates to Exego3 include:

Asynchronous Searching
Users can work uninterrupted significantly increasing efficiency – while one or more searches runs in parallel. The focus remains on the iterative process of improving search terms and understanding the data.

All query results are stored, allowing instant access at any time without the need to rerun searches. Users can return to a search at a later time and quickly recall the results of previously run queries. In addition, the end user can instantly jump between the outcomes of different queries to compare results.

Enhanced Meta Data Search Tools
Understanding the metadata in a set of documents is central to understanding the contents of the document collection, however, searching on metadata fields tends to be complex and frequently results in many false positives. This new feature allows easy construction of queries across large numbers of metadata fields, or to exclude unwanted fields, to reduce false positives or hone in on very specific metadata fields.

Validation Through Random Sampling
This critical feature not only allows the user to sample against non-responsive documents, but to also apply sampling techniques to quantify the effectiveness of search terms very early in the case. Sampling will ensure that no stone is left unturned and that there are no unknown variations of concepts due to lack of knowledge or an inadequate search strategy.

Combining Exego concept based search technology with this new feature gives the ediscovery team complete assurance that the review is thorough and efficient.

For a demonstration of Exego3 at the Legal Technology Conference New York, January 30 – February 1, contact lmarques@planetds.com. Additional information about Exego3

About Planet Data – Now celebrating ten years in eDiscovery, Planet Data is a global leader in Early Case Assessment and Discovery Management Services. Planet Data is SAS 70 Type II and US Safe Harbor certified, and operates Tier 4 state-of-the-art data processing and hosting centers. Planet Data delivers flexible, high-quality, cost-effective eDiscovery services, high-level consulting, technical support and project management.

Planet Data, a global innovator in the creation and development of defensible legal technologies, services and solutions, today announced they will sponsor the Advanced eDiscovery Institute event for Georgetown Law CLE. Leading experts in the field of eDiscovery, federal judges from across the country, and many of the industries thought leaders will speak at the event.

Georgetown Law CLE, established more than 30 years ago, is dedicated to providing the legal community with high quality programs developed with the professions ever changing needs in mind.

WHERE:

The Ritz Carlton, Pentagon City, Arlington, V.A.

WHEN:

November 17-18, 2011

WHAT:

The Advanced eDiscovery Institute event gives lawyers an opportunity to focus on the pressing issues of today’s legal climate with professionals from across the country. Attendees will receive advice from the leading experts in the eDiscovery field, including more judicial speakers than any other eDiscovery CLE program.

“Its important for Planet Data to be a part of an event where some of the countries leading legal minds will discuss the most pertinent issues in our industry,” says Howard Reissner, Esq., CEO, Planet Data. “To be involved with these conversations and engage the next generation of the legal industry is how Planet Data learns to develop the best technology to meet the needs of the future of this industry.”

To read more about the event please visit the website.

About Planet Data –

Now celebrating ten years in eDiscovery, Planet Data is a global leader in Early Case Assessment and Discovery Management Services. Planet Data is SAS 70 Type II and US Safe Harbor certified, and operates two Tier 4 state-of-the-art data processing and hosting centers. Planet Data delivers flexible, high-quality, cost-effective eDiscovery services, high-level consulting, technical support and project management.

Planet Data, a global innovator in the creation and development of defensible legal technologies, services and solutions, today announced that David Cochran, COO, Planet Data, will participate on the technology panel at the IQPC event in Munich, Germany.

Mark Yacano, Executive Vice President, Hudson Legal, will moderate the panel. The panelists include:
• David Cochran, COO, Planet Data
• Eric Laurent-Ricard, Chief Forensic Expert, Paris Court of Appeals
• Nick Patience, Research Director, Information Management, 451 Group
• John Tilbury, Director, Tessella plc

WHERE:

Kempinski Hotel Airport, Munich, Germany

WHEN:

The panel discussion will take place on Tuesday, 15th of November at 2:45PM – 3:25PM

WHAT:

Technology Panel: New Trends, Innovation And Application To Legal Process

“Forbes Magazine states that the amount of ESI doubles every 18-24 months,” says Zoltan Horvath, president of Planet Data. “The information shared during this panel discussion will be critical for CIOs and information professionals that need to understand the new technology that can tackle, sort and sift through the ever increasing amount of ESI.”
In addition, the panelists will discuss updates on the main developments in information retention and eDiscovery technologies highlighting case studies, tools, best practices and techniques to apply in business.

Key areas to be discussed include:

• Setting the scene: What does technology enable and how does it form part of the process?
• Cutting through the jargon: What is it and what does it do?
• Examine the latest developments in the evolving relationship between technology and litigation
• Assess next generation technology: Data solutions for social media, cross-border and cloud

To learn more about the conference visit the site: http://www.iqpc.com/Event

About Planet Data –

Now celebrating ten years in eDiscovery, Planet Data is a global leader in Early Case Assessment and Discovery Management Services. Planet Data is SAS 70 Type II and US Safe Harbor certified, and operates two Tier 4 state-of-the-art data processing and hosting centers. Planet Data delivers flexible, high-quality, cost-effective eDiscovery services, high-level consulting, technical support and project management. www.planetds.com

ELMSFORD, N.Y. – OCTOBER 3^rd, 2011 – Planet Data, a global innovator in the creation and development of defensible legal technologies, services and solutions, today announced that Brad Berkshire, Vice President of Consulting Services, was awarded the credential of Certified Computer Examiner (CCE) by the International Society for Computer Examiners (ISFCE).

The ISFCE is an internationally recognized organization with the primary goal of creating and maintaining high standards for computer examiners worldwide. The CCE credential demonstrates competency and legitimacy in computer forensics.

With the border-jumping nature of computer-based crime the CCE credentials will equip Mr. Berkshire with the highest professional and ethical standards to produce unparalleled efficiencies and results for Planet Data clients.

“We are thrilled to continue to grow and develop the credentials of the Planet Data team,” says David Cochran, Planet Data EVP and COO.

To attain the CCE Mr. Berkshire, who manages the Collections Group within Planet Data and consults with clients in the areas of litigation and discovery management, had to adhere to the ISFCE strict code of ethics, pass a rigorous online examination and a forensic examination on at least three “test media.”

 About Planet Data – Now celebrating ten years in eDiscovery, Planet Data is a global leader in Early Case Assessment and Discovery Management Services. Planet Data is SAS 70 Type II and US Safe Harbor certified, and operates two Tier 4 state-of-the-art data processing and hosting centers. Planet Data delivers flexible, high-quality, cost-effective eDiscovery services, high-level consulting, technical support and project management.

ELMSFORD, N.Y. – SEPTEMBER 26, 2011 – Planet Data, a global innovator in the creation and development of defensible legal technologies, services and solutions, today announced the hire of Ms. Rachel DiPrima as a Senior Discovery Management Consultant. In addition, Planet DS promoted Mr. Kevin Leser to Vice President, Project Management, and Ms. Denise Atesoglu to Director, Hosting Services. The new addition to the team and two employee promotions enable Planet Data to uphold the firm’s dedication to excellent customer service.

Ms. DiPrima will be wholly responsible for e-discovery and document management cases. In addition, Rachel will be dedicated to upholding the strict professional and ethical standards that is synonymous with Planet Data’s client work. This recent hire is an example of the continued growth of Planet Data and the company’s emphasis on providing unparalleled service in the industry.

Prior to Planet Data, Ms. DiPrima worked for Autonomy and Merrill Corporation, consulting with clients on litigation workflow processes. In addition, Rachel was responsible for client engagements, including revenue, costs and client satisfaction. Some of those clients include AIG, Lockheed, Monsanto and Discover. Rachel has a Bachelor of Science from the University of New Hampshire.

Mr. Leser has more than 30 years experience servicing the litigation support requirements of law firms and corporate legal departments. Kevin will now place additional focus on the complexities of individual client needs, and will lead the staff of project managers forward in a climate that demands extreme attention to detail and expertise.

Ms. Atesoglu, a Relativity Certified Administrator, has many years of experience with the intricate details of hosting, client services and case management. In her new role, she will manage the hosting services team throughout the lifecycle of each case.

David Cochran, Planet Data EVP and COO, states, “Denise and Kevin are an integral part of our firm’s management team and have a proven track record of success. In addition, Rachel’s experience and knowledge will add a tremendous amount of value to our current and future client base.’

About Planet Data – Now celebrating ten years in eDiscovery, Planet Data is a global leader in Early Case Assessment and Discovery Management Services. Planet Data is SAS 70 Type II and US Safe Harbor certified, and operates two Tier 4 state-of-the-art data processing and hosting centers. Planet Data delivers flexible, high-quality, cost-effective eDiscovery services, high-level consulting, technical support and project management.

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Held at the prestigious Trump National Golf Club in Westchester County New York, this event unites the legal community for a day fun, competition and charity.  This invitation-only event hosts some of the most powerful lawyers and successful business leaders for a day of philanthropy. 

“To say that we are thrilled to be a part of this event is a true understatement, and we are honored to recognize and support Mr. Palmer’s work.” Said Howard J. Reissner, Esq – CEO of Planet Data. “As the hospitals mantra states ‘nothing compares to helping save the life of a child’.”

About Planet Data – Now celebrating ten years in eDiscovery, Planet Data is a global leader in Early Case Assessment and Discovery Management Services. Planet Data is SAS 70 Type II and US Safe Harbor certified, and operates two Tier 4 state-of-the-art data processing and hosting centers. Planet Data delivers flexible, high-quality, cost-effective eDiscovery services, high-level consulting, technical support and project management.

About Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children – Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children is a sanctuary of hope and healing. The most advanced technology, coupled with compassion and dedication have made Arnold Palmer Hospital one of the most trusted names in children’s healthcare worldwide. Careful attention has been paid to creating a cheerful, comforting environment to minimize stress and generate smiles.  Arnold Palmer Hospital is a 158-bed pediatric hospital facility located in Orlando, Florida, United States. http://orlandohealth.com/arnoldpalmerhospital/index.aspx

About The Lawyer Charity Challenge – The Lawyer Charity Challenge is the legal industry’s premier golf event, providing a multi-tournament venue for the most influential and prestigious law firms, corporate counsel and global leaders in the legal industry and their clients to play on some of the country’s finest private golf courses.   This “By Invitation Only” event is the premier charitable sporting event in the legal community.  www.thelawyercharitychallenge.com

ELMSFORD, NY – June 7, 2011 – Planet Data, a global innovator in the creation and development of defensible legal technologies, services and solutions, today announced the release of Exego v. 2.0, an update to the proprietary web-based Early Cost Assessment platform designed to provide clients a cost-effective advantage in managing large volumes of electronically stored information (ESI).

Performance and usability enhancements make Exego even faster and easier to use, while enhanced reporting and project management functions allow clients to more efficiently sort and manage significant amounts of ESI data. New features include:

• Content Analyst Concept Search: Search the document population using concept or issue based searches, with the capability to apply multiple concept searches, view all related documents and combine concept searching with Boolean search. Full reporting on the results of Concept Searches can be used for future validation and auditing purposes.

• Hot Documents: When highly responsive documents are found in review, these can be used to quickly and effectively search the entire document population for similar documents.

“Our goal since launching Exego has been to continue to improve its features and capabilities to outpace the rapidly evolving e-discovery landscape,” said Zoltan Horvath, president of Planet Data. “We are excited to introduce an updated version that offers enhanced usability, faster results and a broader range of functions, while maintaining the quality and defensibility for which our Exego solution is known.”

Exego distinguishes itself as a true workflow platform as part of the Cerulean Engine^TM. The benefit to the client is defensibility, chain of custody and quality are part of one process, insuring that data is processed correctly. Exego utilizes best practice methodologies to reduce the amount of data processed and reviewed in litigation. Designed by in-house experts in conjunction with client needs, Exego significantly reduces document review time and costs. The ability to search, filter, cull, reduce duplication and report metrics early in the discovery process allows a litigation team to be ahead of opposing counsel at the outset of a case.

Existing Exego features include: the ability to search against fully processed data (OCR, Decryption and full extraction of embedded objects has already been done) for complete results; detailed analysis of Searches using the Exego Search Analysis report including what searches are hitting on documents, how words and sub-phrases in individual searches are performing and whether searches are hitting on meta-data or the actual text of a document; comprehensive use of Document Tags and Logic in Exego; and Export Reports that provide an audit trail of how documents are found and added to an export.

About Planet Data – Now celebrating ten years in eDiscovery, Planet Data is a global leader in Early Case Assessment and Discovery Management Services. Planet Data is SAS 70 Type II and US Safe Harbor certified, and operates two Tier 4 state-of-the-art data processing and hosting centers. Planet Data delivers flexible, high-quality, cost-effective eDiscovery services, high-level consulting, technical support and project management.

ELMSFORD, NY – MAY 18, 2011 – Planet Data, a global innovator in the creation and development of defensible legal technologies, services and solutions, today announced that it will be a VIP Ambassador at the eDiscovery Institute’s Legal Technology Leadership Summit. The Summit will be held at The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island, FL from September 6th-8th, 2011.

Presented by the Electronic Discovery Institute, Above the Law and the American Society of Digital Forensics and eDiscovery (ASDFED), the Summit will bring together legal dignitaries including judges and senior in-house, firm and governmental lawyers.  The attendees will be thought leaders and decision-makers attending the Summit to address the ever-changing impact of technology on the legal world.

“The Legal Technology Leadership Summit has an impressive lineup of speakers and participants who will offer fresh thinking on eDiscovery trends and best practices,” said Planet Data CEO Howard Reissner. “We are excited and honored to participate in this prestigious event and look forward to hearing new perspectives and insights from some of the top minds on the subject.”

For more information, please visit:

Legal Technology 2011

About Planet Data – Now celebrating ten years in eDiscovery, Planet Data is a global leader in Early Case Assessment and Discovery Management Services. Planet Data is SAS 70 Type II and US Safe Harbor certified, and operates two Tier 4 state-of-the-art data processing and hosting centers. Planet Data delivers flexible, high-quality, cost-effective eDiscovery services, high-level consulting, technical support and project management.

Established in 2010, the Best in Service program recognizes Relativity partners who do an exemplary job of maintaining a commitment to delivering a great customer experience with Relativity. Partners were evaluated on technical capabilities, volume of data and cases under management, and the strength of their references.

“Our success has always been due to our commitment to customer satisfaction,” said Howard Reissner, who co-founded Planet Data in 2001. “Ensuring that the Planet Data support staff is trained and highly knowledgeable with all levels of Relativity provides a premier hosting and review experience for our clients.  We are extremely honored that kCura has again recognized Planet Data as a Best in Service partner.”

“Congratulations to Planet Data for achieving Best in Service yet again and proving that their teams are knowledgeable and committed to the service and support of Relativity and its users,” said Andrew Sieja, president and CEO of kCura.

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. Relativity also 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.

About Planet Data – Founded in 2001, Planet Data is a global leader in Early Case Assessment and Discovery Management Services. Planet Data is SAS 70 Type II and US Safe Harbor certified, and operates state-of-the-art data processing and hosting centers. Planet Data delivers flexible, high-quality, cost-effective eDiscovery services, high-level consulting, technical support and project management. www.planetds.com

On the other hand, I was mostly struck by what was not mentioned. The most important aspect to a successful review, whether manual or automated, is how the data was collected and processed. This distinction is frequently lost in articles such as this, since many still believe that ESI processing is a commodity service, not “exciting” or noteworthy to mention, and that everyone does it the same anyway. The assumption is that the electronic data is “magically” ready to review immediately without any type of intervention prior to being loaded into a review tool. Not true!

Automation and software have clearly made legal review much more efficient from the days of hardcopy review of boxes of paper. However, the technology that created successful tools such as Content Analyst, Relativity and Exego could not be so without the ability to process the data in an accurate and defensible manner so the legal teams could perform their review. Even in the days of “manual” document coding” (which was the precursor to ESI in a way) the accuracy of the review depended upon teams of coders indexing fields of data (metadata, basically today). If the coder had a bad day and their mistakes not caught, the review teams would miss important data and their review would be flawed. This was not the fault of the software, assuming that it was vetted, but because the data was not processed in a qualitative manner or more simply “garbage in, garbage out.”

With the advancement of search technology, especially in the areas of conceptual search, legal teams now have even more accurate tools to be able to review their collections in a comprehensive manner. Conceptual search provides more options for searching data than traditional keyword approaches. Combining conceptual and keyword search enhances the search results and provide the legal teams with a better view of their data and allows them to be more thoughtful in their search strategy. This approach, coupled with processing it accurately and completely, means that the legal team will have a more comprehensive search result, while saving their client money.

So, next time you read an article that discusses the ability of software to reduce the review time or save costs, ask yourself how the data was processed and then remember that some due diligence is necessary to make sure it was done correctly.

1. Complete processing of data in order to confidently search and report on their findings. This was important so the legal teams wouldn’t need to do additional processing and searching in order to finalize their search sets. As one lawyer said, I only want to search once on all of the data so I can save time and money.
2. Ability to better forecast and budget the size of the data that would come from an ECA platform to review. Clients want to know what the financial impact could be prior to conducting a review.
3. Implementation of search technology that would help them reduce the size of the data to a more manageable size. Utilizing conceptual search and traditional keyword searching, for example, to better analyze the data. Creation of standard reports that would show term hits and how a search affects the overall set of documents for review.
4. Experienced project management staff to work in a consultative manner to help the legal teams through the process. Working with a Project Manager with many years of hands-on experience in review and processing was an important component in their decision-making process.

Litigators are looking for solutions that help their clients adhere to strict budgets while providing a quality work-product to help them do a more comprehensive review and analysis of the data on each case. Although this is a logical statement, we heard from several lawyers that this is not the norm, but the exception.

Elmsford, NY – January 11, 2011 – Planet Data, a global innovator in the creation and development of defensible legal technologies, services and solutions, announces an exclusive CLE session at Legal Tech 2011. E-Discovery 2020 – The Next Generation of Innovation: Practical Advice for Successfully Navigating the Second Decade takes place Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at 4:00 pm in the Sutton Center Ballroom, Hilton New York Hotel and is open to all registrants.

The session will explore how attorneys can prepare for the proliferation of new data sources, technology, and review techniques that will be at the forefront of e-discovery heading into its second decade. A distinguished panel of experts will discuss major challenges ahead and practical advice for the attorneys and legal support professionals who are regularly confronted with these issues, as well as the federal judiciary’s recent focus on current and future e-discovery dynamics.

The panel features Judge Michael Baylson (US District Court-Eastern District of Pennsylvania and “Rhoads Industries opinions” author); Andrew Horne (Partner, Kirkland & Ellis); John O’Tuel (Assistant General Counsel, Dispute Resolution & Prevention, GlaxoSmithKline); Mark Yacano, Esq. (Executive Vice President, Hudson Legal); Moderator Ian Hochman (Special Counsel for E-Discovery, Willkie Farr & Gallagher) and Host Howard Reissner, Esq. (CEO, Planet Data).

“Over the past decade, the e-Discovery landscape has evolved substantially in terms of technology, case law, information management and review techniques,” said Reissner, who co-founded Planet Data. “We have compiled some of the leading minds in e-Discovery to explore what attorneys will face as we witness mind-boggling explosions in electronic data creation. We will examine the continuing scrutiny of data processing and review, including the accuracy and cost effectiveness of various methodologies. We will also address issues surrounding the risk of data breaches and judicial scrutiny of e-Discovery techniques.”

Visit www.planetds.com for more information.

About Planet Data – Celebrating ten years of excellence, Planet Data is a global leader in Early Case Assessment and Discovery Management Services. Planet Data is SAS 70 Type II and US Safe Harbor certified, and operates state-of-the-art data processing and hosting centers and delivers flexible, high-quality, cost-effective eDiscovery services, high-level consulting, technical support and project management.

“In light of the recently heightened sensitivity to breaches of private and confidential data, large and even small companies in 2011 will seek better security measures in order to protect their, business, financial and legal interests,” said Howard Reissner, who co-founded Planet Data in 2001 and has built the company into a global data management services provider. “It is imperative that organizations incorporate data management into their compliance framework from the perspective of privacy, security, records management and e-discovery to prevent confidential data loss.”

Authors Reissner and Antokol emphasize that growing enforcement in the data privacy and security areas, coupled with the increasing standards and judicial intolerance of records management and e-discovery practices that fall below the legal requirements, should send a clear message to organizations to ensure solid data management practices.

“Given the substantial risks of confidential data loss, organizations must carefully consider the expertise of the vendors it selects for privacy, data management or e-discovery assistance,” said Joan Antokol, who is internationally recognized for her work in privacy and data protection. “Good practices in this area will prevent an organization from becoming the next poster child for violations in this area..”

Bloggers and webmasters are invited to link to the full text of the article:
Corporate Accountability for Data Mismanagement: Compliance Challenges in Data Privacy, Security, Records Management and eDiscovery (pdf, 156k).

About Planet Data - Founded in 2001, Planet Data is a global leader in Early Case Assessment and Discovery Management Services. Planet Data is SAS 70 Type II and US Safe Harbor certified, and operates state-of-the-art data processing and hosting centers. Planet Data delivers flexible, high-quality, cost-effective eDiscovery services, high-level consulting, technical support and project management. www.planetds.com

About Park Legal – Park Legal LLC is a new Indianapolis-based law firm, specializing in the areas of privacy, security and records management.

The LFG Trust sought a discovery management partner that could provide efficient, scalable solutions for searching, processing, and hosting the vast amounts of electronically stored information held by the former financial services giant. Planet Data’s combination of industry expertise, advanced data searching and filtering technologies, and cost-controlled processes met this requirement. In particular, Planet Data’s hosted, early cost assessment platform, Exego™, provides LeClairRyan and the LFG Trust with a powerful , web-based solution uniquely suited to managing the costs and complex requirements of data and discovery management in the bankruptcy and financial restructuring market.

Planet Data Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, David Cochran states “LeClairRyan has been a valued partner for several years. We are proud that they selected us for this important client.” Said Bill Belt, shareholder and team leader for LeClairRyan’s Discovery Solutions Practice, “Providing practical, defensible discovery solutions and lowering costs is a top priority for our clients. Planet Data has been a trusted partner of LeClairRyan for several years and understands this requirement better than anyone. We are excited to be working with the Planet Data team on this engagement.”

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About Planet Data – Founded in 2001, Planet Data is a global leader in Early Case Assessment and Discovery Management solutions and services for law firms, corporations and government agencies. Planet Data is SAS 70 Type II and US Safe Harbor certified, and operates state-of-the-art data processing and hosting centers. Planet Data delivers flexible, high-quality, cost-effective eDiscovery services, high-level consulting, technical support and project management. Planet Data has substantial experience involving multi-lingual and unstructured data including Unicode. Planet Data is headquartered in Elmsford, NY, with offices in Boston, Charlotte, Cleveland, Denver, Paterson NJ, Pittsburgh and Washington DC.

About LeClairRyan – LeClairRyan was founded in 1988 by Gary LeClair and Dennis Ryan. A business-minded law firm, LeClairRyan specializes in developing legal solutions to its clients’ business challenges. The firm provides business counsel and client representation in corporate law and high-stakes litigation. With offices in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, D.C., the firm has approximately 300 attorneys representing a wide variety of clients throughout the nation. For more information about LeClairRyan, visit www.leclairryan.com.

“As the majority of business documents are now created in countless formats, with increasing levels of complexity, a robust e-discovery strategy has become critical,” said Planet Data CEO Howard Reissner. “We are proud and honored to be sponsoring this prestigious event to provide attendees with the knowledge and skills to practice cost effective and defensible e-discovery.”

The Georgetown Advanced E-discovery Institute is the United States’ only annual Continuing Legal Education program dedicated to the discipline of e-discovery that is sponsored by a major law school. This year’s 7th annual conference features a partnership between Georgetown and the Sedona Conference®, a leading research and educational institute dedicated to the advancement of law and policy. The Sedona Conference’s Working Group on Electronic Discovery is the nation’s premier think tank on the discipline of the discovery of electronic evidence.

The Georgetown program is an academic-oriented conference featuring more members of the Federal Judiciary on its faculty than any other e-discovery program. A distinguished roster “thought leaders” who serve as in-house counsel, plaintiff and defense lawyers, IT and litigation support professionals, and e-discovery service providers will also offer their expertise. This all-star line-up of industry heavyweights will offer a program that identifies the most efficient, economic and defensible approaches to preservation, collection, processing, searching, production, and review of electronic evidence.

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Planet Data was founded in 2001 and is SAS 70 Type II and US Safe Harbor certified. Planet data operates state-of-the-art data processing and hosting centers. Planet Data delivers flexible, high-quality, cost-effective eDiscovery services, high-level consulting, technical support and project management. Planet Data is headquartered in Elmsford, NY, with offices in Boston, Charlotte, Cleveland, Denver, DC Metro AreaPaterson NJ, Pittsburgh, and The Netherlands.

Relativity Administrators have the ability to craft customized review workflows, allowing different reviewers to see only the information necessary for their tasks. The certification allows administrators to implement new features into the Relativity software, including pivot, domain and conversation index parsing, auto-batching and search term reporting.

“We are exceptionally proud of Denise and Adam for completing the RCA program,” said Dave Cochran, COO of Planet Data. “Their expertise in the Relativity software will be an invaluable asset to our clients, and solidifies our efforts to expand our team’s breadth of knowledge in the sector.”

As a Hosting Case Manager, Ms. Atesoglu supports Planet Data’s clients throughout the life cycle of their cases, including overseeing the loading of the data, conducting reviewer trainings, developing workflow plans, creating the necessary coding fields, templates and review batches to facilitate the workflow, developing production specifications, and ensuring that productions are completed according to the specifications.

Mr. Rusnock, a Case Analyst, supports the Relativity Software and any other issues clients might encounter day to day. He does SQL scripting and querying, Relativity software upgrades and works closely with the IT department for optimization of the data servers and infrastructure.

Planet Data was founded in 2001 and is SAS 70 Type II and US Safe Harbor certified. Planet data operates state-of-the-art data processing and hosting centers. Planet Data delivers flexible, high-quality, cost-effective eDiscovery services, high-level consulting, technical support and project management. Planet Data is headquartered in Elmsford, NY, with offices in Boston, Charlotte, Cleveland, Denver, Paterson NJ, Pittsburgh, and The Netherlands.

ELMSFORD, NY – August 26, 2010 – Planet Data, a global innovator in the creation and development of defensible legal technologies, services and solutions, announced today the release of Exego Version 1.6, an update to the proprietary web-based early case assessment platform released in January. Exego is designed to provide clients a cost-effective advantage in managing large volumes of ESI data.

The update brings an array of new features specifically designed to allow clients to more efficiently sort and manage significant amounts of electronically stored information (ESI):

SEARCH SET WIZARD: Found within the administrative module, the Exego Search Set Wizard can be used to define and permanently store complex searches involving date/time filters, file size filters, file type filters, custodian filters, search queries, and post search/filter queries. When added to the ECA workflow, the Exego Search Set Wizard allows users to establish a more defensible, repeatable, and error-free searching process.

EXPORT WORKFLOW: Also found within the administrative module, Exego Export Workflow can be used to configure automated document exports using pre-defined search sets. Export Workflow simplifies the multi-step tasks involved in ECA searching and allows the creation of more efficient, controlled, and repeatable process for tagging and exporting responsive documents.

REPORTING ENHANCEMENTS: Exego Version 1.6 includes enhancements to both search analysis reporting and export reporting.

“Through seamless integration with the Exego platform, Exego Version 1.6 will allow our clients to further simplify the e-discovery process by cutting down on the proverbial “noise” and offering results in a more efficient and accurate way,” said Zoltan Horvath, president of Planet Data.

Exego distinguishes itself as a true workflow platform as part of the Cerulean Engine™. The benefit to the client is defensibility, chain of custody and quality as part of one process, insuring that data is processed correctly. Exego utilizes best practice methodologies to reduce the amount of data processed and reviewed in litigation. Designed by in-house experts in conjunction with client needs, Exego significantly reduces document review time and costs. The ability to search, filter, cull, reduce duplication and report metrics early in the discovery process allows a litigation team to be ahead of opposing counsel at the outset of a case.

About Planet Data – Founded in 2001, Planet Data is a global leader in Early Case Assessment and Discovery Management Services. Planet Data is SAS 70 Type II and US Safe Harbor certified, and operates state-of-the-art data processing and hosting centers. Planet Data delivers flexible, high-quality, cost-effective eDiscovery services, high-level consulting, technical support and project management.

Elmsford, NY – August 2, 2010 – Planet Data, a global innovator in the creation and development of defensible legal technologies, services and solutions, today announced that CEO Howard Reissner, Esq. and President Zoltan Horvath contributed a proactive article on e-discovery to Bloomberg Law Reports Vol. 4, No. 29 titled “No Fear . . . No Way: E-Discovery is a Complex Business – Proceed at Your Own Risk.”

“We were honored to have the opportunity to contribute to such a prestigious publication,” said Howard Reissner, who co-founded Planet Data in 2001and has built the company into a global data management services provider. “We felt that it was critical to express to Bloomberg Law Reports’ savvy audience of readers just how critical the process of e-discovery has become given the recent tightening of Federal Rules, an explosion of data in multiple formats and a turbulent global economy that are putting pressure on the judiciary system.”

Co-author Zoltan Horvath, one of the most recognized document management experts in the commercial and legal industries, said, “in this article, we stressed the importance of using the same due diligence that would be used in every other aspect of litigation to select an ESI platform because a wrong decision could irreparably damage a case and tarnish a hard-earned reputation.”

The article has created an industry-wide buzz as the legal community has awoken to the fact that it is crucial to get the e-discovery process right the first time. Find a vendor that specializes in customized ESI services and is well-versed in best practices because, as the article warns, the wrong decision could end up costing far more in the long run. What you don’t know can hurt you.

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About Planet Data – Founded in 2001, Planet Data is a global leader in Early Case Assessment and Discovery Management Services. Planet Data is SAS 70 Type II and US Safe Harbor certified, and operates state-of-the-art data processing and hosting centers. Planet Data delivers flexible, high-quality, cost-effective eDiscovery services, high-level consulting, technical support and project management. www.planetds.com