Predictive coding software assists document reviewers by applying computerized learning techniques to find responsive information. Its use is currently being contested in the widely followed labor dispute case Monique da Silva Moore, et al. v. Publicis Group SA, et al.   But this Virginia case, Global Aerospace Inc.,, may be the first where predictive coding was actually ordered.

Loudoun Circuit Court Judge James Chamblin wrote, “Having heard argument with regard to the Motion of Landow Aviation … it is hereby ordered Defendants shall be allowed to proceed with the use of predictive coding for purposes of processing and production of electronically stored information.” JudgeChamblin acknowledged that the receiving party will still have the opportunity to question the completeness of the contents of the production or the ongoing use of predictive coding.” The court order allowed 60 days for processing, and another 60 days for production.

The Judge’s order was in response to the Defendant’s motion requesting either that predictive technology be allowed or that the Plaintiff’s pay any additional costs associated with traditional review.

Defendants expect predictive coding to reduce the data set from 8 terabytes data set to a few hundred gigabytes.

DALLAS, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Inventus, LLC, a cloud computing and SaaS provider of e-Discovery document review and information management software, has closed financials for the first quarter in 2012 and has delivered its sixth consecutive record quarter.

“We continue to experience incredible financial results quarter-after-quarter and expect this trend to continue for the foreseeable future,” said Trevor Campion, CEO of Inventus. “On the heels of a record 2011, it’s great to get off to a fast start in 2012 and our pipeline has never been more robust.”

Inventus attributes its success to leveraging best-of-breed technology with innovative proprietary workflows and pricing models that are dramatically reducing the costs of discovery.

“We have provided material value to our clients in terms of both costs savings and risk reduction. That value is garnering Inventus more market share quickly,” said Mr. Campion.

“The demand for our services continues to increase as corporations are dealing with the exponential growth of stored data,” said Rod Roberson, Managing Director of Inventus. “With a large technology infrastructure base already built, we feel like we are positioned to accommodate this increasing demand from both new and existing clients.”

Management attributes the growth to an increasing base of corporate clients taking more ownership of the discovery process and now counts over 20 of the Fortune 250 on its client list.  In addition to the expanding corporate base, Inventus continues to expand its geographic presence and is in the process of expanding overseas by adding a London location.

“Our clients are global and we’re keen to deliver the same value abroad as we currently do domestically,” said Mr. Campion. “London is an exciting market and we’re pleased that our clients have enough confidence in the value we’re delivering to push for this expansion.”

Oracle sued Google because the Google Android smartphone allegedly infringes on Oracle’s patents related to their Java programming language.  The following email was sent at 11:05 am on August 6, 2010.

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Attorney Work Product
Google Confidential

Hi Andy,
This is a short pre-read for the call at 12:30.  In Dan’s earlier we didn’t give you a lot of context, looking for a visceral reaction that we got. 

What we’ve actually been asked to do (by Larry and Sergei) is to investigate what technical alternatives exist to Java for Android and Chrome.  We’ve been over a bunch of these, that think they all suck.  We conclude that we need to negotiate a license for Java under the terms we need.

That said, Alan Eustace said that the threat of moving off Java hit Safra Katz hard.  We think there is a value in the negotiations to put forward our most credible alternative, the goal being to get better terms and price for Java.

It looks to us that Obj-C provides that most credible alternative in this context, which should not be confused with us thinking we should make the change.  What we’re looking for from you is the reasons why you hate this idea, whether you think there’s anything we’ve missed in our understanding of the option.

-Tim and Dan
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Google withheld the last draft and the “sent” version of the email as privileged and listed them on its privilege log.  Unfortunately, eight additional drafts were auto-saved on the drafter’s computer BEFORE he added the “Work Product” and the “Confidential” labels. Those drafts were produced to Oracle and later held not to be privileged as work product or an attorney-client communication.

This situation could have easily been avoided by the use of near-duplicate clustering that would have flagged the additional copies that were missed.Inventus uses Equivio’s near-dupe technologies to measure the data points of the document so that even if the documents contained odd words, misspellings, or other oddities, their scores would be extremely high indicating they are near duplicates and should therefore be similarly coded and not produced to opposing counsel.  For more information regarding Oracle v. Google, see Craig Ball’s Blog at http://ballinyourcourt.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/439/#more-439

“Patrick’s combination of extensive legal and e-discovery experience will contribute to Inventus’ strategic growth in the coming years,” said Trevor Campion, CEO of Inventus. “Patrick’s expertise in retention and collection strategies will further enhance the consultative value we bring to our clients as we manage the discovery process for our core clients.”

Inventus’ year-to-date sales are up 71 percent over the same period last year through the end of November. Inventus attributes the success to expanding sales of discovery solutions and a rapidly expanding online customer base. With data hosting and related services now accounting for over 70 percent of the company’s revenue, Inventus is routinely being asked to manage the full discovery process.

“I am proud to join the executive team at Inventus and very excited about our vision,” said Zeller. “The company is a proven leader in the e-discovery space and has a terrific discovery management platform which is delivering real value to our customer base.”

Prior to joining Inventus, Zeller was the vice president of e-Discovery and deputy general counsel at Guidance Software, where he spent six years consulting clients on all issues related to the discovery process.

Zeller was previously a practicing attorney with Seyfarth Shaw and co-founder of their national e-Discovery practice group.  He has spoken at many industry conferences and is well-published in many trade journals.  Patrick is also currently a member of the Sedona Conference and teaches an e-Discovery class at the John Marshall Law School in Chicago.

Relativity Best in Service status is the highest recognition that kCura awards to their Relativity Premium Hosting Partners. The evaluation process includes an audit of a partner’s technical environment and capabilities, volume of data and cases under management, and client references.  

“We have had an enormous amount of success and growth through our partnership with kCura and Relativity,” said Trevor Campion, CEO of Inventus. “That success is largely due to our technical expertise in supporting the environment, as well as our practical expertise in customizing it for our clients.”

In June of this year, Inventus launched its proprietary inVerito ECA workflow within Relativity and has seen an almost 100 percent adoption rate from its clients using Relativity.  

“The inVerito model is really leveraging the power of Relativity and reducing client review costs by as much as 60 percent,” added Campion.

kCura has also recognized Inventus as a Relativity Certified Reseller, allowing Inventus to license and manage full installations of Relativity. This is providing greater flexibility to Inventus clients in how they choose to access the software.  

“Legal teams recognize the value of Relativity, but are now looking for partners that can fully support them on the platform,” said Rod Roberson, Managing Director & General Counsel for Inventus. “Through our new managed service offering, Inventus is now able to provide our clients with all of the functionality of Relativity, without the necessity of a large capital IT investment.”

“Inventus has done a number of progressive things with Relativity, including customizing the technology to offer ECA, and combining their reseller status and infrastructure expertise to provide a managed service offering of our software,” said Andrew Sieja, president and CEO of kCura. “We’re happy to acknowledge their efforts by recognizing Inventus as both a Best in Service partner and a Relativity Certified Reseller.”

There are many benefits to Inventus’ managed service offering including:

Economical

• No capital expenditures for hardware/IT infrastructure
• Customized pricing models
• Budget predictability
• Scale-up on demand

Defensible & Secure

• Fully-documented workflow and work product
• Testimony-ready e-discovery experts
• Enterprise class data backup & disaster recovery

Fast

• Rapid processing & review setup
• Quickly scalable for large matters
• High-speed bandwidth for remote use

About Inventus, LLC

Through a combination of technology, talent and process, Inventus provides a broad range of discovery solutions and related services to major law firms and corporate legal departments across the U.S. including Web hosting, electronic data discovery, enterprise software sales and document imaging. Inventus is closely linked to its sister companies in the shareholder portfolio, which include BMI/Imagenet and Digital Media Warehouse, and represent over $85M in combined revenues.  For more information, please visit www.inventus.com and www.imagenetamerica.com or contact Ashleigh Breen at abreen@inventus.com.

About kCura

Recognized as a “Leader” in Gartner’s 2011 E-Discovery Magic Quadrant and one of Chicago’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For, kCura are the developers of the e-discovery software Relativity, a web-based platform for the review, analysis, and production of electronic data. Relativity has more than 40,000 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 e-discovery challenges by installing Relativity and Method on-premises and providing hosted, on-demand solutions through a global network of partners. For more information, contact kCura at info@kcura.com or visit www.kcura.com.

CHICAGO, Aug. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Inventus LLC, a leading national provider of litigation support services, today announced its adoption of Equivio’s technology for grouping near-duplicates and email threads. The Equivio technology enables Inventus to enhance the litigation review process for its clients, simultaneously reducing costs and improving accuracy.

Inventus is using Equivio’s technology as a standard component of its e-discovery solution.  The Inventus offering supports the complete e-discovery cycle, including data collection and retention, data minimization and processing, document review, hosting and production. By eliminating data redundancy, the Equivio solution enables Inventus to meet the growing demand for tools that simplify and streamline the e-discovery business process.

“We are committed to helping our clients efficiently manage the e-discovery process by offering advanced technology solutions that minimize data and accelerate document review,” said Trevor Campion, CEO at Inventus. “Equivio’s best-of-breed technology for near-duplicates and email threads enables legal experts to sift through vast amounts of data quickly, which translates into major cost savings for our clients.”

The grouping of near-duplicates and email threads allows attorneys to skip redundant data, 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, increase review productivity and help litigators meet tight deadlines.

“We are delighted that Inventus’ rapidly growing customer base will benefit from the proven cost savings driven by Equivio,” said Amir Milo, CEO of Equivio. “By using our technology to untangle document clutter in large data sets, Inventus is able to reduce the complexity and costs of electronic discovery and review for its clients.”

DALLAS, Aug. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Inventus, LLC, a Web hosting and technology solutions provider for major law firms and corporate legal departments, has closed financials for the second quarter in 2011 and has posted its best quarterly results in the company’s history. Inventus’ sales were up 90 percent over the second quarter of 2010 and EBITDA increased more than 20 times. Inventus continued the record-breaking sales growth the company experienced in the first quarter of 2011.  

“The second quarter sales results were excellent, beating out our record-breaking first quarter results by 40 percent and showing dramatic growth over the same period last year,” said Trevor Campion, CEO of Inventus. “Each quarter, our financial performance strengthens and we expect the growth to continue.”

Inventus attributes the success to expanding sales of electronic discovery solutions to existing clients, and a rapidly expanding customer base as new clients are introduced to Inventus’ offerings. The company recently launched inVerito, an early case assessment workflow and pricing model that can decrease the cost of review by 60 percent and process data seven to ten times faster. Inventus has also focused on sales of cloud-based document review and has begun offering its technology under a SaaS model that many firms are finding very appealing.

“Once legal teams discover the value of our offerings, they often integrate our products and services into their regular discovery process,” said Rod Roberson, managing director and general counsel of Inventus. “As our company grows, it has become increasingly important to offer flexible models for service and pricing to meet each client’s needs.”

The company has grown along with an increased demand for electronic discovery solutions over the past few years.

“Staying ahead of the technology curve allows Inventus to create legal discovery solutions that help us remain a leader in the industry,” said Campion.