Gabe Acevedo
Posts by Gabe Acevedo
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Holland & Knight, Technology
Is E-Discovery Becoming Certifiable?
Recently on my blog I have been posting different viewpoints as to whether the e-discovery industry should have its own specialized certification. In the past year there has been a push by several organizations to establish standards of testing in the industry. In fact, a few weeks ago, the newly formed Association of Certified E-Discovery […] -
9th Circuit, Document Review, Gender, Labor / Employment, SCOTUS, Technology, Wal-Mart, Women's Issues
Dukes Proving To Be a Hazard to Wal-Mart
In 1995, Betty Dukes took a job at a Wal-Mart near San Francisco, working as a cashier and greeter for $5 an hour. A “greeter” represents the face of the company as consumers walk through the door. Little did Dukes and Wal-Mart know that Dukes would ultimately become a face of Wal-Mart nationally, under much different circumstances. Today, […] 
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Bad Ideas, Crime, Facebook, Rank Stupidity, Social Networking Websites, Technology
World's Dumbest Criminal Would Like to Add You As a 'Friend'
The following tale of legal technology took place in our nation’s capital, although it seemed to draw more attention overseas. Last December, as winter’s grip began to take hold over Washington, D.C., Rodney Knight Jr. found himself in serious need of a heavy jacket. So he did what any of us would have done in these circumstances: he […]
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Free Speech, Guns / Firearms, Politics, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Jeff 'Use Live Ammo' Cox, Revisited
What in the world is going on with our state attorneys general? First there was the amazing Andrew Shirvell, former Michigan assistant attorney general. Shirvell used every form of media, social and otherwise, to stalk make people aware of the demonic student body president of the University of Michigan, Chris Armstrong. Shirvell claimed that Armstrong, […] -
Document Review, Technology
The Next Big 'Buzz Words' in Legal Technology
From “concept searching” to “cloud computing,” every year there are new buzz words and catch phrases that enter into the lexicon of legal technology. Of course, when you are dealing with technology of any sort, you should expect to update jargon regularly (such as from 3G to 4G to 5G, whatever that means). 2011 is […] -
Lawyer Advertising, Social Networking Websites, Technology, Videos, YouTube
Volkswagen Uses 'The Force' Of Social Media
By now, everyone has seen the Volkswagen Super Bowl commercial featuring Max Page as a pint-sized Darth Vader. You know, Max Page — the kid who plays Baby Reed on The Young and The Restless. You mean to tell me you don’t watch a little Y&R? Yeah, I don’t either, and I also hadn’t heard […] -
Conferences / Symposia, Document Review, Lexis-Nexis, LexisNexis / Lexis-Nexis, Technology
Fear and Loathing in LegalTech
Daniel de Juan, a sales engineer from Mitratech, summed up perfectly what LegalTech was like for me this year: “Being at LegalTech is almost like being at a casino, in the sense that you lose all track of time.” Two years ago, I found the conference to be pretty intimidating, and that was when the […] -
Conferences / Symposia, Social Networking Websites, Staff Attorneys / Discovery Attorneys, Technology, Willkie Farr
The LegalTech Pregame Show
Ed. note: Gabe Acevedo will be covering LegalTech for Above the Law this year. If you are interested in communicating with someone from ATL about LegalTech coverage, please contact Gabe at gabe@gabesguide.com. Thanks. The pregame show for LegalTech New York 2011 has been in full swing the last few weeks. Vendors and their PR reps […] 
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King & Spalding, Shira Scheindlin, Staff Attorneys / Discovery Attorneys, Technology
Judges Making More of a Case for E-Discovery Sanctions
Ed. note: Gabe Acevedo will be covering LegalTech for Above the Law this year. If you are interested in communicating with someone from ATL about LegalTech coverage, please contact Gabe at gabe@abovethelaw.com. Thanks. It seems that judges are no longer afraid to unleash the power of the gavel when it comes to e-discovery violations. There […] -
Conferences / Symposia, Courtney Love, Outsourcing, Technology
The Rundown: This Week in Legal Technology – 01.14.11(And a note about ATL's LegalTech coverage.)
This week, The Rundown is going international. LegalTech is just around the corner, and there will be a solid contingent of lawyers from the United Kingdom in attendance. Speaking of LegalTech, I’m going to be covering the conference for Above the Law. If you are interested in communicating with someone from ATL about LegalTech coverage, […] -
Blogging, Books, Media and Journalism, Social Networking Websites, Technology
The Big Secret of Social Media
Although I have a blog and accounts with Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and even Plaxo, I am not a big “rah rah” social media cheerleader for the sake of being one. There is much about social media that is overhyped, which is probably why I liked G.M. Filisko’s article in the January edition of the ABA […] -
Conferences / Symposia, Technology
The Rundown: This Week in Legal Technology – 12.09.10
This week, when I wasn’t thinking about how to crack down on lunch thieves and trying to recoup the money I paid former Judge Porteous over the last few years (which put me in a bit of a financial bind, but I’ll be fine because I’m on the short list for a job at Skadden’s […] -
Boutique Law Firms, Contract Attorneys, Small Law Firms, Technology, Williams & Connolly
Could Hardinger & Tanenholz Represent the Future of E-Discovery in Biglaw?
Earlier this week, I had the chance to sit down with David Tanenholz, one of the co-founders and partners at Hardinger & Tanenholz LLP (H&T), which is one of the few firms — if not the first — to promote itself solely as “discovery counsel.” And with their experience as Biglaw alumni, the two founders […]
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Conferences / Symposia, Contract Attorneys, Document Review, Technology
The Rundown: This Week in Legal Technology – 11.19.10
This week — in between tweeting some really funny stuff (such as how I want to blow up airports — it was so funny!), buying up every last can of Four Loko that I could get my hands on, and forwarding Skadden employee evaluations to all of my friends — I spent the rest of […] -
Conferences / Symposia, Contract Attorneys, Technology
The Rundown: This Week in Legal Technology – 11.06.10
What a wild week in Washington! In the aftermath of hundreds of thousands of people rallying for sanity, the Republicans trounced the Democrats in the House. As for me, when I wasn’t cleaning the millions of dollars I had stuffed in my closet to hide from the IRS or arguing with my therapist about how […] -
Document Review, Technology
The Rundown: This Week in Legal Technology – 10.28.10
This week, after boring myself to death listening to Lillian McEwen discuss Clarence Thomas’s “activities” on Larry King, I knocked back a couple cans of Four Loko to ease the pain and got right to work on this week’s Rundown. Lots of free stuff available after the jump, including a free e-book on legal productivity, […] -
Conferences / Symposia, Legal Ethics, Technology
The Rundown: This Week in Legal Technology – 10.22.10
This week, when I wasn’t taking lessons in constitutional law from Christine O’Donnell, the greatest candidate for the United States Senate ever, or honing my brief drafting skills with the help of a Ph.D., I spent the time putting together this week’s legal technology Rundown. In this edition, we see that a lot of lawyers […] -
Conferences / Symposia, Technology
The Rundown: This Week in Legal Technology – 10.15.10
This week, in between eating as many burgers with extra onions as I could at Rogue States, and lobbying heavily for my law school to be more like Harvard and hide their GPAs (in my case, I was really hoping they could implement that retroactively), I managed to collect lots of good material for this […] -
Conferences / Symposia, Technology
Highlights From the Masters Conference
This week, while taking a break from my favorite pastime — hanging out with strippers and snorting coke with federal judges — I attended the Masters Conference in Washington, DC. For those of you who aren’t familiar with this conference, it has carved out a significant niche for itself in the e-discovery universe. The Masters […] -
Conferences / Symposia, Document Review, Technology
The Rundown: This Week in Legal Technology - 10.01.10
Welcome to the latest installment of The Rundown, a review of recent developments in the world of legal technology. Let’s plunge right in. * Happy Birthday to Clio, a legal technology company that helps to streamline law offices. Clio is officially two years old, which is like twenty years in Biglaw. * I pick up […]
