In this post, we’ll build on the previous post’s technique of iterating through a file line-by line. LFP files are an extremely common form of data interchange as document sets trade hands in litigation. Their popularity is probably due in part to their simplicity. As a review, LFP files are ... Read more
This will just be a quick update to the last post. In the previous version of the duplicate record detector the input file is specified statically (or “Hard Coded”) inside the file. This means that the source code must be modified each time that users want to run analysis on a new load file.
Unlike compiled languages like C++ or Java, Python doesn’t have a lengthy build cycle associated with making changes. While this isn’t too inconvenient, your users might not be comfortable directly modifying source code and there’s also the potential to introduce bugs by changing the wrong line. Fortunately, Python provides a method for passing data to a program via the command line...
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In the legal arena, regardless of how long you’ve been in the game, it always comes down to “making it rain.”
Myra L McKenzie, assistant general counsel in the Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. legal department, offers the following ten tips to rain-making in her article In Order to Make Rain, You Have to Know How to Gather the Clouds: Tips for Young Lawyers on Client Development, printed in the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division 101 Practice Series...Read more
In this edition of “eDiscovery-related Python Tricks,” we’ll cover some fundamental techniques and operations that you’ll likely find yourself using repeatedly. Suppose you’ve been given the task of merging load files from several productions together. You’re fairly sure that merging several files together has left the load file with duplicative lines, but the file is large and this would be difficult to determine manually. While this example may seem a little contrived, it will provide a simple setup for laying foundation that will likely be re-used when we get to more interesting examples...Read more
Do you hear that noise? No? That noise you may or may not hear is the sound of a quiet revolution well underway. The cloud computing revolution is bringing along with it a gradual but dramatic wave of change to the world of network infrastructure, IT servicing, and business models. This transformation speaks to different parties in different ways with the promise of efficiencies and cost containment on the one hand weighing in against security and hidden cost worries on the other hand.
By way of a definition, Gartner Inc., the Connecticut-based IT research and advisory company (http://www.gartner.com) offers the following five attributes of cloud computing: 1) Service-based, 2) Scalable and Elastic, 3) Shared, 4) Metered by Use, and 5) Uses Internet Technologies.
How does cloud computing affect you? Now is the time to find out and to plan your next move...Read more
Logik is growing and we are looking for more talented, smart, and amazing people to come join our small company.
Here are the positions we are looking to fill right now:
eDiscovery Sales Consultant
eDiscovery Project Manager
Software Engineer
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