Badly Drawn People For some reason (and I can’t quite pinpoint it), this cartoon struck a chord with those involved in Legal Operations of one kind or another. This was (to most) a tongue-in-cheek cartoon. It wasn’t reflective of any
Martin Nikel
Plain Tiff is a blog focused on eDiscovery expertise and consulting, authored by Martin Nikel. It covers topics related to the identification, collection, preservation, processing, review, and production of electronically stored information (ESI) in legal contexts. The blog discusses legal technology, litigation support, document investigation techniques, and the impact of artificial intelligence on legal processes. It also addresses practical challenges in legal operations, data preservation orders, and the analysis of complex information systems. The content is aimed at legal professionals, CEOs, and others interested in the intersection of law, technology, and data management.
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All The Small Things: How I Fell In To Legal Technology
By Martin Nikel
Discovering the personal and financial details of 6,000 website users, showed me that I still had a lot of growing up to do. At 21, I had University, computers, long-distance running and a few part-time jobs to keep me going.…
6 Techniques for Engagement in Digital Transformation
By Martin Nikel
Forget the AI-Blockchain-Hana-Augmented-Efficiency-Chatbots . Technology does many things extremely well and it’s always getting better. It’s People that are pivotal in the success or failure of digital transformation. Here are a 6 softer techniques and thoughts that I’ve found useful in the…
Turn And Face The Strange
By Martin Nikel
“Ch-ch-ch Changes” – Bowie. “A change is gonna come” – Cooke. “A change will do you good” – Crowe. “Come on let me change your ticket home” – One Direction. Seminal musicians such as these, have communicated their wisdom and experience in the face…
M & A: A Personal Perspective
By Martin Nikel
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/m-my-perspective-martin-nikel/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/legaloperations/ The challenge of Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring, if I think of them from a professional perspective, are rightly the preserve of highly skilled teams: The Board, General Counsel, Finance, external lawyers, accountants and consultants. Definitely not a job…
The way the cookie crumbles
By Martin Nikel
https://www.linkedin.com/in/legaloperations/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/way-cookie-crumbles-martin-nikel/ Last year there was a wave… no, almost a frenzy of activity around the ‘deadline’ for GDPR. So far, the promise of huge fines and severe repercussions have amounted to not anything more than words. Discussions about fines and media coverage…
Doctor, Doctor, I feel like a $10 bill
By Martin Nikel
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/doctor-i-feel-like-10-note-martin-nikel/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/legaloperations/ Looking back through rose-tinted spectacles has it’s pros and cons. On the one hand it can inspire you into remembering the excitement of youth and the idealistic points of view you once held. Seeing what you’ve achieved and…
Should I Carry On or not? Only Rodgers and Thomas can say.
By Martin Nikel
My six week LinkedIn content plan/strategy. The results are in! The aim was to gain more #engagements through better quality (or at least #originality). 1. Office 365 litigation holds https://lnkd.in/d_6qSV4 2. Snow https://lnkd.in/dGUARJV 3. Redacted Christmas card https://lnkd.in/dSAmyCq 4. eDiscovery…
eDiscovery is Dead! Long live eDiscovery!
By Martin Nikel
This is the ‘clickbaity’ title you were waiting for. From the eDiscovery vendor space, through lawyers and General Counsel to IT leaders and technologists. I’ve had significant feedback from many of them on the original post. The premise is clear.…
Web’s Most Asked Questions: Digital Forensics
By Martin Nikel
Same article on LinkedIn What is Digital Forensics? Why Digital Forensics is important? What Digital Forensics ‘is’… is exactly why it’s important. These two most frequently asked questions are simpler to tackle as one. There’s one thing that’s often forgotten…