Having said all that, I only know my small slice of the pie. I'm sure there are places doing similar projects (like archival work) that do not have those requirements!
January 6, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Having said all that, I only know my small slice of the pie. I'm sure there are places doing similar projects (like archival work) that do not have those requirements!
Anything beyond that and they'd need to either have clients that actively want to do more secondary work themselves or do some extremely good selling to that client that there is a process in place to make sure any truly privileged material is handled at the direction of attorneys.
January 6, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Anything beyond that and they'd need to either have clients that actively want to do more secondary work themselves or do some extremely good selling to that client that there is a process in place to make sure any truly privileged material is handled at the direction of attorneys.
It will depend on the company and the clients they take on. For my own line of work, because you're dealing with making assertions of privilege and analyzing requests for productions from courts, a law degree is typically expected. Often membership to a State Bar as well.
January 6, 2026 at 5:02 AM
It will depend on the company and the clients they take on. For my own line of work, because you're dealing with making assertions of privilege and analyzing requests for productions from courts, a law degree is typically expected. Often membership to a State Bar as well.
In example, Company A sues Company B and demands "all records related to widgets from 1980-2008", the firm representing Company B would hire us, and we would then collect relevant devices, process the material on those devices, and potentially then review for relevance, redactions, and privilege.
January 6, 2026 at 4:44 AM
In example, Company A sues Company B and demands "all records related to widgets from 1980-2008", the firm representing Company B would hire us, and we would then collect relevant devices, process the material on those devices, and potentially then review for relevance, redactions, and privilege.
The work with owls sounds genuinely very interesting! Most of my own work is not quite so colorful. I'm an attorney who works as a consultant for a company specializing in document review, typically in already existing litigation.
January 6, 2026 at 4:44 AM
The work with owls sounds genuinely very interesting! Most of my own work is not quite so colorful. I'm an attorney who works as a consultant for a company specializing in document review, typically in already existing litigation.
As someone with a job that very frequently involves processing and de-duplication on millions of documents for pending legal review or production... I am extremely skeptical of those workflows being used to explain any significant delay in a case this high profile and budget.
January 6, 2026 at 3:45 AM
As someone with a job that very frequently involves processing and de-duplication on millions of documents for pending legal review or production... I am extremely skeptical of those workflows being used to explain any significant delay in a case this high profile and budget.
Man, every now and then I just have to step back and gape at how utterly pathetic this government actually has delved. Absolute chud behavior. Anyone who touched this kind of shit should forever be embarrassed to remember the experience.
November 30, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Man, every now and then I just have to step back and gape at how utterly pathetic this government actually has delved. Absolute chud behavior. Anyone who touched this kind of shit should forever be embarrassed to remember the experience.
Pan is a particularly huge disappointment for me just because I was so primed for a girl character that could matter without being relegated to being a mom on the sidelines.
November 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Pan is a particularly huge disappointment for me just because I was so primed for a girl character that could matter without being relegated to being a mom on the sidelines.
I love Chicago so much. Had a conversation with a Chicago-based friend at one point and he told me he thought the restaurant across from him was a mob front.
Me: "What's it called?" Him: "Restaurant"
September 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I love Chicago so much. Had a conversation with a Chicago-based friend at one point and he told me he thought the restaurant across from him was a mob front.