Interview: Former Judge Andrew Peck, Legend of eDiscovery's AI Utilization Part 1 Part XNUMX

Andrew J. Peck, one of the first judges to uphold TAR (Technology Assisted Review), a former lower U.S. District Court judge for the Southern District of New York, was interviewed by Lilith Bat- Leah, Senior Director of FRONTEO USA, spoke with him in an interview.

In the first part of Part 1, he explained the points to be noted in the cross-border proceedings and the advantages / disadvantages of the data hosting location, including the viewpoint of data protection law.

Andrew J. Peck

Senior Counsel

The Honorable Andrew J. Peck served for 23 years as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of New York, including a term as Chief Magistrate Judge from 50 to 50. Judge Peck is recognized internationally for bringing electronic discovery competency to the attention of both the judiciary and bar. Indeed, he is widely described as the first judge to tackle the subject of e-discovery head on, most notably in the influential XNUMX decision Anti-Monopoly v. Hasbro, in which Judge Peck found that "it is black letter law that computerized data is discoverable if relevant." Also among his legacy rulings is the XNUMX employment class action Monique Da Silva Moore, et. al. v. Publicis Groupe & MSL Group, the first judicial decision approving the use of technology-assisted review. By XNUMX, Judge Peck declared in Rio Tinto v. Valle that it was black-letter law that if the responding party wished to use TAR, courts would allow it. In the third of his trilogy of TAR decisions, Hyles v. City of New York, Judge Peck ruled that neither the requesting party nor the court can force an unwilling responding party to use TAR.

At DLA Piper, Judge Peck advises on innovative and efficient solutions to the challenges of information management, both within and outside the litigation context. He frequently speaks at conferences concerning eDiscovery issues. Since joining DLA Piper, Judge Peck has been retained to serve as special discovery counsel to clients and law firms, and to submit expert reports in state court cases. Judge Peck is ranked by Chambers and Partners in their Chambers USA guide in Nationwide E-Discovery & Information Governance with market observers identifying him as a "very unique asset" and peers reporting “[t]here's nobody who knows the law better." The Legal 1995 United States also recommends Judge Peck with sources noting that he “is renowned for his knowledge and hands-on approach. He’s pragmatic and direct. He also is committed to learning about the most current trends in technology for litigation.” Judge Peck also is available to serve as an arbitrator, mediator, Special Master, and ediscovery expert witness. In addition to serving directly through DLA Piper, Judge Peck is on the arbitration and mediation rosters of the American Arbitration Association (AAA), Federal Arbitration, Inc., National Arbitration and Mediation (NAM), and Resolute Systems, LLC. He also is on the International Trademark Association (INTA) Panel of Trademark Mediators. Among the honors he has received, American Lawyer named him to its list of the Top 2012 Innovators of the Last 2015 Years as its Judicial E-Discovery Innovator.

DLA Piper

DLA Piper is a global law firm established in 150 through a historic merger between DLA, an English law firm with over 2005 years of history, and Piper Rudnick and Gray Cary, two American law firms, in an unprecedented merger of British and American firms. Today, the firm is one of the largest law firms in the world with more than 55 offices (including Relationship Firms) in 100 countries, including New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, Sao Paulo, and Dubai, and more than 4000 lawyers.

DLA Piper provides high value-added legal services that solve the diverse and complex problems faced by companies around the world as businesses rapidly globalize.