Corporate Announcements

Katie Fitzgerald, strategic consultant at Lighthouse, will host two executive roundtable events at the 11 annual IICE Summit. In these sessions, Fitzgerald will be accompanied by Celina McGregor, senior associate at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, and Meribeth Banaschik, international litigation at Noerr, who will both share expertise and help drive a fruitful discussion.

Johnson to lead sales and account management efforts in the Northwest region of the United States. Lighthouse, a leader in technology-enabled eDiscovery and consulting services, today announced that Paul Johnson has joined the team as director of business development in the Northwest region of the U.S. Johnson brings over 25 years of business development and leadership experience to the position and will work to grow Lighthouse's opportunities and expand the company's current clientele.

Lighthouse, a leader in technology-enabled eDiscovery services and consulting, today announced that their SmartSeries applications have been added to kCura's Relativity Ecosystem. The SmartSeries, which includes EmailSmart, PrivSmart, RedactSmart and ReviewSmart, are proprietary solutions built on top of Relativity to increase review efficiency and lower clients' overall eDiscovery costs.

Hiteshew will lead Lighthouse's IT team to provide secure, stable and effective infrastructure services to clients.

Chris Dahl, vice president of Product Development and Consulting at Lighthouse eDiscovery, will participate in a webinar entitled, People-Centric Compliance: What Compliance & Security Look Like in the Age of the Customer. During the partner discussion portion of the webinar, Dahl will speak to people-centric compliance and what it means for Lighthouse, specific practices the company has in place, as well as how people-centric compliance will impact our current clients. In addition, he will dive into how Lighthouse plans to leverage the new Office 365 suite and product capabilities to enhance current client relationships.

Lighthouse, a leader in technology-enabled eDiscovery and consulting services, today announced that David Nichols has joined the company's London team as the director of Business Development. Nichols brings over 15 years of legal technology experience to his role, specifically in eDiscovery, project management and business analysis. At Lighthouse, he will work to drive revenue by overseeing and growing the European Business Development team and broadening current and future client relationships.

Lighthouse's Beau Holt, vice president of Service Delivery, and Alex Shusterman, eDiscovery consultant, will present at the Minnesota Association of Legal Support Professionals (MALSP) February meeting in Minneapolis. The two will address key themes and takeaways from Legaltech 2016, takeaways from Lighthouse's annual Illuminations Panel Event, and takeaways from EDI Leadership Summit 2015.

Lynn Reilly, director of Hosted Solutions at Lighthouse eDiscovery, will present alongside L. Julius M. Turman, partner at Reed Smith, a webinar entitled, A State Apart: California Employment Law for Non-Californians. California has some of the most stringent employment laws in the country and tends to be a major hotspot for litigation. Reilly and Turman will address California's unique requirements for employers and how to put in place best practices around these. In addition, Reilly will discuss the types of eDiscovery implications one is likely to encounter and how to best avoid unforeseen issues.

Lighthouse's Brittania Huston, product marketing manager, and David Bruno, hosted solutions project manager, will present alongside Donna Panich, practicing attorney at Ogletree Deakins with a specialty in eDiscovery, at Duke Law School's upcoming eDiscovery webinar. Both Brittania and David will be sharing a high-level overview of the vendor's involvement in the eDiscovery process and projects. They will dive into a mock scenario to show the tools and decisions that play into a day in the life in eDiscovery. The webinar will serve as an introduction for students to law firm and vendor perspectives and processes, with an overarching theme being the power of collaboration leading to the sharing and learning of best practices.

Lighthouse, a leader in technology-enabled eDiscovery and consulting services, today announced that Josh Yildirim has joined the company's London team as the director of Service Delivery. Yildirim brings over 19 years of complex litigation and eDiscovery experience to his role and will manage the production operations, solution analysts, project management and hosted solutions teams to optimize how these groups come together around shared goals. In addition, he will be responsible for managing and applying innovative solutions to drive efficiency, accuracy and throughput when it comes to service delivery in Europe.

Lighthousee Discovery, a leader in technology-enabled eDiscovery services and consulting, today announced the launch of its latest product, Lighthouse Navigate. Navigate is a web-based dashboard and reporting tool that gives users on-demand visibility into important case information such as data volumes, cost savings and spend to date. Lighthouse's new offering provides clients with the tools they need to make informed case decisions, improve budgeting accuracy, as well as implement and monitor effectiveness of cross-matter processes.

Lighthouse, a leader in technology-enabled eDiscovery and consulting services, today announced that Michael Miller has joined Lighthouse's leadership team as the senior vice president of Sales. Miller brings over two decades of diverse leadership experience, running the revenue and sales functions for technology-based service companies. He will drive revenue by overseeing and growing Lighthouse's business development team and efforts, expanding channel relationships, and continuing to build a culture of excellence. Miller will also ensure continuous improvements in Lighthouse's go-to-market strategies.

Lighthouse, a leader in technology-enabled eDiscovery services and consulting, today announced the selection of Rackspace as our European data center provider. Rackspace was selected because it will allow us to support our current clients' overseas needs, service new clients in the UK and support our mobile processing for matters where data privacy requires in-country work.

Lighthouse, a leader in technology-enabled eDiscovery services and consulting, today announced that it has completed its upgrade to Relativity 9.2. Included with the upgrade are updates to PrivSmart, Lighthouse's proprietary privilege review prioritization and privilege log application. Relativity Powered by Lighthouse, including the Communications Center and complete suite of SmartSeries applications, has also been fully integrated with Relativity 9.2, ensuring a seamless transition of Lighthouse's complete suite of data reduction and efficiency tools to the upgraded review platform.

Debora Motyka Jones, regional director of East Coast operations at Lighthouse, will attend the 20th anniversary of The Drug and Medical Device Litigation Conference in Manhattan. There, she will speak to attendees about creating a solid discovery plan at the networking luncheon on Friday, December 4. Jones will explain the issues that arise when forming a well-rounded strategy, methods for overcoming these issues and creating succinct solutions, as well as the benefits of having a concrete plan in place. Attendees will leave with a general understanding of the process, how to best create an environment for effective teamwork, and finally, how to avoid additional conflict.