April 19, 2012 – Early-bird registration is now open for Relativity Fest 2012!

Relativity Fest will take place October 22-24, 2012, in Chicago, Illinois.  Our third annual user conference will feature panel discussions, hands-on labs, breakout sessions, and insight from kCura staff and Relativity end users.

This year's agenda will include kCura-generated content focused on Relativity best practices, new features in the software, and creative ways to use Relativity.  Attendees can choose to customize their schedules based on experience level and topic.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Early-bird registration starts today at a rate of $350 per attendee.  Beginning July 8, 2012, the standard registration rate of $550 per attendee will take effect.  Please note that space is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

HOTEL DETAILS
Relativity Fest will take place at The Palmer House Hilton, a landmark hotel located in downtown Chicago.  kCura will cover hotel accommodations at The Palmer House for Monday and Tuesday nights, as well as food and beverages throughout the conference, at no additional cost to attendees.

If you have questions about Relativity Fest or how to register, please email us at RelativityFest@kcura.com.

We hope to see you in October!

April 19, 2012 – A number of new Relativity Assisted Review resources and trainings are now available. Resources and trainings include the following.

A full-day in-person Relativity Assisted Review training teaches the fundamentals needed for managing a computer-assisted review project. Registration is now open on our training page.

Two free Relativity Assisted Review webinars are available to teach the basics of the computer-assisted review workflow. Please visit our training page to register for the following.

- Assisted Review for Administrators – a weekly, hour-long overview of Relativity Assisted Review for Relativity admins

- Assisted Review for End Users – a monthly, hour-long training on computer-assisted review best practices and decision-making skills for attorney reviewers

Our Assisted Review in the Press page is also available. Here, you will find a curated list of informative articles and reports regarding computer-assisted review, allowing you to stay current in the ongoing computer-assisted review discussion.

Existing collateral, podcasts, and recorded webinars are still available on the Relativity Assisted Review webpage.

April 18, 2012 – kCura is excited to attend InsideCounsel’s 12th annual SuperConference from April 23 to April 24 at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in Chicago. If you’re planning to attend the conference, stop by our table at the Atlantic Ballroom, where you can learn more about our latest offerings, including Relativity 7.4, Relativity Assisted Review, and the Relativity Ecosystem.
 
Members of our sales team will be available to meet with you throughout the conference. Please contact us at sales@kcura.com for more information or to schedule a meeting.

April 18, 2012 – The latest Relativity workflow recipes are now available on the advice page. Written by members of the advice@kCura team, each workflow recipe provides step-by-step instructions on how to perform advanced functions in Relativity.

This month’s featured recipes include:

• Creating a read-only layout to lock produced documents
• Creating static searches using multiple-choice fields
• Tracking categorized documents to their example document
• Using categorization to identify hot documents

To download these recipes, access the recipe library, and view related videos featuring members of the advice@kCura team, check out the advice page.

April 17, 2012 – Join kCura for a 45-minute webinar on Relativity Review Manager next Wednesday, April 25 at 3:00 p.m. CDT. Constantine Pappas and Josh Haas of the advice@kCura team will demonstrate how Review Manager can help you estimate the time and cost of review, track review progress, and optimize your review strategy to meet goals and deadlines. A Q&A period will follow the presentation.

During this session, you can learn more about:

• What Review Manager is, and how this application can help you forecast the time and cost of review
• Using Review Manager’s suggestions to optimize your review, ensuring your project is completed on time and under budget
• Tracking and reporting on review progress with real-time performance data

Relativity Certified Administrators will earn 2 Relativity Continuing Education (RCE) credits by attending.

To register for the webinar, click here.

13th Annual CityLIGHTS Awards honor top performers in technology whose innovation and success drive growth in Illinois

Press Release – Chicago, IL – April 17, 2012 – kCura, the developers of Relativity—web-based software for the review, analysis, and production of electronic documents during litigation and investigations—were recently selected as a finalist for a 2012 Illinois Technology Association (ITA) CityLIGHTS award, in the Rising Star category. The Rising Star award recognizes companies who, through innovation in products and services, have the potential to be leaders in the local technology space.

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April 16, 2012 – At Relativity Fest 2011, Buzz Williams, head coach of Marquette University’s men’s basketball team, spoke to attendees about what it takes to be elite in basketball and in business. Check out the video page of the Relativity Fest site for a brief interview with him, conducted by kCura’s Nick Robertson.

Registration for this year’s Relativity Fest will open soon. For the latest information about the conference, please follow @relativityfest on Twitter or subscribe to the Relativity Fest RSS feed.

April 16, 2012 – We are pleased to announce that Altep, Inc., a national provider of e-discovery and litigation management solutions, has become a Relativity Premium Hosting Partner. Altep now provides Relativity as a hosted, on-demand solution, enhancing their full-service e-discovery offering with the flexible and easy-to-use platform.

Click here to read the full press release.

April 10, 2012 – kCura is excited to attend the CCCA 2012 National Spring Conference from April 15 to April 17 in Montreal, Quebec, at the Hyatt Regency Montreal.  If you’re planning to attend, stop by booth #12 to learn more about our latest offerings, including Relativity 7.4, Relativity Assisted Review, and the Relativity Ecosystem.

Members of our sales team will be available to meet with you throughout the conference. Please contact us at sales@kcura.com for more information or to schedule a meeting.

International firm deploys kCura’s review platform firm-wide to further extend e-discovery service offering

Press Release – Chicago, IL and Los Angeles, CA – April 10, 2012 – kCura, developers of the e-discovery software Relativity, today announced that Reed Smith LLP purchased a license to deploy Relativity for legal review firm-wide.

Relativity is a fully featured, web-based e-discovery platform for review, analysis, and production. Users can create and automate custom workflows, make use of a complete set of text analytics capabilities including computer-assisted review, and can build applications within the software to manage and search all types of case-related data and information.

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