My title reflects two themes of interest (that is, they interested me) at the LexisNexis Counsel to Counsel Forum 2013 which took place in Brighton in November. One was about lawyers (whether internal or external) understanding the business for which they work; the other was about social media as a means of keeping in touch with the rest of the world. The obvious thread between these subjects was awareness and connection, and about knowing of and being known by others.

I was there to join Nick Patience of information management provider Recommind to talk about applying information management technology to business challenges, to proactive risk analysis, to eDiscovery / eDisclosure and to early assessment of litigation and investigations (I’ll stick to “eDiscovery” after this – the venue may have been in the UK but the principles apply everywhere, and everywhere else talks of “discovery”).

The first part of this article…