FRONTEO signs partnership with ACEDS

Collaborate on creating e-discovery legal content, etc., aiming to increase presence in dealing with cross-border litigation in the United States

FRONTEO Inc.
Masahiro Morimoto, President and CEO
2-12-23 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo
(Code number: 2158 TSE Growth)

　FRONTEO Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President: Masahiro Morimoto, hereinafter referred to as FRONTEO) specializes in training and certification in e-discovery (electronic information disclosure), information governance, and related legal fields. We are pleased to announce that we have entered into a partnership with the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (Location: Dallas, Texas, USA, President: Michael Quartararo, hereinafter ACEDS), one of the world's leading educational institutions.With this, we aim to improve our presence in the United States in cross-border litigation, which is one of FRONTEO's strengths, and strive to provide support to more client companies and offices.

　ACEDS is a global membership organization recognized as a trusted authority in the field of eDiscovery. With a focus on training and validating eDiscovery skills and competencies, it plays a vital role in promoting professional standards and best practices in the industry.

　Through this partnership, FRONTEO will collaborate on various initiatives, including the creation of legal content and seminars in line with the global community pipeline of ACEDS, and provide e-discovery technology to corporate legal departments and law firms. We will keep you updated on our findings and provide you with higher quality support and best practices.

FRONTEO USA Discovery Consulting Division Senior Vice President

Comment from Shiho Tanaka

“We are very pleased to be the first comprehensive eDiscovery support company in Asia Pacific (APAC) to partner with ACEDS. We look forward to bringing benefits to the ACEDS community through this partnership.” We will contribute to advancing best practices we have developed and assisting experts in this field.”

Vice President of ACEDS Strategy and Client Engagement　

Comment from Maribel Rivera

“We are delighted to welcome FRONTEO to the ACEDS affiliate program. We believe FRONTEO’s extensive expertise in e-discovery, compliance and legal transformation will be invaluable to our agency. FRONTEO We look forward to working with ACEDS to bring useful legal content and initiatives to the ACEDS community.”

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■ About ACEDS　URL:https://aceds.org/

The Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS), part of BARBRI Global, a leading legal education provider, is the world's leading training and certification organization in eDiscovery, information governance and related fields. ACEDS provides training to corporate legal departments, law firms, governments, service providers, institutions of higher education and more. ACEDS' flagship CEDS credential is recognized worldwide and is used to validate the eDiscovery skills and competencies of organizations and individuals through training, certification and continuing education. CEDS qualifications are earned by practitioners from large Fortune 500 companies, Am Law 200 firms and government agencies. ACEDS has 30 chapters in major US cities, Canada, the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, South Africa and Australia. ACEDS helps professionals and organizations reduce the costs and risks associated with eDiscovery, while improving and validating their skills to advance their careers and overall technical competence in eDiscovery and related fields. is the goal.

■ About FRONTEO　URL: https://www.fronteo.com/

FRONTEO is a data analysis company that provides various AI solutions and services using the in-house developed AI engine "KIBIT". Based on the philosophy of "providing solutions that do not overlook risks and opportunities buried in records and realizing fairness in the information society," extract meaningful and important information from vast amounts of text data and complex networks. Our strengths are natural language processing and network analysis technologies that support the advanced judgment of experts.We are developing businesses in the areas of legal tech AI, business intelligence, life science AI, and economic security, and contributing to solving various corporate and social issues. Founded in August 2003, listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers (currently Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth) on June 8, 2007.The company operates in Japan, the United States, South Korea, and Taiwan.Acquisition of first-class medical device manufacturing and sales business license, notification of controlled medical device sales business.Capital 6 thousand yen (as of March 26, 3,042,317).

* FRONTEO and KIBIT are registered trademarks of FRONTEO in Japan.

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