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Court Denies Defendant’s Motion to Overrule Plaintiff’s Objections to Discovery Requests
Plaintiff Must Cooperate on Search Terms, Says Court: eDiscovery Case Law
 Plaintiff Must Cooperate on Search Terms, Says Court: eDiscovery Case Law 479 270 CloudNine

In Pyle v. Selective Insurance Company of America, Pennsylvania Senior District Judge Terrence F. McVerry granted the defendant’s Motion to Compel Plaintiff to Provide ESI Search Terms “insofar as it seeks to compel Plaintiff to confer and come to an agreement on the search terms Defendant will use to cull through the additional email archives that Defendant has identified as having been retrieved.”

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What Can Big Data Analytics Do? Rewrite History: eDiscovery Trends
 What Can Big Data Analytics Do? Rewrite History: eDiscovery Trends 448 382 CloudNine

One amusing plotline in the 1998 movie “Shakespeare in Love” was the rivalry between young Will Shakespeare and fellow playwright Christopher Marlowe. Shakespeare has become world renowned for centuries, while Marlowe has become largely forgotten (at least by the general public). But now, Marlowe is being credited as a co-author in all three “Henry VI” plays (Parts 1, 2 and 3). Says who? Big Data Analytics.

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A New Partnership to Span Data and Legal Discovery: eDiscovery Trends
 A New Partnership to Span Data and Legal Discovery: eDiscovery Trends 258 140 CloudNine

We usually preface any mention of our parent company CloudNine with a “shameless plug warning” note. So, consider yourself warned. However, our latest announcement – an exciting new partnership – bears mention here in this blog. Oh, and there’s a webinar you should check out too.

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Court Denies Defendant’s Motion to Overrule Plaintiff’s Objections to Discovery Requests
Searching Only File Names is Not the “Safe Way” to Avoid Sanctions: eDiscovery Case Law
 Searching Only File Names is Not the “Safe Way” to Avoid Sanctions: eDiscovery Case Law 479 270 CloudNine

In Rodman v. Safeway, California District Judge Jon S. Tigar ordered the defendant to pay plaintiff’s Class Counsel $688,646 as a discovery sanction under Rule 26(g), ruling that “failure to search within the contents of the legacy drive constituted an unreasonable inquiry”, but denied without prejudice the plaintiff’s request for a negative jury instruction.

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A Half Salary Guide is a Whole Salary Guide: eDiscovery Trends
 A Half Salary Guide is a Whole Salary Guide: eDiscovery Trends 219 284 CloudNine

Robert Half’s 2017 Legal Salary Guide once again features salary ranges for more than 100 positions in the legal field and provides some other interesting statistics, as well. Here are a few highlights.

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A Framework for Discovery Automation: eDiscovery Trends
 A Framework for Discovery Automation: eDiscovery Trends 598 193 CloudNine

Automation has been a recurring theme this year on this blog. At the beginning of the year, I declared that the age of eDiscovery automation is upon us. I’ve also spoken about discovery automation on numerous occasions, including just two days ago! Now, a recent post on the Complex Discovery blog takes an interesting look at a framework for discovery automation.

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Masters Conference DC, Day Two: eDiscovery Trends
 Masters Conference DC, Day Two: eDiscovery Trends 268 119 CloudNine

As we indicated yesterday and Monday, The Masters Conference has been going on in Washington DC! Today’s the last day! Let’s take a look at today’s events!

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Masters Conference DC, Day One: eDiscovery Trends
 Masters Conference DC, Day One: eDiscovery Trends 268 119 CloudNine

As we indicated yesterday, The Masters Conference is going on today and tomorrow in Washington DC! Let’s take a look at today’s events!

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This Week is The Time to “Master” Your Knowledge of eDiscovery In Our Nation’s Capital!: eDiscovery Trends
 This Week is The Time to “Master” Your Knowledge of eDiscovery In Our Nation’s Capital!: eDiscovery Trends 268 119 CloudNine

This week is the week! If you’re in the Washington DC area tomorrow and Wednesday, join us at The Masters Conference!

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How to Avoid Getting “Burned” by Redactions: eDiscovery Best Practices
 How to Avoid Getting “Burned” by Redactions: eDiscovery Best Practices 360 353 CloudNine

On the surface, it may seem easy enough to redact a document during eDiscovery review to obscure confidential or privileged information. All you need to do is draw a black box over the affected text, right? Not necessarily. There’s a lot more to consider in order to ensure that you don’t inadvertently produce information that was intended to be redacted. Here are a few things to consider to avoid getting “burned by redaction failures.

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