eDiscovery Daily Blog

• November 5, 2013

Yesterday, we gave you a pop quiz for the topics we’ve covered in September and October.  If you’re reading the blog each day, these questions should be easy!  Let’s see how you did.  Here are the answers.

 

1. In which case was a key email deleted by the defendant, yet the plaintiff’s motion for sanctions was denied?:

 

A.    Logtale, Ltd. v. IKOR, Inc.
B.    Hixson v. City of Las Vegas
C.    American Home Assurance Co. v. Greater Omaha Packing Co.
D.    NOLA Spice Designs, LLC v. Haydel Enters., Inc.

 

2. Which of the following is NOT a component of a SWOT analysis?:

 

A.    Strengths
B.    Weaknesses
C.    Oversight
D.    Threats

 

3. What was the blended contract attorney hourly rate that the plaintiff’s lead attorney firm requested in the case In re Citigroup Inc. Securities Litigation?:

 

A.    $50
B.    $100
C.    $166
D.    $466

 

4. In which areas can a decision tree help determine the correct decision to address a discovery issue?:

 

A.    Decide whether to outsource litigation support and discovery activities or keep them in-house
B.    Determine whether to agree to produce native files or converted TIFF or PDF images to opposing counsel
C.    Neither of the Above
D.    Both of the Above

 

5. In which case did the judge rule that the defendant’s request for the plaintiff’s computer passwords and user names was “overly broad” “which far exceeds…proportionality limits”?:

 

A.    Logtale, Ltd. v. IKOR, Inc.
B.    Hixson v. City of Las Vegas
C.    American Home Assurance Co. v. Greater Omaha Packing Co.
D.    NOLA Spice Designs, LLC v. Haydel Enters., Inc.

 

6. When thinking about a successful outcome at the beginning of your case, which EDRM phase might you want to start thinking about first?:

 

A.    Presentation
B.    Preservation
C.    Processing
D.    Production

 

7. In which case did the court deny the plaintiff’s request for sanctions despite the disappearance of one hard drive and “scrambling” of another hard drive?:

 

A.    Net-Com Services, Inc. v. Eupen Cable USA, Inc.
B.    Anderson v. Sullivan
C.    Ancora Technologies, Inc. v. Apple, Inc.
D.    MediaTek, Inc. v. Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.

 

8. Based on Winston & Strawn’s interactive map, which state has not undertaken eDiscovery rulemaking activity to date?:

 

A.    Alabama
B.    Georgia
C.    Louisiana
D.    Mississippi

 

9. What percent of corporate legal departments have outsourced legal work at some point?:

 

A.    34 percent
B.    44 percent
C.    54 percent
D.    64 percent

 

10. As of October 24, how much data had been created this year in the Digital Universe?:

 

A.    3,025,049 petabytes (PB)
B.    2,954 exabytes (EB)
C.    2.88 zettabytes (ZB)
D.    All of the above

 

How did you do?  Next month, you’ll get another chance with November topics.  As always, please let us know if you have questions or comments, or if there are specific topics you’d like to see covered.

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