This is a Non-Political Post: eDiscovery Trends
At the outset, I feel that I should state that, given that this post is about the Hilary Clinton emails and the FBI handling of them.
read moreDon’t Be Afraid, It’s Only – eDiscovery Horrors!
Today is Halloween! For the seventh time on this blog, it’s time to try to “scare” you with tales of eDiscovery (and now, cybersecurity) horrors (because, after all, we’re an eDiscovery blog). Let’s see how we do this year. Are you afraid?
read moreFlorida Judges Say State Needs More eDiscovery Mediators: eDiscovery Trends
You’d think I lived in Florida as much as we’ve covered it lately, both good and not so good. This story, for the first state to require technology CLE for attorneys, could be true in many other states as well.
read morePlaintiff Must Cooperate on Search Terms, Says Court: eDiscovery Case Law
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.”
read moreWhat Can Big Data Analytics Do? Rewrite History: eDiscovery Trends
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.
read moreA New Partnership to Span Data and Legal Discovery: eDiscovery Trends
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.
read moreSearching Only File Names is Not the “Safe Way” to Avoid Sanctions: eDiscovery Case Law
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.
read moreA Half Salary Guide is a Whole Salary Guide: eDiscovery Trends
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.
read moreA Framework for Discovery Automation: eDiscovery Trends
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.
read moreMasters Conference DC, Day Two: eDiscovery Trends
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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