Our Insights on eDiscovery

Read on to learn more about the latest trends and insights in the world of digital discovery.
Close
Enter your
text here
Florida Becomes First State to Require Technology CLE: eDiscovery Trends
 Florida Becomes First State to Require Technology CLE: eDiscovery Trends 336 323 CloudNine

OK, I may have taken a couple of shots at Florida last Thursday over their ballot issues in elections over the years. However, Florida deserves credit in being the first state to require technology CLE for lawyers.

read more
Court Denies Defendant’s Motion to Overrule Plaintiff’s Objections to Discovery Requests
Court Denies Defendant’s Motion for Production of Documents for In Camera Review: eDiscovery Case Law
 Court Denies Defendant’s Motion for Production of Documents for In Camera Review: eDiscovery Case Law 479 270 CloudNine

In Portland Pipe Line Corp. et. al. v. City of South Portland et. al., Maine Magistrate Judge John H. Rich, III denied the defendants’ motion to compel the production of documents withheld or redacted on claims of attorney-client privilege by the plaintiff, finding that the plaintiffs “undertook a costly and labor-intensive two-step process with respect to claiming privilege as to ESI, first relying on a technologically-assisted privilege review by a hired ESI discovery vendor” and then undertaking a “painstaking manual review to verify the privileged status of every ESI document marked as privileged”.

read more
“Master” Your Knowledge of eDiscovery One More Time – In Our Nation’s Capital!: eDiscovery Trends
 “Master” Your Knowledge of eDiscovery One More Time – In Our Nation’s Capital!: eDiscovery Trends 268 119 CloudNine

Back in May, I was excited and honored to moderate an enjoyable panel session in Chicago at The Masters Conference event there. Then, we did it again in July in New York City. Now, we’re doing it again later this month, this time in our nation’s capital, Washington DC!

read more
Court Denies Defendant’s Motion to Overrule Plaintiff’s Objections to Discovery Requests
Appeals Court Upholds Default Judgment for Discovery Violations, Including Wiping Files from Laptop: eDiscovery Case Law
 Appeals Court Upholds Default Judgment for Discovery Violations, Including Wiping Files from Laptop: eDiscovery Case Law 479 270 CloudNine

In Trude et. al. v. Glenwood State Bank, et. al., a Minnesota Appeals Court affirmed the trial court’s entry of default judgment for repeated discovery violations, including using data wiping software to permanently delete more than 20,000 files from a laptop just hours before it was turned over for forensic examination.

read more
In This Election Season, Contested Elections May Require eDiscovery to Sort Out the Results: eDiscovery Trends
 In This Election Season, Contested Elections May Require eDiscovery to Sort Out the Results: eDiscovery Trends 334 328 CloudNine

Remember the 2000 Presidential election and all of the issues and headaches that resulted from punch card “butterfly” ballots and “hanging chads” down in Florida? These days, electronic ballots are more popular. However, using those electronic ballots doesn’t solve all problems and, if there are disputes, there may be a need for eDiscovery professionals to sort out the results.

read more
Court Denies Defendant’s Motion to Overrule Plaintiff’s Objections to Discovery Requests
If Plaintiff Wants Discovery on Defendant’s Backup Tapes, Court Rules He Must Pay for Them: eDiscovery Case Law
 If Plaintiff Wants Discovery on Defendant’s Backup Tapes, Court Rules He Must Pay for Them: eDiscovery Case Law 479 270 CloudNine

In Elkharwily v. Franciscan Health Sys., Washington District Judge Robert J. Bryan, finding that the defendant had met its burden to show that retrieving electronically stored information on backup tapes “would result in an undue burden and cost to Defendant”, that the plaintiff “has not met his burden to show good cause” to overcome the defendant’s undue burden and cost argument, and that “the archived emails are ‘discoverable’ under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(1)”, ordered the defendant to “facilitate access to the discovery”, but “only at Plaintiff’s expense, payable in advance”.

read more
Janice Jaco and Brandye Fenn of LTC4: eDiscovery Trends
 Janice Jaco and Brandye Fenn of LTC4: eDiscovery Trends 373 393 CloudNine

Today’s thought leaders are Janice Jaco and Brandye Fenn of the Legal Technology Core Competencies Certification Coalition (LTC4). ACEDS’ 2015 eDiscovery Person of the Year, Janice, is the senior eDiscovery Project Manager for boutique litigation powerhouse Keesal, Young & Logan (KYL). Janice’s professional volunteer work includes extensive involvement in authoring LTC4’s eDiscovery Core Competency, participation in ACEDS’ CEDS Exam Standard Setting Exercise, and updating ACEDS’ University online content. Brandye is the Litigation Support Manager at Ford Harrison LLP. With more than 28 years’ of law firm experience as a litigation paralegal, Brandye is responsible for managing eDiscovery projects for the firm’s 20+ offices, nationally. In 2011, she founded the FordHarrison Litigation Support Department and, through her extensive knowledge of eDiscovery best practices and industry standards, established and implemented new review and processing workflows and procedures.

read more
The Readers Have Spoken, in New York: eDiscovery Trends
 The Readers Have Spoken, in New York: eDiscovery Trends 334 328 CloudNine

Last week, the New York Law Journal (NYLJ) published its seventh annual Reader Rankings, where the New York legal community cast their votes for your favorite vendors. Over 8,000 people cast votes for their favorite vendors in 100+ categories! That’s a lot of people and a lot of categories. Here are the reader rankings for electronic discovery and information governance.

read more
Drinks with Me, On Me!: eDiscovery Trends
 Drinks with Me, On Me!: eDiscovery Trends 603 475 CloudNine

The ARMA Live! Conference & Expo for Records Management and Information Governance professionals is coming to San Antonio this Sunday for three days and CloudNine will be there. If you plan to attend the show or are in the San Antonio area, come have drinks with me on Sunday – I’m buying!

read more
Hashing Out the Idea of a Standard Hash Algorithm for Vendors: eDiscovery Best Practices
 Hashing Out the Idea of a Standard Hash Algorithm for Vendors: eDiscovery Best Practices 346 351 CloudNine

In a blog post earlier this month, Craig Ball discussed the question (which was posed at the recent ILTACON conference by Beth Patterson, Chief Legal & Technology Services Officer for Allens) of why eDiscovery service providers can’t (or don’t) standardize hash values so as to support identification and deduplication across products and collections. Good question. Let’s take a look.

read more