When the FBI was able to access the iPhone used by one of the gunmen in the San Bernardino terrorist shooting, effectively ending the six week dispute between Apple and the FBI over privacy and security, we said the battle was over – for now. Apparently, “for now” was the same as “not for long”.
read moreIn Roadrunner Transportation Services, Inc. v. Tarwater, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s entry of default judgment and award of attorneys’ fees in favor of the plaintiff, ruling that the district court did not abuse its discretion by entering default judgment as a sanction for the defendant’s
read moreIt seems that everybody is talking about the huge data leak of 11.5 million documents (2.6 total TB of data – that’s right, terabytes) at Panama-based law firm Mossak Fonesca that appears to have exposed illicit offshore holdings of global political leaders and celebrities (among others), dubbed the “Panama Papers”. Now, a founding partner at the firm has indicated that the leak was not an inside job.
read moreYou have to love an instructional guide that begins with a picture of Milton Waddams (the sad sack employee obsessing over his red stapler in the movie Office Space) and ends with a nice consolidated list of ten practice tips for backups in discovery.
read moreIn Stormo v. City of Sioux Falls, et. al., South Dakota District Judge Karen E. Schreier, ruling on several motions, denied the plaintiff’s motion to compel with regard to requiring the defendants to provide electronically stored information in its native format and metadata for these documents, but granted it with regard to providing an index explaining information about the documents.
read moreWhen a new case is filed, there are several important decisions that the lead attorney has to make. Those decisions that are made early in the life cycle of a case can significantly affect how discovery is managed and how costly the discovery process can be for that case. Decision trees enable attorneys to work through the decision process up front to help them make sound, logical decisions which can lead to more efficient management of the discovery process.
read moreIn Associated Electric & Gas Insurance Services, et. al. v. BendTec, Inc., Minnesota District Judge Michael J. Davis found that the decision in Race Tires America, Inc. v. Hoosier Racing Tire Corp. to deny certain eDiscovery costs to be persuasive and ruled that “the costs of creating and maintaining an electronic platform for e-discovery are not recoverable under § 1920(4)”, denying the prevailing defendant’s request for reimbursement of over $123,000 in costs to maintain their ESI database.
read moreThis is not an April Fool’s Joke! Just when New York City thought it was safe from eDiscovery professionals – we’re all coming back for the ACEDS conference! And, eDiscovery Daily and CloudNine will be a part of the show!
read moreWhen the big guys sue each other, the cases last forever. We’ve been covering developments in the Apple v. Samsung case since July 2012, and that case is still going on. Another case that we’ve covered a long time ago (way back in November 2011) is Oracle Corp. v. Google Inc. and that case is still going on too. In that case, with a trial approaching, the judge has told lawyers to disclose Internet and social media research about jurors to the court or agree not to conduct it.
read moreLet’s face it, there are a lot of eDiscovery vendors out there. But, how do you find out which vendor is right for you? Ask a lot of questions, of course! Here is an article that provides several good ones to ask.
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