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Yesterday, I proclaimed that the “Age of eDiscovery Automation is Upon Us”. But, does that mean that scores of lawyers need to start looking for work? Not necessarily.
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It was not that many years ago that if we wanted to buy something, we had to go to a store. But, now, many of the services for which we used to rely on other people for are now automated in such a way that people can take care of that need themselves. What about in our industry – eDiscovery? Are we an automated industry? We’re becoming one – a lot faster than you think.
read moreLast year, I discussed what I want for Christmas (from an eDiscovery standpoint anyway) and we’ll take a look at those eDiscovery Christmas wishes and see how they turned out. This year, I thought it would be fun to turn the tables and ask (again, from an eDiscovery standpoint): What Do YOU Want for Christmas?
read moreIn Long Bay Management Co., Inc. et. al. v. HAESE, LLC et. al., the Appeals Court of Massachusetts found that the default judge had not abused her discretion in ordering sanctions and assessing damages and ordered that the plaintiffs could submit a petition for appellate attorneys’ fees incurred in responding to the appeal.
read moreIn SFP Works, LLC v. Buffalo Armory, Michigan Chief District Judge Gerald E. Rosen, agreeing with the defendant that the plaintiff’s motion was untimely, and that Plaintiff “unreasonably declined” several options proposed by the defendant for accessing the data that was produced to it by the defendant, denied the plaintiff’s motion to compel access to operational data.
read moreConsolidation within the eDiscovery industry continues. Last week, Consilio announced a “definitive agreement” to acquire the Huron Legal Practice of Huron Consulting Group – their third acquisition in the past four months. Yesterday, I interviewed Pete Feinberg, Senior Vice President, Products & Marketing at Consilio about the Huron Legal acquisition.
read moreAs volumes of electronically stored information (ESI) stored in the world doubles every 1.2 years, it becomes more challenging to identify the ESI that is subject to a claim of attorney-client privilege or work product protection and log and exclude that ESI from production. Federal Rule of Evidence 502 was intended to address waiver of such privilege claims and reduce the discovery costs, but many attorneys and judges don’t realize the protections the rule offers. Now, The Sedona Conference® has issued a new final commentary to “breathe some needed life” into the understanding and use of Rule 502.
read moreIf you’ve been paying attention to the headlines at all this year, it should come as no surprise that most firms are more concerned about security threats than they were just two years ago. But, what percentage of firms and what is their biggest security concern?
read moreIn Armouth International, Inc. v. Dollar General Corp. et. al., Tennessee Magistrate Judge Barbara D. Holmes, calling the plaintiff’s request a “fishing expedition”, denied the plaintiff’s expedited motion to compel, requesting that the defendants be required to produce emails that were either withheld or redacted based on claims of attorney-client privilege for an in camera review of the emails by the Court to confirm the privilege claims.
read moreA couple of years ago Mandiant reported that 80 percent of the country’s largest law firms have been hacked. In litigation, you may have to produce your data to one of those firms representing the opposing party. Here’s how you can protect your organization.
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