I recently had a client that was searching for emails and loose files based on a relevant date range. However, because of the way the data was collected and the way the search was performed, identifying the correct set of responsive emails and loose files within the relevant date range proved to be challenging. Let’s take a look at the challenges this client faced.
read moreA new forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC) announced last week predicts BIG growth for the big data technology and services market through 2019. Are you surprised by that? Didn’t think so. Here is a closer look.
read moreIn Feist v. Paxfire, Inc., New York Magistrate Judge Ronald L. Ellis denied the plaintiff’s request for reimbursement of costs and expenses related to document production, finding that the plaintiff had made no showing of significant discovery abuses by the defendant, and had not demonstrated that the defendant engaged in intentionally burdensome production.
read moreHere’s an interesting pop quiz for you. Which option would you pick?
read moreWhen we started this blog over five years ago, privacy and security wasn’t the big topic it is today. Now, there seems to be a story about a data breach practically every day and privacy is a big issue, especially internationally. Thankfully, The Sedona Conference® has created a guide to help with this growing issue.
read moreFrom time to time, we like to take a look back at stories we’ve covered in the past and provide an update. About a year and a half ago, we published a blog post regarding the states that have published ethics opinions for lawyers regarding using and storing client data in the cloud. At that time, only 14 states (less than one third) had published an ethics opinion regarding lawyer cloud usage. Eighteen months later, only a few more states have done so.
read moreIn Brown Jordan International, Inc. et. al. v. Carmicle et. al., Kentucky District Judge Greg N. Stivers granted the plaintiffs’ expedited motion to compel the defendant’s wife to produce her iPhone for a forensic examination for information related to the case.
read moreIf you can, great! Send me an email and tell me what tomorrow’s blog post will be about. :o) If not, don’t worry (I can’t either). But, thanks to Rob Robinson, you’ve at least got a head start in predicting when the eDiscovery events for next year will occur.
read moreIf you work in the legal industry, you’ve probably heard this joke. What do you call 5,000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? A good start. Get it? It’s easy to joke about hating lawyers and some of us may not be joking. But, even lawyers need love sometimes. Believe it or not, today is National Love Your Lawyer Day.
read moreIn Rembert v. Cheverko et. al., New York District Judge Katherine B. Forrest granted the plaintiff’s motion “in its entirety” to compel the defendants to provide a properly prepared 30(b)(6) witness to testify regarding the defendants’ preservation and production of emails, to provide copies of document retention/preservation notices issued and to reimburse plaintiff’s costs and fees associated with having to conduct an additional deposition.
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