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Image is Not Only Everything, It Is Also Legally a Copy, Appeals Court Rules: eDiscovery Case Law
 Image is Not Only Everything, It Is Also Legally a Copy, Appeals Court Rules: eDiscovery Case Law 150 150 CloudNine

In Colosi v. Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc., the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court’s judgment to approve a $6,369.55 bill of costs which included synchronization of deposition videos and imaging of hard drives that the defendant submitted after prevailing in the case.

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Court Rules that Australian Company’s Duty to Preserve Only Begins when US Court Has Jurisdiction: eDiscovery Case Law
 Court Rules that Australian Company’s Duty to Preserve Only Begins when US Court Has Jurisdiction: eDiscovery Case Law 150 150 CloudNine

In Lunkenheimer Co. v. Tyco Flow Control Pacific Party Ltd., Ohio District Judge Timothy S. Black ruled that the duty to preserve for the defendant (an Australian company with offices and facilities only in Australia) did not begin until the complaint was filed in US courts in December 2011, denying the assertion of the intervenor/counter defendant that the duty to preserve arose in 2002.

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What Time Is It? That is an Important Question When it Comes to Your Document Collection: eDiscovery Best Practices
 What Time Is It? That is an Important Question When it Comes to Your Document Collection: eDiscovery Best Practices 150 150 CloudNine

It may not be game time, but the question of what time it really is has a significant effect on how eDiscovery is handled.

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Document Reviewers are People Too, Even in Canada, eh?: eDiscovery Trends
 Document Reviewers are People Too, Even in Canada, eh?: eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

A couple of weeks ago, a $384 million class action was filed in Canada against professional services firm Deloitte LLP on behalf of hundreds of lawyers working at a document-review company it acquired last year. Even in Canadian dollars, that’s a lot.

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Court Agrees with Plaintiffs, Orders Provision for Qualitative Sampling of Disputed Search Terms: eDiscovery Case Law
 Court Agrees with Plaintiffs, Orders Provision for Qualitative Sampling of Disputed Search Terms: eDiscovery Case Law 150 150 CloudNine

In the case In Re: Lithium Ion Batteries Antitrust Litigation, California Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu ordered the defendants to comply with the plaintiffs’ proposed qualitative sampling process for keyword search terms, citing DaSilva Moore that keywords “often are overinclusive”.

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Who is Investing in eDiscovery Companies?: eDiscovery Trends
 Who is Investing in eDiscovery Companies?: eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

As we have reported in the past, the eDiscovery industry is still growing at an impressive rate. One recent market report estimated that the global eDiscovery market is forecast to reach $15.65 billion by 2020. So, who is investing in the eDiscovery industry?

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eDiscovery Daily Is Fifty Four! (Months Old, That Is)
 eDiscovery Daily Is Fifty Four! (Months Old, That Is) 150 150 CloudNine

Let’s party! Fifty four months ago today, eDiscovery Daily was launched. 1,129 posts later, a lot has happened in the industry that we’ve covered. Twice a year, we like to take a look back at some of the important stories and topics during that time. So, here are just a few of the posts over the last six months you may have missed. Enjoy!

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Plaintiff’s Motion to Quash Subpoena of Text Messages Granted by Court: eDiscovery Case Law
 Plaintiff’s Motion to Quash Subpoena of Text Messages Granted by Court: eDiscovery Case Law 150 150 CloudNine

In Burdette v. Panola County, Mississippi Magistrate Judge S. Allan Alexander granted the plaintiff’s Motion to Quash Subpoena where the defendant subpoenaed the plaintiff’s text messages and call log records from his mobile provider.

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When Blogging Interferes with Your Day Job, Which Do You Pick?: eDiscovery Best Practices
 When Blogging Interferes with Your Day Job, Which Do You Pick?: eDiscovery Best Practices 150 150 CloudNine

Though I write a daily blog, believe it or not, I do have a “day job”. I’m Vice President of Professional Services at CloudNine, and I also coordinate our marketing and software rollouts. Sometimes, I’m able to write my blog post during the work day; other times, I have to wait until the evening to do so, possibly as late as 8 or 9 PM, depending on my workload for that day. When blogging interferes with your “day job”, it can be difficult to do both.

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Court Upholds Review of Taxable Costs by Clerk, Awards over $57,000: eDiscovery Case Law
 Court Upholds Review of Taxable Costs by Clerk, Awards over $57,000: eDiscovery Case Law 150 150 CloudNine

In Comprehensive Addiction Treatment Center, Inc. v. Leslea, Colorado District Judge Christine M. Arguello denied the plaintiffs’ motion to review Clerk’s Taxing of Costs Under F.R.C.P. 54(D)(1), upholding the award by the Clerk of the Court of $57,873.61 in taxable costs.

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