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How Blue Was My Valley? Not Blue Enough to Cite the Defendant for Discovery Violations: eDiscovery Case Law
 How Blue Was My Valley? Not Blue Enough to Cite the Defendant for Discovery Violations: eDiscovery Case Law 150 150 CloudNine

In Malone v. Kantner Ingredients, Nebraska Magistrate Judge Cheryl R. Zwart denied the plaintiffs’ motion to show cause, finding that the defendant “the plaintiffs have presented no evidence” that the defendant “destroyed, hid, or purposefully (or even recklessly) failed to produce responsive ESI” in the case.

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Almost Thirty Percent of Data Security Incidents are Due to Human Error: eDiscovery Trends
 Almost Thirty Percent of Data Security Incidents are Due to Human Error: eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

Last year, the term “data breach” became part of the broader public vernacular with The New York Times devoting more than 700 articles related to data breaches, versus fewer than 125 the previous year. And, as we’ve discussed recently, data breaches are on the rise. However, according to a new report, almost thirty percent of data security incidents are due to human error.

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Discarding a Relevant Computer Results in Adverse Inference Sanctions, Not Default Judgment: eDiscovery Case Law
 Discarding a Relevant Computer Results in Adverse Inference Sanctions, Not Default Judgment: eDiscovery Case Law 150 150 CloudNine

In Grady v. Brodersen, Colorado Magistrate Judge Nina Y. Wang granted the plaintiff’s motion for sanctions against the defendant in part for failing to produce a computer that the defendant ultimately acknowledged that he discarded, but denied the plaintiff’s request for a default judgment sanction, opting for the less severe adverse inference instruction sanction.

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Sometimes You May Need Turn to 34 Year Old Technology to Get the Job Done: eDiscovery Best Practices
 Sometimes You May Need Turn to 34 Year Old Technology to Get the Job Done: eDiscovery Best Practices 150 150 CloudNine

If you’ve worked with computers for over three decades like I have, you remember some of the old ways we used computers to support litigation. Our colleague, Jane Gennarelli, covered some of those in her recent “Throwback Thursdays” series. But, a 34 year old software application can still be useful today.

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Court Rules that Automatically Generated Read Receipt is Not Hearsay: eDiscovery Case Law
 Court Rules that Automatically Generated Read Receipt is Not Hearsay: eDiscovery Case Law 150 150 CloudNine

In Fox v. Leland Volunteer Fire/Rescue Dep’t Inc., North Carolina District Judge Louise W. Flanagan ruled that a Read Receipt automatically sent from the defendant’s email address to the plaintiff (when the defendant opened an email sent by the plaintiff) was not hearsay.

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Free Trojans with Your Document Production: eDiscovery Trends
 Free Trojans with Your Document Production: eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

An Arkansas lawyer representing three Fort Smith police officers in a whistleblower case is seeking sanctions after his computer expert found malware on an external hard drive supplied in response to a discovery request, according to a story by the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette.

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A New Calculator from EDRM and Other EDRM News: eDiscovery Trends
 A New Calculator from EDRM and Other EDRM News: eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

Over a year ago, we discussed budget calculators available from the Metrics section of the EDRM web site and reviewed the four calculators available at the time. In the past couple of weeks, EDRM added a new calculator. Let’s take a look at that and also other upcoming EDRM events, including a webinar today.

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Plaintiff Awarded Sanctions and Reimbursement of Some eDiscovery Costs: eDiscovery Case Law
 Plaintiff Awarded Sanctions and Reimbursement of Some eDiscovery Costs: eDiscovery Case Law 150 150 CloudNine

In Engineered Abrasives, Inc. v. American Machine Products & Service, Inc., Illinois District Judge Sara L. Ellis awarded the plaintiff damages, attorneys’ fees and some requested costs, as well as granting the plaintiff’s motion for sanctions and ordering the defendants to reimburse the plaintiff $12,800 for the cost of conducting a forensic computer examination, which the plaintiff maintained was necessitated by Defendants’ evasive and incomplete responses and their failure to produce documents during discovery.

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Cyber Liability Insurance Policies are Becoming More Popular for Law Firms: eDiscovery Trends
 Cyber Liability Insurance Policies are Becoming More Popular for Law Firms: eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

Last Friday, we discussed a report in The New York Times that discussed the unwillingness of most big US law firms to discuss or even acknowledge data breaches. But, despite the unwillingness to disclose breach information, more and more law firms are apparently purchasing or considering the purchase of cyber liability insurance to protect against potential data breaches.

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Has the Law Firm Holding Your Data Ever Suffered a Breach? You May Never Know.: eDiscovery Trends
 Has the Law Firm Holding Your Data Ever Suffered a Breach? You May Never Know.: eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

In February, we discussed a report about data breach trends in 2014 and how those trends compared to data breaches in 2013. That report provided breach trends for several industries, including the healthcare industry, which suffered the most breaches last year (possibly because stolen health records are apparently worth big money). But, according to a recent report, you won’t see any trends for law firms because the legal profession almost never publicly discloses a breach.

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