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Circuit Court Affirms Denial of Sanctions Over Spoliation by Defendant – eDiscovery Case Law
 Circuit Court Affirms Denial of Sanctions Over Spoliation by Defendant – eDiscovery Case Law 150 150 CloudNine

In Automated Solutions Corp. v. Paragon Data Sys., Inc., the Sixth Circuit court affirmed the holdings of the district court, rejecting the plaintiff’s arguments that the district court abused its discretion by denying plaintiff’s motion for spoliation sanctions due to defendant’s failure to preserve information on a hard drive and server. The circuit court also affirmed the ruling by both the magistrate and district judge that the defendant’s back-up tapes were not subject to the duty to preserve.

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It’s Friday at 5 and I Need Data Processed to Review this Weekend – eDiscovery Humor
 It’s Friday at 5 and I Need Data Processed to Review this Weekend – eDiscovery Humor 150 150 CloudNine

We’ve referenced Ralph Losey’s excellent e-Discovery Team® blog several times before on this blog – it’s a great read and you won’t find a blog that gets more in depth than his does (he has also been gracious enough to participate in our thought leader interview series for the last three years). And, as Ralph has demonstrated before, he has a sense of humor when it comes to electronic discovery.

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Thursday’s ILTA Sessions – eDiscovery Trends
 Thursday’s ILTA Sessions – eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

As noted Monday, Tuesday and yesterday, the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) annual educational conference of 2014 is happening this week and eDiscoveryDaily will be reporting this week about the latest eDiscovery trends being discussed at the show. This is the last day to check out the show if you’re in the Nashville area with a number of sessions still available and over 190(!) exhibitors providing information on their products and services.

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Wednesday’s ILTA Sessions – eDiscovery Trends
 Wednesday’s ILTA Sessions – eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

As noted Monday and yesterday, the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) annual educational conference of 2014 is happening this week and eDiscoveryDaily will be reporting this week about the latest eDiscovery trends being discussed at the show. There’s still time to check out the show if you’re in the Nashville area with a number of sessions available and over 190(!) exhibitors providing information on their products and services.

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Tuesday’s ILTA Sessions – eDiscovery Trends
 Tuesday’s ILTA Sessions – eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

As noted yesterday, the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) annual educational conference of 2014 is happening this week and eDiscoveryDaily will be reporting this week about the latest eDiscovery trends being discussed at the show. There’s still time to check out the show if you’re in the Nashville area with a number of sessions available and over 190(!) exhibitors providing information on their products and services.

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eDiscovery Trends: Welcome to ILTA 2014!
 eDiscovery Trends: Welcome to ILTA 2014! 150 150 CloudNine

The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) annual educational conference of 2014 kicked off yesterday with several networking events, and begins in earnest today with the first day of sessions. eDiscoveryDaily will be reporting this week about the latest eDiscovery trends being discussed at the show. Over the next four days, we will provide a description each day of some of the sessions related to eDiscovery to give you a sense of the topics being covered.

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Nearly Two Thirds of ILTA Attendees are from Large Firms – eDiscovery Trends
 Nearly Two Thirds of ILTA Attendees are from Large Firms – eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

One of the biggest legal technology shows of the year, the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) annual educational conference for 2014 will take place next week at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville (August 17 thru August 21). eDiscoveryDaily will be reporting next week about the latest eDiscovery trends being discussed at the show. According to InsideLegal.com, almost two thirds of the firm attendees will come from firms with more than 200 attorneys.

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eDiscovery Blog Throwback Thursdays – How Databases Were Built, Circa Early 1980s, Part 1
 eDiscovery Blog Throwback Thursdays – How Databases Were Built, Circa Early 1980s, Part 1 150 150 CloudNine

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, very few law firms had internal litigation support resources: firms did not have litigation support staff or technology. Up until 1985, most litigation teams relied on vendor services and tools, and more often than not litigation team attorneys were directly involved in working with vendors to design and build databases. In the next few blog posts, I’m going to describe a typical project and how things worked back in the early 1980s.

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Other Production Parameters from a Provider’s Point of View – eDiscovery Best Practices
 Other Production Parameters from a Provider’s Point of View – eDiscovery Best Practices 150 150 CloudNine

Yesterday, we began to discuss some of the production parameters that CloudNine Discovery collects from our clients in order to ensure that the production includes the correct documents in the required format. But, wait – there’s more! Let’s take a look at some other examples of information we collect from our clients.

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Production from a Provider’s Point of View – eDiscovery Best Practices
 Production from a Provider’s Point of View – eDiscovery Best Practices 150 150 CloudNine

We sometimes forget that the end goal of the discovery process is production: to produce responsive electronically stored information (ESI) to opposing counsel. But, do you realize how many parameters and potential permutations there can be to the production process? Let’s take a look.

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